"Monster Hunt" has been released for the third week, and the momentum is still unabated, although there is no such exaggerated achievement as breaking 100 million in a single day, but it can still get more than 60 million box office on weekdays.

However, it also set a record, breaking 100 million at the box office for 11 consecutive days.

The longer a movie is released, the greater the impact of quality and reputation on the box office.

Generally speaking, although the box office release cycle of an ordinary movie is one month, 80% of the box office is generated in the first two weeks.

By the third week, it will drop a lot, and the next ten days may not add up to the results of the first two days.

The box office trend of [Pancake Man] is more typical.

broke 800 million in the first two weeks and almost reached 900 million, but in the third week, it took a big dive, less than 30 million in a single day, and it is still declining further, and it will be good to get another 200 million box office in the next 20 days.

is mainly dragged down by word-of-mouth, among the moviegoers in the early stage, there are many fans of [Dick Silk Man], coupled with the highly targeted publicity, which makes the popularity of [Pancake Man] very high.

Later, ordinary audiences walked into the theater, and after watching the movie, they felt that their expectations were very different, which naturally lowered the reputation and rating of the movie.

But it doesn't matter, the box office has been put in the pocket of the producer, and breaking 1 billion is logical for this movie.

Another member of the domestic film billion box office club has been added.

While enjoying the honor of becoming a blockbuster film director, director Dapeng also has to bear the backlash of these audiences who were fooled into watching movies in the cinema but were dissatisfied with the quality of the movie.

At this moment, he was completely immersed in the praise that poured into the sky, and he probably didn't realize how much this word-of-mouth backlash had affected him personally.

In fact, Gu Wei feels that the success of [Pancake Man] is more due to the other person's credit to the director and starring Dapeng.

That's producer Chen Zhixi.

Objectively speaking, the quality of [Pancake Man] is really average, and the reason why it can achieve such a high box office is that the right time, place and people are indispensable.

And Chen Zhixi is the one who skillfully uses all the conditions that can be used to bless the movie, and single-handedly boosts [Pancake Man] to become a hit.

I have to say that Chen Zhixi's ability to catch and push popular models is too strong.

[Thai Embarrassment], [Detective Chinatown], [Pancake Man], three of the top ten domestic movies at the box office were produced by her.

And these movies have a common feature, they are all actors and directors across borders.

Chen Zhixi is good at discovering the advantages of this kind of cross-border director shooting movies, and gives targeted promotion in publicity, making the best results with the least money, and the publicity and distribution are super cost-effective.

Relatively speaking, the box office trend of [Monster Hunt] is relatively strong, and two weeks later, it can still get a lot of results with a good reputation.

The last movie with this kind of box office trend was [The Return of the Great Sage].

Therefore, the more the film is in the late stage of screening, the more important word-of-mouth is.

Since the beginning of the year, Gu Wei has been selling two starring movies in succession, not to mention the results, which is absolutely unprecedented in this time period.

There are good things on the Internet The media counted the movies he has made since he started his career, including "Monster Hunt", which has not yet been released, "Embroidered Spring Knife", "Chinatown Detective", and "Left Ear", which have achieved a total box office of more than 3.5 billion.

In 15 years, this kind of achievement has been completely outstanding.

Not counting Cheng Long and Li Lian, international superstars who break into Hollywood, he is already the one with the highest box office performance among the male stars in the mainland.

Of course, this calculation is somewhat unfair.

Because with the development of the domestic film market, the box office of all movies is getting higher and higher.

In particular, the achievements of some popular models are even more amazing.

It is possible that the box office of a movie is higher than the box office of other people's movies that have been made for a lifetime combined.

In 02, Zhang Yimou's [Hero] only achieved a box office of 250 million in China, which is not as good as the data of [Pancake Man] for two days, can you say that [Hero] is not as good as [Pancake Man], and Li Lianjie is not as good as Dapeng.

However, the media and netizens don't care about this, anyway, Gu Wei's data is here, and they think that Gu Wei is now the first domestic male star at the box office.

He is the only one, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang, Ge You, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao and others are in the second gear.

What's more, with the big sale of [Monster Hunt], he was crowned the king of the box office.

This is no longer a praise for him, but a naked killing.

It is certainly not spontaneous by the media or netizens, there must be other companies and individuals behind it.

In the vanity fair of the entertainment industry, no matter how harmless and kind you look to people, it is impossible to have no enemies.

This is the most intuitive place for the transformation of fame and profit, and it is also the place where the competition for resources is the most fierce.

Unless you don't want to be famous and don't want to make money, as long as your fame is good, you don't have to look for all kinds of people who are enemies.

Essentially, because the cake is so big, the more famous you are, the more you will eat, and you will naturally squeeze out other people's share.

Blocking people's money is like killing your parents, and it's strange if you are not hostile to you.

Of course, the enemy here is not absolute, everyone is begging for food in the same pot, today it is the enemy who grabs the box office, and tomorrow it may become a partner to work together on another blockbuster movie.

Just like when Gu Wei was released [Tang Detective], he compared the box office with Huayi's [Private Custom] to grab the film, and the tip of the needle was against Mai Mang.

But when [Predecessor 2] was preparing for filming in the later stage, Huayi still came to invite Gu Wei to star, hoping to work with him.

As Gu Wei becomes more and more successful, even if he doesn't take the initiative to ingest, many resources in the circle will automatically move closer to him, so there are not a few companies and celebrities whose interests are damaged.

These people will naturally become hostile to him.

Even if Gu Wei has tried his best to win over allies and tie up some large companies with him to achieve the same interests, he still can't avoid more people from being lost.

He knows in his heart that there are not a few people in the entertainment industry who want him to fall.

As the saying goes, if Gu Wei collapses like Wen Zhang, the resources he left behind are enough to hold up several popular students.

Just like now, it is clear that he has achieved good results, and there are still people who want to hack him by killing.

Although it is not fatal, it will also make him lose some popularity among passers-by, and even make some Mesozoic actors in the circle feel bad for him.

Of course, there are also many netizens who are purely joining in the fun, and there are also Gu Wei's fanatical fans, who can't wait to blow Gu Wei as high as possible.

In the hearts of fans, idols are perfect, what box office first, box office king, their brother deserves the best.

didn't care too much about the box office of [Monster Hunt], now whether he pays attention to it or not, this movie has taken off, judging from the current state, there should be no problem to break 2 billion.

As for whether it can break the box office record of 2.426 billion in [Fast and Furious 7] in the end, it is difficult to say now.

After all, it has only been released for more than 10 days now, and [Anle Pictures] will definitely apply for an extension of the key, and the General Administration will definitely approve it.

Break the shadow of Hollywood on the head of domestic films, and let domestic films really win the championship at the domestic box office.

On this point, the interests of the official and these film companies are aligned.

It depends on whether it is based on real skills in the end, or some unpopular means.

In the past few days, Gu Wei has been busy in the company.

[Detective Chinatown 2] is scheduled to start shooting in early August, and the movie script and storyboard are ready early.

The whole film is expected to be filmed in 47 days, of which 40 days will be shot in New York, USA, and 7 days will be completed in the studio after returning to China.

The whole film is expected to invest 350 million yuan, including 250 million yuan for production costs and 100 million yuan for publicity and distribution.

The first part of [Tang Detective] was filmed in Thailand at the beginning of 13 years, and the cost was only 70 million, and now the production cost of the second part has skyrocketed.

On the one hand, the salaries of actors have risen, and the salaries of Gu Wei, Wang Baoqiang, and Liu Yifei are not a small amount.

Among them, Gu Wei held three positions, director, screenwriter, and starring, and took a total of 60 million in salary.

Wang Baoqiang, as the absolute core of the movie, offers 20 million, which is also very reasonable.

Liu Yifei's market price at this time is 8 million, and Gu Wei will naturally not give less.

The combined salary of these three people is 88 million, which has exceeded the total cost of the first part.

On the other hand, filming in New York is not comparable to that in Thailand, and the various costs are very different.

According to the regulations of the American Film Guild, after applying for a special filming permit for a film like [Tang Detective 2], which was shot in New York, all the people employed must be union-registered workers.

The range of options is already fixed, and the prices are not cheap.

And the local staff are paid by the hour and are charged by the hour.

For example, if a union requires a minimum of 8 hours of work, if someone is paid $100 per hour, if they are paid more than 8 hours, it is $150 per hour for less than 12 hours.

If it doubles for more than 12 hours, it's $200/hour, and if it exceeds 13 hours, the salary doubles again.

If it takes up meal time, all the staff will have to pay separately, so it's a very, very scary thing if you overtime.

And each staff member must have a 12-hour break after completing this time period.

Also, jobs in the U.S. are Monday to Friday, and if you work overtime on Saturdays, the pay is 1.5 times and Sundays are 2 times.

This is a very high cost for the various supporting actors, ensembles, and other staff hired locally in New York.

Coupled with the fact that the plot of the film needs to be filmed on location at JFK International Airport, Times Square, Madison Avenue, the New York City Library, the Brooklyn Bridge and other landmarks, the money spent is by no means comparable to that of previous filming in Thailand.

As early as 2 months ago, Gu Wei contacted a Chinese-American Sophie who worked in Hollywood, whose Chinese name is Lei Meijuan, through various channels, and hired her as the assistant director of the crew.

Director Sophie grew up in New York's Chinatown and later worked in Hollywood.

started to do chores in the crew, and later did housework, scene notes, and at the best time, he served as an assistant casting director in a small crew.

Although he has not been famous, he has accumulated contacts in all aspects.

The process of making a film in New York, as well as the things that need to be paid attention to, the rental of various shooting equipment, the hiring of actors, the rental of venues, etc., she is at her fingertips.

Therefore, in order to shoot smoothly, director Sophie, who is familiar with the local situation and can communicate with the crew without barriers, is indispensable.

Several members of the domestic film director team, according to the script and sub-shots, and after communicating with Assistant Director Sophie about the situation in the United States, they formulated a detailed 40-day shooting plan.

In the office, Gu Wei was intently looking at some of the materials prepared by [Tang Detective 2].

Yang Liwen knocked on the door and came in.

"Mr. Gu, Huayi communicated over there and wanted to buy the film adaptation rights of [A Smile is Alluring].

You see? ”

Gu Wei frowned.

There is a habit in the current film and television industry, if a TV series becomes a hit, in order to maximize the utilization of traffic, it will often shoot a movie of the same name again to attract TV series audiences to enter the venue and carry out a second harvest.

In the past few years, popular TV series such as "Step by Step Shocking", "Why Sheng Xiaomo", and "Let's Get Married" have been adapted into movies and released.

However, there is a problem, this kind of movie adapted from a TV series is actually very difficult to make.

It's exactly the same as the plot of the TV series, the audience will say that the producer is making money, eating ugly, and changing a lot, and will be scolded for blind changes, disrespecting the original work, and not being a person inside and out.

Therefore, they have empty traffic, and their reputation is often not good, and the probability of hitting the street is very high.

Gu Wei had also thought about whether to let [Wei Mingxia] shoot the movie version of [Weiwei] before.

But when he and Nazha don't star, it is difficult to shoot a film that has a good reputation at the box office.

There is a high probability that the audience will say that it is a change of soup without a change of medicine, fried cold rice, and just bad money.

Therefore, the project has not been finalized for a long time.

There are a lot of high-quality movie projects in Gu Wei's company, and the [Weiwei] movie version is a bit chicken for him.

"How much do they offer?"

Gu Wei tapped one finger on the table, and after thinking for a while, he asked.

"Huayi's offer is 20 million, but I think there should be room for their tone to float."

"Good!

Continue to talk to them, slowly test Huayi's bottom line, and try to sell the film adaptation rights of [Weiwei] at a higher price. ”

"Understood, Mr. Gu!"

(End of chapter)