From May 18th to 20th, it was the third weekend of "Avengers" in North America. It ushered in a big challenge. "Battleship", which was making waves overseas, was released in North America. All Summit Entertainment's competitors are placing their hopes on
I hope that "Battleship" can KO "Avengers" and stop the Women's Federation from being so arrogant.
However, the ending is tragic.
"Battleship" hit the rocks before it even set sail in North America, earning only $25.3 million, ranking second.
Topping the list is "Avengers", which won three consecutive titles, with a fierce momentum of US$60.05 million. The total North American box office was US$476.5 million, once again setting a new record for the fastest to break US$450 million. It still has a dominant position in North America.
, and overseas, the Women's Federation has also achieved three consecutive championships and four consecutive championships. No one can win the Women's Federation's championship title.
So far, the global box office total is 1.285 billion US dollars.
From May 25th to 27th, "Avengers" finally gave up its North American title, ending its three-game winning streak. It ranked second with $40.2 million, followed by "Men in Black 3" with $55 million.
However, with strong word-of-mouth support, the downward trend in the box office is not high. The total box office in North America reached 532 million US dollars, and it is about to surpass "The Dark Knight" to become the top three in North America.
It earned US$34 million overseas, with a total global box office of US$1.379 billion, surpassing the US$1.328 billion of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" and becoming the third highest box office in global film history.
The Women's Federation's strong attack has made Shao Shuaijun's reputation more and more famous. Now no one doubts that Shao Shuaijun is not as good a commercial director as Cameron. Cameron has been tinkering for twenty or thirty years before he made a few movies.
In terms of film, Shao Shuaijun has produced more than a dozen films in less than ten years. In terms of quality and quantity, when it comes to commercial success, the two are evenly matched.
"Shao is amazing and amazing. He is a young man full of magic. I am looking forward to the four magic series he is working on, and I also hope to be involved. With a man who shares the same technical interests with me,
Working with directors is a wonderful thing."
In an interview with reporters, Cameron praised Shao Shuaijun and promoted the four magic series to the world: "I talked a lot with Shao at the Beijing Film Festival. We were both full of curiosity and desire for new film technologies. I used
After many years of immersion and research on 3D technology, we now agree that extended technologies such as 5D will be a new movie experience, and the four major magic series will apply these new technologies. Currently, the two most outstanding young people in Hollywood,
Nolan is too obsessed with old-fashioned film technology and is opposed to 3D and digital. This is why I dislike Nolan and like Shao Shuaijun. Directors must try various possibilities and cannot limit themselves."
Cameron had just finished talking about the four major fantasy series, when Shao Shuaijun sent an invitation to Cameron, inviting him to direct a movie in the series of Immortals, Buddhas, Gods and Demons, and to serve as the producer of the series.
"James, the temporary title of this story is "Sun Wukong: Havoc in Heaven". It is based on the story in the four famous Chinese novels "Journey to the West". The script is very interesting and very simple and straightforward. It is about Sun Wukong rebelling against Heaven and gaining freedom for his compatriots.
story."
"Have you thought clearly about asking me to serve as the producer of this series? I don't know much about Chinese myths and legends."
"It doesn't matter, the scripts are all the best. We need your experience to guide us to better break through the shackles of Chinese-language films and keep pace with the world."
"But now I need to direct "Avatar 2."
"We can wait for the directing. The four major fantasy series do not need to be launched at the same time. I am currently working on the Ancient Legends series, with an experimental nature, and launching several small-scale movies. I hope you can come over and be my director.
The producer of the movie "The Yellow Emperor: The Battle of the Deer" could just take the time to come over and give some guidance."
"I think I said yes."
"Great, then it's settled."
Shao Shuaijun had already planned to persuade James Cameron to serve as the producer of the four major fantasy series. Cameron has not shot many movies, but in the commercial field, Cameron is definitely the one with the most forward-looking vision.
The one who strives for perfection the most. "Terminator", "Alien", "Titanic", and "Avatar" are all movies that have influenced Hollywood for many years. With Cameron at the helm of the four major fantasy series, Shao Shuaijun can feel more at ease.
Create this blueprint.
From the craze of superheroes all over the world, from the hot sales of "Harry Potter", "Twilight", "Lord of the Rings", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and other series of movies, it can be seen that as the special effects become more and more outstanding,
, the fantasy series of movies has an increasingly wider audience, and the younger generation, which has become the main force at the box office, is becoming more and more accustomed to this type of fantasy movies.
If done well, the four major fantasy series will never lose to the trio of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Movies adapted from Marvel comics do have the bonus of comic fans, but people who have never read Marvel comics will still enjoy watching them.
, this is the charm of magical colors.
In the past, the only way to watch a movie was to go to the cinema. Therefore, those romantic movies with good reputation can still achieve incredible box office. Now that the Internet has developed, you can watch a romantic movie on your computer. It is not necessary.
After going to the cinema for a long time, it is particularly difficult for a romantic movie to get a miraculous box office performance.
Magic movies and science fiction movies are different. The visual effects of these movies have a huge bonus. There is a huge difference between going to the cinema and not going to the cinema. In the future, only fantasy and science fiction movies will create miracles at the box office. Looking at it
In the new century, which movie has achieved good box office success, which one is not a visual special effects blockbuster?
In the 21st century, the only movies that can make it into the top ten box office in North America are "Avatar", "The Avengers", "The Dark Knight", "Shrek 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Treasure".
Except for one cartoon, they are all visual effects blockbusters.
Even the movies that make it into the top 100 are basically monopolized by visual effects blockbusters.
This is the current situation of film development. Only by following the trend can we make waves at sea.
It’s hard to say that Chinese-language films cannot be successful because the visual effects are too sloppy.
Foreigners don't understand the stories told by Chinese people, and they don't even get to watch the scenes. Of course they don't like Chinese movies, Chinese-language movies.
If the four major fantasy series want to take off, they must first work hard on the hardware. In this regard, James Cameron is the absolute authority.
Time flies, and the first phase of script solicitation has ended. Shao Shuaijun and the screenwriting team of Jiahe Entertainment have selected hundreds of excellent scripts, as well as thousands of excellent outlines and ideas. After systematic induction and reshaping, the four major magic series
The general plot framework was finally figured out.
All that's left is to refine the script and prepare for the project.
On June 2, 2012, a grand meeting was held at Jiahe Entertainment Base in Beijing.
The host of the meeting was Yi Jianmei. In addition to several executives from Jiahe Entertainment and Summit Entertainment, the attendees were many directors and screenwriters. Mainland directors include Shao Shuaijun, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Gao Zhisheng, Wu Ershan, Li Fangfang, Ning Hao,
Wang Yixue, Jiang Zhigang, Yang Ying, etc. Hong Kong directors include Zhou Xingxing, Xu Ke, Chen Jiashang, Cheng Xiaodong, Yip Weixing, Liu Zhenwei, etc. Baodao directors currently only have Li Yu, and foreign Chinese directors include Huang Yiyu and Wen Ziren.
Basically, the main force of Chinese directors is here.
This meeting is to discuss the film production of the four major fantasy series. The ability to invite so many directors is entirely supported by the reputation of Shao Shuaijun and Jiahe Entertainment.
"Magic movies will be the main force of commercial movies in the future. My original plan for the four major fantasy series was also based on the idea of starting to change Chinese-language movies commercially. Of course, the four major magical series are not just about ancient legends, gods, Buddhas, immortals, and demons.
Hundreds of Schools of Thoughts, Biographies of Assassins, can also independently start a series of the Emperor's Chronicles, a series of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, or even a new fantasy series that has no basis in legends."
Shao Shuaijun looked at the notes in his hand and said relaxedly: "We have received a lot of scripts so far, and they are all very good. We have already sorted out the plot framework of this series. Everyone has received this plot framework description, and as long as it conforms to this big picture
After the script is reviewed, any story that has commercial potential can be filmed. Being able to sit here shows that we are interested in the four major magical series. I also sincerely invite everyone to join this project."
Yi Jianmei took over the conversation: "The four major magical series have been recognized by Golden Harvest Entertainment and Summit Entertainment as plans with good business prospects and will be included in the company's future decisions. In fact, as early as when D2 and ILM were acquired, Director Shao
I have this idea that fantasy movies will be mainstream movies in the future. We have the world's top special effects company, the world's top screenwriter team, and the world's top distribution company. This will be a major event for the rise of Chinese-language movies. I
I also look forward to your joining.”
Yang Ying, secretary of the meeting and a new female director, then read out the report: "Currently, six movies have been approved for the four major fantasy series."
"They are two parts of the Ancient Legends series, "The Yellow Emperor: The Battle of the Deer" directed by Shao, and "Cangjie: Lord of Civilization" directed by Gao Zhisheng; three parts of the Gods, Demons, Immortals and Buddhas series, "The Monkey King: The Monkey King" directed by James Cameron
"Havoc in Heaven", director Wu Ershan directed "Eight Immortals: Mystical Powers", director Chen Jiashang directed "The Legend of White Snake: The Legend of the Green Snake"; the first part of the Hundred Schools of Masters series, director Xu Ke directed "Mozi: Universal Love, Non-Attack"
"; Part one of the Assassin Biography series, "Jing Ke: Fish Intestines Assassin the Qin" directed by Li Fangfang."
"In addition, there are two TV series ready to be approved, one is "The Emperor of Yama" directed by director Wang Yixue, and the other is "The Jade Emperor" directed by director Jiang Zhigang."
"These six movies and two TV series are the first phase of the production plan of the four major magical series. They are joint ventures between China and the United States. They are all produced to the specifications of special effects blockbusters. Summit Entertainment is responsible for global promotion. Golden Harvest Entertainment's script library also has countless good works. Script, if any director wants to participate in the project, he can choose the script, or prepare his own script, and let us work together to create the most dreamy epic movie project!"
Shao Shuaijun said with a smile. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)