Chapter 304 Five powerful rivals at the North American box office
Wang Zhengfei's planning in the early stage of graduation completely triggered a craze for graduation songs and attracted the masters of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon among students.
However, Wang Zhengfei himself did not take a long break, but quickly returned to the crew of "Snow Leopard" for filming.
For Wang Zhengfei, there is another thing worth worrying about, that is, the movie "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1", which has been scheduled to be released on June 1st, has finally been decided to be released globally in June, except in Asia.
This time, regional audiences and global audiences can also see it.
Wang Zhengfei himself was looking through the film evaluation reports for the current period compiled by Lionsgate Pictures. There are many movies released in this period, many of which are very powerful.
Time has entered June, and the global film market has begun to fight fiercely. In China, there are two golden periods, the Spring Festival period and the summer period. There are undoubtedly more foreign periods, but the two more important ones are the summer period and the Christmas period.
, but relatively speaking, the summer season starts much earlier. In China, the period from the end of June to mid-September is considered the summer season. This is not the case abroad. In May, Hollywood blockbusters have already begun their intense filming.
Tense landings around the world.
For many countries, the smoke of "Ice Age 2" has just passed, and Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible 3" followed closely and rushed to the beach.
"Mission: Impossible 1" was released in 1996 and was a huge success at the box office. Four years later, in 2000, Paramount once again found Tom Cruise and invited the famous Chinese action director John Woo to direct the second "Mission: Impossible" movie.
"Espionage", the film suddenly became a classic, and many of its scenes are still imitated by some films. Now 6 years later, Tom Cruise once again goes into battle, still playing the role of the great hero Ethan, accepting the impossible mission, and in Michelle
With the help of Er Mohan, he battled wits and courage with Philip Hoffman, and finally eliminated the evil forces with the help of computer expert Luther.
The story is still old-fashioned, but Tom Cruise's invincible charm, the addition of Chinese star Maggie Lee, and the filming in Shanghai have made the Chinese pay more attention to the film.
The filming of "Mission: Impossible 3" was full of twists and turns. Directors David Fincher and Joe Carnahan were replaced, and the entire completed script was replaced. Finally, TV director J.J., who had never directed a movie, was replaced.
Abrams and producer Tom Cruise's astonishing move was richly rewarded, with the film ranking first at the North American box office for two consecutive weeks.
Then another blockbuster film was released. Recently, a movie of the same name adapted from the best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code" was released.
The director of the film, Ron Howard, is well-known in Hollywood and is very strict in selecting actors. He first cast Tom Hanks, the youngest Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award winner in American history, to play the leading role of Professor Robert Langton in the film.
French actor Audrey Tautou, who performed well in "Amélie", was selected, and even the supporting role was played by the famous "Killer Lyon" - Jean Reno, all of whom are masters of acting.
When he saw "The Da Vinci Code", Wang Zhengfei drew a red line on "The Da Vinci Code". Unlike "Mission: Impossible 3", "Mission: Impossible 3" was released on May 5th.
, by June, it was already running out of stamina, and at the end of its battle, it was unable to defeat Lu Jin. This was the truth. Moreover, in Wang Zhengfei's impression, the box office of "Mission: Impossible 3" was not very strong.
But "The Da Vinci Code" is different. Since 2005, both the original work and the movie "The Da Vinci Code" have received unprecedented controversy and attention. Even though some people have criticized the cast of the crew a lot, and the media has
Most of the comments are: ""The Da Vinci Code" is a movie that is loyal to the original work, but unfortunately, the movie did not bring any surprises to the audience.", "The movie is very mediocre, with no suspense or romance, and more importantly, the movie is very mediocre.
Not interesting." and so on.
But with Tom Hanks' wisdom and profound acting skills, paired with a cast of actors with unique characteristics, and the scheduling of Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, it is difficult for "The Da Vinci Code" not to gross a lot at the box office.
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The release date of "The Da Vinci Code" is May 19, and when "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1" was released in North America, it was the time when "The Da Vinci Code" was in full swing.
You can imagine how difficult it is to stop "The Da Vinci Code". As far as Wang Zhengfei knows, "The Da Vinci Code" has a strong box office of 217 million in North America alone, and it can also be ranked among the top five in North America's annual box office.
However, compared to "The Da Vinci Code", in this information sent by Lionsgate Pictures, Wang Zhengfei is more worried about another one, "X-Men", which is only one week ahead of "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1".
3", in Wang Zhengfei's impression, the North American box office of "X-Men" is still higher than that of "The Da Vinci Code", there is no doubt.
Basically, it was a direct match, and "Cars" was released on the 9th immediately after. The film is the seventh animated feature film jointly launched by Disney and Pixar.
After films such as "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles" created the miracle of computer-generated three-dimensional cartoons, Pixar, the producer of these films, has become the new king of animation in Hollywood, competing with its old employer Disney.
Frictions have also gradually increased, leading to the fact that "Cars", Pixar's seventh animated feature film produced in June this year, may become their last cooperative film with Disney.
Because of this, the last one is a work that has been made with all the effort, so it is natural to choose to give it all. Judging from the glorious history of these two companies, this time "Cars" must be fierce, and it is definitely the best.
It was particularly terrible. As far as Wang Zhengfei’s memory is concerned, the final box office was the second best result in the North American box office. The first place was “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” released in early July. “Pirates of the Caribbean” released two years ago was the best in the United States alone.
The box office revenue alone was more than 300 million US dollars. Therefore, Disney is pursuing its success and has begun filming a sequel and an unnamed third episode. In addition to the male and female protagonists of the original cast, it also invited Chow Yun-fat to play the Chinese pirate in the third episode, which is a strong selling point.
In addition to "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", there is another opponent that needs special attention, and that is "Superman 5". In terms of cast, "Superman 5" follows the strong acting route of "Batman 5", and
Bryan Singer, the young director who created the blockbuster "X-Men" series, is at the helm. In addition, the late screen idol Marlon Brando will continue to "play" Superman's biological father in "Super 5", which is also the case for many "Super 5" films.
Something that fans of the Superman series are particularly concerned about.
Then Wang Zhengfei compared them, and found out to his particularly saddening discovery that these movies that needed to compete directly with "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 2" were actually among the top ones in North American box office bookings. It should be said that the top five movies all have a chance to compete.
It should be said that it is sad or something. There are so many powerful blockbusters staring at it eagerly. Although "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1" has created miracles in Asia, it has never proven its ability in Europe and the United States.
As for the continued strong box office in Asia, if it can be achieved, there is no doubt that it will push the ranking of "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1" to an extremely high position on the global box office list. Basically, it will be in the top position.
Ten can be booked, and even the top five are promising. This is not sensational or anything, but it is true.
In fact, before this, no discourse film had the chance to enter the top ten of the box office rankings that year, and the box office of "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1" has surpassed the previous "Crouching Tiger" directed by Ang Lee.
"Hidden Dragon" maintains a total global box office of US$213 million, and "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1" is only released in Asia, or East Asia. If it is released in other parts of the world, the box office will be
It's hard to say how high it can be, but I think it should definitely be a brand new record.
Apart from these opponents, the other opponents are not very threatening to Wang Zhengfei, but these few opponents alone are enough to make "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1" a drink.
The most popular weapon in "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1" is undoubtedly its beautiful special effects, but this only has a huge advantage when facing local films from various Asian countries.
For the film industry, the biggest opponent is undoubtedly piracy. Among them, media diversification is a very important killer. The impact of media diversification on the film industry began to rise as early as the 1960s. Initially it was television, and now it is undoubtedly
It's the Internet, and DVDs, the evolved form of the once mortal enemy of video tapes, have long become the backbone of the film industry's profits. In the 1980s, there were only a few blockbusters with box office sales exceeding $100 million a year, but now $100 million is considered a blockbuster.
Passing line, even though most of them do more harm than good to the artistic exploration of movies, these big guys are exactly the film industry’s trump card against other media - pictures, picture quality, sound that cannot be matched by any playback format, creating breathtaking audio-visual effects
, you want to experience it? If you want to experience it, go to the cinema! Therefore, the "savior" has undoubtedly become the protagonist of today's screen.
But when it comes to Hollywood movies, there is no such advantage. As we all know, Hollywood movies are experts in this stunt-ridden model, and this model was carried forward by Hollywood.
Now, you can imagine how difficult it is for "Qin Shi Mingyue - Part 1" to counterattack the North American box office market, which is the stronghold of Hollywood where stunts are rampant.
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