What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 185 Ask the Heroes of the World
On the 10th day of its release, "Warrior" had a box office of 24.41 billion, surpassing the 24.39 billion of "Monster Hunt", the second highest box office in film history, and became the second.

This catching-up speed is unprecedented, far less than the number of days used by "Mermaid" last year, which is also a record. It is only a matter of time before the next step becomes the box office champion.

Brother Chao called to congratulate, sighed and suggested: ""Warrior" is a fast horse with a whip and a whip, and its momentum is overwhelming. We have to consider making full use of this advantage and arrange the schedule for the second part of "Warrior" as soon as possible."

To put it bluntly, the form is very good, and the upper and lower parts should be released as soon as possible, I can't wait.

There are a total of six investors in "Warrior". Except for the wonderful studio, each invested 1000 million. According to the current box office forecast, each company in the upper part of "Warrior" will make hundreds of millions of profits. With such a large profit, Of course, the lower part must pay attention immediately.

Therefore, at the repeated request of everyone, Yangshu called all investors for a meeting in Zhuanta Hutong.

He, Liu Man, and Jiang Shiyu all participated in the wonderful studio, and the three giants entered and exited together.

China Film Group sent vice president Liu from the production branch to attend the meeting with his secretary, who paid great attention to it. Brother Chao personally attended the Orange Image, and Hei Niuchen and Sister Bingbing from Amy God Film and Television also came together.

The other two are Tiange Media and Junqi Feiyang.

Although Tiange Media has been transferred to Yangshu, the unsettled investment in the early stage is not included, so President Hua attended the meeting on behalf of Luo Xue.

Sister Tao has been very busy recently. In May and June, "Ode to Joy 2" and "The Military Advisor Sima Yi's Alliance" were aired one after another. During this time, she was busy cooperating with various activities.

But these two days just came to an end, so I came with Sister Qin.

Vice President Liu of China Film Group, Yang Shu and the other three have been dealing with each other since "Warrior". They haven't known each other for a long time, but they are familiar with everyone else, so they sat in Feihongxuan and talked happily.

Of course, the joy is that "Warrior" has become a hit and made a lot of money.

What's even more joyful is that "Warrior" has broken several Chinese-language film records, and everyone is proud of it.

However, being happy behind closed doors is not the purpose, everyone is very busy, so after the pleasantries, Yang Shu directly brought up the question for discussion: "The first part of "Warrior" has performed well in the ten days since it was released, and yesterday it reached 24 billion, whether it is our investors or The audience is looking forward to the release of the second part as soon as possible, and today is the date."

There is basically a consensus on this, but when will it be better?

The screening period of the upper part of "Warrior" is one month, and it will end just before August [-]st. However, considering the current situation, it is likely to be postponed for another month.

Brother Chao is also very experienced in distribution: "Actually, the box office of a work is very limited after more than one month of release. Take "The Mermaid" as an example. It was released for four months, and the total box office was 32.9 billion. It was completed in the first month, only tens of millions in the second month, and only a few million in the next two months, which is actually not worth the cost of distribution and theaters, and it is not worthwhile.”

The implication is that the box office potential will be tapped within a month, so his suggestion is: "After the first part of "Warrior" is released for a month, we will then release the second part, so that it will not cause a run on the box office. Attract a wave of viewers who watch the upper and lower parts at the same time."

Of course, this suggestion made some sense. Yang Shu didn't express his opinion in a hurry. He knew that Vice President Liu of China Film Group would not agree with it.

Sure enough, Vice President Liu denied it: "August [-]st will be in a month's time. I'm afraid it won't work. China Film's flagship film this year, "The Founding of an Army," is scheduled for this time, and the lower part of "Warrior" will not be allowed to be mixed in to rush to line up the film. of."

If the first part of "Warrior" becomes the Chinese box office champion, the market expectations for the second part will be very high, and it will be difficult for other films to compete with it. As the largest producer and distributor, China Film Group still has to prioritize protecting its own interests.

In fact, Brother Chao played a trick with his suggestion. Originally, "Wolf Warrior 2" he participated in the investment was also scheduled for August 7st, but in order to avoid "The Founding of an Army", it has been moved forward a week to July 24th, and August [-]st will be released. The impact of the second part of "Warrior" is not great, after all, most of the profits of most movies are made in the first week of the first month.

This is the so-called dead friends never die poor.

But for Yang Shu, this also reveals a problem. In half a month, the upper part of "Warrior" will encounter "Wolf Warrior 2", which may affect the screening rate and box office, and may even affect the possibility of breaking the 40 billion mark.

However, Yang Shu suspects that "Wolf Warrior 2" will be more affected. With the word-of-mouth and market performance of "Warrior", it may not be as popular as it is in another world.

After all, in a sense, "Warrior" and "Wolf Warrior 2" are homogeneous, but Yang Shu believes that the production is more serious and the quality is much better. Perhaps these factors may make the myth of "Wolf Warrior 2" Cannot be reproduced.

"Wolf Warrior 2" is indeed a phenomenon-level patriotic work, but it must be admitted that this is not a work that wins by quality, but more on feelings, and this sentiment has recently been covered by the upper part of "Warrior" It is also true that a large part is released.

In fact, the audience is well aware of the production level of "Wolf Warrior 2". Although the box office is hot, when it was reported that the film studio had signed up for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, public opinion was still boiling, and fans seriously questioned it and even boycotted it for a time.

After all, this is just an action movie, and it does not represent the standard of mainland movies. It is fine to have a good time at home, and it should not be taken outside to participate in the evaluation.

The quality of the standard is not sentimental. In the end, the quality of "Wolf Warrior 2" did not meet the Oscar requirements, and the farce ended because it could not be selected.

So can the level of "Warrior" meet the Oscar requirements?
I'm afraid it won't be able to reach it. The Oscars basically only accept artistic foreign-language films, and war films that engage in patriotic feelings are basically only accepted by Hollywood.

However, although he is confident in the market, Yang Shu does not want the second part of "Warrior" to be released on the August 2st schedule. Firstly, China Film Group does not support it, and secondly, it cannot be too big. Perhaps history will continue to repeat itself. Why bother with "Wolf Warrior [-]" "Head to head.

The holiday after August [-]st is the National Day, and there are quite a few films on the National Day file, such as Tao Jie and Jackie Chan's "British Showdown" is on the National Day file.

She doesn't care if it's a date or not: "I'm just participating in this film, there is no investment or box office share, so don't worry about taking care of me."

But Hei Niuchen and Sister Bingbing have something to say: "Our "Space Hunter" is on the National Day file, and we can't beat our own people."

In addition, the National Day file also has a happy twist "The Iron Fist of Shame".

So August is not good, October is not good, then September, November and December are left.

Everyone was a little impatient, and after exchanging opinions, they came to a unified understanding: "Now that the atmosphere of public opinion is not stable, it's rare that a patriotic movie like "Warrior" can become popular. Let's take advantage of this shareholder wind and release it early."

So they all tend to release it in September as soon as possible. At this time, the first part should be released, and it will not conflict with other domestic blockbusters.

However, there are several foreign language blockbusters released in September, such as "Spider-Man: Homecoming", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 3", Nolan's "Dunkirk", Japan Oguri Shun's "Gintama" and so on.

Yang Shu doesn't care much about this anymore: "These works are completely different from ours. It doesn't matter who they are in the same schedule. "Warrior" already has an audience base, and they can't handle it."

This is domineering, whipping a whip and looking down on all monsters and monsters.

It was finally agreed to be released on September [-]st, the same schedule as "Dunkirk" and "Gintama".

Yang Shu is satisfied with the schedule: "The sooner the release ends, the earlier the project is, and I will do other things later on."

Hei Niuchen began to look forward to it: "It's basically no problem for the upper part to break 40 billion. If the lower part comes to 30 billion, then there will be 70 billion. What a terrifying achievement, isn't it scary?"

It is indeed a bit scary. Give Wanda King or Ma Yun 70 million yuan, let them make a business with a turnover of 40 billion yuan within a year, and the profit rate will be more than [-]%. I am afraid that they may not be able to do it.

"Let me ask the heroes of the world, who can give up Yang to guide?"

(End of this chapter)