The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 295 The Best Horror and Romance Movies
"Signal: Mirage" was released in the first week, and it won 5.1 million box office, becoming the No. Not high, the lead actress Zhao Liying's salary is only 7000 million, and the total salary is less than 700 million.

Of course, this is not because Dreamworks is lowering the prices of actors. Although Zhao Liying is a first-line actress in China, she is mainly concentrated in the field of TV dramas. It is considered high to get a film salary of 700 million, but after this movie, her worth will inevitably will surge.

And the cost of publicity and distribution is also very low. With the success of "Black Mirror" and the reputation accumulated by the IP of Signal, even only one trailer was released, and no screening was performed. This is actually determined by DreamWorks. The publicity strategy is to keep the mystery as much as possible, so that the audience can get a better viewing experience.

Although the publicity was low-key, it was completely overshadowed by "Gravity", which started its promotion almost at the same time, but it also got the most film schedules among the three films released on the same day.

Therefore, it is not surprising that "Mirage" won the May 20st box office championship. This year's May [-]st box office did not have the "Enter the Dragon" like last year. It broke records one after another, and led the Huaguo film market into the era of [-] billion.

However, this year's May [-]st film did not appear an awe-inspiring tiger from the pre-screening momentum. The themes range from history, science fiction, suspense, horror to love, and it seems that it is a gathering of small and medium-budget genres.

但是《海市蜃楼》能取得碾压式的胜利却还是超出了很多人的预料，4月29日-5月5日的五一档一共报收了12亿的票房，《海市蜃楼》独占了5.1亿的容量, 排名第二的《情定西雅图》只有2.9亿，已经上映了半个月的号称CG革命的分账大片《森林王子》拿下了1.7亿, 其他几部电影直接扑街, 都没过亿。

Star-studded seed contestants "Master Xuanzang" and "Phantom of the Magic City" produced by two major manufacturers staged a big dive directly after the premiere day.

As a result, the May [-]st stage, which was originally thought to be a situation where a hundred flowers would bloom, with various types and multiple points of blooming, was once again acquired by DreamWorks alone.

This is very different from the previous predictions of both the media and the ticket-buying website. After an analysis by the media, it was found that the reason was that "Mirage" successfully "frauded" the film crew and the media of the same period. DreamWorks "pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger" "Woolen cloth.

The reason why DreamWorks has successfully created the third work of the IP "Signal" and announced that it will be scheduled for May [-]st is that other companies dare to compete with "Mirage" in the star-studded highlight, even though the public opinion beforehand is still optimistic about DreamWorks. "Mirage" can become the winner of May [-]st, but it is generally felt that there will be no crushing take-all situation, but like last year and this year's Spring Festival, the competition is fierce, with two or even more strong side by side.

First of all, "Mirage" is not Chen Jingxing's work, and the investment is not high, coupled with the low-key publicity, people think that this is a small but beautiful science fiction sketch, not the kind of blockbuster film that aims to swallow the market.

But the main reason is that the producers of other films believe that they are not a direct competitor of DreamWorks and can achieve a dislocation competition with "Mirage".

"Master Xuanzang" is both history and biography, "Phantom of the Magic City" is known as the domestic horror film with the largest investment in history, focusing on the horror style of the Republic of China, and "Love in Seattle" is not only love but also love.

Audiences have different tastes in watching movies. We are not on the same track as you. You charge your box office, and I charge mine. Will watch my movie.

But I didn't expect that "Mirage" is "If the mountain is not just me, I will be the mountain", you want to compete with me in a misplaced position?I am not.

Many viewers who watched "Mirage" in theaters generally experienced such a psychological process of watching movies.

At the beginning, I had the mentality of watching a sci-fi movie, but after watching it, I found that it was a horror thriller. In the middle of the movie, it experienced a series of reversals, and it also felt like a crime movie. I changed my costume at the last second. , it directly turned into a romance movie again, and it was the kind of romance movie that gave people a very small and clear feeling. It was so sweet that it directly slapped dog food on your face, making people's "girly hearts" explode.

The previous low-key publicity of "Mirage" and the secretiveness of the content have also successfully exchanged the audience's extreme feeling of being manipulated by layers of surprises during the movie viewing process. Therefore, on the night of the premiere, "Mirage" Netizens who were moved by the routine and surprised again and again blew rainbow farts on the Internet one after another, carrying out crazy Amway.

“[Life is like a box of assorted chocolates, you never know what the next one will taste like] — I can’t give you spoilers, but I think that’s a good description for Mirage!”

"The shadow of life has another Junxiong in the bed"

"It's so sweet! My boyfriend and I swipe it twice. Every time I see the part of the subway where the hero and the heroine kiss, there are two little people holding hands and going around in circles in my heart!"

"I want to block the peephole of my security door now, who of you understands this feeling?"

"This is a story about saving someone and becoming her husband"

"Watching the middle of the movie, I was still thinking that the heroine of "Mirage" is the worst heroine I have ever seen. At the end, I have to retract this comment. The heroine is simply a winner in life, okay! I beg God to grant me such A husband!"

"I live alone and a single dog deserves to watch this movie by myself. I just got home after watching it, and the neighbor knocked on the door, and my heart jumped out of fright! Help! Who can delete that eye from my mind?"

"The male protagonist is simply a loyal dog Hachiko in human form, I declare Bai Yu to be my new wall leader!"

"This movie reminds us to close the curtains at night, so as not to see things we shouldn't see, Xiao Ming GG"

"I declare that "Mirage" is the best romance film this May Day!"

"I declare that Mirage is the best horror-thriller of late!"

"Love in Seattle":? ? ?

"Phantom of the Devil":? ? ?

A large number of such confusing and curious comments and Amway made many viewers want to see how sacred "Mirage" is, it is also a psychological shadow of horror and horror, and it is so sweet that it explodes in circles. What kind of angel and A wonderful work with devils all in one?

And the film's layers of reversals and surprises made the audience who came to Amway feel that it was worth the fare, or even exceeded the fare, and joined the "tap water" team.

The biggest victims are "Love in Seattle" and "Phantom of the Magic City", which were released on the same day as "Mirage".

"The Phantom of the Magic City" is not wronged, although compared with the previous domestic horror movies, it is indeed well-made, and the picture and texture have been improved visible to the naked eye. atmosphere.

But after all, it is still a Huaguo-style ghost film. No matter how strong the texture is, no matter how good the atmosphere created in the early stage is, the experience brought to the audience by the ending must be "close to science", and the audience will inevitably have expectations. Frustrated and disappointed.

Even if the quality of "Phantom of the Devil" is actually not bad, you will inevitably have to feed shit to the audience at the end. The higher the tone you play in the front, the higher the audience's disappointment in the back, which leads to the experience of watching movies. Being below the quality of the movie itself would also put the rating below what it should be.

And this is completely opposite to the rhythm of "Mirage". "Mirage" is a high-energy sublimation at the end, which will give the audience a great sense of surprise. Therefore, the movie-watching experience "Mirage" brings to the audience is actually higher than the movie itself. quality.

Objectively speaking, there are one or two thrilling scenes in "The Mirage". With Tian Xinye's superb lens language, the expressive power of horror is also very strong, but of course it is not as good as "Phantom of the Devil" in terms of completion. It's not fair that Mirage is scarier and more thrilling than Phantom of the City.

But ghost movies in domestic theaters have to feed shit to the audience as always, and you really don’t have ghosts, so you can only consider yourself unlucky.

Under the contrast of super bad reviews and super positive reviews brought about by this one-sided viewing experience, "Mirage" has become a mainstream evaluation recognized by everyone as a horror thriller that is better than the horror film "Phantom of the Devil" in the Republic of China.

(End of this chapter)