The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 423 Enthusiastic Feedback
"A vibrant and surprisingly colorful family adventure about a panda learning kung fu, if that sounds good to you, go see it in theaters." --The New Yorker

"Kung Fu Panda's appearance is somewhat novel and endearing, maybe it's just that we haven't seen this cute animal in animated movies before." - The Seattle Times

"Kung Fu Panda puts most other recent action films to shame with its stunning beauty, smooth, quick, clean movement and use of space." - Variety

"In terms of its pacing, it's still a bit jagged and too violent for a G-rated movie, but it also has some of the best combat design the animated world or any other genre has ever seen." — The Chicago Reader

"This vivid CGI comedy is some of the most visually stunning animation I've seen in recent memory. The technical prowess of DreamWorks is astonishing. The animation is so dazzling and detailed that you can recognize the titular beast. Individual hairs, and full of distinct image of Huaguo." - "USA Today"

"Like so many old martial arts epics, Kung Fu Panda is presented in a widescreen CinemaScope: a perfect, expansive canvas for an epic setting in the ancient Hua Kingdom. It reminds me of In "Matrix" the year before last, Chen Jingxing was good at repackaging the elements of Huaguo and putting them in front of you, which surprised people." - "Empire"

What excites Universal Pictures is that they made the right bet. The feedback from professional media and film critics after the release of "Kung Fu Panda" is quite positive.

The combination of panda and kung fu is naturally a huge advantage. Even if the story is a bit clichéd, it does not deny that the background full of Chinese classical aesthetics, the image design of pandas and the wonderful and perfect action design combined with the image characteristics of various animals. The movie-watching experience shaped is delightful.

A 90% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes is definitely an evaluation of an excellent movie.

The feedback from the audience was even more positive. 2414 theaters received a box office of 831 million US dollars on the first day, and it was the runner-up at the box office on the airborne day.

1165 million on Saturday and 1072 million on Sunday.

A total of US$3068 million was reported in the first three days of the weekend!
As a result, it expanded to 3670 theaters the next week.

The further expansion of the museum also caused a small drop in the box office on Monday's working day, and it received 832 million US dollars. The box office trend is quite strong, and word of mouth spreads quickly.

As a business card of Huaguo, the influence of pandas cannot be underestimated. Coupled with the mature and huge demand for family viewing in the United States, the box office forecast of "Kung Fu Panda" is also rising steadily.

According to the current trend, the box office breaking through 1.5 million is already a certainty, and even 1.5 million is not a big problem. You must know that DreamWorks only "Gravity", "Matrix" and "The Martian" have a box office of more than [-] million in the North American market.

These are all hundreds of millions of investment, and they are epoch-making sci-fi giants. An animated film can reach or even exceed this kind of achievement, which cannot but be shocking, especially the domestic public opinion.

""Kung Fu Panda" showed its strength in North America, with a box office of 3100 million and became the runner-up of the weekend box office in North America!"

""Kung Fu Panda" has exploded in popularity, and Po conquered American audiences!"

"National treasure parachuted into North America, the gods abdicate!"

"Animated films have unlimited potential, and DreamWorks has opened up a new mode of cultural output!"

"The total overseas box office of "Kung Fu Panda" has exceeded 5000 million US dollars, and the development of traditional cultural film and television has great potential!"

"Chen Jingxing accepted a telephone interview and announced in a high-profile way that "The Return of the Great Sage" and "Kung Fu Panda" will produce sequels, and the stock price rose by more than 3%! One hand is the Great Sage and the other is the Panda, DreamWorks has grasped the wealth code!"

"Animation has become a new outlet for domestic films. Many animation companies have announced film projects. The traditional Chinese mythology will become a treasure trove of material selection!"

If "Kung Fu Panda" was so popular at the domestic box office, other companies and the media were envious and jealous. When "Panda" took in 3000 million U.S. dollars in three days in North America, and the momentum seemed to be going all the way up, it would only reach 1.5 million U.S. dollars. Shocked.

The rise of Guoman, the rise of Huaguo animation has not long been talked about by the media. Even last year, because of the release of "The Return of the Great Sage" and two high-concept sci-fi animation dramas, many media dubbed it domestic. The first year of animation development.

What is the first year of rise and the first year of development? In recent years, there can be one or two similar titles in the first year of the year, but there is a consensus that domestic animation is indeed in its infancy, especially compared with animation powerhouses such as Japan and the United States.

But in just a few "first years", can a domestic animation film achieve such a high box office in the United States?Also popular with the people.

This is developing too fast.

In other words, DreamWorks is moving too fast for people to react.

It reminds me of two years ago when the media was still shouting "the first year of science fiction films in Huaguo" and "the rise of science fiction movies in Huaguo". Suddenly, "Gravity" and "Matrix" came out one after another.

One second it felt like it was still taking root and sprouting, and the next second suddenly a ten-foot giant tree rose from the ground, blossomed and bore fruit, and became invincible in the world.

Even the word science fiction has become the second impression of Chinese movies for many overseas people, second only to martial arts and kung fu.

And animation also makes people feel the same way. We are still investing in the animation industry here. As soon as animation concept stocks became a hot spot for stock trading, DreamWorks has already gone straight to Mount Everest step by step.

"Your Name" 7.14 million, "The Return of the Great Sage" 15.8 billion, and then "Kung Fu Panda", the three animation films have completed the transformation from the initial animation to "Hua Guo Disney".

Of course, the animation series in the middle also contributed a lot.

Moreover, DreamWorks has gradually established its name as an animation boutique company overseas.

"Your Name" is mainly influential in East Asia. "The Return of the Great Sage" landed in North America and won a box office of 700 million US dollars. Many American film critics and audiences were deeply impressed by this 3D animation full of Chinese style.

"Kung Fu Panda" completely let most Americans know that this sci-fi professional across the Pacific has such a strong animation level and technology.

You must know that the main appeal of selling tickets for animated films in Hollywood in this plane comes from the brand of the animation company. Many animated films that have no well-known IP and are not sequels can be released on a large scale in thousands of theaters and earn hundreds of millions of box office. The trust of the producer's brand.

For example, Disney Animation Studios, Hollywood Production, T-Captain under Disney (produce comic-changed animated films, and also provide special effects contracting services), Warner Animation Group under Warner (also good at comic-changed animated films), Universal’s Monster Studio, etc., Sony's Sprite Studio, etc.

These are all well-known animation studios in the United States and even in the world, and Mo, a subsidiary of DreamWorks, joined the ranks with "Kung Fu Panda". Of course, these old-fashioned studios are not as popular, but at least they left an impression on ordinary audiences. .

Perhaps in the future, European and American audiences can also add DreamWorks to the end when listing animation studios worth watching.

Next time DreamWorks releases an animated film, if there are no such elements as pandas and kung fu to attract the public, at least its own brand can attract a part of the audience.

……

December 2018, 3

Chen Jingxing, who stayed in the United States for half a month, returned to the crew of "Inception".

The overseas scenes of "Inception" have all been filmed, and only the domestic scenes are left, which are more difficult to shoot.

Hong Kong Island, Central Market.

The road was closed from a section of Des Voeux Road Central and Queen's Road Central in Central, and crowds of citizens gathered on both sides of the road.

No wonder the citizens are curious. Dozens of movies are shot on Hong Kong Island every year, but such a large-scale road closure is not common. The last time such a large-scale filming was a Hollywood super-English blockbuster.

"What show?"

"It should be a Hollywood show!"

"Who is it? James Bond."

"Looks like a mainland movie."

"Sneaking like that!?"

"DreamWorks filming, do you know it!"

"DreamWorks? Oh, no wonder."

"Over there? A train?"

"..."

Because the rich second generation played by Chen Kun in the movie "Inception" is set to be born as a chaebol on Hong Kong Island, so the first layer of the dream of "Operation Dream Plant" is set to Hong Kong Island.

The movie can’t be all foreign cities, there must also be Chinese cities, and if the cities are set in the mainland, it is logically unreasonable. The protagonist group enters the dream of Chen Kun. Running on both sides of the island, the first layer of dreams must of course be realistic, and it must not make it vigilant and wrong emotions.

When you reach the second-floor dreamland and the third-floor dreamland, you will be able to shoot in the mainland.

"Congratulations, Director Chen, you have won two more statuettes. DreamWorks has made a lot of money for us Huaguo filmmakers."

A thin young man in a suit and leather shoes exchanged greetings with Chen Jingxing in Hong Kong.

This person is the current young head of Hong Kong Media Asia Pictures, Lin Xiaoxian.

The young master of Lai Sun Group, one of the top ten family chaebols in Hong Kong Island.

After all, DreamWorks has never filmed in Hong Kong Island before, let alone such a large-scale road closure. Filming is also basically done by Media Asia Pictures to coordinate and apply to the Hong Kong government for filming.

Although Chen Jingxing is the director, he is the big boss of DreamWorks after all, so it is impossible to personally follow up and do the details of filming in a city, and he has been in the United States before.

After returning to China, I found out that DreamWorks contacted Media Asia Pictures to coordinate the application for the "Letter of No Objection" and road closure permission from the police department.

Moreover, Lin Xiaoxian, the young owner of Media Asia Pictures, even came to the filming scene in person, and greeted Chen Jingxing warmly as a long-time friend and filmmaker, which made Chen Jingxing a little embarrassed who was not prepared.

The main reason is that the biggest competitor in the Spring Festival, "Monster Hunt II" was jointly invested by Jianghe Culture and Media Asia Films, and Jianghe Culture even had a quarrel with Chen Jingxing.

Now it seems that he has made a big fuss. Even though Chen Jingxing is worth tens of billions, he has concentrated all his energy on the film business, so it is inevitable that he will lose sight of Mount Tai.

Thinking about it carefully, Lin Xiaoxian will inherit the entire Lai Sun Group in the future. The entertainment industry is only a part of his family business. The success or failure of a movie is not that important to them.

Moreover, "Monster Hunt II" did not fail, and it cannot be said that it was a loss if it did not earn as much as expected.

The other party wanted to chat and make friends. Although Chen Jingxing had no interest in these companies in Hong Kong Island, he would not stretch out his hand to slap a smiling person, so he humbly said, "It's just a technical award, it's not that exaggerated."

At the Oscars two days ago, "The Martian" won two awards for best visual effects and best sound editing, both technical awards.

Domestic public opinion is much more rational this time. Although it was also on the hot search, most of the media and netizens did not respond eagerly. First, after last year's "DreamWorks Night", everyone's freshness faded, and Oscar's The sacred aura has also dimmed, and the second is that after all, they are all technical awards, which are not that valuable.

(End of this chapter)