The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 556 The box office champion and the completion of "Spike III"

Although the evaluation of "Interstellar" is slightly polarized, it is clear that this polarization is not the same concept as the polarization of real bad or mediocre movies.

Even the voice of some disappointment with "Interstellar" is the disappointment compared with "Inception", "Matrix" or "Mars".

I just feel that "Interstellar" is not as good as "Inception", or I prefer space sci-fi movies with the style of "Mars".

The foreshadowing part of "Interstellar" is indeed relatively long, and it is very different from Chen Jingxing's previous movies. These voices are actually all in his expectation.

On the whole, "Interstellar" is still the movie with the best reputation during the Spring Festival.

The one that can compete with others is "Inside Out".

Therefore, with the blessing of such word-of-mouth, the film schedule of "Interstellar" is also increasing step by step.

It's just that the lineup of "Beacon Fire and Cloud Mountain" is really hard to grab. As the first batch of tribute films to meet the audience, National Film must get a similar box office result.

Therefore, during the seven days of the Spring Festival, the box office trend of the top two giants showed an orderly increase in the film schedule of "Interstellar" and an orderly decline in the film schedule of "Cloud Mountain".

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the word-of-mouth of "Yunshan" is not bad. In addition, DreamWorks also restrained its own marketing efforts and did not buy drafts that trampled on word-of-mouth. It is completely different, and there is quite an atmosphere of healthy competition where everyone works together for a win-win situation.

After the top two giants, there is the second echelon composed of "Mind", "The Desperate Master" and "Rebirth of the Pearl".

As DreamWorks' fourth animated film in the Spring Festival, "Mind" has gained a good reputation, even not inferior to "Wall-E", but it cannot be compared with "Wall-E" in terms of the type of story or the opponents it faces. Power ratio.

Therefore, the national discussion and trend against the sky of "Wall-E" last year were not staged. Although it firmly suppressed the direct competitor "Rebirth of the Pearl", it also fought back and forth with "The Desperate Husband".

Although "The Desperate Husband" has created the lower limit of word-of-mouth for Happy Twist, who makes this the only comedy movie in the Spring Festival.

The mainstream themes of the Spring Festival stalls have been reduced to the level of the only seedlings in a few years, which also makes many people feel that the times have changed.

However, as the only comedy movie, "The Desperate Housewives", which is truly polarized by word of mouth, can only bite the head of the two giants.

When the time entered mid-February and the smoke of the Spring Festival stalls began to recede, DreamWorks still became the big winner.

"Interstellar" won the championship of the Spring Festival file with a score of 42.1 billion, "Beacon Cloud Mountain" became the runner-up with 33.6 billion, and "Inside Out" was close to 19 billion, surpassing "Desperate Husband" by a small margin and ranked third , will be DreamWorks' third animated film with a domestic box office of more than 20 billion.

And before March, there were no heavyweight films released, and "Interstellar" still has relatively strong stamina, surpassing "Spike II" and becoming the box office champion of film history is already a certainty.

The news that Chen Jingxing finally regained the box office champion again sparked a wave of discussion.

In addition to the increasing number of screens in the film market, "Interstellar" won the box office championship again, and another important factor is that the film's emotional line is indeed relatively prominent, and the sensation is enough, especially the crying scene of Chen Kun watching the video of his children. It's a scene of fame.

It is very suitable for family viewing, many people bring their parents or children to watch, and it feels like they regard "Interstellar" as a family movie.

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Magic City, DreamWorks digital film and animation production base.

In shed number one.

Chen Jingxing looked up at the huge half of the cruise ship model.

Wu Jing asked: "Doesn't it need to be remodeled?"

"Needs some remodeling, but it won't cost much."

"That's good, the pressure on me is also lighter."

The digital film and television virtual production and animation production base jointly invested by DreamWorks and the state-owned enterprise Dongfang International, which is owned by Shanghai Magic City, has finally been completed.

Chen Jingxing also took time off from the filming of Anton's "[-]" to fly to Shanghai, and attended the ribbon-cutting event with the leaders of the city government.

Of course, although the base has just been completed, the largest studio in Asia, No. [-] Studio, has already been built, and many scenes of "Spike III" were shot in this studio.

The main scene of "Spike III" is a cruise ship at sea. For this reason, a half-cruise model was built at a cost of hundreds of millions. After shooting, it can present the most realistic visual effects with post-production special effects.

And such a huge cruise ship model can only be accommodated in this No. [-] shed.

After the opening ribbon-cutting event, and after receiving the leaders, Chen Jingxing came to the shed to visit the set of "Spike III".

The filming lasted half a year, and "Spike III" is almost finished.

Part of the pressure on Wu Jing was also relieved.

Because "Spike III" was filmed on location, in order to build the cruise ship, even if it was only half-drawn, the budget was increased by 1.3 million, and the overall production cost soared to 6 million.

If Chen Jingxing hadn't said that he would use this ship in his next movie, Wu Jing would not have agreed to build a cruise ship for live shooting.

After all, the budget is the pressure on the director.

Even with the unprecedented success of "Spike II", the film market is unpredictable, especially in "Spike III", the protagonist is no longer the captain of the Squad, played by Wu Jing, but a member of the Squad. In the red blood cell group, Wu Jing's role in "Spike III" can only be regarded as an outstanding supporting role.

If Chen Jingxing's next movie can use this one-to-one model of the cruise ship that he built with great difficulty, then the production cost equivalent to "Spike III" will be shared, and the pressure on him will naturally be reduced.

This reusable cruise ship model was naturally used in the movie "Once Upon a Time on Earth", and it was also the main scene of a story line in the movie. It was finally cut into dozens of "thin slices" in the Guzheng operation and became the last scene of the movie. Climax scene.

"Can we get a schedule this year? Is there any show in the National Day file?"

Facing Wu Jing's expectant eyes, Chen Jingxing could only answer with a wry smile: "It is estimated that this year will be suspended."

Wu Jing naturally wants to set a good schedule for "Spike III", and he prefers the National Day file.

"Spike II" was too successful, and "Spike III" put even more pressure on him.

Especially in the past two years, blockbuster military and war-themed tribute movies have been released one after another. The audience will naturally feel tired after watching too much. Kind of a box office hit.

But Chen Jingxing was not optimistic about Wu Jing's thoughts.

The post-production has been completed, and the "Sky Eagle Warrior" that has received the dragon mark has been scheduled for summer, and DreamWorks has no way to insert another blockbuster of its own.

Moreover, the post-production of "Spike III" may not be able to keep up.

The National Day file is naturally suitable for military action movies, but this is a gift year, the competition is too fierce, there are too many heavyweight gift films, even Chen Jingxing's own "[-]", which has already finished filming the first part, may not be able to enter this year's National Day file.

Next year's Spring Festival stalls will be enough.

Chen Jingxing saw Wu Jing's worry, and comforted him: "The audience may be tired of aesthetics, but that's the aesthetic fatigue of homogeneous content. It's different to be able to shoot new ideas. "Spike III" is very innovative. I still have faith in this movie."

The story and scenes of "Spike III" are rare in previous military action films at home and abroad. It is an action film that takes place on a cruise ship in the ocean. It also incorporates elements of horror, disaster, and military operations. The role of the submarine.

The scene is not as big as "Spike II", but it is definitely interesting enough.

It should be said that the script of "Spike III" tried its best to create new ideas, which is why Chen Jingxing approved the project approval of this film.

No matter the concept, story or narrative technique of a movie, at least one element must be innovative, otherwise, for a mature industrial movie theme, the audience will easily get tired of it.

Even after last year's "Eight Hundred Revelations" and the Spring Festival "Beacon of Fire and Clouds" two war films, Chen Jingxing can clearly feel that the audience's evaluation standards for such themes are gradually improving, and their enthusiasm is also fading.

That's why he wanted to shoot "[-]" with a one-shot approach. In his position, he doesn't actually expect the gift film to get much box office, but it is necessary to keep the audience feeling novel and surprising.

(End of this chapter)