Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 809
Like the blizzard encountered in the U.S. release, "Avatar" also encountered blizzards in China, but the severe weather of continuous snowfall and strong wind cooling did not stop the enthusiasm of the audience.

The occupancy rate of the zero o'clock premiere at the Royal Wanda CBD store was 100%, and the occupancy rate of the 3 o'clock in the morning was also 60%.

In Xidan New Capital Cinema, only about 1% of the audience chose to give up watching the zero-hour show. The attendance rate of the morning show was 80%. From the afternoon show, there was a phenomenon of full house, but the evening show was sold out as early as three days ago.

According to Broadway Cinemas, the occupancy rate of several theaters under Zero Point Field is only 60%, but since yesterday afternoon, the occupancy rate has begun to approach full capacity again, and the situation throughout the day is similar to that of the summer "Transformers 2".

In addition, the Dongguan IMAX theater, which claims to be the largest in Asia, has pre-sales of 150 million. The person in charge said, "I am afraid that there is no domestic movie that can sell such a result in pre-sales."

According to estimates from the theater chain, the national box office of the film alone is about 400 million yuan, surpassing last year's summer film "Transformers 2" which set a zero-time box office record of 350 million yuan in mainland movie history.

"After watching "Avatar" ("Avatar"), you don't need to watch movies in the world." People in the industry joked.

Judging from the theater schedule, "Avatar" does have an overwhelming advantage.

According to incomplete statistics, there were 54 movie theaters in the imperial capital yesterday, showing "Avatar" 2244 times, more than the sum of all other movies. "October Besieged City" ranked second with less than 500 screenings, almost only one-fifth of "Avatar" .

After watching "Avatar", the deepest feeling is the visual impact.

Although the story of this film is a bit clichéd, it has achieved absolute perfection technically, especially the CGI technology can only make the country feel overwhelmed.

Many netizens concluded that the gap between domestic and Hollywood special effects is at least 20 years, and some even say it should be 100 years.

If it is just to shoot 3D movies, it can actually be made in China, as long as there is a 3D camera, but the motion capture technology used in the movie, except for Chen Hao, I am afraid that everyone can only worship.

There are also many celebrities who expressed their views after watching "Avatar".

Lu Chuan: I feel like I have returned to my childhood and become a child full of fantasy...but there is no problem with the simple story, and the plot is very gripping.

"Avatar" let me know that what we lack is not technology, technology can be brought; "Avatar" suddenly made me realize how far the feelings of our movies are from the simple beauty.

How far are we from clear innocence; how far are we from fiery dreams; how far are we, who have been running and reveling in the twisted, dark, tangled vulgarity, from being sincere!
Faced with the purity of "Avatar", we should be ashamed.

This is a complete failure that we Chinese filmmakers want to witness collectively and be convinced by collectively.

Ning Caishen: I was stunned!I watched "Avatar" with several directors and producers in the middle of the night last night. After the show ended, the atmosphere was weird, silent, and depressed. Almost no one talked about the movie, and they were all stunned.

Netizens also had a heated discussion.

Qinglian Earth: The story is rough, there is no impressive dialogue, and the character image is also very pale.

Fax kite: Character?plot?Who cares about these, "Avatar" is a "genius work", Cameron used technology to create a brand new fantasy world for movie fans!

Du Tianzi: Before Chen Hao said that 3D movies have an unparalleled movie-watching experience, and now I really understand it!
Fax. : "Avatar" was indeed shocking, but it made me more interested in Chen Hao's new 3D film.

fankaifan: The translation of "Gods Down to Earth" is really suitable for the occasion, it is indeed amazing!
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And on major film review websites at home and abroad, "Avatar" scored 8.8 points on IMDB last week, ranking 25th in film history!
And this Monday, after the freshness of the film passed, the word-of-mouth dropped slightly, with a score of 8.7 points, and the ranking dropped by three places.

After it was released in China, time and Douban, the websites where several movie fans gather, also sparked heated discussions.

Netizens scored the former at 9.4, and the latter also scored 9.1, which is close to that of another "fan movie" "That's It".

"Avatar" has been released in North America and other regions for 21 days, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has swept the world.

In North America, "Avatar" has won the box office for three consecutive weeks, and what is amazing is that the third weekend's box office is still as high as $6830 million (the first two weekends were $7740 million and $7500 million).

There has never been a film that has achieved such good results in the third week before, and the North American media called the speed of making money "awesome".

Previously, it took 12 weeks for Cameron's "Titanic" to earn $3.4 million in North America, while "Avatar" only took 8 weeks.

It seems that "Avatar" is very likely to set a new North American box office record!
The overseas market is the mainstay of the box office, with an increase of 1.335 million US dollars last weekend, making the overseas box office a total of 21 million US dollars in 6.7 days.

Among them, in the mainland, "Avatar" was 2.87 million yuan in the first week, directly stunned many mainland filmmakers.

A number of box office records in mainland film history, such as the zero-point show, the first day, the single day, the first week, the fastest breaking 1 million, and the fastest breaking 2 million, have all been replaced by the name of "Avatar".

现在《阿凡达》的全球票房已经高达10.2亿美元，排名全球影史第四位，仅次于18亿的《泰坦尼克号》、11.3亿的《指环王3：王者归来》和10.6亿的《加勒比海盗2：聚魂棺》！
Counting the "Titanic", which created a box office miracle before, James Cameron has become the only director in the world who has two films with a box office of over 10 billion US dollars.

Speaking of which, "Avatar" also has an advantage in the box office due to the use of 3D technology. At present, 75% of the box office in North America is generated from 3D theaters, and the ticket price of 3D movies is generally a few dollars higher than ordinary movies.

The box office sales of 3D theaters in the mainland have also reached a new high, but because there are not many 3D screens in the mainland, there are often long queues in 3D theaters.

However, Haotian Cinema is very happy, because Haotian Cinema has just completed the 3D theater transformation, so the box office revenue is more than 2% higher than that of previous years.

In the following two weeks, "Avatar" continued its journey to harvest box office. In the second week, it once again hit 2 million yuan at the box office, and the cumulative box office directly exceeded 2.35 million yuan, breaking the box office record of "Edge of Tomorrow" which was recently created in mainland film history. .

In the third week, "Avatar" recorded a box office of 3 million RMB, with a cumulative box office of 1.72 million RMB!

Regarding the box office of "Avatar", everyone was shocked and a little numb. What everyone is thinking now is whether the box office of "Avatar" can exceed 10 billion?
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When "Avatar" was making a big hit at the box office in the mainland, the crew of "Inception" had already finished filming in China and came to Tangier, Morocco.

Tangier was the most exotic location for the crew to film Inception, a chase scene featuring "Cobb flying for his life" in the narrow streets and alleys of a local souk.

In order to complete the set of this street as required and find enough extras, the crew spent a lot of effort.

Fortunately, money can turn ghosts around, and with the help of the local tourism bureau, the preparations were finally completed on time.

In today’s filming scene, there will be more than 60 extras who are responsible for walking on the street, and more than 30 extras in the store. In order to prevent any confusion among these people, security guards are specially hired. This is also spent. part of the money.

After the literary play in the store was over, the exciting chase scene was about to be filmed immediately. Chen Hao was already prepared, but he was a little worried because Leonardo wanted to fight in person.

Although Leonardo participated in the training as required early on, and has rich experience in filming, he knows how to effectively protect himself, but this floor is close to 4 meters high, and Chen Hao is afraid of accidents.

If an accident occurs, not only Leonardo will be injured, but the crew will also be delayed, and it will cost a lot to wait a day abroad.

Looking down from the second floor, Chen Hao found that it was indeed nearly four meters high from the ground, so he looked at Leonardo who was preparing and asked, "Are you really going to jump from here yourself?"

"It's okay, I've also shot a lot of action scenes, so it's absolutely fine to deal with this scene." Leonardo smiled confidently, and then gave an OK gesture to show that he was ready.

In order to pursue the authenticity of the process, Chen Hao originally made the filming more intense and exciting. He wanted to film this scene in one go from the beginning to the end when the chaser saw Leonardo.

The cameras include those in the store, those tracking the male protagonist jumping off the ground in the air, and the small track cameras that have been prepared on the ground, etc. At least eight cameras are tracking Leonardo.

In addition, Chen Hao felt that it was not enough. In order to better capture the essence of the chase scene, Chen Hao also asked the photographer to use various shooting methods such as handheld cameras, Steadicam, wide-angle shooting, and walking shooting.

Striving for truth can make people's adrenaline soar and let the audience feel the heartbeat in the chase scene!

"Well, since you insist, then add some protective measures!" Looking at Leonardo's sincere and resolute eyes, Chen Hao could only agree.

"Come on, try jumping first, then check whether the protective measures are intact, and then prepare to start shooting!" Chen Hao shouted.

In order to be sure, Chen Hao could only avoid getting injured as much as possible. Of course, the crew had bought insurance for Wu Ti, and there were medical staff present. This is Chen Hao's experience in filming for many years.

Soon, after Wu Ti tried it, Wen Muye came over and said: "I tried it, no problem, if Leonardo follows the instruction, there will be no problem."

"Okay." Chen Hao nodded and said, "Let's start shooting!"

When everyone heard the words, they were immediately seated, but when they knew that Leonardo was going to jump directly from the second floor, they all sweated for him.

At the same time, everyone also admires Leonardo's dedication. This kind of scene could have used a double, but Leonardo still chose to play in real life.

Although Leonardo himself and the ground have taken protective measures, he is not a professional action actor after all, so everyone is somewhat worried.

So, everyone turned their attention, wanting to see how Leonardo dealt with this scene, and the other leading actors were no exception!

"Let's start!" Chen Hao shouted.

When Leonardo heard the words, he started running from upstairs, pushing away a group performer with a confused face, the expression on his face was a bit hideous!

Then, as the camera captured every detail, Leonardo had already come to the window, and then he jumped!
Like a big fish entering the sea, such a jump is full of vigor, and Leonardo's body stretches directly in the sky.

The camera on the track next to it immediately followed Leonardo along a line from the sky, capturing close-ups of Leonardo’s face all the time, and there were also cameras chasing Leonardo behind and below. .

Everyone was worried when they saw Leonardo jumping like this. In the panic of everyone, Leonardo's body finally fell on the protective pad, making a dull sound, but he didn't stop there, but There came a forward roll, looking very embarrassed.

This made many people feel nervous, Leonardo will not be injured, right?

"Crack! Look at Leonardo!" Chen Hao shouted.

And when Chen Hao yelled Ka, everyone had already moved over to support Leonardo.

Fortunately, although Leonardo grinned for a while, he was not seriously injured, only a little scratch on his hand, which made everyone's hearts fall to the ground.

After Chen Hao made sure that Leonardo was fine, he went to check the replay of the shot just taken.

After watching the replay carefully for a while, Chen Hao smiled relaxedly: "The filming is very good, Leon, do you need to rest?"

Leonardo smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, I can continue to shoot!"

"Be sure to be brave!" Chen Hao still urged.

"Don't worry, director, I cherish my own body more than yours." Leonardo laughed.

"Okay then, everyone, get ready for the next shot." Chen Hao shouted.

The camera was busy again, and the actors began to reset, ready to continue shooting.

After a simple treatment, Leonardo returned to the place just now, and then the camera started to prepare, and the extras had already blocked in front.

In order to fully capture the tense rhythm of this scene, Chen Hao specially arranged for several photographers to hold cameras and run along with Leonardo.

Several cameramen on the roof overlooking the angle also sent Chen Hao a message that everything was ready, so Chen Hao waved his hand, and the shooting started again.

This shot just started, Leonardo got up directly from the ground, and in front of him was the place where the local extras gathered.

All the way forward, Leonardo unreasonably pulled away a group performer, and then immediately accelerated forward.

A hand-held camera followed Leonardo every step of the way, and ran straight ahead with him.

Leonardo pushed away several people standing in front of him in a row, and at this time the first part of the chase scene finally came to an end.

(End of this chapter)