my movie years

Chapter 215 Two Tigers Fight
After the Shanghai International Film Festival, Zhang Hao and Da Mimi went to Italy and Provence, France to shoot their wedding photos.

The last time I came to Europe was when I participated in the Cannes International Film Festival.At that time, I didn't go to Provence to see the sea of ​​lavender flowers. It was a pity that Da Mimi.

Simply, taking advantage of the flowering period, Zhang Hao and Da Mimi came to Venice and Rome, Italy, and Provence to take wedding photos.

Again, it is not that there are no good places in the country.For example, there is a rapeseed flower field in Yunnan, and it is also in flowering season, which is very suitable for wedding photos.

But as public figures of Zhang Hao and Da Mi Mi, it is impossible to be the same as ordinary newcomers.If the venue is sealed off to prevent others from entering, the media will still say that the two are playing big cards.

Simply, go directly abroad.

Even if there are fans of Zhang Hao and Mi Mi abroad, they will not be as crazy as in China, and they can easily complete the task of taking wedding photos.

The wedding planning plan of the two was robbed by the wedding company in Beijing. The plan was reviewed by Zhang Yu and Yang's mother in person, and then passed the implementation.

The wedding venue has also been decided, which is in the Maldives.

Don't look at Da Mi Mi who usually shows off her affection in front of the media, but she doesn't show it when facing such a serious matter as the wedding.According to Da Mi Mi's idea, at most a few on-site photos will be taken at that time, and the whole wedding process is very low-key.

"Come on, look this way..." The photographer held up the camera, making Zhang Hao and Da Mimi face the camera.

Zhang Hao was wearing a white suit, and Da Mi Mi was in a pink wedding dress. The two posed in various styles together and took many photos.

During the break between filming, Da Mimi said to Zhang Hao: "This time getting married, I feel more tired than filming."

"Really? Then we won't take wedding photos?" Zhang Hao made a gesture to leave.

Da Mi Mi grabbed Zhang Hao: "How dare you? Sit down for me."

Zhang Hao said with a sneer, "It's just a joke."

Afterwards, the two chatted about their work situation, Zhang Hao said: "I will go to Los Angeles in about July to start preparations.

When the wedding period is over, the filming of "The Dark Knight" will start around mid-October. "

"This time your director's salary should not be the price of cabbage, right?" Da Mi Mi asked.

"Of course," Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Actually, an American agent has already represented me in the contract. This time, the director's contract needs to be paid three to five million dollars to be reasonable."

When directing "Batman: Beginning of War", Zhang Hao's salary was only 30 US dollars, which belonged to the bottom.If it rises to 300 million US dollars this time, it will belong to the income of middle-level directors.

而最顶层的导演，合约基本都是1+2或者2+1模式，也就是1000万美元片酬加20%的票房分成，或者反过来。

If this "Dark Knight" can achieve the same brilliant results as in the previous life, the next movie Zhang Hao will be able to call out the price of a top director contract.

Although Warner is unlikely to agree, he will try his best to meet Zhang Hao's request to prevent him from running away.

"During the time I'm not here, please pay more attention to the company, and watch more when you have nothing to do." Zhang Hao reminded.

Da Mimi nodded and said: "Don't worry, of course I will take care of it, although I also have a new drama to start filming, but it is in China after all.

And this shooting is very easy, it should not be tiring. "

After the torment of "Gravity", Da Mimi has now decided that he will not feel tired when he shoots other scenes. After all, not everyone can withstand the high-intensity shooting of "Gravity".

When Zhang Hao and Da Mi Mi went on a sweet wedding photo tour in Europe, Guo Fan's third feature-length film.

Starring Deng Chao, Li Xiaoran, Ni Dahong, Yuan Quan and others, "Source Code", known as a brain-burning sci-fi film, officially landed in theaters.

Guo Fan is already a well-known director with some box-office appeal, to the same extent as Zhang Hao after "Genius Gunner".

Deng Chao is also a popular niche in the front line, and "Run!""Brothers" won't air until October.He has not completely become a variety show cafe yet, he has not broken his image as an actor, and he has maintained a good box office appeal.

The cooperation between the two has naturally attracted the attention of many movie fans. In addition, Zhang Hao is the screenwriter and producer, which is highly anticipated by the market.

However, "Source Code" is facing huge competitive pressure. The reason is that "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction", which drove "Gravity" out of North American theaters, will also hit theaters on the same day.

Although "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" can be called a summer popcorn blockbuster, at the same time, the film has gathered various vulgar summer elements.

What's even more disgusting is that for the mainland market, the film also added an extra 10 minutes of scenes about China, and then Fan Ye showed his face again and played a small role.

But the "Transformers" series of films has a special meaning for mainland audiences.

If "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a sci-fi enlightenment work of directors all over the world, then "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" are sci-fi enlightenment works of movie fans all over the world.

The "Transformers" series has the same status in the minds of mainland audiences as "Star Wars" has in the minds of North American audiences.

So no matter how bad Michael Bay's "Transformers" series is, the film can always find a place in the mainland market.

This time is no exception. Last weekend, "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" premiered in North America. Although it achieved a box office of 1.03 million US dollars in the first week, North American audiences were full of criticism.

With the arrival of the working day, "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" fell off a cliff, with a drop of more than 50.00%.

If the film wants to make a profit, and if Michael Bay wants to continue filming the "Transformers" series, the box office overseas in North America must be strong, especially in the mainland market.

In fact, sometimes Zhang Hao felt that Michael Bay was a bit like Wang Jing in North America. Michael Bay, who became serious, made a film "Thirteen Hours of Dangerous Love", which was widely acclaimed.

Facts have proved that he has the ability to make good movies.But he just refused to reconcile and continued to fight the Autobots.

At midnight on June 26, "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" and "Source Code" officially competed.

In this regard, "Source Code" failed miserably, with only 1165.4 million box office in the midnight show, while "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" won a whopping 2085.3 million midnight box office.

The publicity before the release, including Zhang Hao, including Da Mi Mi strongly recommended this movie.In order to leave a good impression on Zhang Hao, other big and small stars recommended this movie on their social platforms.

Deng Chao even pulled his empress to show affection from time to time, went on talk shows together, and went on variety shows together to show off his funny talent.

Deng Chao's promotion can be described as very hard. It seems that he also hopes to prove his monoclonal antibody box office ability again through this movie.

In terms of confrontation on the first day, due to the strong performance of the two films, the market was much better than the same period last year.

"Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" scored 1.74 million box office, and won the single-day box office champion strongly. "Source Code" was slightly weaker, and won 1.05 million box office on the first day in a single day.

On the one hand, this indeed proves that the mainland market has expanded and can accommodate the competition of two films with a box office of over [-] million in a single day.On the other hand, it is also related to the high expectations of the two films.

And other films, such as "Godzilla", "Edge of Tomorrow", "Maleficent", "Eavesdropping 3" and other films that were released earlier, will suffer.

Under the squeeze of the two films, the box office of other films has plummeted, and they are no longer as brilliant as before.

On the second day of its premiere, "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" scored 2.23 million box office in a single day, and continued to cut 2.13 million box office on the third day.

It grossed 6.31 million yuan in the first weekend, firmly ranking as the box office champion.

Many Zhang Hao Heizi and fans of the "Transformers" series still feel that it is a pity that the film has not been released for a few days, otherwise it would be enough to break the first-week box office record of 10.65 billion created by "Gravity".

"Source Code" earned 1.67 million box office on the second day of its release, 1.51 million on the third day, and 4.23 million in the first week.

The production cost of "Source Code" was only 1 million yuan, and the cost of publicity and distribution was only 1.5 million yuan. "Source Code" has already been confirmed to be profitable.

Guo Fan also proved himself once again that he belongs to the category of first-line commercial directors.

Although not as popular as Zhang Hao, Guo Fan is still famous and has become the target of many star actors.

After Zhang Hao and Da Mimi came back from Europe, Guo Fan joked with Zhang Hao: "I'm scared, there are too many bosses of film companies who invited me to dinner and drink these two days."

"You went?" Zhang Hao asked with a smile.

Guo Fan shook his head and said, "How dare I go, I'm afraid I will kneel on the washboard when I go back."

Guo Fan is married, and his wife is engaged in the financial industry and hardly shows up in public.When Zhang Hao went to Guo Fan's house for dinner, he met him once.

Although "Source Code" can't compete with "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" in terms of box office, in terms of word-of-mouth, the film is much better.

Like North America, "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" received a lot of negative reviews from the media, and even ordinary audiences gave this film a lot of negative reviews.

"The director of the film opened your hood like a car mechanic, and then spread his hands and said: everything is here, you can figure it out." - "Jingcheng Daily" review.

"Michael Bay has achieved the impossible. It's unbelievable that there is a movie that is as stupid and nonsensical as the first three "Transformers" movies." - "Movie Week" review.

Zhou Yang, who is a fan of Zhang Hao, shared his views on the film on his account "A Dou Returns" after watching the film.

"The 4-minute film length of "Transformers 166: Age of Extinction" is made up of several blocky large scenes, and it is barely possible to find the outline of the story's transition from the transition of the scene.

The plot is weak, and Michael Bay is definitely able to achieve this goal by relying on deafening sound effects and numerous CGI special effects to stimulate the audience's adrenaline to the maximum.

A movie like this can be regarded as a different approach. If it is done like this one after another, it will really give people a lackluster feeling.

The fighting scenes in "Age of Extinction" are undoubtedly the most in this series of films, but the fights come and go, and the audience can easily not tell who is fighting who.

This kind of excitement on the surface cannot simply be blamed on the director, it is a problem with the film itself, who made this a commercial film for the purpose of making money.

However, with the continuous marginalization of plots and characters, such battle scenes have become less and less valuable.

In contrast, it also gives the audience more reason to doubt whether Michael Bay has lost his enthusiasm for directing this series of films, otherwise it is really unreasonable to deal with the errand like this. "

In addition to professional media and film critics, ordinary netizens will not let it go.

"This movie is the worst Transformers movie I have ever seen, bar none."

"It's getting worse and worse, and it's getting worse and worse. The forced Chinese elements make me sick."

"It's not as good as the source code. At least that movie looks like a movie. This one is like a piece of chocolate-flavored shit. I want to eat it but I can't eat it."

Although the media and audience comments are mostly negative, the high box office of "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" proves that most audiences still like this kind of blockbuster with big scenes and special effects.

Especially "Gravity" has just stimulated the demand for IMAX3D, the audience is in a state of hunger and thirst, and there is no good 3D blockbuster in the market to replace it, so "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" is cheaper.

This is a very strange point in the mainland market. Bad films like "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" or the "Tiny Times" series can still achieve good box office.

It cannot be said that the audience is ignorant and does not know whether the movie is good or bad. It can only be said that the market is uncertain and unpredictable.

Things were much better with Source Code, which received a ton of positive reviews.

"The theme of the movie involves a theory of parallel spaces: the world may divide and spread out an infinite number of parallel worlds with each decision and choice, corresponding to an infinite number of possible choices.

Therefore, in different parallel worlds, it may be old or not yet born, or simply become the discoverer of quantum mechanics itself.

Zhang Hao once again proved his ability as a screenwriter, and the process of watching the movie was hearty. "-"Penguin News" review.

"The story of the film "Source Code" infiltrates the audience with such parallel space theory all the time, but under the control of the director, this story makes the audience full of curiosity and desire to watch, and think about the meaning of human beings.

Director Guo Fan wants to use the theme of the film to challenge the audience's thinking, make the audience forget the specific characters in the film, and make the audience fall in love with the film with such a structure. "—"Sina Entertainment" review.

Although the plot of the film is a bit mind-boggling, the plot is intense and exciting, which can firmly attract the audience's attention, which is also the basis for the film to achieve big sales.

Guo Fan once again proved that not only simple films, but also brain-burning and complex films made with heart can be successful in the market.

When the two tigers were fighting each other, "Gravity", which had been released for almost two months, made a fortune silently.Perhaps it was the poor plot of "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" that made the audience a little disliked, and "Gravity" once again had a small-scale rebound.

This wave of rebound pushed the film's box office to 22.4 billion RMB, and continued to stabilize its record as the number one box office in mainland film history.

Some media asserted that for a long time, no domestic film will surpass this achievement.If you want to surpass "Gravity", you probably need a Hollywood movie.

However, these media would not have expected that "Gravity" is just the beginning, and there is still more time for domestic films to continue to explode.

Time entered July, and after spending a relatively leisurely June, Zhang Hao also got busy again.

On the first weekend of July, Warner Pictures held a press conference in Los Angeles, announcing that the "Batman" series of films was officially named "The Dark Knight".

At the same time, Warner Pictures announced that Zhang Hao will direct the film again, and the previous actors Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Amber Heard will all return.

At the same time, the press conference also revealed two brand new characters, double-faced Harvey Dent, and the most important character, the clown.

The clown is the biggest villain in the second movie. He is not strong enough to beat a gangster, but he is a master at manipulating people's hearts.

This is a purely bad villain, with a kind of ultimate evil.

To be honest, Warner Pictures hesitated at first when they saw Zhang Hao's second script, because the dark, heavy and depressing atmosphere revealed in the film was too heavy.

But the $6.48 million box office of the previous work, and the $4.91 million box office of "Gravity" have told Warner Pictures that Zhang Hao is trustworthy.

Therefore, after some intense discussions, "Batman: The Dark Knight" was officially approved, with an investment of 1.8 million US dollars, and it is expected to be released next summer.

As soon as the news came out, the North American media started a carnival.

Everyone knows that the second part of Marvel Pictures' "Avengers" will be released next summer. Does Warner Pictures rely on the second Batman movie to attack?

Although the majority of North American media are not optimistic, they have to admire the courage of Warner Pictures and their inexplicable trust in the Chinese director.

At Disney headquarters, Robert Iger and Kevin Feige had just watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. [-] and discussed the film in their offices.

"The completion of the film is not bad, and the comedy style is also very suitable. I believe it will do something in the global film market." Kevin Fitch said.

Robert Iger nodded and agreed: "I am still very relieved about this film. If it goes well, the second part of Guardians of the Galaxy should also be put on the agenda, and the arrangements have been made."

After discussing this matter, Robert Iger went on to talk about the situation of Warner Pictures next door.

"Warner Pictures has announced the sequel to Batman, what do you think?"

If Kevin Fitch didn't care before "Time to War", then it's a little different after "Time to War".

After pondering for a while, Kevin Feige suggested: "I think we need to increase our publicity efforts to force Warner Pictures away from "Avengers 2".

Although we are not afraid of them, it is best to avoid direct competition. "

"It is reported that Warner Pictures has scheduled the film to be released in May, and we are also in May." Robert Iger has his own source.

"Yes, we forced Warner Pictures to June, which is the best way to avoid direct competition."

Every weekend can only accommodate one blockbuster movie release, if two blockbuster movies are released together, it is likely to become a lose-lose situation, which is what Disney does not want to see.

Robert Iger thought about it and agreed to Kevin Feige's strategy.

(End of this chapter)