my movie years

Chapter 283 Things Discussed Outside the Movie
The markets of Japan and South Korea are regarded as a good start for the overseas trip of "The Martian", and the markets of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have also created a lot of surprises.

On the island of Taiwan, this year, the films of the island of Taiwan have collectively pulled across.In fact, it is not considered a stretch, and the performance of Formosa Films has not been better.

Currently, Hollywood movies occupy the top positions in Taiwan's market. After the release of "Captain America 3", there is also an unstoppable trend.

Currently occupying the top spot is "Deadpool", with a box office of NT$1.42 million. "Zootopia" also took in NT$1.14 million at the box office, and these two films have grossed over NT$[-] million.

"Captain America 3" earned NT$3560 million at the box office in the first week. Judging from this result, the Taiwan film market is not as good as South Korea.

As a Chinese-language film, "The Martian" won a box office of NT$2496.7 in its first week despite various restrictions from the Taiwan Film Bureau, but it couldn't hold back the enthusiastic fans.

Zhang Hao's films have been performing very well in Hong Kong Island, and "Gravity" won a box office of 6980 million Hong Kong dollars.

This time "The Martian" was released on Hong Kong Island, and it was also jointly recommended by Hua Tsai, Cheng Long and other well-known filmmakers in Hong Kong Island.

"I know how good director Zhang Hao is. I have worked with him and know his talent. The films he made are unparalleled." Hua Tsai said in an interview with the media.

Cheng Long was caught by the media in a movie theater in Central. The eldest brother said: "I can only express my admiration. The young directors of this generation have unconstrained imagination. I recommend everyone to go to the movie theater to watch "The Martian."

In the end, the eldest brother still did not forget to advertise his movie: "Of course, everyone, don't forget that my latest movie "Jedi Escape" will be released in July, and Mi Mi will also participate in it!"

"Jedi Escape" is scheduled to be released in July, but at that time Da Mi Mi is in labor, and I am afraid that he will not be able to participate in the promotional work.

"Captain America 3" and "The Martian", which movie to go to, this is a multiple-choice question. ,

However, movie tickets are not expensive, so many movie fans choose to watch both movies.

Judging from the situation in the first week, "Captain America 3" is slightly better, with a box office of 2980 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week.

As far as the first week's box office is concerned, many local films on Hong Kong Island can't reach it. It can be seen that Hollywood films are rampant all over the world and have an unstoppable advantage.

And "The Martian" got a box office of 1978 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week, which is not as good as "Captain America 3", but it is enough for other films to look up to.

Like Treasure Island, Hong Kong Island's current top ten box office list basically does not see local films on Hong Kong Island. It can be seen that Hong Kong films have fallen to this point, which is embarrassing.

After the first week, "The Martian" continued to gallop in the film market.

Before the release of "Captain America 3", the domestic box office of "The Martian" had already exceeded 30 billion, reaching 30.86 billion.

Star Yeh's "Mermaid" box office record is about to lose, but everyone has long expected that it will surpass "Mermaid".

After all, the box office in the first week of "The Martian" was too explosive, and although the subsequent box office was also good, compared with the box office in the first week, it can only be regarded as nothing.

During the film's release, Zhang Hao was not idle, and led the crew to start the journey of the national road show.

Since its release on April 29, the creators have traveled all over Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan, Jinling, Guangzhou, Shenzhen City, Chengdu and other major cities.

On the last day of the domestic roadshow, Zhang Hao brought the main creator to Xigong University.

Originally scheduled for Peking University, after all, Zhang Hao also appeared on programs at Peking University and gave speeches to Peking University students.However, for things like space and aerospace, Xigong University is more suitable.
The crew of "The Martian" came to NPU. The students of NPU were very excited and prepared various questions.

One of the students who studied planetary science may have real research, or he wanted to attract people's attention and raise a scientific question.

"Hello Director Zhang Hao, I'm studying planetary science, and my main research is Mars."

After Zhang Hao signaled to continue, the student said, "Actually, I don't think the basis of the whole story is valid.

Because the density of the Martian atmosphere is extremely low, even if the wind speed is high, the dynamic pressure is still very small, and the force is also small, so that it will not damage the habitat, blow people and antennas away, or blow the MAV.

The other RTG is not a backup power supply, but the energy required by the MAV deployed to Mars in advance to produce the fuel used to leave Mars on the surface of Mars.

After the Wentian astronauts arrived on Mars, they dismantled the RTG and buried it a certain distance away.

As a hard science fiction film, there is such a common sense error, how do you explain it?"

After the student finished speaking, he thought he had raised a great problem, so he looked triumphantly at Zhang Hao on the stage, expecting his answer.

Zhang Hao smiled and replied: "You have this kind of scientific research spirit, which is very good, it shows that the students of our Western Polytechnic University have a pragmatic style of study.

The question about the movie Martian Storm actually starts from the level of science fiction.

At the beginning, we also discussed this issue with scientists from the space agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and finally decided to use Martian storms to create a crisis.

To a large extent, this is a science fiction movie with a certain fantasy element, not a popular science documentary.Do you understand that? "

The student who asked the question blushed, realizing the subtext in Zhang Hao's words.

One said that he was not pragmatic and just wanted to split up, while the other reminded him that experts from the space agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences had noticed it a long time ago.

No matter how good you are as a student, you are not Einstein, and you have never been to Mars. Are you better than these real academic masters?

So the student had no choice but to nod his head, expressing his understanding, and then sat down.

Sci-fi movies will inevitably be questioned, especially if it is not a Hollywood sci-fi movie, the voice of doubt will be even louder.

In fact, since "The Martian" was released, there have been many critics on the Internet, and this student's scientific criticism is considered light.

What's more serious, they directly began to question whether the level of China's aerospace industry shown in the movie is too advanced.

You know, at present, China Aerospace has not even gone to the moon, so how can it go to Mars?Isn't this something that only the country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean can do?
This is not surprising. In the era when the aerospace industry was in full swing, such doubts were inevitable, and even suspected that the probe's moon landing was faked.

Not to mention the current public opinion environment deeply influenced by Western culture, Internet public knowledge and muyang dogs licking their masters, and questioning other people and things.

Of course, if there are doubts, there will be maintenance, and there are more.

Netizens pointed out, first, this is a sci-fi movie, and it would be stupid to link it with reality.Second, our aerospace strength is definitely not weak, it can be said to be among the top three in the world.

Some people on the Internet say that life is not as good as South Korea, or even as good as India. Let us reflect, this is unreasonable.

This netizen defending China Aerospace never thought of a famous saying that China Aerospace is using its own upper limit to catch up with the opposite lower limit.

In the future, some people even say that China Aerospace is not as good as Musk's private aerospace company.

The aerospace strength of a country is not as good as that of a private company. This is their latest argument, so much so that the space station is built and placed in front of them, they do not believe it.

If you make them anxious, let me say a monthly salary of three thousand, in short, you are not as good as the opposite.

If you’re making movies with other themes, there’s probably no such controversy. As a Chinese-language film director, you should make comedies and costume movies, which are what you’re good at.

As soon as you shoot something out of scope, like The Martian, things get a little out of hand.

But this is a debate outside of the movie. Many times Zhang Hao will not respond to such things, because there is no reason at all.

People's feelings are not so obvious now, but in a few years, people will understand that the stories in "The Martian" will always be just fantasy.

What is more sci-fi than rescue is that all mankind unite and become a community with a shared future for mankind.

This wish that seems to be within reach now has become out of reach in the future.

If "The Martian" is released a few years later, I guess everyone is not concerned about the scientific nature of it, or whether China Aerospace can do this, but whether all human beings can really unite?

There is no answer to this question, and there never will be...

Back to the movie itself, although the movie has suffered some criticism, "The Martian" has a good score on Douban, reaching 8.6 points.

Although Douban is very strict with domestic films, it is extremely tolerant towards Zhang Hao's films, worthy of Zhang Van.

After the road show at NPU, "The Martian" ended its road show in the mainland.

Afterwards, the main creator set off to Hong Kong Island to start the road show outside.

With the arrival of the new weekend, "The Martian" also landed in film markets across Southeast Asia, with a box office of US$1200 million in its first week.

Including the box office in mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the global box office of "The Martian" reached 5.24 million US dollars, breaking the box office record of 4.8 million US dollars created by Zhang Hao's "Gravity".

"The Martian" became the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in the world, and the mainland contributed a lot. The mainland alone contributed a box office equivalent to 4.4 million U.S. dollars.

This result really shocked Hollywood.
I expected the mainland film market to be so big, but I didn't expect it to be so big. Two films with a single market worth more than [-] million US dollars were produced in a row within one year.

Compared with "The Mermaid", Hollywood cares more about "The Martian". "The Mermaid" has left the Chinese film circle, and it is basically not popular in other places, with a peak of several million dollars.

But "The Martian" is different. Apart from the mainland market, the film also earned a box office of 8400 million US dollars in other regions.

Only in the Asian film market, the Chinese-language films directed by Zhang Hao already have the terrifying profitability of Hollywood blockbusters.

It is also because of this achievement that Warner Pictures has more confidence in releasing this film.

However, it is still early for the film to meet North American audiences, and it will not be until August.

Unbearable, some North American movie fans with good conditions have already come to Hong Kong Island, South Korea and other places to enjoy "The Martian" in advance.

(End of this chapter)