my movie years

Chapter 426 Battle situation at the beginning of 2021
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the global box office in 2020 will be sluggish.Under the influence of the general environment, the Chinese film market surpassed the North American market for the first time and became the single market with the highest box office in 2020.

What is even more rare is that in the past, it was already extraordinary for Chinese-language films to have one or two works considered to be among the top ten of the year (mainly Zhang Hao's works).

But this year, Hollywood films have become an outlier, with Chinese-language films occupying six of the top ten spots in the global box office rankings.

Among them, "Interstellar" even defended the annual box office championship with a box office of 5.5 million US dollars.

Of course, due to the impact of the epidemic, some people think that this ranking is watery and has little gold content.

But no matter what, it still gives Chinese filmmakers a great boost.

At the very least, in terms of competition in a single market, the gap between the Chinese film market and Hollywood is obviously not too big.

After the New Year, "Interstellar", which had been postponed overseas, finally landed in the European and American markets. North America contributed 2235 million US dollars in box office in the first week, and Europe also took in 1135 million US dollars in box office.

This first-week achievement is far from Zhang Hao's previous films, but in this difficult situation, coupled with the restrictions imposed by the North American authorities, it is already very rare.

In Asia, the release time is not fixed, and it has also won 1532 million box office one after another.

These are the achievements "Interstellar" has achieved in 2021. It seems that it can push the film's total box office to over [-] million US dollars.

The New York Times, which has always been hostile to Zhang Hao, actually gave Zhang Hao a rare compliment, saying that his "Interstellar" is a booster for the world's film market.

If there had been no "Interstellar" last year, the movie market would have been pretty ugly over the past year.

We have entered 2021. Although various outbreaks are still happening around the world, due to the need for recovery, we can’t control so much.

The movie market is also gradually recovering, and various blockbusters are quickly scheduled to be released, hoping to achieve good results to tide them over.

Among them, Marvel is very impatient. After finally getting rid of the annoying Zhang Hao in 2019 and the success of "Avengers 4: Endgame", Marvel is excited to start 2020.

As a result, an accident swept the world, disrupting all plans.

Now, in 2021, they are back again. This time Disney and Marvel have the right magic weapon to start the fourth phase of the Marvel Universe.

The movies that are currently confirmed to be released include "The Eternals", "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings", and "Spider-Man: No Homecoming" at the end of the year.

Perhaps because they have made too much money, Disney and Marvel seem to have ignored the feelings of the Chinese market. The filming of "The Eternals" and "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" were so bold.

Of course, you're welcome. Both films have no chance to be released in the mainland market.

Audiences who want to watch these two films may have to go abroad to see them.But going abroad to watch a movie is something that most people can’t do.

"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" has something to do with Zhang Hao. After all, the earliest rumored director of Marvel is Zhang Hao, which has also attracted the attention of Zhang Hao fans.

However, Zhang Hao was not interested in this project, and Warner Pictures tried its best to stop it. In the end, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" was handed over to an American director to direct.

Of course, the film still has Chinese actors participating, and Chao Wei plays a villain in it.

Because of this incident, Chaowei was scolded by domestic netizens.

But out of sight is out of mind. This movie will not be introduced anyway. Those who want to watch it but don’t want to spend money can only look for resources online.

In addition to Marvel blockbusters, "Fast and Furious" has been filmed for the ninth time. "007: No Time to Die" is the last 007 movie starring Daniel Craig.

"Godzilla vs. Kong" continues to perfect the monster universe.

But a very strange thing is that due to the absence of superhero blockbusters, Hollywood films, except "Fast and Furious 9", have been somewhat discussed in the mainland, and other films have not received much attention.This is an important signal. Hollywood films that have dominated the mainland film market for more than [-] years are finally unable to be sold in the mainland.

The gentlemen on the other side of the Pacific are considering legislation to restrict Chinese-language films, but here they are responding to the gentlemen on the other side with the market.

What domestic movie fans are most concerned about is definitely this year’s Spring Festival release.

Because of last year's impact, this year's Spring Festival is particularly important. Many blockbusters were released together, dazzling the audience.

Before the Spring Festival, the most anticipated film is undoubtedly the comedy suspense film "Detective Chinatown 3" directed by Chen Sicheng.

Based on the good reputation of the first two works and the film's excellent marketing, the film's pre-order box office has exceeded one billion.

Before the release, Chen Sicheng also invited Zhang Hao to watch the movie. After all, Tianmi Film and Television Production Company participated in the investment.

After watching it, Chen Sicheng asked Zhang Hao: "How was the movie?"

"Selling money is not a problem." Zhang Hao's answer was simple.

Chen Sicheng breathed a sigh of relief. It would be great if he could sell it for money. As for the quality of the film, he didn't care about it for now.As long as you can make money, are you worried about not being able to make a movie?
Another highly anticipated work is the war film "The Battle of Pine Bone Ridge" directed by Guo Fan.

The several trailers released for the film have received good responses online.In particular, the well-produced war movie scenes will make professional military enthusiasts climax again and again.

"Changjin Lake" can achieve such high box office. I believe that this film with better quality than "Changjin Lake" can achieve good results.

In addition, comedian Jia Pangpang directed and starred in "Hello, Li Huanying". Jia Pangpang himself did not have any hope, and only said that the film would not lose money.

At this time, no one could have predicted the power and staying power this film would have.

However, with the strong competition from "The Battle of Songgu Ridge", it is still unknown whether "Hello, Li Huanying" can achieve such a high box office.

After that, it's "Assassination Novelist" directed by Lu Yang and starring Lei Datou, Da Mi Mi, Dong Zijian and others.

Similarly, Zhang Hao also went to see the internal test screening of this film.

The special effects are quite good and impressive, but the story is a bit muddled.If a director with a better storytelling ability is replaced, or the two of them cooperate, the quality of this film can be improved.

But thinking about it, with its huge box office appeal, at least the film’s profitability won’t be a big problem.

The last one is the animated film "Bear Bears" that will never miss the Spring Festival.

Zhang Hao doubts that this film will be filmed 100 years from now.As long as people watch it, "Bear Bears" will continue to be made.

Several films have caused a bloody storm in the Spring Festival of 2021. The first one is "Detective Chinatown 3", which has a first-day box office of 10.11 billion and a first-week box office of 25.79 billion.

Both the single-day box office record and the first-week box office record were broken by "Detective Chinatown 3".

But the good luck of this film ended here. The poor quality of the film made it no longer enough to compete with other films after exhausting the enthusiasm of movie fans.

"Hello, Li Huanying" is a latecomer and has maintained a healthy box office curve. It took in 2.91 million box office on the first day and 10.49 billion in the first week.

After the crucial first week, the box office not only did not drop, but actually rose against the trend, which really shocked many people in the industry.

(End of this chapter)