China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 65 New Movie

As of the early morning of September 9, the national box office of "Assassin" has exceeded 28 million yuan, surpassing "Titanic" is a foregone conclusion.

At the same time, the overseas box office performance of "Assassin" is also very astonishing. As of the early morning of the 27th US time, the film's total box office in North America exceeded 1.13 million US dollars, and according to the forecast of professional organizations, the North American box office of "Assassin" may reach 1.3 million US dollars , and the global box office of the movie may exceed 3 million US dollars.

With this film, Li Mu became the hottest film director in China, and his name was frequently published in newspapers.Even ordinary audiences who don't pay much attention behind the scenes of movies usually know about this young director who creates all kinds of box office miracles at every turn.

In addition, Li Mu has published many novels in the United States, and his deeds, which have firmly occupied the top of the "New York Times" bestseller list for more than ten consecutive months, were once again dug out by netizens and hyped. Various genius labels such as "genius director" and "genius screenwriter" were desperately pasted on Li Mu.

At the end of September, the government organized a number of "Assassin" seminars, and all film-related creators participated. Everyone gathered for a meeting to study the deep-seated reasons for the global success of the movie "Assassin".

Li Mu was forced to speak several times, but in fact, why "Assassin" became a global hit, he couldn't explain clearly, the action scenes were exciting?Ingenious drag racing design?Does the bullet bend?Cheng Long and Li Lianlian's double J duel?It seems that all are right, but it seems that all the reasons are not very good.

So Li Mu mainly talked about the conception process of the film. As for the reason why the film is so popular, let others study it.

The global sales of the movie "Assassin" not only rapidly improved Li Mu's status in the industry, but also brought him a lot of real money.

According to the agreement signed at the beginning, Li Mu will get a 3% share of the film's global box office. According to the current box office trend, Li Mu can probably get a dividend of 1000 million US dollars from the movie "Assassin", which is about 8000 million yuan in conversion. This is already an astonishing number, and if the number is reported by the media, it will almost certainly cause an uproar.

On October 10st, the daily box office of the movie "Assassin" had dropped to less than 1 yuan, and the film's box office potential was approaching its limit. At this time, "The Banquet", which was temporarily shifted to avoid "Assassin", was finally officially released.

As of the early morning of October 10, the national box office of the movie "The Banquet" was 2 million yuan. The film distributor immediately stated that the company was satisfied with the movie's box office. Underrated movie.

When the reporter asked Director Feng's opinion on Li Mu, Feng Xiaogang replied: "Li Mu is one of the few Chinese film directors who really understands what the audience likes to watch, and the most important thing is that he is one of the directors who have made achievements." The most handsome one."

After Li Mu heard about it, he immediately replied through the reporter: "Thank you Director Feng for the compliment, I dare not take the evaluation of 'the most handsome director'."

He said that he didn't dare to be the director, but he smiled from ear to ear when facing the reporter. Anyone could see that Li Mu's evaluation of "the most handsome director" was quite flattering.

In mid-October, the movie "Assassin" was released worldwide, and the film finally won a total of 10 million US dollars at the box office overseas. If the box office of 3.1 million yuan in mainland China is added, the global box office of the movie "Assassin" has reached 3.6 million US dollars. high position.

In addition, the film's overseas DVD copyright and TV broadcast copyright were sold in packages of 2000 million US dollars. The DVD copyright in mainland China was finally sold at a price of 1800 million yuan. The transaction price of the copyright was 1780 million yuan.

The reason why the DVD copyright transaction price is not too high, in fact, is still seriously affected by piracy in the market, and according to the agreement, the audio-visual company can only officially launch the DVD product 60 days after the movie is released, which undoubtedly also dispelled the audio-visual company's bidding positivity.

As the matters related to the movie "Assassin" come to an end, Li Mu is also thinking about his next movie.

During this period of time, he has often asked himself, what is the biggest difference between himself and other domestic directors?
"Taken," his first screenwriting effort, grossed $2.7 million worldwide.

"Master of Hypnotism" is his second screenwriting work, but he did not participate in the specific shooting process.

"Assassin," his third feature as a screenwriter and his first as a director, grossed $3.55 million worldwide.

That's right, "Global Bestseller" is the most unique label on Li Mu, and now he wants to continue to strengthen this label on himself.

He quickly thought of a movie, "Super Body" starring Scarlett Johansson, which was directed by Luc Besson and officially released in 2014. It is said that the cost of this movie is only 4000 million US dollars, but this movie The global box office of the movie is as high as 4.5 million US dollars.

From the perspective of return on investment, "Super Body" is definitely a good choice.

After the goal was determined, Li Mu quickly began to write. In the original movie, the heroine Lucy is a Caucasian American. Of course, it must be changed to Chinese here.

In addition, Li Mu also moved the plot that happened in France to Xiangjiang. The director of the original film, Luc Besson, is French, so the movie arranges a plot that happened in France. In fact, what happened in Xiangjiang or in France, doesn't have much of an overall impact on the storyline.

Nowadays, Li Mu is already a favorite in the eyes of many companies in the circle. His every move is always watched by people, and the few bigwigs in the circle who can talk even have to make a phone call with Li Mu from time to time. , to keep abreast of Li Mu's latest developments.

He had just started writing the new script on his side, when the factory manager Yan Yiyun called from the other side.

"Do you have an idea for the next movie?"

Li Mu didn't hide it: "I'm writing a script these two days."

Yan Yiyun on the other end of the phone immediately became interested: "Already writing? What kind of story are you telling?"

Li Mudao: "It's a bit like a story about a female superhero."

"Female superhero?" The other end of the phone was obviously stunned, "The kind like "Catwoman"?"

Li Mudao: "It's not too much, the main story is a story about a woman who gained extraordinary power by accident."

After pondering for a moment, the other end of the phone asked: "Why don't you continue to make movies with male protagonists as the main protagonist? The theme of female superheroes has not been successful worldwide."

Li Mudao: "Suddenly thought of such a story, and thought it was quite interesting, so I wrote it."

Yan Yiyun said: "You don't lack investment in making movies now. If you are sure about the movie, you can invest more yourself. If you are not sure about the movie, you can accept more investment and share the risk."

Li Mudao: "Thank you, Director Yan, for your pointers, I will remember."

Yan Yiyun said: "Okay, then I won't bother you, you can write the script well."

"Okay." Li Mu said.

On the other end of the phone, Yan Yiyun shook his head.

He instinctively felt that female superhero movies were not very reliable. Just like what he said on the phone, there are not many successful movies of this kind in the world, and Chinese female superheroes?Just listening to the concept feels a bit inconsistent!

But we have to wait until we see the script, because it seems that Li Mu is very good at creating miracles.

　Today's update, Kawenka's writing is too powerful, I feel a little bad at writing, sorry.

　　
　
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