How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 478 Twentieth Century Fox’s feeling about [Avatar] is like that of Awei

"My suggestion is that it can be postponed, but it cannot be postponed. When Cameron and I were filming [Avatar], I felt that it would not be bad at the box office, so it should be released at the end of November or early December at the latest."

After receiving a call from Roland Emmerich, Zhang Nan gave such a pertinent answer after thinking about it.

After all, commercial blockbusters like [2012] only have a strong box office trend for one or two weeks.

And [Avatar] will be released on December 18th.

So as long as [2012] is released at the end of November or early December, it can basically avoid the attacks of [The Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron 2] and [Avatar].

Roland Emmerich on the other side of the phone thought for a while and was finally convinced by Zhang Nan.

So [11], which was scheduled to be released on November 13, was postponed.

Zhang Nan originally thought that the previous generation of "Detective Sherlock Holmes" would also learn to postpone, because when he guest-starred in "Iron Man 2", he also secretly hinted some to Robert Downey Jr.

But in the end, [Detective Sherlock Holmes] bit the bullet and rushed forward with the power of [Lord of the Rings - Sauron 2] the following week.

To be honest, Zhang Nan didn't even understand what the creative team of "Detective Sherlock Holmes" was thinking.

Why do you dare to fight back when all the blockbusters [2012] have been postponed?

What does it rely on?
A plot full of gay love between Robert Downey Jr.’s version of Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law’s version of Watson?

Yes.

After this version of "Detective Sherlock Holmes" was released in the original time and space, what was widely criticized was that the film made too much emphasis on the relationship between the two male protagonists.

However, although many people are criticizing, they have become accustomed to it, because the director of this "Sherlock Holmes" is the new British director Guy Ritchie.

British~
Everyone who understands understands that there is rot in it.

So in the end, the box office performance of "Sherlock Holmes" in its first week was quite ugly.

Of course.

The production cost of the entire "Detective Sherlock Holmes" was only US$9000 million, so it was very easy to make back the money.

But it’s harder to make some money.

Because November 11th.

Summit Pictures once again launched "The Twilight Saga 2" and gave "Detective Sherlock Holmes" a hard blow.

The sequel to the series "Original Time and Space", with a direct cost of 100 million US dollars, has won a global box office of 7.11 million US dollars.

If it hadn't been for the last movie [Avatar].

So there is no doubt that this [Twilight Saga 2] will make a big splash.

……

Mainland.

end of november.

At this time, [The Founding of a Republic], with the help of several extension keys, has basically squeezed out all its box office potential, leaving no trace behind.

The overall box office reached [-] million yuan, which seems to be a nod.

Then came [the sound of the wind].

Also with the help of the extension key, it has fully utilized its box office potential.

However, the final overall box office was a bit lower than that of "The Founding of a People's Republic of China", only reaching 2.1 million yuan.

Of course.

Although the box office performance was far behind, in terms of reputation, "The Wind" outranked "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".

There is nothing we can do about this.Movies are inherently a visual storytelling product that emphasizes drama rather than authenticity.

But where is the basic foundation of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China"? There is no way to add any drama at all, and it is all shot in the same old way.

The story of [Wind Sound] is much easier to handle.

But both the [founding of the nation] and the [rumour] are in the past tense.

The current Mainland entertainment industry has begun to hype Zhang Yimou's new work "Three Guns", and another masterpiece from the Hong Kong film and television industry entering the Mainland, "October Siege" supervised by Chen Straw Hat after "Vote".

But the main focus is still on "Three Guns Shoot Surprise".

Many viewers are now curious about how surprising Zhang Yimou's three shots were, and why he still wanted to film the crime?
However, the final answer will not come until the movie is released in December. Only then will mainland audiences be able to fully understand how surprising these three shots were and why the crime was filmed.

you could put it that way.

[Hero] gave Zhang Yimou the foundation he had accumulated, although a lot of it was wasted by [Ambush from Flying Daggers] and [City Full of Golden Armor].

But there is still some left.

If you just work in the mainland film and television industry, Zhang Yimou's remaining foundation will be enough to set him apart from other directors.

But as soon as this movie "Three Guns Surprise" came out, all of Zhang Yimou's background was completely destroyed in a devastating way.

Since then, Zhang Yimou basically no longer has box office appeal to ordinary audiences.

From "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", "Jinling Thirteen Beauties", "Return"... and other subsequent films directed by Zhang Yimou, the box office is not very good, and the box office is at least one level behind mainstream commercial films. , you can see it.

Of course.

These have little to do with Zhang Nan. The reason why Zhang Nan pays attention to these things while filming "Transformers 2" is mainly because he is thinking about whether to take advantage of the breakup between Zhang Yi and Zhang Weiping to sign Zhang Yi. .

After all, if Zhang Yimou does not say anything else, his directorial skills are still there. If he is signed, then Zhang Nan will also have suitable resources to sign contracts with mainland artists in the future.

After all, after Lao Wu finished filming "Red Cliff", he was basically useless.

And the most important thing is that Zhang Yimou's box office appeal has cooled down for more than ten years, and he can still make a big wave - "Man Jiang Hong".

The box office is 45.44 billion yuan!

Converted into US dollars, it's more than 6 million.

But Zhang Nan is just thinking ahead and making plans for the time being.

……

Mid-to-early December.

Zhang Nan's role in "Transformers 2" has been completed.

But before Zhang Nan could rest for a few days, [-]th Century Fox Pictures rushed her to North America.

Twentieth Century Fox can't help but be impatient.

Don't look at the US$[-] million production fee for "Avatar". In today's Hollywood environment after Zhang Nan's "malicious" price increase, it is a bit unsatisfactory.

But I can’t stand the fact that the [Avatar] project was established too early!

The project was established in 2005, and the initial investment was US$[-] million.

The most important thing is that it is already December of 2009. If we delay further, it will be 12.

Zhang Nan estimates that Odo Leide, the president of [-]th Century Fox Pictures, if he had seen Awei's performance, he would definitely be very moved by the sentence: "Five years, do you know how I got here in the past five years?" experience.

But in fact, [Avatar] has just been filmed now, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Nan at all.

He had already gone over to finish filming, and James Cameron had been dragging his feet there.

(End of this chapter)