How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 592: The somewhat unpleasant May in the Mainland, and the upcoming exciting June

“And it’s not just Paramount Pictures’ attitude towards the [Transformers] series, Universal Pictures has a similar attitude towards the [Jurassic World] series.

Of course.

Universal Pictures, which has experienced the continued decline in the box office of the previous "Jurassic Park" trilogy, may be more cautious in its attitude, but it still has similar thoughts. After all, capital has the same nature.

Then Warner Pictures’ attitude towards the [Voldemort] series and MGM’s attitude towards the [006] series are almost the same as those of Paramount. "Zhang Nan successively named several other Hollywood giants who have cooperated.

Listening to Zhang Nan expanding the scope of the Hollywood giants who were in trouble, Old Luke was a little confused.

"Zhang, didn't we just end the stalemate with the Hollywood giants before, and now it's about to start again?"

"Where does the competition for fame and fortune really end?"

Zhang Nan asked back, and then continued: "And what happened this time was also intentional on my part."

"On purpose? Why did you do it on purpose?" Old Luke asked in confusion.

Zhang Nan reminded Old Luke: "The copyright of [Pirates of the Caribbean] was sold to Disney at a high price. I will personally withdraw from the follow-up series of [Pirates of the Caribbean]."

All of a sudden.

Old Luke, who had been subtle enough to notice that there was something wrong with Paramount's attitude, suddenly understood.

“You’re saying that Paramount wants to follow what Disney did with the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series and eliminate you from the [Transformers] series.

And not only Paramount, but other Hollywood giants also think so. "

Zhang Nan nodded.

"Then you already know the result. Why did you agree to Disney's request to acquire the copyright of [Pirates of the Caribbean] and withdraw from the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series." Old Luke was even more puzzled.

Zhang Nan waved his hand and said: "Because I can be sure that if the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series leaves me, its global box office will never reach what it was when I was here. Let alone break the threshold of one billion U.S. dollars, it is 800 million U.S. dollars." threshold, it doesn't work.

It’s also because I understand that human nature is better to block than to open up. "

One answer and two reasons left Old Luke speechless.

……

5 month 10 day.

Zhang Nan returned to the mainland from North America again.

Before Zhang Nan left, the mainland film and television industry was still full of news about "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

But after Zhang Nan went to Neon and South Korea to replenish nutrition, and then traveled around North America, when she came back, the mainland film and television industry already felt like a completely different world.

Film market.

March.

Director Xue Xiaolu joined hands with Wu Xiubo and Miss Tang who wanted to put the clothes back on one by one.

With an alternative romance film - that is, from a female perspective, it tells the story of how a mistress who had an extramarital affair gave birth overseas after becoming pregnant, then took advantage of the situation, and ended up having an affair and meeting her true love - it filled the gap of the mainland The shortcomings of romance films in some aspects can also be said to be pioneering in destroying three concepts and abnormal romance films.

But one thing Zhang Nan has to admire is that the shooting techniques of this female director Xue Xiaolu are indeed advanced.

It's obviously such an abnormal love, but the result is so warm and true.

People who don't have any ability really can't do it. This romance film "Beijing Meets Seattle", with an investment of less than 5.2 million yuan, grossed million yuan at the box office in the mainland film market in March, making a huge profit.

Seeing the box office of this movie "Beijing Meets Seattle", Zhang Nan wondered whether the number of mistresses was also growing rapidly at the same time as the mainland's economy was developing.

Otherwise, there is no reason why so many people can sympathize with the plot of this movie and go to the cinema to support it.

Then comes the end of March.

Seeing the huge potential of comedies in the Mainland film market, Guan Hu, who has been deeply involved in literary films, also changed the course of his career very well and stepped into the field of comedies.

Together with Huang Bo, a new mainland comedy superstar, Liu Huohua, who has not been popular for many years, Zhang Han, who has an old face and a crooked mouth, and Wang Xun, who has protruding front teeth.

They jointly created "The Cook, the Actor, the Ruffian", which is labeled as a comedy and does have a lot of funny elements, but it still has a strong flavor of a literary film.

In the end, this film "The Cook, the Actor, the Scoundrel" took over the box office baton from "Beijing Meets Seattle" and grossed a small box office of 2.72 million yuan.

With perfect performance, Huang Bo Zai has participated in "Crazy Stone" by mainland new generation comedy director Ning Hao, "Thailand" by mainland new generation comedy director Xu Zheng and "Journey to the West" by Zhou Xingxing, the recognized king of comedy in Xiangjiang, Mainland China. After "Conquering Demons".

He has strong box office appeal in the mainland comedy market.

There's no way it won't be strong.

If anyone else has worked with Ning Hao, Xu Zheng and Zhou Xingxing, they all need to be strong.

However, the box office of RMB 2.72 million did not allow [Cook, Actor and Ruffian] to recoup its investment, and even lost more than a thousand RMB.

This is not because the cost of the [Cook, Actor, and Scoundrel] project is high, exceeding 90 million yuan.

In fact, the production cost of "The Cook, the Actor, the Scoundrel" was only over 10 million yuan.

But it is precisely because of the low cost of more than 10 million yuan that the project cannot recover its cost.

Without it.

It costs more than 10 million yuan to invite Huang Bo, Liu Huohua, Zhang Han and the leading actors. It is also impossible for Guan Hu, a literary film that has won many awards and a very qualified person, to direct it. things.

Therefore, in terms of remuneration to actors and directors, [Cook, Actor and Scoundrel] also promised a share of the box office, so naturally they cannot get their money back. This can be regarded as a reminder to latecomers!

After "The Cook, the Actor, the Scoundrel", there will be the "Little Yanzi" that will be completely banned in the future. In April, it started a trend of youth romance movies in mainland campuses that deal with factors such as puppy love, lovelorn love, abortion, amnesia, illness, etc.

The movie is released in mid-to-late April.

So far, the cumulative box office of this film "To Our Fading Youth" has exceeded 600 million, almost 700 million yuan.

It has laid a solid foundation for the future situation in the mainland film market, where comedies and campus films have been competing against each other for many years.

But in general, the film market from March to May 2013 was a bit off, but still acceptable.

The next June will be the real boom time for the mainland film market.

[Tianji - Pictures of Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains], with Liu Tianwang being dragged overseas by Zhang Nan, the project has been approved and will be released in June. It wants to contribute to the list of mainland bad movies that has not added a heavyweight player for a long time. A force that can almost dominate the world.

And Guo Xiaosi's "Tiny Times 1.2" will also completely open the curtain on mainland fans' love for movies.

In short, it’s just one sentence.

When Zhang Nan came back, it was just at the right time when something exciting was about to happen. It was perfect.

(End of this chapter)