It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 577: Become famous overnight! What a coincidence! Warner, which has repeatedly failed, cannot watch this movie a second time!

The popularity of "Interstellar" is still continuing, and Chen Fei began to lead a group of main creators to promote it everywhere.

North America has basically been finalized, mainly overseas markets.

As a commercial film, the global box office performance is much more important than a specific country, and this is one of the reasons why Hollywood movies are famous all over the world.

The higher the box office of a movie, the stronger the box office appeal of the director and starring team, and the corresponding higher remuneration.

Therefore, everyone is very willing to cooperate.

And more importantly, if a company can spread the distribution of films around the world, this is actually a show of strength.

A new round of "inspections" of global distribution branches has begun again.

……

Of course, while running promotions, Chen Fei also did not forget to pay attention to the box office performance of the Lunar New Year movies at home and abroad.

"The Banquet" is completely screwed. The box office in the first seven days was only 3200 million, which is terrible!
Lu Tailang often made noises on Weibo in the first few days, but now he has completely stopped.

Yang Shoucheng made a special call to Chen Fei. While confirming the release date of "One Man's Martial Arts", his words were full of regrets about investing in "The King's Feast".

If he had known this, he would never have betrayed Lu Chuan's father's reputation and invested in this fool.

More than 70 million yuan, which was all real money, was all wasted now, and I didn't even make a dime back.

By this time, Lu Chuan had been blacklisted by Yinghuang and Xingmei, and was directly listed as someone who would never cooperate.

What's even more unfortunate is that in addition to the film's box office failure, the actors were also affected a lot.

Such as Wu Yanzu, Zhang Zhen, Qin Lan, etc., have not dared to appear in public recently. They mainly focus on keeping a low profile, hoping to get rid of the impact of box office failure as soon as possible.

On the other hand, as the first male protagonist, Liu Ye has been very proud of himself recently.

In addition to being a box office hit in the mainland, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" also ranked No. 1 on the local single-day box office charts in Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and other places!

Including Hong Kong, Bay Area, and several countries in the Middle East, it has also ranked first in the box office list for several days.

Because global distribution is promoted gradually, although many Asian countries already have promotional posters, the movie will not be officially released until more than half a month or even more than a month later.

This makes movie fans in other countries anxious.

What everyone didn't expect was that a large number of fans even flew to the capital in order to watch the movie as soon as possible, just to catch a glimpse of the film.

When he received a call from the Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Chen Fei was completely confused.

A movie actually boosted tourism in the capital. This kind of operation was absolutely impossible to happen in the past, but now it is really happening before our eyes!
As a result, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" was "forced" to apply to the Film Bureau for a postponement, and the screening time was directly extended to cover the entire Spring Festival!

There are many people who are dissatisfied. For example, "The Grandmaster" feels that this postponement method is too unfair!

However, apart from making a few noises online, they did not dare to go to the Film Bureau and the Culture and Tourism Bureau to cause trouble.

After all, for a project related to cultural tourism, it can be said that whoever touches it will die!

With the strong promotion of official resources, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" topped the 4.5 movie box office rankings with a box office of 7 million in the three days of its first weekend, and exceeded 2012 million in seven days!

Judging from the current box office trends, the box office potential of movies such as "Your Name", "Pacific Rim", and "Journey to the West: Return of the Monkey King" cannot compare with it.

Correspondingly, as the box office results continue to rise, the actor's status and reputation have also grown in a "spurring way" style!
Liu Ye, Shu Chang, and Chen Minghao are all very popular now. They have a full schedule of various endorsements and activities. They are very popular!
There are many examples of overnight fame in the entertainment industry, and now with the popularity of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", there is another Gulinazha in the list.

No one thought that in addition to the three main protagonists, she would gain a lot of attention and love from fans as she played the ultimate boss Queen Jingjue.

It has been just 14 days since the film was released, and Gulinazha’s Weibo fans have reached 140 million.

Ning Hao could not think of any words to explain it except "coincidence".

The Feiyinghuang Agency signed a 5-year agency contract with her. It was only the second year and it had already begun to generate income.

I have to say, this is all a "coincidence".

For Gulinazha and Feiyinghuang Agency, becoming famous overnight is something worth celebrating, but for Tang Ren, this is undoubtedly a major blow!

You know, in "Xuanyuan Sword: Traces of the Sky", she only played a supporting role.

But now, the supporting role has jumped up and directly become the "Queen of Fine Arts" popular in domestic entertainment. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to other actresses who participated in "Xuanyuan Sword"!
"Nazha is so beautiful. I love her so much. I hope I can see her in person next time I participate in an event."

"I went to the cinema three times for the exquisite queen played by Gulinazha. Every time I look at her, I can't help but drool."

"When will the peripherals be released? I want a Queen's version of the pillow, so that I can hold Naza and sleep."

Seeing the buzz about Gulinaza and Queen Jingjue on the Internet, Liu Shishi, who was filming on the set of "Fuji Detective", couldn't hide his envy.

It has been 8 years since she debuted, but the only works that are often mentioned are "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" and "Step by Step".

After so many years of hard work, it seems that there are only two masterpieces.

Apart from this, there are no other film and television works that can be mentioned frequently.

As for the movies he participated in, without exception, they were all bleak, with nothing worthy of praise at all.

And now, even Gulinazha, who once paired her with her, has become famous overnight, and her popularity is reaching the top!
But what about her?
"Sad Fairy Tale" failed at the box office, and "Fuji Detective" could only play a small supporting role...

At this moment, no matter how hard she hypnotized herself, she could not avoid the impact of reality.

"The Tang people...seem to have become a thing of the past."

A thought suddenly came to her mind. If she continued to choose to stay in Tangren, she would probably have no hope for the future!

The main premise that supported her idea was the extremely excessive request Cai Yinong made to her in private not long ago.

In order for "The Ballad of the Desert" to successfully pass the review, Cai Yinong actually thought of letting her throw herself into his arms!

The entertainment industry is indeed very chaotic, and all kinds of tricks that are incomprehensible to ordinary people are completely normal in this industry.

But Liu Shishi felt that he should retain a certain bottom line.

As an actress, she can accept drinking and toasting, but it's not a big deal if she drinks enough to go to the hospital for gastric lavage.

Make money, don’t be shabby!
But what she absolutely couldn't accept was that Cai Yinong secretly told her that in addition to accompanying him to eat and drink, she also needed to continue to the next project.

This was a behavior that Liu Shishi resisted very much, so she was very resolute and never agreed.

At first, Cai Yinong was still trying to persuade her with good words, saying that this was actually the case in this circle, and it would pass as soon as she closed her eyes and opened them...

But as Liu Shishi's attitude has been very tough, Cai Yinong has become impatient and directly stopped all her business activities!
In other words, she has no other work or income at all except filming "Fuji Detective" for which she has already signed a contract.

It was obvious that Cai Yinong wanted to give her a hard blow and force her to submit.

The contract only expires in half a year. If Tang Ren keeps suppressing her, it will be equivalent to being banned by the company!

Thinking of this, Liu Shishi felt a deep chill in his heart.

Cai Yinong, who has always been "amiable" in the past, has completely torn off the disguise, revealing the viciousness and viciousness underneath.

"She wants to force me to submit." Liu Shishi murmured, and an extremely firm belief suddenly appeared in his eyes: "No one can force me to do something I don't want to do! No matter who it is!"...

On the day "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" produced by Warner Bros. Pictures was released, Chen Fei happened to be in Germany to participate in a local promotional event for "Interstellar".

After the event, he proposed to everyone to watch the movie, and a group of people unanimously agreed.

As the prequel to the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, "The Hobbit" is extremely popular!
Because it was the premiere, Chen Fei still went through the back door and asked the theater for movie tickets in advance, so that he could see the movie at the first time.

The story takes place 60 years before the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. It mainly tells the story of the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, under the influence of the wizard Gandalf, joining 13 dwarves on a long-distance adventure. But he did not expect this trip. The journey was full of difficulties, and it was in a mountain cave during this journey that the hero Bilbo Baggins got the ring that would later change the entire Middle-earth world...

Halfway through the video, Chen Fei saw an acquaintance.

Andy Serkis!
Following the success of the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" series, as the leading actor Andy Serkis, in addition to his skyrocketing net worth, his attainments in "technical capture" can be said to have reached a higher level.

According to the news Chen Fei received, he has now become the hottest motion capture superstar in Hollywood, and is also responsible for the action guidance of the entire "Hobbit" series.

Although he was not single-handedly created by Chen Fei, it is no exaggeration to say that the second spring of his career must have been brought to him by Chen Fei himself!
Therefore, he can be regarded as one of Chen Fei's direct descendants in Hollywood, and he is the kind of actor who is always on call.

Unlike other people who mainly watch the plot, when Chen Fei watched "The Hobbit", he mainly paid attention to the details of special effects and shooting techniques.

According to the inside story he learned, when Peter Jackson shot this movie, he used a shooting speed of 48 frames per second, which is twice the traditional 24 frames.

This kind of shooting method can make the 3D effect clearer and more comfortable for human eyes to watch. Although it is counterproductive in some small scenes, the fine production and realistic visual effects still shock the audience!
And this is also something worth learning from Chen Fei.

Like "Interstellar", the running time of this movie is also as long as 3 hours.

When the movie ended, the first action of many viewers in the theater was to rush to the bathroom. It was a spectacle!
Chen Fei silently raised his phone and recorded the entire scene.

You can post it to YouTube when you get back later, and everyone can watch the fun together.

Box office has always been the best way to test a movie.

Driven by the powerful charm of "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit" was released in 4045 theaters in North America. The film's midnight box office revenue reached 1300 million U.S. dollars, breaking the record of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" nine years ago. ’s box office record of US$9 million, setting the best box office performance in the same period.

On the 15th, the media announced the first-day box office results of "The Hobbit."

If the midnight show is included, the first-day box office result would be as high as US$5012 million!
For New Line and MGM, the two joint production companies, this result is undoubtedly very qualified, and it also gives them hope of returning their money.

But for Warner Bros. Pictures, this result did not meet expectations.

In the office, Jon Berg frowned and locked his eyes on his assistant: "What is the current North American box office of "Interstellar"?"

"The North American box office was US$5.15 million, and the total box office in other regions except North America was US$3.46 million."

"This will break 8 million?"

Jon Berg took a breath, his eyes full of shock!

The assistant had obviously done research in advance and explained: "The 'space skydiving' challenge aroused heated discussion and discussions around the world, expanded the film's publicity scale, and generated extremely high box office appeal..."

Jon Berg fell into a long silence.

That publicity method is so perverted that Warner is completely out of reach!

After all, he couldn't possibly let the 51-year-old director Peter Jackson and the 41-year-old actor Martin Freeman also go skydiving.

This can no longer be regarded as propaganda, but is seeking death!
"Fuck! Damn yellow-skinned boy, he is simply a pervert..."

Jon Berg cursed for several minutes regardless of his image, and then he felt his mood improved.

The situation is now very clear. "The Hobbit" will definitely not be able to compete with "Interstellar". Warner Bros. Pictures once again lost to Waltons Pictures.

"Losing once does not mean losing every time. I still have a chance."

He murmured, reached for the cell phone on the table, and called the person in charge of DC Comics.

The filming of "Man of Steel" is in progress, which is the work that Warner Bros. Pictures is preparing to compete with "Iron Man 3".

Jon Berg is going to do some "fancy work" in the promotion of this movie, trying to give Marvel a head-on blow!
……

"Haha, the 2012 North American box office championship is ours again!"

Natasha called Chen Fei, who was promoting in India, and reported to him the box office results of "The Hobbit".

"Only over 5000 million US dollars including the midnight show?" Chen Fei raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Thanks to Warner's global distribution power being strong enough, otherwise, based on the box office results in North America alone, it will probably be able to barely recover the money."

"Hey, the big six are getting more and more stretched out, and our family is the only one."

Natasha is very excited because Waltons Pictures has won the North American box office championship for three consecutive years.

A long time ago, the outside world was still comparing them with Lions Gate.

But now, the media is already calculating which of the six major companies can barely catch up with Waltons Pictures.

This contrast makes Natasha happy to dream every day.

Her goal has now changed, that is to make Walton Pictures' stock value completely surpass the top six and become the well-deserved "big brother" among all Hollywood production companies!
Although this goal is difficult to achieve in the short term, she believes that as time goes by, it will eventually be achieved.

……

After chatting for more than half an hour, Chen Fei took the initiative to cut off the call, turned on the computer, and logged into the mainland's film and television information website.

Today is the time when Feng Xiaogang's "1942" is released in China. Although the film cannot be seen in India, he can get the audience's first impression of the film through fan reviews.

Looking around, the words "Epic Blockbuster" are hanging high on the headlines.

The high praise comments below are:
"Director Feng Xiaogang used "1942" to look back at that period of painful history, and it really reminded us that people should not be too greedy for enjoyment, but should also have the spirit of self-reliance, diligence and thrift in their lives.

People in other corners of the world are still suffering from wars or natural disasters, but what is even more terrible are man-made disasters. How helpless people were at that time! One can imagine how important a peaceful living environment is to every ordinary person!
We all don’t want history to repeat itself. That history was too terrible, too cruel, too tragic, and too helpless..."

Looking around, without exception, the film has received positive reviews.

The worst review among them is at best: "I don't want to make myself uncomfortable by going into the theater, and I will never go to see it a second time."

As for the comments made by those beasts who question the authenticity of the incident, they cannot even be counted as negative reviews. They can only be described as "barking".

This is the highest-rated film among all Feng Xiaogang's works to date. On Douban, Maoyan, Weibo and other platforms, both critics and audiences have given it a high score of 9 or more.

However, the film's popularity was accompanied by... a major failure at the box office!
On the first day of release, the box office was only 2555.48 million. Although there was an increase the next day, it was only 3055 million.

On the third day, because it was a Saturday, the box office surged to 4403 million, but on the fourth day, it dropped directly to 3500 million.

By Monday, the box office had been cut in half, down to 1700 million!
After 5 days of release, the box office revenue was 1.52 million yuan.

If this was just an ordinary literary film, the producers would be celebrating with great fanfare now.

However, the fact is that "2.1" is a movie with a production + publicity cost of up to million, a shooting period of eight months, and a gathering of big names!

The current performance is not to mention the prospect of a box office of 10 billion, I am afraid it will be difficult to even make back the money!
And compared with "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City", it is even more miserable. To be more specific, it is so miserable that you can't even see the tail lights of the former!
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