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Chapter 855: A box office disaster! Is Feng Ye a bad guy? Is Feng Ye awesome?
When the time came to December 12, Chen Fei was quite surprised to find that "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" and "Old Cannon" were released on the same day!

However, due to the time difference, the first-day box office results of the two were released 12 hours apart.

In Hollywood, as "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" was officially released in North America, the ratings and reputation that Annapurna Pictures had been suppressing on major media and social networking sites completely exploded the next morning.

"Film Daily" column: "The story rhythm of "King Arthur" is very good, and the most important thing is the cooperation, interaction, and banter of the various characters... It is simply natural, especially the part where Arthur grows up. The dynamic soundtrack and the fast-forwarding of the story are perfectly combined, which is dizzying but not without a humorous tone."

Chicago Film News: "Astrid's performance as the witch was brilliant, and the war elephants rushed into the picture as the drums sounded. It was a wonderful scene!"

Hollywood Daily Film Review Column: "Regarding this movie, I think the interaction between a group of men is the most impressive. They mock and ridicule each other but are trustworthy! I don't seem to care about the beginning and the end of the story at all. I just enjoy the artistic charm of the whole movie..."

If you only look at the film review columns and reviews from film critics on the Internet, then this movie is clearly a high-quality masterpiece in the December schedule.

However, in an era where film reviews have long been commercialized, these positive reviews can be bought with money and have almost no reference value.

What we really need to pay attention to is the evaluation of the audience and fans.

On the Internet, which is now the focus of young people, the IMDb score of "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" was only 5.3 at the beginning, and it dropped to 4.9 at noon.

Then, a very "wonderful" picture appeared.

In traditional media, many film critics and film review columns have been constantly applauding the film and even strongly recommending it to movie fans.

But on the Internet, there are a lot of movie fans who are complaining, cursing, and ridiculing in various ways.

Although Annapurna Pictures' public relations department responded immediately and bought a large number of internet trolls in the hope of creating a wave of so-called "good reviews", this was unable to reverse the situation at all.

The movie is so bad that the audience spent their money but got nothing. How could they just give up?

Megan Ely had no choice but to step forward.

However, as an amateur, she had no idea how to clean up this mess, and instead made some very stupid remarks.

"I know that a movie can't be liked by everyone. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword did receive some negative reviews, but there were also a lot of media outlets that published positive reviews. So this doesn't mean the quality of the movie is bad, it's just that the word of mouth is quite polarized."

Perhaps because she was dissatisfied with the negative reviews of the movie by some viewers, she even argued at the end:
"I can understand that everyone has different preferences for film themes, stories, and plots, but I think it's unnecessary to criticize too harshly... Film reviews should be constructive, not groundless slander and abuse!"

Not surprisingly, these remarks immediately caused an uproar among movie fans.

You know, this is "Free America"!

As consumers who have spent money, all viewers believe that they have the right to make any evaluation of the movie, whether it is good or bad!
"Publishing film reviews is a freedom we enjoy!"

Under this banner, many viewers left messages on the official social media account of "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword", expressing their true opinions on the movie.

"I bought a King Arthur and watched Hamlet, and you're not allowed to give a bad review? I'm really confused."

"God should come and watch this bad movie. The story is too crude and the setting is very common. It's boring. The whole thing is like a Mexican criminal struggle history."

"The male lead is schizophrenic, and so is the producer. And the princess of Oracle? I think she is a mental patient and should be sent to a mental hospital for treatment."

There were constant criticisms online, and a large number of negative reviews appeared on movie review sites such as IMDb, which undoubtedly had a huge impact on the reputation of "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword".

The average score given by theater audiences announced by CinemaScore was only "C-", which was 4 levels lower than the previous "A-", further confirming the status of this movie in the hearts of the audience.

You know, in the years since the CinemaScore website was founded, all the movies that received an audience rating of C- have, without exception, suffered box office disasters.

The North American box office performance of "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" on its first day was no exception. It only earned $3702 million in 527.3 theaters.

At the same time, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", jointly produced by Walton Pictures and Lucasfilm, had a daily increase in box office of 3802 million US dollars, a total box office of 3.68 million US dollars in North America, and a global box office of over 7 million US dollars.

The gap between the two is so huge that it is unbearable to look at!
As soon as Natasha saw the box office performance of "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword", she hurried to the post-editing department and found Chen Fei.

"Have you seen the news online? That movie might result in terrible losses!"

Chen Fei smiled and nodded: "Let's wait and see. An investment of 3 million US dollars and a first-day box office of 527 million US dollars. Hahahaha, this is simply jumping into a bottomless pit."

Natasha covered her mouth and giggled: "I was worried that The Force Awakens would be affected, but now it seems that it is not even worthy of being our opponent."

"I've said it before, with that genius editing, this movie will only get worse!"

As he was talking, Fade Chen suddenly thought of something, "Kung Fu Panda 4 is scheduled to be released on February 2, which is the Chinese New Year, right?"

"That's right." Natasha nodded gently: "The North American release date has been announced, but the Chinese market has not yet announced it. The promotion will probably start in January."

"Okay, I'll help you when I return home at the end of the month."

As he was speaking, Chen Fei suddenly changed the subject: "I have another task for you. Take some time to talk to Sony Columbia and see if you can buy back the copyright of 'Venom'."

"Venom? Marvel!" Natasha's eyes lit up: "You want to develop the copyright of Venom?"

"Yes." Chen Fei did not hide it from her: "I have already written the outline of the script. If possible, I will buy back the copyright. If they are unwilling to let go, we can also co-produce it.

My bottom line is that Sony Columbia only enjoys the qualifications of production and distribution, and cannot participate in film production or make decisions. "

"Ok, I see."

Natasha nodded and left in high spirits.

Listening to the sound of high heels gradually fading away, Fade Chen stretched himself, took out his cell phone, and opened Weibo directly.

Compared to watching Megan Ealy's bad luck, he is also quite interested in the domestic Lunar New Year box office.

The release dates of Guangguang's "Bad Angels" and Huayi's "Old Cannon" are on the same day. I wonder which of these two movies is better?
You know, Feng Xiaogang had previously satirized Deng Chao and Wang Changtian, saying that they were overestimating their abilities.

The latter two are now holding a grudge.

However, after Chen Fei opened Weibo, he found that the hot searches at the moment were actually information about two TV series, followed by the first-day box office data of "Mr. Six" and "Bad Angels".

"The top IP martial arts TV series "The Legend of Qin" produced by Tangren Films and starring Lu Yi, Chen Yanxi, Jiang Jinfu, Sun Yizhou, Hu Bingqing and others has been online for 25 days, and the ratings are less than 0.5%, and there are countless negative reviews!"

"Actress Jiang Jinfu was embroiled in a contract termination lawsuit with Tangren, which resulted in her promotional ranking from 'male lead' to 'male No. 7'."

"The large-scale costume TV series "Legend of Miyue", directed by Zheng Xiaolong and starring Sun Li, Huang Xuan, Fang Zhongxin, Liu Tao and others, has been online for 24 days, and the ratings have continued to decline, with countless negative reviews and complaints."

"Due to the costumes, lines, confused historical background, and incorrect origins of historical figures, a large number of history experts and scholars jointly demanded that the producers of The Legend of Miyue apologize and remove the TV series from the air."

"On its first day of release, the movie "Old Cannon," produced by Huayi, directed by Guan Hu, and starring Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Hanyu, Xu Qing, Li Yifeng, Wu Yifan and others, grossed 8500 million yuan."

"The comedy film "Bad Angels", produced by Guangguang, directed and starred by Deng Chao, and starring Sun Li, Dai Lele, Liang Chao and others, grossed 1.52 million yuan on the first day of its release!" "The romantic drama "Fall in Love with You", co-produced by Jiaxing, Huanrui, and Horgos Youth Films, and starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng, has been officially taken offline today due to the exhaustion of its box office potential, with a total box office performance of 1.59 million yuan."

"The comedy science fiction film "From the Sky" was jointly produced by Starry Sky, China Film Group, Qingdao Film Studio, and LeTV Pictures, with Zhang Ziyi as producer and Guo Jingming as supervisor, starring Chen Xuedong, Zhang Yixing, Jiang Wen, and Li Xiaolu. It has been released for 20 days and has received constant negative reviews. It has now been forced to be removed from the screen by the theaters, with a total box office of 5649.4 million."

"..."

Looking around, Weibo is really lively. It seems like there are endless melons to eat, popping up one after another.

Tangren and Jiang Jinfu are still in the lawsuit. Netizens are almost making fun of Tangren, and Cai Yinong seems to be in a very frustrated state.

As for "The Legend of Miyue", compared with "The Legend of Zhen Huan" starring Sun Li, the former is simply a pile of shit.

And that movie "Children from Heaven" is so bad that it can't be any worse!

Producer Zhang Ziyi is currently in the United States to recuperate after giving birth. Not only did she give birth to a daughter, but she also has Wang Feng by her side, which makes her look like a happy family.

Guo Jingming is still working on his "Jade Dynasty", so how can he care about other movies?

And even if he wanted to control it, could he?

Look, a movie that cost nearly 5000 million yuan to make only over million yuan at the box office, and was then forcibly removed from the shelves by theaters.

The behavior of several investors is almost the same as throwing money around, and it is the kind of money thrown around without considering any return.

China Film and LeTV are okay, at least these two companies seem to be quite rich on the surface, but Xingguang Canlan and Qingying Studio are unlucky, they have completely lost all their money in this wave!
Looking back at the first-day box office performances of "Mr. Six" and "Bad Angels", Chen Fei couldn't help scratching his head.

"One is 8500 million? The other is 1.52 million? The gap is really huge!"

He muttered to himself and subconsciously read the news about the two movies.

It would be fine if you didn't watch it, but once you watch it, you can't stop.

Deng Chao’s funny personality cannot be suppressed at all. He has held several promotional conferences in a very unconventional way, leaving many netizens dumbfounded and asking them to “be blind”.

He even took Sun Li to dance square dance in the square, such as Yangko, jazz, belly dance, break dance, pole dance...

He put all he knew and learned into practice, attracting a large number of audiences, fans, and netizens.

Although this operation is somewhat unconventional, it has to be said that the results are quite significant, as can be seen from the box office results.

In comparison, the momentum of "Mr. Six" is a bit weak.

Although Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan are very popular, and Guan Hu also promoted his 90-year-old father who is in a wheelchair for a wave of publicity and marketing, the subject matter of "Mr. Six" does not have much advantage in comparison.

Although many people do reminisce about that era, young people are the main force at the box office after all.

In front of this group of main forces, "Bad Angels" is undoubtedly the first choice, followed by "Old Cannon".

However, in Chen Fei's opinion, this advantage of "Bad Angels" may not last too long. After all, the style of "Deng's comedy" is too rough and can't leave a deep impression on the audience.

Just like the previous "The Breakup Guru", "Bad Angels" will probably only be able to maintain its high box office for a week before it collapses.

On the other hand, although "Old Cannon" may be suppressed by "Bad Angels" in the early stage, it will definitely rise in the later stage.

It’s just that the way those “insiders” supported and promoted it was so disgusting that it made Chen Fei feel a little nauseous.

Guo Degang, in particular, was like a dog licker: "After watching the movie "Mr. Six", I felt very emotional. Feng Xiaogang is telling us clearly that rules can be broken, but they must exist. Mr. Feng is so cool! So awesome!"

And below this statement, there were people flattering, praising, and flattering, it was like they had formed a legion, coming in a mighty force and chattering non-stop!
And the female fans of Wu Yifan and Li Yifeng are simply going crazy. They even launched a "screen booking order" online, determined to support "Old Cannon" and help it rake in 10 billion at the box office!
It has to be said that the decision of "Mr. Six" to invite Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan to join was indeed a relatively "correct" choice.

Without the "traffic" of these two people joining, let alone a box office of 10 billion, I'm afraid even 5 million would be a long shot!

……

At the same time, just as Chen Fei was enthusiastically enjoying the domestic melons, Annapurna Pictures was already in a mess.

As the first day box office of "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" came out, the huge amount of publicity and promotion resources that Megan Erie had previously invested and the film's reputation that she had spent huge amounts of money to maintain, all fell apart on this day.

And an authoritative film review from the Hollywood Film Academy even sentenced this movie to death!

“In the world of director Guy Ritchie, editing and story are inseparable, because only when the two complement each other can his narrative magic be truly unleashed. Therefore, his works have always been the parallel and intersection of multiple clues, which in itself is destined to require complex editing.

But looking back at "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword", it seems that it has simply taken out all the wonderful shots and pieced them together to create a very mediocre work!

Guy Ritchie is obviously a very mature film director. He has previously been nominated for the Best Film and Best Director awards in the main competition unit of the Tokyo International Film Festival. However, this film was so poorly received and made so many low-level mistakes. It's incredible!

Is he too old to create any good films anymore, even though he is only 47 years old this year?

As soon as this film review came out, Guy Ritchie, the director of "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword", was immediately pushed to the forefront.

It's clearly not his fault, why should he bear the blame?
So, after careful consideration, he immediately contacted the media and held a media meeting to tell the behind-the-scenes stories of the film's production.

“People who have followed the promotion of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword should know that I have never participated in any promotional announcements for the film from beginning to end, because this film is not my work at all!

First of all, I can admit that the shooting of this film was indeed directed by me on the spot, but the post-production editing and production have nothing to do with me. It was entirely created by Annapurna Pictures.

As far as I know, Megan Erie, the 'genius' boss of a film company, actually used a 'devilish' production method in post-production.

She gathered several producers and asked them to edit a film each, then organized a film viewing group to select the best parts of all the edited films, forcibly blended them together, and finally edited a film that was like a 'schizophrenia'.

After telling the inside story, Guy Ritchie began to shirk responsibility:

“So, the post-production of this movie has nothing to do with me, and this movie is not even my movie at all. I am just a victim who was deceived.

The reason why the box office is so bad and the reason why the movie has received so many bad reviews should all be attributed to Annapurna Pictures and its president Megan Ely..."

As the content of this media meeting was exposed, it immediately sparked heated discussions in Hollywood and across the United States.

How bad does a movie have to be to make the director so furious that he would hold a press conference and tearfully accuse the producer of shameless behavior?

And with Guy Ritchie's voice, the already criticized "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" suffered an even heavier blow!
The next morning, after earning only $527.3 million on its first day, "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" only earned $416.1 million on its second day amid a barrage of negative reviews and abuse.

At this point, an extremely tragic box office disaster just emerged.

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