Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 586 The shooting is over
In the current commercial film market around the world, superhero movies are the hottest topic.

Anyone who pays attention to the commercial film market will not pay attention to superhero movies.

April is a particularly important month.

This month, two superhero movies related to "Civil War" will be released.

DC's "Batman v Superman".

Marvel's "Captain America 3: Civil War".

Judging from the specific date, "BVS" will be released earlier.

Early April.

The box office in the first week achieved a good result of 2.57 million.

"Captain America 3" was released less than a week later than "BVS".

The box office in the first week was 2.002 million.

Judging from this number alone, "BVS" seems to perform better than "Captain America 3".

but it is not the truth.

The release mode of "BVS" is global release.

The release pattern of "Captain America 3" continues the tradition of Marvel's superhero sequel movies, with the international market release time earlier than the North American release time.

North America, also known as America's home country, has always been one of the largest ticket bases for superhero movies.

From this point of view, "BVS" has already lost in the battle between DC and Marvel for superhero movies.

Zhou Mo was actually not surprised at all about this matter.

In terms of content, "Captain America 3" is actually far more than just a personal movie.

It could even be Avengers 2.5.

"Avengers 2.5" has already been released, and it has broken many records in the international market and even in the commercial film field for superhero movies.

And this is only the first week's data.

When the data for the second week came out, the situation was actually even more brutal.

The box office of "BVS" in its second week plummeted by more than half compared to the first week.

After the good results in the first week, some problems with the content of "BVS" gradually emerged, and Zack's shortcomings of being good at pictures but not good at storytelling were gradually exposed. Many viewers and fans who came to the movie expressed their dissatisfaction with the quality of the movie on film review websites.

As more and more reviews of this type appeared, the box office decline of "BVS" was further aggravated.

On the other hand, Captain America: Civil War performed quite well.

In the second week of the film's release, the box office also declined, but was still within the normal range.

Regarding the plot, although some viewers have commented that "Rogers showed a certain degree of double standards for Bucky", overall, the plot is still reasonable.

At the same time, coupled with the expectation buff of the next "Avengers", the reputation of the movie not only did not experience a big fluctuation, but was quite good.

Therefore, when Guo Jingfei mentioned that "BVS" was gradually losing ground in the competition with "Captain America 3", Zhou Mo's reaction was beyond their expectations.

"If I lose, I lose. It's not me who lost, why should I panic?"

“But it doesn’t mean that the effect of BVS was not as good as expected. A big part of the reason was that Director Zhou was going to shoot Batman, which affected the filming of BVS.

So, now I see on the Internet, whether it is at home or abroad, people attribute the failure of "BVS" in the competition to you.

Will this have any impact on the potential of the film?"

Zhou Mo laughed: "Hey, you're talking about this, the real situation is not as serious as you think. It seems that there are many fans who are dissatisfied with me on the Internet, but in fact, someone is just stirring up trouble."

As for who is setting the pace.

Zhou Mo didn't say it, but Guo Jingfei and the others also learned a little about it during their daily interactions with Da Tiantian.

On one hand, it is normal for Marvel and the company behind it, as competitors, to spend money to hire internet trolls to criticize Zhou Mo and "Batman".

The other part, naturally, is Zack and his wife.

As someone who "competes with them for the right to speak and resources", buying some water troops to lead Zhou Mo's rhythm is purely basic operation.

"But these rhythms are actually useless. According to the data TT obtained in North America, although the pre-sales of Batman cannot compare with BVS and Captain America 3, it has surpassed the original Man of Steel, so there is basically no need to worry about the public opinion issue."

After the explanation, Guo Jingfei and the others finally relaxed.

Zhou Mo's frowning state these days was indeed quite stressful in their opinion.

It can only be said that as Zhou Mo has grown over the years, his aura has also been growing.

Sometimes, unintentional actions and states may cause pressure on people. Lei Jiayin asked one more question: "Director Zhou, why are you frowning these days? Did something happen to our movie?"

Zhou Mo shook his head, signaling them not to worry.

"It has nothing to do with 'Students'. It's still about 'BVS' and Warner."

"What's going on over there? Didn't you say that "BVS" has nothing to do with you anymore?" Da Tiantian suddenly frowned.

Zhou Mo explained: "It's like this, with the current box office of BVS, it has undoubtedly not met the expectations of those people at Warner.

They expected it to be about the same as "Avengers 2", which is about 14 billion.

Although this goal seems a bit ridiculous and fanciful to me.

But in any case, considering that the current expectation that "BVS" can reach a final box office of up to 9 million yuan, it is simply unable to meet their needs.

So, they wanted to take advantage of the fact that The Batman hasn't been released yet to announce that Zack will be replaced, and then help me promote the movie with all my strength."

After hearing this, Da Tiantian immediately frowned.

"This is nonsense! BVS hasn't even been released yet and they are doing this. Aren't they afraid of affecting the stock price and the box office performance of subsequent movies?"

Da Tiantian was actually aware of the conflict between Warner and Zack that had lasted for several years.

The two sides will definitely go their separate ways one day.

But it can't be now anyway.

If, in another six months, there is no movement towards "BVS" and Warner Bros. announces a change of leadership, then the responsibilities of both parties may be 50-50 in the eyes of the spectators.

Now, when "BVS" hasn't even been taken off the screen yet, it's no longer a 50-50 split to announce that Zack is leaving. It's a 100-50 split.

Da Tiantian can even imagine the reactions of fans and audiences.

"Warner backstabbed, Zach is innocent."

In addition, Zhou Mo's reputation will also be affected.

If you try to seize power, you probably won't be able to escape.

Zhou Mo said calmly: "Under normal circumstances, this is indeed nonsense, but don't forget, this is Warner."

The amazing move of replacing cast members at the end of the filming of "Justice League" is something that others may not be able to do.

However, it is precisely because of Warner's operation that the cooperation with him is so smooth.

From this perspective, he has to thank Warner.

Listen to me thank you.

"So according to Warner, they want to re-hype the topic of new superhero movie competition by changing the director's title, except that they will replace "BVS" with "Batman"? " Da Tiantian has already figured out Warner's train of thought.

"Almost. Although I feel that it is meaningless to hype this topic, to be honest, in the current international market, audiences will not compare DC and Marvel at all."

Da Tiantian said: "But your competition does exist."

"Captain America 3" will be released in North America and China in May.

Batman: Arkham Knight will also be released worldwide in May.

That will be the important battle that will truly determine Zhou Mo’s future commercial value as a commercial film director.

This is the end of the chat.

Everyone knew why Zhou Mo had been frowning recently.

It is indeed not easy to remain calm in the face of such a crazy box office performance of "Captain America 3".

If it were them, they would probably do more than just frown.

Everyone also knew that Zhou Mo’s next task would be very busy.

So they all cheered up and finished filming the movie smoothly in the last few days.

then.

three days later.

Gao Yin and Su Ming went down two different paths.

Su Ming was walking on the road back home. The road was a bit rugged and quiet. From time to time, he would come across a dim light that barely pointed Su Ming in the direction to go.

Gao Ying is walking on a path of development, a path filled with applause and blooming flowers. Countless earnest, caring and guiding eyes along the way can give him uplifting strength.

(End of this chapter)