Big names rise

Because the recent relationship between China and Japan is a bit tense, He Mu and his team did not set foot in Japan when "Zibuyu 2" was released in Japan, and the publicity was all done by the Japanese publisher. Mu was also worried that people with bad intentions would use "Zi Bu Yu" as an excuse for the popularity of "Zi Bu Yu" in Japan. At that time, the angry youths all over the country made such a fuss that they almost lost their minds.

Against this background, the box office of "Zibuyu 2" in Japan is not as good as the first one, but it is not that low. The box office of 31.2 billion yen can still overlook many Hollywood blockbusters, and it was only lower than that in 2012. "Mission: Impossible 4", "Resident Evil 5", "The Avengers", and "Men in Black 3" ranked fifth in foreign language films and 15th in the overall list.

Coupled with the vigorous development of the mainland market, "Zi 2" is half a billion dollars more than "Zi 1" in this place alone. South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian markets also have different degrees of growth, so even "Zi 2" Son 1 was just released in the United States and Europe, but the global box office still surpassed that of "Zi 3" easily. Now the top two Chinese films in the global box office list are all He Mu's works. When "Zi [-]" is released, the top three I'm afraid it will be taken over by the "Zi Bu Yu" series.

In addition, "Lost in Thailand", which has a very brutal box office, ranks among the top five only in the mainland market, which further proves the terrifying potential of the local market. In 2012, the total box office in mainland China has surpassed that of Japan, officially becoming the second largest box office market in the world. The influence is unprecedented. To put it bluntly, many Hollywood blockbusters now have to take into account the feelings of mainland audiences when making movies. It is impossible for the behavior of satirizing and mocking Chinese people in movies like before to appear in some big-budget movies. .Unless the producers ignore the huge market of China's 13 billion population and 180 billion annual box office.

In the past, there was no overseas market for Chinese-language films, and it was very difficult for a film to exceed US$[-] million.But now, relying on the mainland market alone, the box office of "Lost in Thailand" is about to break through [-] million US dollars. Even in the North American market, if the box office exceeds [-] million US dollars, it can be regarded as the number one hit in a year.

Mizuki is considering pushing "囧四囧" overseas. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is meat. It has the gimmick of the most popular Chinese-language movie in the mainland. How can "Tai囧" sell better than ordinary comedies.

The summary of the past year's work will soon come to an end. The most dazzling ones are "Lost in Thailand" and "Zibuyu 2", and the box office of the rest of the films may be in the early 2011 million.Either it has not exceeded [-] million, and the box office is not as prosperous as it was in [-], but there is no loss. Li Wenhua's "A Little Thing" with the lowest box office is not only Mizuki's best-known movie of the year.And the level of profitability is not low.

He Mu specially invited Director Li Wenhua to attend this meeting.After all, he had a part to play in the glory of Shuimu Forest in 2012, even though he was just trying a chopper for fun.

Looking forward to the future at the meeting, He Mu asked him if he had any thoughts in the new year, "Do you have any creative impulse?"

"No, I don't feel it at all. I'll talk about it when I think of a good idea." Li Wenhua is an inspirational player, and he may wait for a word or an event to stimulate him.He'll write a quality script right away, and right now he's on the short side.The influence of the last movie "A Little Thing" is still there.

He Mu asked the company's new director, Wang Mingfei, the female director who made a big splash last year, and her reply was the same, "No, I was so tired last time as a director. I need to take a break."

They were all unmotivated guys. He Mu automatically ignored Lan Mingzhu and Dewey who were looking at him expectantly. He had just talked to them about the new film. They shouldn't have had an idea so early, even if Some are also immature and will not be considered for the time being.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't have any ideas. We still have a lot of film projects this year, including very large-scale productions such as "The Great Footprint of Shennongjia" and "Big Card 2", as well as medium-budget "Witness to All People" and "To "Youth" and some small-cost plans, there will be about a dozen of them, not to mention, February is coming soon, "Zibuyu 3" will be released soon, I hope everyone can cheer up and do a good job in publicity It has to be vivid."

In fact, He Mu is still a bit under pressure now. One of them comes from "Tai囧", which has a total box office of more than 12 billion and is the undisputed No.1 Chinese film.When the first part of "Zi Bu Yu" came out, He Mu also received a lot of praise. For the first time as a director, he could only lose to Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly", surpassing Feng Xiaogang who was in the same schedule. "If You Are the One 2", it would be a lie to say that He Mu didn't swell at all. At that time, He Mu was really proud of his horseshoe. He was evaluated by many people as the successor of Zhang Feng, Chen Jiang and several directors. .

Subsequent "Zibuyu 2" won a super-high box office of 9.81 million in one fell swoop, and He Mu became the highest single-film director of Chinese-language movies. "Lost in Thailand", which cannot be speculated by common sense, easily broke the box office record of domestic films held by "Zibuyu 2" for just a few months, and also broke through 10 billion RMB and [-] million US dollars in one fell swoop. It is getting closer and closer to the god-like "Avatar", and He Mu, who is modest on the surface, is naturally dissatisfied.

Although he doesn't have any opinion on Xu Zheng because of this matter, we are all friends, but there must be some high-level ideas. "Zibuyu 2" lost, but he still has "Zibuyu 3" , he still has a chance to win a round.

Another person who puts pressure on He Mu is Zhou Xingchi. The pressure here is not only the "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" directed by Zhou Xingchi, but more importantly, the market. He is very worried that both he and Master Xing will be shot to death during the Spring Festival. superior.After all, "Lost in Thailand" and "Twelve Zodiac" are considered to be super-level performances. The two films combined have a box office of almost 20 billion, and mobilized more than 5000 million audiences. Almost all audiences with movie consumption ability have entered Looking at the movie theaters, the market has turned cold now, and the box office of "The Grandmaster" and "007 Skyfall" was good. The box office that was as crazy as last year's "Tai囧" period has never appeared again. The madness of that time has also begun to quiet down.

He Mu was worried that he and Zhou Xingchi together would not be able to wake up the silent audience. If the market continues to cool down like this, neither "Zibuyu 3" nor "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" will be able to reach the height of "Tai囧". , It would be nice to even have the level of "Zodiac". (To be continued..)