Chapter 84: Where there are people
Damien Chazerre was not very well-known before "La La Land", although he already had a work like "Breaking Drummer" that was very popular.
"Breaking Drummer" won the jury award at the 30th Sundance Film Festival, and also won the 87th Academy Award for Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor.
The most important thing is that he is only 31 years old!
So many media have given him the title of a future master. In fact, in the eyes of many people, this future master means that you are not qualified yet!
Chen Lin is the same. Although he won the Best Picture Oscar in 2014, most Americans do not have a strong impression of him, so he is also a "master of the future"
The two "future masters" collaborated, and this gimmick alone was very good. In addition, Chen Lin's movies sold well in Europe, so "La La City" went to the Shui City to enter the Shui City, which naturally became one of the promotional points of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.
Of course, Chen Lin, who has already confirmed the winning strategy, has returned to Big 6 again after understanding the relevant progress of "La La Land" in accordance with professional ethics.
Because the summer vacation is over, a public opinion war is about to begin!
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This year's summer vacation is really miserable.
In fact, when the summer season is not yet here, everyone’s expectation of this season is ‘tragic’!
Although strictly speaking, the summer season is the name of the film industry, whether it is movies or TV, each company seems to be working hard to compete!
The release of more than fifty movies of various types, the battle between TV series produced by big IPs in the same period, the battle between old and new programs... The fierce competition and the fierce fighting situation can indeed be called tragic.
Standing on the 2O15 summer season where movies are booming in box office, TV and variety shows are hit, the word "tragic" is full of expectations from the industry.
But unfortunately, when September is coming, we have reviewed this summer, but only "miserable" is left.
Compared with the first two years that were so popular, the overall summer season of 2O16 is not even considered "strong". Movies, TV, and variety shows are also coldly accepted by the market.
The box office of the movie is basically the same as last year, and it has seen "zero growth" over the past few years. If it weren't for the finale of "Chinatown Veterans 2", there might not be even a movie that has exceeded 100 million!
Apart from "Chinatown Veterans 2", the rest is "July and Ansheng" performed slightly better, but the box office performance is still a bit weak.
There is no way to compare the achievements made by blockbusters such as "Monster Hunt", "Pancake Man" and "The Return of the Great Sage".
If you have to define this summer vacation, you may have to use the word "dark".
The film industry is particularly impressive, shrouded in the halo of "high growth", but it encounters a painful turning point this summer.
At the same time, many industry insiders woke up: the audience's taste is constantly improving, and in the future, only good movies can gain a foothold in the fierce competition.
Then, they were surprised to find that it seemed that the only one who did not lose money during the summer season was Zhao Liying’s studio!
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"World Warcraft" claims to start at a box office of 200 million yuan, "Big Fish and Begonia" is entrusted with high hopes for "The Return of the Great Sage". Both films, "The Legend of the Gods" and "The Escape of the Jedi" are rumored to have a guarantee of 100 million yuan!
However, reality poured cold water on the movie circle.
Xiang Tai was sadly watching the box office of "The Legend of the Gods" with less than 200 million yuan. Wang Changtian admitted that the box office of "Big Fish and Begonia" with more than 500 million yuan did not meet his psychological expectations.
The box office of the movies "The Legend of the Gods", "Escape from the Jedi", "To Youth - It turns out that you are still here", "There are trees in summer, and the heaven of elegance" has not exceeded the legendary guaranteed amount!
"Rock Tibetan Mastiff" invested 300 million yuan in box office, and excellent works such as "Roadside Picnic" still have only a few million yuan in box office.
The one who lost the worst was Huayi Brothers. Although he successfully avoided the huge pit of "The Legend of the Gods", the loss of "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" by nearly 400 million still made this big brother a little heavy.
With a cost of nearly 6000 US dollars, the box office is less than 40000. After experiencing the fight between Huayi and Wanda, "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" has completely become a victim. Otherwise, this quality anime would have at least 230 million yuan in box office results.
It is said that Wanda did not schedule a film when "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" was released.
The fight between Wanda and Huayi is almost transparent.
The later director Wen Zhang's work "6 Yao Zhi Mali" also encountered Wanda's ban on revenge.
Since its release, Wanda Cinema has moved nearly 30% of the film scheduling and the golden field for "Quick Pistol Gunner". However, "6 Yao Zhi Mali", which is also a comedy movie, has a film scheduling between 5% and 6%, and the golden field scheduling is even lower than "Big Fish and Begonia" which has been released for a week.
However, Huayi and Wanda had a fight, and the cheapest ones were indeed Light Media and Anle Film and Television, and Bona also got a share of the pie.
In this case, these three companies still haven't gotten a good idea.
"To Youth 2" by Light has made a small profit, but it completely destroyed the series;
As for "Big Fish and Begonia", the twelve-year cycle and a box office of 560 million yuan are not considered a hit!
Fortunately, the box office of "Chinatown Veterans 2" is pretty good, barely exceeding 200 million yuan, and its reputation is OK, but the movie is not profitable anymore.
First, the actors' pay has increased a lot, and secondly, Shen Lin strongly divided the box office share by 8% and combined with the joining of other producers, "Chinatown Veterans 2" seems to have a box office of 200 million yuan, but there is not much profitable result that can really fall into the company's injury.
Fortunately, the stocks are rising.
"The Legend of the Gods" completely crushed the last idea of the hk film industry to dominate the mainland film industry.
In the end, the Chinese Star is not Yongsheng twenty years ago.
The underworld is no longer a play!
As for "Escape from the Jedi", although it continues with Chenlong's style kung fu comedy, many people sigh that "Chenlong is old!", to be honest, if it weren't for the Oscars awarded Chenlong a lifetime achievement award at the end of the year, Chenlong's legend would have been blocked by Youyou!
However, there is one thing that still does not hide from this - Zhao Liying's studio actually made money in such a deserted period!
Whether it is the movie "July and Ansheng" produced by yourself, or the movie "Chinatown Veteran 2" participated in the movie, they all make a lot of money.
This is hard to accept.
If everyone makes money, you make money too. No problem, but the reality is that everyone is losing money, and you just make money.
This is hard to satisfy!
That's what it means to not worry about lack of weight and inequality.
Especially Chen Lin was still before and publicly maliciously mocked "The Legend of the Gods", how can the Chinese star, who has always been a powerful player, bear it?
Chapter completed!