Chapter 492: Liu Yifei beats Hollywood, "Divergent 2" is a big hit, and Director Zhou'
I can't stand it any longer.
Whether it is Hollywood or Chinese entertainment, everyone is getting a little nervous.
I was shocked by the jaw-droppingly low box office of "Mulan".
how could be?
It shouldn’t be!
This is Disney.
Backed by the golden signboard of Disney, "Mulan" has made its presence felt since the beginning of the project.
This is another big production with a cost of 2 million US dollars, and it involves a global audition for the female lead.
This makes "Mulan" a world-class blockbuster film project.
Who in the mainstream public opinion doesn’t think this is a super beast?
The kind that is enough to sweep the film market?
But who could have thought that it would fail so badly?
This really caught countless people off guard.
Well, considering that this is a period of force majeure, you could say that Mulan's box office has been affected.
But even so, the box office was only 185 million in the first three days of the weekend, which is also an epic flop.
Didn’t the movie “Divergent 2” starring Liu Yifei also suffer the same impact?
The box office on the first day also exceeded 10 million.
Judging from the pitiful first-day box office of "Mulan", even if there were no force majeure events, the box office would have been at most 500 million in the first weekend.
It is also far worse than the original "Crazy Rich Asians".
So yes, in the round between "Crazy Rich Asians" and "Mulan", "Crazy Rich Asians" wins.
"Mulan flopped? And it flopped so badly?"
Liu Yifei was completely stunned. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she was dumbfounded.
Even though Zhou Qing was not optimistic about "Mulan" at the time, he still analyzed "Mulan" to her and found it not good.
But Liu Yifei didn't expect that "Mulan" would really flop.
It's not just an ordinary flop, but a huge flop that's as big as the one that hit my grandma.
"That guy Zhou Qing is truly amazing."
For a moment, Liu Yifei couldn't help but let out such an exclamation.
The admiration for Zhou Qing is as endless as the surging river and as uncontrollable as the flooding of the Yellow River.
Although she is close to Zhou Qing, the girl is very clear about his abilities.
But the film hasn’t been shot yet, and it’s really an exaggeration to make accurate predictions just by looking at the cast and the early team!
This ability is simply amazing.
At the same time, Liu Yifei felt an indescribable sense of relief in her heart.
So lucky!
Fortunately, I listened to Zhou Qing's advice and turned down "Mulan" and took on "Crazy Rich Asians".
Otherwise, I would have become a global laughing stock and fainted in the toilet crying, right?
"Invincible! Liu Yifei's vision is simply invincible."
"Fortunately, Yifei didn't film Mulan, otherwise it would have been a disaster."
"At that time, I laughed at Sissi for turning down Mulan. Now it seems that I am the one who is laughed at."
"What a foresight! My Yifei is amazing!"
Not only Liu Yifei, the entire circle has become lively as well.
When Liu Yifei turned down "Mulan" and took a low-budget romance film with an all-Asian cast, how many people ridiculed her?
Whether it is in Chinese entertainment or in Hollywood, who doesn’t think that Liu Yifei has a hole in her brain?
Instead of choosing a heavyweight blockbuster like "Mulan", he chose a low-budget movie.
Only a fool would do such a thing!
But who could have thought that things would turn out to be completely beyond everyone's expectations.
The "Crazy Rich Asians", which was looked down upon by everyone, was a huge box office hit, but the highly anticipated "Mulan" turned out to be a complete flop!
Look away.
Everyone in the entertainment industry has made a mistake.
Especially those who were waiting to see Liu Yifei make a fool of herself, only to find out in the end that the real joke was themselves.
Liu Yifei is the most sober person in the world.
It was a wise decision for Liu Yifei to turn down the role in "Mulan".
"Are you dumbfounded?"
"Everyone was waiting to see Xixi's joke, but now everyone is dumbfounded, right?"
On the set of "Changjin Lake", Zhou Qing felt extremely refreshed.
Ever since the girl announced that she had taken on the role in "Crazy Rich Asians", controversy and doubts have always existed.
Not only Liu Yifei, even Zhou Qing was secretly ridiculed many times.
After all, "Crazy Rich Asians" was tailor-made for Liu Yifei by Zhou Qing.
Many people have ridiculed Zhou Qing for being too arrogant, thinking that he had achieved some success in Hollywood and looked down on others.
Even Disney is ignored.
But who could have thought that Disney would really fail this time.
I have to say, this result is really surprising.
It doesn’t matter that "Mulan" was released this time, it directly made Liu Yifei and Zhou Qing the biggest winners.
This is a big deal.
"Director Zhou, all units are ready."
The assistant director's voice interrupted Zhou Qing's thoughts.
Zhou Qing immediately straightened his face and gathered his messy thoughts.
I began to concentrate all my energy on the filming of "Changjin Lake".
In fact, the early filming was just some prelude, that is, literary drama, and there was no war scene.
So the progress is still relatively fast.
It only took ten days to film some of the transitional scenes.
The next scene is where the Seventh Interspersed Company takes a train to the front line to prepare for battle.
"All units, prepare."
"start!"
After personally checking that all departments were in place, Zhou Qing sat back behind the monitor and called out "click".
All the related actors also quickly got into the state.
"That new recruit will be assigned to the artillery platoon and will be registered later."
With a flattering look on his face, Zhu Yawen asked Lei Dad for help through the back door.
The "new recruit" he was referring to was naturally his troublesome younger brother Wu Wanli.
Wu Qianli was certainly angry about Wu Wanli secretly following him to join the army, but what else could he do now that he was already there?
I can only take him with me to the battlefield.
"No, I don't need anyone here."
Lei Dad said without thinking while playing with a knife.
Not far from the two of them, the younger brother was sitting on a pile of debris and watching with a defiant look on his face.
I have to say that Sizi does have some acting talent.
A newborn calf that is fearless and has a wild nature is presented in front of the camera.
I can’t say that the acting is very good, but at least it is completely good enough for a commercial film.
"Dad Lei..."
When Zhu Yawen saw that Lei Dad refused, he quietly moved closer to the other's head.
He whispered in the other person's ear the identity of Si Zi: "His name is Wu Wanli."
Father Lei paused for a moment and subconsciously looked back at his younger brother.
Although Wu Qianli did not specifically introduce the relationship between the two, the name Wu Wanli can explain everything.
What's more, Wu Baili and Wu Qianli were both soldiers led by Lei Dad, so it was even more obvious who Wu Wanli was.
"Please teach him." When Lei Dad turned around, Wu Qianli forced a smile at him again.
"The war is about to start. How can I teach him?"
Father Lei was a little hesitant.
"Teach him the same way you taught me."
Zhu Yawen smiled.
"Crack!"
"Pass!"
Overall, the filming of "Changjin Lake" was relatively smooth.
Although due to the scale of the film, it is also necessary to coordinate Xu Ke's second group shooting at the same time, making it impossible for the progress to be faster than other films.
But thanks to the strong professional ability of the chief director Zhou Qing, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian are also powerful directors.
So the shooting has been progressing in an orderly manner, with almost no time wasted.
But even so, according to Zhou Qing's estimation, it would take half a year to complete the filming of "Changjin Lake".
This is why three directors are needed at the same time.
It’s nothing, as a director, he really is too busy to handle everything.
The filming alone took more than a year.
Not to mention the pre-production and post-production. Adding everything together, two years would be considered fast to produce a film.
Of course, if it is just an ordinary producer, then it’s nothing. Although the two-year cycle is long, it is not uncommon.
People like Wang Mojing and Jiang Wen both have "glorious resumes" of shooting movies for more than a year.
But who can blame "Changjin Lake" for being so special? It was a task assigned by the higher authorities and had a clear production cycle.
Zhou Qing can only set a precedent and work with the other two directors.
"The movie "Eight Hundred" leads the summer season, with total box office exceeding 30 billion!"
"Congratulations to the movie "Eight Hundred" for becoming the third movie in the history of Chinese entertainment to break the 30 billion box office!"
"Divergent 2" was a huge hit at the North American box office, grossing $1.2 million."
"Liu Yifei once again brought a hit, 'Divergent 2' didn't make as much as the previous film but still earned 1.2 million US dollars."
Since theaters resumed operations at the end of July, the Chinese-language film market can be said to be slowly recovering.
Especially during the critical summer season, coupled with the impact of retaliatory consumption, the entire market is actually quite hot.
The most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the main theme blockbuster "Eight Hundred" which has already made its presence felt before.
Although the film did not directly surpass "Operation Red Sea" as Wang Zhongjun said.
But since its release, the box office performance has been extremely hot, one could even say it's a blast.
After only one month of release, the total box office has already exceeded 30 billion.
It became one of the only three movies in the entire Chinese entertainment market to gross over 30 billion yuan, following "Dying to Survive" and "My People, My Country".
How can this result not be called explosive?
It immediately reached the top of the Chinese-language film rankings!
Huayi was very happy, and the mouths of the two brothers Wang were almost stretched to their ears.
God bless you, "The Eight Hundred" is definitely the most successful movie these two brothers have ever produced in their lifetime.
none of them!
The two of them immediately applied for an extension, hoping to further increase the box office of "Eight Hundred".
There was no doubt about the result. "The Eight Hundred" successfully obtained the extension key.
The screening period will be extended to the end of October.
As a person who has been reborn, Zhou Qing knows very well that "Eight Hundred" was postponed not only once, but twice in a row.
It wasn't released until November.
But unfortunately, the results of the extension were few and far between.
After earning 30 billion yuan at the box office in the first month, the release was postponed for two months and the total box office only reached 31 billion yuan.
Of course, even so, "The Eight Hundred" is still one of the most successful films in the entire history of film.
Especially this year, it stands out from the crowd and dazzles everyone.
Why?
Because there are actually quite a few blockbusters and strong films released this year.
For example, "My Hometown and Me", "The King Kong River", which is also a blockbuster about the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, "Win the Championship", "Emergency Rescue" and "Jiang Ziya" which were released during the Spring Festival.
The potential is enormous.
Previously, expectations within the industry were very optimistic.
But none of them were better than "The Eight Hundred", they were all defeated by "The Eight Hundred".
This made "The Eight Hundred" the most eye-catching film in the Chinese-speaking market this year.
Also in Hollywood, "Divergent 2" starring Liu Yifei also attracted great attention from the entire Chinese entertainment industry.
Especially at a time when "Mulan" flopped at the box office, the movie attracted even more attention.
The film was released in August and has been released for more than a month now, and its North American box office has basically reached its peak.
It grossed a total of 1.2 million US dollars at the box office.
If this result was achieved in the past, it would only be considered average, but if it is achieved this year, it can definitely be called outstanding.
You should know that there is no movie in North America that has grossed over 2 million this year.
Over 100 million is definitely a big sale!
Even a blockbuster like Stephen King's "Bad Boys 3" didn't sell for 2 million, what higher expectations can you have?
The 2 million US dollars for "Divergent 1.2" is really eye-catching.
It also makes the movie "Mulan" even more embarrassing.
What about Disney blockbusters?
Liu Yifei just beat her!
"Guide rail, push it in quickly."
"All makeup artists are on standby, and touch-ups may be needed at any time."
"Everyone, cheer up, there's a night show tonight!"
On the "Changjin Lake" side, Zhou Qing is still filming at full speed.
After the literary part was filmed, the pace of the entire crew suddenly became tense.
But at the same time, the shooting efficiency has been greatly reduced.
It’s because the battle scenes are just too difficult to shoot.
Especially the battle scenes in "Changjin Lake", they are not small scenes.
Instead, it is a large scene with hundreds or even thousands of people.
Various explosions, bombings, and tanks are commonplace. Not to mention the specific shooting, the preliminary preparations alone are quite troublesome.
Not to mention anything else, how much effort would it take to get so many extras to meet the requirements during filming?
Explain, communicate, exchange, and rehearse.
There was a mistake in one link during the shooting, so we had to do it all over again.
It really takes too much effort.
Zhou Qingdu had to form four filming crews to work together, otherwise it would not be completed within half a year.
This is only the first part that Zhou Qing is responsible for. If the second part of Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian is also included, it will be even more troublesome.
Although on the surface, "Changjin Lake" and "Watergate Bridge" are divided into two parts, they were forcibly cut off for the release.
In terms of content, these two movies are actually one movie.
The unity and coordination between the front and the back are really important.
For this reason, Zhou Qing, Xu Ke and other three directors not only kept each other informed during filming, but also met every night after filming.
Make sure you don't go astray.
Because if you go off the track even a little bit, the consequences will be absolutely fatal. (End of this chapter)