Chapter 283 September Battle
The star-studded movie "My Beauty Boss" just broke 50 million at the box office when it was released, which can be said to have successfully completed its mission.

Wanda Pictures began to shift its focus to the promotion of "Frozen" and began placing large posters in front of the entrances of its theaters.

At the end of each screening, a trailer will be played on the side, which shows that they really do their best.

On the other hand, China Film Group also launched promotions on billboards, bus stops, subway stations, airports and other places. Over time, this animated film gradually became known to the audience.

"It's produced by the same company as Despicable Me 2. It looks pretty good."

"It's adapted from Andersen's fairy tale, and it's a 3D version. When will it be released?"

This year's Venice Film Festival came to a successful conclusion on the 11th, and the Golden Lion Award for Best Film was awarded to Coppola's "Somewhere".

As for the newly established 3D Film Award, it was won by "Avatar".

The Venice Film Festival did not generate much discussion in China, mainly because the Golden Lion Award was not held in China, so people’s attention to it was naturally not high. It was only a little hot when it mocked "The Phantom Flame" a few days ago.

The publicity and promotion news of "Frozen" also became the focus of reporters' attention. The joint efforts of China Film Group and Wanda Film Group managed to grab a lot of attention from the media.

"Some people use their power to suppress domestic films and lick the boots of imported films."

Zhang Weiping has started to criticize people again. The movie "Under the Hawthorn Tree", in which he invested 70 million yuan, has put him under box office pressure.

Faced with the publicity from China Film Group and Wanda, in order to catch the attention, he had to resort to his old tricks and started spewing nonsense.

"Don't worry about him. Responding one more time will only give him a chance to take advantage of the situation."

After reading the report, Gu Wei said calmly.

...

Magic City, the crew of "The Great Robbery".

"What kind of acting are you doing? If you don't get into the mood, just get out of here."

On the set, Ning Hao shouted in anger, which was rare.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the crew was a little solemn.

It turned out that Lei Jiayin was filming a scene of being interrogated, but no matter how his opponent slapped him, he couldn't act out that state of fear.

"What are you looking at? Keep fanning."

Ning Hao shouted, and the other staff members did not dare to delay and began to prepare for the filming.

On the other hand, Tong Liya, who had no role today, still came to the set and watched the filming of every scene carefully.

"The director is so scary when he gets angry."

The assistant's face turned pale and he spoke cautiously, his eyes occasionally looking at Ning Hao who was sitting in front of the monitor not far away.

"Shh, the director is very strict, don't talk nonsense."

About half an hour later, Ning Hao shouted, "Click, this one is good. It passed."

"call."

Upon hearing this, the others relaxed unconsciously.

"Director, we don't need to do that again."

Lei Jiayin, with a pale face, came over and asked stiffly.

"You kid, haven't you been beaten enough?"

Ning Hao was in a good mood after finishing the shooting. Compared with his angry state just now, he seemed like a different person.

"I'm not worried that it won't pass. If it doesn't pass, will you replace the director?"

When Ning Hao shouted for a substitution just now, he was really shocked. If he was replaced at the last minute, he would not be able to continue in the circle.

Hearing this, Ning Hao's expression became serious, "I'm not lying. If you can't act well, we will definitely replace you. Go and get ready. There will be another scene later."

After saying that, he patted Lei Jiayin on the shoulder.

"You, stop scaring people. You've frightened them so much that they can't even speak clearly."

As the producer, Xing Aina, after seeing Lei Jiayin leave, she hammered Ning Hao and rolled her eyes.

"Hehe, you can't hide anything from me. I'm doing this for his own good. This kid is smart, but sometimes he's not in a good state. If I don't scare him, how can we finish the filming?"

On the 15th, New Picture's "Under the Hawthorn Tree" and Huayi's "The Phantom Flame" were released at the same time.

Zhang Yimou's art film still has great killing power, with a box office of over 10 million on the first day, breaking the first-day box office record for domestic art films.

This movie by Xu Ke grossed nearly 20 million on the first day, making it his best-performing movie in recent years.

The two companies accepted interviews at the same time and shouted out their own slogans.

"It guarantees a box office of 200 million yuan and breaks the record for domestic art films. Zhang Yimou is still the best choice for art films."

"Huayi's requirements are not high. The film plans to guarantee a minimum of 300 million yuan and strive for 400 million yuan."

The actors and actresses of the two films began posting on Weibo, encouraging fans to go to the cinema to show their support.

At the same time, Gu Wei boarded a flight to Los Angeles with his assistant.

Half a year later, Gu Wei came to Hollywood again. As usual, Reid personally brought people to pick him up at the airport.

After arriving at the company, Gu Wei, who had nothing to do, looked at the latest news here.

The movie "The Expendables", starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jie Li, won the weekly box office championship in North America after its release last week.

This "macho" movie produced by Lionsgate Entertainment surpassed the other five new films in the same period and earned $1650 million in box office in three days.

"Boss, the movie market is getting better and better. Even though this week's box office record dropped by nearly 20% compared to last week, it is still a significant increase compared to the same period last year."

Seeing Gu Wei looking at the box office analysis with interest, Reid said something at the right time.

"Yeah." It was true. In just one week, five new films had box office revenues exceeding 10 million.

1220th Century Fox's "Twilight Movie" grossed $ million.

"Food, Sex and Human Nature", produced by Sony Columbia, also had a box office of 1200 million.

Warner's "The Lottery" also achieved a box office of 1112 million US dollars.

"Frozen" is scheduled to be released in North America on Friday, September 9th.

The premiere will be held on the 20th, jointly hosted by Warner Bros., Universal Studios and Rising Star Pictures.

For this premiere, Gu Wei plans to do the same as Despicable Me 2 and not invite too many stars or directors. Instead, he plans to randomly select some fans from the Internet to watch the movie live and have their round-trip fare reimbursed.

"This method is indeed good. Many movies released recently are imitating ours, and the effect is very good."

"Well, after all, movies are for all fans, and their reviews will bring the best publicity effect."

In China, the news that Gu Wei flew to Hollywood did not escape the media reporters.

As soon as he left, the reporter posted it online.

"Well, Director Gu is going to attend the premiere."

"Why didn't I go? I have some activities to attend during this period and I don't have time to go."

"Will Frozen hold its premiere in China? I think it will, but I'm not sure about the details."

Liu Yifei, who participated in the Weibo and LV events, naturally became the focus of reporters, and most of the questions she asked were about Hollywood movies.

...

"Mr. Wang, the listing report we submitted has passed the review and is expected to be successfully listed by the end of next month."

At Tudou Video Company, an assistant reports on the work at hand.

At this time, Wang Wei was in a better mood. The listing was going smoothly and he could give an explanation to the shareholders.

"Okay, tell all shareholders the news. The harvest time is coming soon."

"Okay, Mr. Wang."

After seeing the assistant leave, Wang Wei took out his cell phone and made a call.

On the other side of the ocean, Gu Wei, who was watching the post-production special effects of "2012" at Warner Bros., received the call and went to the side to answer it.

"Well, okay, let's follow the plan."

After chatting for about five minutes, Gu Wei returned to the scene and continued to watch the special effects, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose slightly.

The Warner engineer had been staring at him, and he thought that the other party was very satisfied with the current progress and results, and he breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.

After all, it is a big production with an investment of nearly 300 million US dollars. Even Warner Bros. can't often get involved.

"Gu, according to the current progress, it should be completed as scheduled in October next year."

The person in charge, Weigert, said on the side.

In the office, hundreds of computers are constantly busy, representing a huge amount of money spent every moment.

"Oh, well, that's good. I'm quite satisfied with the situation at the moment."

"Cars deform as they hit the ground or crash into other objects, trees sway, the ground collapses, asphalt is torn up, grass is turned up, and roads twist...

These are all achieved by Cloth simulation technology in 3D MAX..."

When the investor came to inspect the work, Weigert took the trouble to explain it to him, mainly because the other party was very interested in this area.

In China, "Under the Hawthorn Tree" grossed 4500 million in its first week, while another film, "Mystery of the Phantom Flame", grossed 7500 million.

As for the recently released "Ip Man", it has completely become a joke in the circle.

Especially for mainland directors, it is like drinking ice water on a hot summer day, so comfortable.

Before the release, they boasted all kinds of things, crushing this and not taking that seriously.

As a result, after its release, the box office on the first day was only 10 million, which was not as good as Zhang Yimou's art films.

Just look at the first day's box office and there's no need to guess what will happen next; this movie lost a lot of money.

Netizens on the Internet were full of ridicule.

"A typical bad movie. No matter the plot or the ending, you can guess the result without watching it."

"He just pretends to be cool and handsome, and has no acting skills at all. This Chen Zhen is a mess."

"This is what is called an action superstar. Apart from Ip Man, his other movies don't seem to be good and can't sustain the box office."

“Damn, it’s the Hong Kong version of “superhero”.

The battlefield was full of gunfire and bullets, and the protagonist was like Superman, doing nothing, and he was able to kill so many professional soldiers. The director must be crazy..."

"Why not change it to a 3D version and promote it as a science fiction film."

...

"What should we do now?"

After seeing the report, Zhen Zidan asked his agent with some concern.

"Don't make a direct response yet. Wait until the heat dies down."

Zhen Zidan doesn't really care about the ridicule from netizens. What he cares about is that he is questioned about his inability to support the box office, which is unacceptable for an actor.

(End of this chapter)