China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

"Wonderful Night 2" 778 million!

This data made many senior people in the industry sigh with emotion.

There was a time when it was a big event for a mainland movie to have a box office of over 40 million.

Later, breaking 100 million was nothing new.

Later, 400 million and 750 million.

Until today’s 778 million!

The key is that this movie has only been released for two weeks, and it has at least two more weeks to earn a lot of box office revenue.

So it seems that the box office is likely to be worth one billion.

Industry insiders lamented that the potential of the Spring Festival stalls is really amazing.

At the same time, everyone lamented that times are changing so fast!

From 40 million to 775 million.

Everyone thought this road would take at least fifteen years.

As a result, it’s only been 7 years now!

Some people remembered at this time that Lu Ping An had mentioned earlier when "Wonderful Night 1" scored 400 million, saying that movies with more than 500 million would be common in the future.

At that time, many people did not feel much about this statement.

Now it seems that the cow is still safe on the road!

Of course, there is not much thought in comparison.

It's better to follow him and drink soup than to compete with him.

Thinking of this, everyone begins to envy those who eat meat during the Spring Festival.

For example, Guangguang's "Happy Events at Home 2009".

The film was released a week before the Spring Festival, and the box office was tepid. The initial expectation of lighting was only 30 million, which was enough.

As a result, during the Spring Festival period, those three blockbuster films turned the slow-motion movies into hot spots. In addition, the box office sales of these three movies were so tight that the rest of the movies were sucked into the soup.

Therefore, the current box office of "Family Happiness 2009" is close to 50 million, and it may exceed 60 million when it is released!

The other two Hollywood movies also did well.

Of course, "Under the Red Cliff" also reaped dividends.

So far, "Under the Red Cliff" has grossed 60 million at the box office in two weeks!

This directly brings the total box office of "Under the Red Cliff" to 190 million!

However, everyone in the industry knows that the biggest loser in the entire Spring Festival is still "Red Cliff".

Such a blockbuster was squeezed out during the Spring Festival to only get so little box office. It is estimated that "Under the Red Cliff" will not even reach 250 million for its final release.

The combined cost of the two films was just over 600 million. Compared with the cost of 800 million, it was like losing money!

It’s just that right now, everyone doesn’t want to pay much attention to John Woo.

More congratulations on a safe road.

Because from now on, the Spring Festival period will officially become the number one, and it may be the period with the largest ticket sales.

Lu Ping An is the originator of this schedule!

Many media outlets then began to join in the reporting and brag about Lu Ping An.

Throughout the 21st century.

When it comes to the domestic commercial film market, Lu Ping'an cannot be avoided no matter what.

It is recognized as the first year of blockbusters in 2002.

At that time, two blockbusters were released.

One was the box office champion of the year: Lao Mouzi's "Hero".

The other one is "Source Code" by Lu Ping'an.

And I want to ask which movie in 2002 is the most representative.

Maybe in 2002 or 2003, people would still say "Hero" because the film was the box office champion.

But put the timeline back to last year and look back at 2002 again.

It is estimated that 80% of people will say that "Source Code" is the real starting point for domestic blockbusters.

Later, everyone realized what a "blockbuster" really is.

Blockbusters are not just a simple accumulation of superstars, nor are they high cost investments.

It’s the film industry system behind the film.

In 2007, "Rimbus" pushed the domestic special effects industry to the top international level.

"Kung Fu Panda 1" in 2007 made the domestic animation industry proud.

This is the real "blockbuster".

Now, there will be a new interpretation of the "blockbuster era".

It is not so much the era of blockbusters as it is the era of commercial movies.

The development of the Spring Festival stalls from scratch truly illustrates Ping An’s contribution to the film commercial market.

All kinds of flattery started to appear.

Some are spontaneous, and some are assisted by superiors.

In short, no one can take away Lu Ping An’s position as the “originator”.

As for the "originator", before you get it, it is just a golden pimple. After you get it, it is just a "fake name".

Therefore, compared to "false reputation", Lu Ping'an is now more concerned about the performance of the film overseas.

As of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

The three Star movies were released in mainland China for two weeks.

It was also released in Hong Kong for two weeks.

It is different from the mainland which has exploded the box office.

The box office performance in Xiangjiang is also pretty good.

So far, the two-week box office results for the three movies have been released.

"People on the Road" 5.5 million

"Crazy Racing" 7.6 million

Both movies performed well.

It’s okay to get around 10 million after it’s released.

Of course, this result will definitely not break into the top ten.

The reason is also very simple.

Although both of them are comedies, the one closest to southern culture is "Crazy Racing", and it's still Hokkien culture.

So in general, for the people of Xiangjiang, the threshold for watching movies is a bit high.

In addition, the film schedule of "Under the Red Cliff" has also been protected to a certain extent in Hong Kong.

So it is understandable that the results are not ideal.

Compared with the above two films, "Wonderful Night 2" is a surprise.

24 million in two weeks.

Comparing this result with that of the mainland, the difference is naturally huge.

But this result is already quite good in Xiangjiang.

Because this is the result of two weeks.

And you have to know that in the box office list of Chinese-language movies in Hong Kong for the whole year of 2008, a movie with more than 20 million can get the third place.

"Under the Red Cliff" has been released for one month, which is 25.6 million.

So now "Wonderful Night 2" still has a box office of over 24 million in two weeks without an absolute advantage in the film schedule, which is really impressive.

Hong Kong media predicts that there will be no problem for "Wonderful Night 2" to earn 40 million by the time it is released, and we can also look forward to 45 million.

As for the reasons, the media also analyzed it.

"Wonderful Night 2" has a good reputation due to the backing of Ping An Lu and two versions of "Wonderful Night 1".

So even if the jokes in the film are a little out of touch for the people of Hong Kong, it can still do well at the box office.

What surprised the colleagues in Xiangjiang even more.

"Wonderful Night 2" seems to be a subject that has not been involved in the Golden Age of Hong Kong, that is, a comedy that shows historical features.

"Amazing Night 2" seems to be a noisy comedy movie.

However, the production level and the artistic display of historical features have opened the eyes of many people in Xiangjiang.

The historical and cultural presentation of various dynasties in the film has been highly recognized by the people of Hong Kong.

A Xiangjiang citizen shared in an interview that her children memorized "Five-flowered Horses and Thousand-Golden Fur..." for several days after watching it.

It is enough to see the influence this has on young people in terms of traditional culture.

This is a sense of identity for the Chinese nation. It seems that except for Kung Fu movies, this phenomenon has never appeared before.

A Xiangjiang film critic asked directly.

"The perfect combination of historical figures + ancient poetry, comedy + the theme of national inheritance that is easy to understand. When will Xiangjiang be able to make such a movie?"

"It's also a comedy. Xiangjiang is developing into shit and shit, and the mainland is showing its cultural connotation."

"From the special effects of "Wonderful Night 2", we can see that we are far behind the mainland." (End of this chapter)