China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

The original "Wonderful Night 3" had a "legendary ending" aspect to it due to the death of "Roosevelt" actor Robin before its release.

This version is probably no longer possible.

I have no regrets about Ping An Lu. Anyway, the American version is just for catching up, so it would be great if it can be completed smoothly.

At most, some small adaptations can be added to make it more interesting.

For example, letting several characters from the Chinese version appear on screen can break the definition of "remake" between the two versions and allow the two worlds to be integrated.

By the way, the actors in the Chinese version can also experience what it's like to star in a Hollywood movie.

As for how to link it up, this is simple. Lu Ping'an already has an idea and can write it down when he returns to China.

Before filming the American version of "Amazing Night 3", of course, the Chinese version must be filmed first.

Regarding the Chinese version of "Wonderful Night", in fact, from the perspective of making money, this series is actually far from "finished".

The first two works both broke box office records in domestic film history, giving this IP an excellent fan base.

If there is a "prequel" next, or a few sequels, it will still earn a lot of box office.

However, Lu Pingan finally decided to end it directly.

The main reason is that the resurrection story is not suitable for playing too much. Three movies are enough, and any more are just a waste of time.

In addition, this actually involves a relatively big issue, which is about the "return of cultural relics".

When it comes to museums, history and cultural relics, the loss of cultural relics overseas is an unavoidable topic.

"Wonderful Night" cannot help but touch on this point, otherwise the series will really become meaningless and cliché.

If a high-quality IP is turned into a movie, the impact it will have on the entire company, movie fans, and even the entire industry will be immeasurable.

When it comes to this point, we cannot avoid practical issues.

Therefore, the theme of "Wonderful Night 3" focuses on "cultural relics lost overseas", and the series stops there. This is the best.

Of course, Lu Pingping will leave a hole in the end.

For example, when the great powers return cultural relics in batches in the future, then the filming of "Wonderful Night 4" can begin.

In this way, the "Wonderful Night" series may really become a shining pearl in the history of Chinese film.

I hope it can be realized in the future.

After talking about "Wonderful Night 3", the matter was finalized. Summit began to contact the British Museum, and Lu Ping'an was about to return to China.

Early the next morning, we landed in Beijing.

After returning to the company, Wu Guohua handed over the Spring Festival report.

It was already March 30th, the Spring Festival season had long ended, and the top few films had also finished their two-month run.

There are 7 movies in the Spring Festival. Looking at the last five movies alone, "Detective Dee" has 530 million, "Warring States" has 320 million, and the remaining movies have 200 to 300 million.

The box office numbers look the same as last year.

But when the box office data of the first and second movies were taken out, it was an "explosion"!

"Source Code 2" 1.163 billion.

"Let the Bullets Fly" 1.266 billion!

Two movies, with a box office of close to 2.5 billion!

"Let the Bullets Fly" directly broke the box office record in domestic film history.

In fact, Lu Ping'an himself felt a little abnormal when he saw this data.

The original box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" was only 700 million, which doubled the box office, which is a bit scary.

But take a closer look at the support behind that box office.

The number of big screens now is about 30% more than the same period last year.

The total number of large screens is equivalent to the size of the original time and space in late 2013 and early 2014.

The Spring Festival champions at that time were "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" with 1.1 billion, and the dark horse movie "Where Are We Going, Dad" with 700 million.

Compared with these two films, the box office of "Source Code 2" and "Let the Bullets Fly" are not cheaper, and the quality is crushing. It is normal that the box office is higher than the two of them.

Lu Ping'an even felt low.

There are also many people in the market who are dissatisfied.

Because last year's "Avatar" took in 1.9 billion at the domestic box office.

Of course, everyone is dissatisfied if we fail to exceed it.

Then everyone felt that the two movies were somewhat incompatible.

They should be released separately, and then they might be able to get higher box office.

Although the fans' ideas are relatively naive.

If they were released separately, they might not be able to achieve such a high box office, because clustering good movies together will help promote schedules.

But no matter what, if you don’t exceed it, you don’t exceed it, which will indeed be a pity.

"So everyone feels that, Director Lu, you should personally direct a blockbuster film to take back the Lost Highlands."

Wu Guohua said to Lu Ping'an with a smile.

Lu Ping'an laughed after hearing this: "Is this really what the fans said?"

"No, look at these comments. They have all been copied for you."

Wu Guohua said as he handed over a document, which was all comments excerpted from the Internet.

Generally speaking, it is similar to what Wu Guohua said.

Everyone already knows that Lu Pingan has finished filming the "Batman" series, so they began to expect him to personally direct a domestic blockbuster and regain the domestic box office high ground.

Of course it feels good to be urged to update.

It's just that Lu Ping'an didn't go up.

Again, as the number of domestic big screens will skyrocket in the future.

A mere 1.9 billion is not a problem at all.

So regaining the box office high ground is not the focus at all.

The point is to win both the box office and word-of-mouth high ground.

This is what "Lu Ping'an ends personally" should do, and this is what movie fans really look forward to.

Regarding this point, Lu Pingan asked Wu Guohua again: "How is the overseas situation of "Source Code 2" now?"

Wu Guohua quickly came up with the data.

"Source Code 2" has been released overseas for a month and a half.

Among them, 30% of the regions including South Korea and South Korea have been released.

Currently, 40% of the regions are still showing it, and starting next month, the remaining 30% of the regions will gradually release it.

So far, "Source Code 2" has grossed a total of US$120 million at the box office in addition to mainland China and Taiwan.

Including the mainland and Hong Kong, the total global box office has reached 300 million US dollars.

How much the global box office can reach in the future will all depend on the North American market, the largest box office.

If the North American market fails, then the global box office of "Source Code 2" is estimated to be only about 350 to 400 million US dollars at most.

If the North American market explodes and reaches 100 million, then 450 to 500 million globally will be very comfortable.

In this regard, Lu Pingan itself does not know whether it can work in the North American market.

Although "Source Code 1" has achieved nearly 60 million US dollars in North America, the advanced nature of the movie itself played a big role at that time.

It’s 2011 now, and it’s hard to talk about everything.

But even if North America ends up losing eggs, Lu Ping An will be very satisfied.

The global box office of 350 million US dollars is not good.

It has set a new global box office record for Chinese-language films.

After deducting the US$180 million from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places, there is still US$170 million. (End of chapter)