China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 433 Going to Cannes?

[...In the switching of each device and account, a person's true personality is revealed bit by bit, the speed and rhythm of text appearing on the screen change, occasional pauses, information entered and then deleted, text writing habits,

Browser search history, etc. Behind all of this are subtle human emotions. This is the real drama of this film.

I don’t think it’s worth worrying about whether “Black Mirror” has changed its taste and whether its satirical intensity has been reduced. As an online movie, “Black Mirror II” naturally has to consider the box office and the popularity of the public. It cannot just satisfy the needs of a few movie fans. It is the first “desktop movie”

Xianhe's courage and creativity more than make up for any shortcomings.

What's more, this suspenseful case has strict logic and solid details, which is excellent even among movies of the same type. If you consider that DreamWorks can perfectly present this story in such an mind-bending way, at least this is

It’s no exaggeration to say that the collection “Search” is a masterpiece.]

Chen Jingxing looked at several high praise film reviews on Douban and was somewhat surprised. The good reputation of "Black Mirror II" was actually somewhat beyond his expectation.

9.2

This score created the highest score for a DreamWorks film including his own.

So far, the highest score among movies produced by DreamWorks is "The Matrix" with a score of 9.1, followed by "Fatal Identity" with a score of 8.9.

Of course, this is closely related to the fact that all five episodes of "Black Mirror II" were broadcast in the form of online movies.

Most audiences have different expectations for online movies and theater movies.

This is determined by cost.

Chen Jingxing underestimated the impact of "being the first to eat crabs" on audiences and movie fans.

Because "Black Mirror II" has four more episodes to follow, it can continue to increase its exposure and resonate with each other.

To watch "Black Mirror II", you only need a computer or even a smartphone. If you are a member of Fantasy World, you can watch it directly. If you are not a member and do not want to become a member, you can pay for on-demand viewing for only 6 yuan.

This determines that the audience's evaluation standards for theater movies are relatively harsh.

The more experienced movie fans are, the more they know how difficult it is to use such an innovative narrative method. You can't see the protagonist's face for most of the film. How can the audience be involved? Not to mention the twists and turns of a story that needs to be shown very smoothly.

A suspenseful story with several twists and turns.

Tian Xinye rolled his eyes and tried to suppress his sourness: "Why don't you answer?"

It has been two years since the first season of "Black Mirror" was aired. In the past two years, more and more viewers have watched "Black Mirror", and "Black Mirror II" has also accumulated many fans.

It’s just watching movies on a video platform.

Although a week has passed, basically all the main moviegoers who are interested in "Black Mirror II" have watched it. Of course, not all of them have watched it through genuine channels. Therefore, the daily new box office has dropped, but after the fantasy

According to optimistic estimates within World Network, after half a year or more of accumulation, "Search" will have more than 20 million effective views and a box office of over 100 million. It is not impossible.

Of course, this calculation is not accurate. After all, among the tens of millions of movie viewers, there are also paid on-demand videos for non-members, but the proportion is not large, only about 10%.

However, the creator of "Shadow" packaged the movie and sold it to a small distribution company before distributing it in theaters. The creator himself did not actually make that much money.

"Wouldn't it be possible to catch up with the May 1st gear?"

The playback volume of online dramas is for advertisers, so it can only be inflated and cannot be reduced.

The effective playback for members is 4.5 yuan. Non-members can also get 4.5 yuan from DreamWorks for 6 yuan for paid on-demand playback.

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DreamWorks has now won awards such as Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers, Golden Globe Awards, and even 11 Oscar statuettes.

A ticket to the cinema costs dozens of yuan, plus transportation costs and other fixed time costs.

Don’t think this number is small.

As a traditional schedule that DreamWorks has dominated since "The Mirage", Tian Xinye knew that the company's arrangement was to put "District 9" on May 1st this year, and the Cannes Film Festival's requirement for entries is that the premiere must be in Cannes

film festival, so if "District 9" is to participate in Cannes, it will definitely not be released as scheduled on May Day.

Tian Xinye looked at Chen Jingxing dumbfounded.

Just like "Black Mirror II: The Search" created "desktop movies".

There is no difference between the audience watching a movie on their mobile phone and praising "this movie is worth watching" and spending dozens of dollars to go to the cinema to watch a movie in front of the big screen and praising "this movie is worth watching".

Same.

Although Chen Jingxing never thought about making any outstanding achievements in the field of film art since he founded DreamWorks, due to a combination of circumstances, DreamWorks has received many awards and honors over the years.

"Who said science fiction is inferior to others?" Chen Jingxing retorted.

Chen Jingxing didn't care too much: "If you can't catch up, you can't catch up. This is a rare opportunity. If you miss this opportunity, who knows when you will have to wait until next time?"

The cost of "Search" is less than 2 million, and the income of dozens of times is simply something that most film and television companies dare not even think of.

Chen Jingxing looked at Tian Xinye leisurely, admiring the change in his expression: "I decided to let "District 9" participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival."

Even putting aside these good expectations, judging from the first episode "Search" alone, the rate of return can simply make other major online production companies jealous.

Although there are movies and TV shows at home and abroad where computer desktops or mobile phone desktops appear in this dimension, there is really no movie or TV series in which the desktop, web page, software, mouse and keyboard play the leading role in every minute and every second of the entire 90-minute process.

So audiences tend to be more tolerant.

"You declined the invitation to be a member of the Cannes jury?"

"Isn't this still for you?"

"Why are you shouting so loudly?" Chen Jingxing plucked his ears and asked if it was worth making such a fuss, but he still added: "He is the chairman of the jury for the main competition unit."

Of course, it can't be compared to a global hit show like "The Walking Dead" where DreamWorks has already received more than $50 million in revenue.

As word of mouth spread, the box office sales in the following days were also quite strong. By the day before the second episode of "Black Mirror II" was launched on the Huanshi Online Cloud Cinema, six and a half days in total, the sales of the first episode "Search"

The box office has reached 45.5 million, and the number of moviegoers has exceeded 10 million.

Moreover, the exclusive broadcast of "Black Mirror II" on Fantasy World is only the domestic online broadcast copyright, and the overseas online broadcast is still in cooperation with Netflix.

Not to mention that "Search" is still a "desktop movie". If the audience watches the computer desktop in front of the big screen, the results will not be very high.

As long as the next four episodes don't stretch your legs, according to the standards of the first episode, the average box office of "Black Mirror II" for five episodes will exceed 100 million, which is not just an illusion.

Moreover, he was satisfied with the results of the premiere of the first episode of "Black Mirror II", and Huanshi.com also felt quite satisfied.

Tian Xinye was a little hesitant after his shock and joy: ""District 9" is a science fiction movie..."

On the night of its release, it had nearly 1.9 million views.

Coincidentally, that film is also a landmark work in the pseudo-documentary field.

In addition, the form of "desktop movie" is indeed too novel, and it is a film form that has never appeared before.

You must know that the total number of paying users of Huanshi.com at this time is only 87.4 million, which almost means that one out of every nine paying members has watched the first episode of "Black Mirror II".

But Chen Jingxing doesn’t think so. The feeling of watching a movie like "Search" on a computer or mobile phone screen is completely different from watching such a movie on a big screen in a theater.

"The filming of "Inception" hasn't been finished yet."

DreamWorks and Fantasy World have signed a split agreement with the highest S+ level, and each effective playback has a box office split of 4.5 yuan.

"As far as I know, there are only some studio scenes left in "Inception". The Cannes Film Festival is not being held right now, will it delay your filming?"

There are even many movie fans who lament the first episode of "Black Mirror II", "Searching", thinking that it is a good enough movie to go to theaters. If it goes to theaters, it will definitely become a hit.

The playback volume of Wangda refers to the effective playback volume, which is linked to the box office split. The platform can only conceal it and cannot overreport it.

Just like Chen Jingxing once said, if "The Night the Comet Came" was not broadcast on the Internet, but on the big screen, its reputation would definitely drop significantly, and the box office would not be very high.

The shared box office of 45.5 million also created a new online box office record, and this is not the end yet.

If a non-member account pays for a single on-demand video, and if a paid member user watches for more than 6 minutes, the sum of the two will be counted as a valid broadcast, or the number of viewers.

These nearly 1.9 million moviegoers correspond to a box office share of 8.73 million.

This shows the appeal of DreamWorks.

The cost of watching movies is much lower than that of theater movies.

The last movie with such a profit rate dates back to the Hollywood pseudo-documentary "Movies", which earned hundreds of millions of dollars in theaters.

After all, the main components of the 8.73 million box office share that day were basically for the IP "Black Mirror" or DreamWorks.

So as time goes by, more and more film reviews and discussions begin to pay attention to the film's production techniques, and even discuss whether "tabletop movies" can become a new film type.

Netflix, which is already the second largest shareholder of DreamWorks, has cooperated quite smoothly with DreamWorks this time. It still adopts the "subscription + account sharing" model specially designed for DreamWorks and has been used in "The Walking Dead". It is expected to cost at least tens of millions of dollars.

the above income.

DreamWorks' new headquarters building is almost completed. According to Chen Jingxing's request, a movie corridor and award display window are set up in the entrance hall. This is something that many film companies, especially large studios, have.

The fermentation of word-of-mouth will not take effect on a large scale until the next day.

"...Don't do this, it has nothing to do with me."

Of course, most of the awards on display are replicas, and the real ones are hidden by the winners in their homes.

However, such an honor is already second to none in the country.

This naturally stimulated Chen Jingxing's desire to collect. If there was no hope for the three major art awards in Europe, Chen Jingxing would not work in vain. He would not go out to make art films just to collect awards.

But isn’t there a ready-made “District 9” that is suitable? This is already the most promising film among all DreamWorks films to hit the top three in Europe. Although the Palme d’Or is unlikely, other awards have been won.

One or two can be regarded as adding foundation and accumulation to DreamWorks.

(End of chapter)