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Chapter 556 The box office champion and the completion of "Spike III"

Although the reviews of "Interstellar" are slightly polarized, it is obvious that this polarization is not the same concept as the polarization of a truly bad or mediocre film.

Even those who are a little disappointed with "Interstellar" are disappointed when compared with "Inception", "The Matrix" or "Mars".

I just feel that "Interstellar" is not as good as "Inception", or I prefer space science fiction movies in the style of "Mars".

The foreshadowing part of "Interstellar" is indeed relatively long, which is very different from Chen Jingxing's previous films, and these sounds are actually what he expected.

Overall, "Interstellar" is still the movie with the best reputation during the Spring Festival.

The only one that can compete with them is "Inside Out".

Therefore, with such word-of-mouth support, the film schedule of "Interstellar" is also increasing step by step.

It’s just that the film schedule for “War in the Mountains” is really hard to come by. As one of the first Korean War tribute films to see the audience, the National Film Festival is bound to achieve similar box office results.

Therefore, during the seven days of the Spring Festival, the box office trends of the top two giants showed an orderly increase in the film schedule of "Interstellar" and an orderly decrease in the film schedule of "Cloud Mountain". There was no counterattack scene like a plummeting to the sky.

The main scene of "Spike III" is a cruise ship at sea. For this purpose, hundreds of millions were spent to build half a cruise ship model. After shooting, it can be combined with post-production special effects to present the most realistic visual effects.

Magic City, the digital film and television and animation production base of DreamWorks.

"Eagle Warriors", which has been completed in post-production and has received the Dragon Award, has been scheduled for summer release, and DreamWorks has no way to squeeze in another blockbuster of its own.

Chen Jingxing looked up at the huge half-side model of the cruise ship.

After the opening ribbon-cutting event, and after receiving the leaders, Chen Jingxing came to the greenhouse to visit the set of "Spike III".

If Chen Jingxing hadn't said that his next movie would also use this ship, Wu Jing wouldn't have agreed to set up the cruise ship for real-life filming.

The digital film and television virtual production and animation production base jointly invested and built by DreamWorks and Oriental International, a state-owned enterprise affiliated with the Magic City, has finally been completed.

Chen Jingxing noticed Wu Jing's worry and comforted him: "The audience may be tired of aesthetics, but that is fatigue of homogeneous content. It is naturally different if you can shoot something new. "Spike III" is very innovative.

I still have confidence in this movie."

Chen Jingxing also took time off from the filming of Anton's "1951" to fly to Shanghai and attended the ribbon-cutting event with city leaders.

This reused cruise ship model was naturally used in the movie "Once Upon a Time on Earth", and it was also the main scene of a story line in the movie. It was eventually cut into dozens of "thin slices" during Operation Guzheng and became the final part of the movie.

Climax scene.

Such a huge cruise model can only be accommodated in shed No. 1.

However, as the only comedy movie with a truly polarizing reputation, "Desperate Househusbands" can just bite the head of the two giants.

Even with the unprecedented success of "Spang II", the film market is unpredictable. Especially in "Spang III", the protagonist is no longer the captain of the Langya Special Forces played by Wu Jing, but a member of the Langya Special Forces.

Red Blood Cell Team, Wu Jing's role in "Spike III" can only be regarded as an outstanding supporting role.

When the time entered mid-February and the smoke from the Spring Festival stalls began to clear, DreamWorks still became the big winner.

Especially in the past two years, military and war-themed tribute blockbusters have been released one after another. Audiences will naturally become fatigued after watching too much. If "Red Sea" or "Wolf Fang II" were put in theaters now, it would be difficult to achieve the same level of success as before.

It's a box office success.

"Langya II" was so successful, "Langya III" brought him even more pressure.

Inside Greenhouse No. 1.

Moreover, the post-production of "Wolf Fang III" may not be able to keep up.

"That's good, the pressure on me is lighter."

Facing Wu Jing's expectant gaze, Chen Jingxing could only answer with a wry smile: "I guess it will be over this year."

The story and scenes of "Spike III" are rare among previous military action films at home and abroad. It is an action-type film that takes place on a cruise ship in the ocean. It also combines elements of thriller, disaster and military action, and even appears

The submarine scene.

Wu Jing naturally wants to set a good schedule for "Spike III", and he prefers the National Day schedule.

After all, the budget is the pressure on the director.

Of course, although the base has just been completed, the largest studio in Asia, Greenhouse No. 1, has already been built, and many scenes of "Spike III" were shot in this greenhouse.

Part of the pressure on Wu Jing was also relieved.

The National Day schedule is naturally suitable for military action films, but this is a gift year. The competition is too fierce and there are too many heavyweight gift films. Even if Chen Jingxing's own "1951" has finished filming the first part, it may not be able to be included in this year's National Day schedule.

The filming lasted for half a year, and "Spike III" is almost finished.

The scene is not as big as "Spike II", but it is definitely interesting enough.

"Interstellar" won the box office championship again. In addition to the continuous growth of the number of screens in the film market, another important factor is that the emotional line of the film is really prominent and the emotion is sufficient. Especially the scene where Chen Kun cries while watching the video of his children.

It became a famous scene.

The news that Chen Jingxing finally regained the box office championship once again triggered a wave of discussion.

Therefore, it did not have the national discussion and unparalleled trend of last year's "WALL-E". Although it firmly suppressed its direct competitor "Rebirth of the Orb", it also had a back-and-forth with "Desperate Househusband".

Wu Jing asked: "Doesn't it need to be modified?"

Moreover, before March, no heavyweight films were released, and "Interstellar" still has relatively strong stamina. It is certain to surpass "Spike II" and become the box office champion in film history.

"Interstellar" won the Spring Festival championship with a score of 4.21 billion, "Beacon" was the runner-up with 3.36 billion, and "Inside Out" was close to 1.9 billion, narrowly surpassing "Desperate Househusband" and ranking third.

, will be DreamWorks’ third animated film with a domestic box office of over 2 billion.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that "Cloud Mountain" has a good reputation. In addition, DreamWorks has also restrained its marketing efforts and did not buy a draft that was criticized by word of mouth. Therefore, the situation is different from last year's "WALL-E" and "Tang Detective III"

It's completely different. It has an atmosphere of healthy competition where everyone works together to win.

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If Chen Jingxing's next movie can use this one-to-one model of the cruise ship that he finally built with great difficulty, then the production cost equivalent to "Spike III" will be shared, and the pressure on him will naturally be reduced.

Because "Spike III" was shot in real locations, in order to build a cruise ship, even if it was only half a stretch, an additional 130 million yuan was added to the budget, and the overall production cost soared to 600 million.

"It needs some renovation, but it won't cost much."

As DreamWorks' fourth animated film in a row for the Spring Festival, "Inside" has gained a good reputation and is even as good as "WALL-E", but it cannot compete with "WALL-E" in terms of the type of story and the opponents it faces.

Strength ratio.

After the top two giants is the second echelon consisting of "Mind", "Desperate Househusband" and "Lingzhu Rebirth".

What was once a mainstream theme in the Spring Festival stalls has been reduced to a single one in just a few years, which has also made many people feel that time has changed.

Although "Desperate Househusbands" has created a lower limit for the reputation of "Happy Twist", why is it the only comedy movie during the Spring Festival?

It is very suitable for family viewing. Many people bring their parents or children to watch it, and it feels like they regard "Interstellar" as a family movie.

"Can you get a schedule this year? Is there any drama on the National Day schedule?"

But Chen Jingxing was not optimistic about Wu Jing's idea.

Next year’s Spring Festival stalls will also be tough.

It should be said that the script of "Spike III" tried its best to create new ideas, which is why Chen Jingxing approved the project of this film.

Regardless of the concept, story or narrative technique of a movie, at least one element must be innovative, otherwise the audience will easily become fatigued with a mature industrial movie theme.

Even after just watching last year's two war films, "Eight Hundred Revelation" and the Spring Festival film "War in the Mountains," Chen Jingxing can clearly feel that the audience's evaluation standards for such subjects are gradually increasing, and their enthusiasm is also fading.

That's why he wanted to shoot "1951" in one take. At his position, he doesn't actually expect the gift film to make much money at the box office, but it is necessary to keep the audience feeling novel and surprising.

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