China Entertainment special effects started in 1997

In a Los Angeles cinema, James Cameron stared at the big screen with a serious expression, and the audience's exclamations rang in his ears from time to time.

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"Oh my God, his iron rod scared me!"

A blonde girl tilted her head back slightly and said in a trembling voice.

The girlfriend next to her said: "I also feel like I will be hit if I don't dodge, it's quite exciting!"

"It's really shocking!"

"It's a miracle, no, it's magic!"

"How did Director Jiang from China do it!"

"There is no such technology in the United States, right?"

"It seems that Director Cameron is making a similar film!"

"Then you can go and see it!"

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After hearing this, Cameron finally felt better.

After all, a 3D movie made with a lot of money is meant to shock the audience.

I don't want to be released before "Havoc in Heaven". After watching this movie, the audience will definitely feel the super shock after watching "Avatar".

In terms of box office, I'm afraid there will be a difference of hundreds of millions of dollars!

After watching the movie, Cameron sat there disappointed and didn't want to get up for a long time.

"Let's go, it's time to go back!"

Producer Jon Landau said that he and Cameron are old friends and have worked together on "Titanic".

I thought I could create another miracle this time, but I didn't want "Havoc in Heaven" to come out halfway.

In his opinion, the early release of "Havoc in Heaven" is not all bad.

After all, before this, the global audience had little knowledge of the visual effects of 3D movies, let alone recognition and pursuit.

After the release of the 3D version of "Havoc in Heaven", it will definitely trigger a 3D movie-watching craze.

Although "Avatar" was released later, the shock to the audience has declined.

However, it just happened to catch up with the 3D movie craze triggered by the 3D "Havoc in Heaven". With the quality of "Avatar", it is hard to say that the box office is lower or higher than originally expected.

In fact, it is indeed as he thought. In the original history, after the release of "Avatar", it instantly triggered a 3D movie craze.

The problem is that there are not so many 3D movies on the market, and the audience really wants to watch them.

So the film companies' operations came, "post-production conversion to 3D", although the viewing effect is not satisfactory, the film companies are making a lot of money.

Jon Landau briefly explained his conjecture, and Cameron nodded slightly.

In fact, he could also think of these, but he was beaten by "Havoc in Heaven" first, and he was unwilling to accept it!

"You're right, our film is so good, we may not lose to him!"

Jon Landau said: "In my opinion, we will definitely win, because the world's major film markets are dominated by Hollywood blockbusters, and "Avatar" is the best, there is no problem!"

"Yes, we will definitely beat him!"

But then he thought, "Avatar" has consumed more than ten years of his hard work. Director Jiang shoots films quickly and in large quantities. If he really wins the global box office championship one day, what work can he use to surpass him?

James Cameron had hidden worries in his heart, but he didn't say it out.

He just cheered himself up in his heart, and he must make "Avatar" better, and he must shock the world.

In terms of market performance, "Havoc in Heaven" won a total of 78 million US dollars in the first three days of North America's weekend, far lower than the 115 million of "The Three-Body Problem".

The reason is naturally due to the subject matter. The theme of mythology is obviously not as attractive to European and American audiences as science fiction.

Furthermore, before the film was released and before word of mouth came out, the audience did not really believe in the so-called "horrifying special effects" promoted by the media.

Therefore, although the box office results of the first three days of the weekend were high, they were not as high as imagined.

However, under the wide acclaim of the audience and the heated discussion of the media, "Havoc in Heaven" became popular in North America, and the box office results also soared rapidly.

In Europe, Australia and other places, they also achieved good first weekend box office. For example, Russia's box office was 21 million, France's 19 million, the UK's 14 million, Germany's 13 million, etc.

But the hottest places overseas are still Japan and South Korea.

There is no need to elaborate on Japan's love for "Journey to the West".

Jiang Heng's previous "Journey to the West" series of films have achieved good box office results here, and there is already an audience base.

At this moment, hearing that there is the most advanced technology, they all come to watch the movie.

And there is a very interesting phenomenon, that is, those who have seen the 3D version will watch the 2D version, and those who have seen the 2D version will definitely watch the 3D version.

Too many people watched the film twice or three times, causing the box office to soar rapidly, becoming the box office champion for several consecutive weeks.

In South Korea, because of the early cooperation between CJ company boss Lee Mi-kyung and Jiang Heng, the number of IMAX and ordinary 3D screens per population is quite high, which also leads to a high box office output here.

The audience watched the IMAX version with the best visual effects and praised it highly.

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In China, Jiang Heng is still busy rehearsing at the Olympic venues.

But people who want to visit him are endless.

The reason is simple. After the initial extreme shock, a group of domestic investors and directors suddenly found that "3D movies" are a very profitable gimmick, and announced that they would shoot 3D movies.

The problem is that these people don't know how to make 3D movies at all, so they naturally ask Jiang Heng to teach them.

The organizing committee saw this and strictly ordered that no unrelated personnel should come to harass Jiang Heng.

But even with strict orders, there must be people to execute them. Ordinary staff members, who earn a few thousand yuan a month, dare not stop those people with high net worth and deep backgrounds!

"Director Jiang, Chairman Yang Hongtao and Director Chen Jiashang of Ningxia Film are here!"

Jiang Heng pressed his temple slightly with his hand and said, "Bring them over!"

Jiang Heng was too lazy to go out to greet them, mainly because too many people came to visit him recently.

Whoever showed his name was louder than Yang Hongtao.

"Oh, Director Jiang, I have heard of your name for a long time, and it is as famous as thunder!" Yang Hongtao's expression was exaggerated, and he quickly stepped forward to shake hands.

Jiang Heng laughed and showed the Vacheron Constantin on his wrist, "Sorry, Chairman Yang and Director Chen, I am very busy here, and I can only give you five minutes at most!"

Yang Hongtao's face was embarrassed when he heard this.

Normally he would give five minutes to others, but he was not used to hearing others say that!

Fortunately, Chen Jiashang spoke up, "Hello, Director Jiang, we are here to ask for advice. Now that "Painted Skin" has been completed, but Director Yang and his team want to release it in 3D, is there any other way?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Well, there is, it is the technology of post-production conversion to 3D!"

"Oh, it's this technology?"

Yang Hongtao was overjoyed, "Is it difficult? Is it expensive?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "You have to find out about this yourself!"

He said that these were not secrets, and you could find out with a little more effort.

Yang Hongtao asked again, "Director Jiang, can the special effects company under your name do it?"

Jiang Heng said, "Yes, it can, but the orders are full!"

Yang Hongtao was shocked, "Full?"

Jiang Heng smiled but said nothing, because the special effects company was busy with the 3D conversion of "Lion Camel Ridge" and "Pingdingshan" and other films, and could make a lot of money by re-screening.