China Entertainment special effects started in 1997

After the news was reported, the domestic entertainment industry was shocked.

It has only been a few years, and it seems that box office revenue of over 3 billion has become a common thing.

What is even more shocking is that "Journey to the West: The Monkey King 3 Strikes the White Bone Demon" has won 1.13 billion yuan in box office revenue despite the strong crush of "Heroes Continuation" and its reputation is very unfavorable, which can be said to be snatching food from the tiger's mouth.

Counting the overseas copyright and profit sharing income, "3 Strikes the White Bone Demon" is definitely profitable.

This makes friendly companies excited, indicating that after the development of the domestic film market over the years, one schedule can accommodate two blockbusters, and everyone can make money!

Of course, "3 Strikes the White Bone Demon" still makes a small amount of money, because its overseas revenue is still too little compared to "Heroes Continuation".

In Japan, "Heroes Continuation" has dominated the weekly box office for four consecutive weeks, and people are watching the movie in an endless stream.

In South Korea, its people also cursed while watching, cursing their own domestic filmmakers for not being strong, and when they can make a similar special effects blockbuster.

Koreans don't think there's anything wrong with Hollywood blockbusters. But they have a weird attitude towards Chinese blockbusters. They watch but don't like to say hello.

The popularity of "Heroes Continuum" in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia can only be considered normal. The real explosion is in North America and Europe.

The reason is simple. There are angels in this movie, and they are the kind of angels who look super perfect.

It feels like the first time Chinese people watched "Kung Fu Panda". Although it is a Hollywood movie, it is full of Chinese elements, so there is no obstacle to watching the movie, and then the movie became a big hit.

This is the case with "Heroes Continuum". The distributor Columbia Pictures even translated the name of the movie directly into "War of Angels and Demons".

One of the widely used posters is the angel played by Gulinaza chasing in the air with a sword, and in the lower right corner of the poster, Liang Bing played by Zhang Yuqi presents the posture of a demon angel, with a fierce face facing the upper left.

At first glance, it seems that the two of them are fighting. After entering the theater and watching it, I realized that these two have never met at all.

Even so, the moviegoers in the cinema still poured in like a tide.

Jiang Heng, special effects blockbusters, the series of heroes, plus the elements of angels and demons, many North American and European audiences walked into the theater without thinking too much,

Just like the golden age of Hong Kong movies, Jackie Chan or Stephen Chow's movies, as long as the subject matter and story are not particularly weird, everyone will choose without thinking, and buy tickets directly to enter the theater!

In North America, the box office of "The Series of Heroes" is as high as 445 million US dollars, surpassing last year's North American market champion "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire" with 424 million, temporarily ranking first in this year's North American box office rankings.

In fact, it is this year's champion.

The North American film market in 2014 was a small year. In addition to Jiang Heng's works, the best-performing "North American Sniper" only had 350 million US dollars.

Because it is a mainstream American movie, that is, the kind of movie that is awkward for everyone except Americans to watch, it was not introduced to the domestic public screening, and the global box office was only 547 million US dollars.

The top ten of the annual North American box office rankings include Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier", but their box office performance in North America is not particularly high, the former is 330 million, and the latter is 260 million, but both have exceeded 700 million US dollars in the global market.

It is also worth mentioning that "Transformers 4", a series of movies that were once regarded as masterpieces by countless people, was already on the verge of a bad movie when the fourth film was filmed.

Perhaps in order to please the Chinese market, or perhaps to get the income from implanted GG and recover the cost in advance, a large number of Chinese products GG were implanted in the film.

However, because Jiannanchun and Pangu Grand View have too strong Chinese flavor, the director can't make them fly naturally and intimately on the land of Texas even if he racks his brains.

Therefore, this Transformers came to China, Beijing and Guangzhou for a one-day tour, and also knocked on the tube buildings in Hong Kong. What Red Bull, Yibao, Shuhua Milk, and there is also Zou Shiming in the elevator.

Perhaps it is because there are too many Chinese elements in the film, or the North American audience has become aesthetically fatigued. "Transformers 4" only earned 245 million in North America, but it achieved a super high score of 1.1 billion in the global market.

Of course, although the score of 1.1 billion is good, it is not the annual champion.

"The Last Airbender" has achieved a super high box office of more than 900 million US dollars in the two major film markets of China and North America.

Including Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, Australia and other places, the global total box office is expected to be around 1.6 or 1.7 billion US dollars.

If 2014 is not a good year for the North American film market, if the performance of "The Last Airbender" is placed in 2015, it will definitely lose to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" with a North American box office of 930 million and a global box office of 2 billion US dollars.

"Jurassic World", which ranks second, also has 1.67 billion. It is really hard to say who is second and who is third.

But in 2014, "The Last Airbender" is really invincible all over the world. The science fiction blockbuster "Alien" scheduled for the summer is expected to surpass it.

From the box office of "Star Wars", we can see that science fiction blockbusters have a lot of audiences and high box office!

Therefore, for the next film, Jiang Heng's idea is to continue to shoot science fiction. It's time to start the sequel to "The Three-Body Problem".

Before the script is finished, we still have to hold a celebration party for "Heroes Serial".

March 9th, Sunday.

In a five-star hotel banquet hall not far from the iQiyi Film Building, the main creators of "Heroes Continuum", the senior executives of iQiyi Film, and the guests who came to congratulate gathered together and had a lively meal and drink.

Because there were too many celebration banquets, it has become a routine. This time, no media reporters were invited to come. It was a closed-door celebration.

Jiang Heng first gave a group of main creators a big red envelope, and then they drank and ate, interspersed with some singing and dancing performances.

Although iQiyi Film has not established a special singing and dancing troupe, it is still easy to find people to perform. The whole scene is festive and lively.

These people took turns to toast Jiang Heng, and asked about Jiang Heng's new film plan.

And with the precedent of Gulinaza's popularity for the role of Angel Chaser, these people suddenly realized that it didn't matter if they didn't get the male or female lead.

As long as the role is outstanding and the performance is good, it can still be popular!

Now, the new film is about to be prepared, Jiang Heng did not hide it, and after chatting for a while, he casually said: "Well, at present, we are preparing to shoot "Three-Body 2"!"

"Ah!"

"Wow!"

The audience was suddenly silent for a second, obviously shocked by the news.

"Three-Body" is a more popular IP than "The Hero Company". I don't know how many fans in Europe and the United States are looking forward to watching the sequel of "Three-Body"!

Not to mention the male and female protagonists, as long as you can play a role in the film, you can benefit a lot! (End of this chapter)