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On December 16, [The Great Wall] was officially released nationwide.

This film cost 150 million U.S. dollars to produce and is known as China's most expensive film to date.

Hollywood has joined hands with a Chinese company to produce the largest co-production, Matt Damon's first Asian-themed movie.

It is also the pioneering work of Legendary Pictures' Chinese subsidiary Legend East, and the first film for Zhang Yimou to collaborate with a Hollywood creative team.

After heavy publicity, it finally met all domestic movie fans and audiences.

On Friday the 16th, [The Great Wall] undoubtedly set off the first movie-watching frenzy in this year’s Lunar New Year season. On the first day, it accounted for 43.5% of the national film schedule and won nearly 80% of the national box office on that day, with a single-day box office of 171 million. , which can be regarded as a perfect start.

Over the next two weekends, [The Great Wall] still ranked first in the country with a film scheduling rate of close to 43.48%. On the 17th, it recorded 193 million yuan in a single day, accounting for nearly 70% of the national box office, and the cumulative box office reached 360 million yuan. .

On December 18, it collected another 168 million yuan, and the cumulative box office in the first three days was 530 million yuan.

The Lunar New Year holiday in 2016 ushered in a wave of climax, with the market closing at 950 million, an increase of 230 million from the previous week. Although it failed to exceed 1 billion, this result was already the highest box office figure in a single week after the National Day holiday.

In addition to "The Great Wall", new films to be released on the 16th also include "The Death of Romance", "Youth", "I am repairing cultural relics in the Forbidden City", etc.

Among them, only "The Death of Romance" ranks among the top three in this week's box office rankings with a score of 65.6 million.

Previously, this gangster romance film with a luxurious lineup was regarded as the most powerful competitor of "The Great Wall". Although it could not match "The Great Wall" at the box office, it has achieved a pretty good reputation, and its exquisite literary style is quite popular. approval.

"Your Name", which has topped the weekly box office for three consecutive weeks, was finally pulled from the top spot this week and dropped to fourth place.

This animated film directed by Makoto Shinkai is a dark horse in the film market in December. It has previously broken the annual 2D movie pre-sales, the annual 2D movie zero-point box office, the fastest 2D animated film to break 100 million, and the first single-day to break 100 million. 2D animated movies and many other records.

As of this week, the cumulative box office of "Your Name" has reached 540 million, breaking the previous domestic box office record of 531 million for Japanese comic movies held by "Doraemon: Stand With Me".

Impacted by the opening of two domestic masterpieces, "The Great Wall" and "The Death of Romance", most of the old films were eliminated this week. However, the critically acclaimed film "Hacksaw Ridge" directed by Mel Gibson still maintained its runner-up position. The film exceeded 100 million in its first week. This week, despite the suppression of "The Great Wall", it still collected 120 million in box office, bringing the total to 240 million.

[Harry Potter], the fantasy and magic movie in the same series, [Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them] reported 14.5 million this week, a sharp drop, and has been relegated to ninth place in the box office rankings.

Although the first week performance of "The Great Wall" was amazing, compared with the high box office, the film's reputation was not satisfactory. Perhaps it was because the film did not meet the public's expectations of "National Master" Zhang Yimou. After its release, the Douban score was only 4.6, which was 6 points away. The passing line is far from that.

Most of the comments on the entire movie online were negative, with audiences expressing their disappointment with the movie from various angles.

[Selling dog meat over sheep's heads, does Gu Wei have 5 minutes of scenes in total? I counted carefully, and the total number of scenes with him is less than 5. This is how we promoted Gu Wei's special appearance in the early stage. The one on the poster The position made me think he was the second male lead, refund my money! 】

[The picture is good, suitable for those who like large-scale parties or cultural performances. The special effects are probably at the level of the upgraded version of [Nine-story Demon Tower] and the low-profile version of [Independence Day]. 】

[The actors are quite embarrassed, their English lines are awkward, their rhythmic gymnastics performances are embarrassing, and their role positioning is even more embarrassing. The integrity of the national master who bowed down for five buckets of rice is really admirable! 】

[As a world superstar, Ms. Jingtian only acted for about 90 minutes in this 104-minute movie, leaving a full ten minutes for other unknown actors to perform. Her high style and integrity are admirable!

Director Zhang, who has been making movies for 30 years and is still unknown internationally, finally has the opportunity to become a Hollywood A-level production director with a budget of 150 million US dollars this time because of Miss Jing! 】

[To be honest, it is not as bad as what is said online. It is a standard assembly-line Hollywood fantasy film (the kind with a score of 5.5-6.5) with a national aesthetic. The theater has been immersed in "Oh oh Gu Wei! Oh oh Lu Han! Oh Zheng Kai! Oh, TFboys” is very happy in the searching game]

[It’s so disappointing. Let’s not talk about how the filming was. You tricked me into entering the cinema in the name of Gu Wei, and then let me watch this?

Before the release, the scandal between Gu Wei and Jing Tian was used to promote the movie, but in the end, there was no interaction between the two in the movie? 】

[As a popcorn movie, I think it is qualified. The special effects are very enjoyable to watch. However, the plot is too weak, and the parts without special effects are very boring to watch.

You can still take a look at it. It’s not that bad. I have to say that this lineup is really expensive! Hahahahaha]

[Let’s stand together, the National Guard performed very well. This movie is a bit too dark. I personally feel that the picture of the approaching winter in ice and fire was shot in advance, and the special effects and soundtrack are bonus points.

Jingtian did lose points. By elevating the character through the setting, the flaws in his acting skills were invisibly magnified, but there is no need to follow the trend! 】

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In addition to netizens, film critics generally have a negative attitude towards Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall", and there are endless criticisms. The most exaggerated one is that a professional online film critic photoshopped all the actors in a poster of "The Great Wall" to look like the female protagonist. Tian's image, and then the title "Zhang Yimou is dead".

Director Zhang did not give any response to this. Instead, Zhang Zhao, CEO of the film's promoter [LeTV Pictures], expressed his strong dissatisfaction on Weibo, angrily denounced the original blogger, and demanded an apology and a statement.

The controversy over "The Great Wall" has alarmed many big directors in the industry. Wang Jiawei, Lu Chuan, Chen Sicheng, French director of "Wolf Totem" Jean-Jacques Annaud and other well-known directors expressed their support for Zhang Yimou through various channels.

On Monday, December 19, the second week of the release of "The Great Wall", there was no change in the proportion of films scheduled, but the box office dropped from 168 million to 53.09 million in a single day. The drop was a bit large, but it was also in line with the box office trend of normal movies on weekdays.

However, according to the current reputation of "The Great Wall", it is impossible to achieve the long-tail effect by relying on reputation like some high-quality movies.

And this Friday, there will be Zhang Jiajia's first film as director "The Ferryman" and Cheng Long's comedy film "Railway Tiger". Two blockbuster new films will join the Lunar New Year war. "The Great Wall" will definitely not remain the same as it is now. ’s ultra-high proportion of films, it is still unknown whether it can continue to unleash its potential in the future.

On the set of [Ex 3], Gu Weizheng was typing on his mobile phone to reply to Jingtian on WeChat.

Da Tiantian has been criticized by netizens and film critics in recent days. Almost 80% of the negative reviews of "The Great Wall" are about her. Some comments clearly think that the film is not bad, and they have to add the sentence "If not Jingtian is even better!".

Just like her previous filming of "Warring States", after all, it was Da Tiantian who carried everything alone.

Although the little girl has a good personality, she was inevitably in a bad mood after being criticized so much, so she sent Gu Wei a few complaints on WeChat.

In fact, the poor reputation of [Great Wall] had some impact on Gu Wei, mainly because of the excessive publicity given to him by the early publicity parties, and Gu Wei himself did not stand up and make it clear.

Because the audience who entered the theater and his own die-hard movie fans felt cheated, and while scolding "The Great Wall" they couldn't help but complain a few words about Gu Wei.

But everyone knows that Gu Wei is a friendly actor after all. You can blame the director for watching a bad movie, the story written by the screenwriter is bad, and the lead actor has no acting skills, but you can't blame someone who only has three or two scenes. Cameo.

"The bad reputation of [Great Wall] now is not your problem. Netizens just want to find someone to take the blame. Don't take it too seriously."

Gu Wei sent some words of persuasion, but he didn't know if they were of any use. However, Jingtian responded with some comforting emoticons, and then confirmed with him that Gu Wei would treat him to dinner when he returned from the United States.

"No problem, I always mean what I say!"

Da Tiantian, who was far away in the capital, saw Gu Wei's last reply and posted another big smile. The same smile appeared on her face. She felt that the depression caused by netizens' online violence in recent days had eased a lot.

"Tiantian, get ready, we will leave soon~"

The agent pushed the door open and urged.

Jingtian turned off his phone and stood up.

"Sister Chen, when will you be back after going out this time?"

"According to the arrangements of the crew of [Pacific Rim 2], this filming will take place in New South Wales, Australia, Queensland, Australia, and the mountainous provinces of our country. It will last four months and will be completed around April next year.

Although you are the heroine, if you don’t join the team in the later stage, you will be able to finish filming all the scenes related to you around March.

Of course, the specific arrangements will depend on the director and producer."

the agent explained.

Jingtian lowered his head and thought for a while. Although it felt like it took a long time, it was still acceptable.

"Sister Chen, please talk to the company and see if there is any way for me to collaborate with Gu Wei once this movie is finished.

Although [The Great Wall] did well at the box office, its reputation was really bad, and it was basically no blessing to me personally. Instead, it attracted scoldings from netizens.

This is no different from when [Warring States] was released before.

[Kong: Skull Island], which was filmed last year, will also be released early next year.

I’m afraid that the results of the next two Hollywood blockbusters will still be unsatisfactory.”

The agent frowned as she listened to Jingtian's words. How could she not know these things?

"It's not easy to cooperate with Gu Wei. He is now a hot commodity in the industry. There are many female stars trying to catch up with him through various channels. But now it seems that unless he is willing to give you a hand, otherwise It is difficult to impress him through other means.

The people he worked with before were either well-known A-list actresses, artists from his own company, or friends in the industry who had a good relationship with him.

I heard that people like Liu Yifei and Yang Mi who had a relationship with him became friends for the first time they worked together, and when the opportunity comes again, Gu Wei will think of helping his old friend."

"That's it"

Jingtian pursed his lips and thought.

"My relationship with him is pretty good now, but it's not to the point where he can give me resources directly. I'd better communicate through the company."

"Understood. Let me see if I can persuade Gu Wei through Wanda's channels."

After so many years, Jingtian has somewhat figured it out. The popular saying in the circle that "a small fire depends on support, a big fire depends on life" is still very reasonable. The investment of 150 million US dollars in [The Great Wall] not only did not make her popular, but became even darker. .

Looking at Gu Wei now is the "fate" you can rely on in that sentence. If you can't become popular even if you work with him, then you have to consider whether you are suitable for the career of an actor.