Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"LA Film News", "Hollywood Reporter", "Film Scene" and a series of film-related newspapers broke an explosive news the next day.

Universal has joined the ranks of screening "Godzilla". So far, "Godzilla" has been screened on more than 15,000 screens, which is simply incredible.

On TV shows, the discussion about "Godzilla" has not diminished since the movie was released.

Even many film critics who were biased against "Godzilla" at the beginning expressed their apologies for "Godzilla" after the movie was released.

"I want to apologize to "Godzilla" because I said on the TV show that "Godzilla" is just a sensational movie, but after watching this movie, I very much agree with what Mr. Lin said, this is a movie

There is no doubt that it is a cross-generational movie."

"At the beginning, I also questioned the investment of 150 million in this movie, but now I feel that everything Mr. Lin said is true. If it hadn't been spent so much money, there would never be a movie like "Godzilla"

"Such an excellent movie."

Guests and hosts on the TV show praised the "Godzilla" drama.

It took in 300 million U.S. dollars in its first week of release, and after Warner Bros. joined the cast, the single-day box office of "Godzilla" has soared to 60 million U.S. dollars.

If this record continues, after the end of the second week, "Godzilla" will accumulate a box office of 700 million.

On the other side of Hong Kong, the viewing craze for "Godzilla" is almost the same as that in Hollywood.

After the first week, the box office of "Godzilla" has reached 42 million, and it has been in a state of full capacity.

Lin Daoqiu once said at the beginning that "Godzilla" could create a box office of 100 million in Hong Kong, but many people felt that this seemed impossible.

However, if the popularity of "Godzilla" continues at this time, two weeks of screening time will definitely not be enough. This movie will definitely be extended. The box office of 100 million can only be said to be a base. It depends on how high it can break through.

However, due to the release of "Godzilla", "Happy Three Booms" launched by Pou Cheng Cinema Line only took in a box office of 3 million in its first week.

The attendance rate on weekdays has dropped to about 20%, which is definitely a huge blow to Baocheng Cinemas and Pandisheng.

But perhaps because they had been prepared before, Pan Disheng didn't think there was any problem. They had already expected the ferocity of "Godzilla", but they didn't expect it to be so terrifying.

But this is just Pan Disheng's personal opinion. Just because he thinks it's okay doesn't mean that others think the same as him.

People like Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and Eric Tsang secretly watched this movie after "Godzilla" was released.

At that time, in addition to shock, they felt more powerless.

Before "Godzilla", Xiangjiang Cinema had released an action movie "Tomb Raider" starring Brigitte Lin.

After watching "Tomb Raider" at that time, they were even more surprised by the special effects technology in it, but for Brigitte Lin's fighting and action scenes, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao actually didn't think it was anything special.

If it were them who did it, it would definitely be better and more eye-catching than hers.

However, after experiencing the baptism of "Godzilla", Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao clearly realized that the market for pure action movies in the future will no longer be as simple as before.

Before Lin Daoqiu came, Xiangjiang Film's action movies had always been old-style kung fu comedies, and the moves were all rigid.

And when Lin Daoqiu came, he started from kung fu comedy, slowly moved towards action movies, and now it has become action special effects movies.

If they still stay at the stage of kung fu comedy, I believe they will be abandoned by the audience before long.

It is a pity that even though they know that this is the case now, they are unable to change the current predicament.

The investment in a special effects film is at least 30 million. There is no way to recover the investment in Hong Kong alone. This is only possible by selling it out of the country.

And 30 million can only be said to be the entry-level level. If you want to hire a foreign team, the cost will naturally be more.

Although there is Magic Studio in Xiangjiang, this company is controlled by Lin Daoqiu, and he will never let Magic Studio help people from Baocheng Cinemas film.

The dilemma Sammo Hung and the others face now is that they can't make big-budget movies, so they can only live off their previous profits.

And even if Pan Di Sheng invests in a few big productions on a whim, if the box office does not sell well, just like "The Swordsman of Shushan" at that time, the Baocheng Cinema Line will definitely close down.

"Why aren't you talking?"

Pan Di Sheng found it very strange that no one spoke at this meeting today and seemed to be very preoccupied.

"I know that the movie "Godzilla" is indeed very powerful, but this movie will not last long and will be released in three weeks at most. Moreover, it took Lin Daoqiu several years to make a "Godzilla" movie.

", there is no need to be so nervous."

In Pan Disheng's view, it took so long for the movie "Godzilla" to be made, and there is not one every year. Is everyone's morale so low?

But what he didn't understand was that what Sammo Hung and the others were worried about was not the movie "Godzilla", but the Magic Studio that produced "Godzilla".

"Mr. Pan is right. There is no need for everyone to be so depressed. After all, it will take several years for "Godzilla" to be released, so it won't have such a big impact on us."

In front of Pan DiSheng, Sammo Hung did not dare to tell the truth. Anyway, everyone will know some things once they know it, and it would not be good to tell them.

"Actually, I am holding this meeting today to tell everyone that this year I plan to invest an additional 100 million to make three special effects blockbusters. I will never let Xiangjiang Cinemas be more beautiful than before."

Pan Disheng felt that his large investment this time would definitely boost morale.

But after hearing this, Sammo Hung and others all applauded, but the expressions on their faces did not seem to be very happy.

After all, excluding "Godzilla", the investment in "Tomb Raider" exceeded 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

It costs HK$30 million to HK$40 million to make a special effects movie, which is definitely not comparable to that of Hong Kong Cinemas.

However, with such support, Sammo Hung and the others naturally have nothing to complain about.

If you want to compare the special effects movies made with tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars with those real blockbusters made by New Oriental, everyone already has the answer in their hearts. It's just that Pan Disheng was not present.

The relationship is just not stated.