Superstar Couple

Chapter 414: Schedule Competition

Zhang Le's understanding of the toy market is obviously far inferior to that of the film market. Of course, he was disappointed not because of this.

Zhang Le's toy company is developing very fast, and now the scale is one of the few in China, even if it is put in the world, it is definitely not small. And his toy company has a great feature, that is, it is keen on developing peripheral product toys for movies, especially Zhang Le's movies.

Everyone in the industry knows that the toy company under Zhang Le developed from the production of toys related to Zhang Le's movies. Of course, the toy company's best-selling toy is now only a peripheral product of animation, not to mention a movie. However, that is sooner or later.

The best-selling toy is undoubtedly the "Transformers" toy. And no one doubts that when the live-action version of "Transformers" is released, its corresponding toy sales will skyrocket.

Of course, toys are just one of the openings of movie peripheral products.

The peripheral products of Zhang Le's movies have been fully utilized and brought into play. Sometimes, the income from peripheral products of a movie is even more astonishing than the box office income of the movie.

Zhang Le knows that toys are not movie props. If toys were used to make movies, "Armoured Steel" would not need to be filmed. That simply can't achieve what you want.

The production of props does not require as much skill as that of toy production, but it is more sharp. Like those robots, the toys are made of plastic and have remote controls. When it comes to prop production, it is actually made of steel. Of course, he cannot remotely control it at all, because it does not have any drives at all.

The production of the toy made Zhang Le a little disappointed, but he couldn't. Even if it really meets the requirements of his imagination, I am afraid it is the result of creating a companion.

The production of props is naturally not too difficult for Zhang Le's props team, and the props produced naturally did not disappoint Zhang Le. Even the props group has begun to study the production of "Transformers".

The movie continued to be released, and the box office of the second week of "National Day" was 100 million more than the first week, reaching 800 million Chinese dollars. Of course, the reason why the second week did not decrease, but increased, is undoubtedly because the second week was two days longer than the first week, not to mention that the number of films scheduled has increased a lot due to the decrease of "Founding of the People's Republic of China".

With a box office of 1.5 billion in two weeks, it is not a problem for Zhang Le's movie to break through the box office of 2 billion. While other filmmakers in China are still racking their brains to break through one billion, Zhang Le's films seem to be able to break through two billion easily as long as he is willing.

Zhang Le's film was again studied by many filmmakers. Of course, the research is not just why it won such a high box office in China. They also wondered how it managed to do so well abroad.

In the second week, the North American box office still exceeded 100 million US dollars, and the overseas box office still exceeded 300 million US dollars. The total overseas box office has exceeded 700 million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 2 billion Chinese dollars. The total box office reached nearly 4 billion Chinese dollars. This has only been released for half a month.

It doesn't seem impossible to reach the box office of tens of billions. Because of the strong sustainability of the movie, the decline in attendance was not very high.

The influence of the hot movie box office is naturally great. Not to mention that Zhang Le once again won the praise of fans, and the fame of the two leading actors Zhou Run and Feng Lei also increased greatly. Especially Chow Yun was already well-known in Hollywood. This time the box office won the North American box office champion for two consecutive weeks. As the leading actor, he naturally attracted attention.

Zhou Run was very happy. Although he had filmed a few films with the protagonist in Hollywood, the influence was far inferior to that of Zhang Le's film.

Zhou Run was also filled with emotion. If I went back to China to make movies before, I am afraid that many people would laugh at me because I couldn't get along in Hollywood before I went back. Today, they haven't said that, which undoubtedly proves that the development of Chinese films has reached a certain level.

In the past, if actors who worked in Hollywood returned to China to develop, in the eyes of many people, it would be a step backward. But now, returning to China to develop, not only did not regress, but made great progress, which explained the problem.

Of course, this may be the case with Zhang Le's films. After all, his influence abroad is no worse than those big Hollywood directors.

Zhang Le is now known by many people as the only major international director who does not go to Hollywood to shoot movies. Even Xinle Film and Television has a branch in Hollywood, and the scale is not small. However, the films shot by Zhang Le seem to be mainly based on domestic teams. And the background of the movie seems to be the same. In particular, although the style of the movie "National Day" is biased towards the West, the background content is all Chinese.

However, Zhou Run also knows that Zhang Le's film has brought him greater international development, not only because of Zhang Le's own international fame, but also because of his film itself.

Thinking of this, Zhou Run remembered another movie from Xinle Film Company, which was written by Zhang Le and directed by Tang Xiao.

Will that sci-fi movie also promote its international development?

Zhou Run didn't allow Zhou Run to think too much about this. After promoting the film all over the world, he hurriedly entered the crew of "Iron Armor and Steel Fist". Of course, he was also jealous of Feng Lei who said he could take a break.

He wanted to rest too, but he couldn't. Just like when he and Feng Lei talked about this time, **** Feng Lei's words: Would you reject his movie? And still just want to take a break?

I am afraid that none of the actors would refuse Zhang Le's movie, especially because the reason is just to take a break. When Zhang Le's films won trophies, perhaps very few. But no matter if you get a trophy or not, even if it doesn’t matter what the box office is, as long as you star in his movie, or even participate in his movie, you will get a lot of attention.

There is also a very direct reason, especially for those actors who have participated in Zhang Le's movie for the first time, their salary will almost always increase a lot. Of course, Zhou Run's salary increase is not big anymore. What's more, he starred in Zhang Le's movie, and he offered a friendly price.

There are quite a few stars who star in Zhang Le's movies without pay, not to mention the friendship price.

Of course, Zhang Le wouldn't care about this either. He only looks for suitable actors, and he won't choose anyone just because he lowers his salary. Chow Yun-hang's salary to star in his movie, if he forcibly pays the full amount, it will hurt their relationship a little bit.

"National Day" is still in theaters, but Zhang Le's new film "Iron Armor and Steel Fist" has started in a low-key manner. This surprised many media who got the news later. Many people know that Yang Xiner gave birth to Zhang Le's son a few years ago, and he is not yet a full year old. With his emphasis on family and his love for Yang Xiner and his children, how could he rush to shoot a new film at this time?

Today's Zhang Le, is it necessary to be like this?

Those big directors in the world will definitely be highly productive if they shoot a film in two years. But Zhang Le absolutely averages one movie per year. This level of productivity is not to mention higher than that of those international big directors, even if you count all the directors, I am afraid that it can be ranked as high-yield.

And don't forget, Zhang Le's movies are almost all blockbusters, not a single low-budget movie. Countless people are amazed that such a high yield can still maintain such a high quality.

When many international directors talked about this matter, they all sighed and said that it would be absolutely impossible to guarantee the quality of the film if they were replaced by themselves.

If the quality of the film cannot be guaranteed, once it fails, it will definitely not be worth the loss for international directors like them.

In any case, Zhang Le's new film has already started.

Zhang Le'an filmed the movie with peace of mind, but he didn't want to have a disagreement on the schedule of the two major movies of Xinle Film and Television.

Both "Wolf Warrior" and "Men in Black" have their eyes on the Spring Festival. Instead of showing it during Christmas and New Year's Day.

The reason for his reluctance is undoubtedly that the box office of several movies during the National Day period was too hard, especially Zhang Le's "National Day". They are all worried that their movie will be released around Christmas, and the box office vacuum has not yet passed.

Both teams have too high expectations for their respective films, and neither will let the other. As far as the company is concerned, the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are fleshy, and both films are written and produced by Zhang Le.

It was difficult for the company to make a decision for a while, and finally left the right to make the decision to Zhang Le.