Christmas originated from the West. It was originally a western festival, but now it is also very popular in the East, resulting in the Christmas file of the golden season of movies.
Love call transfer 2, produced by Meng Ren, directed by Zhang Koizumi, starred by Chen Qiaoen and joined by 12 male stars, is scheduled to be released on December 12.
However, before that, the Hollywood film "Twilight" invested by Meng Ren has been released in North America. It also chooses the Christmas schedule.
Friday.
Los Angeles.
A Chinese community.
Samuel, a black American who is determined to devote himself to politics, personally invited several Chinese American representatives from the region to the largest cinema in the region.
"Mr. Samuel, thank you for your contribution to our community during this time. We are really sorry that you have to invite us to a movie today." an old man with white hair and Beard said politely in fluent English.
"No, no, no, I like the humility and diligence of your Easterners, and I like to deal with you. I am angry at all the injustices you have encountered in Los Angeles. Whenever I see you, I think of the discrimination suffered by our blacks. Therefore, we should unite and defend our rights together. Do you think what I said is reasonable, gentlemen?"
"I agree with you, and thank you very much for helping us drive away blackmailed and robbed blacks and ensure the safety of our community." the speaker was a Chinese American man in his forties wearing gold wire glasses.
It was harsh and slapped, but Samuel didn''t care at all. He smiled and showed his white teeth: "gentlemen, I must apologize to you. You should know that we blacks have been treated unfairly for so many years.
Discrimination and poverty make it difficult for our black children to have access to a good education, so some people will do things that hurt you. For this reason, I am sorry, and I am willing to express my sincere apology to you on behalf of them. "
Another middle-aged Chinese American said, "Mr. Samuel, don''t say that. We all know that in any country, any kind of person, there are good people like you and black sheep. It''s not your fault."
"What you said is very good. I met a friend from your China. He is a good man. He taught me the importance of unity. In this white supremacy country, if we ethnic minorities want to obtain the most basic fairness, we must unite."
"Mr. Samuel, you''re right." the white haired old man held Samuel''s hand. "I hope we can become friends, help each other and maintain law and order and stability in our region."
"We''re already friends, aren''t we? But you''re wrong. That''s not what I said, but what my Chinese friend said. He''s my best friend and a mentor who guides my life. I think you may know him. He''s Mai, the boss of your Chinese film company. They invested in the film I invited you to watch tonight."
"You mean the boss of cute film and television?"
"Yes, it''s cute... People. Sorry, the language of your country is too broad and profound. Please forgive me for not mastering it accurately."
"You have spoken very standard. I didn''t expect you to be friends with Meng Ren''s boss."
"Oh, do you know him?"
"We''ve heard of him. He''s a very capable person. His company not only participated in the investment of twilight, but also in the investment of two Disney films, and the heroine is also our Chinese."
When it comes to cute people, the faces of several Chinese Americans present show more or less pride.
Aware of this, Samuel secretly rejoiced: "Oh, I know, sissy, I''ve met her. She''s a very beautiful girl. She''s Mai''s sister, and Mai loves his sister very much. So it seems that I really have a good relationship with you Chinese."
Samuel is wooing the Chinese community because he wants to run for the city of Los Angeles.
In the United States, in addition to the votes, there are other requirements for running for city councillors, most of which he can basically meet.
For example, he had experience in urban community management. He had experience in managing small gangs and "managed" a street in his black area; With a certain economic foundation, he has the secret support of a certain force in Europe.
What he lacks now is the experience of volunteering in communities, associations or community organizations; Be tolerant of different cultures and races; Sense of responsibility for community service, etc.
Therefore, he chose Mexican and Chinese Americans living in Los Angeles to provide voluntary services for these communities and help them maintain law and order. It can not only kill several birds with one stone, but also win votes for future municipal councillors.
Mai Xiaoyu became the best sign that he won the Chinese community. Although most Chinese Americans have never heard of Mai Xiaoyu, Mengren film and television has gained a great reputation among Chinese Americans since this man comes from earth.
Of course, the Chinese community is not a fool. It knows Samuel''s plot. They don''t care about supporting Samuel to run for city councillor. They just hope to use Samuel''s energy to maintain the law and order of their community.
There are two major hazards to the Chinese community. One is that the Chinese themselves will blackmail their own people; Second, blacks like bullying Chinese most.
Samuel has the ability to solve these two hazards.
"Let me tell you one more thing. As far as I know, the author of Twilight city is also your Chinese and a friend of Mai. Mai told me himself."
After fully demonstrating his friendship with the Chinese people, Samuel called everyone into the arena, and the film was about to begin.
Most of the overseas Chinese are still very united. Although they have been naturalized in the United States, they are still full of a sense of belonging to China. Not to mention emotional factors, but only the status of foreign Chinese has a lot to do with the strength of China. Most people want China to be strong.
Film is also one aspect.
Although twilight is an American film, the author of the original work is Chinese. Hualong film and television, the producer, is a film and television company founded by Chinese people in the United States. Mengren film and television, which participates in the investment, is an authentic Chinese company. If they can sell well at the box office, they will be proud in their hearts.
And twilight didn''t disappoint them.
Because the original works sell well in Europe and America, have a huge readership, and Hualong film and television''s efforts in distribution, it finally got 3419 cinemas released at the same time, and the box office at the first weekend is also exciting.
It opened on Friday, with a box office of $35.87 million on that day; Saturday, 21.01 million; Sunday, 13.67 million.
The box office of the first weekend was 70.55 million US dollars, and the box office of a single theater exceeded 20000 US dollars, winning the top of the box office list of the first weekend in one fell swoop. It''s higher than the box office of "007 breaking the quantum crisis" released last Friday, which grossed 70.4 million at the first weekend!
As soon as the box office statistics for the first weekend came out, there was an uproar in the United States.
Before the release of twilight, although the American media were more optimistic about the film, they didn''t expect the box office to be so high at the first weekend.
In the eyes of the media, this is a story of "a ''good Vampire'' who is independent of the world, doesn''t like drinking human blood and only likes sucking animal blood, and falls in love with a beautiful girl", which is regarded as the vampire theme of the youth campus version.
The two leading actors are the new generation of idol actors. There are not enough coffee places in the film industry, and the investment is only 40 million, of which 5 million is also used to buy the copyright of Twilight City twilight.
In the United States, it can only be regarded as a small production film.
However, the box office at the first weekend was slightly higher than that of 007 breaking the quantum crisis released last week, which surprised the American media.
However, behind the high box office figures for the first weekend, careful analysis shows that the box office of this film is not unlimited.
The box office on Friday, Saturday and Sunday showed a sharp decline curve of US $35.87 million, US $21.01 million and US $13.67 million. The decline on Saturday was - 41.4%, while that on 007: breaking the quantum crisis was only - 4.4%.
Of course, judging from the box office performance in the first three days of the weekend, there is no doubt that the North American box office will exceed 100 million, but the final box office will reach... According to the box office recession curve in these three days, I''m afraid it''s not so optimistic.
In addition, what is very different from the box office at the first weekend is the polarization in evaluation, serious polarization!
"This is the best novel adapted film I''ve ever seen. It''s quite original!"
"The feeling of reading books reappeared in front of me. It''s great!"
……
"No terror, no sensationalism, no dazzling scenes, this film is worthless to me."
"The greatest value of this film to me is to understand that vampires can be the hero in idol dramas."
……
The 2739 audience of IMDB scored 5.2 points, and most of the audience concentrated between 10 points and 1 point; 15 media of a professional website scored C +, and 14105 viewers scored B +.
The opposite trend is extremely serious!
How the media evaluate and how the audience view it is not important for Hualong film.
The original intention of Hualong film is not to contribute excellent films with good reputation to the American film world; But to make high box office movies, earn money from Americans and the world!
After the release in North America, other countries and regions, including China, will also be released one after another. Among them, "Twilight" will land in China on Valentine''s day.
According to the ratio of North American box office to overseas box office, the global box office of twilight is expected to exceed 300 million US dollars.
How much is the film invested?
The production cost is 40 million, and the publicity cost in North America is 20 million, with a total investment of 60 million US dollars!
The box office share system in the United States is different from that in China. Due to the lack of big Hollywood stars before the release of twilight, it can not enjoy the box office share ratio of September 1, and can only be divided according to 82.
Among them, the cinema accounted for "two".
The box office in the first three days of the weekend was 70.55 million, and the producers and distributors were able to get a box office share of more than 56 million. With the sponsorship of many advertisers, all the investment costs have been recovered.
In other words, in the future, all the box office shares will be net profits. Considering the audio-visual market, the profit has doubled!
This is why many hot money, clearly aware of the risks of making films, have poured into the film world without hesitation.
As long as you win a bet, you''ll make a lot of money!
On Monday, Hualong film announced that it had bought the film and television adaptation rights of several other films of twilight at a high price and would continue to shoot the sequel of twilight and become another representative of the International Magic series after the Lord of the rings trilogy, the Harry Potter series and the legend of Narnia.
Hualong film is too high-profile, which has been questioned by some American media.
The Chicago Tribune published an article on:
"Representative of International Magic series? It''s reasonable to say that pirates of the Caribbean or Lord of the rings were rampant a few years ago. However, with the smashing of magic films such as dragon knight and golden compass in recent years, can Twilight really do it? Let''s wait and see."
Shi Hao scoffed at such reports by the American media. After the box office came out at the first weekend, he called Mai Xiaoyu.
"Mr. Mai, twilight is selling well. Those companies are very satisfied."
"I see. I received several calls yesterday."
"But there''s something I think it''s necessary to tell you. The film will be released in North America for at least four months. Can you carry it?"
Shi Hao also heard about the financial pressure of Meng people. Even if it is released in North America for four months, plus the box office statistics, share and exchange rate exchange time, cute people''s box office share will arrive, I''m afraid it will be a year later.
"You don''t have to worry. The shortage of funds on my side is an illusion I deliberately created."
At the end of the call with Shi Hao, Mai Xiaoyu continued to look at the computer in front of him, frowning slightly.
Twilight has been successfully released in North America, and love 2 is about to be released in China. The previous issue of running man specially invited Chen Qiaoen, Jin Wei and Meng Yuxing as guests to promote love 2.
Chen Qiaoen, Deng Chao, Wang Baoqiang, Chen Chichi, Zheng Kai, Jin Wei and Meng Yuxing of love 2 went to battle together; In love apartment, the betrayal of Yang Ying, Chen Chichi, Zheng Kai, Jin Wei and Meng Yuxing after their reunion is an excellent highlight.
The ratings of this issue of "running man" reached a new high, and the release situation of "love 2" was also very good.
But the disgusting thing came out again.
It was a follow-up to the previous events of Yang Mi and Zhao Liying, but this time it was mainly aimed at Yang Mi - the media broke the news. The reason why some fans mistook Yang Mi for cosmetic surgery was that Yang Mi was a little like Zhao Liying, which led to face collision.
Yang Mi denied it, but someone on the Internet pulled out all the stills since Yang Mi''s debut, and specially marked the changes of face shape before and after cosmetic surgery.
Then a large number of comments appeared on the Internet, accusing Yang Mi of lying. Obviously, he didn''t dare admit it after cosmetic surgery, causing a curse.
Mai Xiaoyu doesn''t know whether Yang Mi has cosmetic surgery or not. He hasn''t seen Yang Mi for more than half a year since Yang Mi came to pester himself for a role last time.
However, whether Yang Mi has cosmetic surgery is not the key point. The key point is that Mai Xiaoyu determines that the whole storm is directed at Yang Mi.
He has heard that Yang Mi will play the first female play next year. The investor is the boss of Sanjin coal. So I called Zhu Zeyuan and asked him to say hello and let the crew beat the female second.
If there''s nothing more to do, let the second volume of women go.
Then he called Yang Mi and Zhao Liying one after another. There was only one content:
"Little fox, take a picture of your feet and send it to my email."
"Little potato, take a picture of your feet and send it to my email."