Chapter 322 Spider-Man 3
The box office of 2103W on the first day is indeed not enough to impact the total box office of 300 million in the next release, especially "Spider-Man 3" will be released soon. Han Sanping made the call just for this Come and chat in detail.
As the third installment in the superhero Spider-Man series, "Spider-Man 3" did not have a good reputation after its release due to the addition of too many characters and too rigid emotional transitions.
Of course, this is not the fault of the screenwriter and director, but Sony's fault.
The original Spider trilogy, the first part was a big hit when it was released, and the second part was also a big hit right after.
For the second part, Sony sold the DVD rights alone for US$180 million.
After making too much money, Sony started to think about other things and wanted to launch other Marvel superhero character projects to replicate the box office myth of the Spider-Man series.
So, the Green Goblin, Sandman, Venom, and Gwen appeared in the movie "Spider-Man 3".
There are too many characters, and the short plot cannot stand up to the characters at all. .
Originally, the screenwriter had the idea to make two parts, but Sony rejected it.
What was finally presented was a "Spider-Man 3" with a serious decline in reputation.
It can only be said that the reputation accumulated by the first and second parts is really good. Despite Sony's various productions, "Spider-Man 3" also achieved a box office of 336 million US dollars in North America and 890 million globally.
Even ranked 14th on the global movie box office list.
It is true that whether it is "Avatar" or "Avengers", its box office performance is higher than "Spider-Man 3"
It's just that these movies have not been released yet.
In 2007, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" surpassed "Spider-Man 3" at the global box office.
These two movies were released after "Spider-Man 3", so "Spider-Man 3" first ranked 12th at the global box office, and then fell to 14th due to these two movies.
Wang Shu knew that this "Spider-Man 3" had a very poor reputation compared to the first two parts of the Toby Spider series, so he had the confidence to compete with it.
If it were "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", it would be different.
I chatted with Han Sanping on the phone for more than ten minutes, basically talking about stabilizing the box office and reputation.
After ending the call, Wang Shu sat at his desk and turned on his computer, seeing numerous posts about "Terror Cruise".
By this time, there had been many film review posts and analysis posts on the Internet, but as he looked at them, he discovered a problem.
It seems that more people have not understood the movie and want to question it. This is just because they have taken the lead in saying that not understanding is a sign of low IQ, which makes those people dare not speak out directly even if they do not understand. .
“This won’t work.”
“If this continues, even if the reputation does not collapse, it will be difficult to attract more viewers into the theater.”
Wang Shu decisively logged into his account and published a post.
“This is the best suspense science fiction film I have ever seen. For the sake of rigor, I added one. A cyclic world, the world of Sisyphus. After watching it, it reminds people that we are always I'm saying, what will I do if I have another chance, but is that really the case? The movie gives us a good answer. Finally, people who understand this movie will not know anything about it. Thumbs up without hesitation! Wang Shu, God!”
When Xiao Ma was promoting QQ, he even pretended to be a woman on the other side of the Internet to fool men with gold bugs.
Wang Shu is just bragging, far from being as good as Brother Ma.
After posting this post, he felt that it was not enough and needed to come up with more useful information.
"Yes, don't doubt it, this is it, the best suspenseful science fiction movie of the year will no longer have any suspense!"
"This movie may give you a headache, because it is very logical, and because of this, It is likely to mess up the audience's logical thinking and limited patience."
"Here, to promote the excellent character of a kind movie viewer, let us reorganize the ins and outs of this movie. Let's start with the five-person team and their sailboat "Triangle" in the movie. "
"After receiving a strange distress signal, the heroine. Gong Li, her soon-to-be boyfriend Liang Jiahui and other characters suddenly encountered a storm, and the boat was destroyed."
"The beautiful Zhou Haiwei was unfortunately killed. When the storm receded, a large cruise ship happened to drift in. Five people boarded the ship. Unexpectedly, what awaited them was a massacre."
"Isn't it a little bit? Cliché? Don’t worry, let’s analyze it slowly.”
Act 1: Underworld or God’s Prophecy
“At the beginning, the plot development seems simple and linear, much like a B-level movie. A crudely produced movie. "
"Zhou Xun, Jiang Wu, and Liang Jiahui were killed one after another by a mysterious masked killer."
"In this scene, there are 4 small puzzles."
"1. How did the heroine Gong Li pick up the key to her home (it is emphasized in the beginning of the film that the key is indeed the one on the table at Gong Li's home) )."
"2. The name of the cruise ship (its name appears repeatedly later)"
"3. Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun have never been to the place where there are "blood letters on the mirror" Theater's room."
"So, who made them go to the theater?"
"4. Who injured Jiang Wu? Why was he covered in blood? Why did he attack Gong Li?"
"If the film ended like this, it would be a garbage film in which both humans and gods are angry. Fortunately, it is not . "
" (The following plot becomes complicated. In order to better identify us, we will call them Gong Li No. 1 and Gong Li No. 2. This change is passive. When there are five new Gong Li The team boarded the cruise ship, and the original characters on the ship were automatically +1)"
"Act 2: Gears of Destiny"
"After defeating the mysterious masked man, Gong Li noticed the cockpit. Inside, the gramophone music had been jammed. She walked into the cockpit and re-tuned the gramophone track, which also turned the gears of her destiny.”
"The music of the gramophone returned to normal, but a cry for help came from the distance (the voice was very familiar)."
"Gong Li walked to the deck, and a scene that surprised the audience and Gong Li appeared."
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“Gong Li’s 5-person team appeared again, exactly the same as in the first scene!”
“The 5-person team (new) shouted ‘There is someone over there’ (it was Gong they saw) Li)"
"The frightened Gong Li (here Gong Li was upgraded to No. 1, Gong Li No. 2 has already embarked on the cruise ship), couldn't help but retreat to the cockpit, and accidentally touched the gramophone, The gears of the gramophone were knocked crooked again (or for the first time). ”
"The sound of the music turned back into a continuously looping sound. It can also be said that it seemed that Gong Li herself touched the gear that determines her destiny for the first time."
"Puzzle 1 is solved at the beginning of the second act. Yes, the key was dropped on the deck by Gong Li (No. 1), and was picked up by Gong Li (No. 2) who had just boarded the ship (the key is in this small loop, repeated over and over, and cannot be carried to the next scene). "
"Riddle 5 occurred immediately. Gong Li (No. 1) returned to the deck and saw Zhang Hanyu's body in the sea. "
" Zhang Hanyu died in the theater. Why. The body is in the sea? There are also blood stains on the ship's railing."
"At this time, Jiang Wu (No. 2) walked onto the deck (the scene of Jiang Wu walking to the deck door disappeared in the first scene, continued here. ).”
"Gong Li and Jiang Wu were having a conversation. During the dispute, Gong Li accidentally hit Jiang Wu's head, and Jiang Wu (No. 2) was bleeding profusely."
"(Puzzle 4 revealed)."< br>
“Many viewers were confused when they saw this, including Gong Li (No. 1) herself.”
“She came to the dressing room to stabilize her emotions.”
“ What happened?”
"A voice kept ringing in Jess's head."
"She found a pile of identical little pieces of paper on the floor that said 'If they get on the boat, kill everyone.'"
“She imitated writing one, and after comparing it, it was exactly the same (obviously the other paper balls were also written by herself).”
“I accidentally saw the sewer railing There was a necklace hanging with photos of herself and her son. When she looked closer, the necklace around her neck fell in. When she looked again, there were countless identical necklaces inside. "
"If the note with the same handwriting is still there. It can be explained, then these necklaces are unexplainable in any way.”
"(Gong Li didn't have a necklace at this time. How did Gong Li wear a necklace later? This is a foreshadowing)"
"Gong Li continued her unstoppable footsteps."
"At this time, all five important scenes on the cruise ship have appeared once, the corridor, deck, restaurant, theater, and dressing room."
"In the restaurant, Gong Li holding a shotgun 1 No. 2 and Gong Li actually met!”
“Gong Li No. 2 was frightened and ran away”
"Attention, this is the first time that the plot between Gong Li No. 1 and Gong Li No. 2 is different! Many viewers also mistakenly thought it was a bug in the movie."
"We should strengthen a concept here: Gong Li No. 1 It’s No. 1, No. 2 is No. 2, and their plots are completely separate.”
(The plot of No. 3 will be added later!!!)
“This concept is similar. The set of loops in the function, the small loop is included in the big loop. "
"The plot of Gong Li No. 2 is only a factor that affects the plot of Gong Li No. 1, and exists independently (itself is also a continuous loop). ”
"Anyway, the two Gong Li met in the restaurant (Jiang Wu is the only person in the entire cruise world who has seen two Gong Li at the same time)."
"The same shootout as last time followed, but because of the plot 2 Subtle changes, this time Gong Li rescued Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun on the 1st (temporarily, imagine if Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun died in the theater in the end, what criticism would there be?)"
" Mystery 4 was revealed. It turned out that Gong Li No. 1 told Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun (No. 2) to let them go to the theater. "And the blood stains Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun saw along the way were actually their own."
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"Gong Li holds a shotgun in her hand and silently says 'I can change the mode', and 'Masked Gong Li' (note that she is not completely Gong Li No. 3, her existence only affects 2 Gong Li) engaged in a fierce gun battle and also hit "Masked Gong Li" in the head. "
"Friends who think it's a bug can tell you that Gong Li here is "immortal"."
"The 'masked Gong Li' who was shot introduced Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun into the scene where it was originally written ' Go to the theater's room, kill Zhang Hanyu, and severely injure Gong Li (Zhang Hanyu was killed twice under different scripts.) "
" Zhang Hanyu left a note on the mirror before he died. 'Gong Li''s death message."
(Another foreshadowing!)
"Severely injured, Zhou Xun escaped all the way to the top of the ship, (sending a radio distress signal midway, I can't remember). Remember the call for help that Liang Jiahui received at the beginning?"
"Gong Li (No. 1) chasing after her was another shocking scene. A room full of people."
"Gong Li left her coffee jacket to Zhou Xun before she died (this setting is very good , creating objective conditions for the already dizzy audience to distinguish the appearance of Gong Li Li's scene!"
(It's different in details from when she killed the masked Gong Li)
"End of the second act"
"Act III: Regaining a new life."
"Gong Li No. 1 and No. 2 saw Gong Li No. 3 boarding the cruise ship at the same time, and a new cycle began."
"This At this time, the situation on the ship became very complicated. Let's briefly sort it out. There are three 'Gong Li' at this time."
"Gong Li No. 1 (the Gong Li we always follow, the protagonist, Now wearing T-shirt, no jacket)"
"Gong Li No. 2 (just killed the masked man and entered the second act loop, still wearing a coffee jacket)"
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"Gong Li No. 3, just got on the ship, and there are still people who don't know the truth."
"Other people on the ship"
"Gong Li's 5-person team (new), Jesse Corpses of Team 5 (old). ."
"Liang Jiahui died in the theater, Jiang Wu died in the sea (changed), and Zhou Xun died on the top of the boat (changed)."
< br>"Zhang Hanyu died in the room with the bloody message (changed)."
"Zhou Xun's body does not need to be disposed of (Gong Li knows that no one will show up except herself)."
"The bodies of Zhang Hanyu and Liang Jiahui need to be disposed of by Gong Li. Throw them into the sea and hide them. Hidden away (after all, there is love). "
"(Puzzle 5 Zhang Hanyu's floating corpse is solved)"
"At this time, Jesse's goal is to find the new five people. Without leaving any doubt
"The bloody words left by Downey on Gong Li were changed by her to 'go to the theater'. ”
"For the first time, Liang Jiahui's death was described positively, and by the way, it explained why Gong Li had to 'wear a hood.'"
Wang Shu wrote an explanation of many settings in the movie, He didn't tell them all.
Because this movie has an open ending, everyone has different opinions. Even if he knows what is going on, he should not write it clearly.
He couldn't help but write this article because he saw many voices claiming BUG.
Obviously there are still too few domestic audiences who have watched this type of movie, and many people cannot understand the information presented in the movie in a short period of time.
Without the aid of detailed explanations, it is difficult to quickly understand the content of the movie.
What Wang Shu is doing now is to make a clearer explanation of the setting of "Terror Cruise" appear on the Internet, so as to continue to stabilize its reputation.
After all, if too many people don’t understand the movie, it will eventually lead to a collapse of reputation.
When this happens, continue to patch it and continue to let the audience understand that their inability to understand is a problem with their own IQ, not a problem with the movie.
In turn, the audience has a perception of "although it is unclear, it is powerful".
In this way, not only will the reputation be stabilized, but the box office will even increase.
Because as long as the reputation is big enough and not black and red, people can attract people to buy tickets and go to the cinema.
On May 3, the box office of "Terror Cruise" on May 2 was released.
2230W.
For a box office of over 300 million, this figure is still not high.
However, the movie's box office has stabilized since its opening.
And, theoretically, it is possible to earn a box office of 300 million.
After all, it has only been released for two days.
While Wang Shu breathed a sigh of relief, Han Sanping was not very calm.
On this day, the Hollywood superhero blockbuster "Spider-Man 3" officially landed in mainland cinemas.
"Look, "Spider-Man" is released, and the box office of "Terror Cruise" is absolutely cut in half." Chen Kaige is preparing for "Mei Lanfang". After learning the second day's box office data of "Terror Cruise" from Chen Hong, he chuckled There was a sound.
He clearly knows the results of the first and second parts of the Spider-Man series, especially the second part which is better than the first one.
Now that this third film is created by the original team, it must be good.
Coupled with the reputation accumulation of the first two films, it will definitely dominate the theaters.
Currently, "Spider-Man 3" will only be released in Japan in mid-April. It will not be released in China and Hong Kong Island until May 3, and it will not be released in the United States until May 4.
Its reputation will have to wait until after May 3 to begin to have the right to speak.
After all, no matter whether the reputation in Japan is good or bad, it will not affect either China or the United States.
Only if "Spider-Man 3"'s reputation collapses after it is released in the United States, or if its reputation collapses after it is released in China, will it have an impact on the box office.
In fact, Han Sanping is not calm. In addition to "Spider-Man 3" itself being a very famous superhero movie series, "Spider-Man 3" also had its world premiere in a movie theater in the Shanghai area yesterday. .
The box office is 227.7W.
This box office data is only for one area of Shanghai, not the whole country.
Furthermore, a total of 480 copies of "Spider-Man 3" were sold nationwide, breaking the record of 470 copies of an imported film set by "Casino Royale".
In addition, the film is released simultaneously around the world, avoiding the impact of piracy.
Also, "Spider-Man 3" was released in China nearly two days earlier than in the United States.
The US premiere in New York is on April 30, only in the New York area, and the nationwide release is on May 4
Even though it was just two days early due to the time difference, in the eyes of many people in China, this was an American film showing respect for mainland China. They were all proud of it and bought tickets and went to the cinema one after another.
All these combined make Han Sanping quite uneasy, fearing that the release of "Spider-Man 3" will have a huge impact on "Terror Cruise".
In fact, in the original timeline, because "Spider-Man 3" is the sequel to a well-known high-grossing superhero movie, mainland theaters have long been looking forward to this movie.
As far as movie theaters are concerned, whether they are imported films or Chinese-language films, they all sit there and collect money, so it doesn't matter. They only care about whether the movie is a hit or not.
The "Spider-Man" series has proven to be a blockbuster movie, with as many as 530 copies.
Now, there is another movie "Terror Cruise", which is still a movie that Han Sanping personally led and participated in the investment and production of China Film.
After some operations, the number of copies dropped from the original 530 to 480.
On the day when "Spider-Man 3" was released in the mainland, a reporter interviewed a Columbia company executive.
This movie is jointly produced by Marvel, Columbia, and Laura Ziskin Productions. Sony, Columbia and many other companies are responsible for distribution in various regions around the world.
Xin Zhang, head of Columbia, spoke eloquently in the face of reporters' questions, and specifically mentioned that "Spider-Man 3" was released in mainland China two days earlier than in the United States.
Then, the reporter mentioned "Terror Cruise" directed by Wang Shu.
Director Zhang from Columbia said seriously: "Director Wang is a very young director. He is very young and very talented. I heard that he has planned to shoot an art film and is preparing to participate in the competition this year. "Venice Film Festival"
The reporter asked about the horror cruise ship. Not only did the man answer the question incorrectly, but he also changed the topic to "The Crowd".
(End of this chapter)