Chapter 471: After all, one person carried it all
On December 16, [The Great Wall] was officially released nationwide.
This film cost 150 million U.S. dollars to produce and is known as the most expensive film in China to date.
Hollywood joins hands with a Chinese company to produce the largest co-production, Matt Damon's first Asian-themed movie.
It is also the pioneering film of Legendary East, the Chinese subsidiary of Legendary Pictures, 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.
For the next two weekends, [The Great Wall] still ranked first in the country with a film schedule 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, with a cumulative The box office has 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. The market closed at 950 million, an increase of 230 million from the previous week. Although it failed to break through 1 billion, this result was already the highest single-week box office after the National Day holiday. The highest number.
In addition to "The Great Wall", new films that will be released on the 16th include "The Death of Romance", "Youth", "I am repairing cultural relics in the Forbidden City", etc.
Among them, only "The Death of Romance" ranked 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 achieved a pretty good reputation. The exquisite literary style is highly praised.
[Your Name], which has been the weekly box office champion for three consecutive weeks, was finally pulled off 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 film pre-sales, annual 2D film zero-point box office, and is the fastest 2D animated film to break 100 million. , the first 2D animated film to break 100 million in a single day 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".
Affected by the opening of two domestic masterpieces, "The Great Wall" and "Romantic Demise", most of the old films have been eliminated this week. The well-known film "Hacksaw Ridge" directed by Mel Gibson However, it 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, reaching a total of 240 million.
[Harry Potter] The fantasy and magic movie [Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them] in the same series reported 14.5 million this week, a sharp drop, and has been relegated to ninth place in the box office rankings.
Although [The Great Wall]'s first-week results were amazing, compared with the high box office, the film's reputation was not satisfactory. Perhaps the film did not meet the public's expectations of "National Master" Zhang Yimou. After its release, the Douban rating Only 4.6, far from the passing line of 6 points.
Online reviews of the entire movie are mostly 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 parties or art performances. The special effects are probably at the level of the upgraded version of [Nine-story Demon Tower] and low-end version of [Independence Day]. 】
[The actors are quite embarrassed, their English lines are awkward, their rhythmic gymnastics performances are awkward, 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 dozen minutes of scenes for other unknown actors to play. The high morale 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 Oh TFboys" was very happy in the "finding game"
[It's so disappointing. Let's not talk about how the filming went. You tricked me into entering the cinema in the name of Gu Wei, and then Just let me see 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, but the plot is too weak, which is a flaw. The parts without special effects are very boring to watch.
You can still take a look, 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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Except for netizens, film critics generally have a negative attitude towards Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall". There are endless voices of criticism. The most exaggerated one is that a professional online film critic will In a poster for "The Great Wall", all the actors were transformed into images of the heroine Jing Tian, and the title was "Zhang Yimou is dead."
Director Zhang did not give any response to this. Instead, Zhang Zhao, CEO of the film’s publisher [LeTV Pictures], expressed his strong dissatisfaction on Weibo, angrily denounced the original blogger, and demanded an apology and Attached is a statement.
The controversy over "The Great Wall" has alarmed many big directors in the industry. Several well-known directors, including Wang Jiawei, Lu Chuan, Chen Sicheng, and the French director of "Wolf Totem" Jean-Jacques Annaud, have expressed their support for Zhang Yimou through various channels.
On Monday, December 19th, the second week of the release of "The Great Wall", the proportion of the film schedule has not changed, but the box office has dropped from 168 million to 53.09 million in a single day. The drop is a bit large, but it is also in line with the normal operation of movies. daily box office trends.
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 Tigers". Two blockbuster new films will join the Lunar New Year war, "The Great Wall" ] will inevitably not maintain the current ultra-high proportion of films, and 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 on her own.
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 publicity agency in the early stage, and Gu Wei himself did not stand up and make it clear.
Because the audience who entered the theater and his die-hard fans felt cheated, they couldn't help but complain about Gu Wei while scolding "The Great Wall".
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 Great Wall]’s bad reputation now is not your problem. Netizens just want to find someone to take the blame, so don’t take it too seriously.”
Gu Wei posted some words of similar persuasion, also I don't know if it was useful, but Jingtian responded with some comforting emoticons, and then confirmed with him that Gu Wei would treat him to dinner when he came back 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 sent another big smile with the same smile on her face , I feel that the depression caused by online violence among netizens in recent days has eased a lot.
"Tiantian, get ready, we'll be leaving soon~"
The manager pushed the door open and urged.
Jingtian turned off his phone and stood up.
"Sister Chen, when will you be back from this trip?"
"According to the arrangement of the [Pacific Rim 2] crew, this filming trip will take place in New South Wales, Australia, Australia Queensland and the mountainous provinces of our country will take 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, it depends on the arrangements of the director and producer."
The agent explained.
Jingtian lowered his head and thought about it, although it felt like it took a bit long , but still acceptable.
“Sister Chen, please tell 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 ones he has worked with before are either well-known first-line actresses, artists from his own company, or friends in the industry who have 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. When the opportunity comes again, Gu Wei will think of his old friend and help him."
"That's it"
Jingtian pursed his lips and thought.
"I have a good relationship with him now, but it's not that he can give me resources directly. I'd better communicate through the company."
"Understood, I'll see if I can get it through Wanda." I can persuade Gu Wei through other 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 "The Great Wall" not only failed to make her popular, but instead made her 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 to be an actor.
(End of this chapter)