Chapter 416 "The Man", a hit
In one week, the 3D version of "Titanic" grossed 450 million at the box office, occupying 80% of the market share.
Several other imported films have also begun to be released.
When promoting domestic films such as "The Robbery" and "The Man", people are always asked whether they have confidence in facing these Hollywood blockbusters.
You can't talk big now, it will look too fake.
Huang Xiaoming's emotional intelligence has always been very high:
"We, a group of fearless men, just want to fight against the powerful ships and guns of Hollywood and fight for domestic movies..."
Ning Hao was a little more generous, "I didn't say anything, I just rushed forward bravely. As long as we can't kill "The Golden Heist", we will bite off the meat one by one..."
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“Fortunately, the premieres of the two movies are not on the same day.”
Lin Nan looked at the invitation letter to the premiere of "Every Man" in his hand and said happily.
He also has a good relationship with Huang Xiaoming, so Ning Hao has to go.
I was thinking before that if they really collided one day, I would let Liu Yifei go to "Everyone" and go to Ning Hao.
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On the official website of the Film Bureau, the list of films that have been approved for screening has been announced, and "Passengers" is on the list.
Before the media took the initiative to report it, Lin Nan Pictures, China Film, Wanda, and Enlight announced the release date.
""Passengers" is scheduled for National Day and will be released on September 27th..."
The Aerospace Science and Technology Group sent a congratulatory message. After all, investing in this movie was just incidental to them.
It is impossible to announce the release date specifically with the four companies, as that would seem a bit "not doing business properly".
“Hong Kong Island distribution is left to Yinghuang, and Southeast Asia is still contacted by China Film Group... As for Europe and the United States, we still follow the copyright route.”
Lin Nan, Han Sanping and others quickly decided on the film's distribution.
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The release of "Passengers" has attracted great attention in the industry.
After all, the National Day schedule is not a small schedule. Many movies have chosen that time or are planning to choose that time.
For example, Huayi.
"Brother, should we continue to adjust the schedule this time?"
Wang Zhonglei asked Wang Zhongjun as soon as he saw the news of "Passengers". After all, this is a movie directed by Lin Nan himself, so it still needs to be taken seriously.
"Another adjustment? "The Empire of Heaven" was originally scheduled to be released on September 30th, but he put "The Thief" on that day, and we were forced to advance it to the 16th to compete head-on with "The Hawthorn Tree" , Is it too much to deceive others this time?”
“But the facts prove that the adjustment of the schedule was right, otherwise...”
Wang Zhonglei stopped.
The original "Thieves" was too powerful. If "Tongtian Empire" had not been advanced half a month, but chose to compete with it, I am afraid there would be no "Shendu Dragon King" now.
Wang Zhongjun frowned and thought for a while, "I don't believe it. The release date of "Tai Chi from Zero" remains unchanged. It is set to be September 27. It will be released on that date. It will not be changed!"< br>
“Okay then.”
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The release time of “Passengers” made the media extremely excited.
Because in addition to Hua Yi's "Tai Chi", "Dangerous Liaisons" starring Zhang Ziyi and "Second Exposure" starring Fan Bingbing are also rivals of "Passengers".
The release times of several movies are either the same or only differ by one or two days.
In the eyes of insiders, this National Day stall must be very lively.
Liu Dehua, Zhou Xun and others also retweeted Weibo and called the Aite crew.
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A new policy for Chinese and American films has really brought a lot of "sweetness", at least in the eyes of many people in the industry.
Disney and mainland film and television companies have made a high-profile announcement that they will cooperate in the filming of "Iron Man 3", which will start filming in May.
Lin Nan thinks these people are not smart. The "Iron Man" series is Disney's money-making project. How can it be brought into the country?
Because "Pacific Rim" was a project initiated by Lin Nan, domestic capital accounted for more than half, and so many engineers were added to the crew!
But why would Disney bring a domestic company to its "Iron Man"? How many domestic production personnel can be allowed to join the crew and participate in the post-production? The domestic market is not worthy of sharing the global cake!
"At most, the Chinese film and television companies will get a share of the Asian box office, and they may have to contribute a large share of the investment..."
"Holy shit, a special edition?"
Lin Nan suddenly thought of something, Come to think of it, Hollywood’s saucy operation!
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“Director Lin, China Film is asking if the theme song should be released first?”
"Don't worry about the song "Light Years Away". We'll wait until the second half of the year. Now that the song is released, I won't be able to watch the movie for a while. As time goes by, the sense of anticipation will wear away."< br>
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Lin Nan hung up the phone and walked towards Liu Yifei.
He had to go to the premiere of "Every Man" with Miss Liu.
Master Huang has been working hard for this movie. I heard that he will be on stage in person today, singing, dancing and acting cool!
Liu Yifei didn't dress up much today, wearing an ordinary casual sweater, jeans, sneakers, and light makeup.
Lin Nan saw this, what should he say? Miss Liu is becoming more and more casual.
But that’s fine. After all, having that face is enough. Whether wearing a dress or ordinary clothes, she looks beautiful.
"Let's go."
Wearing sneakers is different. Liu Yifei ran over and sat directly in the driver's seat. Lin Nan went to the passenger seat.
"Don't tell me, you're wearing this just for driving today?"
"Hey, just by the way, let's go!" "Slow down..."
This momentary push on the back still caught Lin Nan off guard, but it was so familiar.
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The scale of the premiere of "Everyman" was not too big, just average, mainly because there were not many media outlets.
Probably most of the media are squatting at the airport.
After all, the Capital International Film Festival is about to open, and movie stars and filmmakers from all over the world have begun to arrive one after another in the past two days.
At a premiere, you can see how popular Huang Xiaoming is in the industry. A large number of first- and second-tier actors, stars, and film and television people came to support him.
“Is this the performance he prepared?”
Sitting in the first row, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei both felt it was a bit eye-catching. Wang Changtian and others beside them couldn't help but smile.
I saw Huang Xiaoming leading a group of men, wearing leather pants, vests and black sunglasses, dancing hip-hop on top. Not to mention, they are all muscular!
"He must be a muscular man! Haha..."
Lin Nan explained forcefully. Most of the guests below were laughing. Obviously this show is very innovative.
Huang Xiaoming personally participated in all performance sessions with full sincerity.
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When the movie started, Lin Nan watched it very seriously.
This can be said to be a movie in which Huang Xiaoming plays the leading role alone. He acted very carefully.
The nearly 100-minute movie ended quickly, and everyone applauded.
Lin Nan subconsciously criticized this movie.
Liu Yifei noticed something strange about Lin Nan, "What's wrong, what do you think of this movie?"
"What do you think of Producer Liu?"
"Me? I think it's okay. , quite funny. The style feels a bit similar to "Let the Bullets Fly", but the overall difference is much different."
Lin Nan nodded, it seems that Miss Liu has really improved a lot.
“If "Everyone" changes to a better schedule, maybe the results will be good..."
Hearing this, Liu Yifei knew that Lin Nan was a little optimistic about the box office of "Everyone" in this period.
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Huang Xiaoming saw Lin Nan waving and walked over with a smile, and Zhang Yi also followed.
"Director Lin, how are you? Give me an evaluation."
Huang Xiaoming said sincerely with a smile on his face.
"Are you sure you want to listen? What if we are hit?"
"Don't worry, Director Lin, this is the first movie I have invested in, and I have already prepared for the worst..."
< br>Lin Nan looked directly into Huang Xiaoming's eyes. He didn't look like he was telling lies.
"Well, you have a good attitude. In my opinion, the director took the plot a little bit for granted. The biggest shortcoming is the poor editing, which greatly compromised the movie."
Lin Nan told the truth and didn't hide anything. The editor of this movie has to shoulder the blame. In other words, the director has a big problem.
Huang Xiaoming nodded, turned around and glanced in the direction of the director, and let out a sigh of relief.
He turned his head again, still smiling, but less calm than before.
Huang Xiaoming picked up a glass of red wine on the table and toasted Lin Nan: "Thank you, Director Lin, I understand." Then he drank it down in one gulp.
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“Are you really not optimistic about the box office?”
On the way back, Liu Yifei was still driving, and Lin Nan was drinking.
“There is still hope in other schedules, but not at this time. Our opponents are all high-quality movies, and there are so many imported films, we can’t compete...”
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Lin Nan admired the producers of "Titanic" for actually applying for the extension key.
However, the result can be imagined. Of course it was rejected. If it is really postponed, how can domestic films survive?
At the end of the second week, the 3D version of "Titanic" once again received 300 million. After half a month, the total box office revenue was 750 million.
All the production companies in the mainland are swallowing their saliva, feeling envious and a little scared. Are they going for 1 billion?
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The media is squatting at the airport, and there are really many people squatting there.
The creative team of "Avengers" has arrived. They will promote and screen the film at the Capital International Film Festival.
Everyone in Hollywood knows that the domestic market is huge and there is plenty of cake!
At the beginning of the year, "Pacific Rim" received 1.42 billion domestically. This news made Hollywood extremely excited...
"When we talked about the investment ratio of "Inception" at that time, I Tom and I also attended the engagement ceremony of Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds.
Now, four years have passed, and it has been a year and a half since their divorce, tsk tsk tsk..."
Lin Nan pointed to the photos taken by the media at the airport on the news and said to Liu Yifei.
"Why, do you feel sorry for the gift you gave me?" Miss Liu giggled.
Lin Nan shook his head, just feeling a little emotional. After all, it was the first time he gave a gift to someone else for their wedding.
"In North America, the box office of "Avengers" is very good. After this movie, Scarlett will be completely popular, an international first-line actress!"
Lin Nan said softly.
“Are you sure?”
"Well, sure!"
Lin Nan nodded and said, maybe we can see him again in two days.
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(End of this chapter)