Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 699: Despicable Me 3 Opening Weekend Box Office
Hollywood.

Tomorrow Star Pictures and DreamWorks are also engaged in a major battle, and "Despicable Me 3" was released as scheduled on October 10.

DreamWorks was responsible for promotion and distribution, with Tomorrow's Star Pictures providing support. The film opened in more than 5,000 theaters, and was released simultaneously in North America and Australia, half a month later in the island country and South Korea, and a month later in China.

As for Europe, the film will be released in the next two to three months, and in some small European countries the release date is scheduled for half a year later.

Actually, this situation is normal. After all, every movie needs time to be introduced.

At least the speed of introducing foreign language films into the country is not fast. It is only in recent years, as the market has grown, that films can basically be introduced and released within one to three months.

At the same time, news of the completion of "Jurassic World" and "The Martian" also spread back to China.

China Film Group immediately announced that it would introduce "Jurassic World" and "The Martian" next year, with the specific time to be determined.

Especially for "The Martian", China Film Group has made a considerable investment, and it is estimated that La Peikang will arrange this movie in a good schedule.

Seeing this, some people may ask, since Hollywood blockbusters with the participation of China Film will have good schedules in China, why don’t the six major Hollywood companies strengthen cooperation with China Film?

There are many reasons, but the most important one is that the focus of the six major Hollywood studios is on the global market. Even though the mainland has become the world's second largest box office, its size still cannot be compared with so many European countries.

Secondly, Hollywood companies feel that even if there is no good schedule, they can still reap box office revenue in China with well-made special effects blockbusters.

This can be seen from the recent "Transformers 4".

Finally, it is a cultural reason. There are huge differences between Eastern and Western cultures. Forcibly combining the two will only result in a film that is neither fish nor fowl.

It is only because the mainland market has been growing in recent years that many big Hollywood companies have begun to look here. However, they have chosen not to let mainland film and television companies invest, but to use Chinese stars and even shoot "special editions".

In China, after Wolf Warrior became a huge hit at the box office, Bona and Cao Baoping held a press conference.

"The Sun Also Rises", produced by Bona Film Group, directed by Cao Baoping, and starring Deng Chao, Duan Yihong, Wang Luodan, Guo Tao and others, has announced its release date, which is set for the Lunar New Year holiday on November 11st.

However, the most frequently asked question by the media at the scene was about bluffing. Yu Dong was so embarrassed on the spot that he almost pointed at the reporter's nose to make fun of him.

Meanwhile, Guangguang's "Left Ear" has also officially started filming at a very fast pace. It seems that they are preparing to finish and release the film quickly, taking advantage of the good market for youth-themed films to make a fortune.

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Tomorrow's Star Film and Television Company, in the office.

Gu Wei and Matt Damon sat face to face, sipping the coffee in their hands.

After the filming of "The Martian" was completed, Matt Damon came to Gu Wei as soon as possible. It was not to urge him to start the new movie, but Gu Wei took the initiative to contact him.

The two chatted for a while, and Gu Wei handed the other party a document with the name "Manchester by the Sea" on it.

Matt Damon smiled after taking the script, and was instantly immersed in it as soon as he opened it.

Seeing this, Gu Wei did not disturb the other party. When a good actor meets a good script, it is like a peerless general meeting peerless magic weapons and BMWs.

About half an hour later, Matt Damon reluctantly put down the script and looked away.

"It's a very good script, I like it very much, but I don't know when it can be filmed." Matt Damon said meaningfully after taking a sip of coffee.

"Let's talk about the specific time later, haha." Gu Wei did not give any promise on time.

After they chatted for a while, they saw Reid walking over with an excited look on his face, mumbling something.

"Boss, the box office for Despicable Me 3 is out, and it earned 7540 million U.S. dollars in the first three days of the weekend, haha."

"7540 million US dollars!" Gu Wei nodded with a smile.

These are pretty good numbers, surpassing Despicable Me 1 and Despicable Me 2, and setting a new record for the first three days of the Despicable Me series.

"Gu, congratulations, another movie has been a success."

Matt Damon looked extremely sincere when he said this, and at the same time he was a little shocked. In Hollywood, people succeed and fail every day.

But the great director in front of him always seemed to be successful, and failure seemed out of reach for him.

No wonder the New York Times called him "the greatest director of the second decade of the 21st century." At this time, in this scene, Matt Damon seemed to understand the meaning of the word "greatest."

"Thank you!" Gu Wei responded with a smile.

At the same time, the Hollywood media has begun large-scale coverage.

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When this data was transmitted back to China, netizens were talking about it and looking forward to the release of "Despicable Me 3" in a month.

However, in the entire entertainment industry, there is a rare large-scale discussion about this issue.

Because the public casting of "The Mermaid" has entered its final stage, starting from the end of August and lasting for the entire month of September, Zhou Xingchi selected 13 final candidates from hundreds of candidates.

These 13 people will go through the final 13 to 6, and Zhou Xingchi and several partners will select 6 girls to stay, one for the heroine and the other 5 for extras. The large-scale selection that lasted for more than two months is about to end, which naturally attracts the hearts of many celebrities in the industry. After all, only the heroine has been selected, and the hero and supporting roles have not been decided yet. Naturally, some people are racking their brains to prepare to join the ship.

However, this matter has also been complained by netizens:

"It was clearly an audition for the heroine of a movie, but they turned it into a large-scale talent show and business. Awesome!"

"Not to mention the registration fee for the auditions, just to go from 300 to 6 people, we have to choose different cities and different locations to hold the event, and it also costs a lot of sponsorship and advertising!"

"I don't want to lose face just to make money."

If Zhou Xingchi's talent show only attracted the attention of people in the circle, then the news that "Zhang was taking drugs" was revealed the next day, which silenced the entire entertainment industry.

Some time ago, led by Star Film and Television Company, companies such as Light Media, Wanda, and Tudou announced a ban on "bad artists".

Now, some people want to use their own experience to see if they will be "banned."

Gu Wei learned about this matter after Miss Liu called him and told him, "The domestic entertainment industry has exploded. The top five trending searches are all about Zhang's drug use. It's so scary."

"What are the netizens doing?" Gu Wei asked knowingly.

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"What do you think? People are scolding him all over the internet. It's not the first time. Let me read you some news reports." Miss Liu's gossipy heart was burning, and she was eager to find someone to share her thoughts with.

"Well, go ahead." Gu Wei sat up straight.

"A week ago, according to a report from the public, the famous actor Zhang and two musicians were caught taking drugs at their home in Shunyi..."

"Sina News released a video of the arrest, in which the tools and remaining drugs seized on the spot amounted to…"

"The interrogation video was released, and Zhang burst into tears and confessed that he had allowed others to smoke drugs at home many times."

“Following January 2012, 1, actor Zhang was arrested again for drug-related crimes. This time, the circumstances of the case were serious, including harboring others.

It is reported that this case has been converted into a criminal case and the public security, procuratorate and court have filed a lawsuit.”

Liu read for a long time before stopping. After finishing, she said she was exhausted. "Listen, netizens are full of emotions. They are all praising you for banning the posts of bad artists and saying that some people should be kicked out of this industry."

But what Liu Yifei said was right. The Internet was indeed in an uproar. Netizens were extremely angry and a large number of posts were posted.

"Ban them! There is no other way. These people are too lawless."

"This is the second time I've been caught red-handed. My goodness, this might have been going on for a long time in private."

"Director Gu Wei's proposal is correct. What Xingchen Films, Guangguang, Tudou Video and Wanda Films are doing is right. They must be banned!"

"Just a few days ago, there were so many "famous people" in the entertainment industry who refuted Gu Wei's views, saying that it is okay to admit mistakes and correct them, and not to condemn them with one blow."

"If a dog can change its ways to eat shit, there's nothing much to say. If there's anyone like this, ban them."

After hearing Miss Liu read out the comments from netizens, Gu Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was not afraid of becoming an enemy of the entire domestic entertainment industry, it did not feel good.

Take the extension key of "Wolf Warrior" for example. Even though La Peikang made efforts, some "old leaders" of the General Administration still disagreed.

The reasons given are varied, and some people even think that such movies should not be released, as they are too false and empty and could easily corrupt young people.

Some people continue to criticize the Star Film and Television Company for its monopoly tendency, and even think that its development should be suppressed.

Anyway, in their eyes, Gu Wei is the culprit who does not respect the elderly and loves the young and breaks the rules of the entertainment industry. Some people even suggested banning Gu Wei from directing. This time, they would give him ten or twenty years, which means banishing him from the country.

Song Ge was furious when he heard this. I heard that he cursed in the office and threw a lot of things. It can be seen how angry he was.

But as soon as this matter came out, Gu Wei felt that the higher-ups would definitely make up their minds. This is what they call "you reap what you sow".

Miss Liu doesn't care about these, she only cares about when Gu Wei will come back.

"The wedding room has been renovated and is being ventilated. I plan to go look at furniture and other things at the end of the month..."

"My parents have prepared the invitation list, and I have sorted out quite a few as well. We are just waiting for you to come back and make the decision..."

Hearing that the young lady had turned into a housekeeper, Gu Wei felt a little guilty. He was busy with work and hardly asked about the early preparations for the wedding.

"We will be able to go back in a week. The premiere of Rise of the Planet of the Apes will begin soon. There are expected to be two premieres."

"Really?" Liu Yifei perked up and confirmed immediately.

"Yeah, really. I will go back with my senior brother when the time comes. If nothing unexpected happens, we will stay in China in the near future."

When she heard that Gu Wei would stay in the country for a long time and then talked about their wedding, the young lady laughed out loud without realizing it.

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(End of this chapter)