China Entertainment Times

Chapter 448 "Modern Era" Sun Crown
As the New Year approaches, the 2011 Spring Festival stalls can be regarded as the official start.

Originally, this time was still included in the category of Lunar New Year files, until the explosion of "Thailand" last year, which made the Spring Festival holiday, which was not very popular in the past, explode with amazing box office potential.

The number of movie viewers in February last year was also second only to December and July, ranking third in the year.

The Lunar New Year festival is already tense, five or six blockbuster movies are released a month, and there are super strong opponents every week.

Now that the Spring Festival can produce such a high box office, it is naturally targeted by many publishers.

The action blockbuster "New Shaolin Temple" co-produced by China Film, Bernard, Huayi, Shaolin Temple Culture Media, Henan, and Yinghuang was released in China on January 1.

The box office in the first five days was more than 5 million points, which is not bad.

Immediately after the New Year's Eve regulars "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Year of the Rabbit", it was released two days later, and it won a total of 5500 million in three days on the weekend. It is not a problem to break through [-] million.

This is the third animated film in the "Pleasant Goat" series. Except for the first one, which did not exceed [-] million yuan, last year's one also exceeded [-] million yuan.

The continuous success of Pleasant Goat may have also stimulated the animation film market. On the 27th, another animation film "Old Master Q" was released, but the box office on the first day was less than 50.

The film version of "Wulin Biography" was released on the 26th, and it earned 1600 million at the box office on the first day. This adaptation film, which cost only 2000 million, can be said to be a big success, and there is no problem breaking through [-] million.

The movie adaptation of a well-known cartoon was a success, and the TV adaptation of a popular TV series sold well at the box office. For a while, many people were eyeing the adaptation project.

Businessmen are like this, following the trend for profit.

On the afternoon of February 2st, the comedy movie "Modern Times" starring Xu Zheng had its premiere ceremony in Beijing, and Tang An also took a few hours to come.

Not only Tang An, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Song Ge, Li Ming.
The bosses of major film and television companies came, and Liu Bing, former deputy director of Yuedong Optoelectronics and chairman of Zhuying Group, was also present as a producer.

"Hello, Mr. Liu."

Tang An and Liu Bing shook hands, and then greeted them all.

"It's rare that you have time to get together."

Tang An didn't know what was on their minds. If Xu Zheng's movie was successful, he would definitely ask for a high share of the "囧" series. Recruit this talented person who can direct and act to win over.

"Hehe, Tang Dong has been doing a lot lately. I heard that you are going to adapt "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"?" Yu Dong asked with a smile.

"Yu Dong is well-informed, and he is already preparing." Tang An did not hide it.

Wang Changtian asked, "This film is not easy to shoot. Is Director Tang sure that he can pass the censorship?"

"As long as everything can be explained and no ghosts or ghosts are involved, it will be fine to pass the trial."

Chatting one after another, everyone who celebrates the New Year is in a good mood.

After Bernard and Guangxian went public, they were relatively stable. Although Wanda Pictures did not make much progress in the early days, there were no problems.

Xiao Ma is preparing to go public, and Li Ming is also in a good mood.

But Wang Zhongjun was very upset. Some time ago, Huayi, as the leader of the film and television industry, took the lead in filing a lawsuit in the court, but was scolded by netizens.

But he can't show it in public, the fight against piracy is a good thing for them, all the major companies in the industry have participated, and Huayi, as the leader of the largest film and television company in the industry, has nothing wrong with it.

Soon the creators of the film crew walked in from the red carpet outside, and Wang Zhongjun put down his body and took the initiative to greet him, chatting with Xu Zheng.

Tang An didn't care either, the premiere was about to start, so find a good seat and sit down first.

Yu Dong sat down beside him, looked at Wang Zhongjun who was chatting with Xu Zheng over there, "Tang Dong, this Wang Zhongjun seems to value Xu Zheng very much, I heard that they met in private two days ago."

"Wang Dong cherishes talents, don't you Dong Yu too?" Tang An said with a smile.

Tang An was indifferent from the beginning to the end, which made Yu Dong puzzled. Could it be that he really didn't care about Xu Zheng so much, or had so much confidence in himself that Xu Zheng would not leave?
Yu Dong shook his head secretly in his heart, and stopped talking about this, but brought up another matter.

"It is said that Xiangjiang's Xinghao Media has found Director Han and plans to remake the 3D version of Journey to the West. The investment is 5 million. What does Director Tang think?"

"I've also heard that it's a good thing to make a blockbuster movie. The theme of Journey to the West has a wide audience. It depends on the ability of the director." Tang An nodded.

Preparations for "Havoc in Heaven" have already started at this time, and the investment is said to be 2.5 million, but the special effects fee of [-] million has been replaced by the full copyright of North America.

Originally, Tiangong Yicai also wanted to take over, but the investment in the film was too high, so Han Sanping and Xinghao still chose a special effects company in the United States, and gave up the North American copyright in exchange for special effects fees.

It is said that the special effects fee is 2.5 million. Only God knows how much the special effects company spent on the production. The director Zheng Baorui was born in B-level movies, so how can he know special effects.

The special effects of this film cost much more than "Edge of Tomorrow", after all, it is all special effects shots.

However, the special effects party all chose to build models and CG production, basically there are few real scenes, which are too fake.

Making money is definitely making money, but Tang An doesn't have much interest. If he has this money, he might as well invest in other movies, set up a training program for new directors, and find some capable new directors.

Yu Dong originally intended to invest, and it didn't matter if the cost was high, but the cycle was too long. After more than three years, a small profit was tantamount to losing money, and the distribution rights had to be shared equally with China Film, which was not worth it.

It didn't take long for the premiere to start. As the producer and starring Xu Zheng, he was full of confidence and shouted the slogan of [-] million box office!

Then the movie opened, and the plot remained unchanged. Xu Zheng and Zhang Zifeng's "father-daughter match" was the main line, but the daughter was two years younger than the original.

Almost all the laughter occurs in the conflict and communication between the two. In this setting, the gap in age, personality, outlook on life, etc. between the two people is easy to create a dramatic conflict.More importantly, a daughter is the reason and meaning for the hero to rebuild his real life and inner world.

Just like in "A Hu", the confused Liu Dehua decided to give a good punch after knowing that he had a daughter. In "Modern Times", the third-rate liar played by Xu Zheng decided to perform a serious magic trick for his daughter.

There are a lot of laughs and burdens, basically everything that should be there, and basically everything that should be said, it is generally a process from laughing to crying, and finally a complete process.

But it's not amazing, it's just a passable comedy.

Some viewers who watched this movie with the expectation of watching "Tai囧" may be disappointed.

In the end, the box office was not bad. Relying on Xu Zheng's fame, he took 1200 million on the first day, suppressing several other films to become the box office champion of the day.

(End of this chapter)