You don't understand the happiness of the director

The 100-minute movie is over. The treatment of King Power is slightly different from the original version. It just ended abruptly when the male and female protagonists received new challenges. The part on the plane was not filmed, so that even if the second movie is actually made in the future, it will be more realistic. Easier to deal with and more options to choose from.

After the movie ended, Liu Yifei and Zhao Liying had a heated discussion about the plot and characters in the movie. Even Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but interject, "The cost of this movie is probably not low. It feels like a blockbuster movie."

Zhao Liying, Wang Quantong, said, "The official budget is 20 million, which is equivalent to more than 150 million. The actors are basically not famous, but they are all invested in the production!"

Liu Xiaoli, "Ah, the budget is so high, I don't know if the cost can be recovered."

Liu Yifei glanced at her mother with disgust, "How could King Quan's movie fail to recover its cost? I don't know if the banquet next door can recover its cost. They also claim a production cost of 20 million US dollars."

"The Party" does not have a midnight screening, which is usually the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters with mostly young fans.

However, you can see the huge poster of "The Night Banquet". The promotion momentum of "The Night Banquet" in this cinema has obviously surpassed that of "Escape Room", and the cast is not of the same level.

These words made Zhao Liying a little embarrassed. "The Night Banquet" was her company's film, and Director Feng also had a favor for her, but Director Feng and Director Wang bumped into each other. Alas, of course she supports the handsome one at this time, Director Wang Come on! Kill Feng!

When we got back to the hotel, it was already two o'clock in the morning, but Liu Yifei was so excited that she couldn't sleep at all. She couldn't wait to log into the relevant forums to see what netizens said about the movie.

Her comments cannot be read, because the filters are so severe, and everything Wang Quan shoots is the best.

There have been discussions about this movie in movie forums.

Qie Tan Fu Sheng: I will enter the venue soon. I will tell you about it after I finish watching it.

This post from more than two hours ago has already received dozens of replies.

Moily: For those who envy big cities, there are no midnight shows in a small place like Shijiazhuang.

After skimming through a few meaningless comments, I finally saw a new message from the poster.

Qie Tan Fu Sheng: No problem at all, you can watch it with confidence, it is a masterpiece of commercial film that is worth the price of admission.

Want to Fall in Love: How about "10 Cloverfield Lane"?

Sigh: I prefer "10 Cloverfield Lane". The multiple twists are to my taste, but "Escape Room" is more well-made, and Gadot, one of the heroines, is very good, comparable to Meghan Markle. ·Fox's big beauty.

Kind Ranger: I just finished watching it, and I think it’s quite average, not as surprising as the first part.

Three Traces: I like this one better. The previous one was too clever. This one can reflect Director Wang’s ability to control commercial films. He did a great job.

Haozi, who loves reading: I finished reading it, it’s so cool! I love Gal Gadot!

Yewu Fenglang: Me too, I'm sorry Liu Yifei, now I have Gadot!

Seeing this, Liu Yifei gritted her teeth angrily, "Go away, I don't care about you!"

Zhao Liying was lying on the bed and saw the dim light coming from the side, "Sister Yi Fei, you're not sleeping yet. There are a lot of silly scenes tomorrow."

Liu Yifei, "I'll sleep now, I'll sleep now."

She quickly browsed the following comments. Although many people's reactions were not as surprising as "10 Cloverfield Lane", she also affirmed that as a commercial film, it satisfied the audience's needs for tension, excitement, scenes, and beauties, and it was worth paying for. price.

Just seeing so many people liking Gadot makes Liu Yifei a little sour. She is just that good and everyone loves her, right?

~

The first day of the release of "Escape Room" in China is almost over, but it has just dawned in the United States. Yu Feihong grabbed the first show of the day in "Escape Room".

In fact, there is no need to rush. There are not many people watching. After all, during the day on Friday, children have to go to school and adults have to go to work.

What's more, this is September. September after the summer holiday and January after the Christmas holiday can be said to be the coldest periods of the year.

The genre of "Escape Room" is not Yu Feihong's favorite. If it weren't for the director Wang Quan, she might not even watch it.

While watching the movie, she was more thinking about how Dorothy saved money.

Although the announced production cost of this movie was 20 million U.S. dollars, Yu Feihong knew that the actual cost of Long Toutou was only about 6 million. If you include the cost of setting the scene, which was not spent, it was just over 10 million.

With such a small cost, it produced the effect of a medium-sized movie. No wonder it dared to boast 20 million. Is this why Wang Quan trusts Dorothy so much?

Yu Feihong also paid attention to the reactions of other viewers. It was obvious that they liked the movie very much. When encountering exciting plots, they screamed and applauded unabashedly, but they all seemed to be very young children.

This movie is rated PG-13. Like "10 Cloverfield Lane," children under the age of 13 must be accompanied by their parents to watch, so the children present are at least 14 years old and older and can watch the movie independently. , but shouldn’t you go to school at this time?

When she left the screening room, she heard the two boys chatting in front of her and found out that they had missed class because of illness and came to watch the movie. They were all avid fans of escape room games and gave super comments. In addition, they are all fans of Wang Keying and look forward to having such a lovely mixed-race girlfriend.

Yu Feihong couldn't help laughing as she listened. Later, she sent Wang Quan a message to congratulate him on the success of his new film.

At this time, Wang Quan was answering a very important phone call. The person on the other end of the phone spoke English for a while, and then spoke Chinese with a crooked accent. The two chatted for a long time. Finally, Wang Quan put down the phone with satisfaction. The seed that was originally planted finally came to an end. It’s time to harvest.

In the evening, Wang Quan received a call from his father in China, where the first-day box office had been released.

Lao Wang was not in a very high mood, "The box office on the first day, including the midnight show, was 6 million."

"Is it so high?" Wang Quan was a little surprised. You must know that "10 Cloverfield Lane" only had 2.4 million. That movie finally exceeded 40 million at the mainland box office, and it has great stamina.

Lao Wang sighed, "It's not bad, but "The Night Banquet" is even better!"

It turned out that he was unhappy because of this. Wang Quan laughed, "What kind of lineup do we have? What kind of lineup do they have? There are two of the Four Little Actresses (Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun), Uncle Ge, the most popular actor at the box office in the Mainland, and two Mainland actors from Xiangjiang." Isn't it normal for two popular young actors, Wu Yan and Huang Xiaoming, to have high box office? I would be surprised if "Secret Room" has more box office than "The Banquet"."

"Hey, that's true. I had expected it, but I still feel uncomfortable. The key point is that Huayi bought a lot of press releases for you, saying that you will never be able to defeat Feng Xiaogang in China. Bah!"

Wang Quan, who was in a good mood, asked with a smile, "How much did they get at the box office on the first day?"

Lao Wang, "Exactly 10 million."

Wang Quan looked at the data in the film and television library, oh, there are 2 million less than the original time and space. It seems that "Escape Room" still has some influence.

The more Lao Wang thought about it, the angrier he became, "I will contact the reporters right now and ask them to ask when "The Night Banquet" will be released in North America!"

Wang Quan gave Lao Wang a tip, "You can ask when "The Night Banquet" will make back its money. Let me tell you in advance, "Escape Room" has already made a profit before it was released."

Lao Wang, "Oh?!"

~

Huayi Brothers Company opposite Qiankun Culture.

Mr. Wang, Director Chen and Director Feng were not as happy as the media made them out to be. Although the box office of "The Night Banquet" reached 10 million on the first day, which was twice that of "A World Without Thieves", the distribution scale and lineup were also It's much bigger than "Without Thieves" two years ago, but the effect is not as significant.

The key is that the reviews online are not good. The secret to Feng Xiaogang's high box office success since his debut is the reputation of ordinary people, especially the reputation of northern audiences.

But this time, even the audience didn't buy it. Even though they spent a lot of money to bribe the film critics, they still couldn't suppress the public's doubts about the "bad movie" of the movie. At this moment, Feng Xiaogang can somewhat feel the mood of Mr. Kai last year. .

The most severe test is the pressure to repay capital.

Although the production cost of 20 million US dollars is a bit exaggerated, look at these actors and the palace. This film is really not cheap to make. 10 million US dollars is always required, even if some overseas copyrights and audio-visual products can be recovered , but if the box office does not reach 200 million, it is really not profitable.

They thought carefully before starting the filming. "A World Without Thieves" cost 30 million yuan to have a box office of 120 million yuan. "The Promise" was criticized for being criticized for 170 million yuan. Now the cost of "The Banquet" has doubled, and Director Feng has always been good at it. In terms of reputation, a box office of 200 million is not too much.

As long as Director Feng can succeed in this transition to large-scale production, Huayi will also be able to operate large-cost and large-scale blockbusters in the future!

Now it seems that Mom has sold the film. Mr. Xiao Wang said, "If the box office of "The Night Banquet" does not exceed 100 million, Director Chen, please reduce the budget of "Assembly Number"."

Feng Xiaogang raised his head, moved his mouth, and finally sighed, Damn, this is what it feels like to lose money to investors. It's really not tough to talk. This is the first time he has experienced it.

Unexpectedly, the producer Chen Guofu, who usually had trouble dealing with him, shook his head, "The script of "Assembly" is very good. We plan to hire the special effects team from Kimchi Country this time. We can't save this part of the money. The budget has already been reduced." , and if you reduce it any further, the quality of the movie will be lost.”

Feng Xiaogang was moved. How can this old Chen handle it?

Then Chen Guofu said, "So I suggest cutting the director's salary to tide over the difficulties."

Feng Xiaogang: I’ll fuck you!

Mr. Xiao Wang was deep in thought and seemed to be really considering this proposal. However, seeing Lao Feng's already ugly face getting worse, he laughed and said, "If it doesn't work out, I'll go get some more funds. Let's Until the end of the road is reached, Director Feng, just feel free to shoot."

At this time, Mr. Wang walked in with an unhappy look on his face, "I just saw an online news saying that "Escape Room" has already paid back its money. The news also mentioned that "The Night Banquet" has difficulty paying back its money."

Wang Zhonglei was surprised, "Didn't it just come out? Why did it get back the money?"

Feng Xiaogang, "Are they also very moist?"

Wang Zhongjun said, "It is said that the overseas copyright was sold for more than 10 million U.S. dollars, and it also attracted more than 10 million U.S. dollars in sponsorship and placement, so it started to make money before it was released."

Feng Xiaogang moved his mouth. He was also a good at soliciting sponsorship for implants. The implants in "A World Without Thieves" were quite impressive, but they were far less exaggerated than the other party's $10 million!

He cursed, "Foreigners are still stupid and have more money."

They were all jealous to death that the king's power could earn them happiness, and they wished they could go out and be hit by a car.

Chen Guofu is more concerned about the box office situation of "Escape Room", "Has the box office data in the United States been released? How much was it on the first day?"

~

"8.1 million on the first day."

Dorothy was with Wang Quan when she received the box office data. Looking at such data, she sighed, "Unfortunately, it is still lower than "10 Cloverfield Lane."

Wang Quan smiled and said, "But we are the champions on the first day, and we are still ahead by a large margin, so there is nothing to be dissatisfied about."

Dorothy, "That's true."

Five new films were released yesterday, and Dwayne Johnson's new film "The Game", which ranked first, only had 4.5 million on its first day.

Scarlett Johansson's "The Black Dahlia" was even worse, with 3.7 million, not to mention the following two films. "Escape Room" was the only commercially successful film with distinctive features in the same period, and it was the best.

With the popularity of escape room games in North America, the early publicity of "Escape Room" is sufficient. Otherwise, in such a cold period, it would be difficult to get the first-day box office of 8 million. In order to stabilize the box office, Wang Quan and Tao Lexi, and the entire cast, still have a lot to do.

In order to promote the movie, two students, Gadot and Wang Keying, took leave and were on call at any time.

The next day, the main cast members came to San Francisco to promote the film.

The strategy formulated by Dorothy is to take the crew to conduct road shows in cities with escape room game centers across the country, cooperate with local game halls, attract young audiences to watch the movie, and then use them on social networks represented by YouTube and Facebook Promote this film.

Traditional media such as television and newspapers are basically monopolized by the parent companies behind the Big Six. It is difficult for Long Toutou to use their power, and the price is too high, so they can only use emerging Internet media. This was decided early on strategy.

After two days of roadshows, the movie’s first weekend box office results are also out.

7.9 million on the second day, 7.1 million on the third day, and a total of 23.1 million in the three days!

The first weekend box office of "Cloverfield Lane" was 27 million. Although "Escape Room" dropped slightly, it was already the fourth highest box office in September opening history! (Note 1)

The highest-grossing September opening was 1998's "Rush Hour" with $33 million.

It is also worth mentioning that the highest box office record in North American August opening is 67 million for "Rush Hour 2". Cheng Long around 2000 was indeed very popular.

Logically speaking, this is the first time that Wang Quan has won the North American Weekly Championship, which is a gratifying thing, but when the news came back to China, it changed.

"The myth of King Power is no longer there, the new film's box office is not as good as its predecessor!" 》

"Escape Room" opened on a larger scale, but the North American box office fell. Why? 》

"Is Hollywood Giving Up on Crown?" 》

"Director Wang is in trouble this time!" 》

Looking at these news headlines, Wang Quan smiled, I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet...

(I wish everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival. This chapter has a lot of data. I checked the data, so it’s a little late. Sorry)

(Note 1: The opening box office is the cumulative box office for the first three days of the movie's release. It is an important indicator that reflects the distribution capabilities and the box office appeal of star directors)