China Entertainment 2000.

Chapter 270 The movie has a huge reputation [4.2K]

Los Angeles.

"Are there advance tickets?"

"No."

"Are you a VIP customer?"

"No."

"Sir, if you register as a VIP, you will receive free medium-sized popcorn and a small cup of Coke when you watch 3 movies every week."

Jiang Liu, who was paying full attention to the dolls, cards, backpacks and other small items on the counter, shook his head: "I am a tourist, just give me two movie tickets for "Apes", and then a big bucket of popcorn, a bag Potato chips, two large Cokes, eight chicken wings, a Sicilian pizza, that’s it.”

Son Ye-jin raised her forehead and said, "Oppa, can't we finish the meal just for the two of us?"

"Yes, I can eat a cow now." Jiang Liu looked tired, but at this time he was energetic and confident.

For a month in Yingjiang, he was busy with socializing and the release of "Orangutan" during the day.

Or rack your brains to think about the layout, and worry about getting nothing in a bamboo basket.

In the evening, I was busy making Son Ye-jin eat.

My brain is overtaxed during the day, and my body is overtaxed at night. It goes back and forth, and I have lost more than ten kilograms in recent days.

It was not easy to wait until the judgment day came on August 8th. No matter what, I had to eat and drink enough. The condemned prisoner was asked to be executed after autumn, and the officials at least gave the prisoner new clothes and gave him a good meal and wine.

Jiang Liu's mentality at this time was similar to that of a prisoner on the execution ground.

"$16 for two movie tickets and pizza."

Jiang Liu understood in his heart and interrupted the nagging conductor: "The snacks will be delivered to the seats later."

The conductor nodded happily: "Okay, sir!"

After leaving the counter, Son Yejin wrinkled her nose and muttered in a low voice: "With so many things, I need to tip at least 30 US dollars, which is more expensive than a movie ticket."

"The attendance rate is so high that she would be willing to pay her $3000."

Son Ye-jin rolled her eyes: "Wow, Oppa, you are awesome, you are so rich!"

Jiang Liu grinned, and Sun Yizhen pinched the soft flesh on Jiang Liu's waist in dissatisfaction.

The venue Huggins gave "Apes" could seat five hundred people.

When Jiang Liu and Son Ye-jin entered the theater, less than one-tenth of the audience was seated, and most of them were Asians.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Liu inevitably felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

If the 1100 million yuan in promotional expenses had only this effect, "Apes" would probably be a flop.

His "Legend of Zorro" and "Kingdom of Heaven" received poor reviews during their release period, and it is true that they will explode at the box office.

But you have to be tough when you are forging iron. If "Apes" has a small audience, even if the North American theater chain has to separate some venues for "The Legend of Zorro" and "Kingdom of Heaven", I am afraid that it will not be able to get the turn of "The Legend of Zorro" and "Kingdom of Heaven", which are also in the mud and cannot hold up the wall. Chimpanzees".

There are more than a dozen movies with similar schedules to "Apes".

What's more, "Apes" has constraints from major North American manufacturers.

"Oppa, don't worry, the screen hasn't been lit up yet, Westerners are careless and won't go into the cinema too early."

Sun Yizhen saw Jiang Liu's face was gloomy and confused, and shook Jiang Liu's broad palm understandingly.

Jiang Liu forced a smile: "It's okay. Oppa is not someone who cannot afford to fail. It won't work this time. Come back in two years."

Now that things have come to this, what can we do if we don’t laugh?

As the two comforted each other, white people and black people entered the venue one after another.

When the foreigners from Sheniu saw such Chinese people in the museum, they asked, "Is this a kung fu movie like Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?"

There was even a black guy who raised his fist and said, "Kung Fu?"

"I don't know." someone replied.

People in Sheniu spread their hands and look for personal seats.

And while a few people were asking and answering questions, several more waves of people of all skin colors walked into the screening room.

Seeing this, Jiang Liu, who was always concerned about attendance, breathed a sigh of relief. There were already 127 people sitting or standing in the screening room.

However, the big screen also lit up.

Three waves of about ten young people walked in.

Jiang Liu let out a foul breath.

Although the attendance rate for the premiere of "Apes" was still less than three floors, and it looked like a show of disappointment, there was finally some hope.

"Sir, your food, I wish you a happy meal!"

Jiang Liu nodded and handed over a dollar bill. The waiter happily thanked him and left.

At the same time, a scream of an ape came out, and a small dot on the screen gradually enlarged, and a lush forest slowly emerged. In the open space of the forest, a group of more than ten people holding tranquilizer guns were stuffing each orangutan into a cage. inside.

Producer:

China Film Group

China Magic City Film Studio

China 81 Film Studio

Yixin Film and Television Investment and Production Company

China Hengdian Film and Television Group

China Magic City United Cinemas

China Hong Kong Emperor Entertainment Company

CJ Entertainment Film Investment and Production Company

Huaxia Shandong TV Drama Joint Production Center

Distributor: Lionsgate Films

Executive Director: Shen Yan

Starring: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Xia Yu

Starring: Fan Binbin, Wang Baoqiang

Starring: Huang Bo

As the motorcade enters the highway from the mountain road, the title of the film is printed in the audience's eyes.

"Planet of the Apes: Trapped Beast Still Fighting"

【Jiang Liu's works】

A black guy grinned and said, "Hey, the movie looks good, the Asian chicks are pretty."

The red-necked white man turned his head without hesitation: "Shit, shut up!"

Sun Yizhen glanced at Jiang Liu, who shrugged and stuffed a piece of chicken wing into his mouth.

Fan Binbin's appearance ranks at least among the top five domestic female stars.

After being guided by his makeup, the big waves and light lipstick looked really eye-catching when paired with the researcher's white coat.

After Jiang Liu finished eating two chicken wings, the audience in the theater also knew a main line of the movie.

Yang Li's father, played by Fan Binbin, suffers from neurasthenia. The research institute where Yang Li works happens to be a company that studies specific drugs to inhibit neurasthenia.

The company's test subjects are orangutans.

After the first batch of medicine was developed, the effect was obvious. The symptoms of Yang Li's paralyzed father in bed were greatly improved, and he became like a normal person.

However, a female orangutan in the laboratory got violent and injured someone after completing the experiment. Before she died, she gave birth to Caesar, who had tiny green dots in his pupils and clearly inherited some of the effects of the drug from the female orangutan.

"oh, god"

"Caesar is so cute!"

"Oh, it's so good!"

"Oh, hoo Caesar, you broke mom's lamp."

Little Caesar grows up very quickly on the screen. He grows from a cub that needs Yang Li to hold and drink milk into a naughty orangutan in just a few minutes. He helps Yang Li share small housework smartly and jumps up and down at home.

"It seems that the audience is very satisfied with this plot." Son Ye-jin said happily.

Jiang Liu nodded.

The plot is certainly good to watch, and is played by a several-month-old real orangutan supported by the Magic City Zoo.

The number of NGs almost killed Jiang Liu, causing the budget to exceed 500 million.

However, looking at the audience's reaction, Jiang Liu also believed that if someone performed this part of "No Resentment of More than 500 Million Flowers", it would definitely not achieve the same effect.

"Hoho, Little Caesar is in trouble."

One audience member laughed loudly and the rest of the audience laughed in agreement.

Little Caesar, who always liked to look at the world outside the window, finally couldn't bear the loneliness, snatched the bicycle of a child on the street and rode away. This little plot added by Jiang Liu made all the audience laugh.

Whistling.

Spring passed and autumn came, and five years passed.

The movie theater exploded instantly.

"Fuck!" "I want to see Little Caesar and I want to shoot the director."

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Jiang Liu turned a deaf ear to all kinds of dirty words, took a big gulp of ice coke, and tore off a small piece of pizza.

Caesar is fully grown up and wiser, and Yang Li's father's neurasthenia quietly appears.

Seeing Caesar's full of emotion, gently correcting Yang Li's father's chopsticks that were held upside down, an old man and a gorilla, looking at each other, made people couldn't help but get wet in their eyes.

"do not"

Son Ye-jin, who was watching "Apes" for the first time, was as moved as all the viewers and said: "Such a tender scene, "Apes" should be a family movie for all ages. Why is it PG13?"

"Because I don't deal with major North American manufacturers, they control the rating system." Jiang Liu explained.

"There must be a reason why it is rated PG13."

"Didn't you just watch it? Caesar kissed Yang Li on the cheek in front of Yang Li's boyfriend."

Son Ye-jin was speechless: "This is probably the most outrageous reason for movie classification in North America."

Jiang Liu is too lazy to worry about ratings now: "It doesn't matter, as long as the movie's follow-up reputation is good, there will definitely be parents with their children supporting the movie."

Yang Li's father, who suffered from neurasthenia, finally got into trouble. He had a dispute and a fight with a driver on the street.

Caesar, who witnessed everything from the window, rushed out of the bungalow angrily, beat the driver violently, and was taken away for education by the Animal Management Bureau.

It was a cruel place.

Caesar was not only abused and verbally taunted by managers, but also bullied by his peers.

It was clever and took advantage of the administrator's negligence to sneak home, took away all the new special medicines researched by Yang Li, and smashed them in the management center, so that the intelligence of the same kind inside was strengthened.

When the ruthless administrator swung the electric baton at Caesar again, this time Caesar no longer dodged or evaded, but endured silently. While grabbing the electric baton, he shouted out the word in grief and indignation.

"No!"

"No, no, no, no!"

Dick Aaron said that a No is worth 1 million US dollars. I'm afraid he doesn't believe it, otherwise he wouldn't give even a venue to "Apes".

But Jiang Liu noted that "Apes" should take away US$5000 million in North America.

"Caesar!"

"Caesar."

"Caesar."

The audience in the screening hall became completely excited with this "no".

The applause, roars, whistles, and calls for Caesar completely drowned out the roars of all the orangutans in the speakers.

Jiang Liu's eyebrows rose involuntarily, and it seemed that "Orangutan" had gained a reputation.

The ending is a standard Hollywood movie ending.

Caesar, who became the leader, led his people out of the human siege and returned to the forest. When Yang Li outside the forest reached out to him and asked him to go home, he whispered in Yang Li's ear in human language: " Caesar has come home!”

【Jiang Liu's works】

A long series of subtitles appeared amidst the applause of the audience. After that, the screen lit up again. With a stern expression, Caesar rode a horse and led the tribe slowly out of the forest.

[Stay tuned: Planet: Dawn Rising]

"Caesar, Caesar"

"Sequel to sequel."

"Caesar Sequels."

"Who can tell me the director's social networking account or movie website account? I'm going to urge the sequel."

"Me too"

"I don't know, it seems to be a Chinese director?"

"Lee An?"

"Zhou Xingchi?"

"It's not Zhou Xingchi. I hate Zhou Xingchi. His "Kung Fu" is a special version of Eagle Sauce, which is too unfriendly to Chinese Americans."

"Hao, didn't you see the director Liujiang?"

Jiang Liu patted Sun Yizhen and raised his chin slightly as he rushed out.

After leaving the venue, Son Ye-jin said curiously: "The Chinese audience seems to be very dissatisfied with Director Zhou Xingchi. Director Zhou Xingchi has such good fans in Korea."

"This kid doesn't have a long story to tell!"

Seeing that Sun Yezhen still frowned, Jiang Liu briefly explained.

Before "Kung Fu" landed in North America in March, publisher Columbia paid more attention to "Kung Fu".

Therefore, the English subtitles have been translated very well, and every effort has been made to embellish Zhou's nonsense, with the intention of making the film more suitable for the Eagle Sauce market.

Therefore, in "Kung Fu", "Could it be that you are Yang Guo and Little Dragon Girl, who are known as the Condor Heroes and Couples by people in the world?" was translated as "Are you the legendary Achilles and Helen?"

Jin Yong’s Yang Guo and Little Dragon Girl is a classic in the eyes of Chinese people. Such a change will definitely upset the Chinese audience.

But the box office of "Kung Fu" was also good, with more than 1000 million US dollars. Colombia asked for more than 2500 screens for "Kung Fu", which is considered to be the treatment of a first-tier Hollywood movie.

After watching the premiere of "Orangutan", Jiang Liu became idle.

North America is not his territory. He does everything with a blind eye. He has no idea what the audience's reputation at each venue is or what the attendance is.

He can only wait, wait for the media to report, and wait for the theater chain to provide the distributor Lionsgate Pictures with precise information.

This is the end of the film's first week.

He had just put Son Ye-jin on the passenger plane, who was eager to return to China to record programs and run promotions, when the news from Fairman arrived.

Data from the North American box office statistics agency MPAA also came out accordingly.

"War for the Planet of the Apes" premiered on 50 theaters and 50 screens in North America, with a box office of approximately US$150 million in its first week.

Equivalent to the first three days, a single venue in North America costs US$1 per day, and the attendance rate of each venue is less than one-third.

The news isn't too good.

This data can only be said to be barely visible, slightly worse than the single-museum data of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee in 2000.

There is also good news.

North America's most vitriolic Entertainment Online gave "Apes" a B.

The ever-critical New York Post gave it a B-

"The New York Times", "Hollywood Observer", and "Vanity Fair" all gave "Apes" a B+ rating.

IMDB's rating reached an astonishing 7.6 points.

The website wrote a long review for the movie, entitled: "Planet: The Beast Still Fights" is a wonderful pseudo-entertainment movie.

It's not all bad news. Jiang Liu, He Jing and others also received some good news from Fellman and on the Internet.

Sony Columbia's "The Legend of Zorro" was released on a massive scale of 3500 screens. It premiered for three days during the summer vacation in August and only earned more than 1600 million US dollars at the box office in its first week.

As soon as the first week's data came out, audiences in the North American film market were in an uproar.

The sequel to "Zorro" had a disastrous box office performance in its first week, and it was almost a foregone conclusion that the huge production budget of 7500 million was in vain.

Another blockbuster film in the same period as "Apes", produced at a cost of US$1.5 million, the Crusade epic "Kingdom of Heaven" starring Hollywood's most handsome man Orlando Bloom, had a weekend of US$2000 million. It struggled to top the North American box office.

Simply "Kingdom of Heaven" is not the film to start the summer.

Otherwise, "Kingdom of Heaven" would have set a box office record in its first week.

The worst-grossing start to the summer in eight years.

"Hi Jiang, the box office of "Apes" in its first week seems to be pretty good."

"It is so-so."

Dick Aaron: "Let's make an appointment to talk about some theater distribution. AMC is willing to give 50 screens to "Apes"."

"Okay, let's talk about the box office share sometime?"

"Now?"

On the streets of Los Angeles, Jiang Liu opened his eyes and lied: "Not now, I'm on vacation in Hawaii!"

　I was too lazy to write two chapters together, 4200 words.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)