The dark horse phenomenon of "Feng Shen Bang" in the movie market has not ended. When the decision maker of AMC, Dawson Heilinger, faced with a box office of 489,000 on the fourth day, the attendance rate increased steadily, and the official website message board, those from North America The demand for screenings in various cities was loud and loud.
Dawson Helinger made a decisive decision, and the number of theaters reported next week will increase to 900, and in some cities, theaters in some cities will start playing at the same time in four movie halls.
At the same time, the top media contacted them to strengthen their publicity offensive. The second stage of publicity was launched ahead of schedule. Within a few days, almost all fighting sports venues in the United States. No one didn’t know this movie. Many people simulated it. Lu Zibo plays Yang Jian's fighting action.
Slowly, those martial arts fans were provoked with curiosity and desire for exploration. They began to study the feasibility of every detail in this movie in reality. The senior of the famous fighting magazine "Black Belt" Editor Joey even wrote such an analysis article specially, splitting several wonderful fighting scenes of Lu Zibo playing Yang Jian for professional analysis.
The final conclusion is that Lu Zibo may be one of the film actors with the strongest combat skills in history. Only Bruce Lee was slightly better than him.
Martial arts fans across the United States have expressed doubts about Joey's evaluation. Many people want to prove that Lu Zibo, a handsome boy from the East, is just like other Hong Kong martial arts stars.
Yang Jian’s character "Lose" is actually the martial arts character "Lose" specially set by Tsui Hark. The other characters in the movie are mainly special effects, but Yang Jian is really good at hand-to-hand martial arts. Martial arts instructor Yuan Bin used it. It took two months to design his movements. If it weren't for Lu Zibo, the former British agent, who had received various combat training, no actor could match his physical function, and it would be impossible for anyone to complete it.
Even Yuanbin sighed after the filming was completed, if Lu Zibo took the route of martial arts celebrities, then Chinese kung fu movies would be followed.
Los Angeles movie theaters also have a hard-to-find ticket. Tickets for the first movie in the evening are often sold out as soon as they are on the counter. Muscular men in fancy outfits who did not grab the tickets roared, cursed their mothers, and simply sat in the ticket hall. In, waiting for the car behind.
At the ticket office of a movie theater in Los Angeles called "Queen Screen", there was even a dumbfounding story. Due to the boredom waiting for the tickets, a few karate enthusiasts were discussing with some Chen-style Tai Chi practitioners. , Some contradictions occurred, and the fight broke out. The Chen-style Taijiquan practitioners won a big victory and sent all five opponents to the hospital.
When Chen Wu saw the news, Yang Can couldn’t help but laughed loudly: “Mr. Yang, I think the taekwondo masters must find someone to go to our martial arts gym, or they will lose face too much. Up."
"Well, I guess, anyway, the movie will continue. I'm afraid this is indispensable." Yang Can smoked a cigarette, looking quite comfortable, and smiled at Chen Wu: "I didn't expect Xu Keyuanbin to be so good, they still filmed it. Really an expert can see the way."
Chen Wu honestly nodded and agreed: "I don't understand any movies, but Lao Lu's few shots in the movies are really amazing. I really suspect that this guy was a professional player before, and those martial arts scenes were singled out to see. Very enjoyable."
The box office results of the first week of "Feng Shen Bang" can not be described as amazing. The Chinese market is 83.2 million yuan, and the North American theater line is 2.34 million US dollars. In the last few days, several films in Los Angeles and New York are almost full, even if it is. The attendance rate of the late-night games also reached more than 80%. For a while, the cinema became a paradise for fighting fans.
This kind of box office performance also made "Feng Shen Bang" ranked second in the mainland box office, only after Tony Leung starring in "The Grand Master" at 91.38 million, while the mainland box office of "The Hobbit" was 52.1 million in the same period, which can almost be said to be It's bleak.
In the North American box office ***, "Fengshen List" also squeezed into the top ten, ranked first "The Hobbit" topped the list, reaching 41.37 million box office by the week.
However, as long as you compare the data carefully, you will know that the performance of "Feng Shen Bang" is actually quite amazing. "The Hobbit" has been released in thousands of theaters, while "Feng Shen Bang" is only shown in 30 theaters.
This has surprised many film critics in the United States. With 30 theaters and a score of 2.34 million US dollars, this data can almost be described as ridiculously high. A Chinese film can reach this point. I am afraid that it will be traced back to Li last time. An "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
The amc company’s current interior is also very excited. Originally, a Chinese film that did not offer much hope, the box office in the first week turned out to be so "great", so that they made a small profit as a cooperative distribution, and the most The key point is that "Feng Shen Bang" showed this super potential and is definitely a big-selling movie. Therefore, in the second week of the movie's release, it changed from limited release to large-scale release, and the number of theaters increased to 900. Home.
Although "Feng Shen Bang" made everyone feel a little surprised, its performance after the second week of release made everyone even more stunned. This dark horse film from China... the second week's score was $41,248,700. Only lost to the top-ranked "The Hobbit" with a box office gap of less than $20 million and ranked second.
Both domestic and North American filmmakers were confused. Entertainment media, film companies, film critics, and film fans were all shocked. Looking at the rankings, they were almost speechless. "The Hobbit" has two episodes. Over 500 million US dollars of super-powerful films have been invested. Almost all of the top-notch films in the same period are trying to avoid the edge of "The Hobbit". No one thought that in this case, a Chinese film turned out.
The investment of "Fengshen Bang" is 20 million, which means that the investment of the two films of "The Hobbit" can be filmed, and the twenty-five "Fengshen Bang".. This is not a rival on the scale.
Oriental mythology martial arts movie~? This is simply a theme that has never appeared in the North American market~
Faced with this result, Dawson Helinger, the president of amc company, has only one very simple strategy, adding additional screenings. In the third week, the number of theaters for "Fengshen List" reached 2,276, and the box office in the third week was really good. Not disappointed, this so-called oriental mythical martial arts film continued to score 69.91 million that week, and continued to rank second in the weekly box office rankings in North America, while "The Hobbit" scored 78.07 million in box office. , Barely overwhelming "Feng Shen Bang"
In the domestic "Feng Shen Bang", it finally won "The Grand Master" and became the box office champion, and the box office exceeded the 200 million yuan mark in three weeks.
In addition to Yang Can’s knowledge, Ma Yiyi, Zheng Chucheng, Xu Yang, as well as directors and actors, Tsui Hark, Mai Weijian, and Yang Xiuya all feel like living in a dream. Yang Xiuya is almost unable to When going out, almost all the media are trying their best to capture her every move.
The *** show of the queen and the gold medal producer on the big screen shocked the entire Chinese film scene.
The evening report of Gabon TV is even more laughable. Due to the influence of "Feng Shen Bang", many young martial arts fans have imitated them. They have appeared in both New York and Chicago. Children of fifteen and six years old are holding a handful. The props similar to Yang Jian's trident stabbed the parents during the quarrel with their parents, causing the so-called "family problems."
Some extremists of the *** religion also took to the streets and burned the posters of Yang Xiuya and Lu Zibo, expressing their dissatisfaction with the subject matter of this Chinese mythology, claiming that the Chinese once again insulted God and should be tied to the cross. Use fire on it.
In animal shelters across the United States, staff found that as long as the breeds of stray dogs are Chinese fine dogs, they will soon be taken away by families with children.
This social news is also widely reported, also known as the "snarling" season of stray dogs, claiming that in various animal shelters, there will be a poster in a prominent position. The poster is from the movie "Feng Shen Bang". Here is a Chinese mythical warrior with a snarling dog flying by his side.
Not only was the animal shelter and collection for a while, even the price of a Chinese small dog in the pet market was hard to find, and the price was more than doubled. The new season of "Dog Rush" by CBS also selected one. A Chinese fine dog is one of the protagonists.
Yang Can watched the report in the newly published "Southern Weekly" "The Contest between Chinese Legends and Western Myths—The Fengshen Ban greatly beats the Hobbits", but the corners of his mouth raised slightly. What about the kidnapping propaganda, although there are no Hobbits in overseas markets. It can be blocked, but under the suppression of the Fengshen list, the domestic box office will eventually not exceed 100 million yuan. No matter how it is promoted, the film is still a contest of its own film strength.
Yang Can called Yiyi in the United States and asked her to start the third stage of the propaganda work. The top targets of this stage were aimed at teenagers and female "sex" audiences, and Yang Xiuya's film subverted the entire Shang Dynasty. The heroine Daji is the main player. Under the recommendation of Jonathan, the top advertised in "Rolling Stone" and other magazines that teenagers like, and also invited a 13-year-old Internet genius to revamp the fitness "Feng Shen Bang" website, giving the whole website a new look. .
In order to expand the influence among young people, for female "sex" audiences, the work of top American companies is more detailed. First, female "sex" athletes, such as the New York women's basketball team, sports news announcers, and ballet dancers, are invited to watch. The film, in order to attract the "wives" of the housekeeper, confessed the official position of the film between the soap operas. In order to make the audience feel intimacy, Tsui Hark-shin also often showed up on the scene of watching the film with actors and communicated with the audience. .
With the passage of time, under this series of meticulous promotion methods, the influence of "Feng Shen Bang" has gradually expanded and has begun to gradually extend to the international stage.
In his spare time, Yang Can read some foreign media information collected by his information department and reports on the "Fengshen Bang".
"Canada Globe and Mail" wrote: Tsui Hark from Hong Kong, China, brought out an unprecedented movie. The combination of gorgeous high-speed stunts and powerful martial arts movements with a strong sense of real impact gives people a sense of beauty and even surpasses it. In 2000, the picture was wonderful, the ballet-like martial arts film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I have no doubt that it will soon be nominated for various film awards.
In the past, North American film distributors had doubts about whether this Chinese film could be launched in the North American market, but this month it has defeated many powerful American films.
Canada’s "National Post" described it this way: It’s hard to imagine that Chinese screenwriters and directors can produce films with such unquestionable quality and boiling power like "Feng Shen Bang". The audience just watched it. I want to watch it again, every character portrayed in Tsui Hark and Mai Weijian's movie is so vibrant and full of three-dimensionality.
"Montreal English Daily" said: Yang Can and Mai Weijian's popular film "Feng Shen Bang" is a work that combines traditional Chinese artistic conception with the effects of new era data technology. It is unprecedented and wonderful.
The American "New York Times" reported that: Under the leadership of these two directors, Ke Mai Weijian, Yang Xiuya, Chow Yun-fat, Liu Qingyun, Lu Zibo and other actors have all exerted their expertise. This film was regarded as the closing of the New York Film Festival. Film screening.
Tsui Hark used this kind of singing to fill the screen with energy and sporty genre, creating a flying surface, light and deep built-in, thus showing that Eastern films usually do not have a new vision and spirit.
Under the dazzling stunts, the performers are as agile and elegant in a phantom mirror, and in the majestic majestic atmosphere, they are elegantly like fallen leaves flying in the sky.
I can even say that the characters in this movie are very lively and poetic and spiritual, and every protagonist's appearance will make you want to applaud.
Woody Getty, a professional film critic of "The Hollywood Reporter", published an article specifically analyzing the script of "Feng Shen Bang".
"Although there are many things about this dark horse movie that are worthy of praise, what I personally admire most is his screenwriter. I have read the original work of this novel many years ago. Although there are many highlights, its structure is chaotic. , There are so many characters, it was not suitable to be adapted into a movie.
But after watching the movie, I deeply sighed the superior strength of these Chinese screenwriters. They extracted the essence of a novel with more than one million words, selected the wonderful passages in it, and processed them to highlight the main characters. It also guarantees the integrity of the story.
I really find it hard to believe that this is a script completely in the hands of Chinese people. Chinese filmmakers have always had some very remarkable characteristics about art, and the pace of its bright spots, but in the commercialization of the masses and the world's "tide" flow But there is a very obvious gap, and the script of Fengshen Bang completely subverted my inherent thinking.
I watched three times in the cinema, and never once had the urge to go to the toilet halfway through. I also tried to pick out some loopholes in the script. In my impression, except for a few classics, most of the excellent scripts are more or less There are some errors.
But this time I didn’t find any logical errors or inconsistencies. I really can’t believe this is a film made in four months. It’s like a trial screening for a few years. After being evaluated by millions of viewers, the perfect work re-edited~!
This time, Chinese filmmakers not only demonstrated their usual high efficiency, but also demonstrated their ability to inject vitality, vitality, and creative thinking in a short period of time.
The ingenuity and thoroughness of these screenwriters are worth learning from all of our Hollywood filmmakers.
When Yang Can saw the most famous audio in the United States, using the terms "genius" and "miracle creator" to describe himself, he couldn't help but smile.
In the past few days, Yang Can has received congratulations from all parties. The Mayor of Los Angeles, Huang Wendao, Xue Qiyuan, and the principal of Owen Xueyuan Woodrow all contacted him as soon as possible to express his congratulations. Yang Can was slightly surprised that it was Buffett’s. On the phone, Tianmu Foundation was also very happy with his achievements in film, but Yang Can heard some flickering words in his tone, as if he had something to remind himself. Unfortunately, he also saw the other party’s on the phone. awareness.
On Friday, Yang Can took the time to meet with Wu Bin. This time the domestic release is completely supported by this big man. Of course, we must thank him well. Although Yang Can is public, he also knows the basic etiquette. Although success is the result of his careful management, but without the support of those around him, the effect will definitely be greatly reduced.
When I saw Wu Bin this time, Wu Bin looked all smiles, because he contributed to the release of "Feng Shen Bang", and the effect really exceeded expectations. During the two people drinking tea, Wu Bin repeatedly claimed to praise Yang Can for his skill and general style. In the war years, it must be a material for a warlord.
"You'll take me off, how can I have the patience." Yang Can smiled and pretended to be humble. In fact, he thought in his heart that if he fights now, he is probably not just a warlord with his ability.
Wu Bin knew that Yang Can was wrong when he noticed the flickering in his eyes, and said with a smile: "It seems that I have lowered you, so don't be upset. If you want to be an official, you have a chance."
Yang Can shook his head repeatedly, drinking tea and said: "How can I be an official, I am not politically conscious, so I can barely engage in the media." First, he has no qualifications, and second, he has no academic qualifications. Politics is not a stage that can be played by mind reading alone. It needs to be a balancing method, and Yang Can is not a person who likes balance.
Wu Bin beckoned the secretary Xiao Wang to come over, Xiao Wang took a document and handed it to Yang Can.
"What is this?" Yang Can asked curiously as he opened it up.
"During this period, we have been observing you. Actually, I didn't want to let you take this burden so early. I didn't expect you to go so fast. With your current domestic influence, it's time to set an example." Wu Bin calmly Smiled.
"I have asked Comrade Wu Ronghua to draw up a document and formally nominate you for the position of vice chairman of the National Association of Journalists.