May 18-20, the third weekend of Avengers in North America, ushered in a big challenge. Super warship, which is making waves overseas, was released in North America. All the competitors of pinnacle entertainment hope that "super battleship" can Ko "Avengers alliance" and let the women's Federation stop being so arrogant.
But the ending is tragic.
"Super battleship" has not yet set sail in North America, it hit the rocks and sank to the bottom, only got $25.3 million, ranking second.
Holding the top of the list is the Avengers League, which has won three consecutive titles, with a fierce momentum of US $60.05 million. The total box office in North America is US $476.5 million, once again breaking the record of US $450 million. In North America, it still has a dominant position. Overseas, the women's Federation has won three and four titles in a row, and no one can win the title of women's Federation.
So far, the global total box office is $1.285 billion.
from May 25 to 27, Avengers finally won the North American Championship, stopping for three consecutive titles. With 40.2 million US dollars, it is second to the 55 million US dollars of man in black 3. However, with the support of strong word-of-mouth, the box office decline is not high. The total box office in North America has reached 532 million US dollars, which is about to surpass Batman: the dark knight to the top three in North America.
The total global box office is $1.379 billion, surpassing the $1.328 billion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2), making it the third largest box office in the world's film history.
The strong attack of the women's Federation has made Shao Shuaijun more and more famous. Now no one doubts that Shao Shuaijun is not as good a commercial director as Cameron. It took Cameron 20 or 30 years to invent a few films, while Shao Shuai Jun less than 10 years to invent a dozen films. In terms of quality and quantity, when it comes to business achievements, the two are equally matched.
"Shao is amazing. He's a young man full of magic. I'm looking forward to the four magic series he's working on, and I'd like to join in. It's wonderful to work with a director who has a common technical interest. "
In an interview with reporters, Cameron praised Shao Shuaijun and introduced the four magic series to the world: "I talked a lot with Shao at the Beijing Film Festival. We are all curious and eager about the new technology of film. I spent many years immersing myself and studying 3D technology. Now we all agree that the extended technology like 5D will be a new film experience and the four magic series Series will apply these new technologies. At present, Nolan, the two most outstanding young people in Hollywood, is too addicted to old-fashioned film technology and opposed to 3D and digital. That's why I don't like Nolan and like Shao Shuaijun. The director has to try all kinds of possibilities and can't limit himself. "
As soon as Cameron finished the four magic series, Shao Shuaijun invited him to direct a movie in the series and supervise the series.
"James, the temporary name of this story is monkey king: havoc in heaven. It is based on the story of journey to the west, which is one of the four famous Chinese books. The script is very interesting and simple. It is the story of Monkey King fighting against heaven and exchanging freedom for his compatriots."
"Let me be the producer of this series. Have you considered it clearly? I don't know much about Chinese myths and legends."
"It doesn't matter. The scripts are the best. We need your experience to guide us to better break through the shackles of Chinese movies and keep pace with the world."
"But I need to direct Avatar 2 now."
"We can wait for directing. The four magic series don't need to be launched at the same time. I'm currently working on the ancient legend series. With an experimental nature, I'm launching several small-scale films. I hope you can come here and be the producer of the movie "the Yellow Emperor: the battle of the deer" directed by me. Just come here and give me some guidance. "
"I think I agreed."
"Great. That's a deal."
Shao Shuaijun has long planned to persuade James Cameron to be the producer of the four magic series. There are not many films made by Cameron, but in the commercial field, Cameron is definitely the one with the most foresight and the one who strives for perfection. "Terminator", "alien", "Titanic" and "Avatar" are all movies that have influenced Hollywood for many years. With Cameron at the helm of the four magic series, Shao Shuaijun can draw this blueprint with more confidence.
From the superhero upsurge in the world, from "Harry Potter", "Twilight", "the Lord of the rings", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and other series of films hot. It can be seen that with the special effects becoming more and more outstanding, the audience of magic series movies is becoming wider and wider, and the young generation who have become the main force of box office are more and more adapted to this kind of magic type movies.
If the creation is good, the four magic series will never lose to the marvel movie universe trio. Movies adapted from Marvel Comics do have the bonus of comic fans, but people who haven't seen Marvel Comics still enjoy watching them. This is the charm of magic color.
In the past, the only way to see a movie was to go to the cinema, so those love movies with good reputation could still get incredible box office. Now that the Internet is developed, you can watch a romantic movie on the computer. There's no need to go to the cinema. It's particularly difficult for a romantic movie to get a miracle box office.Magic films and science fiction films are different. For this kind of films, visual effects have a huge bonus. There is a huge difference between going to the cinema and not going to the cinema. In the future, only magic and science fiction films will create a miracle at the box office. Looking at the new century, which one of the films that has made a good box office is not a visual effects blockbuster?
In the 21st century, only avatar, Avengers, Batman: The Dark Knight, Shrek 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean 2: the undead treasure can make it into the top ten box office movies in North America. Apart from one cartoon, they are all visual effects movies.
Even the top 100 movies are basically monopolized by visual effects blockbusters.
This is the current situation of film development. Only by following the trend can we make waves on the sea.
It's hard to say that it's not because the visual effects section is too sloppy.
Foreigners don't understand the stories told by Chinese people, and then they don't even have to watch the scenes. Of course, they don't like Chinese movies and Chinese movies.
If the four magic series want to go out, they must first work hard on hardware. In this regard, James Cameron is the absolute authority.
In a hurry, the first issue of script collection has ended. Shao Shuaijun and Jiahe Entertainment's screenwriting team have selected hundreds of excellent scripts, as well as thousands of excellent outlines and ideas. After systematic induction and remodeling, the general plot framework of the four magic series was finally invented.
The rest is to refine the script and then prepare for the project.
On June 2, 2012, a grand meeting was held in Beijing Jiahe entertainment base.
The host of the meeting is Yi Jianmei. Besides several senior executives of Jiahe entertainment and Summit Entertainment, many directors and screenwriters attended the meeting. Mainland directors include Shao Shuaijun, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Gao Zhisheng, wuershan, Li Fangfang, Ning Hao, Wang Yixue, Jiang Zhigang and Yang Ying. Hong Kong directors include Zhou Xingxing, Xu Ke, Chen Jiashang, Cheng Xiaodong, ye Weixing and Liu Zhenwei. At present, Baodao directors are only Li eucalyptus, and foreign Chinese directors include Huang Yiyu and Wen Ziren.
Basically, the main force of Chinese directors is here.
This conference is to discuss the film production of the four magic series. It's all supported by the fame of Shao Shuaijun and Jiahe entertainment that we can invite so many directors.
"Magic movies are the main force of commercial movies in the future. I originally planned four magic series based on the idea of changing Chinese movies commercially. Of course, the four magic series are not only ancient legends, gods, Buddhas and demons, various schools of thought and assassin biographies, but also can start a series of emperors, strange tales from Liaozhai, and even a new magic series without legends. "
Looking at the notes in his hand, Shao Shuaijun said easily: "at present, we have received a lot of scripts, which are very good. We have preliminarily sorted out the plot framework of this series. Everyone has got this plot framework. As long as the story is in line with the big plot, and the script is approved, it can be shot with commercial prospects. Being able to sit here shows that we are interested in the four magic series. I also sincerely invite you to join this program. "
Yi Jianmei took the lead: "the four magic series have been recognized by Jiahe entertainment and pinnacle entertainment as plans with good business prospects and will be included in the company's future decisions. As a matter of fact, director Shao had this idea when he acquired D2 and ILM. Magic movies will be the mainstream movies in the future. We have the world's top special effects companies, the world's first-class screenwriting team and the world's top distribution companies. This will be a big event of the rise of Chinese movies. I also look forward to your joining us. "
Yang Ying, Secretary of the conference and also a new female director, then read the report: "at present, six films in the four magic series have been approved."
"They are two ancient legend series, Shao directed" the Yellow Emperor: the battle of the deer ", Gao Zhisheng directed" Cangjie: the Lord of civilization "; three series of gods, demons, immortals and Buddhas, James Cameron directed" the monkey king: havoc in heaven ", wuershan directed" Eight Immortals: God connects the vast ", Chen Jiashang directed" the legend of White Snake: The Legend of green snake ", and a hundred schools of thought series One is directed by Xu Ke, "Mozi: both love and not attack"; the other is assassin biography series, directed by Li Fangfang, "Jingke: fish intestines assassin Qin."
"In addition, there are two TV series to be set up, one is" the son of hell "directed by Wang Yixue, and the other is" the Jade Emperor "directed by Jiang Zhigang
"These six films and two TV series are the first production plans of the four magic series. They are jointly invested by China and the United States. They are all built in the specifications of special effects blockbusters, and pinnacle entertainment is responsible for the global promotion. There are countless good scripts in the script library of Jiahe entertainment. If any director wants to participate in the plan, he can choose the script or bring his own script. Let's create the most dreamy epic film plan together
Shao Shuaijun said with a smile.