Chapter 1556

Most of the time, history is done by accident. Only when the phenomenon gradually takes shape can people realize it, and then go back to analyze the so-called harmony of heaven, time, place and people, trying to find out the context and logic of the development of things, and then take history as a mirror, hoping to know the rise and fall of Ming.

When "Titanic" and "Avatar" were released, no one could foresee the height of the film“ It's the same with gravity.

But now, "gravity" has become the fourth film in the history of North America with a box office of more than 600 million US dollars, followed by the third one in the history of overseas film market with a box office of more than one billion US dollars. Its vigorous explosion curve and rising arc even surpass Marvel's adapted films which dominate the market in recent years, attracting everyone's attention——

After all, there are only two companies, marvel and DC. The resources are in the hands of a few people, but gravity has copied the sci-fi miracle of "Avatar". Every director of every company may follow a similar track and pattern to create his own myth. Does this mean that sci-fi movies still have a strong market in the world? Is the visual shock brought by 3D technology and IMAX film the future of the film industry?

The birth of history, more important than the history itself, is how much enlightenment can this section of history creating track bring to today's market?

Interestingly, during the award season at the end of the year, "super" was released, and finally made $6 million in North America box office, which was described by many media as the first Waterloo of blue; After that, Cannes, which experienced the "drunken folk songs" at the top, has now ushered in the "gravity" box office sweep. However, the media waiting for lanli to fall over have disappeared and quietly been beaten in the face.

North America: 635 million; overseas: 108 million; the world: 1443 million.

This is the final box office data of gravity, which easily rewrites all the records of the autumn archives in North America; And in the history of film in North America also occupies a place, is currently high in the total box office of the film history of the second place, second only to "Avatar" and "Titanic".

At the same time, the numerous records of overseas single markets are also marked with the name of "gravity", which is really magnificent and magnificent in the history books; At present, it ranks third in the history of overseas box office, behind "Avatar" and "Titanic".

Finally, the global box office also occupies the third place in film history. The only regret is that it has not been able to become the third film in film history with a global box office of 2 billion US dollars. Such a natural gap is still out of reach. In addition to the work itself, it still needs a little catalyst and even a little luck.

History was born again.

After the release of "tomorrow's edge" last year, it became one of the biggest winners of the summer program as a dark horse. The amazing results of 550 million in North America, 630 million overseas and 1.18 billion in the world ranked second in the year-end box office lists, second only to the Avengers alliance, which has been sharpened for four years.

This year, "gravity" landed on the market, and once again became the biggest surprise of the year. Especially after a disappointing and lamentable summer season, the film's strong counter attack in the autumn season has become more precious and rare, surpassing "Iron Man 3" and becoming the real annual blockbuster.

The box office has been in full swing for two consecutive years, with two consecutive works playing the leading role. Now lanli has proved its strong strength in the market, and any doubts and worries no longer exist. More questions focus on the same issue: is there any sequel after that?

In the film market of the 21st century, the original ability begins to decline sharply, and the difficulty of script innovation and market development is gradually increasing. Sequels are becoming an important means to attract money, and also become the core idea for film companies to build a series of projects. The rise of Warner Brothers and Disney benefits from this, and the dilemma of universal pictures also stems from this.

There is no doubt about the box office appeal of lanli; Instead, how to make full use of lanli's market appeal to win more box office and subsequent peripheral interests? How to maximize the benefits?

The sequel of "tomorrow's edge" is always in preparation, but it is still waiting for the script stage, and there is no more news from Warner Brothers; "Gravity" makes it clear that it is impossible to shoot a sequel, just like the "Titanic" of that year. If a sequel is produced, all the signboards will be smashed.

So, how to make full use of the brand effect of lanli? Especially considering the plasticity and variability of lanli, he has more possibilities in character selection and script interpretation, and has never played a superhero before, which leads to a fixed image. All these make lanli have more potential.

The whole industry has begun to seriously discuss this issue, and various film projects with numerous huge interests have taken lanli into consideration for the first time; At the same time, Universal Pictures is on pins and needles.

"Jurassic Park" and "speed and passion" are both works with sequel ability. Apart from superhero movies, they are the only commercial works that can get lenley's nod. They have already successfully taken the lead, even ahead of Disney, but now they are passive. What should we do next? Do you want to give up? Is there still room for recovery?

The problem is that Langley has finished the publicity tour of "gravity" and officially put into the shooting work of "Star Trek". In a short period of time, Langley is in a lost contact state, which means that all contact work can only find Andy and Roy for the time being.

This is not good news for the Hollywood industry.

As everyone knows, in fact, Langley is a very simple actor. He has almost no requirements for film remuneration, CASS, production and so on. Even though he has become the top brand in the industry, even big men like Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are willing to give him three points of face, but he has never put forward any excessive requirements, In other words, as long as the project is good enough, opportunities are equal.

But Andy, as an agent, is different from Roy, as a manager. In the final analysis, they are business people, more difficult, more tactful and more ruthless. Not only the human relationship card doesn't work, but also the interest negotiation is more complicated. The room for maneuver is really limited, which also means that the film companies and producers have to spend more effort, and they may not be able to succeed; More importantly, large film companies with rich resources are bound to have more advantages.

In fact, independent companies are not the only ones affected. Universal Pictures, one of the six major Hollywood film companies, is also the first to bear the brunt.

For Warner Brothers and Disney, in fact, they are more willing to deal with Andy. The communication between big companies can often make things simpler, and the game of interests is more complicated but simpler. Basically, they use their chips to maximize their interests. In the final analysis, they still rely on wisdom.

But for Universal Pictures, they are now in a dilemma.

If we can break off the cooperation immediately and re select the actors, things may become simple, but Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall will not be too happy. Moreover, it will be more difficult for universal pictures to discuss the cooperation with Langley hall in the future. Before the last step, Universal Pictures doesn't want to make a complete mess.

To be honest, Ron Meyer and Thomas tour didn't expect this to happen, especially the friendship between Steven and Langley. They totally miscalculated Steven's support for Langley.

In the past, there were always rumors in the industry that they were only friends in general, and the cooperation in the "Pacific War" was only limited to cooperation; But in fact, after the "Pacific War" won the Emmy and missed the Golden Globe, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg jointly pushed blue gift to the top and ascended the Oscar throne. After that time, their relationship became much closer.

"Jurassic Park" to restart the project, Steven after careful consideration, personally found lanli. The whole industry knows how picky and strict lanli is in choosing commercial films. Steven is also worried about being shut down and thinks twice before coming to the door; But Lan Li did not have any hesitation. He nodded his head and agreed. For Steven, the meaning is objective.

Later, lenley took the initiative to introduce Tom as "Captain Phillips". Now this work is likely to become Tom's first Oscar nomination since "the rest of his life on a desert island" in 2000; In terms of Tom's reputation and contacts, he doesn't need to build a bridge at all. He can win the role with his own strength; But Tom still remembered the kindness.

Even Steven joked many times in private that Tom was going to rob the cake with lanli this year. "I don't know if lanli is beginning to regret it now." the friendship between Tom and lanli is not comparable.

To say the least, there are so many works that lanli can choose now. However, "Jurassic Park" has not even produced a satisfactory script, but lanli still has not expressed any dissatisfaction and has continued the cooperation. Even if it is to improve the film pay, it is always in the right range and the advance and retreat are appropriate. There's no doubt that it all depends on Steven's face.

As a result, Universal Pictures continues to take Joe as a chooser and haggard. He doesn't have enough respect and sincerity. Steven himself feels disgraced. Naturally, he takes an absolute stand.

This also means that if a strong man breaks his wrist now, the loss will be too great, and it may even need to cut off the whole arm, so it is the best choice to continue the cooperation negotiation.