Continuous filming is really hard.

However, Li Donglai just relied on this bowl of rice and had already adapted.

During the years when he was not in the world, his legend is still full of his legends.

In mainland China, this summer, "Pacific Rim" almost dominated: the box office in mainland China exceeded 660 million yuan, becoming the first Hollywood A-level production film to surpass North America's box office since the Chinese film market was reorganized in 1994. In addition to "Pacific Rim", "Monster University" and "Jurassic Park" landed in the Chinese market for the first week and won a high box office of 280 million yuan.

However, in North America, where the time difference is 12 hours, these big Hollywood productions are a different scene. "Pacific Rim" costs more than US$200 million and the North American box office is 97 million; "The Mavericks" costs US$250 million and the North American box office is only US$87.34 million... In North America, the most popular small-cost film that won unexpectedly, "Growing Up 2" and "The Poker Flower" both have good box office.

In the first two weeks of July, "Despicable 2" dominated the market, winning 225 million in two weeks and 276 million in three weeks. The global box office was even higher and higher, becoming the highest-grossing animation production in the world this year.

With the popularity of the movie, "happy" used as the theme song has become popular again, and many versions of MVs have appeared on the Internet. The Minion version of happy is naturally no problem. Indirectly, the album that has gradually reached a sales deadlock has improved again.

From July 19 to 21, the low-cost supernatural thriller "The Conjuring" filmed by Phantom Project showed its power. It not only brought the championship of "Despicable 2" which won the championship for two weeks, but also resisted the all-round three-dimensional combination attacks of the animation "Turbo" and the magic "R.I.P.D.", and reached the championship throne with more than twice the cost.

The director of this movie is the new king of horror, Chinese director James Win. This is also the first horror film he released after he entered the Phantom. What’s interesting is that he had already taken over the shooting task of the big monster "Godzilla" blockbuster, but he never thought about making this movie. Li Donglai pulled it out of the ruins and asked James Win to shoot it in his spare time.

The release scale of 2,903 theaters won a high box office of US$41.5 million in the first weekend. It is a true dark horse.

The unexpected big sale of the movie also made James Wong overjoyed and had a greater grasp of the future after entering the Phantom. He said in an interview with surprise, "My original plan was not to summon souls. I still had several choices on hand, and I just took over "Godzilla". You know. "Godzilla" has a lot of investment, and although it is still in a state of preparation, I have to do my best. But Lee asked me to change my mind. He said he liked my horror movie and shouldn't give up this movie and supported me to take the time to complete the movie. So... haha, I didn't expect everyone to like it so much."

"So. Did Li Donglai try his best to promote this movie? You are both Chinese, how about your relationship with him? What kind of person is he in private?"

"Yes. Without his persuasion, it might take a long time for "Conjuring" to appear. We are very easy-going in private, Li is very friendly, and he loves to play. Of course, this kind of play is not an American party, bar, or nightclub. He doesn't like these. We will play some ancient games with some traditional Chinese games, such as playing chess."

"Oh? How are your chess skills?"

"It's not very good. I came to the United States at a young age, so of course I can't compare to him. And most of the time, everyone is very busy. His movies have started filming and my movies have started filming. I haven't seen each other for a long time."

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In front of the reporter, James Wen talked happily, and seemed proud. However, many problems revolved around Li Donglai. This made him helpless. He also had the capital to be proud, because the results of "The Conjuring" were completely beyond the industry's expectations. This thriller sketch, which cost only US$5 million, was released in 2,903 theaters, won the championship with an outstanding single-player score of US$14,306, and earned as much as US$41.53 million on three days of the weekend!

Even if the promotional cost is included, it is only 20 million. The box office in the first weekend is as much as twice the cost of the auction!

It successfully defeated all the same type of films released this year, including the spring dark horse "Mother Invasion" (28.4 million paintings), the classic remake of "Ghost Player" (25.77 million paintings) and the new version of "Texas Saw Massacre" (21.74 million paintings). This result even rewrites the film history opening list of the film history opening list of the US$41.53 million films, second only to "Supernatural Phase 3" in the first week, ranking second in the film history!

A supernatural horror film can win the championship in the bloody summer season, which is also due to the audience's desire for high IQ thrillers. I counted on when the previous film of the same type of theme (supernatural thrillers) was released? It actually goes back to the new version of "Ghost Player" in early April!

In the next three and a half months, no decent horror works of similar types appeared! After entering the summer season, there were first bombardment of stunt action blockbusters such as "Iron Man", "Competitioner", and "Speed ​​Racing", and then there was the sweet and warmth of "monsters" + "dad" for a month. The "heavy taste" crowd in North American consumer groups who were eager to stimulate were thirsty.

Have you seen that "Teddy Bears" and "strippers" have already started selling meat and dicks at this time last year! So the "Human Purge Plan" that bloody massacres everyone made a big splash, and this week's "Summoning" has also become an unexpected and reasonable explosion point.

For director, Hollywood thriller James Win, this opening result is also the best in his personal directorial career!

The sudden rise of "Summoning" made the industry exclaim, but in fact it was thanks to the gradual accumulation of popularity of director James Wen!

Like the actors, the director's personal appeal is also one of the main guarantee elements of the box office. If Gilmore Del Toro's "The Labyrinth of God Pan" had not been shining at the Oscars and had accumulated enough popularity for him, "Hellboy 2" would probably not have appeared at all.

The same is true for James Wen. From the earliest "Dead Silence" to "Saw" to "The Ghost" which makes people shout "genius", James Wen has become the throne of Hollywood thriller masters step by step with his unique thriller aesthetics.

This year, James moved to the Phantom and partnered with Li Donglai, who is also a Chinese, and his career has gone to a higher level. He has become one of the leading directors of the Phantom. "The Conjuring" is only the first one, and there is another "Yin'er Room 2" to be released in the second half of the year, which is also the product of the transfer to the Phantom. And he is operating the big production movie "Godzilla" with an investment of over 100 million yuan.

Another Chinese director of the Phantom, Lin Xiebin, is also extremely outstanding. He no longer intends to continue directing "Fast and Furious 7". Moreover, the magical magic movie "The Legend of the Demons" directed by the Phantom series hit a good result of over 100 million in the United States, and the global box office continues to rise. The box office has now exceeded 350 million in total, which is a very popular movie. There is no need to discuss the sequel.

However, "Fast and Furious 7" lost Justin Lin, but found James Win, which indirectly proved that his personal career and appeal were at its peak.

Under the leadership of Li Donglai, the new force of Hollywood Chinese directors is shining brightly.

Now "The Conjuring" has the highest opening of horror films in 2013, and the highest opening of two original horror films in film history. If it can successfully withstand the steel claw raid next week and control the decline to less than 50%, it will have the strength to impact the 100 million level!

If this film succeeds in the surprise attack, it will become James Win's first work that exceeds 100 million.

During the filming period, Li Donglai also took the time to call James Win to congratulate him.

James Winn seemed very happy, "Happy and happy together, haha. Lee, how is your movie progressing? I heard that you have a highly confidentiality policy and the reports outside are noisy, so you can bear it."

"It's all hunger marketing. I'm busy all day long now, and I don't care about it. When will I get together again when I have time? I'm almost irritated on the set all day long."

"Come on, don't behave well. I saw the news that you and your daughter were paddling in New Zealand. I didn't expect that last year, I was still a little roe dun, and I grew up so big this year. I'm so envious."

"Haha, you're about to go too." Li Donglai seemed very proud when he talked about this.

Both sides were very busy, and there was nothing to contact except on the phone. After chatting for a while, they hung up.

Li Donglai had already put a recent "mid-year summary" of the North American film market by Forbes on his desk on the set. This was Gotty's arrangement. He picked it up and saw it, and it was indeed quite interesting.

Forbes summarizes the ten most cost-effective films since the beginning of 2013, among which low-cost horror movies are the top.

The low-cost movie "Human Clearance Plan". "Revenue of Investment" ranks first.

"Human Purge Plan", "Hazed House Movie", "Ghost Player", "Dark Sky", and "Soul Conjuring", these movie names make people "crazy" just by listening to them. There is no doubt that these movies on the list are all thrilling and horror-themed films. They have one thing in common: the cost is almost no more than $5 million, but they recover several times, or even dozens of times the box office returns.

"Human Purge Program", which ranked first in "Revenue of Investment", was released in North America on June 7 this year. It invested only $3 million in movies and won 81 million in box office worldwide, with an astonishing return on investment.

Although the reputation is not ideal, the theme of the movie is very attractive: the future of the United States is low unemployment and low crime. What promotes this beautiful appearance is an unprecedented sweep plan. In order to release the depression and dissatisfaction in the hearts of citizens, the country specifically stipulates that citizens will be allowed to conduct legal massacres for up to twelve hours after 7 pm on June 7 every year.

In addition, "The Haunted House Movie", which was spoofed by the original cast of "Shocking Scream 5", invested $2.5 million and won a box office of $40 million worldwide, with a high return on investment; "Kevin Hart: I Only Responsible for Joy" is a comedy full of American jokes, and it earned $32 million global box office with a $2.5 million investment.

Americans are good at this. Unlike big productions that rely on global box office, more than 60% of these small-cost movies are obtained in the United States. Seeing these data, it is not difficult to understand why big Hollywood production companies favor small-cost horror movies over the years. They are low-cost, targeted, and have guaranteed profits. However, as Forbes said, production companies cannot always make small-cost movies, and must also have big productions: big productions can ensure they have enough cash flow.

"Despicable Me 2" is one of the few big productions to make the cost-effective list. By early August, "Despicable Me 2" had not been approved to enter the mainland market, but it still made rapid progress in North America. It has now won $800 million in the world and has become the most profitable film in Universal Pictures' history.

The investment of "Despicable Me 2" is $76 million. Although it is not a small-cost production, its hot box office still makes its return on investment reach 10 times.

Another big production that has entered the "cost-performance ratio" list is "Iron Man 3" directed and participated by great director Li Donglai.

On May 3 this year, "Iron Man 3" was released in North America. The last movie, which invested $200 million, attracted $1.6 billion worldwide, breaking several box office records, but the return rate was far less than the short film "Human Purge Plan".

Of course, if you invest in such a big blockbuster, you can't let it compare the return rate with small costs. Because blockbusters are all aimed at big box offices.

This week, the Phantom also released another sequel to the old movie.

It was also the sequel to "Red Flame Battlefield 2" of the old movie planned by Li Donglai last year and pulled out of the film library of the acquisition peak.

Produced by Phantom Pinpole, "Red Flame Battlefield 2" has added Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zet Jones on the basis of the original lineup... Seeing this name, fans will definitely have similar questions. Is Zeta Jones, who is "only" 53 years old, too young for this team?

Phantom is generous in order to rank 3,000 theaters for this film, earning 18.5 million US dollars in three days on weekends. This score is lower than the first film of the series, which scored 21.8 million US dollars, but it still won a good reputation.

In addition, several starring actors have high box office appeal around the world, and overseas box offices are expected. At least they will not lose money. Moreover, there have been no movies that have lost money yet, which is their pride.

As a nearly solely-owned large film company, they disdain to make fake accounts. (It's almost clear that Hollywood giants have a black history of making fake accounts) It is also unnecessary, unless super blockbusters need to cooperate with other movie giants, they invest all the other small-cost movies. Without other investors to share money, there is naturally no need to make fake accounts.

The boss said, the employee ran away.

Arranged to restart the "Fire Battlefield" series of movies, but Li Donglai said casually.

But the creative team did not dare to take it lightly, and they still had a lot of brains to create this sequel.

In addition to the joining of Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta Jones, the film continues to add a small bargaining chip to the film, Korean actor Lee Byung-hun was also recommended by Lee Donglai. He also added the selection of young characters such as Neil MacDonald, which shows the production's good intentions.

Media have predicted that this "Sunset Red" movie has a high chance of surviving under the "Wolverine" raid, and there is hope for reaching a cost bottom line of 84 million in North America.

And Wolverine is a movie starring Yoona.
Chapter completed!