As a niche type of dog movie, Penguin Pictures and Light Pictures actually did not have any expectations for the overseas box office of "A Dog's Mission", and even initially had the idea of recovering the cost in China.However, the results have completely exceeded expectations, and the release in Asia in early April has also achieved very good results, and the box office of more than $8 million in the opening weekend is also okay.The North American region has not done well at the box office, making just over a million dollars in its opening weekend.Others think it's nothing, but Li He feels a little surprised, you must know that in the previous life, "A Dog's Mission" achieved a box office of more than 60 million US dollars in North America!
Now change a country, change a wave of actors, and the performance has fallen off a cliff, and the xenophobia of the North American market is self-evident.It seems that Li He's name is still not very effective in North America, and the globalization strategy has a long way to go!
Regarding the follow-up work of "A Dog's Mission", Li He handed it over to Yang Xuewu and Penguin Pictures to negotiate.The publicity and distribution of "Source Code" was also thrown to Yang Xuewu to deal with, and he concentrated on preparing "The Martian".In order to find a suitable studio, the crew ran all over the major studios in Beijing, and Li He felt that it was still too small to meet the shooting requirements after watching it.I couldn't find it in the capital and went to Hengdian and Xiangshan, but there was no such a big studio in either place.Just as Li He was planning to set up a large studio to meet the filming requirements, Li He's cousin, the prodigal son, turned around, and Li Junsheng, who is now the deputy head of the scene team, made a suggestion: "Why don't we rent an airframe for filming?"
”"That's right!"
Li He patted his head, why didn't he think of this stubble!
There is no precedent for shooting in an airplane studio in China, but the famous Hollywood Fox Studios was remodeled from Hughes's hangar."
It's amazing!
That's a good idea, ......cousin," Li He said happily.Go back and immediately contact to see if there are any empty or abandoned hangars.Tang Qianqian felt that her father Tang Qingshan should be able to help, so she called him.Tang Qingshan really did not disappoint, and through the old relationship in the army, he found the military representative stationed in Shen Fei with all kinds of twists.Under the contact of this military representative, Shen Fei rented an abandoned hangar to the crew.The hangar was rented, but it would take a lot of trouble to shoot, and the first task was to renovate the hangar.The crew specially hired many students from Zhejiang Jiang Academy of Fine Arts to make starry sky maps under the guidance of experts from the Space Bureau.As for why it is the Zhejiang Jiang Academy of Fine Arts, not the Central Academy of Fine Arts or the Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts, it is because the asking price of the Central Academy of Fine Arts is too high, and the Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts has a problem with its thinking.These starry sky maps are made of special paper, and when the time comes, they will be displayed as if they were real starry skies under special lights.Actors performing in such an environment are like entering real space, which is more likely to stimulate the desire to perform.Of course, the benefits are not only these, the most important point is to save money, the digital field charges are very high, if it is handed over to them, Li He estimates that his 350 million investment should be changed to dollars later.The disadvantages are not without disadvantages, after all, it is made of paper and is easy to get damp, so when renovating the studio, Li He repeatedly emphasized that he should do a good job of moisture-proof.In addition, Li He asked the props team to make a miniature model of the Vulcan spacecraft under the guidance and advice of the space agency's experts.Vulcan is the name given by Li He, and the original version is called Hermes.Not only that, but the crew also specially made three Mars rovers, two models, one of which can be driven.After the production was completed in Beijing, the crew transported the rover to the filming base in Gansu.The Mars base at the filming site in Gansu is also under construction, and Li He has very high requirements, requiring that the Mars base must be usable, authentic and reliable.As for the original NASA changed to the Huaxia Space Agency, then the Huaxia Space Agency that helped NASA should also be replaced.Li He originally wanted to find the Russian Space Agency in the film, but after all, the film will be distributed by Warner Pictures in North America, so he decided to Nasa.It's just a meal!
It's better to do this than to squint.Two active astronauts also conducted special training for the Mars crew and tortured several actors to death.In this way, at the end of April and April 30th, Li He's sci-fi action film "Source Code" was officially released.The long-awaited audience was even full of midnight shows, and the midnight show of "Source Code" made 12.56 million box office.On the day of its premiere on April 30, "Source Code" became the box office champion of the day with a box office of 131 million.This premiere score surpassed the 123 million of "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" and became the best premiere film this year.And the word-of-mouth about "Source Code" on the Internet has also exploded, and Douban has reached a score of 9.3 as soon as it is launched, of course, the first time, but the score of the fan evaluation will definitely decline in the later stage.In addition, there are hundreds of film reviews, on the Internet, and the news media are full of praise, although there are a few discordant voices, but they are harmless.During the May Day holiday, in a movie theater in Beijing, Lin Qiaoqiao and her two sisters watched Li He's movie again, and this time her boyfriend Gao Junhao also came together.Coincidentally, Wei Libo also found a boyfriend, leaving Ye Xiaoyi as a single girl.Several people took their seats in the theater, and the surrounding seats were full, and tickets for the prime-time "Source Code" were hard to find, and many movie theaters were full.The style of the movie is obvious as always, among which Wu Jing's performance is surprising, as a martial arts star, he was trained by Li He, and vaguely showed the strength of an acting school.And the film's thrilling action scenes and intriguing plot are equally addictive, and the train explosion scene is adrenaline-pumping.Wan Qian, the female number one in the play, has attracted the eyes of many male audiences, with short and medium hair, and her intellectual and elegant temperament have attracted a lot of fans, the most obvious is that Wan Qian's Weibo has gained millions of fans overnight.IT elite Luo Wenzhong was urged by his mother to go on a blind date, Luo Wenzhong had no choice but to go a few times and escaped under various excuses.But this time, Luo Wenzhong's mother was staring at it personally, and Luo Wenzhong couldn't find a chance.After eating and chatting with the blind date for a while, Luo Wenzhong proposed to go to the movies together, and the other party readily agreed.Luo Wenzhong's original intention was to choose a movie to embarrass the other party, so he had an excuse to pass the other party, so he chose Li He's "Source Code".In Luo Wenzhong's straight man's thoughts, Li He's movies are only loved by old men, and he completely forgot that when he watched "A Dog's Mission", his teary eyes were not much different from that of girls.After entering the cinema, I learned that the blind date was actually a fan of Li He, Luo Wenzhong was very surprised, and chatted with the girl before the opening of the movie.This chat actually felt that the girl was good, Luo Wenzhong was interested, and took the initiative to send the girl home after the movie ended, and added WeChat chat.Luo Wenzhong's mother felt very relieved when she saw this scene, and her pig finally knew how to arch cabbage.She was heartbroken for the child, and this finally put her mind at ease.Li He is busy with new projects, and I am afraid that he didn't expect that his movie could still be a young man, and he was already busy at this time......