Tang Qianqian became a director for the first time, and the filmed "A Dog's Mission" was finally drawn with a box office of 592 million in the mainland.Although the overseas market is still being screened one after another, after all, the subject matter is limited, and as of May 10, the underground paintings have only achieved a total of more than 20 million US dollars at the box office, and the paintings have also been released after the arrival of the summer season.But fortunately, the investment in the promotion and distribution of such a film is not large, and there is still a lot to be earned, and in general, this investment of more than 20 million yuan has made several companies involved in the investment make a lot of money.And the more depressed is Warner Bros.
Pictures, last year when "Seven Deadly Sins" slashed more than $200 million globally, Warner did not participate, allowing Weinstein Pictures to pick up a bargain.And this year's performance of "A Dog's Mission" is really average, although it makes money, but everyone wants to make a little more.At this time, Li He's "Source Code" triggered a movie-watching boom in the mainland, which immediately attracted the attention of Warner Pictures.As mentioned earlier, the reason why Warner Pictures came to cooperate is to fight against Disney on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also attaches importance to the Chinese film market.As of May 10, it has achieved a total box office of 816 million in 11 days of release, successfully breaking its own mainland box office record.In early May, it was successively released on Hong Kong Island, Taiwan Island, Southeast Asia, RB South Korea and other regions, and has achieved a total of 130 million US dollars at the box office so far, equivalent to RB910 million.Combined, the two have successfully broken the box office record held by "The Seven Deadly Sins" for Chinese-language films, and it continues to grow, with the media predicting that "Source Code" will eventually grossing more than 2 billion RB."
Captain America 2", which was released on April 4, still had a box office of more than 10 million on May Day, successfully pushing "Team America 2" past the 700 million mark and reaching 718 million, becoming the top three in the box office list in the first half of the year.However, "Team America 2" is already at the end of the May Day schedule, and it does not pose any threat to "Source Code".Other films released on May Day, whether it is "Frozen: The Gate of Rebirth" starring Cosmic Dan or "Master of Hypnosis" starring Xu Zheng, are not opponents.The only Sony Columbia reboot that looks like a bit, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from Marvel Comics, although it did well, still didn't pose a threat to Source Code.Little Spider is not as strong as "Captain America 2", which is also from Marvel Comics, and it is said that Marvel Films, which has changed its name to Marvel, intends to take back the copyright of Spider-Man, citing the box office failure of the Spider-Man movie.Because the better the box office of "Source Code", the more Penguin Pictures and Light Pictures, as the main producers, trust Li He, and Li He's latest request for an additional investment of 100 million yuan was approved without hesitation.This is the advantage that comes with successful people, and film companies will be very enthusiastic about chasing successful directors.On May 20, when the mainland box office of "Source Code" exceeded one billion, the first shot of "The Martian" finally started filming at the Gansu base, and Li He's fourth film was finally put into production.The Gansu shooting base was found under the guidance of Mars expert Zhou Jin, and can imitate the Martian environment to the greatest extent.Despite this, Li He still asked the crew to revamp it so that everything looked like the real thing.The actors wore heavy spacesuits, and it was really not easy to perform in the hot summer months.But fortunately, the actors are very dedicated and have no complaints.Although the footage is more realistic, some scenes are more difficult to shoot, such as the Martian dust storm.In order to simulate the situation of Martian dust storms and high winds, the crew rented several high-power blowers to artificially create dust storms.The props team experimented more than a dozen times before shooting, and finally found an effect that satisfied Li He.Li He originally planned to use a stand-in in this scene, but anyway, with a spacesuit, the audience couldn't tell that it was a stand-in.However, Hu Ge and Chen Shu insisted on going into battle in person, seeing that the two big names were in person, and the others were embarrassed to be stand-ins, and they all said that they would go into battle in person.Li He saw that they were so persistent, so he didn't object, but just told them to do a good job of protection, and it was a very troublesome thing for any actor to get injured."
Props group, props group, get ready......"
Lao Hu ran around with a megaphone.Li He personally held an IMAX camera to shoot, and Li He's first IMAX3D format movie on the project "The Martian", Li He is not very experienced in the shooting of 3D movies, and he is only familiar with it.When the site was ready, the blower was put into operation, and a large amount of wind and sand blew up.Objectively speaking, such shooting conditions are not good, and if the camera is not properly protected, it can easily be damaged.The price of an IMAX camera, even though it is domestic, is also as high as hundreds of thousands.The filming went quite smoothly, Li Hebao filmed a few more times to see the effect, and several actors were tortured.Because of the long preparation time, such a scene was filmed in one day, and Li He had no idea of filming when he saw this, and announced that he would call it a day.When he returned to the hotel in the evening, Li He was not idle, and communicated with the capital at any time about the production of special effects, the renovation of the studio with Shen Fei's studio, and the manufacturing of the Mars rover.The manufacturing situation of the Mars rover is very ideal, and a young researcher from the space agency is very excited to draw a few design drawings and take them to build Jieli car.If it can be used on Mars, the cost will definitely be expensive, but fortunately, Li He's request is that the Mars rover can be driven, and Jieli Automobile sent the prototype car to the Gansu shooting base in less than a month.The renovation of the studio was stared at by Tang Qianqian, who reported the studio renovation work to Li He every day, and chatted about private conversations by the way.By the end of May, the studio had been renovated and was ready for shooting.For the sake of efficiency, Li He divided the crew into two, Lao Hu led Group B to shoot the scenes of the Vulcan, while Li He took Group A to shoot the Martian scenes, and reviewed the shooting effect of Lao Hu every night.Chen Shu and other team members have very few roles on Mars, basically concentrated on spaceships, and after the Martian scenes, they transferred to Group B, and only Hu Ge was left in Group A.Every day is basically Hu Ge's one-man show, because of performance problems, Hu Ge was scolded by Li He a lot.In the past, someone else shared it, but now Hu Ge has to bear Hu Ge's saliva alone, but director, can you brush your teeth?
What is the audience interested in?
It's not that the male protagonist thinks about life on Mars.,It's how the male protagonist actively saves himself when he runs out of ammunition.,Listen to earthy disco music.,And then talk to yourself about the daily life.。"
The Martian" is a commercial blockbuster, not a literary film, spending four or five hundred million to make a literary film, Li He estimates that Cheng Zhiwen and Wang Changtian will go crazy.Hu Ge has also played similar roles before, such as Li Xiaoyao in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy I", Sedum in "Xiansan", and Yi Xiaochuan in "Mythology".However, these scenes became very heavy in the back, and Hu Ge always lived alone with his children.No matter what kind of drama he acted before, Hu Ge's one-man show at the moment is not bad, and Li He is more satisfied.