As of press time, the movie "Fame and Fame" has grossed more than 855 million yuan, becoming the biggest dark horse in the file period. The projection given by the professional ticketing platform will reach 914 million, and according to the 38.20% sub-account ratio, the film's sub-account will exceed 300 million. Although there is no report on the production cost, but after deducting the production cost, the film side can earn at least 200 million, why say so?
The film was only filmed for 55 days, and the lead actor did not have a first-line traffic star
Audiences who have watched "Fame and Fame" know that the production cost of this movie will not be too high, except for Qi Leshan, played by Zhang Benyu, recalling a small war scene on the battlefield, most of the scenes are in the internal space of a bungalow, and this part of the scene is also trying to reduce the cost.
Earlier, director Liu Xunzimo was interviewed by the media and talked about the behind-the-scenes creation of this film, giving some very important information. Liu Xunzimo frankly said that the pressure from the capital side, he said that in order to save costs, he gave up a lot of formal things. For example, the director Zheng Qianli, played by Yu Entai, was once a very prestigious commercial director, in Liu Xunzimo's ideal, Zheng Qianli in the film should have more commercial plot imagination, such as the scene of "King Kong", which is on a large building, surrounded by many planes, rather than just being driven by character relationships to imagine the plot as presented in the final movie. But because there is no budget, these are regrets.
In addition, Liu Xunzimo also said that for a new director, the trust of the market is limited, it will not be particularly large, and "Fame and Fame" is a suspense + Republic of China theme, according to the current market conditions, many companies will not invest, because it has been filmed, which means that the existing investment companies can invest in the funds are also very limited, so they can only try their best to work hard in the script.
The scene is not large, the scheduling of the actors and the scene of the photography, lighting arrangement, etc. is relatively easy, so "Fame and Fame" only shot for a total of 55 days, the film started shooting the first shot on September 29, 2020, when the name was also called "The Birth of a Movie", november was finished, for the group portrait scene is already a very fast speed, there are inevitable regrets in the middle, the director and the art communication can only put money into important scenes, some scenes have some texture, can only be made up through photography or lighting.
On the benchmark, the investment cost of the online movie "Qimen Dunjia" and "Qiannu Ghost" is about 20 million, and it also includes the expenditure of post-special effects, and the online movie shooting cycle is about 20 days to 1 month, so even if the production cost of "Yang Ming Liwan" doubles, it will not exceed 40 million. And the lead actors Yin Zheng, Deng Jiajia, Yu Entai, Yang Haoyu, Chen Minghao, etc. are all powerful actors, the film remuneration will not be too high, so the total cost of "Yang Ming Liwan" will not exceed 100 million, then when the account exceeds 300 million, the profit of the film side is at least 200 million, and this "small and beautiful" movie is indeed quite successful.
Inspiration has nothing to do with "script killing", and Han Han gives important advice
Most viewers will have a sense of déjà vu after watching "Fame and Fame", indeed, this movie is too much like a script killing, but through the director's interpretation, you will find that the inspiration is not actually from the script killing.
After "Wanhe Tianyi", he launched another drama "Report Boss!" At first, Liu Xunzimo wanted to do the film version of "Report Boss", but for various reasons the progress was not smooth, by chance he saw the movie "Radio Time", which told the birth process of a radio drama, similar to the finished film of "Yang Ming Li Wan", it was also a single scene, there was a wonderful group play, which gave him inspiration, from the original title "The Birth of a Movie" is not difficult to see, and the birth of a radio drama has the same magic, so this is the inspiration source of "Yang Ming Li Wan".
But the scene is single, relying on the actor's performance and lines to promote the plot, want to let the audience sit still, will not be tasteless is a difficult thing, the director in the film structure of the reference to the classic film "Twelve Angry Men" (previously remade domestic film "Twelve Citizens"), with the story framework after filling in the characters and content, and later the screenwriter in the eight gods proposed a group of people to talk about the script is to talk about a case, and the murderer is in the middle of the meeting, determined the direction, which has the final "Fame And Fame".
It is worth mentioning that the supervising producer of the film is Han Han, who also made very important suggestions. In the end, the film did not change much in the story and the original script, director Liu Xunzimo revealed that one thing is that the ending changes, the role of Nightingale is really dead at the beginning, but in the end it still makes her alive; another important change is that it was finally screened in vietnam, before it was screened in the main film, but Han Han proposed not to rush the audience to see, it may be more powerful at the end, after watching the movie, you will find that such an arrangement is indeed very reasonable. It also makes the audience feel moved and has more room for recollection, which is indeed a very important and valuable suggestion.
Interpreting the capital behind it, Han Han earned a lot of money
As mentioned earlier, director Liu Xunzimo frankly said that he is a new director, the trust of the market is limited, it will not be particularly large, and "Yangming Liwan" is a suspense + Republic of China theme, according to the current market conditions, many companies will not invest, so "Yangming Liwan" does not have a special number of producers like other films in the same period, the main producers of this movie are only Cat's Eye Pictures, Wanhe Tianyi and Han Han's Tingdong Pictures, plus the joint production of Chinese images, the producers have a total of only 4, Han Han also served as the supervising producer of this movie, and now the box office profit is as high as 200 million, and Han Han must have made a lot of money.
It is worth mentioning that because he is both a producer and an investment, So Han Han has also worked the promotion of this movie, and careful audiences can see the last patch trailer of Yang Ming Li Wan in the theater is Four Seas, and the last sentence in the trailer is Yang Ming Li Wan, pointing out the movie Yang Ming Li Wan, which is indeed used very coincidentally and well. And into the Spring Festival file of "Four Seas", the box office should not be bad, Although Han Han's output is not high, but it will really make money, people have to be convinced!