Recently, mainland film news was overwhelmed, and just when Tsui Hark's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" officially announced that Xiao Zhan and Zhuang Duffy became the candidates for Guo Jing and Huang Rong, three more movies were set.
"Don't Call Me God of Gamblers" starring Chow Yun-fat and Yuen Yongyi is scheduled for June 21;
The animated film "Chang'an 30,000 Li" produced by Chasing Light Pictures is scheduled for July 8;
and the sci-fi action blockbuster "Megalodon 2" starring Wu Jing and Jason Statham is scheduled to be released simultaneously in China and the United States on August 4.
The most popular is undoubtedly "Megalodon 2", under the joining of Wu Jing, the movie has made fans look forward to it, and it can be seen from the first trailer that this movie has been fully upgraded.
Brother Yan predicts that the global box office of this film will definitely be able to sell, the first target is 1 billion US dollars at the box office, almost 7 billion yuan, I will use five key words to elaborate on this film.
The first key word: Sino-US co-production.
Over the years, co-productions have been common, and China and the United States have had in-depth cooperation in this field.
For example, in 2008, the Hollywood movie "King of Kung Fu" starring Michael Angrano, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Huayi Brothers Pictures and Jet Li One Fund injected capital, and Lionsgate was responsible for global distribution.
Although the film only sold $128 million at the global box office, the follow-up DVD and Blu-ray sales received $60 million, which still made a small profit overall.
In 2010, Jackie Chan and Will Smith's son Jaden Smith collaborated on the film "Kung Fu Dream", the capital behind it was China Film and Sony Pictures, with a budget cost of $40 million and a global box office sales of $359 million.
In the heyday of Jet Li and Jackie Chan, asking them to act was an absolute box office hit, and the above two co-productions made the producers and distributors a lot of money.
But in recent years, co-productions have gone downhill.
For example, in 2011, Li Bingbing, Jun Ji-hyun and Hugh Jackman starred in "Snowflake Secret Fan"; In 2016, "The Great Wall" directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Matt Damon and Jing Tian; and "Skyfire" starring Jay Chou's wife Kunling all ended at the box office.
The reason is that the script is not good and the actors are not well chosen, Li Bingbing in "Snowflake Secret Fan" had no box office appeal overseas at that time, and it may be different if it is replaced by Zhang Ziyi.
The capital behind "The Great Wall" is Wanda, obviously to hold Jing Tian, and the purpose of "Skyfire" is to make Kunling a hit, but in the end, the film party tasted the bitter fruit.
"Megalodon 2", like the above movies, is also a Sino-US co-production, and there are six capitals behind it:
The first and sixth are Li Ruigang's Chinese Pictures and Gravity Film and Television;
the second is Warner Pictures, Hollywood's famous five major producers and distributors;
the third is Wu Jing's Ascending Pictures;
We all know the fourth and fifth, so we won't say more.
It can be seen from the above information that this is a Hollywood movie led by Chinese capital, Chinese mainland capital is responsible for most of the money, and Warner is responsible for the technology to jointly create this movie.
In the process of filming and production of "Megalodon 2", a large number of Hollywood production and technical teams were attracted to join.
The main creative director Ben Vitelli's previous works include "Doctor Who Season 8", "Fire Trade", "Butterfly Dream", etc., among which "Skyscraper" was also nominated for the Golden Shell Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Dean Joegras, Joe Hobel, Erich Hobel, and producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura Bella Avery are all listed.
Peter Beb in "Inception" served as the visual effects director of "Megalodon 2", and the most important thing is that the first actor Jason Statham is not absent, and at the same time, Cai Shuya, who played Li Bingbing's daughter in the first part, will also return, which are the resources of Warner Pictures Hollywood.
In this way, whether it is the production team or casting, the quality of "Megalodon 2" has been guaranteed to a certain extent, and the global box office hit is just around the corner.
The second key phrase: breaking down global distribution barriers.
Zhang Yimou's "Manjiang Hong", Cheng Er's "Nameless", and Jackie Chan's "Dragon Horse Spirit" came to North America and were directly dissatisfied, are there no good movies in China?
No, the high-reputation sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth 2" has also come to a halt in North America, because the global distribution of domestic films has never gone abroad.
The above films were released in North America, all of which were handled by Well Go, a small overseas distribution company that mainly operates Chinese films to open in the North American market, but the films are not graded, so there is no way to release them on a large scale.
There are about 4,500 theaters in North America, and "The Wandering Earth 2" was only released in 142 theaters, and finally earned $878.
Look at Cameron's "Avatar 2", which opened simultaneously in more than 70 countries and regions around the world, and easily earned $2.319 billion at the global box office, and the recent Marvel blockbuster "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" is the same.
Hollywood film distribution is very mature, and they have offices around the world, making it easy to bring movies to other markets.
"Megalodon 2" is distributed overseas by Warner Pictures, which can easily break the barriers of global distribution and allow films with Chinese capital to enter global theaters with the help of Hollywood.
The first "Megalodon" cost 130 million US dollars to produce, and the global box office won 530 million US dollars, achieving a box office hit, supported by the previous work, plus Wu Jinghe upgrade, "Megalodon 2" will point to 1 billion US dollars.
The third key word: monster megalodon.
The megalodon is the largest shark ever created, and this extinct sea creature has been brought back to life in Steve Orton's writing.
The author has created a total of 7 novels about "Megalodon", which seems to have formed an IP, and "Megalodon: The Abyss" is also by him.
The first "Megalodon" tells the story of an international scientific research project led by China that is attacked by unknown creatures in the depths of the Mariana Trench, and some researchers are trapped at the bottom of the sea.
Jonas Taylor, a former Marine deep-sea diving expert played by Jason Statham, travels to the rescue and discovers that it was caused by the prehistoric creature megalodon.
Zhang Suyin, a Chinese female scientist played by Jonas Taylor and Li Bingbing, successfully rescued the trapped people, however, the megalodon escaped from the deep sea into the shallow sea, and a catastrophe was imminent...
As the first work, mainly to introduce the creature megalodon, two large megalodons appear in the film, and the rest of the monsters are not depicted too much.
In the trailer of "Megalodon 2", it can be found that this time it has been fully upgraded, and there are dinosaur creatures 65 million years ago.
There is also a group of megalodons, in addition, there is a picture of megalodon and octopus brother fighting on the bottom of the sea.
"Megalodon 2" continues the first plot, the story takes place at a depth of 7,000 meters under the sea, isolated in unknown territory to wake up the megalodon again.
There is also a picture of Wu Jing jumping from the helicopter, and he will work with Jason Statham to resist the attack of megalodon.
This time the special effects and scenes, as well as the equipment, as well as the monsters have been fully upgraded, fans who like to watch monsters, blessed this time, "Megalodon 2" will definitely be your thing.
The fourth key word: summer file.
Last year, Shen Teng and Ma Li's "Walking on the Moon" hit the box office by 3.1 billion in the pandemic era, and two of the top five box office films in Chinese film history came from the summer file, including Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2" and Dumpling's "Nezha: The Devil Child Descends".
In addition, this schedule in early August also produced exorbitant box office movies, such as Huang Xiaoming's "Heroes of Fire" released on August 1, with a box office of 1.7 billion.
The first "Megalodon" was released on August 10, the mainland received 1.05 billion box office, Li Bingbing has no box office appeal in the mainland, Jason Statham's later works are also average, can achieve such a high box office, starring because of everyone's love for monster movies.
Looking at this summer, the more influential movie is Wang Baoqiang's "In the Octagon Cage", the schedule is July 6, and "Megalodon 2" is released on August 4, even if "In the Octagonal Cage" can be a big hit, there is no way to deeply affect "Megalodon 2" a month later.
Shen Teng and Allen's "Super Family", focusing on comedy elements, was scheduled for July 21, and two weeks after its release, "Megalodon 2" only met the audience, and the impact was not very great.
"Warm" starring Huang Bo and Wang Yibo, "Drug Sweep 3" by Gu Tianle and Liu Qingyun has not had much impact on "Megalodon 2", and the heaviest "Fengshen Part 1" has not yet been finalized.
This movie may be a summer hit, Wuershan has sharpened a sword in ten years, and it is also Huang Bo's annual key blockbuster, with three production costs of more than 3 billion yuan, each of which is a production cost of 1 billion.
I think such a heavy movie, knowing that August 4 is Wu Jing's "Megalodon 2", will definitely do a good neutralization treatment, Brother Brown predicts that it will be scheduled on July 15, so that the two films have no competitive pressure.
"Megalodon 2" will definitely perform this summer.
The fifth key word: Wu Jing.
As a highly sought-after big-name star in the Chinese film market today, Wu Jing has already established his strength with the two parts of "Wolf Warrior 2", "The Wandering Earth" and "Changjin Lake", with a box office of 32.6 billion, ranking first with Shen Teng.
With Wu Jing, there is basically no need to worry about the domestic box office, and all movies with high "Beijing content" can almost sell well at the box office, such as "The Wandering Earth 2", "The Climber" and "Changjin Lake".
A veritable box office celebrity, but he is still on the Chinese market, and internationally, Wu Jing needs to be the same as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.
Depends on the work to speak in the global market, "Megalodon 2" is of great significance to Wu Jing, this is his first entry into Hollywood, it can be regarded as a stepping stone.
Wu Jing not only starred in this movie, his company Dengfeng Pictures also invested money, in recent years, all the films this company participated in, there is no loss at the box office, this is also the first time Wu Jing broke the distribution barrier to earn a global box office movie.
Wu Jing not only earns a salary, but also gets a piece of the global box office.
If the commercial box office of "Megalodon 2" becomes a success, Wu Jing's status in the international film industry will be directly promoted, and he can become a world-famous movie star on a par with Tom, Robert Downey Jr., Brad Pitt and other casts.
Based on the above five key words, it is concluded that "Megalodon 2" is definitely a Hollywood blockbuster that cannot be missed, both in terms of production and visual effects, it is at the top level.
This film not only has magnificent scene design and thrilling visual effects, but also has rigorous and exquisite production technology.
Brother Yan believes that the global box office of "Megalodon 2" is 7 billion is not in suspense, Chinese mainland get 3 billion, and the other 4 billion will be handed over to the global market.
And what about Wu Jing?
There is Wolf Warrior on land;
There is Liu Peiqiang in space;
There is no "king" on the sea.
Wu Jing, which has a complete land, sea and air occupation, will further expand its commercial territory, and its overseas popularity and box office appeal will soar.
There is no one who can stop Wu Jing anymore!
Do you think Wu Jing and Guo Da Statham can get 7 billion global box office by cooperating?