Hollywood in the Chinese mainland the most profitable movie IP, many viewers should think of the Marvel Superhero Cinematic Universe, but for a long time "Transformers" is Chinese mainland the audience's favorite
In 2007, "Transformers" was released, and the Chinese box office won 281 million! "The Gathering" that beat Feng Xiaogang won the annual box office championship
In 2009, "Transformers 2" was released, and the Chinese box office rose to 403 million, and this year, "Transformers 2" lost to the dark horse "2012", which was the runner-up of the annual box office that year
In 2011, "Transformers 3", China's box office soared to 1.07 billion, without suspense to beat "Kung Fu Panda 2", is the only blockbuster that broke 1 billion that year, and once again won the Chinese annual crown
In the fourth part of the series in 2014, the Chinese box office doubled to 1.97 billion, beating Xu Zheng and Huang Bo's two major Chinese comedy signs of "Heart Flower Road Release" to win the Chinese market championship for the third time
In 2017, the fifth part of the series with the worst reputation was released, and the global audience was scolding, only the Chinese audience still contributed 1.55 billion yuan at the box office, which was 228 million US dollars according to the exchange rate at that time, while the fifth global box office was only 600 million US dollars, which shows that if it is not a Chinese audience, the fifth part will not be able to return the cost.
5 "Transformers" Grossed more than 5.2 billion yuan in China! He won the annual crown three times. And now the Marvel Superhero Cinematic Universe in the Chinese market, not a single annual box office champion has ever won. It is enough to explain the status of "Transformers" in the hearts of Chinese audiences
With the success of the "Transformers" series, director Michael Bay has also become the most well-known Hollywood director in the Chinese market, affectionately known as exploding shells by Chinese film fans, selling copies
The brilliant Michael Bay has not had a new film released in the Chinese market for 4 years
In 1994, when the unremarkable director Michael Bay was preparing to shoot "Jedi X-Men", the producers were only willing to pay $23 million, which was really a small production in Hollywood. Michael Bay can only find Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, two equally unknown eighteen-line actors
Later, Hollywood movie fans must have known
"Jedi X-Men" broke $140 million at the global box office, Michael Bay became famous in the first world war, and Will Smith was crowned the emperor
Michael Bay later filmed "Brave To Kill Island", "The End of the World", "Pearl Harbor" and many other Hollywood classics, Michael Bay's film style is very conspicuous, that is, to blow up, to blow up what can be fried, and to find a way to blow up what can not be fried.
This visual impact was very shocking in that year, which is the origin of the explosive shell nickname
Of course, the Chinese audience is undoubtedly most familiar with "Transformers". The series got worse and worse, and after 2017 the entire series basically stopped. Whether to continue or restart soft like Bumblebee, the producers should not have thought it out yet
But "Bumblebee", a test of low production costs, still won 1.1 billion at the box office in China, accounting for almost half of the film's global box office, and it can only be said that Chinese audiences really love "Transformers"
After "Transformers 5", Michael Bay has not had a new film released in the mainland for 4 years, and the director's "Ghost Shadow Attack: Fighting Violence with Violence" in 2019 has not been introduced to the Chinese market, and this R-rated blockbuster Michael Bay is still continuing his own hot style throughout the whole process, and the reputation can only be regarded as a pass, but the viewing experience is still good
It's just that Chinese film fans can only stare dryly and can't see
But fans don't have to worry, Michael Bay's new film "Outlaw Ambulance" is coming soon
On November 2, "Outlaw Ambulance" released a Chinese trailer, indicating that "Outlaw Ambulance" is likely to be introduced to the mainland. The film tells the story of a veteran who returns from Afghanistan and gives everything for the United States, but returns home to find that his wife is seriously ill and needs $231,000 to be cured
The veteran found his comrades to borrow money, but he did not expect that the comrades had a big plan to rob the bank of $23 million.
Everything went smoothly, but was found by the police halfway through. The two had to grab an ambulance and escape. There was an emergency patient in the car. The two brothers, who did not want to hurt people, were stupid and could only protect the patient while avoiding the police
The plot of the movie is very simple, basically Hollywood's usual anti-war and black government. Judging from the trailer, Michael Bay is still a hot action style, street drag racing gunfights, of course, large-scale explosion scenes, coupled with tense plots
"Outlaw Ambulance" is indeed worth looking forward to
The film stars are also quite interesting, with one being Jack Gyllenhaal, who plays mystery in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Yahya Abdul-Meiddin, who plays Black Manta ray in the DC Cinematic Universe
Two supervillains of the two superhero movie universes join forces. It has also attracted many superhero movie fans
In addition to the two main actors, the film also features 21 Hollywood stars such as the goddess Elsa Gonzalez. Coupled with the super high production cost of $150 million (950 million yuan), "Outlaw Ambulance" is definitely the most anticipated Hollywood blockbuster in the near future