Chapter 403: Confidence Has Been Established

After returning to the company, Wu Guohua also sent good news.

It is currently the 22nd, and "Transformers" has been released in mainland China for a week, and the box office is of course excellent.

Including pre-sales, it comes to 190 million.

When "Transformers" was released, it was not like "Human Taipei". 80% of the films in the entire market were "Human Taipei".

Currently, "Transformers" has less than half of its films scheduled, and its theater coverage is limited.

In addition, pre-sale consumes a lot of film schedule, so the box office growth in the first week of release is the same as that of "Huan Tai", which is not very obvious.

As for "Huan Tai", this week's box office growth also declined due to film schedules.

But it didn’t fall off a cliff like those crazy media predicted.

This week, the real-time box office of "Huan Tai" reached 593 million, an increase of 93 million in a week. You must know that this is already the third week. If any other movie can exceed 30 million, you can burn incense and set off firecrackers.

Therefore, "Huan Tai" has successfully withstood the pressure.

As for why "Huan Tai" can still withstand the pressure when it meets "Transformers".

In fact, just go to Douban or online forums to find out the real reason.

On Tianya, netizens left comments about the two movies.

"A classmate made me watch it, but I'm not a fan of "Transformers". To be honest, I couldn't tell the characters apart in the movie. My classmate said it was very interesting and exciting to watch, but in my opinion, regardless of my feelings, I couldn't tell the difference between the characters. So, the movie is indeed good, but it doesn’t crush “Pacific Rim” as the media said.”

"I have watched both movies and I think they are both very good. In comparison, I think the special effects of "Transformers" are more difficult. Before, I couldn't believe that such special effects could be produced in China. Yes, but after watching "Pacific Rim" I understand what Lu Ping'an said, we can be more confident."

"With my feelings, I watch "Transformers". These cars accompanied me in my childhood."

"The biggest weakness of "Pacific Rim" is that it doesn't have a fan base. But to be able to achieve this, Lu Pingan is already awesome. Now the global box office is 400 million, which is close to the results of "Batman 1", and it is considered very good even in North America. The results are good, who can say it’s bad?”

"I have an idea, would it be better if Lu Ping'an came to film "Transformers"?"

"Feel the same!"

"I don't agree. The plot of "Huan Tai" is not much better than that of "Transformers""

"I think it's very good. There are no obvious loopholes. And you need to know that the cost of "Human Taipei" is only 70 million US dollars, and the cost of "Transformers" is 150 million US dollars, which is twice the difference. Compared with the two, in terms of special effects, There is not a big gap. In other words, the money for "Huan Tai" was basically used for special effects. If you want to make a movie, you can only reduce the plot scenes. But from the perspective of the finished film, it can be said that "Huan Tai" has already It’s the best balance between plot and special effects.”

"I rarely watch domestic films, and I never thought that one day we would also have blockbuster films with such extraordinary special effects, so I was very excited when I watched "Pacific Rim."

"I think there is really no need to compare like this. The themes of the two movies are different. I watched "Transformers" just for the feelings. Apart from the feelings, I just watched special effects blockbusters and cars transforming. But "Huan Tai" is mainly about movies. The sense of oppression and fear of the giant creature created in the movie are really great. The selling points of the two movies are not either/or, they are unique and attractive, so I recommend watching them both. Really All very good.”

This is the truest comment.

Xingchen also did not control the comments.

And because of the words released by Lu Ping’an before.

There is no bad antagonism between fans of the two movies.

Therefore, the comments are relatively objective, and fans consciously maintain this objective atmosphere.

The performance of this on Douban is that the score of "Transformers" is 8.5, and the score of "Huan Tai" also dropped by 0.1, reaching the same score of 8.5.

In other words, the two movies are actually not a matter of one overpowering the other, each has its own merits.

However, the bubbling media refused to admit it and still believed that it was due to various reasons such as Xingchen controlling reviews, "Rantamie" occupying a large theater coverage, and supportive policies.

In fact, the higher-ups did start to cool down on "Transformers".

Just like the original time and space, a foreign movie caused such a big hit and soon attracted dissatisfaction from the superiors.

There is much to say here.

For example, why was "Titanic" able to be released for half a year in the first place? Was it really because the movie was good?

There are rumors that it was released half a year ago because someone said he liked to watch it.

So this is what many “public intellectuals” dislike the most.

Too much rule.

The same is true now. If "Transformers" does not have "Ring Tai" to compete with it, or cannot compete with it, news about it will disappear in the second week.

After all, "Huan Tai" is of Chinese origin and has made a huge contribution to the Chinese film industry. It must be protected by the above.

Some time ago, "Human Taipei" was extremely popular, so "Transformers" also experienced a cooling down. However, it seems that "Human Taipei" is very strong at present, so the intensity is not too great.

Just like this, people said that Lu Ping An had received too many conveniences!

The competition then becomes unfair.

But in the next week, the popularity of "Transformers" was still there, and it was still promoted as it should be, and the screenings were still the same, no more, no less. It seemed that it did not encounter any unfair troubles, so a group of people also reduced the volume, and then looked forward to the full potential of "Transformers".

Then time quickly came to the 29th.

At this time, the box office of "Transformers" would theoretically explode completely.

But the reality is that the expected ruthless crushing of "Pacific Rim" did not appear, whether at home or abroad.

On the 29th, "Pacific Rim" was released in North America for one and a half months, with a box office of 650 million yuan in the mainland and 443 million US dollars worldwide, which has exceeded the original version.

"Transformers" box office in the mainland is 276 million, and the global box office is currently 530 million, which did not open up much gap with "Pacific Rim". On the contrary, the two movies are still on par and each is wonderful.

And Lu Ping'an knew that the global box office of "Transformers" in the original time and space could reach 709 million US dollars.

For such a big IP, it is actually not a particularly popular movie.

At least compared to Spider-Man and Pirates of the Caribbean, it is still a long way behind.

And if we really talk about the publicity and promotion level, Pacific Rim is one level weaker than it.

In order to promote the film, Hasbro has signed agreements with more than 200 companies in more than 70 countries.

Pacific Rim is only in 53 countries and 146 companies.

So overall, the gap is not really that big.

Of course, we must admit that the overall strength of Pacific Rim is not as good as Transformers.

But it is not like what those media say, that there are Transformers fans all over the world, especially in China.

And these Transformers fans in China will not be like what those media think, that after watching Transformers, they will not watch anything else.

On the contrary, everyone's attitude towards Pacific Rim is very good.

So putting aside the feelings, Pacific Rim is not much worse than Transformers.

And to talk about feelings.

In the words of the host and critic Dou Wentao in the program: "People who watch "Transformers" have some feelings, but people who watch "Pacific Rim" also have feelings. I am like this. In my impression, our country's film technology has never been close to Hollywood for decades, and "Pacific Rim" has given us such confidence, letting us know that one day we can also make Hollywood-level movies, and this day is not in 2027, nor in 2017, but in 2007! You have to know that a few years ago, it was already a great thing for our movies to have special effects."

"Domestic" is also a feeling.

There is indeed a gap between the mainland and Hollywood.

But since the emergence of Star, it is no longer as big as it was a few years ago.

After the baptism of Star movies in the past few years, mainland movie fans have at least gained their own confidence in Star movies, and such confidence has begun to spread to the large category of domestic movies.

Some media people underestimate this point.

What they don't know and don't pay attention to is that no one has more national pride than people born in the 1980s and 1990s.

The younger you are, the stronger your confidence will be.

So most people think the quality of the movie is good, as long as there is not much difference.

The box office will naturally not be a crushing situation.

In this regard, senior industry experts have finally officially begun to admit it.

Now Lu Pingan has indeed taken up the banner of domestic blockbusters and started to confront Hollywood head-on.

From confronting mainland big directors head-on in 2002 to confronting Hollywood's forte in 2007.

Lu Pingan has indeed walked this road in a spirited way!

And he really shared his skills.

So Lu Pingan's efforts deserve any praise.

However, this still can't shut some people up.

Soon someone else said.

In Lu Pingan's movies, any movie that brings Chinese culture, none of them can go out.

After watching "Pacific Rim", do you think it is a Chinese movie?

Adding a few Chinese actors and claiming that it was produced by a Chinese special effects team, is this the victory of Chinese movies?

Foreign actors, foreigners saving the earth, Hollywood core, even domestic landmarks are rare, Hollywood movies at least have some shots of the Great Wall and Shanghai!

So this is a complete Hollywood movie.

"Pacific Rim" and "Transformers" together, staged a textbook Hollywood victory in the mainland this summer!