Chapter 915 Almost catching up with Guo Dalu
"This movie really disgusted me, but it also made me know the directorial ability of Beicheng. It turns out that he not only shoots comedy movies well, but even horror movies can produce world-class horror effects. Don't get me wrong. In fact, in my opinion, this movie is actually not too scary. At most, it's just disgusting. But what's interesting is that after watching this movie, my friends from Europe and the United States almost got scared! Unexpectedly, due to different cultures, not only do they have different understandings of comedy, but they can't even reach an agreement on horror movies."
"Yes, yes, I really don't feel that this movie is scary, but my foreign girlfriend almost fainted! Oh, the cultural differences between the East and the West are so big, even the elements of fear are different!"
"I'm from China. Actually, I feel quite scary, but it's a bit disgusting."
After "Saw" was forcibly withdrawn, Ma Cheng solicited Guo Dalu's opinion and placed the movie on the website for a paid broadcast.
Many of the storms caused by the withdrawal of the schedule and the reputation of the director in Beicheng have been visited after many of them. After reading, the scores given are not low.
When everyone learns that the investment cost of this movie is only about two million, no one will blame the movie too much. In today's society, shooting a movie for about two million is a joke, and in the eyes of many filmmakers, this is simply not valid.
But the director of Beicheng made the film like this. Although the camera is a bit rough, the quality of the film is actually pretty good!
The ability to shoot the film to this extent for such a little money has proved the director's ability.
After the film was forced to be withdrawn from China, it started to be released in Europe and the United States and other countries, causing a much greater sensation than in China.
Compared with the Chinese film market, the European and American film market mechanisms are established relatively comprehensively, and the film levels are divided more meticulously. Therefore, it is impossible for children to see films that are not suitable for children in theaters. This also ensures that this horror movie has not caused any lawsuits abroad. What it can only cause is the audience's discussion of this film.
Although this film has a good reputation in China, it is not as good as a classic. However, it has triggered a wave of movie viewing abroad. Many foreign audiences have highly praised it after watching this movie.
This is typical of the fragrance of flowers inside the wall and the outside of the wall. Most of the praise comes from abroad. The reviews of domestic filmmakers are just pretty good.
Surprisingly, this movie was forced to be withdrawn in China, but after the box office of more than 10 million yuan in the first three days, the remaining income was reflected in the online charges.
In fact, the movie has recovered its cost after its release in the first three days and it has a slight surplus, which is a bit of a pity for the domestic film market.
However, after losing the money, it has achieved good box office in Europe and the United States and other countries, and has achieved remarkable results in several East Asian countries.
After the full picture was drawn, the final statistics were well known to be 230 million US dollars.
After the box office was announced, it caused a big sensation in the industry.
Since Guo Dalu, there has been no record of small-cost movies exceeding 100 million. It is for this reason that people are interested in big investment movies, because once the big investment is done, the profits earned are very considerable. As for small-cost movies, it seems that except Guo Dalu, the other directors' works are not profitable even if they make money, so many investors are not interested in it.
This time, a small work costing about 2 million yuan in Beicheng actually received more than 200 million US dollars abroad. This is a big thing that no one expected. It can be regarded as a miracle in the history of film, except for Guo Dalu.
Guo Dalu's kung fu film "Shaolin Temple" cost more than 3 million yuan, swept over the box office of more than 10 billion yuan all over the world. That was the real legend, but this kind of legend is simply difficult to replicate because there can only be one pioneering work, and the rest are just followers, which is difficult to reach the height of the first phenomenal work.
However, the movie "Saw" directed by Beicheng has a replicability. As long as the script is good and creative, even small-cost movies will have spring.
The box office of 230 million US dollars, at the current exchange rate, is about 1.5 billion. This box office is actually not very great for today's big-produced movies, but for a small-cost movie that only costs about 2 million, this is already an extremely rare dark horse.
At this time, the fame of director Beicheng once again entered everyone's ears, confirming his position as a director, and truly becoming one of the representative directors of powerful commercial films.
"Mr. Guo, if we spend more money on this movie and correct it in details, the box office will definitely be higher!"
At the celebration meeting, Ma Cheng smiled at Guo Dalu and said, "Mr. Guo, even if you spend 5 million yuan to shoot this film, I must be in terms of overall quality, and this film should be able to go to a higher level."
Guo Dalu shook his head and said, "I said I wanted to make a small-cost movie, so I really did a small-cost one. Whether it is an actor or a prop scene, I will strive to perfectly shoot a story with the lowest cost, so that everyone can see that there are actually business opportunities in a small-cost movie, but some people are not good at discovering!"
When Guo Dalu said this, several directors from the company were also beside him. After hearing this, they all looked a little bad.
They always say that they can't produce good works without big investments, but Guo Dalu repeatedly started to slap them in the face and told them that small costs can indeed have big box office, but they are just too useless!
After this celebration, no director dared to ask for additional investment.
However, Tianxi Film and Television does not really want to shoot big movies. If there are suitable themes and after argumentation, it has great business opportunities and selling points, the company will not be stingy with investments of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan.
But the premise is that this is indeed necessary, rather than being a big fuss, otherwise it will become the most common investment joke now. In China, there are so many filmmakers who cheat investors. Tianxi Film and Television does not want the directors in its own company to become such a person.
Because of the forced withdrawal of "Saw" by netizens, netizens were very regretful. When everyone was sympathizing with Beicheng, they suddenly saw a quick message: Beicheng director's low-budget movie "Saw" has been withdrawn, and another low-budget movie "Nightclub" will be released soon, so stay tuned!
Many netizens were shocked after seeing this advertisement: "Damn, why is there another low-cost movie? Beicheng is competing with a low-cost movie? The key is why he shot so fast? How long has he made these two works just now, and they are almost as fast as Guo Dalu's shooting speed!"
Chapter completed!