Today, Jiangcheng is clear and bright, sunny and a rare good weather.

After getting in the car, Django yawned several times in a row.

Seeing this, Xu Dongqing stopped talking.

Django glanced for a while, and when he woke up, he saw that he had not arrived at the hotel, he started to check his cell phone.

Today is the eighth day of May Day, and the rankings of the top three in the box office list have basically been finalized.

1. "Kung Fu Panda" has 252 million in a single day, with a total of 2.19 billion.

2. "This Prince Not So Calm" has 133 million in a single day, with a total of 1.82 billion.

3. "Dragon City Flying Admiral 2" has 72.5 million in a single day, with a total of 1.53 billion.

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After the May Day holiday, the number of viewers who go to school and those who go to work has dropped significantly.

According to the current box office trend, only "Kung Fu Panda" has the opportunity to exceed the box office mark of 3 billion yuan.

In fact, the current box office trend of movies is different from previous years. In the past, the box office cycle of a movie could last for a month. Now, there are very special exceptions when going out. Basically, they will explode in the short term, that is, the first week, the top day to the second week.

The reason is very simple. In the past, there were few blockbusters in the film market and the competition was small. Any movie that performed well would be scheduled for movies. But now, there are more and more Hollywood blockbusters and domestic blockbusters. Even after all, the screenings of the films can be limited. Once the performance is poor, it will be squeezed, so the box office cycle is shortened.

Of course, there are also a few special cases mentioned above, such as "The Return of the Great Sage", "Changjin Lake" and "Wolf Warrior 2" on the earth. Because of the reputation fermentation, the box office of the second, third, and even fourth week was very stable.

The situation of "Kung Fu Panda" is that the daily box office exceeds 300 million for five consecutive days, 200 million for seven consecutive days, and the box office is as fast as 1 billion, 1.5 billion, and 2 billion for animated movies.

The animation circle and the film circle have witnessed the birth of a king. In just seven days, the box office record of 1.8 billion animated movies created by the Hollywood animated movie "Animal Kingdom" has been broken!

What’s scary is that he received $90 million in North America and other countries to earn $130 million.

At this moment, both inside and outside the industry are conquered by this skillful panda. No one dares to underestimate animated movies, especially domestic animated movies.

You should know that because animation production takes time, laborious and expensive, and the return on investment is lower than other entertainment industries such as games, after a wave of hot money, the return rate of a large number of low-quality works launched is obviously worse than expected, and the market inevitably enters a cooling-off period.

Take 2024 as an example. A total of 36 animated films were released throughout the year, with a total box office of more than 2.8 billion, but only five movies with a box office of more than 100 million yuan, and the overall animated film market is very deserted.

Therefore, the emergence of super hot products like "Kung Fu Panda" has greatly boosted the market.

Django was in a good mood when he saw this.

I have invested so much money and recruited so many people in the animation department, which has received corresponding rewards.

Today's animation industry has gone through a wild growth period of capital influx and has begun to enter the stage of high-quality, boutique and personalization. Chinese comics are catching up and surpassing the influence of Japanese comics. This stage of winning by quality is increasingly testing the output and quality of major production companies. Whoever can win by quality and production in the quality battle will be able to gain the lead in the next stage of competition.

This is also one of the reasons why Django decided to launch five animated movies in a row. He can strike while the iron is hot. Even if he can't create an anime universe, he can at least create an anime brand.

Another thing is that it fulfills his dream of an anime fan.

Moving the earth's resources is indeed nothing, but he will do his best to move forward firmly and resolutely, and create a smooth road for the Chinese community.

"Mr. Jiang, we're here."

Xu Dongqing's voice pulled Django's thoughts back.

"Yeah, OK."

Then got off the car and entered the hotel.

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In the afternoon, the two starring actors of "Lost in the Road" Xu Lai, Chen Lei, and deputy director Xu Dongqing came to Django's room together.

Django held this script seminar with the purpose of combining the understanding and suggestions of several people to make final adjustments to the character character and storyline.

"It has been my wish to cooperate with Mr. Jiang. Now that my dream has come true, I am very happy." Xu Lai said with a smile.

"It is my honor to work with Director Xu." Django replied with a smile.

"I have read the script of "Lost in the Road" several times, and it is really well written. It is a type that I have always wanted to try but dare not try." Xu Lai started to blow.

"Director Xu has been awarded." Django smiled faintly.

After some commercial hype, several people began to get to the point.

"I have some of my own opinions on a few clips." Xu Lai said whatever he said. He would not be stingy when he should brag, and would not be timid when he should be stingy, because the script seminar was just looking for problems: "First, Niu Geng's annual salary was 5K, and he had not received his salary at the end of the year, so it was irrelevant to choose to buy a plane ticket; second, Niu Geng sang the main melody song of the Spring Festival Gala in the small bus, and then the other passengers sang loudly together. The picture was indeed warm and harmonious, but it almost never happened in reality. Third, in order to save the teacher who went out to beg for deceit, the mistress who consciously withdrew when he saw the original wife and the child, and he didn't mind his husband cheating on his wife, and the setting of these three roles was a bit forced to reverse."

Django listened carefully throughout the whole process.

The script "Lost in the Road" has fewer changes, but only the timeline differences are solved by using "memories" and other places are basically retained as it is.

This is a standard genre film with a clear and clear genre positioning - a highway comedy movie. Like most highway movies, it creates funny points through various troubles on the road while conveying warmth and conveying the world full of love. However, it is funny, but there is some lack of warmth, just like Xu Lai said.

After Xu finished speaking, he watched Django's reaction while drinking tea.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! He is right, but Django is a screenwriter, director, investor, and has various "first" titles. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to pick Django like this?

But he was not very worried, because he had studied Django's works and the quality of each of them was excellent, which shows that Django must not want the script to be flawed, and he asked Chen Lei on the way here and learned that Django is very good, not the kind of person who can't listen to others' words.

"Thanks to Director Xu." As one of the few comedy directors in China who can compete with Xia Duoyu Banban, there is still real material. Django immediately turned to Xu Dongqing and Chen Lei and asked, "Do you have anything to add?"

Xu Dongqing and Chen Lei shook their heads together, the level of the two was much different.

Django continued: "Then let's discuss the three issues raised by Director Xu just now and see how to modify them to make the plot more reasonable."

I don’t know when all the comedy in China became the same, absurd reality, joy in pain, and a mild irony. "Lost in the Road" has not separated from this temperament in its major themes and forms of expression. Relatively mature control is a winning weapon that prevents the audience from having aesthetic fatigue.

Moreover, the big difference between this movie and those "sarcastic" small humor films is that it aims to express "people still believe in some beautiful things", and even use this "belief" to defeat some things. In the reality of such a helpless external environment, this "belief" is a bit like the "Ah Q spirit" of the character Niu Geng. You can't help laughing at him, but when you lower your head, you may be moved by him.

Therefore, the modification direction is to make the plot natural and not force harmony.
Chapter completed!