Director’s Legend

The summer of 2010 was a harvest season for Shao Shuaijun.

Li Xiuxiu's belly is getting bigger day by day, and Xiao Shao is already moving around in his stomach. Now Shao Shuaijun's favorite thing to do is to stick to his belly and listen to Xiao Shao's movements. Every movement on his belly made him, an uncle in his thirties, couldn't help but laugh happily all day long.

Now that Li Xiuxiu has completely left her job, she can raise her baby with peace of mind. For the young couple, there is nothing more precious in the world than the soon-to-be-born Shao Qikai. Li Xiuxiu's belly is getting bigger day by day, and it also makes the whole villa more lively every day. Naturally, the old and young of the two families have to work nervously.

The executives and entertainers under Dream Chasing Entertainment are also busy like a battle. There is no way, the matter of the boss is the top priority for them, if they don't show their courtesy at this time, when will they have to wait.

Compared with the gains of small families, the gains of companies are also huge.

The first listed company Chasing Dream Golden Harvest, this year's two major projects, Youth Dao League and Qing Feng Dao, put into production a total of 28 domestic films, of which 12 lost money, 9 were flat, and 7 made money. Among them, "Little Midnight" directed by He Kunyang, "A Warm Story, Dedicated to Those Lonely Children" directed by Fang Xuan, "The Kettle of Angry" directed by Cao Jing, and "Xiaguan" directed by Wang Feixiang have gained more than a thousand dollars. box office of RMB 10,000.

In addition to the works of the Youth Daomen League released a year ago, "Night Shop" directed by Yang Qing won 30 million box office, and "No Longer Let You Be Alone" directed by Zhang Mo won 25 million box office. It can be said that the current Youth Dao League and Qing Feng Dao have not discovered such a sensational movie. But it is getting better and better, with a positive upward momentum.

Unlike the Youth Dao League and Qing Feng Dao, who are doing small things, this year Dream Chasing Golden Harvest has produced a number of box office bombs.

"Beijing Meets Seattle" was released in March. This is the work of Xue Xiaolu, a screenwriter under the Dream Culture Brokerage Company. She has written many movies and TV series. In 2009, she was transferred to a director and filmed "Ocean of Love". 80 million at the box office. This year, I made persistent efforts to film "Beijing Meets Seattle", which earned 480 million yuan at the box office. It has become a domestic film second only to "Old Boy" with 800 million yuan.

"Ip Man 2: The Legend of the Grand Master" was released in April. This is a cooperation plan between Chasing Dream Golden Harvest and Zhen Bullet at the suggestion of Shao Shuaijun. In 2008, he invited Ye Weixin to direct and starred in the Kung Fu blockbuster "Ip Man". The domestic box office almost exceeded 100 million, and overseas results were very good. This year. "Ip Man 2: The Legend of the Grand Master", which was also directed by Ye Weixin and starred in the real bullet, won a good box office of 230 million yuan in the mainland. More than 320 million RMB worldwide.

"Eavesdropping 2" was released in May. This is another cooperation plan proposed by Shao Shuaijun back then. In 2008, Mak Siu-fai and Zhuang Wenqiang were invited to co-direct "Eavesdropping", which won a box office of 90 million in the mainland and a total of 120 million yuan overseas. Mak Siu Fai and Chong Man Keung joined forces again this year. "Eavesdropping 2" was filmed, which earned 260 million yuan at the box office.

"Search" was released in June. The film is adapted from the book "Please Forgive Me" by Wen Yu, the author of Time Station. Time Fiction was built as a content providing website from the very beginning, supported by Golden Harvest, subscription and other benefits are all owned by the authors, attracting a large number of talented authors to stay on the site, and many best-selling novels have been adapted into movies by Golden Harvest, TV drama. After "Please Forgive Me" was adapted into a movie script by the screenwriter department of Chasing Dream Golden Harvest, Chen Kaige was invited to direct it. The final score was 180 million box office, which is not bad.

"To Our Dying Youth" was released in July. Shao Shuaijun bought Xin Yiwu's original novel and kept it in his hands. Later, Zhao Wei’s original artist contract expired, and he was poached by Sloppy to pursue Dream Culture. At the same time, he also went to Beidian’s director department for further study. Shao Shuaijun then handed the novel to Zhao Wei. Everyone in "Painted Skin" had a good relationship back then. However, Shao Shuaijun didn't want to steal her famous work.

So this year's movie came out. Because it was three years ahead of schedule, the box office of "To Youth" only got 630 million yuan, which was less than the 720 million yuan of the original track, but it still managed to squeeze out Xue Xiaolu's "The Capital City". "Meeting Seattle" became the second domestic film after "Oldboy".

In September, it has been confirmed that "The Wind Rises Again" will be released. In 2009, Dream Chasing Golden Harvest produced Gao Qunshu and Chen Guofu co-directed. Shao Shuaijun bought the copyright and gave it to the screenwriter department to adapt "The Wind", which earned 225 million box office. Gao Qunshu independently directed the sequel "The Wind Rises Again" this year.

In October, it will be confirmed that "The Wind is Coming", which is the prequel of "The Wind", will be independently directed by Chen Guofu. In fact, after "The Wind", the two directors had differences and no longer co-directed. For this reason, Chasing Dream Golden Harvest decided to shoot a prequel and a sequel at the same time.

In November, Golden Harvest's annual highlight "Painted Skin 2" will be released. This is the sequel to "Painted Skin" after 3 years. It is directed by Wu Ershan. Shao Shuaijun also participated in part of the screenwriting work. "Painted Skin 2" in his memory is not good. The place was repaired. Because this sequel will not only be released in the mainland, but also has a well-arranged global schedule, and it will land in the United States in December. A little change must be made to cater to international tastes.

It is planned to be released in December and invest in "Let the Bullets Fly" directed by Jiang Wen. Jiang Wen is also the contracted director of Chasing Dream Culture Brokerage Company. Basically, Mainland China and Hong Kong are the world of Chasing Dream Entertainment. Ma Hu and Wang Jinhua, two elder brothers and sisters in the brokerage industry, joined forces and almost monopolized the brokerage business.

It can be said that Summit Entertainment's annual film schedule will dominate Hollywood, and Golden Harvest's mainland film schedule is also destined to dominate the Chinese film industry. Originally Chasing Dream Golden Harvest’s production ability was not strong, but it couldn’t afford to be rich. In the few years since its listing, it has successively acquired many small film companies, TV drama production companies, and program production companies, and has truly become a mainland entertainment company. giant.

If it weren't for the China Film Group's control over the import rights of Hollywood blockbusters, in the mainland film market, it would be the Golden Harvest family. after all. With the support of Summit Entertainment, Golden Harvest's ability to release blockbuster films is no worse than that of China Film Group.

And this year is also the year that Dream Chasing South Asia Entertainment has established itself in India. As of August, Dream Chasing South Asia Investment has produced "Bollywood Robot Love", "My Name Is Khan", and "Code Tiger Action" After waiting for more than a dozen films, all of them have been released, causing a sensation in the entire Indian film industry.

Among them, "My Name Is Khan" was the first to be released in March, raking in 2 billion rupees, about 200 million yuan. It set a record for the first box office in the history of Indian films. Second only to the 2.5 billion rupees of "Avatar", it ranks second in the total box office of film history.

"Code Named Tiger Action" was released in May, resulting in another sensation, with a two-month release time. Crazy 300 crore rupees. Become the overall box office champion of Indian movies.

Then "Bollywood Robot Love", which was released in June, even surpassed "Code Tiger Action". Raised 3.5 billion rupees and became the champion in one fell swoop.

Chasing Dream South Asia Entertainment Company has only been rooted in India for a year. After investing in more than a dozen films, three films broke the record of Indian local films three times, making the whole of India boil. With the addition of "Slumdog Millionaire", Chasing Dream South Asia quickly became a film company loved by Indian audiences.

The mayor of Mumbai, who has a stake in it, even said to the outside world that the investment in Mumbai by Dream Chasing Entertainment was his most outstanding investment attraction as the mayor of Mumbai.

Now, Chasing Dream South Asia has three film plans: "ra.one", "Love Endless" and "Three Idiots Havoc in Bollywood". Including the first three films, there are six Indian films that Shao Shuaijun knows. After six films, the company's own vision is needed.

The foundation has been salvaged, and all that remains is to see how tall the building can be built.

Dream Chasing Golden Harvest, Summit Entertainment, Marvel Comics, Dream Chasing South Asia, Dream Chasing Games, Mtime.com, Obvious Company, the six pillar subsidiaries of Dream Chasing Entertainment Group have taken shape, and a huge entertainment kingdom is on the rise. .

"This year's entertainment industry can already be named the 'Year of Chasing Dreams' in advance!" While Time Magazine reported on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", it also introduced the overall film release status of Dream Chasing Entertainment. Finally, Ended with this sentence.

The world can no longer stop Shao Shuaijun.

From August 20th to August 22nd, the third weekend of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" ends. Basically starting from this week, the summer file has been announced to be over. In this last train, five films were released on a medium scale in succession this week.

Miramax Films' "Sowing Love" ranked eighth with US$8.1 million. Since the release of "Painted Skin", Miramax Films has been declining day by day. It has rapidly fallen from a first-rate Hollywood company to a third-rate Hollywood company. .

Universal's another production, "Magic Nanny 2", ranked seventh with US$8.3 million. As a sequel, the opening score was less than US$10 million. One can imagine Universal's depression. This year is indeed the saddest for Universal. year.

"Piranha 3D" produced by Weinstein ranked sixth, and the response was not bad, and 10 million US dollars can guarantee the return of capital. "Secondary Detective", which was released for three weeks, ranked fifth with US$11 million, Warner's newly released "Lottery Ticket" was fourth at US$11.12 million, and last week's "Being a Girl Forever" was third at US$12 million.

The second place this week is The Twilight Movie, a 20th Century Fox spoof of The Twilight Saga.

This movie not only contains the plot of the popular "Twilight Saga", but also includes plots related to "Alice in Wonderland", lady-gaga and the American drama "Jersey Shore". It's a pity that 20th Century Fox wanted to make a fortune by hyping "Twilight", but the audience didn't buy it. It was released in 3,774 theaters in North America and only received 12 million US dollars. It proves that frying other people's leftovers is not always full of aroma.

At the top of this week's list is "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", which has won three consecutive championships, with 37.6 million US dollars, which makes the last train of this summer vacation more leisurely. So far, the total box office of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" in North America has reached 250 million US dollars, exceeding the expectations of experts by much.

In the mainland, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" finally gave up the championship, and came in second with 52.3 million yuan. The champion was "Tangshan Earthquake" by Feng Xiaogang. However, this week "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" still has a box office of 100 million outside of North America, with a total global box office of 540 million US dollars. It is almost certain that it will surpass the 613 million US dollars of "Teddy Bear" and become Shao Shuaijun's second highest-grossing movie. . (to be continued..)