Disaster Artist

Lan Chuan is indeed standing at the crossroads of history—

Previously, Blue Whale Films broke the market rules in a row, with three combos of "Raid 2", "Deadpool" and "Starfall City".

Later, Magic Pictures launched a comprehensive layout, and "Jedi Knight 8" and "Cheetah" successively overturned the unpopular schedule.

Going forward, Wei Wei's fall led to the full opening of the awards season, with all the heroes vying for the throne, and powerful enemies from all walks of life. The film market ushered in a full opening, and finally ushered in the chaos of this year's awards season.

One step after another, the pattern of the times is slowly laid out in front of everyone, and everyone in the Lanchuan industry can feel that they are standing at a fork in the road of drastic changes, whether to go left or right, forward or backward, each Any choice may affect the industry structure in the next ten years.

Change is indeed coming.

So, what role does streaming play?

It is not the first time nor the second time that the topic of streaming media has reappeared on the conference tables of major companies, and with the unexpected move of Blue Whale Films, many variables have been added, and the "City of Starfall" has broken the situation strongly It also makes people feel the determination of Blue Whale Films to move forward.

History is being written, the problem is that everyone needs to consider where they will fall in this history.

"Cheetah" ended the continuous strength of Blue Whale Films' dominance in winter and spring files. Once again, Magic Pictures and Blue Whale Films were placed on the same page for discussion. This was absolutely unexpected by people. At this time Does anyone still remember the past events when Streamer Pictures tried to block Lu Qian?

In a blink of an eye, the small workshop of Blue Whale Pictures was already on par with Miracle Pictures, but they didn't know what Liuguang Pictures was thinking at this moment.

Perhaps, for laymen, they cannot see the swords and swords at the company level, but they can definitely see the strength of "City of Starfall"—

Although "Starfall City" was attacked by "Cheetah", the number of weekend champions remained at more than twelve, and none could surpass the 23-week weekend champion of "Century Wheel" and the 19-week champion of "Future League". But this work still unbelievably occupies the third place in the film history list of the number of weekend box office champions. This result may be enough to surprise countless people.

Moreover, it should be noted that "Starfall City" defeated "Jedi Knight 8". Seriously, you can clearly see the loss of audience, all of them flowed to the "City of Falling Stars".

Originally, "Jedi Knight 8" had a perfect start. Not only did it create history at the box office on its opening weekend, it became the first work in history to break through two billion at the box office on its opening weekend; Beyond the previous work, reached a new height.

There are indications that "Jedi Knight 8" is a strong competitor. Even if it can't break the historical record, the prospect is very worth looking forward to. Who knows, maybe the movie will eventually surpass "Jedi Knight 7" at the box office and move closer to "Future Knight". What about the film history box office record of "Alliance"?

However, due to various reasons, both subjective and objective, the follow-up box office of "Jedi Knight 8" was seriously lower than expected, not to mention competing for the title of the annual total box office champion, and even the major media began to worry about whether the movie's box office could break through 10 billion The threshold is up.

The reality is undoubtedly cruel—

"Jedi Knight 8" did not break through 10 billion. In the end, the total box office figure was fixed at 9.3 billion, which is still far from 10 billion.

There is no tens of billions, and the box office performance is still inferior to "Raid 2" and "Deadpool". Although this is not a failure, it is definitely not a failure, but it is indeed far below expectations for Magic Pictures. They are trying to get through the holiday season through movies , but now it seems that half of the success is also half of the failure.

It is really hard to imagine that all this is because of "City of Starfall".

It's not that Magic Pictures underestimated Blue Whale Pictures, but that "Starfall City" really doesn't have the potential to be a box office bomb, and it doesn't look like it from any angle.

but!

"Starfall" did just that.

Despite the sniping of "Cheetah" and the frenzy of summer vacation, "City of Starfall" relied on its unparalleled reputation to gain a firm foothold. From spring to summer and then to autumn, it was able to output steadily all the time. The box office has soared, so that the theaters have not released the movie for a long time.

At this time, we can see the follow-up impact of the sanction order—not a negative impact, because the theater alliance has always refused to show the work "City of Starfall", so that the potential of the box office market cannot be fully released. It is slowly released with the advancement of time.

The four major theaters continued to show "City of Stars Falling" tirelessly and persistently, and kept ensuring the number of venues and screens to ensure that audiences who came late could still enjoy this work, which also gave "The City of Falling Stars" The unimaginably long vitality of the city of falling stars.

From the fourth week of December last year to the first week of November this year, "The City of Stars Falling" was screened in theaters for a full 46 weeks, which is nearly twice as long as the screening cycle of ordinary movies, and has a long staying power. It has further subverted people's perception of the market, but by this time, everyone has already seen it.

Moreover, Blue Whale Films and the four major theaters have held a special event. In the fourth week of December this year, which coincides with the first anniversary of the release of "Starfall City", the film will be re-released at 365 theaters. Released in theaters, audiences are welcome to celebrate the film's debut a year ago, setting off another wave of activity.

At the beginning of its debut, no one was optimistic about "The City of Stars Falling", and some even thought that this movie would be a disaster, which became a turning point for Lu Qian's professional voice.

The fact is that this is indeed a turning point in Lu Qian's career, but it is not a turning point of a sharp decline, but a turning point of breaking the shackles and landing in the palace.

finally-

In the second week of June, the global box office of "Star Falling City" officially passed the 10 billion threshold. The unparalleled performance of the three works with a box office of tens of billions has been comparable to that of Damen Films, occupying a place at the top of the Lanchuan Pyramid, and even far surpassing Qiyang Media and Tianshan Entertainment.

The mighty and vigorous exclamation of the media, there is no doubt that this is a phenomenon-level work, worthy of in-depth analysis by film professionals.

However, this is still not all.

Until the end of all screenings of the film, the global box office of "City of Stars Falling" settled at 13.5 billion, ending its incredible journey.

With such an achievement, it not only surpassed its competitor "Jedi Knight 8" in the same period, but also surpassed "Jedi Knight 7" unimaginably, climbing to a new height. In the box office rankings of film history, it is second only to "Future Alliance" and "Century Great Wheel" , and finally came to the third place, holding the third place in an upright manner.

Surprised, shocked!

Just when people thought they were used to it, "The City of Stars Falling" still brought surprises again, reaching an unbelievable height, drawing a perfect end to its box office myth.