Making a high-quality film requires a lot of human, material and financial resources, especially for some high-quality films, a lot of money is also needed in the early stage to support the structure of the entire film. The film market during the Spring Festival is also very lively. If a movie is making a lot of money at the box office, it's only a matter of time before it makes money;But if the box office is so sluggish that it is unbearable, then it is likely that even the cost will not be recovered. Therefore, how to increase the box office revenue of the film has become a very real problem in front of us. Looking back at the four films in the history of cinema that have been damaged by blood damages, I'm not sure which one you've ever had
The investment in the film "Once Upon a Time Abroad" reached $30 million, but its box office revenue was only $5.32 million. After the release of "Once Upon a Time", the box office soared, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in the world that year. The film is directed by Italian director Sergio Leone, whose life is full of legendary elements. From the film "Red Dead Redemption" to the "Once Upon a Time Trilogy", he almost single-handedly completed a film history like no other, but sadly, this work did come at a huge cost at the time!However, as the last work of his film career, "Once Upon a Time Abroad" is difficult to describe in words.
Cleopatra is the second installment, and despite investing $44 million, it grossed only $57.78 million at the box office. Isn't this a bit of a bloody effect?When you look at the box office and investment data, you will definitely think that this is indeed profitable?But that's not true, is it?Why should blood be used to make reparations?Because the movie itself is not easy to shoot successfully, and the post-editing is also very rough. In fact, in the production process of the movie "Cleopatra", in order to ensure the authenticity of the film, from the palace to the costumes and scenes, it showed extreme luxury. As a result, the filming cycle of the film was not effectively controlled, and it took up to 3 years. Although the box office after the release only reached more than 20 million, the subsequent box office performance of $57.78 million was the result of multiple re-screenings.
The investment in the movie "Black Gold" reached 60 million, but its box office income was only 10 million. It is a commercial blockbuster, but it can also be said to be an inspirational film. There are so many hidden stories behind this movie that it is impossible to list them all. For example, in order to better interpret this work, Leung Jiahui specially wrote a biography of Zhou Chaoxian of more than 100,000 words. But unfortunately, "Black Gold" lost nearly 5 million due to some factors at that time.
In the end, the two films called "Journey to the West" invested more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars, but the box office revenue was only 54 million Hong Kong dollars. It's a miracle!At present, the two movies "Journey to the West" starring Stephen Chow have been recognized as classics. Although the two works are not much different, they are far from each other in terms of investment and publicity. In fact, Journey to the West started out as a single film, but as ideas continued to emerge and the length of the film lengthened, it was eventually divided into two parts: the first and second volumes. In the upper part, because it's a comedy, there's nothing to sell, but later because it's a comedy, the audience prefers to watch comedy. Although Stephen Chow's loss may only be 10 million compared with the previous films, for his newly established film company at that time, "Journey to the West" directly led to the bankruptcy of his company, which is undoubtedly a huge loss!
Despite the difficulties of the films when they were first released, thankfully, many viewers recognized their value later in the film. One of them is the movie "I Am Not the God of Medicine", which tells a story about a doctor. Classics will become classics after all, who do you owe a movie ticket?