Entering the Christmas period, the animated feature film "Toy Story", which lasted for more than two years, has finally been produced and officially released.

The total investment of this animation work is 30 million US dollars, which is equivalent to the cost of a big production movie. For example, when "Die Hard 2" was filmed, the cost was only 30 million US dollars.

Moreover, the production time of this movie is much longer than that of ordinary blockbusters. Generally speaking, it usually takes about half a year to a year to shoot a movie in Hollywood.

Movies that are particularly attentive, such as "Titanic", "Avatar", "2046", "The Grandmaster", etc., will only last more than two years.

But "Toy Story" took two years to produce. To be honest, producing such an animation is really more time, money and energy than producing a live-action movie.

This is probably why major film companies still focus on making live-action movies when film special effects were already quite mature in their previous lives.

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As the saying goes, divine hardship is a good lesson, and hardship is a point of hardship.

"Toy Story" is a fine product created by the world animation for two years. In terms of special effects, it has reached the highest level at the moment. In addition, the script written in summer and the directing of genius director John Lassett, the story is touching, the rhythm is smooth, and the pictures are amazing. It can be said that no matter from any angle, it can be called a fine product.

In addition, it was released during the Christmas season, which was suitable for viewers of children and young people, so it was immediately popular as soon as it was released. On the day of its premiere, the box office reached 33 million US dollars, which is even more powerful than the fourth Batman series "Batman Forever".

The reason why the box office is so high is that people have never seen such exquisite 3D animations.

Before this, although 3D animation was no longer a rare thing, its production was generally rough, even worse than the 50 cent special effects in previous lives.

However, the 3D special effects of "Toy Story" are very exquisitely made. Although they are not as good as the effects of their previous lives, from the perspective of 1995, they are definitely shocking.

The shock of the audience when they see it is just like when people see the "bullet time" of the Matrix at the beginning of the new century.

Second, in the summer, the world was specially requested to produce, and the three giants, Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures, jointly released, and used more than 15,000 screens. It is the most widely released film in the United States so far, accounting for nearly 40% of the total screening volume in the United States.

Ron Mayer and Jerry Brookheimer actually did not agree with Xia Tian's approach, thinking it would be unwise for him to mobilize such a cartoon.

You know, in Hollywood, except Disney, other film companies are not very good at making cartoons, let alone 3D cartoons, which can be popular, but no one knows whether they are.

In case the movie ended up losing the box office, Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures would be all over this Christmas season, with the loss of at least $500 million.

Faced with their doubts, Xia Tian did not explain too much, but just said, "I will bear it myself and I will not blame you."

Hearing what he said, they both had to obey.

On the first day of the release, they were originally trembling and afraid of hearing bad news. However, they did not expect that "Toy Story" was well received as soon as it was released, and directly pulled last week's box office champion "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

When they heard this news, they had to admire Xia Tian's vision.

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On Christmas, in summer, a grand party was still held in my villa, inviting my friends, subordinates, allies, etc. to attend.

Because Xia Tian merged with two large entertainment companies, Universal Pictures and MCA Records, this year, the senior executives and pillars of both companies came to attend this party.

In addition, after annexing the two companies, the power in Hollywood expanded again in the summer, so there were more people who wanted to attend the party than before.

For example, Woody Allen has never had any intersection with Xia Tian, ​​and he is self-righteous and has never attended summer parties. In fact, he has never been willing to attend any gatherings, including major film festivals, dinners, parties, etc. He is even unwilling to attend the Oscars, although he has been nominated many times and has won awards many times.

But this time, he also asked someone to bring a message, hoping to attend a summer Christmas party.

Woody Allen is an anomaly in Hollywood. His films are very stylized and are good at using black humor to tease the mental paralysis and lack of faith in modern society. They seem absurd and unruly, but their essence is to think about human nature and reflect on morality.

Classic works such as "The Legend of Xili", "Cairo Purple Rose", "Bullets Flying Broadway", "Murder Case in Manhattan", etc., have very good reputation in both box office and reputation. They have won many Oscars for Best Director, Best Original Script Awards, etc., and are nominated for countless nominations.

The reason why directors like this also need to move closer to Xia Tian is because Xia Tian has most of Hollywood's resources in his hands.

The three major companies, including Tianxia Production, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Universal Pictures, have great advantages in all aspects from film production, publicity, distribution, and all aspects, and can be said to be firmly in half of Hollywood.

And these three companies have one thing in common, that is, they are not short of money.

Giants like Paramount, Fox, and Warner also need to raise funds from outside the world when filming, either lend money from banks, raise funds from the public, or cooperate with other film companies... In short, it is very difficult to get the money out.

For example, when Fox Pictures invested in "Titanic" for over $100 million, it shouted that it was going bankrupt and hurriedly pulled Paramount over and took risks together.

However, Columbia Pictures filmed more than ten movies including "Jurassic Park 2", "Ah Du and Agua", "The Disguised Strange", "The Jedi Men", "Extreme Suspect", "Time and Space Police", with a total investment of more than 300 million US dollars, all of which were invested by themselves, and there was no difficulty in the slightest.

In terms of economic strength alone, these three companies are really unique in Hollywood.

Therefore, many producers and directors hope to cooperate with the three of them to obtain their financial support.

Weird (not derogatory) like Woody Allen are willing to change their style and participate in summer parties, so there is no need to say more about other producers, directors, and stars.

Since the beginning of December, there have been three hundred invitations in summer, more than a hundred more than last year. Even so, it is still not enough, and there are still a lot of people who want to attend the party.

In order to get an invitation, they tried their best to do something, making phone calls, asking for favors, and some even wanted to buy it at a high price, which made a mess.
Chapter completed!