News of the week
1. The total box office in 2024 will exceed 25 billion According to the data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 21:15 on July 10, the box office (including pre-sale) of cinema movies in 2024 will exceed 25 billion. As of now, the top ten box office films in 2024 are: 1. "Hot and Hot"; 2. "Flying Life 2"; 3. Article 20; 4. "Bear Infested· Reversing Time and Space"; 5. "The annual meeting can't be stopped! 》； 6. "Godzilla vs. Kong 2: Rise of the Empire"; 7. "What kind of life do you want to live"; 8. "The End of the Road"; 9. "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City"; 10. "Eliminate the Three Evils Everywhere". 2. The pre-sale box office of "Catching the Doll" exceeded 20 million
According to the real-time data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 17:32 on July 12, the total pre-sale box office of the film "Catching the Doll" exceeded 30 million, and the film will be screened tomorrow. 3. A number of infringing Yang Mi merchants issued an apology statement On July 12, Yang Mi @ForMi912 announced the progress of anti-black rights protection, and attached screenshots of the apology statements of a number of infringing merchants. "Any subject that infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of artists, we will pay close attention to their dynamics with their lawyers and investigate their legal responsibilities in accordance with the law. Where the Internet is illegal, we call on every fan to chase stars sensibly and work together to create and maintain a clean online environment. "4. Xiamen film and television enterprises can receive up to 10 million subsidies Recently, the Propaganda Department of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee (Municipal Film Bureau) issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Application of Special Funds for the Development of Xiamen Film and Television Industry in 2024", in accordance with the application requirements, for film and television parks (including investment promotion platforms) with more than 50 film and television enterprises, 1‰ of the cumulative revenue of the settled film and television enterprises in 2023 will be rewarded, and the annual reward amount of each park (platform) shall not exceed 2 million yuan. If film and television enterprises invest more than 10 million yuan in the construction of digital studios and the purchase of digital film and television equipment, a subsidy of up to 10 million yuan will be given at 10% of the input cost; Enterprises that provide technical services for film and television production will be rewarded with a maximum of 2 million yuan according to 5% of their technical service income. For online film and television dramas that have been approved and filed in Fujian Province and are produced by the city's film and television enterprises as the first producer, which are broadcast in the first round on well-known domestic video network platforms, and the actual sharing income with the video network platform exceeds 3 million yuan, rewards will be given according to 8% of the sharing income, and the maximum reward amount for each film shall not exceed 1 million yuan. 5. Zhang Ziyi served as a jury member of the Venice Film Festival
The 81st Venice Film Festival announced the jury of the main competition, led by Isabel · Huppert, and the members include: United States director/screenwriter James · Gray, United Kingdom director/screenwriter Andrew · Haig, Poland director/screenwriter/producer Agnieska· Holland, Brazil director/screenwriter Kleber Jr· Mendoza, Mauritanian director/screenwriter/screenwriter Aberdramana · Hisaco, Italy director/screenwriter Giuseppe · Tonatore, Germany director/screenwriter Julia· Feng · Heinz, Chinese actor Zhang Ziyi. 6. "The Queen Wears Prada" will make a sequel
Recently, Disney is working on a sequel to the classic film "Queen Wears Prada", Meryl · Streep and Emily · Blunt are expected to return. "The Queen Wears Prada" was released in 2006, and the film adaptation of Lauren · Weisberg's novel about young women working in fashion magazines was a huge success that year. Although the investment was only $35 million, it received $320 million at the global box office, and also brought actors Streep and Emily · Blunt a number of Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. 7. "Minions 3" is finalized
On the occasion of the release of "Despicable Me 4", Illumination Entertainment announced that "Minions with Big Eyes and Cute 3" is scheduled to be released in North America on June 30, 2027 (three years later), and more Minion stories are coming.
The film will be directed by Pierre · Coffin, one of the directors of "Despicable Me 1, 2, 3" and "Minions 1", who is also the voice of all Minions, and the screenwriter is Brian · Lynch ("Minions 1", "Pet Secret"), more information has not yet been revealed. 8. "Crisis Route" is finalized
The movie "Crisis Route" is scheduled to be released on September 30 on the National Day, the film is produced by Andy Lau and Lin Xiaoqiang, directed by Peng Shun, Andy Lau, Zhang Zifeng, Qu Chuxiao, Liu Tao, etc., telling the story of Andy Lau's father and Zhang Zifeng's daughter teaming up to fight against robbers at an altitude of 10,000 meters. Up to now, 3 films have been set for the National Day file, in addition to "Crisis Route", there are also "Entering and Exiting Peace" and "New Big Head Son and Little Head Dad".