When there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king.
This sentence is really appropriate to describe the current "Tsukihime".
Against the backdrop of a group of hopeless characters, "Tsuki-hime" has been an unstoppable box office success.
For the next whole week, "Tsuki-hime" continued to be very popular.
Compared with all the films released during the same period, "Tsuki-hime" has the highest screening rate and attendance rate.
It was only due to the restrictions of the off-season that the performance of "Tsuki-hime" did not show any unusual performance.
In one week, another 44.55 million US dollars were withdrawn in five days.
Including Monday and Tuesday, after ten days of release, "Tsuki-hime" has accumulated a total North American box office of 184.55 million US dollars.
Among them, nearly 80 percent of the box office revenue came from male audiences.
Overseas, Valentine's Day has long become a global holiday thanks to the hard work of chocolate manufacturers around the world.
So not only in North America, Washimine Entertainment pushed "Tsuki-hime" to major Hollywood overseas film markets before Valentine's Day.
In this era, any movie that is a big hit in North America, as long as the plot is not too Americanized, can basically achieve good box office results around the world.
Therefore, thanks to the North American box office performance and this special Valentine's Day period, the market response of "Tsuki-hime" is generally good.
This week, the overseas box office revenue was nearly 78 million US dollars.
Especially in the Eastern market, Tsuki-hime has performed very well.
Although Nanaya and Shiki gave "Tsukihime" a westernized treatment for the European and American markets, the foundation of "Tsukihime" still has a certain oriental flavor.
Under such circumstances, "Tsuki-hime" is naturally well received in the Eastern film market.
In just ten days, "Tsuki-hime" almost became the exclusive symbol of love in 2009.
At least that's how it seems in the minds of fans of the film.
Thanks to "Tsuki-hime", the popularity of several young actors in the movie has increased significantly.
When Yoshinaga Shizukari played Medea in FSN, her face was covered most of the time.
So even though the character of Medea has always been attractive, it didn't do much to boost the actor's popularity.
This time, in playing the role of Arcueid, Yoshinaga Yukari has brought her beauty to the fullest.
Plus, her silly feeling is exactly the same as Arcueid's natural style.
So this second-generation star from Japan has opened up his own market in North America.
In the small conference room next to Nanaya's office in Washimine Building, a small discussion was taking place.
There weren't many people attending the meeting, only Seven Nights, Four Seasons, Peter Jackson and Kevin Feige.
Kevin Feige looked at the various feedback data of "Tsukihime" in his hand and said: "Through "Tsukihime", I came to a conclusion. The Type-Moon IP can become another group portrait IP that can be vigorously developed in addition to Marvel superhero films."
"Yes." Peter Jackson nodded, "Today's teenagers are very fond of this type of movie."
"Of course." Nanaya fully agrees with this view. "You have to know that those born after 1985 and 1990 have all grown up. They have the ability to choose movies on their own and are gradually becoming the main force of movie consumption in the new era."
"These audiences have a higher ability to accept new things, and they particularly like novel stories like the Type-Moon series."
Shiki continued, "Just like what Nanaya said. After working on "Tsukihime", I do feel this way."
Nanaya looked at Shiki Matsuno, who flicked the yellow hair on his head and said, "In short, the essence of commercial movies is to please their own audiences - that is, young people, right?"
Nanaya nodded slowly and said, "This group of energetic young people with a wide range of interests will be the new force in the box office market for a long time to come."
"More importantly, their consumption concept is more impulsive. It is normal for them to spend money on things they like, even to the point of eating dirt."
Peter Jackson said: "In this case, not only "Tsukihime", shouldn't your FGO project also be accelerated? I am looking forward to filming the magical version of the Hundred Years' War between England and France."
"Nature."
Nanaya nodded and looked at Kevin Feige: "How is your plan going?"
Because of his experience in planning the first phase of the MCU for Marvel, Feige is obviously more adept at planning the second phase of the Type-Moon Film and Television Universe.
He distributed the plan he had made to the other three people.
"According to the Type-Moon plan outline given by Nanaya, the second phase of Type-Moon is mainly centered on FGO."
Shiki asked curiously, "So, in the second phase, there will be no non-Fate series movies except Tsukihime?"
"I'm hesitating whether to arrange "Mahoutsukai no Yoru"..." Nanaya pinched his brows, "but I doubt the IP is hot enough."
Fatty Peter said nonchalantly, "Actually, there's no big problem with focusing on Fate. After all, the design, subject matter, and characters are very diverse, and the audience won't get tired of it so quickly."
It seems that Fatty Peter really likes the theme of the Evil Dragon's Hundred Years' War, otherwise he would not have kept urging Nanaya to start the project as soon as possible.
"If that's the case, then there's a problem."
Feige had obviously anticipated this result. He said to Nanaya: "The biggest problem in this case is the protagonist of the movie."
"main character?"
"According to your opinion, Nanaya, the FGO series only has one protagonist, right?"
"Yes."
Feige sighed and said, "So you plan to only release one movie a year in this series?"
"this..."
After hearing Feige's reminder, Nanaya also realized the problem.
In Nanaya's plan, each FGO movie is naturally a high-cost movie with an investment of over 100 million yuan.
Pre-production, filming, and subsequent promotion.
According to Marvel's situation in the previous life, basically 2-3 movies a year was enough.
It's fine for the film studios, but for actors, starring in 2-3 big movies a year will definitely drive them crazy.
"So, the protagonist group needs to be revised."
"Yes."
Feige nodded. "Unless we make one movie a year, a group of protagonists won't be enough."
"What's your suggestion?" Nanaya asked with interest.
Since Feige mentioned this matter, he must have his own ideas.
Feige handed the information he had prepared to the others: "I have made a plan. According to your expectations, Nanaya, it is almost time for the three groups of protagonists to act separately."
Nanaya raised his eyebrows: "Are the three groups of protagonists attacking the singularity separately?"
"Yes."
Feige nodded and expressed his inner thoughts: "And I think it would be best if one of the crew members were characters that have appeared before, so that it can increase the sense of immersion."
"I see…"
Nanaya tapped the table with his hand, thinking about Feige's suggestion.
If we really divide them into groups, then the problem that I was previously struggling with, whether it was Gudao or Gudako, would indeed be solved directly.
"As expected... all of them must be the best solutions."
"What?"
Feige didn't hear clearly what Nanaya was talking to himself.
"I just think your suggestion is very good." Nanaya nodded, "Then you should have some ideas about the character that continues from Fate, right?"
Feige said directly: "Emiya Shirou."
Seeing that Nanaya was a little dazed, Feige continued to explain quickly: "This character is very familiar to the audience and is very popular. He has grown after experiencing the story of UBW. The audience should be looking forward to seeing his subsequent stories."
"Hmm... in terms of popularity, the Heroic Spirit Emiya should be a little higher, right?"
Nanaya asked.
"Indeed, but this character has no room for growth." Feige gave his own reasons, "After all, this is a long story, and the character's room for growth must also be taken into consideration."
"What you said makes sense..."
Nanaya wrote it down on paper with a pen.
Although today's meeting is mainly about discussing the project design of FGO, there won't be many things that will be decided today.
There is still a big difference between FGO and "Tsuki-hime". Whether it is investment or cast, each movie of the former will be much higher than the latter.
Under such circumstances, the production of FGO must naturally be relatively cautious.
Because of trust, Nanaya was able to entrust Shiki Matsuno with the 50 million investment.
But when it comes to hundreds of millions of dollars, Nanaya still has a lot of concerns.
Don't think that Nanaya has invested 200 million US dollars to shoot "Madoka Magica".
But this is just an example. If Nanaya really wants to do this in every movie, he can't do it no matter how rich he is.
On the other hand, precisely because of the large investment, the FGO movie will inevitably involve a lot of action scenes and special effects.
In this case, the director of the film becomes very important.
Nanaya has two main ideas about the FGO movie director.
One is to invite a director like Fatty Peter who has experience in making big movies;
The other type is directors like Shiki or Ori, who have a better understanding of Type-Moon's settings.
The reason why Nanaya did not adopt the tradition of MCU and hire a young director is mainly because the starting point for directing a Type-Moon movie is higher than that of Marvel.
Even if the directors themselves have never come into contact with superheroes, they will at least have a basic concept of superhero movies.
However, the FGO movie requires the director to have the skills to direct big-budget movies, and it also requires the director to have a clear understanding of Type-Moon's settings.
It would be best if a director had both.
Even if not, Nanaya hopes to have at least one of them, so that the learning cost will be much lower.
Nanaya doesn't mind if the director tucks in some frivolous settings, but he hates cleaning up the mess for other directors.
"Anyway, let's write out a plan based on the three main characters' ideas and simulate it to see if it's feasible."
Finally, Nanaya put an end to this meeting.
"Feige, please take the trouble to write a draft and a plan."
"no problem."
Feige made an OK gesture.
The project of "Captain America" has been completed and the crew of "Thor" has also gotten back on track.
Feige was in a period of job hiatus.
This is also the reason why Nanaya can borrow the other party from Marvel.
"And Shiki, you need to come up with the plan for the sequel to Tsukihime as soon as possible."
Shiki Matsuno waved his hand to indicate that he understood.
"That's all for today. I'm leaving now."
After Nanaya finished speaking, he stood up and left.
Shiki asked curiously, "Why is this guy running so fast? Is he going to see a beautiful woman?"
Feige showed a somewhat obscene smile on his face: "Yes, Nanaya really went to see beautiful women!"
Seeing Feige's expression, Shiki Matsuno remembered what day it was today.
"Oh, right, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is here." Shiki slapped his forehead and complained unwillingly, "Damn you, not only did you not invite me to see the beauties, you also gave me more work!"