Chapter 1465: One Wave After Another (a 5,000-Word Chapter!)

The summer season in July, especially in North America, is very brutal.

A total of 15 blockbusters costing more than 20 million US dollars were released together in the United States.

Even if the number of screens in the United States exceeds 15,000, it cannot help showing so many movies.

If you invest in so many movies, you will definitely hope to schedule at least about 5 movies a day.

If a theater is basically full for a day, it can only schedule 8 shows. If it were earlier or later, no one would come to watch it.

And except for the three games from the afternoon to the evening, where the attendance rate can exceed 70%, the rest can basically reach the attendance rate of 30%, which is considered very good.

For the two shows in the morning and the one in the late night, the number of moviegoers is usually counted in single digits. A great blockbuster can exceed 20 people. This has to be "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Star Wars". Only super blockbusters will do.

Therefore, the battle for the slots from afternoon to evening every day is very fierce.

The theater chain is not a fool. It does not mean that if you give me good conditions and a high share ratio, I will definitely give you a high number of films.

For example, if a movie has a total box office of 50 million, the share it gives you is 60%, and you can only get 30 million.

But if it is a movie with a total box office of more than 100 million US dollars, it will only give you a 45% share, and you can also get 45 million.

The difference between the two is huge.

If a movie is found to be a hit, even if there are not many movies scheduled at the beginning, the number of screenings will soon be increased and those movies with no attendance will be cut off.

Therefore, it is destined that some movies will be beaten to pieces, suffer huge investment losses, and even fail to survive a week - you know, in this time period in the 1980s, it was usually shown in mainstream theaters for 8 weeks. The standard configuration, if it is too popular, then after it is removed from the big cities, it will continue to be played and released in the countryside, and it will last for a year and a half without any problem.

"Back to the Future" took only three weeks to smash the 200 million North American box office. How domineering is it?

This doesn’t just mean that there is no place for small productions and bad movies, but also for period blockbusters.

The top three theater chains in North America have already scheduled more than 50% of the films for "Back to the Future" - considering that so many movies were released during the same period, these thousands of screens are occupied by "Back to the Future", which can be said to be powerful. Extreme.

But do you think this is hell difficulty?

wrong!

There are as many as 36 movies ready to be released in August, 12 of which have an investment of 30 million!

Don’t compare today’s 30 million with 30 million in 30 years.

Now the U.S. economy is still developing, U.S. dollars are not being issued indiscriminately, and they are still very valuable.

So the current production of 30 million yuan is almost the investment of 60 million or 80 million yuan in the future.

If you add in the publicity and distribution costs of millions to tens of millions, they are actually film projects equivalent to investment of hundreds of millions.

Hollywood is cautious about such huge investments.

United Artists Film Company almost went bankrupt due to "Heaven's Gate" and was acquired by the Kirin Group. This lesson has always made everyone wary.

So actually starting last year, the six major Hollywood giants made a tacit agreement with the Kirin Group.

During the two most important time periods, summer and Christmas, there are at most two blockbusters released in the same week.

Then no matter what, we must give these blockbusters enough time to dominate for a week to ten days before other blockbusters will take turns.

As for encountering films from other medium-sized film production companies or encountering low-budget films that were huge hits at the box office, that can only be regarded as bad luck.

The Big Seven in Hollywood have such a tacit understanding that they have a basic guarantee for each other's interests.

Can't every blockbuster film have an enemy?

So in August this year, when United Artists' blockbuster "Top Gun" was released, there was only one relatively weak 20th Century Fox movie released at the same time.

The advertising expenses of "Top Gun" in June and July were as high as 30 million U.S. dollars in both months. This does not include a series of subsidies from the Navy, which at least 10 million U.S. dollars were subsidized in the form of special funds.

Although the production cost given by United Artists Film Company is only about 20 million US dollars, if the various expenses of airplanes, airports, aircraft carriers, and super pilots are included, it will definitely exceed 100 million US dollars.

And if it weren’t for the navy opening the back door, people wouldn’t necessarily agree to your $100 million if you spread it out. It involves a lot of sensitive and advanced technologies!

But the Navy is not stupid.

The previous airport flight expenses were normal consumption and not considered any additional expenses.

However, subsequent advertising campaigns required real money to be subsidized.

They also gave 10 million in promotional funds after seeing the unexpected success of "Top Gun".

All the efforts are worth it.

In the first week after "Top Gun" was released, it knocked out "Back to the Future", which had been in the top spot for four weeks.

Then it has been the box office champion for three consecutive weeks, firmly pushing "Back to the Future" into second place.

In these three weeks, "Top Gun" took in $250 million in box office, directly breaking the year's best box office record just set by "Back to the Future."

But "Back to the Future" is not bad at all. It has been in second place for three consecutive weeks, and its total box office has exceeded 330 million US dollars!

The popularity of "Top Gun" is definitely not just at the box office.

Through his wonderful performance in the movie, Fei Xiang has become a hot super star from a relatively well-known mixed-race star.

Almost every young man in the United States has fallen in love with this tall and handsome star.

The Navy directly used Fei Xiang's photos and footage in "Top Gun" in its recruitment advertisements. As a result, in just ten days, it received more than 5,000 applications. It was really fun. Got them!

At the same time, the image of the Navy was also erected very high at this time. They made the Americans believe that the reason why the United States is so powerful and inviolable is entirely due to the role of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft and aircraft carriers.

This has greatly improved the image of the U.S. military, which has been plagued by various negative influences in the past decade or so.

The effect was so good that even the Pentagon made a special call to praise the Navy for doing a great job this time.

Together with "Back to the Future" and "Top Gun," the box office champions throughout July and August were controlled by films from the Kirin Group, which really frustrated Hollywood giants and other film companies.

Besides, there are more than just two of them.

"Mean Girls" has also won the hearts of many boys and girls.

Even another action movie from Xiangjiang, starring Cannes best actor and "The Shawshank Redemption" actor Zhou Runfa, "Dirty Detective" also received excellent box office.

Throughout August, with such a fierce schedule, "Hot Detective", a movie starring a Hong Kong native, actually ranked in the top ten of the North American box office rankings. It has never fallen out of the top ten. The cumulative total in one month The box office gross reached US$75 million.

According to this trend, "Hot Detective" will at least get a box office of about 120 million US dollars when it is released.

Based on this box office calculation, "Hot Detective" can get a box office share of 36 million US dollars.

The key is that the home ground of "Hot Detective" is not North America or Europe, but Asia.

This movie, which is said to star Chow Yun-fat and a hot new idol star in Asia, directly detonated the summer box office in Asia.

In the first week of its release, "Dirty Detective" broke the 180 million first-weekend box office record of "Happy Ghost 2" in July, and the box office in Asia directly exceeded 220 million Hong Kong dollars!

Due to the excellent reputation, the fighting and gun battles are really exciting, and the mutual acting skills of Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu-wai are so addictive to watch, the box office in the second week actually reached 200 million!

After four weeks, the box office of "Dirty Detective" has exceeded 650 million, and it is almost destined to be the top box office movie in Asia this year.

The reason why I say almost is that in mid-August, another super blockbuster film appeared in the Hong Kong film industry.

It is the third part of "Mr. Zombie" which is one episode per year.

Lin Zhengying's most important task every year now is to produce "Mr. Zombie".

He knew that this movie was his signature film, so each preparation, shooting, and post-production cycle took more than half a year.

He learned this attitude of striving for excellence from Yin Jun, and the results are of course very good.

The first episode of "Mr. Zombie" made a huge profit of more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars.

By the time "Mr. Zombie 2" was released, Baohe had made a huge profit of HK$80 million.

Hung Kam-bao directly offered a dividend of 10 million Hong Kong dollars to Lin Zhengying.

Now in "Mr. Zombie 3", Hung Kam-bao has spent a lot of money.

Lin Zhengying is still starring, but Hong Jinbao takes Yin Jun's banner and invites Zhang Guorong. In addition, the heroine is the goddess Lizhi from the recently very popular "The King of Flowers". Together, they have a huge advantage. .

Especially the overseas games are even more powerful.

They withstood the huge pressure of "Dicky Detective". In the first week, they matched the third week box office of "Dicky Detective". With a total Asian box office of 180 million Hong Kong dollars, they directly destroyed "Dicky Detective" and let those who thought "Dicky Detective" "People who wanted to achieve the four consecutive results of "Happy Ghost 2" were shocked.

Lin Zhengying has been studying zombie culture in his spare time in the past few years.

Especially when he was filming this year, he absorbed a little bit of the essence of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", so the plot content is even more beautiful - he changed half of the script originally given by Yin Jun.

"Mr. Zombie 3", which is carefully produced in this way, will naturally be loved by everyone.

In the second week, the Asian box office also returned HK$160 million, proving that the efforts are worthwhile.

Then "Mr. Zombie 3" blew away "Hot Detective" and became the box office champion in Asia in the second week.

Although it can't compare to "Hot Detective" every week, with tens of millions less at the box office, it came out two weeks later, which gives it too many advantages.

According to this trend, if there is no blockbuster movie to top it, I am afraid that "Mr. Zombie 3" will still be the box office champion for a few more weeks.

This leaves the producers of "Hot Detective" - ​​Qilin Films and McDonald's Studio - relatively speechless.

Obviously, his two-week box office championship has broken all records, and he is the kind of person who deserves it, but he only sat on the box office championship for two weeks, and he was suppressed.

I feel aggrieved just thinking about it!

Of course, the aggrieved feeling in my heart was just a matter of honor.

In fact, "Hot Detective" has already made a lot of money.

After four weeks of results, they took in a box office of 650 million Hong Kong dollars in Asia alone, and 75 million US dollars in the United States, which is 540 million Hong Kong dollars.

Calculated based on the different box office shares for each country and region, they can get a total share of HK$480 million.

Excluding taxes, filming and publicity expenses, the net profit from "The Detective" is HK$330 million!

After a few times, there is no income left. Everyone who participates in the movie's dividends will get dividends that will make them smile from ear to ear.

Yin Jun used the script to add dividends and took 3% of the global box office share, which came to 9.9 million Hong Kong dollars.

Zhou Runfa is the most famous. He gets 5% of the global box office profits, which is 16.5 million Hong Kong dollars!

Tony Leung is not that famous, but Qilin Films gave him a 3% share of box office profits across Asia, which is almost 6 million Hong Kong dollars! ——No matter how popular Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's previous TV series was, he did not get a salary of more than 2 million.

Therefore, it is no wonder that so many people want to jump out of the small screen and jump to the big screen. This benefit alone is enough to make them excited!

Except for the two male protagonists, the rest of the cast and crew received red envelopes of various sizes, but they were not given in proportion, but based on the results of the negotiations between the two companies, they would definitely not be very small.

The actors and Yin Jun actually had small heads.

The real big winners are still Qilin Movies and McDonald’s Studio.

The agreement signed by McDonald's Studio is for a 35% share of global box office profits, with a direct profit of HK$115.5 million!

The remaining profit of nearly 200 million was swallowed up by Qilin Films.

The last movie "A Better Tomorrow" produced by McDonald's Studio was also co-produced with Kirin Films. Although the box office was very good, the box office was not as good as the current explosion. McDonald's Studio only received about 90 million Hong Kong dollars.

Now it’s not only HKD 100 million, it’s very likely to be HKD 150 million. Why doesn’t this make McDonald’s Bear overjoyed?

If he had known that movies were so profitable, he would have jumped out of ATV and made movies!

But McDonald's didn't get carried away.

He knew that the reason why "Hot Detective" was so popular was mostly due to Yin Jun and Qilin Film Company.

Without the script provided by Yin Jun, the recruitment of big names like Chow Yun-fat and emerging stars like Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and the strong distribution capabilities of Qilin Films, how could it have been such a huge box office hit?

For "A Better Tomorrow", which was released in October last year, the box office in Asia was only around 250 million, and it has more than doubled in just four weeks.

This is all due to Kirin Film Company's active contact with theaters throughout Asia and negotiation for dividends, so that McDonald's Studio can enjoy the benefits.

Otherwise, according to the previous buyout rules of others, I am afraid that all Asia except Hong Kong should be smiling if they can get a buyout price of HK$50 million or HK$80 million.

Although you definitely earn a lot, who doesn’t want to earn more?

As long as he has the confidence of "Hot Detective", McDonald's will be more comfortable in making his own movies in the future, and he will have the courage to invest and produce.

And he has already made up his mind.

In the future, McDonald's studio's distribution must be given to Qilin Films. It would rather get a lower share than covet the high share of other film companies.

The base numbers are different, but the difference in profits is huge.

McDonald's Bear was happy, but there was someone who was happier than him.

This person is Hong Jinbao.

The Asian box office of "Mr. Zombie 3" is very likely to exceed HK$600 million. It is unlikely to break the record of "Hot Detective", but it is very possible to catch up with "Happy Ghost 2".

Moreover, for distribution in Europe and the United States, United Artists Film Company has already given the price tag, which is 15 million US dollars, which is 5 million higher than "Happy Ghost 2".

After discussing it with Zou Wenhuai, he readily agreed.

Different from the partnership investment of "The Raid" and "Food Truck", the copyrights of the "Mr. Zombie" series belong to Baohe Company.

According to this posture, excluding the issuance share to Jiahe and various expenses, the profit belonging to Baohe Company is at least 150 million Hong Kong dollars!

One movie can earn 150 million!

Hong Jinbao and McDonald's Bear also made such a sigh!

Recalling that ten years ago, the salaries of the brothers and sisters were only a few hundred yuan. Yuan Biao was only given a bowl of lunch for a fight scene in his first movie.

Who would have thought that in ten years a movie would be able to earn over 100 million?

I can’t even imagine it in my wildest dreams!

Of course, Hong Jinbao did not forget the biggest contributor.

He announced on the spot at the celebration party that his eldest brother Lin Zhengying owned 10% of Baohe's shares and became the second shareholder after him.

At the same time, in this film "Mr. Zombie 3", Lin Zhengying participated in the dividends as the director and starring, and the total dividends received were 30 million!

Oh my God!

30 million yuan in dividends, what kind of concept is this! ?

Just three years ago, Hong Kong's top three movies of the year only exceeded 30 million!

This is still the total box office!

Nowadays, Lin Zhengying's dividends are equivalent to the total box office revenue of a movie. This is simply incredible!

Before Zhou Yunfa could cover up his enthusiasm, he was immediately snatched away by Lin Zhengying, the highest salary bonus in Hong Kong, which was 13.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

Including Fatty Wang, the most profitable director's salary and dividends were also lost to Lin Zhengying.

For a time, Lin Zhengying's title of "Mr. 30 Million" resounded throughout the Hong Kong film and entertainment circles.

It even shocked the entire Hong Kong society.

In this era when Hong Kong's economy is extremely bleak, Hong Kong's film industry is actually so prosperous! ?

In this era when the per capita income in Hong Kong has dropped below 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, Lin Zhengying actually received 30 million Hong Kong dollars for one movie! ?

It’s so enviable and jealous! !

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