Chapter 1727 There Are Joys and Sorrows

"Mr. Zombie 4" took over the summer season with the popular girl group Happy Girls all over Asia.

Their timing is really good. It will be released in early August, and "Bawanghua 3" will be released 14 days later.

If "Mr. Zombie 4" is as powerful as "Mr. Zombie 3", they will be able to get a total box office of no less than 400 million in Asia in just this first weekend plus almost two weeks and 14 days.

What makes them even more reassured is that the European copyright buyout, which ended early, has already reached 20 million US dollars.

After this buyout fee, all the production costs and publicity expenses of "Mr. Zombie 4" have been paid back, and it has already made about 60 million Hong Kong dollars.

The suspense now is just how much money "Mr. Zombie 4" will make.

However, the trend of "Mr. Zombie 4" is surprising.

With a box office of HK$210 million across Asia in the first weekend, Kam-po Hung immediately held a celebration banquet.

But in the second week, the box office plummeted to HK$120 million, leaving everyone stunned.

In its third week, "Mr. Zombie 4" only had box office revenue of HK$40 million.

40 million Hong Kong dollars! ?

It's not a joke, right?

Although this is partly due to the fact that "The King of Flowers 2" was released in three days on the weekend, it is definitely not the normal performance of a movie of the level of "Mr. Zombie 4", and it is not the reason for their defeat.

Even in the past two years, "Mr. Zombie 2" did not lose so miserably when facing "The King of Flowers". It was basically a half-match.

Not to mention that "Mr. Zombie 3" broke so many records last year and triggered a series of positive reviews. Even the total box office in Europe and the United States reached 180 million US dollars.

This is why "Mr. Zombie 4" was bought out by United Artists Film Company for a whopping US$20 million in European and American rights before it was released.

This time, "Mr. Zombie 4", which was released in Europe and the United States at the same time as Asia, also suffered a considerable decline compared to the previous third film. In almost three weeks, the box office was only 60 million US dollars.

According to the consistent 8-week release data, "Mr. Zombie 4" can reach a box office of 100 million US dollars. Thank God.

Including video tape revenue, United Artists Film Company can still make a profit of about 35 million US dollars, but it is much less than the previous "Mr. Zombie 3".

This also made the manager responsible for purchasing the film scolded. I think they will be more careful and stingy next time they purchase the rights to Hong Kong films.

However, although the results are much worse than the previous one, according to the contracts signed by Lin Zhengying, producer Fang Baohe, and distributor Fang Jiahe and Qilin, his "Mr. Zombie 4" can get at least 80 million Hong Kong dollars.

If the revenue from European and American video tapes is a little higher, it is not impossible to reach 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

But Lin Zhengying is definitely not a person who is greedy for money.

Seeing such sluggish results, after the third week's box office results came out, he announced that he would only receive the same 30 million dividends as the third part, and give up the rest of the excess dividends.

No one said that he should not be awarded the title of hero at all. Everyone praised Lin Zhengying as a man!

Although the results of "Mr. Zombie 4" were not as good as expected, as mentioned before, "Mr. Zombie 4" has already made 60 million yuan by selling European and American copyrights alone.

Then the Asian box office revenue was HK$370 million in three weeks. After six weeks, the box office revenue will still be at least HK$400 million, and Baohe's share will be around 150 million.

This is all pure profit!

After making so much money, Lin Zhengying did not receive director's salary, but received dividends based on the director's and starring's salary.

If they don't get a penny, what will Lin Zhengying and the group of employee brothers who follow him eat?

Xiangjiang is an economic society. No one can talk about contribution without money. If you pay, you will be rewarded.

Therefore, newspapers, magazines and film and television circles in Hong Kong praised Lin Zhengying's behavior very much.

Of course Hong Jinbao was very happy that Lin Zhengying acted like a bachelor.

But in a place like Xiangjiang, everyone must know how to behave.

This time, not to mention Hong Jinbao's net profit exceeded 210 million Hong Kong dollars. 30 million was given to Lin Zhengying, and he also had 180 million.

Moreover, in the last movie "Mr. Zombie 3", Hung Kam-bao's net profit exceeded HK$300 million!

If a director and starring actor automatically takes less money because his performance is not up to expectations, and your boss doesn't say a word, it will appear that he is greedy for money and unethical.

Of course Hong Jinbao couldn't do this.

So after Lin Zhengying announced the matter, Hong Jinbao quickly accepted an interview with reporters, claiming that everyone was responsible for this minor setback and had failed to do well, so he would still give Lin Zhengying 50 million Hong Kong dollars. Dividends.

Not to mention how the two got the money, what everyone is paying more attention to is why the performance of "Mr. Zombie 4" was so poor.

Of course, someone immediately jumped out and said that although the four scripts of "Mr. Zombie" were all written by Jun Shao, starting from the third one, people around Lin Zhengying told reporters that Lin Zhengying revised them himself. A lot of scripts.

In the fourth part, Lin Zhengying changed more than half of the parts.

Even Yin Jun agreed to this, but Lin Zhengying's drastic changes must be responsible for the decline in performance.

After all, everyone knows that if Lin Zhengying does not change the script too much, the results of "Mr. Zombie 4" will definitely be much better than what they are now.

Then there are also people discussing that Lin Zhengying has changed now. Instead of spending more energy exploring zombie culture, he has found more stars to join the movie.

For example, superstars such as Huang Yuanshen, Zheng Shaoqiu, Wen Bixia, and Yuan Biao have all appeared in "Mr. Zombie 4".

But in terms of overall effect, they are not as good as Xu Guanying and several other previously unknown supporting actors.

Big stars all have the identity and status of big stars. Whether it is funny or overall compatibility, it is somewhat inconsistent with the atmosphere of the "Mr. Zombie" series.

Even their fans have commented on this after watching the movie.

Furthermore, with the "Mr. Zombie" series released every year, the audience has actually entered visual fatigue.

No matter how Lin Zhengying explores zombie culture, how he connects comedy with plot, how he adds various interesting and thrilling scenes, the special effects are improving with every film, but every year he still looks at familiar actors, As well as the ever-changing plot synopsis, no matter how much the audience likes it, they still feel a little tired.

A newspaper conducted a survey and found that at least one-third of the viewers who watched "Mr. Zombie 3" last year did not go to the cinema to watch "Mr. Zombie 4" again.

Moreover, many viewers who like to watch movies repeatedly have basically only watched "Mr. Zombie 4" once and then stopped watching it again.

Last year, the proportion of viewers who watched "Mr. Zombie 3" repeatedly was as high as 32%.

The total number of viewers has decreased, and the number of repeat viewers has decreased... Calculated in this way, it is really rare for "Mr. Zombie 4" to have the box office today!

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Lin Zhengying and Hong Jinbao are suffering the bitter consequences of "failure" here. Correspondingly, "The King of Flowers 2" will continue to be a big hit.

The second film "The King of Flowers" was filmed two years later, which brought the audience not fatigue, but great expectations and surprises.

First of all, it added the famous Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda in Asia, making the audience want to see how this beautiful and petite Japanese beauty performs.

In particular, Japanese movie fans were overjoyed as if they had been given a shot of blood, claiming that this was the first step for Japanese movie actors to enter the world, and they would definitely give them the greatest support.

What's more important is that Lin Qingxia's identity in "The King of Flowers 2" is no longer the same.

Today, Lin Qingxia is already an Oscar-winning actress and the absolute number one in Asian movies.

Originally, Lin Qingxia was a very popular star in Asia, and now that she has the aura of an Oscar-winning actress, God knows how many movie fans are looking forward to seeing her new movie.

Don't laugh at them for being too excited. Do you feel the same when watching a movie by an Oscar-winning actress?

Lin Qingxia's identity change alone can bring more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars in box office revenue to "Flower Flower 2".

No, because of Lin Qingxia, Disney and United Artists Film Company were not able to buy out the copyright, but instead operated it to be released in Europe and the United States and share the shares with them.

If there is no Oscar-winning actress, a movie starring all women, even if it is an action movie, you are simply joking if you ask for this condition!

Another point is that "Overlord Flower 2" has been confirmed. This will be the last "Overlord Flower" series in which Zhao Yazhi will star.

Zhao Yazhi's popularity in Asia in recent years has actually surpassed that of Lin Qingxia, because Lin Qingxia only developed in the United States and did not appear on a large scale in Asian movies and TV screens.

Zhao Yazhi is different. She has acted in movies and TV shows, and has so many advertising endorsements. She is a complete super star.

It is of course a pity that such a beautiful and famous female star will no longer appear in the "Butterfly Flower" series after only two movies.

So fans who want to watch "The King of Flowers 2", and how melancholy and reluctant they are, should watch it even more!

Under the influence of many factors, the box office in Asia during the first weekend of "Flower Flower 2" exceeded 80 million on Friday, which is twice the total of "Mr. Zombie 4" this week!

After three days over the weekend, "The King of Flowers 2" surpassed the box office of "Happy Ghost 3" by HK$300 million, reaching HK$350 million.

The box office in Europe and the United States also reached 69 million US dollars, and the total box office in one week actually reached 900 million Hong Kong dollars! !

Such charm and power are truly breathtaking!

In the past two years, Qilin Films, which has the "Overlord Flower" series and the "Happy Ghost" series, has no rivals in Asia in terms of its ability to attract money.