Chapter 1900 The Rise of Martial Arts Movies!

When the news came that Yin Jun won the Oscar for Best Director, Jet Li and Huang Qiuyan were waiting to board the plane at the airport.

Watching the news appear on many TV screens at the airport at the same time, there were bursts of cheers and applause everywhere.

Li Lianjie and Huang Qiuyan, who were wearing sunglasses and masks, were also surprised.

"It's really not easy!" Jet Li couldn't help but exclaimed, "Jun Shao has been working hard for three years, and it was such an excellent film to participate in the selection, and the result was finally obtained with great difficulty!"

"This is because Mr. Jun is very powerful, so they have to admit it." Huang Qiuyan said, "You want to try it with another person? You can't make ten more movies!"

"That's true." Jet Li turned to smile and said, "Except for Jun Shao and Li Xiaolong, none of our Chinese filmmakers are very famous abroad!"

"Who said that?" Huang Qiuyan looked at her husband and said seriously, "Master Jun said that you will definitely be one of the spokespersons of Chinese martial arts in the future, and you will definitely become famous!"

"I hope there will be such a day!" Li Lianjie also looked very hopeful. Compared to a year ago, he had much more confidence at this time.

Yin Jundu has succeeded, which proves that this road will definitely go on, and more people will succeed.

"Let's not talk about the future, haven't we already made a name for ourselves? Even European and American audiences are praising you!" Huang Qiuyan encouraged, "Ajie, when we go home this time, we can be regarded as returning home in glory! Family members That’s a lot of praise for your achievements, even Master said you gave him a fighting chance!”

The master is Wu Bin, the person who single-handedly brought Jet Li out, and the person whom Jet Li respects the most.

When she mentioned this, Li Lianjie couldn't help but laugh happily.

No wonder.

Li Lianjie is definitely proud of himself now.

In early March, Kirin Film Company's annual masterpiece "Once Upon a Time in China" was released worldwide under the arrangement of Kirin Cinemas.

Kirin Cinemas knows how to measure their own. If it is not qualified, it will definitely be released locally in Xiangjiang. If you other cinemas and distributors think it is good, then come over and negotiate a buyout or something.

If it is a relatively good movie, then it will be screened throughout Asia depending on the situation.

If a movie has good effects and a high audience, it will get more screens, even thousands of them.

If the movie's effect is average, it can often be seen on three to five hundred screens.

If it is the best movie in their opinion, it will definitely be screened around the world.

Asia has the channels of Kirin Cinemas. Kirin Cinemas in Europe and the United States have integrated the distribution channels of Disney and United Artists Film Company, and have become independent and have begun operations.

Usually under such conditions, at least 3,000 screens will be arranged around the world. For superstars like Cheng Long, Fei Xiang, and Zhou Runfa, 5,000 or even 8,000 screens are not hopeless.

But for the best films like this, Kirin Films and even Hong Kong as a whole only produce three or five films in a year.

Those produced in Hollywood are not included.

Those blockbuster movies produced by United Artists and Disney have 3,000 screens in the United States alone, plus Europe and South America, at least 8,000. Adding parts of Asia, it is not unusual to have tens of thousands. thing.

Li Lianjie can be regarded as a super superstar in the whole of Asia.

After all, the "Shaolin Temple" trilogy back then became instantly popular throughout Asia, which is what made him famous.

He failed several times in his previous life, but he was able to turn around in the end, relying on the foundation of "Shaolin Temple".

In this life, in addition to "Shaolin Temple", Jet Li also filmed "The Swordsman" in advance, but there was no way to help him go further. On the contrary, many people felt that "The Swordsman" was a bit of a spoof and not suitable for Jet Li's style.

Therefore, Xu Ke was also implicated and Xu Ke was greatly criticized. Although Xu Ke finally made a successful comeback with "Daoma Dan", he still remembered his failure.

So he really put a lot of thought into making "Once Upon a Time in China".

Li Lianjie also worked hard.

Even though Yin Jun assigned him five dragon and tiger martial arts masters and special effects assistants, he was injured three times one after another.

It's just that he wasn't injured as badly as in his previous life.

The director and starring actors worked hard, coupled with Kirin Films' full production support in terms of funds, special effects, and editing, the result was that "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun" was directly released on 3,400 screens around the world.

The largest number of them is naturally in Asia, with almost 2,000 screens. It can be regarded as the one where Qilin Films has the most. In addition to its own, there are also other cooperative theaters.

Even Cheng Long and Zhou Runfa were treated like this.

In addition, the United States has almost 600 tickets. It was Yu Zheng who went to say hello in person and gave him 600 tickets.

Although it doesn't seem like much, the locations of these 600 screens are pretty good. They are all in the top ten cities in the United States. Once a joint sensation is formed, it will spread out and increase the number of screens.

In fact, "Once Upon a Time in the Sky" is like this. Relying on word of mouth and solid elegant kung fu, it quickly sparked a kung fu craze among American movie fans.

In the second and third weeks, the number of screens in Europe and the United States increased by a full 1,500, which is a very impressive result.

Ever since Li Xiaolong conquered the Americans with his real Kung Fu, Europeans and Americans have had a mysterious interest and fear in Chinese Kung Fu.

Li Lianjie's Kung Fu is not as fast and accurate as Li Xiaolong's Jeet Kune Do, but it is very beautiful and elegant, which will make people exclaim.

Therefore, European and American movie fans became interested, excited, and deeply impressed.

Not to brag.

Until 2020, if you go to the United States or Europe and encounter a mugger, as long as he doesn't point the gun directly at your head, you can definitely scare these people by making a Li Xiaolong or Jet Li move.

Of course, if you encounter a reckless person who charges at you with a knife, you should just run if you can.

This is true even in Europe and the United States, let alone Asia, where Jet Li is originally based.

With 2,000 screens, it earned 240 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week. Although it is not as good as the 280 million Hong Kong dollars of "A Chinese Ghost Story", which was very popular before, and even less than the 350 million Hong Kong dollars of "The King of Flowers 2", it can still be regarded as Very successful movie.

And the key is that its box office in Europe and the United States is good!

The total box office in Europe and the United States during the first weekend was 12 million US dollars, but it rose to 24 million US dollars in the second week, and reached 33 million US dollars in the third week. Even the Americans themselves were dumbfounded.

Although it is related to the fact that it is the off-season in the European and American film markets and there are not many good films, but your weekly upward curve is too scary, right?

But as long as you are an insider, you will know if you take a closer look.

In the third week, the number of screens in Europe and the United States has exceeded 5,000, which is already superstar-level treatment.

And in the third week, although the box office has increased so high, the attendance rate of general shows is already less than 40%. This will definitely reduce the number of screens next week, and it is normal for the box office to decline.

Sure enough, in the fourth week, all overseas box office except Asia suddenly dropped to 26 million US dollars.

The box office trend in Xiangjiang is similar.

With the continuous support of movie fans who have stimulated their enthusiasm for watching movies, the second week was 300 million Hong Kong dollars, the third week was 210 million Hong Kong dollars, and the fourth week was 180 million Hong Kong dollars.

According to this trend, global box office revenue of 2 billion Hong Kong dollars is just around the corner!

Even Xu Ke himself didn't expect that after such a desperate effort, he actually got such a high box office, and the reputation was so overwhelming!

He immediately called Yu Zheng and was ready to discuss the plan for filming the second part.

Strike while the iron is hot. Xu Ke has thought through the story of Huang Feihong very thoroughly, so it is not difficult at all to start filming the second part now.

Needless to say, Li Lianjie can't wait to continue filming the second part, so as to truly build himself into a kung fu king!

The reason why the two of them are so active is that besides good box office results, there is another very important point.

That is dividend profit.

In the agreement signed between Xuke Studio and Qilin Film, they, like McDonald's Studio and Wang Jing Studio, will receive a 15% share of the net box office profits.

Based on the total box office of 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, there is at least a net profit of about 600 million.

In fact, compared with such a huge box office, the production cost of more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars is almost like nothing.

According to the contract, 15% of the 600 million will be given to Xuke Studio, which is 90 million Hong Kong dollars.

In all the years that Xu Ke has been in the film industry, even if the total amount of "Dao Ma Dan" is added, he has not received as much as 90 million Hong Kong dollars in salary and dividends.

Once the estimated profits came out, he and Shi Lansheng were a little stunned, not knowing what they could do with the money.

After all, one movie almost made him a billionaire. To them, this was still a bit confusing and a bit unbelievable.

Kirin Group has always been very disciplined when it comes to funds. It has never lied about figures or deceived subordinates and cooperative companies. It has a very good reputation in the world.

Therefore, this 90 million cannot be without them.

After the box office record came out in the third week, Xuke Studio received the first share of HK$20 million, which gave them peace of mind.

Xu Ke Studio has a 15% share, but there is no basic salary. At most, the company provides accommodation, meals, etc. during filming, and he relies on this dividend to make money.

As soon as the news came out, it was really a bit like the time Uncle Jiu got 30 million Hong Kong dollars in dividends for filming "Mr. Zombie 3", and the same as last year when Fatty Wang got 130 million Hong Kong dollars in dividends for "The King of Flowers 2", which was extremely sensational.