Chapter 905 A Box Office Hit!

With the support of Universal, United Artists, and Disney, it is impossible for "E.T." to have a bad first weekend box office.

It cannot be said that it has never happened that three companies have released a movie together, but such cases have never been rare. After all, no one is willing to share profits with others like this, especially when they know that the profits will definitely be high.

Now that United Artists and Disney have taken the initiative to lower their share ratios and want to join in the distribution, it proves that they are also optimistic about this movie and feel that they can make a lot of money by lowering their share ratios.

Since the three major companies think so, it can basically be judged that "E.T." is the kind of movie that brings both fame and fortune.

This is what people in the American film industry thought before watching "E.T."

But when the first-day box office of "E.T." came out, everyone was shocked!

$15.3 million!

15.3 million US dollars a day! !

Prior to this, the highest-grossing movie in Hollywood during its first weekend was "Star Wars Episode 1," but its three-day box office revenue during its first weekend was less than $20 million!

Now the one-day box office of "E.T." has reached 15.3 million US dollars, surpassing the highest opening weekend box office in North America in almost one day!

What is this concept?

This is an absolutely incredible rhythm!

George Harding, the president of Universal Pictures, was so happy that he smiled from ear to ear during the interview.

But he never mentioned the important role played by United Artists Films and Disney in helping to increase theater chains.

Of course, the reporter would not let this topic go, so he asked him directly.

"President Harding, how much of the $15.3 million do you think is due to Yin Jun? After all, he is the screenwriter. According to our interviews, everyone who watched "E.T." last night was full of praise for him. , feels that such a children's film will definitely become a classic. At the same time, his affiliated companies, United Artists and Disney, also actively helped contact theaters, which resulted in the current situation of joint screenings in more than 2,300 theaters!"

George Harding suddenly became unhappy, "Everyone deserves credit for the success of this movie, including Mr. Yin Jun. But what I want to emphasize is that it was the efforts of Director Spielberg and the crew that made it possible." ,us……"

After finally avoiding this question, George Harding lost the mood to be interviewed and left directly.

At the same time, when reporters stopped Tang Shuxuan's car for an interview, Tang Shuxuan's answer was completely different.

"Yes, I am also very happy to have this result. The chairman also knows it. He sincerely thanks Director Spielberg for making such a good movie, and also thanks Universal for its efforts in it. , and wish "E.T." better results."

Okay.

That night, CBC News broadcast the two interviews together.

The famous host couldn't help but joked, "It is said that Mr. George Harding is a personable person, and Ms. Tang Shuxuan from Xiangjiang is a woman who does not know her own abilities. But today I saw two kinds of things in the interview clip. A completely different evaluation. Mr. George Harding's efforts to wipe out his companions and his bent on taking credit for himself made me want to vomit... I'm sorry, I was too rude.

But Ms. Tang Shuxuan showed a gentle and elegant temperament, neither arrogant nor impetuous, and spoke politely. As for the talented young man in Xiangjiang, I also want to apologize for some of my previous remarks. A person with such a broad mind and the ability to write a classic script like "E.T." is definitely not an intruder in Hollywood, but a reformer in Hollywood!

If Mr. Yin Jun can continue to write such good scripts as "E.T.", then who dares to say that United Artists Films and Disney Company will sink like this? What a good film company and animation company needs most is the best story! I'm looking forward to Mr. Yin Jun's next work. At the same time, I can't help but say, everyone, please take your children to watch "E.T."! It will definitely impress both adults and children! This is one of the best movies! "

It is said that George Harding was eating when this news commentary was played, but after hearing this, he immediately overturned the table.

Of course, it doesn't matter what George Harding is like.

The important thing is that the box office of "E.T." was even more fierce on Saturday.

18.5 million!

It broke the North American single-day box office record that lasted only one day!

The momentum continued unabated on Sunday, and it directly collected another 15.2 million!

In the three days of the first weekend, the total box office was 49 million US dollars, once again ranking first in the first weekend box office in North American history!

Considering that the total cost of "E.T." is only about 25 million US dollars, it is certain that the cost will be recovered in the second week.

As for how much it can earn, there is no doubt that it will definitely bring in astronomical box office and astronomical profits.

There is absolutely no objection to this, breaking the 470 million of "Jaws" and the 611 million US dollars of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Spielberg will usher in another masterpiece of sufficient weight, once again consolidating his position as "the world's number one commercial blockbuster director".

The news spread back to Xiangjiang, and the media in Xiangjiang were also excited.

For them, although they have many conflicts with Yin Jun on weekdays, if you don't report the news that the people like to hear, readers will not be interested in buying newspapers and reading the news, so they can only report happily.

"Qilin Daily" was originally a first-come-first-served basis, and it immediately began to calculate the possible box office and revenue of "E.T." as well as the revenue share of Qilin Culture.

The investment ratio of "E.T." has long been announced by Universal.

Including publicity and distribution costs, the total cost is 25 million.

Yin Jun invested in the script and cash, Universal invested in investment cash and publicity, and Spielberg received the director's share.

Calculated based on the roughly 35% share ratio of the investment producer in North America this time, Yin Jun should be able to get about 16% share.

How high will the North American box office of "E.T." be?

They asked a few people to analyze it, and it should be around 500 million US dollars, breaking the total box office record in history.

This is not random analysis.

First of all, the reputation of "E.T." is extremely good. Among the people interviewed, 95% gave it an A+, and the remaining 3% gave it an A. Only less than 1% gave it an A. -the following.

To put it simply, this is a 99-point movie.

With such a good reputation, it will inevitably spread, allowing more movie fans who had no intention of watching it to watch it.

The second point, which is also very important, is that "E.T." is rated G, which means it is for the general public and can be watched by anyone.

In this case, it is possible for children as young as three or five to be taken to see it by their parents, not to mention naughty children aged seven, eight, twelve or thirteen.

As soon as they see the children on the poster, they will clamor to see it.

If you have children to watch, basically the whole family will contribute to the box office. One child represents 3 movie tickets. Can you tell me how much this will increase the box office of "E.T."?

Therefore, US$500 million is the end point of "E.T."

Calculated based on this ratio, Yin Jun’s total share can reach 80 million US dollars!

Yin Jun's highest investment is 12.5 million, and a share of 80 million means that he will make at least a net profit of more than 60 million US dollars, which is about 380 million Hong Kong dollars!

Isn’t it great?

One movie made a huge profit of HK$380 million. I wonder who in the whole of Hong Kong, or even Asia, can do this?

That's not all the revenue.

According to the rule of "a hit movie in North America will inevitably be a hit around the world" and also according to the rule of "the box office of a hit movie in North America is almost double that of other markets around the world", the revenue of "E.T." in other markets around the world is almost the same. can reach 500 million US dollars.

Even if Yin Jun's share ratio is lower, he can definitely get 50 million.

Adding up the two parts of the box office, Yin Jun's total pre-tax profit directly exceeded 600 million Hong Kong dollars!

Good guy!

What a movie!

Just a movie!

A movie can create a super rich man in Hong Kong!

Isn’t the return on investment ratio of this movie too great?

of course not!

"Qilin Daily" proudly praises itself. Only our young masters can make such a movie. Other than that, no one else has this ability.

Therefore, only we Jun Shao can make a fortune from movies. The rest of the filmmakers can just make a small amount of money. There is no need to compare with us Jun Shao in this aspect.

If you really want to make more money, then come to our Jun Shao to cooperate, just like "Police Academy"; or pay a lot of money to ask our Jun Shao to write a script!

Such arrogant words did not lead to criticism from other newspapers.

Because in the past few years, you can talk about Yin Jun in other aspects, but when it comes to making movies and TV series, he has completely swept it. No one in Hong Kong and even Asia dares to compare with him.

If we make a few more "E.T." films in the United States, it will sweep the world.

Of course, they are not without anger or resentment.

Many people are waiting for July 17th.

The events of "Superman 2" and "Speed" have been reported in detail in Xiangjiang.

I don’t know how many people scolded Americans for being unreasonable, with so many companies collaborating to bully our family!

Unlike many Americans who are gradually changing their minds, most movie fans in Hong Kong are full of worries.

They won't think that Yin Jun's movie will be bad, especially the movie he chose as his first personal director. It will definitely break the box office record in Hong Kong.

If you go to the United States, you won't even lose and you will still make money.

After all, if you watch "Red Zone", you will know that Yin Jun can find out the preferences of Americans.

But this time, several major Hollywood giants came together to attack Yin Jun, especially the second episode of "Superman" that Hong Kong movie fans are familiar with. This made the situation serious.

Americans are definitely willing to watch more American movies, right?

No matter how good Yin Jun's movies are, there is still a cultural gap between them and them, so they will definitely be worse.

It would be okay if they were a little staggered, but if they were facing each other head-on, they would definitely be robbed of the box office.

Once the box office fails to attract attention at the beginning, it will get worse and worse later, eventually leading to a disastrous failure in the United States.

This kind of thinking of movie fans represents the thinking of these newspapers, magazines and media.

They just wait for Yin Jun to fail. Once Yin Jun fails, his "invincible" aura will be faded, and he will be a normal person. It will be much easier to belittle and suppress him in the future.

Of course, this group of media, who were stunned by Yin Jun's free newspaper, completely forgot one thing.

The newspaper office is only a small part of Yin Jun's business territory.

Even Yin Jun's favorite movies and TV shows seem a bit insignificant in the overall Kirin Group.

You said "E.T." made 500 million?

Let alone Hong Kong, how many "E.T." movies can be released in North America in a year?

It would be great to have one released in a few years!

But Yin Jun's Transformers, "Qilin Weekly" and single volumes can earn Yin Jun two to three hundred million Hong Kong dollars every month!

As the influence continues to increase, or a few more super comics become peripheral products, this number will double again!

So you said, is Yin Jun worried about the failure of the movie?

It’s simply impossible!

Even if the movie fails, Yin Jun is still one of the top five super rich people in Hong Kong and will not change.

A group of media want to criticize one of the top five super-rich people in Hong Kong. They must be extremely confident!