Chapter 312 I’m Going to Get You, Wu Baige!

Red Cliff is scheduled to be released in Japan on November 10. This news cannot be concealed, after all, it needs to be promoted in advance.

The connections of Guangying Times in Japan are no less than the capital behind Wu Baige, and even deeper.

"Red Cliff" is just that Orange Sky Entertainment, one of the producers, was acquired by a Japanese company, which gave it a Japanese connection channel.

Guangying Times is different. Although Guangying Times is not Japanese capital, Guangying Times has cooperated with Japanese capital for many years.

From "Departures" to "Your Name" and later "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" and "Those Years", movies have been released in Japan under the operation of Toho.

It is worth mentioning that the box office performance of "Those Years" in Japan is also very good.

In the original trajectory, "Those Years" was quite influential in Japan, and a Japanese film company also remade a Japanese version of "Those Years".

Now Wu Yuan has brought out this movie in advance, and the effect is no different, or even better.

After all, Liu Yifei is really famous in Japan. Several of her films have conquered the Japanese market and she is known as the "angel from the mainland" in Japan!

With her in the film, the effect of the Light and Shadow Era version of "Those Years" released in Japan is of course better.

After being released for half a year, it has earned a total of more than 4 billion yen in box office, which is more than "Departures".

Toho has also bought the copyright of "Those Years" and plans to make a Japanese version of "Those Years".

By the way, the copyright of "Your Name" has also been bought by Toho. More than two years ago, a Japanese version of "Your Name" was made. The heroine is an actress named Ayase Haruka, who plays with Yamashita Tomohisa.

However, the box office results are not very good. After all, the original "Your Name" is so popular in Japan. The box office of nearly 15 billion yen makes most young Japanese people familiar with this movie.

In this case, the impact of the remake is limited, after all, there is a preconceived impression of the original version.

But Toho did not give up. This time, it bought the copyright of "Those Years" again, intending to let the newcomer Yui Aragaki, who has just emerged, continue to work with Tomohisa Yamashita to act in this movie.

Under such a good and long-term cooperation, Guangying Times and Toho cannot be said to be as close as a family, but their relationship is indeed so good that they are almost wearing the same pants.

As soon as "Red Cliff" was scheduled in Japan, Toho informed Guangying Times of the news.

Toho can understand why Guangying Times is so concerned about the release date of "Red Cliff", after all, the two movies are rivals.

However, when they learned that Guangying Times also scheduled "Gravity" on November 10 after hearing the release date of "Red Cliff", they found it particularly incomprehensible.

Toho is still the Japanese distributor of "Gravity", and it is still an old cooperation.

In Toho's view, although "Gravity" is very popular in China, this is the result of the special theme of the movie.

It is normal for Chinese people to watch Chinese space rescue movies.

But this approach won't work when it's released abroad.

Just like "The Wandering Earth" was praised as a masterpiece in China, but the response was so-so when it was released overseas.

Foreigners don't have any special filters for China, and they only watch movies from the perspective of pure appreciation.

After watching "Gravity", Toho's distribution department also felt that it was indeed a good movie, a movie that Japanese audiences could also understand and appreciate, but they didn't think its influence would be greater than "Red Cliff".

Please, the history of the Three Kingdoms is also a household story in Japan, and they have a huge mass base. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a local battle.

But "Gravity" is a pure space movie. Except for a small group of science fiction fans, it has no mass base at all.

As we all know, Hollywood has conquered the world, but failed in Japan. Whether it is the "Star Wars" or "Space Trek" series, they can't get any good box office in Japan.

Compared with these movies, Japanese movie fans prefer to watch some local fresh movies or animated movies.

Now if we change to Chinese science fiction movies, will they not be accepted in Japan?

Impossible!

Dongbao's box office estimate for "Gravity" is only 30 to 40 billion yen, while the box office estimate for "Red Cliff" is at least 5 billion yen.

With the small body of "Gravity", it can't even avoid "Red Cliff", but it has to collide with it and be released at the same time?

Isn't it necessary to make both sides lose!

Dongbao thinks that Guangying Times is crazy, and conveys his ideas to Guangying Times without any concealment.

On the other hand, Wu Yuan in China, after learning about Dongbao's opposition, can also understand their ideas.

Wu Yuan certainly knows that "Gravity" will not have a good box office in Japan.

The original version of "Gravity", which was widely acclaimed all over the world, only achieved a box office of more than 3 billion yen in Japan.

Even with Wu Yuan's fame in Japan, the best he could do is to get a billion more at the box office. It is impossible to get more than 10 billion like "Your Name".

There is gain in loss. Just by changing one's nationality, many things will change beyond recognition.

Since his "Gravity" is a Chinese special version, don't expect to achieve any brilliant results in non-Chinese countries, let alone win $700 million in box office worldwide like the original version.

At present, the overseas copyright of "Gravity" has been sold out.

In Europe, the total buyout price was more than 30 million US dollars.

In Asia, except for Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, which will share the distribution with local distributors, other small Southeast Asian countries and South Asia and Central Asia also sold more than 10 million US dollars in total.

In addition, North America, South America, Oceania, North Africa and other regions sold 20 million US dollars.

The overseas distribution rights of "Gravity" sold a total of 60 million US dollars, which was just enough to recover 200 million RMB in net profit.

From the beginning, Wu Yuan did not plan to do global distribution of "Gravity".

Now it is 2008, and "Gravity" is not a movie with white faces.

This is because Wu Yuan himself is famous enough in the international community. Overseas distributors look at Wu Yuan's face as an international director, and these dozens of countries can sell at this price.

Otherwise, it is unrealistic for a Chinese-language movie to be popular internationally.

"The Wandering Earth" can't do it!

This is not the influence that an international director can have. Unless China becomes the world's leader one day, Chinese-language films will be able to sweep most countries in the world like Hollywood.

Wu Yuan only left three major markets, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, and planned to do split distribution.

The United States wants to try to increase the influence of Chinese-language films in North America. After all, it is the base camp of Hollywood. Not to mention launching a counterattack, Chinese-language films must also make their own voices.

As for the Japanese and Korean markets, it is really just a nuisance for "Red Cliff".

Wu Yuan did not expect to make any money from "Gravity" in the Japanese and Korean markets. He just wanted to use this movie to snipe the release of "Red Cliff" in Japan and South Korea.

It is to be released at the same time and on the same day as "Red Cliff", just to grab the cake from you.

If "Gravity" has one more box office, "Red Cliff" will have one less.

Even if doing so will hurt both sides, Wu Yuan can afford it!

Just by selling the global distribution and the domestic market, he has already made back the cost of "Gravity", and he can still make 200 to 300 million yuan, which is not a loss no matter how you calculate it.

What about "Red Cliff"?

The domestic market is not enough to make back the investment, and now it is all relying on the Japanese and Korean markets to make money!

The Japanese and Korean markets, which are a lifeline for "Red Cliff", are dispensable for "Gravity".

In this case, it is impossible for Wu Yuan not to do Wu Baige!

"Just tell Toho that Gravity will be released on the same day as Red Cliff."

"As long as Toho is willing to cooperate, I can hire 1-2 Toho actors in my Hollywood production company."

"And at least they can play important supporting roles!"

Wu Yuan said confidently: "Next year, I will shoot a super A-level blockbuster in Hollywood with an investment of at least 200 million US dollars. It will cooperate with Universal or Warner. It is a blockbuster aimed at the global market!"

"As long as Toho agrees to cooperate with us to snipe Red Cliff, I will give Toho's actors a chance to perform."

"I don't believe that his Japanese entertainment company doesn't want to enter Hollywood."

Wu Yuan, who holds the only ticket to Hollywood in Asia, is so generous.

As for the super A-level blockbuster with an investment of at least 200 million US dollars, he is indeed not fooling Toho.

The era of Hollywood superheroes is coming, and Wu Yuan does have a plan to shoot a super blockbuster that truly belongs to him in Hollywood within the next two years.

You can't have been working for others for so many years in Hollywood, right?

Wu Yuan already has a plan for this Hollywood blockbuster that belongs to him. There are indeed several roles in it that can be shared with Asian actors.

The most important role, of course, should be given to his own people, but Japan can also be given 1-2 supporting roles.

"Give such a big benefit?" Li Xiaoping said in surprise.

"It's not possible not to give benefits. We are really losing the interests of Toho by doing this." Wu Yuan shrugged: "It's right to give them some sweetness."

"Okay, this matter is decided."

"What's the situation in the United States?"

"What does Disney say, are they willing to undertake the North American distribution of Gravity?"

Li Xiaoping sighed. She couldn't stop Wu Yuan's firm decision, so she could only talk about another topic.

"Disney doesn't seem to be very willing to release Gravity in North America."

"They think this movie is too Chinese and doesn't conform to American values."

"Bullshit!" Wu Yuan curled his lips in disdain. The plot of Gravity he shot is not much different from the original, except that the country was changed.

Why, if Americans shoot this kind of movie, it is the light of democracy, but if Chinese shoot it, it doesn't conform to American values?

This double standard is played well!

I have something to do today, so I'll take half a day off.

There are two more chapters to come, one at 2 o'clock and one at 4 o'clock.