Chapter Three Hundred and Ninety Seven Bad Winds and Evil Spirits 2/3
This girl is not happy to have children, but she likes children.
While Zhao Hong was at home, the animated film "Kung Fu Panda" screened in DreamWorks theaters was a huge success. It sold 33 million Hong Kong dollars in one month in Hong Kong. This figure directly surprised many film companies.
More than 30 million is not a lot at all. Although there are movies with 40 million in the box office in Hong Kong from time to time, there are only a few movies a year.
Most companies will laugh out of their dreams as long as their movies can sell more than 30 million yuan.
This movie is not only a big hit locally, but also very popular in other places besides Hong Kong.
There were more than 2 million people in South Korea, the box office in Japan was US$3,500, the other Southeast Asian countries combined were US$41 million, and the box office in Taiwan was NT$7,800.
The total box office in Asia is close to US$100 million, and it can still be screened for about two weeks, so it can still earn at least US$10 million.
It can be said that the box office in Asia alone allowed DreamWorks to recover its costs at the box office, plus make a lot of money.
The total revenue in Oceania is 15.5 million U.S. dollars. This movie can be regarded as opening up cultural barriers. People here found it very enjoyable after watching it.
They could understand it completely, and since it was dubbed in English, they all believed it was a Hollywood cartoon.
In fact, many Westerners really want to understand Eastern culture, but due to the different races, they actually see yellow people as having prosopagnosia.
There are also many movies without dubbing that they are not used to. Some people say that Hollywood movies come to China without dubbing. In fact, it is just something that can't be helped. If they don't do this, you still have a soft spot for their movies. Why should they still want it?
What about doing this?
Chinese-language films are originally at a disadvantage, so dubbing is a must. Zhao Hong has always believed that it is difficult for Chinese-language films to open up the global market.
But animated movies are different. There are no racial barriers. In this case, it is easiest to open up cultural barriers in Western countries.
Therefore, Zhao Hong attaches great importance to animation film companies. For example, they have already started filming an animated film, which is "The Lion King". This film can be said to be an inescapable hurdle when it comes to animated films.
It is the pinnacle of 2D animation.
Also, this movie is very profitable, with a total global box office of over one billion US dollars. This figure would scare anyone to death!
Zhao Hong has been coveting this movie for a long time. The preliminary preparations for this movie began a year ago. The animation company even sent a team to the African savannah to collect materials.
Some people also went to other animation companies in the United States to learn advanced animation knowledge, and the script polishing was also carried out simultaneously. It can be said that this movie will be available to everyone during the Spring Festival next year at the most.
In addition to its box office results, Zhao Hong values the peripheral income even more, which is at least a billion-dollar pie, which is a steady stream of gold mines for DreamWorks.
The current DreamWorks has completed its layout in Asia, Oceania and Europe. If this year's plan is realized, the United States will not be afraid. Under this situation, as long as it takes another three years, it can be said that except for the mainland and polar bears, it will not be included in the territory.
Everywhere else is covered with DreamWorks flags.
Just thinking about it makes me happy!
Zhao Hong also discovered a phenomenon, that is, the box office of DreamWorks movies in other Southeast Asian countries is gradually rising. Previously, the box office of other Southeast Asian countries was almost the same as that of Japan, but now the gap is gradually widening.
This is mainly due to the fact that DreamWorks has been digging deep into these small Southeast Asian countries. These theaters all belong to DreamWorks. Now the buildings of DreamWorks belong to local prosperous areas, as well as the current economic development of other Southeast Asian countries.
It is also relatively fast.
Their consumption level has skyrocketed, and urbanization is constantly improving.
In addition, the DreamWorks Cinema brand is slowly spreading, and its popularity in the local area is getting wider and wider.
This time the "Kung Fu Panda" movie was released globally, and Europe also gained a lot in this month. The box office in Europe was not inferior to that in Asia, and it also achieved good results of over 100 million US dollars.
It can be said that the popularity of DreamWorks Cinemas in Europe has been rapidly increasing, and the DreamWorks brand is also well-known.
This movie has been released for a week now in the United States, and it is also very popular. The story is not too complicated, and the quality of the movie is very high. They did not have any adverse reactions when watching it.
Another thing to say is that DreamWorks Pictures is not unknown in the United States. Many of DreamWorks' movies have been released in the United States.
DreamWorks has many movies that have sold tens of millions of dollars in the United States. Most of the movies shot by Zhao Hong are distributed here, and DreamWorks movie tapes are very popular here.
Therefore, the release of "Kung Fu Panda" here is highly anticipated. The main reason is that this movie is the first to be released in Europe. Many people know about this movie through media reports. Of course, publicity is indispensable.
Real money was spent on the film when it was released, and after two or three weeks of bombardment, the film aroused the curiosity of the audience.
Besides, "Kung Fu Panda" is a comic first. The comics and toys are selling well in the United States, and DreamWorks is constantly updating comics.
In order to write the comic "Kung Fu Panda", the people in the editorial department worked hard. Zhao Hong took this very seriously, but he himself had no inspiration to write outstanding plots.
But this is not a big deal. This person is short-witted, but a group of people are different. As long as their welfare can keep up, their imagination is unlimited.
Many of the flashes of ideas surprised Zhao Hong. Now it can be said that the editorial department of DreamWorks is a large group. They are divided into many groups and are responsible for different things. All members are real people and can be seen.
Zhao Hong has discovered a lot of talents in this process. Now many students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong want to work here. It is a paradise for literati.
As long as you are selected, you will be given a huge benefit, that is, the company will sell you a house at half price, and you can also get a low-interest loan from Meisheng Bank. I don’t know how many people will flock to it just because of this condition!
It is not easy for young people in Hong Kong to buy a house without relying on their parents. You may live in a public house built by the Hong Kong government all your life. The pigeon house is the shadow of most people in Hong Kong.
Even if Zhao Hong's fund helps one or two hundred people with special difficulties to have houses to live in each year, it will only be a drop in the bucket. It is impossible to close the gap between the rich and the poor, and the gap will only get wider and wider.
Under such circumstances, working at DreamWorks will save young people from struggling for more than 20 years. What Zhao Hong wants is a safe and secure job for employees, and he still can't do it as a black-hearted capitalist.
Now many film companies in Hong Kong want DreamWorks to write scripts for them, but this is impossible. Zhao Hong has a screenwriter selection rule. Only the top screenwriters, the company will not restrict their creative freedom. That is to say
They may be able to write scripts for other companies, but they must also write high-quality scripts for the company within the specified time.
As for other screenwriters, they should just work for DreamWorks honestly!
Although Zhao Hong is kind to his employees, he will not be lenient if he violates the company's regulations. A woman cannot be kind!
It can be said that DreamWorks' original creations are so powerful, which is inseparable from good treatment and good management of screenwriters. This incident directly reversed the lack of attention paid to screenwriters by Hong Kong filmmakers.
Nowadays, many Hong Kong film companies have begun to pay attention to this matter, and the days of writing scripts during on-site shooting are gone forever.
Even the most blind investors want the director to have a script so that they can have the confidence to invest. Of course, if you are running a movie that launders money, you will know it yourself!
Anyway, Zhao Hong is determined not to let a movie like this be shown in his own cinema. Now the film market in Xiangjiang is much better than in the original time and space.
Every year, several small companies have gained a lot from making movies sincerely. Zhao Hong's instructions for such movies are to promote them well. He just wants to kill those evil spirits and let those who make movies seriously be rewarded.
Chapter completed!