Chapter 394 The overseas version of Infernal Affairs?
August 15th.
Early morning.
A new round of box office for "Infernal Affairs" is on the table.
China box office is very good.
It was released for four days, with a daily box office of 27 million, and a total box office of nearly 120 million.
This data is definitely not unprecedented, but looking at the entire history of Chinese films, it can definitely be called unprecedented, and it can even be said to be a landmark film.
Zhou Yang opened the overseas box office.
"Infernal Affairs" relies on the old American SKY company. As one of China's export films, it was officially released in 19 overseas countries and regions yesterday.
After seeing the overseas box office data in the information, Zhou Yang felt that the air in the entire office suddenly solidified, and he actually felt a bit cold.
""Infernal Affairs" only grossed over one million US dollars at the North American premiere box office..."
"'Night Walker' is four times as big as ours! Such a disparity in box office is absolutely abnormal..."
"..."
Xu Mei's face was very ugly.
It seems harder to accept the results of "Infernal Affairs" than Zhou Yang.
The movie "Infernal Affairs" was too explosive in China.
The box office on the first day exceeded 30 million!
The box office exceeded 100 million in four days!
After three days of release, the movie's attendance rate ranked first among the movies in the same period, with an astonishing attendance rate of nearly 90%!
The reputation of "Infernal Affairs" has exploded. On major platforms such as Douban, the reputation of "Infernal Affairs" even surpassed Zhou Yang's "Struggle" to reach 9.3 points, which is almost a masterpiece!
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Such an explosive movie once caused everyone in the company to place a lot of undue hopes on the movie. Even Xu Mei herself had imagined that the movie would be released overseas. With Zhou Yang's popularity in Europe and the United States, although it would not
It made the world's movies excited, but it was also the first shot at China's export of movies!
However……
When the box office data was officially presented to her, she looked at the one million box office in disbelief, and even felt that she had made a mistake.
"Infernal Affairs" was a hit at the overseas box office, especially in Europe and the United States!
Her first reaction was that "Infernal Affairs" encountered shady actors in the European and American film circles...
Since "Struggle", Zhou Yang actually has a group of relatively loyal fans in Europe and the United States. Even if "Infernal Affairs" was not filmed very well, these fans will at least go to the screening hall to watch this movie to support Zhou Yang, right?
One million dollar opening box office!
This is really a show!
"The release of the Hollywood movie "Superman 2" at this time definitely has the intention of suppressing our "Infernal Affairs"..."
"The emergence of our "Infernal Affairs" has touched the cakes of those Hollywood movies, especially our overseas release. They will definitely keep an eye on us..."
"I have contacted the SKY company. Our promotion in Europe and the United States is very difficult. Even some small media with small corners are more willing to report on "Superman 2" or other movies released in August, even Django.
"Night Walker" obtained more resources overseas than we did... The remaining resources for "Superman 2" were all replaced by "Night Walker"."
"The theaters are not fair to us either. Our film schedule is only half of that of "Night Walker"..."
"..."
"We have suffered suppression from various channels overseas, and this suppression has made it difficult for us..."
In the office.
Xu Mei took out her notebook.
The notebook contains various information about "Infernal Affairs" overseas.
As she spoke, she felt indignant, and she even gritted her teeth when she said she was angry.
More than ten minutes later.
Xu Mei finished speaking.
After finishing speaking, she looked at Zhou Yang and hesitated for a long time: "Mr. Zhou, we can't sit still and wait for death... If possible, I hope the company can approve a sum of funds for overseas promotion expenses. I should buy the Hollywood movie newspaper.
We all buy the media headlines, but other than that..."
"Infernal Affairs" has no expenses for publicity.
Whether it's in China or Hollywood.
Naturally, there is no problem in China. Zhou Yang's popularity is at its peak, and "Infernal Affairs" has become a hit. Naturally, the media are flocking to all kinds of hype in order to attract traffic, which indirectly makes the box office of "Infernal Affairs" soar.
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But other regions outside China are different.
The popularity of "Saw" has long since subsided. Although "Struggle" was a hit in Cannes, it is a niche film that cannot be compared with a pure commercial blockbuster at the box office. Moreover, the popularity of "Saw" has long since faded.
Back to the beginning.
"Infernal Affairs", which is not your own turf, did not spend any publicity funds, and did not help those "big shots", naturally struggled at the overseas box office!
Xu Mei was talking, and when she gradually realized that Zhou Yang had not said anything or responded, her voice gradually became softer.
She glanced at Zhou Yang unconsciously, only to see Zhou Yang staring at the computer, as if he was browsing something over and over again.
She finally held back what she wanted to say.
The office also became silent.
There is only the sound of the air conditioner blowing continuously...
Time passed bit by bit, and Xu Mei began to feel a little uneasy as she looked at Zhou Yang's appearance, and even doubted whether she had said the wrong thing.
She began to become inexplicably panicked and lowered her head instinctively.
After an unknown period of time, Zhou Yang turned off the comments on overseas movie websites and looked up at Xu Mei.
"I'll think about it again. Looking at this situation, blindly spending money on publicity may have little effect..."
"ah?"
""Infernal Affairs" itself is not a movie specifically designed to please Europe and the United States..."
For more than ten minutes just now, Zhou Yang has been browsing movie reviews from overseas websites from movie fans.
About 30% of them couldn't understand it. They felt that the characters in "Infernal Affairs" were too complicated, and they didn't even understand what the movie was about until the end.
More than 20% of the audience compared this movie with "Night Walker". They felt that the gun battles and action scenes between good guys and bad guys in "Night Walker" were very enjoyable, especially the performances of several well-known overseas kung fu superstars in "Night Walker".
The acting skills in "Night Walker" are classics, and they perfectly hit their aesthetics, making them unable to extricate themselves from it. On the other hand, the plot of "Infernal Affairs" is very boring. There are no fight scenes in the whole process, only dialogue, and the gun fight scenes are even more boring.
There are very few, and some fans even bluntly said that they left after watching half of the movie. They really couldn't understand the language and art of the East...
Zhou Yang did not feel disappointed after reading this series of comments!
This is the inevitable result of the cultural differences between the East and the West. Originally, when many popular Chinese movies were screened overseas, they would be affected to varying degrees and the box office was not ideal.
This is normal.
The movie "Infernal Affairs" was not made to cater to the European and American markets at all, and in my original memory, the overseas box office of "Infernal Affairs" itself was mediocre.
"Mr. Zhou, are we just going to let others laugh at us? At least give it a try..."
Xu Mei bit her lip, feeling a little unwilling in her heart.
After getting the overseas box office data of "Infernal Affairs", her heart seemed to have sunk to the bottom.
Disappointed, unbelievable, uncomfortable...
Various emotions lingered in her heart, making her panic for a moment.
"Infernal Affairs", which has received numerous praises in China, has been met with lukewarm overseas. She can't imagine how tomorrow's Chinese media, driven by thoughtful people, will disparage this movie.
"Let me think about it again..."
Zhou Yang remained calm, just tapping his fingers on the desk.
Step by step from humble beginnings, he has seen too many people fall from great heights.
He closed his eyes.
He suddenly remembered that there was a movie called "The Departed" in Hollywood in the original world. The movie had a box office of nearly 300 million US dollars and won multiple Oscars.
In a sense, although "Infernal Affairs" did receive a lukewarm reception at the overseas box office, its international influence cannot be denied.
The two seem very contradictory, but in fact they are not contradictory. Due to the influence of the times, acclimatization, or publicity and other factors, there are not many Chinese movies with high reputation and high influence that are close to becoming gods but with terrible box office. "
The two movies "Journey to the West" and "Ashes of Time" are very clear examples...
Just when Zhou Yang was thinking about how to deal with this matter, Xu Mei's cell phone rang.
Xu Mei suddenly lost her voice after receiving the call.
"What? What did you say? What do you mean?"
"In order to make room for "Superman 2," our overseas version of "Infernal Affairs" will be released in advance? Will it be released at noon tomorrow?"
"It's only been released for one day, what are you doing?"
The phone was hung up.
"Snapped!"
Xu Mei couldn't hold the phone and finally dropped it on the ground.
Her face was flushed, she was panting constantly, her whole body was shaking with anger, and she didn't recover for a long time.
She took a long breath and finally kept calm.
Just when I was about to say something to Zhou Yang...
But Zhou Yang's cell phone also started ringing.
Zhou Yang looked at the caller number in confusion.
The caller's number was so unfamiliar that when Zhou Yang received the call and heard the respectful and nervous greeting from the other party, he didn't even remember who the caller was for a long time.
"Mr. Zhou, I am Zheng Jun..."
"Um? Hello..."
When the other party realized that Zhou Yang didn't recognize who he was, he immediately increased his voice.
Zheng Jun?
This name was both familiar and unfamiliar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, but Zhou Yang couldn't remember it for a while.
"Mr. Zhou, um, I was filming "Lambs" with Christian. Because the filming progress of "Lambs" was really too slow, so I adapted the script of "Infernal Affairs" and then I borrowed the script from "Infernal Affairs".
The plot: I filmed an American version of "Infernal Affairs" with Christian who couldn't make "Lambs"... After I finished filming and editing, I realized that I didn't say hello to you... The sample film has been sent to your email,
Please help me take a look, do you think this can be released in the United States?"
"..." When the phone was picked up, Zheng Jun said this in an awkward tone.
Zhou Yang was stunned at first.
Then...
He suddenly remembered who Zheng Jun was!
He was the screenwriter of the original Mine Bottom!
Later, I followed Christian to live in the United States, but I haven't heard from him for a long time.
did not expect……
Is this guy always working on big things?
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