Two weeks after the release of the Final Fantasy 7 movie, Facebook's video department announced its latest sales data.
The number of user subscriptions has surged to 3 million, half of which have chosen annual subscriptions.
And these three million users are real cash flow, which is a very big surprise for a video department that had no movement before.
And it is undeniable that the Final Fantasy 7 movie version is the biggest contributor.
This movie alone has successfully attracted countless users to register.
Of course, the video section is not limited to the Final Fantasy 7 movie version.
After these users watched the Final Fantasy 7 movie version with some unsatisfied feelings, they discovered that in addition to these movie versions, there are many classic movies and TV series that can be watched.
Anyway, their members have already subscribed, so if you don’t watch it, it will be in vain.
Then they suddenly felt that such a subscription was quite worthwhile.
At least now I can have so many movies and TV series to constantly enjoy, and there are movies and TV series that I can't finish.
Moreover, according to the trailer on the root website, there will be many upcoming movies and TV series in the future.
The video department was also refreshed and immediately became very active in work.
Before, they were just a marginal department.
But now that they have achieved terrible profits, they have been immediately promoted to a higher-level department by Facebook headquarters, and their importance has also increased to a higher level.
Then we started to allocate funds to the video department.
Zhu Youxing previously suggested that the video department form its own shooting team. If necessary, its own Unreal Engine team can also provide some help. Of course, this requires payment.
After all, the cost of your own engine is not low, and you still have to pay for it.
This time it can be said to be a win-win situation.
Facebook suddenly discovered a new profit point, and Final Fantasy 7's fame was completely established.
This isn't over yet.
Because someone posted on the Internet that there are theaters in Japan where the Final Fantasy 7 movie will be released, many theaters in Japan were full.
These cinemas had only listened to the government's instructions to release the film before, and there was no publicity to begin with. They didn't take it too seriously, thinking it was just to complete a political mission.
But I didn't expect that this would become a chicken that laid golden eggs.
The movie version of Final Fantasy 7 is sold out every day every day, and the cinema even offers special seats, which can be simply called standing tickets.
It's cheaper, but it also adds more revenue.
This income is nothing to Zhuyouxing, but these movie theaters are happy.
Originally, after the bubble burst, their lives were relatively tight, and people's desire to go to movie theaters was greatly reduced. Although this is a relatively cheap way of entertainment consumption, there are still not as many people visiting movie theaters as before.
Now it is suddenly full again, which is really rare.
The movie version of Final Fantasy 7, just like the previous Final Fantasy 7 games, has had a very strong effect. Whether it is market feedback, word of mouth from players, and the high evaluation of the movie version by non-players, this
The level of the movie has been elevated.
And those so-called professional filmmakers who had ridiculed this movie began to be ridiculed in turn.
With real data in front of them, they seemed to have no confidence even if they wanted to say something.
Now according to the latest data, the direct benefits generated by Final Fantasy 7 may exceed 300 million US dollars.
This is not just the box office revenue of 300 million US dollars, but the net revenue from Facebook and the revenue from the physical version.
And this time Zhuyouxing did not shy away from publishing the data completely.
The cassette movie version of Final Fantasy 7 sold more than one million copies in two weeks, and the disc version sold more than 600,000.
This is somewhat outrageous to say. There are very few million-selling products in the video rental market. Final Fantasy should be regarded as the first movie that Zhu Yuxing participated in the production.
Just the first movie has achieved such a market response, now who dares to say that Zhu Youxing does not have any qualifications to direct and shoot movies?
Ask how many people in this world can make their debut in the film industry and that would be the pinnacle.
Some people even began to suggest that Zhu Youxing should participate in the production of future game movies.
They are very much looking forward to the future of Zhuyouxing to release such excellent works as Final Fantasy 7.
In this process, the audience was happy, the theater owner who showed the Final Fantasy 7 movie was happy, Facebook's video department was happy, and it goes without saying that Zhu Yuxing was also very happy. This proves that this movie in the previous life was also equally popular.
Welcomed by the world, recognized by the world.
But as for continuing to make movies, let’s talk about it again. This is not Zhu Yuxing’s main business. The reason why he made the movie version of Final Fantasy 7 is just for a very simple original intention, which is to let people in this world recognize what he liked in his previous life.
Just stuff.
Now that the original intention has been fulfilled, whether I will continue to make movies in the future will have to wait until I have time to make games.
Video games are my foundation.
Even though everyone is happy, some people are still unhappy.
And this unhappy person is Alfonso, as well as several other filmmakers who have previously boycotted the Final Fantasy 7 movie version.
After all, movies are also entertainment products.
Movies can be artistic, and they can also be made into real works of art.
But what ultimately drives the progress of the entire film industry is the mature commercial market.
Final Fantasy 7 is a very successful commercial movie. The most important thing is that this movie also successfully promoted the development of the entire film industry.
Before Final Fantasy 7, no one thought that a movie with full special effects should be shot like this. Before, many people were relatively conservative in terms of special effects, and some people still separated animated movies from live-action movies.
Zhu Youxing is the first person to eat crabs.
What is very embarrassing for filmmakers now is that an act that produced an industry breakthrough actually came from an outsider's first film.
This is very ironic.
Or it can be said that genius can shine no matter where he goes.
In the game industry, Zhuyouxing is the sky. In the film industry, even if Zhuyouxing cannot be the sky, it is still in the stratosphere.
Wow.
Alfonso hasn't left home recently, and he's been in a very bad mood lately.
At this moment, he slightly collapsed because he turned on the TV and saw the Final Fantasy 7 movie version, and mocked his program, and then angrily started to clean his desk with one hand.
The cups and plates shattered on the ground, but the sound of shattering could not calm Alfonso's angry mood.