On August 18, 1982, it had been more than a month since the premiere of "A Better Tomorrow". "Plan A", which was released earlier than it, had already been canceled, but "A Better Tomorrow" still had a large number of moviegoers. This is generally only the case for movies.
Being able to be released in Hong Kong for a week, the staying power of "A Better Tomorrow" is nothing short of miraculous.
Nowadays, most of the audiences who go to the cinema to watch "A Better Tomorrow" have watched it again and again. This situation makes other directors very unhappy, because the audience would rather watch "A Better Tomorrow" repeatedly than watch theirs.
, I can only say "you have to throw it away when you compare goods".
After gradually reducing the number of screenings, "A Better Tomorrow" still occupies ten canvases in the Golden Princess Cinema. Judging from the current situation, "A Better Tomorrow" may be able to hold on until September.
Although "A Better Tomorrow" has not yet been completed, the canvas freed up by reducing the number of screenings is enough for "Better Days 2". Just a few days before the release of "Better Days 2" in Mecca, Phoenix TV and Wireless
The TV station's battle for ratings has also come to an end. Originally planned to shoot 30 episodes of "Love in Love", it ended early after only 24 episodes, and was replaced by "Little Heroes of the Flower Boat".
Everyone knows that "Little Heroes of the Flower Boat" is just a transitional drama. It will end after a few episodes at most, and then TVB will start broadcasting a big drama immediately.
Originally, Fang Yihua's idea was to star in the Jin Yong martial arts drama immediately after the end of "Love", but in the end she had to change her plan.
There are only three people on TVB who are good at producing martial arts dramas. One is Wang Jing’s father Wang Tianlin, the other is Li Tiansheng who came from the TVB training class, and the last one is Xiao Sheng who moved from Lishi at the beginning of the year.
Xiao Sheng had just supervised the production of the 70-episode drama "Dragon" in the first half of the year. Although the ratings were good, LiTV was in civil strife at the time. In the absence of much external competition, the results of "Dragon" actually did not impress Fang Yi.
Hua is satisfied enough.
As for Li Tiansheng, although he has shown his talent in producing martial arts dramas at this time, he has only produced Gulong dramas before and has never touched Jin Yong dramas. I don't know if he is qualified for the job.
The best candidate for producer is naturally Wang Tianlin, but Wang Tianlin has just finished producing "Love in Love" and cannot continue to produce the Jin Yong drama immediately.
In the end, the only option was to choose a countermeasure, with a "Little Heroes of Flower Boat" as a transitional drama. Free up a few days for Wang Tianlin to prepare. Don't look at this "Heroes of Flower Boat" as just a small drama, but its cast
But it's not bad. The starring roles are Andy Lau who has just emerged, Guan Lijie, and the popular star Zhuang Jing'er who recently switched from Lishi to TVB.
As for Wang Tianlin, after finishing the production of "Love in Love", he immediately started preparations for the next Jin Yong drama. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Dragon" have been filmed by TVB in the past two years.
Without much consideration, Wang Tianlin chose "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and started casting.
Wang Tianlin is very busy casting, but the premature ending of "Love is Always Love" has caused dissatisfaction among many viewers. Because this is a family period drama, there are many clues about the characters. The ending was rushed.
However, it always feels like something is missing.
Naturally, TVB would not admit that it ended early because it lost the ratings to "Sister Tuoqiang", but some media were rude and even bluntly said that Phoenix Channel had completely won the battle.
"Sing Tao Daily" even published a review article with such high praise: "Kang Jianfei is undoubtedly the biggest winner in the Hong Kong film and television industry this summer. "A Better Tomorrow" has beaten "Plan A" and "Sister Tuoqiu" at the box office.
The ratings have stabilized "Love is Always Love". With the strength of film companies and TV stations moving forward hand in hand, Kang Jianfei has shown the attitude of a new generation of film and television tycoons..."
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"Hmph. A new generation of film and television tycoons!"
Lei Juekun threw the newspaper aside and asked Li Maowen, who had just entered the office: "How about DreamWorks' new film "Happy Campus"?"
"It's the same type as the "Happy School" series. It just doesn't have ghosts or special powers. It's a pure campus comedy," Li Maowen said with a smile. "I only gave "Happy School" five screens. Their marketing department
People are still quarreling over Princess Jin."
Lei Juekun asked: "Is Kang Jianfei showing any signs of surrender?"
Li Maowen shook his head and said: "Not yet. But they won't last long. A movie with a box office of over 10 million can only sell two or three million now. Sooner or later, he will take the initiative to discuss it with you, Mr. Lei."
Lei Juekun smiled and nodded. He actually didn't want to swallow up Oriental DreamWorks. He just wanted to take 30 to 40% of DreamWorks' shares. With the rapid development of Golden Princess Cinema and Xinyi City,
Lei Juekun's ambitions are getting bigger and bigger. He wants to be a movie theater tycoon like Shao Yifu, not just the boss of a theater chain company.
He wants to be a studio tycoon, but the most profitable movie company in his theater chain does not have his share. This is simply a joke!
Although Zou Wenhuai is a generous person, Golden Harvest Film Company has always been the core of satellite companies. If Golden Harvest Cinemas had a production company like Oriental DreamWorks under its umbrella, Zou Wenhuai would not tolerate it. Lei Juekun
It’s very rare to be able to endure it until now before taking action from DreamWorks.
Lei Juekun suddenly remembered something and asked Li Maowen: "By the way, I heard that Ma Qiao from DreamWorks is contacting retail theaters. Does this bad boy want to form his own theater company?"
Li Maowen smiled disdainfully and said: "What can those retail cinemas accomplish? Mr. Lei is overly worried."
The location of a cinema is very important. A large cinema in a bustling area can even attract more money than five or six small remote cinemas. The location and facilities of those retail cinemas are not very good, so you can still make a little money by showing in these cinemas.
, but if you want the box office to exceed 10 million or 20 million, that is almost a fantasy.
Although this was true, Lei Juekun was still confused because he really couldn't figure out Kang Jianfei. Lei Juekun murmured to himself: "Kang Jianfei, a bad boy, is born rebellious. I'm afraid he won't give in so easily."
Li Maowen smiled and said: "Now Kang Jianfei and Shao Yifu are on the same level. If he doesn't want to cooperate with you, Mr. Lei, he will have no choice but to find Zou Wenhuai or the leftist theater chain."
Lei Juekun's smile froze and he suddenly asked: "Do you think Kang Jianfei will really cooperate with Shuangnan Cinemas?"
Li Maowen said with a serious expression: "I'm not sure. If he is willing to give up the Taiwan market, cooperating with left-wing theaters is the best choice. But this is equivalent to tying a noose around his own neck. Left-wing theaters are too strict in selecting films.
, slightly excessive bloody violence and pornographic scenes cannot be released, which will only make the path for DreamWorks movies narrower and narrower."
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Ma Qiao strode into Kang Jianfei's office, closed the door and said: "Princess Jin only prepared five canvases for "Happy Campus", but only one of the four leading theaters owned by Princess Jin arranged to screen "Happy Campus".
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Kang Jianfei asked: "How are the contacts with the retail theaters going?"
Ma Qiao said: "All the theaters we contacted are willing to cooperate with us. Except for the four theaters in the Anle Cinema Line, there are a total of 18 other retail theaters."
There is actually no suspense about what Ma Qiao said. As Hong Kong's top-grossing film production company, DreamWorks took the initiative to come to us for cooperation, and those small theaters would definitely agree.
Ma Qiao continued: "The four theaters in the Anle Cinema Line are of good size and location. When setting up a temporary theater chain, these four theaters can be used as leading theaters and the other retail theaters as auxiliary theaters. However, preliminary estimates indicate that the same movie will
If it is released in a temporary theater, the box office will be at least 30% lower than if it is released in the Golden Princess Cinema."
If the box office is 30% lower than the box office, if we only look at the Hong Kong market, it is indeed better to give some company shares to Lei Juekun. DreamWorks also has a vast overseas market, Kang Jianfei would only let Lei Juekun join the company to grab money if he was crazy.
After talking about the bad news, Ma Qiao immediately reported another good news: "Since the first part of "The Royal Sisters" did well at the box office in the United States, 20th Century Fox hopes to distribute "The Royal Sisters 2" as an agent, and it will be during the Christmas season this year.
show."
"Oh, this is great news." Kang Jianfei couldn't help but look happy on his face.
The first part of "The Royal Sisters" grossed 40 million in the U.S., thanks to its female protagonist, hearty and graceful fighting scenes, and hot driving and explosion scenes. The second part of "The Royal Sisters" is likely to be more fresh in terms of freshness.
A big discount will not bring as strong an impact on American audiences as last time, but with the reputation of the first part, "The Royal Sisters 2" should not fail too badly in the United States.
Kang Jianfei is very self-aware. As long as "The Royal Sisters 2" can sell 20 million US dollars at the box office in the United States, he will be satisfied.
For more than a year, Oriental DreamWorks has often contacted 20th Century Fox about distributing the films, but 20th Century Fox has not been optimistic about Kang Jianfei's "Da Ma Dan" and other films, and has always refused to distribute them on its behalf.
After much hard work, 20th Century Fox finally agreed to help distribute "Mr. Zombie 1" a few months ago. As a result, the U.S. box office was only a pitiful 1.6 million US dollars. This was the result of the support of many Chinese people. According to the prior agreement, this
DreamWorks had to pay part of the film's promotional costs in the United States. After deducting the promotional costs, DreamWorks only received US$57,000...
After talking about business, Ma Qiao was about to leave when he suddenly said: "By the way, boss, there is a video company in the United States that said it is interested in "Mr. Zombie 1" and wants to spend 10,000 US dollars to buy out the U.S. producer of "Mr. Zombie 1".
Video tape copyright.”
What a joke, you want to buy out the US video rights to "Mr. Zombie" for $10,000?
Kang Jianfei would rather not sell it if he didn't make a profit of 10,000 yuan, so he said: "You can continue to talk with the other side. You can get a share of the sales of the video tape, but there is no need to negotiate a buyout." 8
