At the headquarters of Xinbao Cinema Company, Cen Jianxun slapped the table and asked: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Feng, we agreed that Debao's movies would be released first for the Christmas season. How can we just change it now?"
Chen Rongmei shrugged and said, "The promotion of "Shushan" at DreamWorks is big enough for the company. Can Debao's movie stand up to it?"
"I know this," Cen Jianxun said gloomily, "but the name of Debao's new film is "A Christmas Adventure". If it is moved and released during the Spring Festival, wouldn't it be a joke? Just change it to "A Christmas Adventure"
Forget it about a good relationship."
Feng Bingzhong smiled and said: "It's not impossible."
Cen Jianxun reminded: "Don't forget, you two are also shareholders of Debao Film Company, and you also share in the money made by "A Christmas Adventure". And Mr. Pan is the third largest shareholder of Xinbao Cinema Line, and he is very important to the theater.
You have a say in how the lines are arranged."
"Alas," Chen Rongmei shook her head and said, "The offensive of "Shushan" is too fierce. "A Christmas Adventure" can't stop it. Only "Wealth Train" has many stars, plus the stars of Xinbao Cinema and Jiahe Cinema.
Together, we may be able to withstand the box office pressure of "Shushan"."
Cen Jianxun also knows this situation, but his current position and position are that he must arrange "A Christmas Adventure" in the Christmas season. Cen Jianxun said: "Although "Shu Mountain" won awards abroad, it also sold well in Europe.
Yes, but it’s impossible for one company to be the only one in Hong Kong. It’s absolutely no problem for “Christmas Adventure” to earn 10 million at the box office.”
"A Christmas Adventure" is also a star production, produced by Hong Jinbao, directed by Lam Zixiang, assistant director Johnnie To, cinematography by Pan Huansheng, Ko Shouliang Wu Zhi, Lin Zixiang and Zhang Manyu as the male and female protagonists respectively. With this lineup and the Christmas urban comedy that fits the occasion, it will not be out of the ordinary
Surprisingly, it is easy to get good box office results.
"Whether "Shushan" can be the dominant one, you'd better take a look at this. We just got the news." Chen Rongmei handed a fax to Cen Jianxun.
Cen Jianxun took it and took a look and was immediately dumbfounded: "It was released in nine countries and regions around the world at the same time. How is this possible? This situation is rare even for Hollywood blockbusters. DreamWorks cannot have such strong distribution capabilities."
Feng Bingzhong said: "But this news is absolutely true."
"I have to go back and report the situation to Mr. Pan." Cen Jianxun no longer insists on releasing "A Christmas Adventure" on the Christmas schedule. With "Shushan" being released simultaneously around the world, it is really not something that an urban comedy can stop, forcing a head-on confrontation.
It is very likely that Debao was bruised and bruised.
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Friday, December 20, 1985.
"Shushan" is not only screened in Hong Kong, but also screened globally in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore. During the following Lunar New Year, "Shushan" will also be screened in South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand,
It was released in Indonesia, Macau and mainland China. Of course, the box office in mainland China has nothing to do with DreamWorks.
When the global screening plan for "Shushan" was announced, the Hong Kong industry was in an uproar. Everyone was shocked by DreamWorks' strong overseas distribution capabilities.
Not only Golden Harvest and Golden Princess were able to distribute Hong Kong movies to dozens of countries and regions around the world, but even Shaw Brothers in their early years had this ability. But to have a movie released simultaneously in more than ten countries and regions around the world,
Moreover, it is released during the prime time period like Christmas. "Shushan" is an unprecedented first.
Although after years of cultivation, DreamWorks has initially established a distribution network in more than 20 countries around the world, seriously speaking, the distribution channels are still insufficient. In many countries, it only has one office. Whether it can be sold smoothly depends on
You can try your luck.
"Shushan" can be released simultaneously on Christmas Day in 9 countries around the world. In addition to winning awards at the Venice Film Festival and Tokyo Film Festival, the most important thing is its excellent box office performance in France. Even a Hollywood blockbuster can sell well in France every year
There will never be more than five movies that have a box office of more than 10 million US dollars, and sometimes there is not even one. However, "Shushan", a Chinese film, actually made more than 9 million US dollars at the box office in one fell swoop, and it was not released during the prime time period.
This makes distributors around the world optimistic about the box office potential of "Shushan".
Coupled with the liaison and coordination between Jiang Zhiwen and Ye Zhiming, the distributors finally agreed to participate in the global screening plan, and everyone worked together to build momentum for the screening of "Shushan".
As soon as the global simultaneous screening plan of "Shu Mountain" was announced, DreamWorks suddenly became very popular in Hong Kong and even in Asia. Director Xu Ke also became famous overseas.
As long as the global box office of "Shushan" is not too bad, this global screening plan alone will be enough for DreamWorks to take the top spot among Hong Kong film companies.
Phoenix TV helped Kang Jianfei boast in the program: "The simultaneous release of "Shu Mountain" around the world shows that Oriental DreamWorks has gone beyond Asia and truly become a world-class film company."
In fact, the real situation is not as evil as DreamWorks publicizes it.
When "The Terminator" was released a few years ago, a movie could be released in at most 1,300 theaters in North America at the same time. Now the number of theaters in North America is growing every year, and many Hollywood blockbusters are opening in more than 1,500 theaters.
Rambo 2, which was released during the summer season a few months ago, had an insanely high box office of 2,074.
Although "Shushan" has been placed on the Christmas schedule by American distributors, as a Chinese-language film, it has inherent shortcomings in being released in North America. It is impossible to compete with major companies and directors in the United States. There are only 715 theaters in operation.
There is no way, the competition for the Christmas season in North America is too fierce. If "Shushan" had not been sold to 20th Century Fox for distribution, it would not even be able to get into these 715 theaters.
As for "Out of Africa", which Kang Jianfei originally participated in and invested in, it will be released in North America on the same day as "Shu Mountain". Although the director and heroine of "Out of Africa" are very famous, it is a humanistic documentary, and its box office is only only
There are only 922.
"Shushan" has received a lot of hype in Hong Kong, but in the North American Christmas season, which is surrounded by strong films, the number of theaters showing it can only be said to be average, and the publicity campaign has never been able to get big, and it is likely to be overwhelmed by the Christmas season.
In the tide of shadows.
On the contrary, in Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia, due to various reasons, "Shu Mountain" has been very popular and has been rated as the top three most anticipated movies for Christmas by various media.
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In response to the strong impact of "Shushan", Jiahe Cinema Line and Xinbao Cinema Line joined hands to screen "Wealth Train" in a double-line screening during the summer.
Although "Shushan" has been praised to the sky in Hong Kong due to its popularity overseas, "Wealth Train" is no ordinary movie either. Dozens of well-known Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japanese stars have joined the cast, as well as directors and copies.
They are all very powerful, and with two theaters co-releasing it, it is likely that "Shushan" will be suppressed as soon as it is released.
As for New Arts City, the one scheduled to be released in the summer is "The Treasure Hunt". Its director Chen Xinxin has a good background. He was originally a superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force, and later switched to the film industry. The classic film "Jump"
"Ash" and "Curry Coffee" are all scripts written by him.
Chen Xinjian was originally the screenwriter and director of Golden Harvest, but he has a good personal relationship with McDonald's. He also helped DreamWorks' McDonald's Movie Studio create the script for "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers". This summer, Golden Harvest has a lot of director talents.
Chen Xinjian was recruited by New Art City at that time. "The Treasure Hunt" was his first film directed by New Art City.
But anyone with a discerning eye knows that "Treasure Trial" is cannon fodder thrown out by New Art City. Under the attack of "Shushan" and "Wealth Train", it may lose all its pants.
New Arts City has set the real battlefield for the Spring Festival, and the film to be released is the signature film of New Arts City, "The Best Partner" part 4, "The Best Partner: Save the Poor Woman from a Thousand Miles Away".
The news of the conflict between the three giants of Xinyi City is basically known to everyone in the Hong Kong film industry. Especially when Mecca came out to cooperate with Tsang Chi-wai and Hong Jinbo in "Wealth Train" half a year ago, it caused an uproar and made Xinyi
Both Yicheng and Lei Juekun's faces were dull.
Lei Juekun was getting older, and his body and energy were not as good as before, but he still called Mika, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian together and barely eased the conflicts between the three.
In the original time and space, the first three parts of "Best Partner" were created by them together. However, due to the expansion of the conflicts between the three people and the good development of New Art City, in the fourth part, it was all created by Mecca.
It was handled by one person. Not only did Huang Baiming and Shi Tian not participate, even the soundtrack was not responsible for Teddy Robin. Although "The Best of Us 4" received a box office of 27 million, its sales were poor compared to the previous films.
It is even considered by some to be the worst installment in the Best Partner series.
Although the three of them now have dissatisfaction with each other, New Art City was really in decline last year, which they did not want to see. Therefore, the current "Best Partner 4" is very different from the original time and space. Not only is Huang Baiming
As the screenwriter himself, Shi Tian and Teddy Robin also actively participated in it. Teddy Robin specially invited Zhang Aijia back from Golden Harvest to be the heroine, and the director was Lin Lingdong.
At least in terms of the quality of the film, it is much better than the original "Best Partner 4", and the schedule deliberately avoided "Shushan" and "Wealth Train". This is a film that New Art City wants
An ambitious work to revive the company.
In Mecca, Huang Baiming is planning to let "Shushan" and "Wealth Train" fight to the death, and then "Best Partner 4" will come out to dominate the Spring Festival.
As for the new film "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Kang Jianfei, due to the low publicity, it has not gained much recognition from the three giants of New Art City. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendation.
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