Chapter 294 Don't you know if you don't beat someone in the face!)
December has passed quickly, and several important Lunar New Year movies have basically been released.
"Mei Lanfang" has a good reputation, much better than "The Promise", and the appeal of Brother Chen Kai cannot be said about it.
However, biographical movies are destined to fail to sell high box office.
It was released for more than 20 days, with a box office of 98 million, and the final target is estimated to be just over 100 million.
"Spike" directed by Wu Jing was released on the 11th. Tang An did not rush back to attend the premiere, but he still made a phone call.
This time, with the release of Bernard, the box office was a little better than originally, with 800,000 on the first day and 3 million in the first four days of the weekend.
It grossed 6 million at the box office in the past 20 days since its release.
It is estimated that the Mainland will eventually get about 800, plus the 2.5 million box office in Hong Kong, which will almost recover the production and publicity costs of 3.5 million.
The cost was 3.5 million, of which Wu Jing contributed 1 million and Tang An contributed 2.5 million. In order to successfully attract investment, Wu Jing gave up the salary of the director and actors. Otherwise, even a digital film would not cost such a small amount, so it would be
TV movies.
Such a small salary gave him the experience of directing and acting, which was actually worth it to him, at least the experience cannot be compared to one or two million.
However, Tang An did not take advantage of him and gave him a 35% share. After all, he was the one who started the crew and was busy with the road show before and after.
Moreover, under Bernard's operation, the Southeast Asian copyright was sold to Xingyi Pictures for 1.5 million yuan.
"Painted Skin", with the full distribution of Xingyi, has grossed nearly 5 million US dollars at the Southeast Asian box office, making a small profit.
The mainland TV rights were approached by Lin Sheng and sold to a movie channel for a small sum of one million.
The profit was almost 2.5 million, with Tang An earning 1.63 million and Wu Jing earning 870,000.
The movie "Women Are Not Bad" directed by Xu Ke and starring Zou Xun was released at the same time and was also distributed by Bernard. There is no need to worry about schedule issues for such a low-budget film.
It performed better than "Spike", taking in 22 million at the box office in less than 20 days.
"Ip Man" was released on the 16th. This movie has suppressed the limelight of "Mei Lanfang", and it has a high box office of 30 million in the first weekend as a modern action film.
Moreover, the film has a very high reputation. It has grossed 75 million at the box office in the first month of its release. It has great hope of breaking 100 million, and everyone is stunned.
Yu Dong regretted it to death. This film was invested by Oriental Films. This time, like Seven Swords, they distributed it themselves and refused to hand over the distribution rights to Bernard.
Bernard missed another 100 million-level movie.
The police drama "Search", a collaboration between old partners Mak Chaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang, grossed 8 million at the box office within five days of its release.
Even though some comedy elements have been added to police and gangster films, the decline of police and gangster films has been unstoppable.
On the 18th, the most important Lunar New Year movie "If You Are the One" was released. It grossed 15 million at the box office on the first day, and even 23.5 million on Christmas Eve. It grossed 80 million at the box office in the first four days of the weekend, second only to
Three movies: "Red Cliff", "Now You See Me" and "A City of Golden Armor".
In the second week, "If You Are the One" continued its momentum, once again taking in 90 million at the box office, and 170 million in 11 days of release, which was second only to the two summer blockbusters.
In addition to love and marriage, Feng Xiaogang paid attention to many hot social topics in several paragraphs about marriage - leftover men, mistresses, financial crisis, earthquakes, wars, and even "homosexuality", etc., making the whole film close to life.
Moreover, the plot is hilarious, with an average of one hilarious scene every five minutes, which reflects Feng Xiaogang's skill in mastering comedy themes. Among them, Qin Fen's six marriage proposals have the strongest comedic effect.
Unlike "Red Cliff" and "Now You See Me", "If You Are the One" has almost no decent rivals during the entire Lunar New Year period. "Red Cliff" will not be released until 10 days. The schedule advantage is too great. Many media are advocating that Feng Xiaogang will surpass
Tang An’s Chinese film history has been recorded.
Even the crew filming in Tianjing was harassed by reporters. It is so close to the capital, and they can make several trips a day.
"Director Feng is a great director. He always knows what the audience wants to see and shows what the audience likes to the public..."
Halfway through today's filming, more than 20 reporters rushed to the set for interviews.
He started by saying, "If You Are the One is about to break the Chinese film box office record set by Now You See Me, what do you think?"
Or, ""Assembly" is better than "The Wind", and "If You Are the One" is better than "Now You See Me". I have been beaten for two consecutive years. What do you want to say?"
Also, let Tang An comment on Feng Xiaogang and "If You Are the One".
What do I think?
I have an MMP sentence, do you want to listen to it?
I'm working so hard to make a movie, you guys are here to cause trouble!
Tang An was unhappy, but the actors were happy. A reporter came to visit the cast and immediately went to put on makeup.
However, the reporter only briefly asked them about the filming progress and plot, and then they all surrounded Tang An.
"Director Tang, your Chinese-language film box office record is about to be broken. Are you sure you can get it back next year?"
Tang An took a step back slightly, barely avoiding the microphone that was about to be shoved into his mouth.
"Records are meant to be broken. This means that our domestic film market is developing better and better. In the future, there will be movies with a box office of 400 million, 500 million, 1 billion, or even 3 billion."
3 billion?
The reporter who asked the question had his mouth widened, and the word "surprise" was clearly written on his face.
I'll be a good boy!
This Tang An is really so talkative that he never stops talking. He asked for 3 billion when he opened his mouth, which is 10 times the current box office record.
3 billion, if converted into U.S. dollars, that would be more than 400 million U.S. dollars.
The tenth place on this year's global box office list is only US$410 million in global box office.
Facing the disbelieving looks on their faces, Tang An raised his eyebrows inwardly. I'm afraid I won't scare you to death when the box office of a single movie exceeds 5 billion.
"Director Tang, are you saying that there will be movies with a box office of 3 billion in the future?" A young man asked weakly, wondering if he heard it wrong.
"Of course, society is progressing. Who would have thought ten years ago that a movie could earn 300 million box office today," Tang An said confidently.
"Didn't "Titanic" get 360 million ten years ago?"
I don't know who in the crowd said this.
Cough cough cough......
Got slapped in the face!
Tang An almost choked and felt ashamed.
Don’t you know whether to hit someone in the face or not?
Your mother never taught you?
Didn’t the kindergarten teacher teach you?
The reporters also looked at Tang An as if they were waiting to see what you said.
Tang An calmed down and didn't feel embarrassed at all. He calmly pointed to the surrounding buildings with red brick exteriors.
"The world is changing every day. Look at the buildings around you and the skyscrapers in the distance. Think about your food, clothing, housing and transportation ten years ago, and then think about it now..."
Tang An was very easy to talk about, from big cities like Beijing and Tianjing to small third-tier counties, then to the United States, Africa, and satellites in outer space. It was all nonsense.
On the periphery, Wang Xiaoming, Deng Chao and the others were still dressed as in the movie, holding their arms and watching the show.
Deng Chaochong smiled at Wang Xiaoming and said, "You have to learn from Mr. Tang and see how well he can talk. Is this what you have to do when you give lectures?"
Wang Xiaoming curled his lips, "Then why don't you learn."
"Meng Xiaojun has a phobia of speaking. I don't need to learn it." Deng Chao said matter-of-factly.
"Director Tang is not only good at scolding people, he is also very good at deceiving people!" Lu Yi sighed.