Chapter 416 'Edge of Tomorrow' Trial Meeting! Month
The time has entered the National Day period, and as the competition in the popular period has become more and more fierce, the National Day period last year "Painted Skin" hit a box office of 200 million, and the National Day period that was not favored in the past also welcomed three blockbusters.
The love movie "Hawthorn Tree Love" directed by Zhang Yimou was released half a month ahead of schedule on September 16.
Maybe it was because the producers didn't have enough confidence that they chose to release it half a month earlier.
After all, although last year's "Three Guns" made New Picture a huge profit, it also ruined Zhang Yimou's character.
The box office of this movie was also very bad. The box office on the first day was a rare feat of less than 10 million!
This is Zhang Yimou's movie, and the box office on the first day was less than 10 million!
Although insiders predicted that the box office was not high before, it is a love movie after all, and "Three Guns" still left the audience with lingering fears.
But on the first day, it was less than 10 million, and everyone was still shocked.
This is Zhang Yimou. Which movie since "Hero" has a first-day box office of less than 10 million?
In this era when a single day's box office can easily reach 20 to 30 million, as the number one domestic film director, the box office on the first day was less than 10 million.
This also shows how deeply Zhang Yimou broke the hearts of the audience last year. Even the most loyal fans do not dare to walk into the cinema easily for fear of being stimulated again.
But Lao Mouzi is Lao Mouzi after all. This movie, which is called the cleanest love story in history, has a good reputation and eventually earned 150 million box office.
This good-quality love movie also helped Zhang Yimou redeem his character, and he won the annual box office championship next year with "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins".
At the end of September, the martial arts film "Sword Rain" produced by Wu Yusen and the period martial arts blockbuster "Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire", which Xu Ke spent five years honing his sword, were released one after another.
"A Rain of Swords" was Wu Yusen's first film produced by Galloping Horse, but the box office was quite poor, with less than 5 million on the first day and just reaching 60 million in one month of release.
And "Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire", a martial arts film that Xu Ke is good at, did quite well, with sales approaching 20 million on the first day.
It happened to be released during the National Day holiday, and it earned a high box office of 120 million in the first five days. This first week alone was much higher than the box office of his "Seven Swords" filmed five years ago.
Then it took another 90 million in the second week, 210 million in two weeks, and the box office was fixed at 280 million in one month of release.
Xu Ke swept away the decline of the year and became the seventh domestic director to have a single film with a box office of over 200 million!
In October, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was also released on the terrestrial channels of three TV stations in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anwei, and Beijing. It achieved very good ratings in these three places, even second only to the local satellite channels.
A week after it was released, a gun version has been circulated on the Internet. Although it is not clear, it has caused quite a stir on the Internet.
The three major TV stations also made statistics on the local area, and even before the broadcast was completed, they sent people to negotiate for the first round of star broadcast rights.
At this time, Tang An was no longer in a hurry. These three TV stations just wanted to win the broadcast rights before other TV stations could react.
After four or five days, other TV stations also took notice, and basically all the first- and second-tier TV stations sent people.
After two days of negotiations, the price for the first round of rights was finally determined on November 5.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV and Dragon TV each purchased the first-round broadcast rights at a high price of 1.05 million for an episode.
Beijing Satellite TV and Anwei Satellite TV, two ground-based TV stations trying their luck, failed to compete with these two major first-line satellite TVs.
At present, these two TV stations are considered to be the first-tier satellite TV after CCTV and Shonan TV.
After two hours of difficult negotiations before the contract was signed, Tang An breathed a sigh of relief, shook hands with the directors of the film purchasing departments of the two major TV stations, and invited, "Director Liu, Director Zhao, it's a pleasure to work with you. I've already made a reservation at the Four Seasons Hotel next door.
Let’s have a casual meal together.”
"You're welcome, Mr. Tang. I still have to go back to pay my dues. Let's have a nice drink at the celebration party."
"Okay, then I'll just wait."
The two directors didn't wait much longer. The contract had been finalized, and then the two satellite TV stations had to discuss the launch time and other specific matters.
2.1 million for one episode, nearly 160 million for 76 episodes. They can get 70%, which is 112 million.
And the cost of 50 million was borrowed from the income of "Thailand" and has been paid off long ago.
This also means that the group’s liquidity has increased by 112 million!
In addition, the income from "Painted Skin 2" has also been accounted for, and after excluding the 35 million cost, there is still a profit of 55 million.
Including the original 100 million cash on the group's books, the funds that can be used now are 267 million.
Money is meant to be used, it is of no use holding it in your hands.
The group now has five directors, and besides Xu Zheng there are four more. Two of them are newcomers and do not have any ability to direct alone.
But it doesn't matter for the newbies, they have proven their ability later on, all they lack is a little experience.
As for TV dramas, as long as the script is OK, there is a professional crew, and the director's ability is above the passing mark, the filmed content will not be bad.
The company's screenwriter Curry now has more than a dozen adapted TV drama scripts. Yang Wenjun took a fancy to Gu Man's "Why Sheng Xiao Mo" and wanted to make this film.
The script of this film only has 32 episodes, which is actually very uneconomical in this era when Internet copyright has not yet exploded.
Even if there will be a peak in online copyright fees next year, single episodes can be purchased for millions, and there are many that are over 1.5 million, but they are still low.
It was just that he would make less money, so Tang An didn't care, so he approved Yang Wenjun's project and asked the TV drama department to check the cost of a single episode. Yang Wenjun would choose the actors himself, and the group's artists would be given priority.
The other two new directors, Lu Xing and Wang Wei, also asked them to choose their own scripts.
Both of these people have been practicing with Yang Wenjun and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" for half a year, so there should be no problem.
Which of the young directors who can later become very successful are not geniuses? Since they are geniuses, let them do what they do.
As long as there are no problems with the script and the crew, the film will be good.
The plan for three TV series next year has been tentatively decided. Now that the money is available, it will be spent immediately. Tang An asked each department to put forward any ideas and use the money as soon as possible to create greater value.
On November 8th, all post-production of "Edge of Tomorrow" had been completed. Optoelectronics took a copy to submit for review. In the morning, Tang An made appointments with Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Qin Hong, and more than a dozen domestic theater operators.
The head of the department went to a Xingmei cinema in Chaoyang District to try it out.
I didn't choose imax3d, just ordinary Dolby dual-camera 3d. The projection equipment and screen quality are above average, and the effect of the movie can be more intuitively seen.