Chapter 440 Consecutive championship! 180 million US dollars! Full fixed month
""Edge of Tomorrow" grossed US$57.3 million at the global box office in its first weekend, surpassing "Tangled"'s US$52 million, and topped the global weekly box office rankings!"
"The currently-showing domestic science fiction blockbuster "Edge of Tomorrow" has detonated the global December movie market. It has exploded at the box office in North America, Europe, and Asia. It has topped the box office rankings in many countries and has surpassed many Hollywood blockbusters to top the global list.
champion!"
""Edge of Tomorrow" opened with 214 million yuan in the mainland, setting a box office record in the first four days. It opened in Southeast Asia with 8.8 million U.S. dollars, creating the best start for a Chinese-language film in Southeast Asia. In Europe, the opening weekend with 5.8 million U.S. dollars was also the highest opening weekend in the history of a Chinese-language film.
box office!"
"As Director Tang An said at the premiere, China also has its own science fiction films. Not only that, our science fiction films have also conquered audiences around the world!"
"Domestic blockbusters ≠ 50 cents special effects, "Edge of Tomorrow" dominates the global film market!"
"Tang An became the first mainland director to top the global weekly box office, and is well-deserved as the number one commercial director in China!"
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"Edge of Tomorrow" topped the global box office for that week, which was absolutely explosive news for the domestic film market. Even Tang An himself did not expect it.
Has any domestic film done this before?
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" probably doesn't exist, and "Kung Fu Dream" doesn't seem to exist either.
Even if there are both movies, the former is co-produced with Sony, and the latter cannot be considered a domestic movie.
However, "Edge of Tomorrow" is a domestically produced film with a real reputation. It has no investment from outside the Mainland and no main creative staff from outside the Mainland. Moreover, it is not an action movie by Cheng Long or Jet Li, nor is it a costume blockbuster.
It is a science fiction film that is normal in Hollywood. This type of film is very rare in China, but in Hollywood it is all bad.
The news began to spread on the Internet in the afternoon, and the print media will take some time, probably early tomorrow morning.
In a certain cinema, the audience who had bought tickets and was waiting to enter the theater were playing with their mobile phones when they suddenly heard several "Fuck" sounds.
"Holy shit! It's true or not, "Edge of Tomorrow" sold over 10 million US dollars in the United States, and more than 10 million US dollars in Europe and Asia combined."
"Including the domestic 30 million, it's more than 50 million US dollars in just a few days. It's too scary!"
"It should be true. Tengxun, Xinlang, and Sohu have all reported it, and the Baidu homepage is full of words, unless they collectively lose their minds and go crazy."
"You are so ambitious. You must support me. I will watch "The Orphan of Zhao" in two days when you are free."
"The global box office is probably not US$3 to 400 million, but more than 2 billion if converted into RMB."
"A movie sells for more than 2 billion, and building a house is not that profitable!"
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on the Internet.
"With 57.3 million in the first week, there is no doubt that Tang An is the number one commercial film producer in China, right?"
"There's no need to be too bad now, unless "If You Are the One 2" also explodes!"
"I think if Zhang Yimou's next movie doesn't explode, Tang An will definitely be qualified to become the number one director in China!"
“It’s really a relief to have Waiguoren watch our movie.”
"Now Tang An will become an internationally famous director, and Liu Ye and Tang Yan may also enter Hollywood."
"This is a real box office. Isn't it 10,000 times better than those shamelessly bragging about international superstars just on the red carpet at a foreign film festival?"
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Now "Edge of Tomorrow" can be called crazy in China. "The Orphan of Zhao", which did not have much box office in the first place, has dropped to less than 5 million in a single day during the new working week. This week there is also "
"Laughing in the River" is released, maybe it really won't break 100 million.
Brother Chen Kai will inevitably be harassed by reporters, but when faced with Tang An's questions, he has no way to refute. If he continues to rant in front of absolute data, he will really become mentally retarded. He can only choose to avoid the important and the light, or simply not answer, and the whole process is clandestine.
Make a face.
Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Jiang Wen and other directors were frequently visited by reporters. Most of them expressed congratulations and hoped that domestic films would get better and better.
When it comes to his own movies, he must not lose confidence. When Feng Xiaogang opened his mouth, he also boasted 1 billion worth of cowhide.
Regardless of whether it can be done or not, just blow it out first and then talk about it.
Besides, it will still be some time before "If You Are the One 2" is released, and by then "Edge of Tomorrow" will have slowly faded away, so there is no chance.
As the number one director in China, Zhang Yimou first praised Tang An and then announced the latest news about his new film.
"For the filming of "The Thirteen Hairpins", the Shiqiu Film and Television Base has been completely set up. Our producers are currently in contact with Hollywood superstar Christian Bale. This will be the first domestic film to involve a Hollywood superstar!"
Zhang Yimou is also very ambitious and invites Hollywood superstars to enter the North American market.
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The craziness of "Edge of Tomorrow" continues, and Tang An is also traveling around the country with the crew.
In the second week, from December 6th to 12th, it once again took in a box office of 286 million, with the total box office reaching 500 million in the 11 days of release.
This week, "The Orphan of Zhao" only received a mere 36 million at the box office. Adding the first two days, the total in 9 days was 61 million, which is extremely miserable.
The newly-released "Big Bang" did well at the box office, earning 50 million in four days over the weekend, which is a bit higher than "The Orphan of Zhao."
The three blockbusters were supposed to be a titanic battle, but in the end they had no impact on "Edge of Tomorrow" at all.
Overseas box office statistics were a bit late and did not come out until the next morning.
The North American box office continued to surge, with a super high box office of 18.6 million in 7 days.
In North America, unlike China, the 7-day weekend in the second week will not be lower than the 4-day weekend in the first week, or even higher.
However, it is often the case in North America that the box office in the first three days accounts for one-third or even half of the total box office. Because "Edge of Tomorrow" was not well-known in the early stage, more and more audiences knew about the movie after a week of release, and the number of theaters where it was released has increased.
When the number of stores reached 2,800, which was close to the scale of blockbuster releases, a substantial increase was achieved.
The weekly box office is still in third place, knocking out "Harry Potter 7" which was released for more than 20 days. However, a new movie "The Chronicles of Narnia" was released this week, and it parachuted into the top spot.
In other markets around the world, "Edge of Tomorrow" once again took in 19 million box office, slightly higher than the 16.1 million in the first week.
Including 40 million U.S. dollars in mainland China, it still topped the global weekly box office with 74.7 million U.S. dollars in the second week.
Two consecutive championships!
In the third week, Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" was released in mainland China on Thursday. The box office on the first day exceeded 30 million, and it earned 160 million in 4 days. It was higher than the total box office of any of his movies, which can be regarded as very proud.
"Laughing Out Loud" only received 55 million in its second week, which was greatly affected by the two movies. However, the total box office successfully exceeded 100 million. Xiao Shen Yang, who became famous due to the Spring Festival Gala, also stepped onto the big screen.
"Edge of Tomorrow" suffered a big drop this week, only taking in 184 million. The total box office in the Mainland, including the 76 million in screenings, totaled 750 million.
The overseas box office also declined in the third week. Adding in North America's total of 25 million U.S. dollars, the global single-week box office was just over 50 million U.S. dollars.
However, it failed to achieve three consecutive weekly box office wins. This week, the Hollywood blockbuster "Tron" began to be released. The first three-day weekend in North America was 45 million. Including some overseas box office currently released, the first week's box office was as high as 60 million.
It was released for 3 weeks, with a domestic box office of 750 million and a global box office of 182 million US dollars.
Overseas publicity is the responsibility of Columbia and MediaCorp. Regardless of whether we can trust it or not, we can only leave it to them.
Movies released by Hollywood giants are inevitably cut off in some countries in Europe and Asia. There is no way around it.
At this point, Tang An didn't even do anything to promote it. The crazy media and movie fans all spontaneously promoted the movie.
Liu Ye and Tang Yan traveled all over the country with a team. Tang An had media, magazines, and TV stations doing exclusive interviews every day in the capital. They couldn't arrange enough appointments, so they had to fly over every few days to join the crew.
Anyway, I will reject everything I can, whether it is "Edge of Tomorrow" or Tang An, there is no need for these at all.
On Sunday the 19th, Tang An was still in the company, holding a document sent by Zhouyou and Mediacorp and studying it carefully.
"Edge of Tomorrow" suddenly became a hit, with an overseas box office revenue of 80 million US dollars, which left Tang An a bit baffled.
It took two hours to go through the documents before Tang An figured out the reason for the success.
3d, this is the main reason.
There have been basically few 3D movies in the world since "Avatar". Those junk pseudo-3D movies in Hollywood are exclusively available in the mainland, and other regions are 2D versions.
"How to Train Your Dragon" is the 3D version. It grossed nearly 500 million at the global box office, ranking among the top ten of the year.
Overseas audiences have not yet been stimulated by pseudo-3D and are still very interested in 3D movies.
It’s no wonder that there aren’t many 3D movies in Hollywood. If you want to do a good job in live-action 3D, whether it’s real shooting or re-production, it will cost a huge amount of money.
The conversion of "Titanic" cost 18 million US dollars and was produced by ddmg, a famous Hollywood special effects company.
Don't look at the fact that the US$18 million is much higher than the 5,000 RMB production fee of "Edge of Tomorrow". In fact, taking into account the various differences, "Edge of Tomorrow" cost more than "Titanic" and made it better.
The most important thing in converting to 3D is the labor cost. Each frame is calculated hundreds of times to obtain the most accurate data for modeling. The more accurate the data, the better the effect.
Tang An hired 900 special effects people to work on it for seven or eight months, but it was still successful. More than 300 people worked on "Titanic" for half a year.
In terms of the cost of special effects alone, there is about an exchange rate difference between doing it in Hollywood and doing it in China, which means that it would cost an estimated US$40 to 50 million to achieve a 3D effect as close to real shooting as "Edge of Tomorrow" in Hollywood.
50 million U.S. dollars, it would take two or three times the box office to make back the money.
The cost of blockbusters is already high, and Hollywood producers simply won’t do it.
As for those fake 3D cutouts, it costs 4 to 5 million US dollars in China and 4 to 5 million US dollars in Hollywood.
Therefore, there are few 3D movies shown in the United States, and they are all converted and shown in the mainland.
That is, the legendary Mainland special offer. Later, even the Xiangjiang movie also did this. "Cold War 2" Xiangjiang was still 2D, but when it came to the Mainland, it became 3D...