When I came back from New York, 2010 had already passed, and this year's Lunar New Year holiday was almost there.
As of January 2, "Edge of Tomorrow" once again achieved a record of 105 million at the box office last week, setting a record of 5 consecutive weeks of over 100 million and 32 consecutive days of over 10 million.
In terms of box office performance, it is not much worse than "Avatar". After all, after "Edge of Tomorrow" was released, blockbusters were released every week.
But after all, it is not the first 3D movie, it lacks a gimmick, and the 3D effect is indeed inferior to that of "Avatar".
However, it was "Avatar" that drove the market and made many viewers who had never been used to watching movies in theaters realize the difference between watching movies on the big screen and on computers.
"Let the Bullets Fly" took in a box office of 140 million in its third week, and its total box office in three weeks reached 500 million.
After earning 170 million in the first week, "If You Are the One 2" only received 140 million in the second week and 310 million in two weeks. Due to the impact of word-of-mouth, the box office was far less than expected.
The total box office of "Laughing in the River" also reached 120 million.
It has been a month since the release of the remaining blockbuster film "The Orphan of Zhao", and the box office has finally slowly crossed the 100 million yuan mark, saving Chen Kaige's face.
Five movies in one month had a box office of over 100 million, with the total box office reaching a staggering 1.94 billion, creating the highest single-month output peak in the mainland film market in history.
In 2010, the domestic film market created a series of records, and the biggest winners this year are probably none other than Tang An and Hantang Media.
Of course, there is also Ge You, who starred in 3 of the 5 Lunar New Year movies, with a total box office of over 1 billion.
On the 3rd, in the large conference hall of the Four Seasons Hotel Chaoyangmen, it was a year-end inventory. It was also the first large-scale inventory since the establishment of Hantang Media Group.
All the middle-level and above-level management of the entire group have arrived, including Zhang Changsheng, general manager of Qiansi Advertising, Liu Ge, general manager of Hantang Cinemas, and general managers of major studios.
The table in the group conference room can no longer accommodate these forty or fifty people. We will hold a meeting in the hotel first and expand it when we have time.
Looking at the forty or fifty managers below, they are in charge of thousands of employees, forming this all-round large group.
"Everyone."
Tang An spoke first.
"It has been nearly a year since the establishment of Hantang Media. The first few years of every company are always the most difficult. I am very happy and honored that none of you here have been missing for more than a year."
"It is a good thing to have more people. It means that our company is getting stronger and stronger, and more and more positions require more outstanding talents."
There was a lot of talk in the bar, which made Tang An thirsty.
"Pah, pah, pah, pah"
Being able to grow with an entrepreneurial company is definitely an important addition to their resume.
Whether they use the Han and Tang Dynasties as a springboard, or whether they want to stay in the group forever, everyone applauds from the bottom of their hearts.
Then Chen Guofu summarized all the projects of the group in the past year, as well as the gains and losses.
"囧", "Painted Skin 2", "Thirty-day Love" and "Edge of Tomorrow" are four movies with box office of 700 million, 500 million, 350 million and 987 million respectively.
The total box office of the four movies is as high as 2.537 billion! There is no doubt that it is the film and television company that produced the highest box office of movies this year.
In terms of TV dramas, the ratings of "The Happy Past of the Old Ma Family" have always been at the forefront during the same period, and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has also received very good market response after testing the waters.
Financial Director Wang Wei also reported on the company’s current funding situation for several projects.
Excluding several projects before November, the total domestic box office of "Thirty Days of Love" is 350 million, and the total production share and distribution share is 150.5 million.
In addition, since the box office reached 350 million, Daobao also paid 8 million in advertising fees. Adding in the pre-roll advertising, TV, Internet, and audio and video copyrights, the total revenue generated by this movie so far is 170 million.
The cost is only 16 million yuan in production expenses and 24 million yuan in publicity expenses, and the profit is 130 million yuan.
Other copyrights of "Edge of Tomorrow" were sold in North America for 16 million, and Europe and Asia combined sold nearly 3 million.
Needless to say, they can't be sold for much money in Asia, and Europe isn't much better.
That's $19 million.
The North American box office is based on a minimum of 50 million US dollars. After deducting the expenses of theater chains and movie theaters, we still get 25 million US dollars.
Colombia will take away 8 million in advance promotion fees and 10% of the distribution share of the North American box office, which is 8 million + 5 million, a total of 13 million.
There are so many tricks, so distribution is a sure-profit business. Regardless of whether the producer makes money or not, the publisher will make a lot of money.
In North America, producers can get 50% of the box office. That’s because most producers are also distributors. The 50% is the combined production share and distribution share. In China, there are 43% in total.
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It’s not without reason that the major Hollywood giants have been at the top of the industry all year round. It doesn’t mean that by just acquiring a company with distribution rights, they can reach the level of the Big Six or even second-tier publishers like Lions in terms of publicity and distribution.
A considerable portion of the profits from Lucas' "Star Wars" series and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series were taken away by publishers 20th Century Fox and Paramount.
The famous Hollywood animation studio Pixar Studios is so aggrieved under the hands of Disney.
The situation is not much different in China. Bernard only started its film and television production business in 2007. Before that, it relied on its strong distribution capabilities to become the film company with the largest market share in the country.
Although he paid a lot, Tang An spent almost no money in North America, which was pretty much the same.
The expected revenue in Europe and Asia is approximately US$70 million. The divisions in each region are different, and the contracts are also different. The distributor also advanced the promotion expenses, leaving US$17 million for the producer.
1900+1300+1700, overseas income is 49 million US dollars, which is quite considerable.
It's just that the box office share is only 30 million U.S. dollars. There is a reason why movies in the past were only bought out without a share. No matter what, the money was made by the distributor.
Based on the minimum box office of 1 billion in China, the producers will get a share of 330 million, which is almost 47 million US dollars.
The income of all producers is 96 million US dollars, 672 million yuan. After deducting 260 million production fees and 80 million promotion fees, there is still a net profit of 332 million.
Among them, Tang An's director's share is 15% of the profit, which is 49.8 million, and Tang An accounts for 33% of the remaining 282.2 million, which is 94 million, plus 25 million distribution fees and 10 million director's remuneration.
The total profit of this movie is 178.8 million!
This is the net profit. After including the 86 million cost and the 20 million he paid out of the 80 million publicity cost, he can get a total of 284.8 million.
Among them, 50 million is a bank loan and 56 million is cash paid.
Adding these incomes, including the group's own book capital of 100 million yuan and the subsequent receipt of the share of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Painted Skin 2", the available funds now reach 520 million yuan.
There was no use keeping the money, so Tang An allocated another 100 million to Liu Ge to open the first batch of movie theaters as soon as possible.
After the meeting, Tang An went to Li Palace. He looked at several houses and finally settled on a house surrounded by water on three sides.
The location is very good, just like a small island hanging in the middle of the lake. It has enough area and the surrounding lawns and gardens are also large enough.
The lobby on the first floor is 10 meters high and has an all-stone facade. As soon as you enter, you will feel empty!
There are many supporting facilities, including a 600,000-square-meter golf course, five or six international primary schools, key middle schools, universities, hospitals, and shopping malls.
It was gathering dust when I bought it, so I couldn't live in it for more than a few months a year.
A house worth nearly 90 million yuan was bought immediately. There is no such thing as pretending to be slapped in the face. Even if they lose a smile on their faces and make customers unhappy, Tang An will get out if he says a word.
I bought a house and continued to be busy, and returned to the group to record a focus interview.
This program does not require going to the CCTV studio. It is just an interview in the office. During the show, part of it is intercepted, and then the host talks there.
Three days later, "Edge of Tomorrow" once again took in 19 million at the box office, bringing the total box office in the mainland to 1.005 billion yuan, becoming the first Chinese-language film to have a domestic box office of over 1 billion yuan!