Chapter 510 Beyond 'Avatar', Huaguo's record belongs to Huaguo Films
""The Thirteen Beauties" was pre-cold overseas, and the box office on its first day of release in North America was only US$250,000!"
"The overseas distribution of "The Thirteen Beauties" was not smooth. It was released on a large scale in North America, the United Kingdom, Spain and Russia yesterday. The first-day overseas box office was only US$320,000!"
"Unexpected, but reasonable, "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" suffered a misfortune in North America!"
"Zhang Yimou's latest blockbuster "The Thirteen Hairpins", which has attracted widespread attention in the mainland, was officially released in North America on December 25, 2011.
However, in sharp contrast to the domestic scene, this film, which was designated as China's submission for the 2012 Oscars, has received bad reviews from many English-language media, and it can even be called the worst reception a Chinese film has received in the United States in recent years.
Comment."
"On the famous film review website "Rotten Tomatoes", the current professional positive rating of "Thirteen Girls" is only 30%. In the past, foreign language films that participated in the Oscars had to have a positive rating of at least 80% to have any hope of winning."
"The Hollywood Reporter criticized that only the dullest producers in Hollywood would inject sexual elements into a disaster like the Southview Massacre, but it became the core element of "The Thirteen Beauties."
""The Thirteen Beauties" failed in North America, but can "The Martian" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" succeed in the overseas film market?"
Early in the morning on the 27th, news about the situation of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" in North America came back to China.
As the only two mainland directors who can enter the global film market, Zhang Yimou's failure this time was a bit harsh, and it can be said that everyone's eyes were shocked.
It cost 250,000 US dollars on the first day, and the reviews from the media and filmmakers were abysmal, and the attendance rate was also appallingly low.
It can be predicted that the North American box office of this movie is only 500,000 to 600,000 US dollars.
For domestic movies, this is a normal number.
But for Zhang Yimou, this was a huge failure.
Not to mention these costume blockbusters, before the 20th century, "My Father and Mother" earned US$1.28 million in North America.
"No One Left Behind" US$600,000 in North America.
"Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge" US$2.08 million in North America.
"Alive" US$2.33 million in North America.
"Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" US$1.89 million in North America.
"Raise the Red Lantern" $2.6 million.
"Ju Dou" US$1.98 million in North America.
Looking at these literary and artistic films of the last century, the data of "The Thirteen Hairpins" are definitely abnormal.
"Have you figured out what's going on? Is someone taking action on "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling"?"
In the reception room of a movie theater in Jiangcheng, Tang An took the time to pay attention to the experience of "The Thirteen Hairpins". After all, they are all Chinese movies.
Judging from the media and film critics, "The Thirteen Hairpins" is almost being criticized as a dog.
However, on imbd, the score of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is nearly eight points, which is a rare high score for commercial movies.
Next to him, Xiao He immediately reported, "Chairman, we have found out clearly that it was Sony who took action."
"Sony? That's no wonder."
Tang An nodded. Sony owns two major film companies, Sony Classics and Columbia, which are also giants in Hollywood. Dealing with a Chinese-language movie is not an easy task.
It was also Zhang Weiping who found a British distributor to be responsible for overseas distribution this time. If he met a Hollywood giant, he was looking for death.
Xiao He continued, "At the beginning of the month, "The Thirteen Hairpins" was screened in many locations in North America. At that time, the theaters were packed and the theaters were well received everywhere."
"It is in the past few days that many American media have promoted "The Thirteen Hairpins" as a government-invested film with a patriotic theme, which is why there is such a big contrast."
After listening to Xiao He's report, Tang An finally understood.
"The Thirteen Hairpins" has been banned in Japan, and Sony is not letting it go even in North America.
Sony's publicity was not unfounded. The film received a loan of 150 million from China Minsheng Bank. Americans believe that all banks in China belong to the state, so naturally it was filmed by the government.
The premiere was held in the Great Hall of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Although it is not too difficult to hold a premiere and concert here, the North American audience was still misled by the media.
The American media can completely influence the release of a movie. When the American media portrays the movie from a political perspective, the box office will be directly affected.
Zhang Weiping is basically helpless. The production fee of 200 million yuan and the publicity fee of nearly 80 million yuan include a loan of 150 million yuan from Minsheng Bank. It would be good if the cost can be recovered.
Although at the beginning of the new picture there were three giants, Huayi and Huayi, Zhang Yimou alone was not enough.
In the past, there were only two or three blockbusters a year, and one new picture was enough.
But now there are more than ten blockbusters released a year. If you only make one movie a year, you are not considered a giant.
A director cannot support a company, and a superstar cannot support a large company.
Even for a top producer like Chen Guofu, it would be difficult. He can only produce two or three films a year at most.
All the money from the new picture was invested in "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins". If Zhang Yimou didn't want to take a share, he could barely keep his capital.
But is it possible?
Moreover, this time also proved the ability of the new picture to be distributed overseas, so Zhang Yimou must leave.
Is there any hope of pulling him over?
Tang An thought about it. Although there was no hope and it was impossible for him to work for him, Tang An still made a call to Chen Guojie to get in touch.
Basically, every company would contact Zhang Yimou, and Tang An would also give him some face, otherwise people would think they looked down on him.
Tang An didn't shy away from making phone calls, and everyone around him heard it.
Yang Mi asked curiously, "Brother An, do you want to invite Director Zhang to come to our company?"
Tang An smiled and said, "Why, it can't work?"
"Of course, but he will definitely not come."
Tang An asked with interest, "Then tell me why you definitely won't come?"
Yang Mi pouted, "You are also a director, and Director Zhang is also a director. This is not obvious."
Tang An smiled and said, "You are quite good at analyzing and focus more on filming. The heroine of "The Stolen Five Years" is given to you. This film is more of a test of acting skills. Perform well and don't let the director
Came back with a bang."
Yang Mi said unconvinced, "What do you mean by asking the director to come back? Brother An, you look down on me so much."
"Okay, okay, you're awesome."
Tang An smiled and gave her a slap on the head.
Looking back, I found that Wang Kai looked a little confused and asked aloud, "What's wrong?"
Wang Kai hesitated for a moment, then said, "Director Tang, "The Thirteen Hairpins" has been promoted as a government-invested theme film in North America. Our "Mars" also has bank loans and the support of the space agency.
What if someone promotes the movie as a commercial for the space agency, a promotional film or something like that?"
Tang An shook his head and said with a smile, "As you said, it won't have any impact. "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" involves a war background. Ours is a science fiction film."
"Moreover, Zhang Weiping didn't know what kind of medicine he took, but he actually found a British distribution company to be responsible for North American distribution. He had to learn a lesson when he was tricked by an outsider."
"With 20th Century Fox fully distributing it, there is no need to worry even if someone slanders it."
Wang Kai smiled sheepishly, "I'm sorry, Director Tang, I was overthinking it."
"It's a good thing to think more. When filming a movie or commercial, you will encounter all kinds of things and difficulties. You need to be more relaxed, especially if you accept a film from another company."
Before Tang An could finish speaking, Yang Mi immediately snorted inaudibly.
Just as Tang An guessed, Zhang Weiping was worried to death at this time.
According to reports from his people, Wanda Song Ge and LeTV Zhang Zhao have gone to see Zhang Yimou privately.
It was only the afternoon of the 27th, and it had only been a day and a half since the news came back from the United States. God knows how many people were eyeing Zhang Yimou at this time.
The meeting room of New Picture Company was gloomy. As the parties involved, they already understood what happened.
Zhang Weiping had a gloomy look on his face, he invited Christian Bale just for the sake of overseas box office.
I originally thought that I would star in "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" consecutively, and he won the Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars this year, and he was going to start filming "The Dark Knight Rises" in Hollywood. It’s also a solid first line.
Zhang Weiping boasted that North America would receive US$100 million, but his inner expectation was US$40 million.
This is good, let alone 40 million US dollars, even 4 million is impossible.
Britain, Russia, and Spain, where Zhang Yimou is very happy, are also in the same dismal state.
Japan's benzene, one of the major stockpiles in Southeast Asia, was directly banned, and the entire overseas market was lost.
Zhang Weiping had calculated everything, but he didn't expect that he would be sniped by Sony!
At this time, his heart was bleeding!
The meeting ended with no results. British publishers were no match for Sony in North America, and there was nothing they could do.
Zhang Weiping can only focus on the mainland first, and wait for a while to talk to Zhang Yimou about the share. If he really wants to give Zhang Yimou so much money, the new picture will be at a loss.
Zhang Weiping was waiting for the movie to be released, but other film companies were like sharks smelling blood, and they all took action.
The media also has a very sharp nose. Within a few days, there were constant reports about Song Ge, Zhang Zhao, Li Ming, Wang Changtian and others poaching people.
Zhang Yimou has been with New Picture for more than ten years, and suddenly some rumors spread, which shocked the entire entertainment industry.
Tang An also asked Chen Guofu to meet Zhang Yimou, but otherwise he had nothing to do with him.
The publicity is still going on, and the Lunar New Year orders are still in full swing.
"The Martian" once again took in 162 million in its fourth week of release, bringing its total box office to 1.297 billion.
It successfully surpassed "Transformers 3" and topped the annual box office championship at the end of 2011.
"The Thirteen Beauties" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" took in 115 million and 103 million respectively in the third week, both of which saw relatively large declines. The total box office was 581 million and 530 million respectively.
It has been nearly 20 days since it was released, and this drop is quite normal.
The two movies were impacted by "The Martian" and the box office actually increased. This is also a good thing for them. At least it stimulated the market.
"The Martian" is getting closer and closer to the record of "Avatar", and the Han and Tang media once again stepped up their offensive, focusing on promoting "China's records belong to Chinese movies."
With everyone's expectations, on December 31, the Saturday of the fifth week of the release of "The Martian", "The Martian" has grossed a total of 46 million box office in the past five days, bringing the total box office to 1.343 billion!
1.343 billion, which is 2 million higher than the 1.341 billion of "Avatar"!
On December 31, 2011, the last day of this year, "The Martian" completed its overtake of "Avatar" and successfully regained the box office record in the history of the mainland film market!
After all, Chinese film records belong to Chinese films!!!
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I'm so busy that I really can't write in the second half of the month.
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I originally thought about writing more in October and earning more royalties, so I went to JD.com during Double Eleven and cleared my shopping cart.
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