Chapter 517 Global Box Office Records for Chinese Movies!
After three days of release in North America, the box office reached 15.9 million, and it ranked third on the weekend box office list that week. For a Chinese-language film with a production cost of only US$22 million, it is definitely considered a big success.
No matter what conflicts there are within 20th Century Fox, absolute interests are enough to suppress everything.
After all, those high-level executives and even CEOs are working part-time. Every few years, a CEO from one of the major giants will leave because he or she is not making money for the company.
On Monday, Fox secured a release of "The Martian" in 2,800 theaters, ranking fifth among movies in the same period, second only to "The Devil Within," "Mission: Impossible 4," "Sherlock Holmes," and "Grinder." 3", which has more than 100 cinemas than "My House Bought a Zoo", which is also a dark horse.
The publicity aspect is also unambiguous, although the publicity budget of 15 million US dollars is nothing at all when placed on a large-scale production.
But it’s not that small for a low-budget movie. News Corporation also owns TV stations, newspapers, and professional movie websites.
Fox was responsible for the promotion, and Tang An brought Cuncui here just for fun. On Monday, he took Yang Mi for a day of shopping.
We went to Paramount Studios, Chinatown, and the Avenue of Stars, experienced an indoor flight without the use of ropes, went shopping on Rodeo Drive, and ate beef dumplings from an unknown country.
After playing for a day, I was very tired.
Tang An, who had just eaten, didn't want to move anymore. He just wanted to go to the hotel and have a good sleep.
He looked at the time and said, "Well, you've had enough fun. Where should we go next, or should we go back to the hotel?"
Yang Mi looked around and found a large number of people gathered in a square in front of him, holding posters and other things in their hands. He asked curiously, "Brother An, what is that place?"
"Pershing Square, there are probably celebrities coming to promote it."
Yang Mi took Tang An's arm and said, "Then let's go and have a look. Maybe it's a big star."
Tang An took a look and said, "There are too many people, and we can no longer squeeze in the center of the square."
"We'll just stay outside and see who's coming."
Okay, Tang An and Yang Mi walked towards the square and waited outside for a while. Not long after, several cars came over. A dozen bodyguards cleared a path, and the real owner arrived.
They are Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, the male and female protagonists of "My Family Bought a Zoo".
The scene was a little noisy, and the Americans were not shy about chasing stars.
People also saw it, and when he was about to leave, the producer of the film, Paul Deason, walked over with a cold face.
"Mr. Tang, is something wrong?"
Tang An didn't expect that the producer would also follow during the promotion. He smiled slightly and said, "It's okay. I happened to see so many people here nearby and came to take a look."
"We have something else to do and we'll leave first without disturbing you."
Tang An didn't say anything more to him, just dealt with it and left.
Paul Deason looked at Tang An's leaving figure bitterly. He was one of the producers of "Pirates of the Caribbean". Although he was not as good as a gold medal producer like Bruce Helmer, he was still a well-known figure.
Because "Alien vs. Predator 2" failed miserably at the box office a few years ago and only took over 20 million US dollars at the box office in North America, now it can only make some low-budget movies.
"My Family Bought a Zoo" cost 15 million, and the North American box office has already approached 60 million. I originally thought about whether the box office could reach the 100 million mark, and with this result, I could return to a big production.
"The Martian" takes up a lot of Fox's resources, and "Ray 3" is a series and can sell peripherals, so it is also a key project of Fox.
On Monday today, the release scale of "I Bought a Zoo" was already the lowest among the three Fox movies. It is almost impossible to break through 100 million.
Fox will definitely not give up on "Rat 3", after all, it is related to the subsequent sequel.
Now he can only hope that "The Martian" will not have enough stamina before he has a chance.
There are many opponents who hold the same idea, and Neal, the producer of "Ravy 3", has similar thoughts.
The third film set a new low for the series. Although there was no problem with profitability, it was definitely a failure.
But in the new week, "The Martian" still maintains a good trend.
On Monday, it was US$4 million. Thanks to its good reputation and the increase in the number of shows, the drop was only 30%.
A total of 18 million tickets were received in the four working days. Although there were several new movies released on the second weekend, the theaters had increased their screening scale to 3,100 theaters, and the box office was still 22 million in three days.
Other overseas markets earned a total of US$36 million this week.
In its sixth week of domestic release, it once again earned 17 million yuan in a single week.
Global single-week revenue of $78.4 million.
The North American weekend box office championship was taken away by the newly released thriller action film "Contraband", with 24.5 million in its first week of release.
"The Martian" ranked second with 22 million views, and the animated film "Beauty and the Beast 3D" ranked third with 17.7 million views in its first weekend.
This "Beauty and the Beast" is not the later one, it is an animated film, and the latter one is a live-action fantasy film adaptation.
The addition of two new films did not have a big impact on "The Martian", but other films were greatly affected.
Taking in US$40 million in a single week in North America and US$78 million globally in a single week, "The Martian" once again won the second weekly box office championship in the global movie market.
As time went by, more people watched it, and gradually, even with Fox doing publicity and public relations, negative comments continued to appear.
Many racists even vigorously criticized Tang An, claiming that he was a robber who came to the United States to rob, and used American novels to make movies to make money from Americans, and called on Americans to boycott "The Martian"
After adapting one of your novels, I became a robber. In the 1980s, the Japanese owned Columbia, Rockefeller Center, and most of the real estate in Los Angeles. 10% of the real estate in the United States was taken over by the Japanese with a check.
Well, at that time, why didn't Japan be called a robber? Many Americans also claimed that the United States was becoming Japan's 41 counties.
In the third week of the movie's overseas release, the North American box office took over 11 million in four working days. Overseas, due to the addition of two new countries, the box office was the same, with 10.5 million U.S. dollars.
Domestic box office revenue was RMB 4 million in four days.
As of February 20, the 27th of the Lunar New Year, "The Martian" has earned $66.9 million in North America.
The combined total of Europe, Asia and other markets is US$68.6 million.
The mainland box office reached an unprecedented 1.431 billion yuan.
This is basically the case in China. The single-day box office has dropped below the one million mark, and it has been in theaters for a long enough time. There is basically no hope of breaking the 1.5 billion mark.
It has only been released overseas for 14 days. Although the third week cannot guarantee the previous trend, there is still potential to be tapped.
The combined total of all global markets was US$339.5 million, surpassing "Edge of Tomorrow" and setting a new global box office record for Chinese-language films!