February is coming to an end, and the Spring Festival, which lasts for more than a month, has also come to an end.
"Detective Chinatown" has undoubtedly become the box office champion during the Spring Festival with a box office of over 1 billion.
However, judging from the current trend, it will stop at 1.05 billion at most, and it is impossible to hit the 1.13 billion of "Edge of Tomorrow".
The number of domestic screens has also increased significantly. Compared with December 2010, the number of screens has increased by 35% in more than a year.
Compared with the National Day, there are nearly 15% more screens in these four months. Otherwise, it would still be difficult to exceed one billion.
"The Secret of the Dragon" was released at the same time as "The Legend of White Snake" and "Painting on the Wall". The former also had a 3D version, which occupied a lot of film schedules. Otherwise, it would still be possible to break one billion.
"Detective Chinatown" was released for 6 days, and "Mission: Impossible 4" was only released on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, giving it an advantage.
However, the various overseas copyright income of "The Secret of the Dragon" reached 22 million US dollars, and "Detective Chinatown" was not released in Europe and North America at all. The Asian distribution rights, video tapes and other copyrights were packaged and sold to Mediacorp for 2 million US dollars.
However, the production cost plus publicity and distribution costs of "The Secret of the Dragon" reached 300 million, while "Detective Chinatown" only cost 150 million. Overall, the profits are similar.
Among other movies during the Spring Festival, "Mission: Impossible 4" is hitting 600 million, which is basically a sure shot.
"Gravity 2" also exceeded 300 million, and is expected to hit 400 million.
The comedy romance movie "I Do" starring Li Binbin has a box office of close to 90 million, and there is little hope of breaking 100 million.
"The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" was released for 20 days, with a total box office of 70 million. It was greatly affected by piracy.
In addition, Spielberg's epic war blockbuster "War Horse" is not as popular at home as it is overseas.
This film was released in North America in December, with 14 million in its first week and a total box office of 75 million, which is not as good as "The Martian".
It was released in China for 6 days, with a total box office of 60 million, and there should be no problem breaking over 100 million.
February began to enter the off-season, but at this time "The Martian" also ended its overseas screening for more than 50 days, and the screening area expanded from 50 in the early stage to more than 70.
North America grossed US$97 million, Europe and Asia combined totaled US$127 million, and the total overseas box office reached US$224 million, once again setting an overseas box office record for Chinese-language films.
The overseas equivalent of RMB is about 1.565 billion, plus 1.439 billion in mainland China, the global box office of "The Martian" reached an unprecedented 3.004 billion!
During this period, domestic film and television companies and media are paying attention to the Spring Festival. In addition, "The Martian" has surpassed the record of "Avatar" and has been heavily praised for a period of time, making people think that it has just passed.
But now, when the total box office of more than 70 countries and regions around the world is compiled and sent back to China, all the numbers are added up and compared again.
I climaxed instantly.
The global box office of 3 billion is about more than 420 million US dollars, which is a figure that no one dares to imagine!
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In the Tencent News and Entertainment Department, an editor immediately did a simple math problem.
420 million US dollars, this is already a figure that can only be obtained by American blockbusters. At this time, everyone realized the significance of this number.
"Quickly, look for the North American box office list and the global box office list for 2011."
"More than 400 million, this is almost among the top ten in the world!"
"It should be about the same. I remember that the number 10 was less than 500 million US dollars."
Seven or eight editors hurriedly looked up the information, and within half a minute, the 2011 global box office list and North American box office list were pulled out.
North America:
1. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Grail Part 2" US$380 million.
2. "Transformers 3" 350 million.
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30. "Gnomeo and Juliet" 99 million.
31. "The Green Hornet" 98 million.
"The Martian" ranked 32nd at the North American annual box office with US$97 million!
"Damn it, it's ranked 32nd. "Heroes" seemed to be ranked in the 50s back then."
"Aside from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "The Martian" ranks highest among the top 12 of the year."
"Look at the global box office list, it's ranked in the top ten."
1. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" US$1.328 billion.
2. "Transformers 3" 1.123 billion.
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12. "Thor" 449 million.
13. "Puss in Boots" 443 million.
The fourteenth place at the global box office is "The Martian" with 420 million, and even blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible 4", "X-Men: First Class" and "Captain America" are also under pressure.
And it is only 60 million US dollars away from "Rio", which ranks 10th at the global box office.
Almost at the same time, the major portals that were the first to receive the news were the first to report the news.
Other media immediately followed suit, and within half a day, the entire Internet was frantically reporting the news that "The Martian" had grossed 3 billion yuan worldwide, surpassing many Hollywood super blockbusters and ranking 14th in the global box office.
"The miracle of "The Martian" has not yet ended, and the world has collected 3 billion yuan!"
""The Martian" set box office records for Chinese-language films in more than 20 countries and regions around the world, with a global box office exceeding US$420 million!"
"No. 14 on the annual global box office list, "The Martian" sets the highest record for domestic films!"
"Unprecedented high box office, Tang An once again writes a legend!"
"The undisputed master of commercial films and the number one director in China!"
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The data of 3 billion has been sold all over the world, which is enough for all the media to label him as the number one director in the country.
Now Zhang Yimou's fans don't have much confidence to refute. There are 3 billion in the world, compared to less than 700 million in "The Thirteen Hairpins", it is simply incomparable.
The figure of 3 billion also shocked people outside the industry. They never expected that a domestic film would achieve such a high box office.
Those Hollywood blockbusters often cost 400 to 500 million U.S. dollars, but the production fee plus publicity and distribution costs are still 200 to 300 million U.S. dollars. The investment and box office ratio is simply incomparable to "The Martian."
"It's so awesome. A few years ago, I was still boasting about the 100 million yuan club, but now Tang An's movie has sold 3 billion yuan worldwide!"
"With 3 billion, we can build two or three communities here."
"Making movies makes money faster than real estate. People spend much more time building houses than making movies."
"I remember Tang An said that in the future, the domestic box office of a movie could reach 3 billion or even 5 billion. It is really possible at this rate!"
"Mmp, if each person contributes a movie ticket to Tang An, there must be tens of millions of people. It would be great if each of these tens of millions of people gave me a dime."
"I've made 3 billion and haven't rushed to make a new movie. It's been two months and there's been no movement at all."
"I have made so much money and made crappy movies. If it were me, I would just build a community in Beijing, rent out all the houses, do nothing, and live on the rent until I die."
"It's so cool to be a landlord and count money while lying down, and then ask a few female secretaries to help you collect the rent."
"The people upstairs are speechless, you can only do so much!"