Chapter 642: Climb the Global Weekly Championship again!
"Last week, North America reappeared in a melee of five new films, including the comedy "Fake Family" starring Jennifer Aniston, the sequel "Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters", and the director of District 9 starring Matt Damon.
The new sci-fi work "Elysium" and the Disney animated film "Planes", as well as the sci-fi blockbuster "Interstellar" directed by Chinese director Tang An, all chose to be released at the same time. In the end, "Elysium" led the crowded box office with a box office of 10.2 million US dollars.
weekend."
""Elysium" topped the North American Friday box office championship, followed by the Chinese film "Interstellar" in second place, with 8.3 million in a single day, creating director Tang An's personal best opening result!"
"Without the support of heavyweight movies, this week may be regarded as the most sluggish week for the North American film market in the summer this year. The science fiction movie "Elysium" topped the list with a first-day performance of only 10.2 million US dollars."
Director Neill Blomkamp's last movie, which directed "District 9", only had a global box office of US$200 million, but compared to the cost of US$30 million, it was already a big hit and caused a stir among movie fans.
Great impact.
The director, who is only one year younger than Tang An, has also become a rising star in the director field. The new film is also about science fiction and has two big stars joining the cast. It is no surprise that it won the box office championship on the first day.
However, it was somewhat unexpected that "Interstellar" emerged as the runner-up among the four new films.
In the previous summer season, sci-fi films such as "Return to Earth" and "Pacific Rim" were basically blocked from the market. Unexpectedly, near the end of the summer season, there are still two science fiction movies leading the way.
However, compared with domestic reviews that are all praising, this film does not have high reviews in North America, even worse than "The Martian".
"America Today": The film is quite ambitious, very engaging and thought-provoking, but it is also boring, and the film's advanced special effects technology seems a bit undeserved.
"Hollywood Reporter": This is a love letter written by director An Tang to space travel and star exploration. The audience needs a certain amount of patience to watch this film, but the film itself also provides incredible emotional rewards for patient audiences.
and beautiful visual landscape.
"The Guardian" commented: Not all movies are like "The End of the World", which requires the stupid enthusiasm of volunteers when mankind is facing extinction, but at least the former is a space adventure movie, and "Interstellar" is just an article
A scientific report, although not very rigorous.
The well-known Hollywood movie review website "Playlist" even said: "Interstellar" takes the audience on a journey to the farthest corner of the universe. In the end, what the audience gets is a low-cost experience that can be obtained anywhere, even the Hermann greeting card chain store.
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Tang An looked at these negative reviews with a calm face. Everything was unexpected, and it was impossible for this movie to receive high ratings in North America.
I read seven or eight newspapers in a row. Except for one article, which was all positive, the others were both negative and negative.
Put down the newspaper and ignore these things. This is Fox's job.
Fox Broadcasting and Television gave the film a favorable review: "Interstellar" should have a place in the halls of classic science fiction films such as "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and other movies. It also praised it as a film full of surrealism and fantasy.
A colorful space adventure.
I checked Rotten Tomatoes again, the freshness score is 71%, and the imbd score is 8.3 points.
"Much of Interstellar is super boring, super annoying, super stupid. It's positioned as a movie that has multiple big themes, but it doesn't address any of them well."
"The plot is a bit contradictory and the ending is a bit ridiculous, but the effect of the IMAX film screening is very shocking."
"The idea of Interstellar is a respectable movie, but the storytelling and execution are somewhat lacking."
There are many negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and imbd, but the 71% Rotten Tomatoes freshness and high score of 8.3 prove that most North American audiences are relatively accepting of it.
It is similar to the original version, but there are differences in the aesthetics of audiences in North America and China. North America respects movies like "Gravity" more. This movie later surpassed "Interstellar" in terms of box office, reputation, and Oscars in North America.
There is even a saying that "Interstellar" is as long as two "Gravity" movies, but it is only half as good.
There is no way, "Interstellar" shows the insignificance of human beings through the big point of saving human beings, and further highlights the male protagonist's desire for home. On the surface, it is about saving human beings, but in fact it is not. It is about family affection and love, and the overall background is just
It's just the general background.
"Gravity" tells a very pure story. I want to live without any unnecessary distractions. Just one life is enough, and I get nervous along with the plot.
With two different cores, for domestic audiences, family affection and love are more important than self.
But from the perspective of North American audiences, although many movies contain family affection and love, the core is still self-centered individualism and heroism.
Compared with the male protagonist of "Interstellar", the heroine's self-rescue in a near-desperate situation in "Gravity" is more in line with the aesthetics of North American audiences.
The situation in each country is different. "Forrest Gump", which swept the United States that year, created a hero, a legend of a "superhero" with an intelligence of only 75.
Personal heroes! They are the most important thing in Hollywood commercial movies!
In the following two weekends, "Interstellar" still maintained a high box office, with a total of 18.4 million US dollars in the two days, and the total box office in the three days of the first weekend was 26.7 million.
The box office champion is still "Elysium", which took in 29.4 million US dollars in three days.
"Fake Family" earned 24.3 million in three days, ranking third.
However, on Monday of the new week, the box office of "Elysium" plummeted. This dystopian thriller and science fiction blockbuster was not popular with the audience and only received 2.8 million box office, a drop of more than 70%.
As a comedy, "Fake Family" has a good reputation and a strong trend. It took in 5.6 million box office on that day, more than double that of "Elysium".
Although the trend of "Elysium" is average, it is similar to that of most Hollywood blockbusters. Sometimes the box office in the first week can account for one-third or even half of the total box office.
The trend of "Fake Family" is relatively unparalleled. Although "Interstellar" is not as good as it was, it still took in 5.2 million US dollars in a single day, still occupying the second place in the single-day box office.
After four days of release, the total box office reached $31.9 million.
At the same time, last weekend's overseas box office has been accurately calculated.
"Interstellar" was first released in three places across the Taiwan Strait, and was released in more than 70 overseas countries and regions together with North America. Later, it was released in more than 10 or 20 regions.
In China, "Interstellar", which has been in theaters for nearly 30 days, still received a high box office of 110 million in its fifth week last week, with a total box office of 1.895 billion!
110 million yuan domestically, and the results in other global markets are also quite good.
In Southeast Asia, South Korea contributed US$12 million to the first weekend box office, which was an unexpected hit.
In Singapore, the first weekend sales were US$3.8 million, while in Japan, a big box office, the results were mediocre, with only US$1.6 million in the first weekend.
Other regions in Southeast Asia also contributed US$6.1 million in box office, and the first weekend box office in Southeast Asia reached US$23.5 million.
In Europe, the first weekend box office was slightly lower than in Southeast Asia, but it still reached US$20.8 million.
It has been released for five weeks in Hong Kong and Baodao areas, and there is basically no box office potential. The two places contributed 13.6 million US dollars in the past month.
Just the three-day box office in South Korea, the potential of those two places is just that.
With a total of US$13.6 million, Xiangjiang Island cannot even be ranked among the top three domestic cities.
"Interstellar" has a box office of over 10 million U.S. dollars in five cities across the country. Shenzhen, the third place where it was filmed, contributed 90 million yuan in box office, which is slightly higher than 13.6 million U.S. dollars.
One province and one city together are not as large as the box office of one city in Shenzhen. The film markets of these two provinces and cities are no longer important to the country.
Across more than 70 regions around the world, "Interstellar" grossed a total of US$87.9 million last week, once again topping the global weekly box office.
Since the release of "Interstellar", this is the second time that it has won the global single-week box office championship. The last time was in the second week of its domestic release, with a total of 110 million US dollars in the cross-strait and three places.
Ordinary viewers in North America do not pay attention to the global box office, but for these senior executives of major companies, they must pay attention to the box office in various regions around the world every week, and still understand the trends of the global market anytime and anywhere.
Columbia Pictures, Vice President of Global Theatrical Distribution, Elizabeth walked into CEO Sandford's office early in the morning.
"Mr. Sanderson, I'm sorry, I couldn't get the distribution rights for "Interstellar."
As soon as she entered the door, Elizabeth admitted her mistake.
Sanderson did not pursue it. The original conditions offered by Wendy Deng on behalf of Fox were too high and it was impossible for Colombia to match them.
In North America, they only need ten points of distribution rights, guaranteed opening and follow-up filming, and a publicity fee of US$18 million. Even if Elizabeth agrees, Sanderson will not agree.
If the box office is less than 40 million US dollars, then Columbia will not be able to recover even the publicity and distribution expenses.
Sanderson has only one request: "We must win the global DVD and peripheral rights to "Interstellar"!"
Elizabeth nodded, "I'll try my best, but Fox will definitely not give up."
"Interstellar" took in US$26.7 million in its first week. Judging from Monday's drop, it is basically no problem to exceed 100 million US dollars.
A movie that has made over 100 million in North America has a good reputation and can generate huge amounts of peripheral income.
Not only the current income, but also in the next five, ten or even fifty years, these bought-out peripheral copyrights can still bring a lot of profits.
Colombia makes little money from the movies it invests in and releases every year, and basically relies on its film library to make ends meet.
"You don't have to try your best, you have to win. Tang An is a person who puts interests first. He cooperated with us twice and then cooperated with Lions. We offered a high price for "Edge of Tomorrow" and then cooperated again. Tang An worked with us again for "The Martian".
Wendy offered a high price and immediately cooperated with Fox. The only thing that could impress him was the benefits!" Sanderson said with a serious face.
"I see!"
"It is said that he plans to invest in Hollywood movies?" Sanderson asked again.
"I told you this. The head of his North American distribution department is discussing "Deadpool" with Fox. It should be true," Elizabeth replied.
"The Chinese market is developing faster and faster. "Interstellar" has received more than 300 million U.S. dollars in China alone. Even a film like "Pacific Rim" is estimated to be able to earn 100 million U.S. dollars. We must find a
Cooperate with Chinese film companies!”
Sanderson talked about another serious matter. Currently, China’s share of imported films has been raised to 25%. For 100 million US dollars, you can get 25 million US dollars, which is also a big figure.
However, the number of imported films is small, and most films enter the domestic market as approved films.
At that time, the copyright fee for "The Expendables" was only US$500,000, but Huaguo sold it for US$33 million. After excluding the publicity and distribution costs, China Film made a huge profit of tens of millions of US dollars.
Later, "The Expendables 2" was sold to a Chinese producer for a high price of US$8 million.
The "Suicide Squad" series is so popular in China that the investors are not willing to just take the buyout fee and plan to enter the Chinese market as a co-production.
"The Expendables 3", which is being prepared, has LeTV's investment, and Li Lianlian is also participating, just to make a difference in China.
As a result, it still didn’t qualify for a co-production, and it didn’t even have an import quota. It had to be bought out by China Film Group Corporation as a batch film for US$14 million.
Thinking of this kind of thing, Sanderson has a headache. The standards for co-productions are too strict, and buyout films are basically controlled by China Film and China Film. Other companies simply cannot compete. In other words, second-tier companies like LeTV dare not compete with China Film.
He doesn't have the financial resources either.
What a domineering country, such a domineering government, such a complete monopoly!
Sanderson also knows the status of Tang An's company in China. He is the boss of a private company and the only company that can compete with China Film.
If Tang An dares to compete with China Film Group, Columbia and other companies will approve a large number of films for him.
With the first one, there will be a second one, and the third one, as long as it is not monopolized by China Film Group, even if it is a buyout, it can be sold at a good price in China!
And as more and more people compete, the price of speculation will get higher and higher!
Sanderson also asked Elizabeth to talk to Tang An. As long as the quota is met, next year's film will be produced.
"Okay, Mr. Sanderson, I'll go talk to Tang An right away. I think it's not difficult to get the copyright for "Interstellar" as long as you pay a high price."
Elizabeth nodded in agreement and left the office.