Xinlang News and Entertainment Department, as one of the largest portals in China, Xinlang also immediately learned the news that the global box office of "Interstellar" exceeded 500 million, and the entire department was preparing for the news.
"This exceeds 500 million U.S. dollars, more than 3 billion yuan, which is equivalent to the domestic box office for a month!"
"It's so awesome. Last time "The Martian" ranked in the dozen or so, this time it shot straight to eighth place!"
"But there is still half a year to go, so this eighth place may not be stable."
"Isn't "Interstellar" still being released overseas? It will definitely exceed 500 million in the end."
"I have been paying attention to the domestic box office, thinking about when it would break 2 billion, but I didn't expect that the global box office would break 500 million so quickly."
"Who says it's not the case? I've already prepared a manuscript that will hit a box office of over 2 billion, but now I have to rush out another one."
"We might as well just revise the draft we prepared to break the two billion mark and send it out to respond to emergencies. Anyway, it will take some time to break the two billion mark."
The global box office of "Interstellar" exceeded US$500 million, ranking first in the annual global box office list with unprecedented numbers and rankings.
Although Tang An is not in the country, it does not hinder the media's praise at all.
"Interstellar", which has been released for more than a month and is on the verge of being released, has once again become one of the hottest topics in the film and television industry, catching up with the current "Wolf Warrior" in popularity.
500 million U.S. dollars globally and nearly 2 billion yuan domestically, which is indeed something worth writing home about.
Starting from the first day of breaking records, the editors and reporters of major media outlets burned a lot of brain cells. They had to prepare a manuscript every two days, and the vocabulary taught by the Chinese teacher was not enough.
1 billion, 1.5 billion, 1.8 billion, 2 billion, this is another US$500 million in the world, and they are being touted in various ways, but there are no new words.
There is nothing I can do if I don’t have words. I can cope with it by revising my previous manuscripts.
For a time, countless pieces of praise-filled news spread like snowflakes to every corner of the Internet, and TV stations and print media quickly followed suit.
Affected by the global box office exceeding 500 million US dollars, "Interstellar" has set off a wave of discussion, and the originally stagnant box office has slowly begun to pick up.
"Fifty million US dollars, our company couldn't get so much box office last year!"
Huayi Brothers Group, Wang Zhongjun's tone was full of envy.
This is a figure that Wang Zhongjun couldn't even imagine. Originally, "Tomb Raiders" was an adventure and adventure movie, and he was still thinking about whether it could make some money overseas, but when it was released in the overseas market last week, it didn't even make a splash.
The first half of Huayi was a bit bleak except for "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons", but in the second half of the year two movies "Detective Dee: The Dragon King of the Dragon King" and "Private Customization" were released. Wang Zhongjun is confident to sweep away the fatigue and dominate the domestic market in the second half of the year!
"Detective Dee" didn't even have a decent rival during the National Day holiday. Although there were several movies such as "No Man's Land", "The Storm" and "Famous Man 2" released during the Lunar New Year holiday, Wang Zhongjun didn't take it seriously at all.
Wang Zhongjun has absolute confidence in Feng Xiaogang who has returned to comedy!
However, Cheng Long also has a "Police Story" to be released during the Lunar New Year this year. Although it is not a kung fu comedy, "Police Story" is also a classic series and is very famous.
In addition, last year's "Zodiac" exceeded 1 billion, and Sihai Distribution, led by Wanda, controls nearly 25% of the domestic cinema market, which is definitely not to be underestimated.
Fortunately, Hantang Media did not have any films participating in the Lunar New Year festival. Otherwise, there would have been another film like "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and the "囧" series, and there would have been no way to survive in the Lunar New Year festival.
Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei discussed next year's plans in the office. In addition to some domestic films, there is also the Hollywood war movie "Fury".
Originally, Hollywood, with the poor nature of those film studios, would probably not make any money just by investing, unless the investment was exchanged for domestic income.
But it couldn't be made into a co-production. This is a World War II-themed film about the Allied forces going deep into the heart of Germany.
Wang Zhongjun also proposed with other producers that some scenes should be shot in China. In such a large country, there are always suitable locations.
Add a few more domestic actors, add some domestic elements, and make it a co-production.
China also belonged to the anti-Japanese alliance in World War II, so the presence of Chinese anti-Japanese troops in the Allied forces is understandable.
If the film is made into a co-production and Nahuayi invests part of it in exchange for domestic profits, the business can still be done.
However, other producers and producers all rejected it, and Wang Zhongjun is also considering it.
After discussing for a while, Wang Zhongjun asked about another important matter.
"Zhonglei, has West Sichuan Film Company reached an agreement with them?"
Wang Zhonglei said with a smile, "They agreed. Poly Vanhe Cinema Line and Hantang Cinema Line have been aggressively attacking western Sichuan. In the past two years, Poly Group has opened nine new communities in Shudu alone. Each community is one
Small commercial centers, nine commercial centers, seven Poly Vanhe cinemas, two Han and Tang cinemas, plus Wanda, Pacific Cinemas can hardly keep its share in western Sichuan."
"Moying and Tengxun are almost settled. Find a time to make an appointment with the three of them to officially finalize the deal."
Wang Zhongjun was relieved. This was good news that was rare in the past few months.
Hantang Media has Wuzhou Distribution, and Wanda has Sihai Distribution. Both parties occupy nearly 50% of the theater share. Of course, Wang Zhongjun cannot just sit still and wait for death.
If China Film Group can't do it, then it can join forces with Moying Group, which owns United Cinemas, and West Sichuan Film Group, which owns West Sichuan Pacific Cinemas.
Two theater chains were not enough, so Wang Zhongjun turned his attention to the ticket purchasing platform.
Ahli Pictures didn't even figure out its own affairs. It was in a lot of chaos recently, so Wang Zhongjun naturally approached Tengxun, who owned Weipiao.
Huayi, Weiying Times, Moying, and West Sichuan Film Group have online and offline terminals and a ground distribution team, which is complete enough.
"Zhonglei, what would you like to name the new company?" Wang Zhongjun asked again.
Wang Zhonglei said, "How about calling it Huaying Huaying Tianxia?"
“Not grand enough.”
Wang Zhongjun shook his head, thought for a moment, and said with a smile, "Let's call it Jiuzhou Distribution. They have Wuzhou and Sihai. Let's do Jiuzhou!"
Isn't this being angry?
Wang Zhonglei secretly cursed, but Kyushu is just Kyushu, no matter what name it is given, it will be the same
North America, Los Angeles.
There was a lot of noise outside the hotel where Tang An was staying. Many Lakers fans wearing purple, gold and yellow jerseys were surrounding the outside, holding up banners and protesting there.
Tang An was speechless watching this scene in the penthouse suite. Originally it was just a media hype, but he didn't expect that he and Old Bass had a meal yesterday afternoon and were photographed by reporters, and it turned out like this.
Although it was just a pretense, it had to be a show-off, formally making an offer to the Bass family, and then the two parties sat down to talk, but the other party declined.
"Public security in the United States is so bad. Crowds gather to cause trouble. Even the urban management system is gone."
Tang An shook his head and prepared to go out.
The acquisition of Midnight Investment Company was previously negotiated, leaving only Kailu Pictures.
But now Tang An has another target. Yesterday it suddenly came out that Xiao Ma will sell its shares in the digital field, a total of 70%.
Xiaoma won the digital field with Indus Reliance Group last year, spending only US$30 million.
A special effects company that has won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects and has participated in the production of "Titanic", "The Return of Youth", "Lord of the Rings 3", and "Transformers" is only worth US$30 million, which shows its operating situation.
Nowadays, the business of Hollywood special effects companies has been declining year by year due to the squeeze from South Korean and domestic special effects companies.
In the past year, Tiangong Yicai has poached several director-level special effects production and management talents from North America. They all came from China, and now they are back and can lead a team independently.
At present, the company has nearly 1,500 employees, and it has basically not stopped for a year, so there is no shortage of business.
Xiao Ma is now out of money. Although it was successfully listed, Ning Hao's two movies have not made much money, and "No Man's Land" has not been released yet.
A large amount of money was invested in the two parts of "The Wheel" alone, and the special effects company in the digital field simply cannot afford it.
Pony holds 70% of the shares and Reliance Group holds 30%. This is one of the largest private groups in India. Its leader is ranked 22nd in the world by Forbes this year, surpassing Jack Madden in 2018.
The richest man in Asia.
In the digital field, Tang An planned to prevent the waste collection company Aoliang Group from taking it away. He also played a game of left hand and right hand and made a lot of money.
This acquisition seemed to be worth 310 million yuan, and the value doubled after a year. However, Pony and Reliance Group also invested a lot of money in it, and Pony really couldn't afford it.
Tang An asked Wu Feng to negotiate the acquisition of Xiaoma, and he won 70% of the shares for about 300 million.
After leaving the hotel, the driver had already brought the car, and the bodyguards escorted Tang An into the car and rushed to AMC Entertainment.
Tang An was too lazy to deal with the fans who were making trouble, and all of them had dirty mouths.
AMC Entertainment is headquartered in Kansas, more than 2,000 kilometers away from Los Angeles. Tang An came to the Los Angeles branch.
After explaining the purpose of his visit, he was led to a reception room. Not long after waiting, Ye Xuan also came.
"Dr. Tang, everyone is welcome to visit."
"Hello Mr. Ye, I just learned that you have come to Los Angeles, so I'm here to see you in this episode."
Ye Ning smiled, noncommittal.
"Director Tang, please take a seat. I haven't congratulated Director Tang on the global success of "Interstellar", which has earned more than 500 million U.S. dollars at the box office."
"Mr. Ye, you're welcome. A box office of 500 million is incomparable to the United States." Tang An waved his hand.
The two parties chatted casually, just like old friends reminiscing.
Tang An "snatched" the distribution rights of "Beijing Love Story" at a high price, and also took advantage of Dadi Cinemas, which indirectly caused the newly established Sihai Distribution to almost go into trouble.
Behind Ye Nian's polite face, he hated Tang An to death, but on the surface he was still polite.
After exchanging a few words, Tang An went straight to the topic.
"Mr. Ye, actually I have something else to do this time. Part of the shares of Kailu Pictures is in the hands of AMC Entertainment. I wonder if it can be sold to me?"
Tang An said sincerely, "Mr. Ye, please don't worry about the price. I will never let you suffer."
Ye Xuan already knew Tang An's intention. Kailu Pictures is a distribution company jointly invested by AMC Entertainment and Emperor Entertainment. It has relatively complete distribution channels and is capable of independently distributing medium-sized productions with an investment of about 50 million US dollars.
Like domestic theater chains, Hollywood theater chains are not willing to be squeezed by distributors, and mergers and acquisitions between film companies and theater chains have occurred more than once.
Relying on the two major theater chains, Kailu Pictures has established a relatively complete distribution network in just three years, not only theater distribution, but also DVD and other channels. At the same time, publicity channels have also been opened up.
However, it lost millions of dollars last year, and both parties have decided to give up.
Emperor Entertainment has sold that part to Tang An, and Ye Xuan will not keep it.
However, Tang An's purpose in acquiring this distribution company is very clear, to distribute his own movies.
Judging from the two films "The Martian" and "Interstellar," the North American distribution share and video copyrights have allowed the distributor to earn tens of millions of dollars.
Thinking of this, Ye Nian smiled and said, "Since Director Tang needs it, I will be an adult, but AMC needs to retain 30% of the shares."
"20%."
"Okay, just 20%."
Ye Nian agreed and did not continue to bargain.
When I went to discuss the contract issue with the people below, Ye Xuan mentioned another matter.
"Director Tang must also be aware of the recent separation of Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. I am here to discuss the acquisition of Legendary Pictures. I wonder if Director Tang is interested in working together?"
Tang An did not answer, but said, "Legendary Pictures is not comparable to Kailu Pictures. Your company is really making a big deal. Could it be that you want to enter the Hollywood market directly?"
Ye Nian smiled slightly, adjusted his glasses, and said confidently, "Not just Hollywood, our goal is the global film market, opening up the promotion and distribution networks in Europe, Asia, and the United States, so that Chinese films can truly go global."
"That's a great thing. It will benefit Chinese-language films for a long time to come."
Tang An nodded, then said with some pity, "But Legendary Pictures' valuation must be between ten and two billion U.S. dollars. Only large companies like Wanda can afford it. I really don't have that much liquidity."
, not only Kailu Pictures, but also the acquisition of two companies requires money, and the capital injection of domestic Weibo also requires a large amount of money, so there is nothing we can do.”
Are you kidding me, Legendary Pictures is a top second-tier studio.
Every giant in Hollywood has a second-tier production company that they cooperate with, including Warner, Disney, Sony, and Fox.
But Legendary Pictures was not very good after being acquired by Wanda. Even if Tang An had the foresight, he had no control and was useless. He could only watch helplessly being defeated by Wanda!
"Dr. Tang, Legendary Pictures is the second-tier film and television company in Hollywood. It has the ability to independently produce blockbusters, complete publicity and distribution channels, and also takes into account film and television investment. Winning Legendary Pictures will have a significant impact on Hantang Media's presence in North America.
Development is of great benefit.”
Wanda didn't have so much cash at the moment, so it had to raise funds from outside sources. Of course, Tang An, who had three to four billion in cash, wouldn't let it go and would have to persuade him again.
However, Tang An refused to let go. There was no need to wade through this muddy water.
After leaving AMC's Los Angeles branch, Tang An breathed a sigh of relief. He negotiated with two companies, one for production and one for distribution, as well as a top-notch special effects company in Hollywood. This trip to North America was not in vain.
It's different when you have money. Waving a check to buy, buy, buy, it feels so good.
Only then did Tang An realize the pleasure of big and small horses constantly acquiring other companies. It was so refreshing.
The mission in North America has basically been completed, and there are other overseas copyrights for "Interstellar". Once we get the money, we can return to China.
Major companies such as Fox, Columbia, Sony, and Warner all have the intention to purchase it, so we have to negotiate with each company one by one.