"Currently, according to the arrangements of major theater chains, the film schedule of "The Return of the Great Sage" will increase to 30% tomorrow, our "Havoc in Heaven" film schedule will decrease by 26%, and Guangxian's "Where Are We Going, Dad" will decrease by 18%. Bernard's "Omen" has 15%, and the newly released "Frozen" has only 9%."
"The four theater lines of the Sihai Distribution Alliance and the joint theater line of the Demonic Film Group have arranged nearly 35% of the film schedule for "The Return of the Monkey King". The five theater lines of Wuzhou Distribution are basically close to 60% of the film schedule, and the 3D screen, The giant screen is basically given to "The Return of the Monkey King", and the prime time film schedule in these five theaters has reached 70%."
"In terms of the theater lines in which the group holds shares and holdings, China Film Digital and Star America have given a little more than 30% of the film schedule, Southern Shinkansen, Liaoshen North have given almost 20% of the film schedule, New Film Alliance and Western Sichuan Pacific Gave 10% of the film schedule.”
The director of the distribution department reported on the current situation of the theater chains one by one. It is definitely not good news for them.
Kang Pei's face is not very good. China Film Group Corporation, which owns six of the top 15 theater chains in the country, actually allowed its largest competitor to get 30% of the film schedule.
Among the six major theater chains, only the New Film Alliance really stood with him, while Western Sichuan Pacific only targeted the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Originally, Pacific Cinemas and Chongqing Poly Wanhe Cinemas were located in Xichuan. Competition in Chongqing was fierce, and the Han and Tang Cinemas stepped in again.
With the support of Poly and Huayun Real Estate, it has established a firm foothold in western Sichuan, and neither West Sichuan Optoelectronics nor Emei Film Group can shake it.
The market of their own base camp is about to be cannibalized by Hantang and Baoli, so it makes sense for Pacific Cinemas to target Hantang Media.
The two major theater chains, Southern Shinkansen and Liaoshen Northern Cinemas, did not increase the number of films for "The Return of the Great Sage", but they did not reduce the number of films in response to Kangpei's request.
As for the numbers provided by Star America and China Film and Television, the numbers given are completely normal film schedules, which are similar to those of other theaters. They will slowly add a little bit more.
Kang Pei also knew that Qin Hong had always wanted to take back control of Xingmei. He and Tang An had cooperated for many years and had always had a good relationship.
China Film Digital gets a headache when thinking about Kang Pei.
At the beginning, China Film Group took out nearly 60 companies and jointly established China Film Co., Ltd. with 8 other units. China Film Co., Ltd. was too complicated internally.
There are various departments within China Film Co., Ltd., but there are also a bunch of subsidiaries below. When Han Sanping was in office, it was just a struggle for power between the departments and the subsidiaries. But now there is no one to suppress it, and the conflicts between the two parties have been brought to the surface.
The production section of China Film Co., Ltd. is divided into two parts, one is the group production department, and the other is the film branch, TV drama branch, digital base, China Film Animation and other companies. Several subsidiaries all want to take control of the project.
The distribution department also faces competition from several subsidiaries such as the distribution branch and China Film Digital.
Although China Film Group is the controlling shareholder of these theaters, China Film Group still holds more than 90% of the shares of China Film Group, and the chairman of China Film Group still has no way to interfere with the operations of China Film Group.
But these are the assets of Optoelectronics. If Optoelectronics doesn’t speak up, others will ignore you.
Kang Pei feels exhausted now. It has only been a month since he took office, and he has not been stable for a single day this year.
Previously, when the box office of "Havoc in Heaven" was so high, nothing happened. Every theater chain was very obedient. No matter what Kang Pei said, those theater chain managers agreed.
But now, Han Sanping's power is still there, and China Film Group Chairman Jiao Canfen doesn't want to be a show-off. Once something goes wrong, no one will be restless.
All kinds of ghosts and monsters appeared, not only in its fifty or sixty subsidiaries, but also in the people sitting in this conference room. They all had some thoughts in their hearts. Even if Kangpei didn't tell them clearly, he could still get a rough idea.
"General Manager Zhang needs to communicate with the theaters at any time regarding film arrangement. This is our most important thing at the moment."
Kang Pei didn't say much about the filming issues. Talking too much would only show that he had no control, so he had to leave the issue to the distribution director.
Then he looked at Lin Sheng, the deputy general manager in charge of distribution, and said with a smile, "Mr. Lin also has to take care of many aspects of distribution. Mr. Lin has been a ground distribution specialist step by step. He is an expert in this field and is better at communicating with others."
Theater communication.”
"Okay, Director Kang, I will definitely talk to the theaters more." Lin Sheng smiled and nodded in agreement.
Zhang Ping, who was transferred from the secretary of the Broadcasting Group to the vice chairman of China Film Co., Ltd. in the new round, also smiled at the general manager Han Xiaoli who was sitting opposite him and said, "Mr. Han once worked at Liaoshen Northern Film Holdings.
There should be some acquaintances over there, and we should walk around more."
The top leader of China Film Co., Ltd. is Kang Pei, and the remaining vice chairman and general manager are not at peace with each other.
Han Xiaoli said, "After all, the northern part of Liaoshen is still under the jurisdiction of Liaoshen Optoelectronics. It is difficult for me to get involved in the specific operations, but I still have a few acquaintances who I can talk to."
Without waiting for Zhang Ping to say anything, Kang Pei nodded, "Then I'll trouble Mr. Han."
He also knew that Han Xiaoli was not refusing. These six theater chains were nominally owned by China Film Holdings, but most of them were under the jurisdiction of local Optoelectronics.
Liaoshen Northern Cinemas has always been under the control of Liaoshen Optoelectronics. Without the support of Liaoshen Optoelectronics, it would be impossible for Northern Cinemas to develop into the largest cinema chain company in Northeast China.
The same is true for the Southern Shinkansen. It is under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Optoelectronics, and the New Film Alliance is better. Although Beijing Optoelectronics has intervened, it is still under the nose.
And even if there is no local photovoltaic, it is not that simple.
There is also a general manager of a theater investment company among the top executives of China Film Group Corporation, who directly oversees more than ten large and small theater chains owned by China Film Group Corporation. He is a figure that even Kang Pei cannot ignore.
There are 60 subsidiaries within China Film Co., Ltd. Kangpei now understands how difficult it is to serve as the chairman of such a large group.
Zhang Ping's invitation to Han Xiaoli to talk to Northern Cinemas was not really for Kangpei's sake.
Zhang Ping was the deputy director of the Film Bureau as early as ten years ago. He worked in many places for eleven years before becoming the vice chairman of China Film Co., Ltd.
And he, Kang Pei, was directly promoted from deputy director of the Film Bureau to chairman of the board, and he also knew that Zhang Ping complained a lot in private.
A seemingly incomprehensible meeting ended in a hurry, and everyone left with the same smile on their faces, gathering together in private or in twos and threes.
Kangpei returned to the office and thought about it and contacted the theater.
"Hey, Director Zhang"
"Hello, Mr. Xing"
The chairman of the six major theater chains and the general manager of the theater management company, Kang Pei, all called them one by one.
The answers I got were almost the same, but some were very nice and some were relatively formulaic.
The chairman of Tangtang Group talks with the directors of its subsidiaries on an equal footing.
Kang Pei endured the frustration and finished the phone calls one by one.
After the last phone call, he slammed the phone down hard, as if to vent his anger.
The major theater chains were acting inconsistently, and he couldn't say anything. After all, no matter which theater chain it was, there were no problems in arranging films, and he couldn't find any faults.
The top two theater chains only gave "The Return of the Monkey King" 30% of the film schedules, which is the same as the national average and lower than other theater chains. They also gave "Havoc in Heaven" not a lot of films.
Kang Pei calmed down and called his old leader.
Although the leader must have been aware of the current situation, Kang Pei still made a detailed report honestly.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then there was a sound.
"You, this "Havoc in the Sky" is a project that Xinghao is the main investor and controls the distribution. China Film is just a joint production and joint distribution. The cost invested will not lose money, so it doesn't matter."
The leader didn't say a few words and asked him to think carefully before hanging up the phone.
Kang Pei didn't expect the old leader to intervene directly. After all, he had just taken office, so he seemed too incompetent.
Moreover, Tang An got on the line of the Executive Deputy Minister of the Xuanxun Ministry.
However, based on these words, the meaning is very obvious. "Havoc in Heaven" is Xing Hao's project. From investment to distribution, Xing Hao is in charge.
So China Film is just assisting from the side. Judging from the current box office, profitability is definitely not a problem. In the final analysis, this investment can be considered a success.
Although this is very rogue, there is nothing Kangpei can do.
Previously, in order to get a good start for his own release, and it was still a good start, Kang Pei almost directly said that "Havoc in Heaven" is his film, and relied on this film to sweep the Spring Festival, with a box office of over 1 billion, helping him to secure his position.
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But now the box office is estimated to be overtaken by "The Return of the Great Sage". A super big production is counterattacked by an animated film.
Instead of being a help, it has become a burden.
However, this burden can no longer be thrown away even if it wants to. Whoever made Kangpei start building momentum from the beginning cannot be separated from him.
The most important thing at the moment is the emergence of a movie with the potential to be a hit. The key to overcoming this failure is not to be too late.
Kang Pei asked his secretary to send over all the group's projects for this year and next, and look through them one by one.
There are too many movies invested and distributed, but not many that have the potential to be big hits.
"The Golden Age" directed by Anhua Hui and starring Tang Wei should not be bad at the box office. After all, "Beijing Meets Seattle" was a box office hit.
However, Kang Pei doesn't have much confidence in Xu Anhua's literary films.
Jiang Wen's "One Step Away" is a good choice, but China Film is only one of the co-producers, and was offered a sky-high price guarantee by Wanda. China Film did not participate unless it purchased a portion of the proceeds from Wanda.
But the one billion guarantee was too risky, and even Wanda had no choice but to increase it to one billion just because Ah Li, a wealthy owner who was not short of money, kept bidding.
Zhang Yimou's films are also literary films, and it is very difficult to reach the billion threshold.
It seems that only Wu Yusen's "The Wheel" is left. In this movie, Pony Ma is the largest investor, China Film is the second largest investor, Lay's is the third largest investor, Huayi, and China Test have a small amount of investors.
invest.
Lay's is in charge of distribution, with a guarantee of RMB 800 million, and China Film and Pony are joint publishers.
Over the years, there are not many directors who have lost in front of Tang An. Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" was not much less box office than "Now You See Me", and both of them exceeded 300 million. In any era, it is definitely considered the best.
Big bang.
This time, it draws inspiration from the super blockbuster "Titanic" that was a hit around the world. It is known as the Titanic of the East and has an all-star cast.
Moreover, "Titanic 3D" was re-released once before, and it still exceeded 1 billion. This time, Titanic of the East can't be worse than the re-release at the box office.
Kang Pei carefully read this project evaluation analysis, as well as the reports sent back by the producers sent by China Film Group over the past two years.
According to the records sent back by the producer, "Taiwan" is obviously also a disaster romance film. Like "Titanic", it also has family, love and friendship.
Although the specific situation of the movie is not yet known, Wu Yusen is famous enough that "Titanic" is probably well-known in China. It is bundled and sold under the banner of "Titanic of the East", even if the quality of the movie is not satisfactory.
The box office won't be bad at all.
The movie has finished filming and is expected to be released during the Lunar New Year, which is not too late.
Among the imported films this summer, there is "Transformers 4", which has the foundation of the third one to break 1 billion. This fourth one is stable and will not be able to compete with Tang An's "Mysterious Superstar"
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Moreover, comedy and action are the two major genres that rely most on actors. It is understood that none of the actors in "Mysterious Superstar" have comedy talent, and the comedy "Golden Heist" starring Lei Jiayin also had a mediocre box office.
Moreover, "Transformers 4" also has the advantage of 3D, which "Mysterious Superstar" does not have. Nowadays, there are more and more 3D screens in China, which is a big advantage.
This summer "Transformers 4" faced off against "Mysterious Superstar", which is considered to be the biggest win against Tang An in recent years.
Thinking of this time, Kang Pei felt a little more comfortable. If he ended Tang An's undefeated myth, the effect would be no worse than "Havoc in Heaven" dominating the spring season.
Looking back at "Tai Ping Huan", although the filming has been completed, it still needs to be done in post-production.
It's a pity that it was released during the Lunar New Year period. If it had been released at the end of July and was paired with "Transformers 4" and "Mysterious Superstar", it would have been really satisfying!
The Spring Festival is still going on. On the sixth day of the release of several movies, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the single-day box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" increased again, with 128 million.
Although it failed to break the single-day box office record of 133 million yuan in mainland film history for "Interstellar", it did break the single-day box office record for the Spring Festival period.
"The Return of the Great Sage" was released for six days, and the total box office reached 601 million!
The single-day box office of "Havoc in Heaven" dropped to 52 million, which is not a big drop. It seems that this first Journey to the West movie is still very attractive to the audience. No matter how bad the reputation is, there are always people who come to the cinema.
However, the total box office of "Havoc in Heaven" in six days is only 616 million, which is only 15 million behind "The Return of the Great Sage". Tomorrow, the throne of box office champion during the Spring Festival will be given up.
The total box office is about to overtake. "The Return of the Great Sage" still maintains a high degree of attention and exposure at the end of the Spring Festival holiday, fully enjoying the treatment of "Havoc in Heaven" a few days ago.
What kind of revival of Chinese comics is on par with Japan and Hollywood? Anyway, we just catch it and brag about it.
It was even more ruthless than when "Havoc in Heaven" was released. At least with the momentum of "Havoc in Heaven", everyone thought it was going to be a big hit.
And "The Return of the Great Sage" came from behind, had little investment, was an animated film, and had such a good reputation. This series of factors made the audience and the media praise it more and more.
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