Chapter 719 The era of oligarchs! Big moves keep going! (two in one chapter
The mysterious superstar in Zhuozhou is still filming in an orderly manner. Although there are always bumps and bumps, fortunately the scene is simple and there are no problems with other actors, mainly the heroine played by Xiao Di.
Some scenes that focus on showing the characters' inner emotions and emotional changes have to be polished slowly. A shot can be shot seven to eight times, or more than ten times, which is considered good.
Fortunately, there were no other problems and everything was as planned.
February has passed quickly, and the Spring Festival has truly come to an end.
The situation has not changed much. The Return of the Monkey King has undoubtedly won the 2014 Spring Festival box office championship with a super high box office of 1.2 billion.
This is also the third consecutive year that a billion-level movie has appeared during the Spring Festival. Hantang Media has won the box office championship during the Spring Festival for three consecutive years.
The live-action movie "Havoc in Heaven" with the same theme ended up with a box office of just over 800 million. Although it has a bad reputation, the IP of "Journey to the West" is still very strong at present, and it did not collapse completely like the later "Girls' Kingdom".
Although the variety show Where Are We Going, Dad, collapsed even more severely in the later period, thanks to the high box office in the early stage, it finally exceeded the 600 million mark.
However, the movie "Omen", which was previously at the bottom, showed a good trend despite its average reputation and average film schedule. In the end, the box office reached the 500 million threshold.
28 million on the first day and a final box office of 500 million. This ratio is absolutely rare in the current film market.
You must know that the ratio of the first-day box office to the total box office can reach this ratio, basically it is the film with explosive reputation.
Generally speaking, the total box office is ten times the box office on the first day. For example, Where Did We Go Dad on the first day it was 51 million and ended up being 600 million.
Havoc in Heaven exceeded 100 million on the first day, and eventually reached 800 million.
The first day of private customization was 70 million, and the final price was 700 million.
Police Story made over 60 million on its first day, and ended up with over 500 million.
The ratio is almost maintained at 10:1, even for blockbusters with relatively good reputations such as the "囧囧" and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" series, the ratio is almost the same.
Only Interstellar achieved a ratio close to 20:1. Wolf Warrior made 28 million on the first day and the final box office reached 800 million, with a ratio of 28:1, which is considered an exception.
Of course, there is a reason for the limited film schedule of "Omen" in the early stage, but the more than 20% of the film schedule is completely enough, and the attendance rate is not as high as that of several other movies.
The early film schedule was adequate, but the reputation was not good, but it was able to counterattack in the end.
It is another film that breaks the rules. Every time this kind of film appears, such as the Beijing love story Valentine's Day, which sold 100 million yuan, and the Double Eleven 33 Days of Love, which was a big hit, it has a big impact on the industry.
In the more than half a month since Beijing Love Story was released, the box office in the mainland has reached 435 million. Although the trend is not good, it can still hit 500 million.
Breaking 500 million is considered a dark horse. After all, there have been many dark horses before.
But it's rare to see a 100 million hit on the first day of Valentine's Day, and it's not even much smaller than the 700 million box office hit of Zhao Wei's Youth.
The success of "Youth" has made youth films one of the best choices for low-budget films, and it even seemed to overshadow comedy themes for a time.
He Jian is going to film Gardenia Blossoms, Guangxian's Deskmate You will be released before May Day, and another film, That Year in a hurry, Left Ear has been released.
With three youth films, the stingy Wang Changtian has made three small and medium-budget films in a row, spreading the risks. Even if one of them is a hit, he will still make money. This is the implementation of obscene development to the end.
After 30 Years of Love, a lot of low-budget comedies have box office sales exceeding 100 million, and there are quite a few of them even 300 to 400 million. Moreover, November is no longer a dispensable piece of shit before the Lunar New Year, and they are slowly becoming more popular.
Every time an unconventional movie appears, the market will change a little bit.
"Omen Fengyun" can be regarded as breaking the rules. It has a bad reputation and its trend is unparalleled.
Hundreds of film and television companies across the country, as well as countless investors, are paying no less attention to the game than The Return of the Great Sage.
After all, in comparison, the latter is not so easy to shoot, and they cannot replicate this success, while "Omen" looks a little more reliable.
Just like Tang An's three consecutive science fiction blockbusters were hits, no one dared to make a science fiction film.
I can’t take pictures, and I can’t follow the trend. I’m not a fool.
After the Spring Festival, in addition to these films, The Hobbit 2 earned nearly 500 million at the box office, which is considered a very good result among Hollywood blockbusters.
Among some small and medium-budget domestic films, the love movie "Crossing the Line" starring Chen Kun and Liu Jialing earned 14 million at the box office.
The third part of the Painted Skin series has not yet been planned, and the Ghost Blowing Lamp series has also been temporarily suspended, with two parts released in succession, and Lu Chuan's Tomb Raider Notes also had a certain impact on this theme.
There are too many films of the same type, which can easily lead to aesthetic fatigue, and it is impossible to always use Chen Kun as the leading actor.
Without these two series, Chen Kun, who had always been the leader among Mesozoic actors, has gradually fallen behind.
However, Chen Kun and Zou Xun bought a share in Chen Guofu's Kung Fu Pictures and were considered small shareholders.
Chen Guohua has tied up these two actors, and it will definitely not be wasted. He has already acquired the rights to the sequel to Painted Skin.
This is what Tang An was originally going to give him. In the first four years of the company's establishment, thanks to Chen Guofu's help, the copyright for a sequel to Painted Skin was nothing.
Moreover, it is impossible for Wu Ershan to make a third installment unless the Fengshen series hits the market.
Chen Kun has been tepid in the past two years. He lacks luck and can't get good films. He doesn't have any resources in a small company like Longxinda.
Having ability but not having connections may not necessarily be useful. For example, Lei Jiayin was able to star in Ning Hao's Golden Heist because of connections.
When Ning Hao couldn't find a suitable actor, Xu Zheng recommended his colleague and alumnus, Lei Jiayin, who was also at the Shanghai Theater Company. This was a network.
Ability does not necessarily mean it is useful, but it does not necessarily mean it is useless. Dasheng International was preparing to shoot a fantasy blockbuster Zhong Kui, and the leading actor turned to Chen Kun because of his previous success in the same genre.
The box office has just exceeded 10 million, and even if it stars Chen Kun and Liu Jialing, it can't even make a splash in the movie market. It's not even qualified to be on the salary wave hot search list or Baidu hot spot.
Others such as Chrysanthemum Terrace that Jay Chou didn't even know about, Love Night Pudding, The Cabin in the Woods starring the original cast, and Beijing Love Story's Brother Jiangnan Love Story also had no sound. In this increasingly popular box office market, here comes a trip
Three-day theater tour.
In the entire Lunar New Year period, the biggest winner is undoubtedly Hantang Media. Secondly, Guangxian Media has made a lot of money by publishing Where Are Dad? It has also negotiated with Hunan Satellite TV on the distribution of the next film.
Bernard has also gained a lot. Shaw Brothers and Sun Entertainment want to develop "Omen" into a series and are preparing the script for the second part.
Wanda earned a sum of issuance fees from Havoc in Heaven and Capital Love Story. The guaranteed fee alone was twice the investment, and there was also a share of the excess department, which was also a big gain.
The total investment in Havoc in Heaven was 500 million, but the actual investment was only 250 million. The other 250 million was for special effects, and the overseas copyright was pledged to the special effects producer.
The 140 million publicity and distribution fee also includes 60 million yuan of replaced resources, and the publicity and distribution fee is only 80 million.
8x0.3308184 million, a cost of 250 million in exchange for an income of 184 million.
However, Xinghao is the main distributor and can make a lot of money from the box office alone. In addition to the in-film advertising and other aspects of copyright, the income is pretty good.
If it succeeds, of course a sequel will be made. Xing Hao is already starting the next one, and he is still cooperating with China Film Co., Ltd.
Shonan Satellite TV also gained a lot during the Spring Festival. It successfully turned one of its variety shows into a blockbuster movie. Movies and variety shows can complement each other, which also shows the feasibility of variety shows and has developed a new one for Shonan Satellite TV. Profit direction.
At the same time, it also broadens the audience for variety shows. After all, the audience for watching movies and the audience for TV shows do not overlap very much, which can further boost the ratings.
Everyone is happy, and each major company has its own gains.
When the harvest is over, it’s time to plant the seeds and wait for next year’s harvest to continue.
In just half a month, Bernard, Guangxian, Wanda, and China Film held press conferences to announce several new films.
Wanda officially completed the acquisition of Legendary Pictures. The price was US$2.8 billion and the acquisition amounted to tens of billions, which has attracted the attention of the film and television industry.
This number is higher than the 2.6 billion spent on the previous acquisition of AMC. In the domestic film and television industry, it is basically impossible for such a large number of mergers and acquisitions to occur.
At the same time, Wanda announced that Legendary Pictures will start filming the sequel to Pacific Rim, and also accidentally revealed that a Chinese actress will be added to the sequel.
I didn't mention the name, probably to whet my appetite and create publicity.
However, everyone in the industry knows who has been hired. Apart from Jingtian, Ye Xuan cannot arrange for other actresses, otherwise the richest man Wang would not agree.
Moreover, Wang Changtian held press conferences one after another, announcing that he would sell the shares of Xinli Media 28 held by Guangxian to Linzhi Tengxun at a premium price of 1.2 billion.
Linzhi Tencent is a company under Tengxun, which specializes in acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, investment and other businesses.
Immediately afterwards, Tengxun announced that it had acquired the remaining 60% of Xinli Media's shares and became the absolute controlling shareholder of Xinli Media.
The acquisition of Xinli was not over yet, Tengxun then completed capital injection into Huanrui and other film and television companies.
Everyone knows that Tengxun has officially sounded the charge to the film and television industry.
After controlling Xinli Media, it is estimated that it will soon change its name like the original Cultural China, or it may be directly merged into Tengxun Pictures.
But this is not over yet. Big moves in the film and television industry are coming one after another.
Hantang Pictures completed the B round of financing, raising 2 billion at a valuation of 16 billion, which will be used to replenish tickets for Nuomi Movie this year, as well as invest in film and television dramas and theaters. The post-financing valuation has reached 18 billion.
Wang Changtian, Wang Xing of Meituan, and Weiying Times CEO Lin Ning jointly held a press conference to announce that Meituan’s Maoyan Films was officially spun off to establish Maoyan Film Culture Media Company.
Guangxian Holdings, controlled by Wang Changtian, Guangxian Media, and Weiying Times, based on Maoyan Film’s valuation of 2.3 billion, have invested 1 billion, 800 million, and 800 million respectively in Maoyan Film.
After the capital injection is completed, Maoyan's valuation reaches 4.9 billion, Guangguang Holdings holds 20.41 shares, Guangxian Media holds 16.33 shares, Weiying Times holds 16.33 shares, and Meituan has 46.93 shares left.
The combined shares of Guangxian and Tengxun have surpassed Meituan. Combined with the fact that Guangxian sold Xinli to Tengxun to raise funds, the two parties are obviously on the same side.
Wang Changtian will serve as the chairman of the new Maoyan Movie Culture, and the CEO position will be held by Meituan President Zheng Zhihao.
As early as 2006, Zheng Zhihao served as the vice president of the social network business group at Tengxun, responsible for QQ space, and has successively created a series of QQ space games such as QQ Farm and Ranch.
The new Maoyan is actually controlled by Guangxian and Tengxun. The leading party is still Wang Changtian. Meituan only has the name of a major shareholder.
However, Meituan is now facing competition from many companies such as Nuomi.com, Ele.me, and Dianping. It requires a lot of capital, and there is really no extra money to invest in the ticketing platform.
The big moves are much more than that. I don’t know if it was an appointment or a coincidence.
Berner officially submitted a delisting application to Nasdaq. This once the largest private distribution company in China and the first Chinese film and television company to list on the U.S. stock market finally exited sadly.
The market value has not increased much compared to when it was first listed. However, Huayi and Guangxian, which originally had a market value of around 10 billion, have at least doubled or tripled.
Bernard's delisting can be said to have overshadowed any previous news.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an earthquake in the film and television industry. After all, it is a listed company on the US stock market!
Among the top ten stock exchanges in the world, the New York Stock Exchange ranks first with a market value of US$16.6 trillion, followed by Nasdaq with a market value of US$4.6 trillion.
Although companies listed on Nasdaq are not listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are better than companies listed on other stock exchanges, being listed on a world-famous stock exchange is itself a recognition of the market.
Bernard's delisting has also had a certain impact on the film and television stocks on the domestic GEM. The stock prices of several companies have declined to varying degrees.
In early March, just two days after Bernard officially submitted its delisting application, Bernard announced that all of its nearly 100 theaters would join the Wanda Cinema Line.
First it was delisted, and then its cinemas joined Wanda Cinemas.
After Wang Changtian cooperated with Tengxun, another giant Bernard finally chose to cooperate with Wanda.
In just one month, a new pattern has emerged in the domestic film and television industry.
Originally there were six giants including Hantang, Huayi, Bernard, Guangxian, Xiaoma and Xingmei. With the addition of Wanda, there were seven giants.
However, the collapse of Pony is imminent. Star America focuses on the theater business and reduces its film and television production business. It only uses the group's theater chain advantages to participate in investment and distribution.
After many changes, we are still the four giants from previous years, plus Wanda, the fifth giant.
However, Lay's was able to catch up from behind, and many movies such as the Tiny Times series and The Expendables 2 were successful.
We also signed a contract with Zhang Yimou, and won the guaranteed release of Wu Yusen's new film Taiping Wheel for 800 million. Zhang Yimou's new film Return will also be released this year.
Over the past few years, Lay's has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in establishing a terrestrial distribution team that has covered 136 cities and 1,200 cinemas across the country, forming a complete terrestrial distribution network.
However, Lay's still cannot shake the position of the five giants, and is only in the leading position in the second tier.
The domestic film market is still dominated by the five giants, although Ah Li is coming in a big way, and To Youth has also been a huge success.
However, Tomb Raiders' Notes failed miserably at the hands of Han and Tang in the summer season. In addition to getting One Step Away from Wanda for a guaranteed price of 1 billion, I also got Dear, directed by Chen Kexin and starring Zhao Wei and Huang Bo, from Guang Xian for 500 million. Apart from the distribution rights, there are no other actions.
Tengxun Pictures, a subsidiary of Tengxun Video, is part of the online media business group and focuses on self-produced dramas, self-produced variety shows, film participation and other businesses.
With the video platform as its core, it cooperates extensively with foreign film and television projects, and participating in film investment is not its main business.
As for Baidu, it has also established iQiyi Pictures, but there are few self-produced variety shows, and all the energy is focused on online dramas and online majors, which are larger than any other video platform.
However, it cannot be compared with Tudou. After all, big IPs such as Ghost Blowing Lantern and Tomb Raiders Notes are backed by Hantang Media and cooperate with the group and its major subsidiaries. It is not comparable to other online dramas.
However, iQiyi has a large volume. Last year, 800 major online movies were launched online, and iQiyi accounted for nearly 500 of them, averaging 1.6 movies per day.
Just last year, the total box office of these 800 online movies was less than 400 million.
Moreover, there is no future for online movies at all nowadays, almost 99% of them are shoddy.
Due to the way accounts are divided, producers have developed opportunistic ways.
Previously, the accounting rules of major platforms were that a viewing of more than "six minutes" would be considered a valid broadcast. The price of a valid broadcast was between 16 yuan due to various factors such as exclusiveness and non-exclusiveness, and was subject to the contract. This This formed the "six-minute rule" for major online movies.
Watching for six minutes counts as a valid broadcast, which means it counts as a "ticket". No matter what the story is, let's trick the audience into it for six minutes first and then talk about it!
In order to attract netizens and gain traffic to the greatest extent, most major online movies rack their brains in the first six minutes, hoping to pile all the exciting shots and suspense in the first six minutes.
However, the plot after six minutes often shows a landslide, so that for many major online movies, it is considered unfinished after six minutes!
However, some major video websites have canceled the first six minutes of preview viewing, or have begun to implement new billing rules.
But even so, online movies are still a pile of rubbish. There are millions of rubbish movies. It is not easy to find a few watchable movies among them.
Therefore, Baidu's iQiyi Pictures has not yet entered the mainstream film and television industry. This time Tengxun acquired Xinli Media and invested in several other film and television companies. Many people want to see if Baidu will make any moves.
But no matter how much I inquired, there was no movement at Baidu, and there was no intention of entering the film and television industry.
Guangxian cooperates with Tengxun, Berna cooperates with Wanda, and among the giants, only Huayi and Hantang are still fighting alone.
But it was just one day before and after, Li Pictures was not willing to be lonely, and was ready to make a noise and steal the limelight, lest people forget that there is such a giant in the film and television industry.
Within a month, big moves kept coming, and the media was running around.
At the press conference, Fan Luyuan, chairman and CEO of Ahli Pictures, personally presided over the meeting.
After some opening remarks and pleasantries, Fan Luyuan immediately started to get down to business.
"Good morning, dear friends from the media, I am honored to invite you to attend the press conference of our new film from Ahli Pictures."
New film press conference!
The reporters present captured the key points very keenly.
Ah Li Pictures is going to invest in a new film, and the chairman is personally presiding over it. It will definitely not be an ordinary film.
In the past month, reporters have participated in countless press conferences of various kinds, and they have long been immune to ordinary news.
However, Ah Li seemed to be making a big move, which made the reporters present interested.
Fan Luyuan did not whet his appetite and started to introduce it immediately.
The big screen behind him started to light up, and a huge poster appeared.
Bai Baihe, Yao Chen, Yang Ying, Aaron Kwok, Wen Zhang, and Wang Yibao, three men and three women stood in a row, each with a different image, and the title "Dream Partner" was written on it.
A heavenly king, a famous actress, a Huayi sister, two popular stars, and a member of a South Korean boy band.
This lineup is definitely not bad, and the scene suddenly became a buzzing sound.
Fan Luyuan continued to introduce the project and invited the main creator to the stage.
Six actors, directed by Zhang Dawei, the director of South Korea's phenomenal TV series My Love from the Star, and Hong Kong's famous director Chen Kexin also came on stage as a producer.
After a brief introduction, I answered some reporters’ questions and moved on to the next project.
Directed by Sun Zhou, starring Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Chenyang and Da Peng.
Pancake Man is directed and acted by Dapeng, starring Yuan Shanshan, Liu Yan, Wu Junru, Zheng Zhiwei and Yue Yunpeng.
The vice president of Sohu Video came to visit this movie. This is a movie co-produced by Sohu and Ahli. Da Peng’s Sexy Man is Sohu Video’s self-produced drama.
It is also produced by Chen Kexin, and his wife also stars.
Produced by Wong Kar-wai, directed by Zhang Jiajia, starring Tony Leung, Kim Sung-wu, Chen Yixun and Yang Ying.
Four movies were announced at once, and the lineup looks not bad at all.
Dream partners include kings and several popular stars.
It's a comedy that stars Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Chenyang, and Da Peng. They are all very famous comedians, except Da Peng, who is appearing on the big screen for the first time.
The Ferryman is even different. King Tony Leung and Wang Jiawei collaborate again, which is quite interesting.
There is also "Asian Superstar" Jin Chengwu, singer Chen Yishun, and new four-star actress Yang Ying, a complete star lineup.
I'm afraid only the cast of Pancake Man is a bit shabby. Dapeng is still just an Internet celebrity. Even if there is a producer by Chen Kexin, he is just a producer.
As for the actors Liu Yan, Yuan Shanshan, and Wu Junru, they all have little appeal.
Four movies were announced at once, and Fan Luyuan is not done yet. He also announced that Li Pictures will invest in Liu Yufei, the costume war action masterpiece White Ghost: Escape starring Nicolas Cage, and the Hollywood series Mission: Impossible 5.
One big news after another, and six consecutive projects, dazzled the reporters on site.
Just after introducing these projects one by one and the reporter asking some questions, more than an hour almost passed.
There are too many questions, so many projects, so many actors. For example, after learning that Dream Partners is about three heroines as the core, telling an inspirational entrepreneurial story, a reporter immediately asked whether it was the Chinese Partner who imitated Tang An. .
However, they were all prevaricated, and Fan Luyuan immediately started to brag.
"Our future goal at Li Pictures is to become an "international film and television group" like the Big Six in Hollywood. Whether in the group's annual report or at the just-held shareholders' meeting, the company has repeatedly reiterated that internationalization is the future of the group. One of the most important directions of development.
Just last month, I took a group of senior executives of the group to fly to Hollywood to "inspect and study" and look for future partners. This time, I collaborated with Paramount on Mission: Impossible 5, which was first filmed in Los Angeles at that time. When we met with the chairman of Paramount Pictures, we had preliminary discussions.
Investing in Mission: Impossible: The Mysterious Country is the beginning of the company's internationalization. In the future, it will look for cooperation opportunities with more overseas film companies in investment, distribution and e-commerce. Ahli Pictures has established a team in Los Angeles. There will be more news about cooperation with Hollywood films to be announced in the future."
Wanda has also made a reputation for building a global film and television group at every turn, but they have taken practical actions. AMC Cinemas and Legendary Pictures are the real deal.
The news of the press conference soon spread to the ears of most companies in the industry, and everyone understood that Li, who had been doing nothing for a long time, made a big move this time, with six major projects, which is enough to show that Li determination.
Now the domestic film and television industry is very clear. Wanda, Berna, Guangxian, and Tengxun are closely cooperating with each other, as well as Ahli, Huayi, Hantang, and the pattern of the six giants has been reborn.
It is not even appropriate to call them giants, and it is not an exaggeration to call them the six oligarchs.
At present, Huayi, the film and television company with the highest market value in China, has a market value of more than 40 billion, but it is the weakest among the six major forces. It can be called the biggest change in the entertainment industry.
The domestic film and television industry has been dominated by the three pillars of Poly Huayi, New Picture, and Huayi since the beginning of the century. It has experienced the three giants of New Picture, Huayi, and Bernard, the four giants of Huayi, Bernard, Guangxian, and Han and Tang Dynasties, and then the six giants, and now finally A situation in which six major oligarchs competed.
Chinese-language films have officially entered the era of oligarchy, and the gap between them and second-tier film and television companies is getting wider and wider.