In 2014, it has been more than ten years since the commercialization of the domestic film market. Even though there are blockbuster hits like "Avatar" and the 3D remake of "Titanic" that are box office hits, imported films have always been overshadowed by domestic blockbusters.
Rubbing it on the ground.
For more than ten years, from the two popular schedules of summer and Lunar New Year to National Day and Spring Festival, domestic films have always outperformed imported films.
That is to say, in May and June, when the North American summer season begins, Hollywood blockbusters can sweep away all the domestic films.
Even if there are no blockbuster movies released in May and June, there will occasionally be domestic movies that surpass Hollywood blockbusters.
However, in recent years, Hollywood movies have gradually begun to catch up.
Although it is still far behind domestic movies in terms of blockbuster movies worth one billion, at the level of less than one billion, Hollywood blockbusters can already compete with domestic movies.
A series of superhero movies and blockbuster series have set new series records. "X-Men", released last month, took in more than 700 million in box office.
Now, "Transformers 4" has broken the first-day and single-day box office records in China, with 400 million in two days and 600 million in three days. Although it was only released for three days in the first weekend, the figure of more than 600 million still set a new box office record.
This is also the second time in the new century that Hollywood blockbusters have exploded.
The achievement of 600 million in three days made the entire film industry start to get excited.
This figure is very likely to hit 2 billion, and is expected to refresh the box office record set by Tang An in film history.
"Transformers 3" reached 400 million in four days, almost 300 million in three days, and "Transformers 4" directly doubled, and it is very possible that the total box office will double.
Although this film has nothing to do with anyone else, for major companies, it would be the best thing if someone can break Tang An's record with a film.
It has been ten years. In the first five years, Feng Xiaogang could compete with Tang An, but in the next five years, no one can shake Tang An's position.
Tang An was like an invisible mountain, pressing down on all the film companies and directors, making them all breathless.
Those who tried to overturn this mountain include fifth-generation famous directors and new-generation directors. Without exception, they were all swept into the garbage heap by Tang An.
After so many years, most people seem to have become accustomed to it, and they simply cannot have the confidence to challenge Tang An.
But now, "King Kong 4" is a box office hit and has the potential to hit 2 billion. It is the most promising movie to break Tang An's monopoly in so many years.
It can be said that almost everyone hopes that Tang An will lose to "Transformers 4" this year.
Once Tang An's undefeated myth is shattered, no matter who breaks it, it will at least prove that Tang An is not invincible.
After the first time, there will be a second time, and a third time. If "Transformers 4" can do it this time, then next time, someone else won't be able to do it.
It was such a major event that changed the structure of the film industry, and all the big companies took notice.
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Huayi Brothers Group.
Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei and Ye Nian, vice president of the group and CEO of Jiuzhou Publishing, met in the chairman's office.
"Contact Moying Group and West Sichuan Film Group, let's help with the venue this time!"
Wang Zhongjun said with unusual decisiveness.
After so many years, Wang Zhongjun finally had the chance to win over Tang An. Wang Zhongjun made his decision without much thought.
Huayi cooperated with Moying Group and West Sichuan Film Group to establish Jiuzhou Distribution. They have two large theater chains, United Cinemas and Pacific Cinemas, as well as smaller cinemas such as Grand Guangming.
Although it is not as good as the two major alliances of Four Seas and Five Continents, its quality is not low.
Helping "Transformers 4" snipe Tang An is very necessary for both public and private purposes.
Ye Nian nodded, "No problem, I will communicate with both parties."
However, Wang Zhonglei has some concerns, "We have a sequel to "Now You See Me" with Tang An, will this..."
Wang Zhongjun shook his head, "There's no need to make it too obvious. When the time comes, we can just slightly favor "Transformers 4" in the film schedule. I guess other people will also make some moves. Let's see how "Mysterious Superstar" performs in the early stage. If the performance is not very good,
, we’ll talk about it then.”
At present, there is no great certainty that Wang Zhongjun will not try his best to suppress it at the cost of completely breaking up with the Han and Tang Dynasties.
We'll see what happens when "Mysterious Superstar" is released. Once there is an obvious decline, then Wang Zhongjun will take action with all his strength.
Others, Wang Zhongjun, had the same guess. Several major companies competed and cooperated with each other, but no one had completely broken up with each other.
They are all waiting and watching, waiting until there is greater hope before taking further action.
If "Secret Superstar" becomes a hit upon release and gets a lot of word-of-mouth reviews, then everyone should give it a rest.
In fact, if several major companies work together and pay enough, with the data of "Transformers 4", they are very sure to suppress "Mysterious Superstar".
But this is simply impossible. You only know what’s going on in everyone’s mind. Don’t be fooled and get yourself involved.
Like Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong and Wang Changtian, who had always had a good relationship with Tang An, also had the same calculation.
Make preparations first. If you are really confident, they will definitely participate.
Fraudulent incidents have been commonplace since ancient times, not to mention that Tang An and them were not as close as brothers yet.
If a family is dominant, there will be countless people coveting it behind the scenes. Once the decline is revealed, peers from all directions will rush in and take a bite.
Guangxian, even if Bernard has such an idea, he is his enemy, let alone Li.
Ah Li Pictures, the marketing department is already preparing negative marketing for "Secret Superstar".
Even though it would cost a lot of money, to Ah Li, spending a little money to drag Tang An down from the altar was nothing at all.
At the high-level meeting, Fan Luyuan looked serious.
"All media under the group are well prepared for fare evasion. Fighting this battle well is related to the future structure of the industry and will change the situation where Han and Tang Media are the only ones!"
Although it is just a movie by Tang An and the investment is not very high, no matter how it is done, it is 100% profitable.
But for Tang An, as long as he fails to win the summer championship, it is an absolute failure.
Tang An is the core of Han and Tang Media. Once he "fails" this time, and other companies add fuel to the fire, a series of chain introspections will not shake the foundation of Han and Tang Media, but it will be enough to change the situation of Han and Tang being the dominant company.
It is impossible for other companies to make a move rashly before seeing the benefits, but Fan Luyuan has no such concerns. It can be said that they and Han and Tang have already been torn apart.
No matter how much it costs, as long as it has early results, he believes that Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian and the others will definitely take action.
At that time, several large companies, plus China Film Group Co., Ltd., will be such a huge force that even Han and Tang Media will not be able to resist easily.
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China Film Co., Ltd., as the party directly confronting the Han and Tang Dynasties, Kangpei was also fully prepared.
After the failure of the Spring Festival movie, Kang Pei wanted to rely on "Transformers 4" to make a comeback. After all, the third part has already exceeded 1 billion.
However, even he did not expect that "Transformers 4" would have a box office of 600 million in three days.
The huge surprise also gave Kang Pei hope of defeating Tang An head-on.
The possibility that is truly visible and close before our eyes, a movie that has a high probability of breaking 2 billion, is qualified enough to give Tang An a try.
In the chairman's office, Assistant Kang Pei knocked on the door and came in.
"Director Kang, Wanda, Tengxun, Huayi, Bernard, Guangxian... all the major companies seem to have made some small moves recently. Ahli has been the most active. All its media have taken action. Fare evasion has also removed "Mysterious" The promotion of "Superstar" has even been reduced, and all the major troll companies in the industry have begun to gather manpower."
Summer season is the most important period in China. At this time of year, most of the entire entertainment industry is in action, and major companies are paying close attention to it.
Kang Pei smiled and said, "We are all waiting to add insult to injury. No one wants to take risks and wants to wait for the outcome between us and the Han and Tang Dynasties. But Li can't wait to take action first."
The assistant said, "Director Kang, with so many companies taking action this time, the Han and Tang Dynasties will undoubtedly be defeated."
Kang Pei shook his head, "It's not that simple. They won't make any moves before "Mysterious Superstar" is released. Everything depends on the box office and word-of-mouth in the first two days. If there are advantages, rush ahead. But when the situation is not good, one is better than the other." Run fast."
Human nature is like this, and Kangpei understands it all too well.
"Ignore others first, let's do our own thing first and stabilize the box office trend."
The decisive factor now is the early box office of "Mysterious Superstar". At this time, even if the China Film Group Co., Ltd. does negative marketing, it will not have much effect.
After all, the popularity and reputation Tang An has accumulated over the past ten years cannot be destroyed so easily.
But as long as the reputation is average, they will not be able to resist taking action.
A director who has set new and dominating box office records for several consecutive years is something no one wants to see, except for one of his own.
"By the way, Director Kang, Director Jiao and Director Han seem to be planning a project, a big production." The assistant remembered something again and reported.
"What project?"
"I don't know. It seems that the group bought the copyright of a novel two years ago."
Kang Pei waved his hand, "Ignore it for now, just keep an eye on it. Focus on the summer vacation first."
After all, China Film is the holding parent company of China Film Co., Ltd., and Pyrotenol is still the boss of Kangpei.
But the intention of China Film to put aside China Film Holdings and develop projects independently is obvious.
However, Kangbae has no time to take care of it now, the summer battle is the key.
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At this time, the entire film industry felt like a storm was coming, and even people who were not at the top of the industry felt that something was wrong.
At the center of the storm, Tang An also knew everything about what was happening.
Any large-scale action has traces to follow, and it is basically difficult to hide it.
In the office, Tang An dialed the number of the secretary's office.
"Zhou Li, notify the middle-level and above-level managers of each department of the group to hold a meeting. Hantang Pictures, Nuomi Films, Tudou Group, Tudou Pictures, Hantang Literature... and the general managers of its major subsidiaries will hold a video conference after the meeting."
After hanging up the phone, Tang An shook his head.
"Mu Xiu Yu Lin, this is like Li Yunlong's attack on Ping'an County. He has become a villain. Li Yunlong has Chu Bangchang, Ding Baishou, Kong Guoyu, and China Film and Television also have several major companies to help. Although we have to wait for the fight to start, and
Only when you have an advantage will you come out to help, otherwise no one will take action, and whether we can fight or not is still unknown."
As for several major companies wanting to join forces to deal with him, Tang An didn't feel angry. For profit, let alone against himself, as long as the benefits were sufficient, the two brothers Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei could fight.