Chapter 824 The mainstream of the domestic film market can only be domestic films!
"Fuck!"
After hearing Tang An repeat that his expectation for "Operation Red Sea" was 4 billion, the reporters gathered around recovered from their confusion and could only express their feelings by saying "fuck you" in their hearts.
Each one of them looked extremely excited, pushing forward as hard as they could, stretching out their arms and passing the microphone to Tang An.
"Director Tang, are you saying that the box office of "Operation Red Sea" can reach 4 billion?"
""Mysterious Superstar" received 2.4 billion a year ago. In the past year alone, why is Director Tang confident that it can increase by 1.5 billion?"
"Director Tang, you boasted about 4 billion because "Fast and Furious 7" broke your own record, just to gain attention?"
"The total box office in the mainland market from June to August last year was only 11.7 billion, with an average of nearly 4 billion a month. Director Tang, why do you think "Operation Red Sea" can get 4 billion in box office?"
Reporters immediately began to question it. This was a rare occasion in recent years when someone questioned Tang An's box office estimate for his film.
After all, four billion is too terrifying.
This means that it can almost capture this year's global single-region box office record. It is also the first time in more than ten years that North America has given up this record.
In the past few years, every time Tang An faced questions about the box office of new films, although the figures he gave far exceeded those of domestic films, they were within the acceptable range and were not too exaggerated.
Even at the launch conference last year, Tang An personally stated the box office forecast of 3 billion, and the media were all amazed and then used it as a selling point to hype up. During the on-site interview, there were not many doubters.
This time Tang An said it was four billion again, which was less than one billion in the past year. Reporters at the scene thought that Tang An was just throwing out a gimmick for the sake of hype.
This is exactly what they want to hear, and they are willing to help hype it up. They even wish that Tang Ando would say something shocking.
The reporters stared at Tang An closely, waiting for his answer.
Faced with the reporters' questions, Tang An was not too surprised and smiled slightly.
"I have enough confidence in the movie. This is a work completed by thousands of our crew under harsh conditions. I also have confidence in the audience and our current market. More and more audiences are accustomed to going to the cinema.
The number of moviegoers is getting higher and higher. As long as the movie is good and can be liked by the audience, it will have huge box office potential. Four billion is not an empty talk!"
"Just now this journalist friend mentioned the total market volume in the summer last year. As I said just now, the market is getting bigger year by year, and this year will only be more than last year. It is not just "Operation Red Sea" that hit the 4 billion mark.
, I believe there will be one or two billion-level movies.”
Can there be two more billion-dollar movies?
The reporters looked at each other in shock. One "Operation Red Sea" alone is going to break 4 billion. If there are two more movies worth 1 billion, it will really explode.
In the past two summer seasons, there was no second billion-dollar-breaking movie. Even if the market gets bigger this year, with "Operation Red Sea" squeezing the market, even if it could earn over one billion, it won't be possible.
The reporters were once again filled with doubts.
"So, Director Tang, what you are saying is that domestic films will also explode, and the domestic film market will not be dominated by Hollywood films?"
A reporter asked a deeper question. Due to the domestic film protection month, there are no Hollywood blockbusters released in July and August, so the two films Tang An mentioned that exceeded one billion must be domestic films.
The North American summer season starts at the end of April, while July is the mainstream for domestic summer season, and August is considered a late stage. It is not as good as May or June to release in August.
In the past two months, many Hollywood blockbusters have been released.
The term "Domestic Film Protection Month" was coined by the media. At that time, Optoelectronics only discouraged the introduction of imported films from early June to early July, and did not issue any regulations, not even written documents.
Discourage does not mean prohibition.
However, the distribution rights of imported films are in the hands of China Film and China Film Group, and they have the final say on when they will be released.
Last year, "Transformers 4" was not only released at the end of June, but it was also during a period when Optoelectronics verbally discouraged it.
It all depends on the person whether or not they are protected. The first time the Protection Month appeared was in 2004.
Zhang Yimou, who had just started the blockbuster era at that time, received this treatment when his second costume blockbuster "House of Flying Daggers" was released in the summer. No Hollywood movies were released during the same period, and "Spider-Man" was released more than 20 days later.
But at that time, not many movies were released in a year, so it didn’t make much sense whether or not to protect it.
"Harry Potter" met "Police Story" on the National Day schedule in 2004, but it was still suppressed.
By 2005, the protection was less strong. "Batman Begins" was released at the end of June and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was released in early July.
It is impossible for Xu Ke and Tang An at that time to receive the same treatment as Zhang Yimou. They are all based on people, and together they are incomparable.
In 2007, "Transformers" was released in early July without protection. In 2008, it was slightly better. At that time, China Film invested in "Red Cliff" and it was released in early July, as well as Tang An's new film.
The most protected ones are "House of Flying Daggers", "Tangshan Earthquake" and "The Founding of the Party". Originally, "Tangshan Earthquake" not only had to compete with "Painted Skin 2", but also had to face "Inception".
However, it was still transferred to September.
"The Founding of the Party" directly delayed the release of "Transformers 3" until the end of July.
It is up to China Film Corporation whether to protect him or not. Last year, Tang An was not protected and faced "Transformers 4".
This year, Kang Pei probably thought that there would be no benefit in bumping into Tang An, and he couldn't do it anyway, so he just released it ahead of schedule. No one expected that three movies would be released in a row.
This year can be regarded as "domestic film protection". There are no Hollywood blockbusters released, and Tang An said that there will be two films with a box office of one billion, which must be referring to domestic films.
The reporters thought about it and found that among the movies released in the summer, almost none had the hope of breaking over one billion, and "Monster Hunt" could barely be considered. After all, the cost was too high, and the previous reputation had spread.
Just after finishing the question, the reporter asked again, "Director Tang, can you tell me which two movies you think can earn a box office of 1 billion?"
"I will know the specific movie after it is released. If I can really guess which movie it is, I can buy lottery tickets." Tang An shook his head and made a joke.
"As the market gets bigger, there will inevitably be movies with high box office, and a big dark horse will appear. Although I don't know which one it will be, please wait and see with me."
"Any movie in every country more or less contains some of its own country's cultural characteristics. The mainstream in the domestic film market can only and must be domestically produced movies. This summer's summer release is not only "Operation Red Sea", but also several other films."
Every domestic movie will prove that domestic movies are no worse than Hollywood blockbusters!"