"Teacher Lao Bai, can you watch this with the two of you?"
"This way, Teacher Lao Bai, this way!"
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Amid the chaotic shouts, Sun Peng's face was always full of smiles, and he motioned to Michael Pitt and Steve Lucas beside him to keep posing with him and look at the reporters in different directions.
"Click! Click!"
Almost every second, the sound of flashing lights kept ringing.
"Mr. Pitt, can you answer a question?"
"Director Lucas, we are reporters from the Beijing Daily. Can you accept an exclusive interview with us?"
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"Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet!"
After the noisy shouts, Sun Peng put his hands down and said something very calmly, which quickly silenced the crazy reporters and fans. It’s not that they were very conscious, but except for the airport security
In addition, Sun Peng also brought a large number of people this time. They are all big and round, and they are very useful to maintain order at this time.
After the scene was generally quiet, Sun Peng glanced at Steve Lucas and Michael Pitt. After they nodded to him, he turned around and said loudly to the reporters: "Ms.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I think you should all know why my two friends came to China at this time... Of course, you should know that they have just completed a long and hard journey and are in urgent need of rest!"
"Teacher Lao Bai..."
"Just answer one question, sir!"
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"No, not today!"
Without giving any face to the reporters, Sun Peng immediately frowned and said: "Tomorrow afternoon, I think they will be happy to answer your questions instead of now... Okay, ladies and gentlemen, that's it for today.
Must leave!”
After saying that, regardless of the reporters' reactions, Sun Peng directly winked at the head of the bodyguard.
The head bodyguard didn't even care what the reporters thought. He waved his hand and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please give way, please give way..."
They said please, but the actions of the bodyguards and airport security guards did not mean "please" at all. The big men used their strong arms and bodies to push away the reporters who were unwilling to leave, and surrounded Sun Peng and the three of them.
People walked out of the airport, got into the business car that had been prepared and drove away quickly.
Ten days after the release of "Captain of China", Sun Peng brought several cars to the Beijing International Airport and picked up two heavyweights surrounded by countless flashing lights.
The purpose of coming, of course, is to attend the Chinese premiere of "Tomorrow's War" tomorrow.
When the two giants arrived at the Beijing International Airport, countless pieces of news appeared on many media headlines, especially the photo of them and Sun Peng, which spread all over the Internet in an instant...
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"Don't you seem very disappointed?"
After arriving at the hotel and having dinner together after checking in, Michael Pitt suddenly asked with a smile.
"Disappointed? Why should I be disappointed?"
After being stunned for a moment, Sun Peng quickly understood what the other party meant, and immediately said happily: "I understand, you mean the box office of "Captain of China"... What's so disappointing about this? In ten days, the world
The box office has reached US$650 million, isn’t this a bad result?”
Sun Peng was not surprised by the results of "Captain China", so naturally he would not be disappointed.
On Earth, the box office of "Captain America" cannot be considered too successful.
The reason is actually very simple. "Captain America" on Earth is an American "main theme" movie, and not many people like it except themselves.
So in a sense, the original version of "Captain America" is Hollywood's own entertainment...
Even American audiences don't particularly like "Captain America". The film took in a box office of US$65 million in North America during its first weekend, and ultimately had a total box office of nearly US$180 million.
Ranked 12th in the year.
Although this result is not bad, it is definitely not excellent.
At least compared to its investment, the performance is really average.
Coupled with the overseas box office of less than 200 million US dollars, the final score of 370 million US dollars was only slightly better than "The Incredible Hulk" in the entire series.
But the lucky thing about "Captain America" is that it belongs to the Avengers series.
So regardless of the box office results, after "Avengers 1" was a hit at the box office, Marvel still didn't hesitate to start filming "Captain America 2". And "Captain America 2" did well enough, even in the eyes of many people
It’s the best one in the entire Marvel series, and it’s a beautiful turnaround!
It is precisely because of this knowledge that "Captain China" did not perform well at the overseas box office, which was actually within Sun Peng's acceptance range.
According to his thinking, if the overseas box office can earn back the publicity and distribution expenses, it is a victory.
To really recover the production costs, we still have to look at the box office market of our country. Don't look at the poor box office of "Captain America" in China on earth, but in this world, it is almost a certainty to rely on China to recover the costs.
For China’s local superheroes, this alone is enough.
The performance of "Captain China" after its release fully proved Sun Peng's judgment. Although the box office in North America in ten days was only 97 million, and that in Europe was less than 80 million, the total box office in other countries was also
However, it is only 270 million, which will probably be more than 300 million U.S. dollars in the end, which is similar to the situation on Earth. However, the box office in China has reached 2.6 billion Chinese dollars, almost 400 million U.S. dollars...
The box office revenue of nearly 700 million US dollars is not bad at all!
However, Sun Peng's words could not fool the two Hollywood big shots. Steve Lucas raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Sun, the box office of more than 600 million US dollars is certainly not bad. The final global box office should be ten
About 100 million... But don’t forget, the total investment for this movie should be nearly 300 million US dollars, right? Haha, the publicity and distribution expenses in Europe and North America alone should be 100 million, right?”
"Well, almost."
In front of these two people, Sun Peng had no need to hide it and nodded with a smile.
In fact, strictly speaking, this publicity fee is quite worthless. Because of Laobai's reputation and the popularity of the Avengers, "Captain China" can at least have a publicity fee of 10 million in Europe and China.
The box office is more than 100 million U.S. dollars, and with the 100 million in publicity and distribution expenses, the increase in box office is only about 100 million U.S. dollars!
In other words, this investment was a huge loss.
That's why Steve Lucas and Michael Pitt are a little strange, because they both know that if this is the case, "Captain of China" will undoubtedly become Lao Bai's most "failed" movie!
Without the support of China’s local box office, we will definitely lose money.
Therefore, seeing that Sun Peng really had no worries, the two Hollywood giants were so surprised. At the same time, they also became very curious about Sun Peng's thoughts...