Chapter 333: Entering the top 20 of the domestic box office total list
Whether it is Zuo and Zhang joining forces, or the novel live broadcast method, as well as the controversy over Guo Xiaosi becoming the fourth mentor, they have brought amazing popularity to "Actors Come to PK".
This program quickly became popular and received a lot of attention. Countless people are looking forward to its arrival on March 2.
However, as one of the parties involved, Zuo Le currently focuses most of his energy on "Charlotte Troubles".
On March 1st, the Lunar New Year season officially ends, and all overdue movies have been cancelled.
The same is true for "Charlotte Troubles". As of the last minute, it had grossed 2.642 billion, with a Douhua score of 8.4, winning the 2022 Lunar New Year box office double crown.
Compared with "Charlotte", "The Golden Banquet", which ranked second, had a box office less than 300 million, and the film studio only made a small profit by taking 30% of the revenue.
Fortunately, they have other copyright income, and the film studio also intends to operate "Golden Night Banquet" abroad. If it succeeds, it will also be a considerable amount of income.
All in all, there are two to three billion in the account.
Although this result is very different from the "Golden Night Banquet" film crew's previous expectation of killing everyone and making billions, but compared with their predecessors who lost everything, they are already very lucky.
Zhang Kaigang could also breathe a sigh of relief. The previous two heavy losses almost shattered the trust of film and television investors in the industry.
Although the profit of "Golden Night Banquet" is not outstanding now, it has somewhat saved him some impression points. Next time, when preparing for a new movie, the funding will be much simpler.
Compared with Lao Zhang, Zuo Le is much happier here.
"Golden Night Banquet" has low income, mainly because the shooting cost is too high, while "Charlotte" has a box office share of nearly 800 million, excluding costs and publicity expenses, it can also get about 600 million.
And before that, Penguin Video, Kiwi and Coin Station were all contacting Shanhe to purchase the online copyright of the movie.
The prices for selling online movie copyrights in China fluctuate very sharply, and each movie even has a contract with special terms and conditions, which are different.
For those with the best treatment, the selling price can even get 3% to 6% of the theater box office.
But sometimes, for some movies that have a box office of tens of millions, the final online copyright price is less than six figures, which is shockingly low.
Therefore, there are many ways to sell movie copyrights online. Some popular movies worth billions are only sold at a price higher than ordinary movies, mainly because the negotiation team did not choose well.
Fortunately, Shanhe's negotiation team was pretty good. Although they didn't get the company a price that would make everyone jealous, it still reached a level that satisfied Zuo Le and the others.
After the online copyright was sold, Shanhe continued to operate various copyright operations. Finally, including box office profits, Shanhe's total revenue from "Charlotte Trouble" was about 860 million.
Except for the selling price of the TV series directed by Zuo Le, no other project can match this level of net profit.
The top management of Shanhe was excited, and no one said that the movie production was not finished anymore.
With the release of two movies, the company's official revenue alone is more than one billion. Coupled with the hidden benefits such as the artist's increasing celebrity status, the expansion of the company's territory and the increase in market value, Shanhe has made a lot of money.
However, Zuo Le was not carried away.
What others saw was that Shanhe Films was raking in box office revenue and dominating the movie industry, but Zuo Le saw the danger behind it.
It's not like a TV series. Once it's filmed and sold, the results will ruin your reputation. Let's not talk about the problem. At least the real money is in your hands.
But when the movie went wrong, its reputation was ruined, and it couldn't even make any money. It was a real loss of money.
Just like "The Golden Banquet", this time the film crew was able to play tricks, accumulated too many advantages in the early stage, and the movie did have bright spots, so they barely managed to maintain capital and make a small profit.
But if something goes wrong and the box office fails to meet expectations, hundreds of millions of investments will be wasted.
Shanhe sells a large number of excellent TV series and has abundant cash flow. It can recover even if it loses hundreds of millions.
Not many other film and television companies have this ability, and many investments and even loans are completed.
Once a loss occurs, the company's capital chain will be disconnected and the company's stock price will plummet, or the company will directly go bankrupt and the boss will be heavily in debt, and he can only go to the rooftop with a look of despair.
Of course, ordinary film and television companies rarely play this ruthlessly. Large investment projects are shared with other investors. If they lose money, most of them will be injured, and very few can reach the point of going to the rooftop.
That’s the risk, let’s talk about the benefits.
"Charlotte" does earn a lot of money, but you must know that its box office of 26.42 has already entered the top 20 in the domestic box office list.
Movies of this level can only be released at most two or three times a year, and it not only requires movie quality, but also promotion, schedule, and some luck.
Zuo Le doesn't think his luck can be so good every time, so he feels that he should be more cautious about his previous plan to enter the movie industry.
Previously, Zuo Le originally planned to finish filming "Latent" in the second half of the year and make another movie to hit the Lunar New Year schedule next year.
Now, Zuo Le feels that it is better to wait and see the situation before making a decision. If he is not sure, it would be good to return to his old career and make TV series first.
With the release of "Charlotte", the box office has reached 2.642 billion, which also shocked people in the film industry.
Does this man who has created countless miracles in the field of TV dramas really want to continue to work his magic in the film industry?
In response to this, film critics were very excited.
He also took out screenshots of last year when he questioned the unfairness of the Golden Dragon Award to the film "Wulin Gaiden" and was besieged by netizens and colleagues.
I have long said that Zuo Le is very strong and will definitely be able to make a mark in the film field. You laughed at me at first, but now you are slapping me in the face...
There was a lot of commotion outside, but Zuo Le didn't care much. After reading some rainbow farts directed at him and satisfying his vanity, he went to the capital to participate in the live broadcast of the pilot film of "Actors Come to PK".
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As for the program "Actors Come to PK", Penguin Video is really ambitious.
They specially rented a large warehouse in the suburbs of Beijing and transformed it into the program base of "Actors Come to PK".
There are a large number of related competition scenes, instructor recording studio, actor recording studio, casting recording studio, lounge, rehearsal room and other places.
Because it is a live broadcast, it requires a lot of lens scheduling, so Penguin Video acquired hundreds of cameras.
The program team has hundreds of staff, various related shooting machines, instruments, service channels and other logistical equipment, which is more than what some top large-scale productions have.
Zuo Le has seen many scenes, and when he first came to the base, he was shocked by the generosity of Penguin Video.
Then he was satisfied. Zuo Le came to the variety show not just for fun, but also wanted to show something. Such a big lineup of the program team showed that he really wanted to make a hit variety show.
Zuo Le is naturally happy that the program team is so ambitious. After all, the two parties are now on the same boat. When the program is good, he will also make an appearance.
"Actors Come to PK" backstage, instructor's lounge.
Zuo Le met the program director Sun Tang, the host Da Dong, and three other mentors.
