China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

This represents a $1 billion box office take for "Batman 2."

Since the beginning of July, "Batman 2" has been released one after another around the world. The fastest one has been released for nearly two months, and the later one has just been released.

Among them, it has been released in North America for 47 days, and the current box office is 303.6 million US dollars.

In mainland China, it was released exactly one month ago.

The film "Original Space" was not released in the Mainland due to some censorship reasons.

This time I have a safe road and many things are flexible.

The current box office of the movie in the Mainland has exceeded 160 million yuan.

Not high, because the movie encountered the Olympics two weeks after its release, and the popularity couldn't be suppressed.

But this is pretty good.

In North America and around the world, Lu Pingan was worried that because of the Olympics, Lu Pingan himself would be boycotted and his movie would not be boycotted at all.

At present, the total global box office of the movie has reached 947.7 million US dollars, which actually does not exceed 1 billion.

But according to this trend, North American media predicts that there is no suspense for the movie to exceed 1 billion US dollars. Even if it does, it will be surpassed in a few days, and then what height it will eventually reach.

The movie is actually at the end of its release phase.

Media predictions will be completely exceeded in late September.

In the third month after the film was released in North America, in early October, the global box office finally exceeded 1 billion.

It became the first superhero movie in film history to exceed 1 billion.

Lu Ping'an estimated that the time would be earlier this time.

First, the movie was released more than a week earlier than the original time and space.

Coupled with the blessing of Lu Ping'an's personal fame and an additional mainland release, not only will the box office exceed 1 billion earlier, but the final box office is also likely to exceed 1.1 billion.

The movie's box office is expected to exceed $1 billion.

Normally, Lu Ping An would once again be praised by the mainland media.

There are only a few movies in the world that have exceeded US$1 billion in box office.

"Titanic" in 1997 2.1875 billion

"Star Wars Episode 1" in 1999 1.027 billion

"Lord of the Rings 3" in 2003 1.12 billion

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in 2006 was 1.06 billion.

Gone.

If "The Dark Knight" really exceeds 1 billion, it goes without saying that it will be a bonus to Lu Ping An.

But now there is no news about this matter in the country.

Understandable, because there are only three major events in the country now.

Olympics, Olympics, Olympics.

It will take a few days for the Olympic fever to dissipate, and then the enthusiasm for Ping An Road will return.

Of course it is definitely different abroad.

Such as now.

Wattsberg said: "You have to be prepared for these two days."

With that said, Wattsberg took out the notice sheet.

Good guys, there will be 21 tomorrow alone. Fortunately, they are all together, and the summit has been arranged.

"That's what superstars are like during the All-Star Weekend. Enjoy it, lu!"

Wattsberg raised his glass.

Lu Pingan asked Watts speechlessly: "Didn't you say there aren't many?"

Wattsberg shrugged: "We all know you are coming, so of course we won't let you go."

"I shouldn't have come!"

Lu Pingan laughed. He thought he was on vacation, but it turned out like this.

But he finally took it.

Isn't this what I wanted when I originally picked up "Batman"?

Besides, no matter how tiring this is, can it be more tiring than doing the Olympics?

So take it and get over it.

Everyone then raised their glasses together to congratulate Lu Pingan in advance for becoming the fifth billionaire director in the world.

Returning to Lao Mei's villa that night, Yu Feihong was a little disappointed when he heard that Lu Ping'an had such a busy schedule, but he was more happy for Lu Ping'an.

Of course physical pleasure can cover up all.

Although Lu Ping'an had been holding back for a long time, Yan Danchen had endured a lot last night.

But the firepower didn't dim tonight.

Lu Pingping didn't forget to keep it in check, because he had to watch the sunrise tomorrow morning. This activity requires physical strength, so he shouldn't be too indulgent.

In the next two days, Lu Pingping was still busy.

Various interviews, various photos.

As the director of Batman, he is also the spokesperson for several brands.

Also added is the director and creative person of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.

This time he can be regarded as the center of attention.

It's just that he didn't say much about the Olympics, because the Olympic summary meeting hasn't started yet, and as a member of the directing team, you can't talk nonsense when you go out.

So during the past two days, Lu Ping'an had his own people follow him and take photos and record the journey.

What we need to guard against is foreign media causing trouble.

Except for taking notice.

On the night of the second day, Lu Ping An also attended a celebration cocktail party held by Warner specifically for Lu Ping An.

This time, Warner accounted for 40% of the share of "Batman 2". It can be said that the revenue they received was not much different from that of Peak.

Precisely because they are the main stakeholders, Warner has done its best in promoting the film and controlling negative news.

Otherwise, "Batman 2" would really not be able to achieve such a high box office if it relied solely on Summit and other distribution companies.

During the reception, Warner also mentioned when "Batman 3" would be produced.

At this time, the two sides no longer had a lot of nastiness at the beginning.

So we can talk calmly.

Of course, this project cannot be delayed for too long. On the one hand, the copyright expires in three years, and on the other hand, Warner's current president will retire in a few years.

Therefore, it must be completed within this time, so it can be launched in 10 years at the latest.

At the reception, Lu Pingan also learned another thing.

That’s the result of Marvel’s “Captain America.”

"Captain America" ​​was released two weeks later than "Batman 2", with a cost of 150 million. The current global box office is 190 million, and there is a certain probability that the global box office will eventually reach 250 million.

Although with the profits from disc and other markets, the film will definitely make money in the end.

However, factors such as the payment cycle and confidence must be taken into consideration.

Especially for the latter, "Captain America 1" failed to completely open up the market, and Marvel's movie path is undoubtedly not successful.

The president of Warner said with emotion that Marvel’s next situation is not going to be good.

It's another loan to make a movie, and the movie can barely afford to be in debt. It has to bear the interest and wait for the payment period.

It's so strange that it can be wonderful.

In fact, after the original Marvel Comics successfully produced "Iron Man 1", they were also quite short of funds. Coupled with the financial crisis, the situation became even worse.

Of course, Marvel had big plans at that time. The success of "Iron Man 1" made them completely determined to start the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

So for better development, Marvel was acquired by Disney.

Backed by a powerful company, it was fun to fight the war of wealth, and then started the movie era belonging to Marvel.

Lu Ping'an couldn't help but think about this.

If my next "Iron Man 1" is successful, can I use it to exchange for shares in Marvel?

"Iron Man" returns to Marvel, and Ping An Lu acquires Marvel shares.

Then sit back and wait for or facilitate the acquisition by Disney, and then wait for the arrival of the Marvel Cinematic Universe era.

If possible, this would be much less troublesome than operating the "Iron Man" series alone.

After all, if there is no other IP authorization, it is hard to say whether "Iron Man" can become a trilogy series.

It is also because of this that Lu Pingan only focused on the first and second parts of the series.

And even if it succeeds.

Just like Batman now.

He gained a lot, but Warner gained even more.

There are very few things that I can get after that.

So should we do it or not?

Lu Ping'an thought that he could let others get in touch with him first.