China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 311 $400 million

"Chen, there are many voices dissatisfied with the movie in which Dr. Ye, the heroine, destroys the International Space Station. What did you think when you wrote the script? Does this plot design have any symbolic meaning?" NBC

The female host of Today News showed a professional and sweet smile with eight porcelain teeth and asked Chen Jingxing a question that left Chen Jingxing extremely speechless.

Chen Jingxing, whose status was increasing day by day, suppressed the vulgar words in his heart and showed a caring fake smile: "First of all, if you have watched "Gravity" seriously in the cinema, you must know that the destruction of the ISS has no causal relationship with the heroine.

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Of course, the heroine's operation of the Soyuz spacecraft to deorbit the module without a decoupling parachute did cause some damage to the space station, but this has no inevitable connection with the ending of the ISS.

The International Space Station itself had been damaged by the first wave of satellite debris. When the heroine arrived at the ISS, she could see that the parachute of the Soyuz return module had popped up, and a fire had begun in the orbital module. Regardless of whether there was

Without the existence of the heroine, the second wave of satellite debris will destroy the ISS, just like the Chinese space station was destroyed in the first place."

"Mr. Chen,..."

"If any viewers watch carefully, they will find that after the heroine enters the ISS, there is a flashing shot that contains the flags of all the cooperating countries of the International Space Station. This is a common practice. There are Chinese national flags on the Chinese space station.

The national flag is normal and is not deliberately promoting anything..."

"...I don't have to set the ISS to be abandoned. In fact, the ISS is already in service beyond its service life and is likely to be decommissioned in 2024... Why not set it as the second International Space Station? Because there is currently no one built in the world.

Does China have plans for a second International Space Station? Yes, China has plans to build a space station..."

""Gravity" does not try to promote any ideology. If it does, it is the human spirit of exploring space and the human spirit of never giving up on life. This is a universal value. I think most people understand it.

I can get resonance from the movie... Finally, I am the director of "Gravity", not a politician. I welcome questions related to the movie itself..."

Chen Jingxing walked out of the studio with an indifferent expression, and reluctantly hugged the oncoming Global Vice President Jeff Miller.

Chen Jingxing was equally excited about this number: "If they want to be jealous, they will be jealous of you!"

Distribution in China and the Asia-Pacific region is handled by DreamWorks.

Being a guest on NBC's live news talk show was the last part of his trip.

Not only some media, there are also many voices attacking "Gravity" on the Internet, but the voices of defense and love are louder. In addition, the voices of opposition are somewhat brainless and lack logic, so they are not very loud in terms of volume.

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Of course, Chen Jingxing is not taken advantage of. Without Universal's full support, how could "Gravity" be successfully released on a large scale during the summer season in North America?

DreamWorks will only make more money. After all, the revenue from Internet, TV, and DVD copyrights will not be shared with Universal.

Chen Jingxing thought silently and nodded, then showed a relieved smile: "Okay, I will return to China soon, and I will continue to leave it to you to handle things here."

"But..." Jeff Miller thought for a moment and then added: "It would be better if you make fewer movies in the future that will stir up the nerves of some people here."

"Haha!" Jeff Miller couldn't help but praise himself after laughing: "We also paid the price. The pressure on Universal is not small."

Jeff Miller looked unconcerned: "It's nothing. It's just some fuss made by conservative media and stupid things said by a bunch of ignorant people. Hollywood has never been the territory of the Elephant Party. The views of those conservatives have never been tolerated here. This

It's America. These voices won't affect anything. At most, one or two politicians will do some performances. We are different from your country... Uh, sorry, I don't mean any harm, you just understand."

Relying on these, if Universal can earn 76 million US dollars, DreamWorks can earn more than 120 million US dollars, which can offset the basic film production costs.

In the joint distribution agreement signed with Firefly, Universal can get 45% of the production and distribution share from the box office, and the joint distribution areas are North America, Europe, South America and the Middle East.

Under the arrangement of Universal, Chen Jingxing appeared in many programs without much rest in a short period of time. Except for one or two talk shows, most of the rest were interviews on online programs, including interviews with some well-known online bloggers.

, interact with netizens’ videos on the “Science Fiction Home” website.

Just when Chen Jingxing was thinking about "The Martian", which had everything ready to start but only needed to be started, the domestic box office performance of "Gravity" also reached a new level.

But as a director, Chen Jingxing naturally has to come to North America to accept interviews and meet with the media. Basically, the leading actors can't speak English, and they won't be of much help to publicity. In fact, in North America, the most famous person is Chen Jingxing.

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In his eyes, the commercial value of the "Matrix" trilogy far exceeds that of "Gravity", and he does not want to lose the large ticket base of North America.

"You don't know what kind of inhuman treatment I just received." Chen Jingxing complained: "I thought I was being interviewed by Fox. This really doesn't look like a left-wing news media."

Unexpectedly, this was the first time he would experience a show of force on this show. It was obvious that the host, or the producer of the show, was very aggressive towards him.

If the box office in North America plus regions other than China and Asia-Pacific can reach 400 million U.S. dollars, plus the box office in China and Asia-Pacific markets...then I am afraid it will really be a miraculous figure.

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"Ha..." Chen Jingxing thought that the Hollywood boss in front of him was a little too optimistic, but he still showed a look of letting go of his worries: "I understand."

Chen Jingxing is actually quite concerned about public opinion in North America. It is impossible to say that he is not worried. However, he did not expect that the programs he appeared on this time were not conservative media and were actually quite unfriendly.

Jeff Miller smiled with a bright face and said: "Haha, you have to understand that many people are jealous of us!"

Chen Jingxing is no longer the fledgling director he was two years ago. He is no longer what he used to be. A Universal executive cannot scare him. His expression is a little innocent: "I am a director, and I have to return to China quickly to film, and it's very difficult."

A movie that might once again stir up some nerves among some people here."

He still wants to continue making money in the North American market. Among other things, "The Matrix" will be released in China in October.

Box office and other income in the domestic and Asia-Pacific regions are pure profits.

Basically, it's nothing more than listening to all kinds of "rainbow farts", talking about some interesting things about filming, answering some questions from the audience, and so on.

If a box office of US$400 million can be obtained in the joint distribution area, the production and distribution split should be 170 million or more - the split ratio negotiated with North American theaters is close to 50% - then Universal can get a share of it

The pre-tax income obtained was US$76 million.

As the person who single-handedly wooed Chen Jingxing and advocated cooperation with DreamWorks, this success had a crucial impact on his status in the world.

But the risk taken by Global is almost zero.

"Sometimes the left is more sensitive to things like ideology than the right." Jeff Miller explained with a smile, and then continued: "I bet other companies are jealous of us. Although today is Tuesday, today

The box office is expected to reach 11 million, which is a sharp drop from yesterday!

More than 80% of IMAX and giant-screen theaters are owned by us. Do you know what this means? The North American box office of "Gravity" is almost certain to exceed 200 million! Plus other regions except Asia-Pacific, 3

100 million is almost certain to be achieved! It may even reach 400 million!”

The key is that Universal does not bear production costs, but only part of the distribution costs. The income of 76 million US dollars is basically equivalent to the income that a global A-level blockbuster can bring to the studio. The box office split must at least minus the production publicity.

It is only the cost that can be considered as real income.

The release of "Gravity" in North America followed the principle of high-profile promotion and low-key premiere. Unlike his previous film "Source Code", there was no large-scale premiere and the main creative staff of the film did not hold a large-scale premiere.

Did not attend the premiere and pre-screening promotional activities.

I don’t know if “The Martian” counts…

After Chen Jingxing attended the premiere in China, he rushed to North America non-stop. After all, as a big box office for simultaneous releases, it would be inappropriate for him as a director not to show up, and there was also urging from the distribution partner Universal.

"Reply so soon?" Jeff Miller said with a slightly dissatisfied tone: "My friend, you really don't show enough respect for the world's largest film market."

Chen Jingxing is still a little worried: "Don't you really need to worry about the public opinion in some media and on the Internet? I don't want this to be our last cooperation."

In fact, many media are very vigilant and aggressive towards "Gravity". Of course, it is not an attack on the viewing experience. It is mainly about using the content of the movie and the movie itself to create some more sensational stories.

Rhetoric, "ideological propaganda" and the like.

"Gravity" is not a cast movie to begin with, it just relies on special effects and plot. The publicity after its release was mainly based on word-of-mouth spread on the Internet.

"Gravity" grossed 870 million at the box office in the four days it was released, setting a new summer single-day box office record and a weekday box office record. The relevant ticket purchasing software also changed the box office of "Gravity" from 2.2 billion in one breath.

It was raised to 3 billion.

It is almost certain that it will once again set a new box office record in the Chinese film market, and there will be no surprises.

Usually, when an accident occurs and the final box office of a movie is lower than the box office predicted by the ticket purchasing software based on the box office trend, it means that there is a problem with its own reputation, or the reputation of its competitors has exceeded its own.

The audience reputation of "Gravity" can be said to be almost overwhelming, and there is no reason to be disappointed at all.

(End of chapter)