Millennium director

Chapter 142 The estimated box office is released, crowning the king of commercial films!

“The wine produced by the girl’s feet must taste very sweet.

"The relationship between Sanye and Jun Lin is so pure and beautiful."

"This movie was really made by a Chinese director. If Shunji Iwai's movie hadn't been released, I would have thought it was Shunji Iwai's work!"

"Ah, the scene where Sanye and Lin Jun finally met made me cry to death."

"The songs in this movie are also very nice. Does anyone know the names of these Chinese songs? Can they be found on the Internet?"

In the Mitsui Garden Hotel in Tokyo, Liu Yifei and Hu Ge were sitting under the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, concentrating on the comments from netizens that Toho helped translate.

It has been a week since "Your Name" was released in Japan, and the daily box office is still high.

So far, it has grossed a total of 2 billion yen at the box office!

The appeal of commercial films to the public is really not comparable to that of literary and artistic films.

Wu Yuan's "The Embalmer" also has a very high reputation in Japan and is known as the best Chinese film in the past five years.

However, the box office of this movie in Japan was only 2.6 billion yen. Even in Wu Yuanmeng's case, the box office result of the original "The Embalmer" was only 3.8 billion yen.

"The Embalmer" reached such a box office and was released in Japan for three months.

In comparison, the viewing craze attracted by "Your Name" is simply overwhelming.

"Director Wu, major theaters across the country will continue to increase the schedule of "Your Name". It is expected that the box office of this movie will reach 4 billion yen within a month!"

"The final total box office result may be more than 18 billion yen!"

The representative of Toho Co., Ltd. was even more excited than Wu Yuan. He clenched his hands and looked at Wu Yuan with admiration.

Great directors who are able to work in Hollywood are different. They can make Hollywood blockbusters and sell them well, but they can actually achieve better results when they make a Chinese movie!

Looking at the historical box office charts of Japanese movies, the release momentum of "Your Name" is also extremely amazing.

Judging from the current box office trend, the film is likely to eventually hit a box office figure of more than 18 billion yen, making it into the top ten in Japan's historical box office list.

For the Japanese film market, every movie that exceeds 10 billion yen in box office is enough to be remembered for a long time.

It’s almost as influential as China’s box office exceeding 100 million.

Last year, there were only three movies with a box office of over 10 billion yen in the Japanese film market!

They are the sequels of "Jumping Line", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "The Matrix 2"!

These three movies achieved box office results of 17.35 billion yen, 17.3 billion yen and 11 billion yen respectively.

In comparison, "Pirates of the Caribbean" only ranked sixth on the list with a box office of 6.8 billion.

"Hero" ranked tenth with 4 billion.

This movie also relied on the Japanese market to finally make money back.

The box office of 4 billion yen is about more than 300 million yuan, and the Chinese production company can share more than 60 million yuan, which is a big gain.

As for Wu Yuan's "Your Name", Toho Co., Ltd. currently predicts that it is very likely that the final box office will exceed 18 billion yen!

According to the current exchange rate, 18 billion yen is more than 1.38 billion yuan!

This is nearly ten times the box office performance in the Mainland! It is an extremely exaggerated number!

Why doesn't Wu Yuan pay attention to this? Why doesn't he like Japanese movie fans?

"Okay!" He smiled and patted the representative of Toho Co., Ltd. on the shoulder. "It is very pleasant to cooperate with your company. We will definitely have opportunities to cooperate in the future."

The better days are yet to come!

"Painted Skin" is also a fantasy film under Asian culture specially prepared for the Japanese market!

"Hi! Director Wu chose our Toho Co., Ltd. This is the most win-win choice!" the representative of Toho Co., Ltd. said with pride.

He does have the qualifications to be proud of. Toho Co., Ltd. occupies almost 80% of the Japanese film distribution market. Even Sony, which was born in Japan, cannot compete with Toho in its home country.

Toho also made a fortune on the movie "Your Name".

In Japan, there are two concepts of movie box office revenue - "ration revenue" and "box office revenue."

To put it simply and crudely, the ticket price of Japanese cinemas is uniform across the country, which is 1,800 yen (a few individual theaters may fluctuate), and the total box office is the total amount of all movie tickets sold.

But the rationing income is different. The rationing income is actually the money that the mainland’s “producers + publishers” can get.

In other words, Hikari Times and Toho Co., Ltd. can only divide money among this "rationed income".

This "rationed income" requires the distributor to negotiate with the theaters. Different movies can negotiate different figures, which can range from 40% to 70%.

Factors such as the distributor's policies, the type of film, and the film's expected commercial performance can all affect the size of the ratio.

As the largest distributor in Japan, Toho Co., Ltd. naturally has enough confidence to negotiate a good bill-sharing ratio with theaters compared to small distributors.

Originally, overseas films have already gone through an additional screening process before entering the local market. Overall, the probability of being a hit is indeed higher.

Therefore, the share ratio negotiated by Toho Co., Ltd. for "Your Name" is not bad, and it can get 60% of the total box office!

That is to say, out of 18 billion yen, the production and distribution parties can take away 10.8 billion yen, which is about 780 million yuan.

Then Hikari Times will split the 10.8 billion yen with Tohoolai.

According to the contract negotiated between the two companies, after deducting copy fees (film copy fees) and publicity fees, Light and Shadow Times will take 60% of the remaining money and Toho will take 40%.

This is already the best condition Wu Yuan can negotiate, that is, he is a big director in Hollywood, he has the popularity blessing of "The Executioner" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", and Dongbao is optimistic about the box office results of "Your Name" , can we talk about 60% share.

Otherwise, some mediocre movies from China and Hollywood can only take 40%-50%, which is basically shared equally with the distributor.

In other words, out of the 780 million yuan, after deducting about 30 million yuan of publicity and distribution costs, the final net profit that Light and Shadow Era can get is 450 million yuan.

Dongbao can also get a share of 300 million yuan. You must know that Dongbao only paid 30 million yuan in publicity and distribution costs, and this money is still an "advance payment." After the movie is released, it must first cover this cost and then divide the profits.

It is equivalent to Dongbao easily obtaining a net profit of 300 million yuan with extremely low loss risk.

How could this not satisfy them?

They wished that Wu Yuan could continue to bring such box-office-selling Chinese movies to Japan to cooperate with them in the future!

Just like the Hollywood blockbusters that entered the country in the form of split accounts, they were all monopolized and distributed by China Film, and they were full of them.

And Wu Yuan, who was able to get a profit of 450 million, was also very satisfied.

Although compared with the estimated total box office of 1.35 billion, this amount of money is only one-third, and most of it has been taken away by Japanese theaters and distribution companies.

But when it comes to making movies, in which country is this not the case?

"Your Name" had a domestic box office of 140 million. In the end, Light Times could only get 38% of the revenue share, which was only 53 million, which was not enough to make back the money!

In comparison, Wu Yuan is extremely satisfied that the Japanese market is so strong.

"Mr. Yamashita, Toho is indeed the largest film production and distribution company in Japan." Wu Yuan raised his thumbs and said to the representative of Toho: "It is indeed amazing and powerful!"

"We are about to return to China. The next promotion and subsequent release of "Your Name" in Japan will be left to your company."

"Hopefully we can work together to set a new record!"

Currently, the Chinese-language film with the highest box office in Japanese film history is Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon," which has a box office of 5 billion yen. If inflation is taken into account, it would be at least more than 10 billion yen by now.

Now it seems that the movie "Your Name" is expected to break the 30-year record held by Mr. Bruce Lee.

It's a pity that even if "Your Name" is expected to enter the top ten at the Japanese box office, it may not be able to win the Japanese box office championship this year.

At the end of this year, Mr. Gong's "Howl's Moving Castle" will be released.

This movie grossed 19.6 billion yen at the box office in Japan, becoming the movie box office champion this year.

It is impossible for Wu Yuan's version of "Your Name" to achieve the box office of 25 billion yen in a single film in his dream. It will only hover between 17-18 billion yen at most, barely finishing in second place this year.

He said it was forced, but in fact Wu Yuan smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Sissi, Hu Ge." Wu Yuan shouted to the two people who were still staring at the computer to read the comments: "Pack it up, our promotion in Japan is almost over."

"Go back to China in two days!"

For Wu Yuan, the promotional work for "Your Name" is now over.

Although this movie will also be released in South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other places, the release in these countries is not worthy of Wu Yuan personally leading the team to promote it.

Even South Korea, the sixth largest film market in the world, is not worth visiting in person.

South Korea is now vigorously promoting and supporting its own domestic entertainment industry. Although it does not go so far as to close the country, it does not welcome foreign movies to compete for food in their country.

Except for American Dad, who relies on his hegemonic influence and "sovereign nation" status to allow Hollywood movies to flow unimpeded in South Korea, it is difficult for other foreign movies to obtain good film schedules.

If "Your Name" wants to have good box office results in South Korea, it can only make up for it by relying on low-ranking films and high attendance rates.

There is no need for Wu Yuan to warm his face and put a cold butt.

On April 16, Wu Yuan flew back to the capital from Tokyo with Hu Ge and Liu Yifei.

After half a month, they returned to the capital again, and the treatment they faced was completely different.

Outside the Beijing International Airport, there were hundreds of reporters and fans who came specifically to pick them up, and the pick-up gate was packed with water.

Although they are in Tokyo, domestic media reporters are all paying attention to every move of "Your Name" being released in Japan!

The current Chinese people really need some stories about China's success in going overseas to cheer them up.

Whether it’s private enterprises successfully establishing a foothold abroad, or entertainment works going overseas, or outstanding talents winning awards abroad.

As long as it can enhance the sense of national honor and the self-confidence of the Chinese people, it will be written up and publicized.

"Your Name" took the world by storm in Japan. The box office exceeded 2 billion yen in the first week of its release, and it took 6 billion yen in half a month. It became the most popular movie in April. It was broadcast on major mainstream TV stations in Japan. , frequently dominate the headlines in newspapers.

All this exciting news was immediately sent back to China, where it was widely reported and caused a stir among the domestic public.

Even CCTV specifically mentioned the news that "Your Name" has triggered a movie-watching frenzy overseas in its morning news.

Although this overseas only refers to Japan.

But it was still enough to shock the public, and they quickly made Wu Yuan proud.

Last year, "Hero" was released in North America and earned a box office of US$53.71 million. The global box office accumulated US$177 million (1.4 billion yuan), which excited Chinese movie fans and felt the rise of Chinese movies.

This year it’s even sharper!

Wu Yuan's "Your Name" is about to break the record of "Hero"!

Although this movie has not been released in North America, it has already earned 800 million yuan in box office in Asia, which is not far from the 1.4 billion yuan of "Hero"!

The screening period of "Your Name" has only reached halftime!

Wu Yuan is now completely remembered by the domestic public.

"Your Name" has completely consolidated Wu Yuan's floating fame accumulated in "The Embalmer" and "Pirates of the Caribbean".

The public and movie fans in China and Japan have a clear understanding of this young Chinese director. They are no longer in the embarrassing state of only hearing his name and not knowing his works before!

Wu Yuan has truly become a top-tier director in China and Japan.

Domestically, his fame is on par with Zhang Yimou's. They may not be able to compete with each other in terms of awards, but they are already equally famous in terms of popularity and status.

Go to the streets and pick up random people for random interviews. Ask them who is the most famous director in China. They will either answer Zhang Yimou or Wu Yuan.

Zhang Yimou's domestic box office performance, including the blockbuster "Hero", has made countless directors in the industry look up to him and find it difficult to catch up.

Wu Yuan's overseas box office performance, including "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Your Name", also daunted domestic directors including Zhang Yimou, who did not even have the courage to challenge.

In the past, Wu Yuan's movies with high box office results were all from Hollywood, with the blessing of the global market, which made domestic directors sour, but I really didn't think Wu Yuan was awesome now.

I have a somewhat "I can do it with me" mentality, and I have often imagined that if they were Wu Yuan and had Hollywood commercial blockbusters to shoot, they would also be able to achieve such box office results.

But now, reality slaps them hard in the face.

Your Brother Yuan is still your Brother Yuan.

"Your Name", a purely mainland production, not only grossed 140 million at the domestic box office, becoming the first mainland film after "Hero" to have a box office of over 100 million, it also won the weekly box office championship when it was released in many places in Asia.

Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand all won box office titles in the week of release.

Although South Korea did not win the box office championship, it still entered the top five at the box office, with 260,000 moviegoers in a single week.

Not to mention Japan, "Your Name" is about to become Japan's annual box office champion.

Wu Yuan used his hard power to prove to the entire Chinese film industry.

He is China's best director at making commercial films!

Even Zhang Yimou may not be better than him in the field of commercial films!

After this battle, Director Feng's reputation as the king of domestic commercial films was no longer mentioned.

Wu Yuan is officially crowned the new king!

An era of Chinese-language commercial films that belongs to him is about to begin!

The Japanese yen exchange rate conversion in the previous article was wrong and the data has been modified. This data shall prevail.

"Spirited Away", released in 2001, had a box office of over 10 billion yen in 25 days.

In 2003, Japan had two movies with a box office of more than 17 billion.

Compared with the box office performance of the original "Your Name" of 25 billion yen, I think this result is still reasonable.