Rebirth: Becoming a Tycoon from Hong Kong in 1977

The Predator completely exploded on Hong Kong Island.

As mentioned before, the box office on the first day was only 2.65 million Hong Kong dollars, not because the audience was not powerful, but because the volume was so large.

There may still be citizens watching on the first day.

After the film’s reputation spread, there was no hesitation and they entered the Song’s cinema line.

Seven consecutive days of screening.

The desire of Hong Kong Island citizens to watch movies has not weakened in the slightest, and the 28 associated theaters of the Soong Cinema Line are full.

Even the Jiahe Cinema Line is a lot deserted. Not only that.

Since its release.

Sing Tao Evening News, Xinsheng Evening News, Ming Pao, Express News, Express News, Nanguo Film and many other entertainment newspapers began to report non-stop:

[Star Culture Media Company’s first investment masterpiece Predator, aroused enthusiasm for watching movies on Hong Kong Island, and even broke into the foreign market, the specific situation is unknown, but I believe that the production is excellent…]

[According to the latest accurate information from industry insiders, the Predator’s box office on the first day was as high as 2.65 million Hong Kong dollars, and has exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office so far, breaking the box office record held by Jiahe Film Company and becoming the first film in the history of Hong Kong Island to exceed 10 million Hong Kong dollars]

[Nanguo Film News: A shallow analysis of the success factors of the Predator:

Song Pictures has created an unprecedented sci-fi monster that speaks alien languages, hunts only warriors, has advanced killing weapons, and collects skulls as trophies.

The claustrophobic jungle setting adds a touch of mystery and horror. The bloody violent killing, the fiery gunfighting.

This kind of movie that can improve adrenaline secretion, for the audience, the unknown is fear and freshness. Perfect combination of action, adventure, horror, suspense and sci-fi elements, the box office exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars of course]

The reporter even randomly interviewed the audience after watching the movie in the theater. And the audience’s reviews were surprisingly consistent and rave reviews.

“This movie is so awesome, the gunfight explosions are intense and exciting.”

“The team members died tragically, Wu Mengda avenged his teammates alone, very brave, and more importantly, the terrifying picture after the alien creature took off its helmet, but it scared many people at that time, this movie is too worth watching.”

“I think that alien creature should be called Predator, obviously the victory can kill the male protagonist, but let the male protagonist fight closely, and high-tech weapons are not used, this is the Predator.”

“Yes, yes, I also found out that although this alien creature is cruel, it does not kill women, does not kill people without weapons, only kills the other party’s fighters and those who attack themselves, otherwise it will not let the heroine go, only chase Wu Mengda.” ”

“But the plot is a little unexplained, the Predator is not explained from which planet, only a spaceship at the beginning.”

“I guess that this alien creature belongs to a race with advanced technological civilization, and they prove their worth by killing, which is a bit like the rite of passage in human barbaric civilization, otherwise it can’t explain why they have the advantage but have to fight hand-to-hand.”

“He Siyao is too temperamental~, heroic and cool, did not leave alone after escaping, but resolutely returned to the rainforest, the shot of hanging a helicopter rope ladder with one hand is too handsome, I decided, I will be her fan in the future, and I will definitely support her in her next movie.”

“Such a large-scale production of science fiction movies is the real sincerity, special, those science fiction movies in the past are purely to fool the audience, in the future, the movies produced by Song’s Films, as long as the standard is maintained, I will definitely enter the theater to support.”

Under the constant touting of newspapers.

Even though the Predator has been in theaters for seven days, the popularity has not diminished in the slightest. While Hong Kong Island continues to create new box office highs.

Starry Sky Culture held a high-level meeting.

“Chairman, this is the box office data transmitted back by foreign film manufacturers.”

Yan Xuehai respectfully placed the document in front of Song Tian, even though his tone was calm, the excited look on his face could not be concealed.

“Manager Yan, look at your excitement, it seems to be good news.”

Song Tianyao casually laughed and teased.

Occasionally show affinity to subordinates in order to better control the company, anyway, don’t need money, how much to use.

“Yes, Chairman, the success of the movie on Hong Kong Island caused a chain reaction, and in Xiao Bang, Aomen, Bay Island, Stick, Malaysia also triggered a wave of movie-watching boom, and it succeeded.”

Yan Xuehai said with a red face.

Upon hearing this, the other high-level executives in the conference room also beamed, but they were still very professional and did not coax.

“Oh, then I’ll have to see!”

Song Tianyao opened the document and looked at it seriously, and there was only the rustling of turning papers in the conference room, and no one dared to disturb it. Not long after, Song Tianyao took a sip of coffee and smiled calmly: “It’s okay!” ”

Yan Xuehai’s face was full of question marks, and he wanted to grab the boss’s shoulder on the spot and shook it desperately and asked, “Did you misread the decimal point!!! ”

But this is just thinking about it in his mind, he tugged at the corners of his mouth and cautiously reminded: “Chairman, this is breaking the box office record of a film company in a foreign city.” ”

“Records are made to break, there is no point.”

Song Tianyao said indifferently.

It has been released for nearly two weeks and has won 1.5 billion yen at the box office. This translates to more than HK$30 million. (The exchange rate in ’78 is almost 5.2)

According to the box office share previously negotiated with Gandu film, it is 22%. Song’s Pictures can almost get 6.6 million Hong Kong dollars.

It has been nearly two weeks since the screening, and the audience who should have seen it has already seen it. There can be no explosive growth in the future.

In the end, it is very good that the box office share on the side of Ganbang can have 10 million Hong Kong dollars. Since its release, Omen, Bay Island, Stick, Malaysia, the total box office is less than 10 million, and even fewer can share the Song movies.

After all, Xiao Gu has a large population, but the land is less dense, and the theater is all bunched. And the economy began to continue to rise, there was money to consume, and naturally more people watched.

In this era, Xiao Gang has always been the largest box office for Hong Kong Island to release films abroad.

Also, the era of bubble economy is approaching, and when the time comes, it can be laid out in the past.

In the end, the bulk of profits is still the main port of Hong Kong Island and the beautiful country. And the same is true of the topics of this meeting.

“What about disc sales figures?”

Song Tianyao closed the document and looked at Lu Jingshan and asked.

Yan Xuehai and Lu Jingshan belong to different departments, and naturally there is no mention of disc sales in the previous documents.

450,000 videotapes and 600,000 DVDs.

Half of the blurred picture quality is sold to the dwarf, and the genuine quality is distributed to various video stores.

“Chairman, you are really far-sighted, and the sales data is far beyond imagination.”

Lu Jingshan stood up with a happy face and took a document and was about to come over.

Song Tianyao waved his hand: “Read it directly!” ”

“Okay.”

Lu Jingshan opened the file and couldn’t wait to read: “DVD and video sales are the hottest, and the number has doubled later, as of yesterday’s data.” ”

“Not bad, hard work.”

Song Tianyao nodded with a satisfied smile after hearing this.

Unprecedented exquisite packaging, original picture quality, cheaper than ticket prices, DVD and video sales success can naturally be expected.

As of the three weeks of the film’s release, genuine disc sales reached a staggering more than 3.25 million Hong Kong dollars.

You know, this is not a ticket price, the price of a disc is more than half the price of the ticket price.

Plus the sales data from the dwarf.

The combined sales of the two have reached a terrifying more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars.

This is a very perverted achievement, and it fully proves how big the piracy market is.

And the follow-up sales have not stopped. It’s a long-standing business.

The sales of discs alone can break the box office discipline of the past. It’s a miracle.

Why does the picture quality blur earn more than the genuine one? Because it’s cheaper.

Ordinary citizens on Hong Kong Island with low incomes abound.

The previous kind of pirated version with a missing picture and noisy background can be sold to the altar. A videotape with a blurry quality is even less likely to fail.

“Not hard, not hard, it’s all your strategy, otherwise the sales would never be so hot.”

Lu Jingshan said with a happy face, these are his sincere words.

Flipping through the documents in his hand, he then asked, “Chairman, is the laser disc on sale now?” ”

“No, don’t sell, we’ll send it.”

Song Tianyao waved his hand.