Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and the Dumbo" earned 28 million and 23 million respectively at the box office two weeks after their release.

For the two theater chains, the difference in box office between the two movies is not very big.

Moreover, the box office in Xiangjiang alone has already made them a small profit, and they have earned their capital back first.

As for the real money you want to make, you still have to look at the sales port. After all, overseas income is the real big money for Hong Kong's movies at this time.

Although "The Owl and Dumbo" failed to beat "Merry Christmas" this time, Pan Disheng and Shum Jianxun both attributed it to Maijia taking advantage of the film's title.

After all, Christmas is approaching. Just hearing the name of the play "Merry Christmas" makes people want to go in and take a look.

It is precisely because of this that the box office difference between the last two dramas was five million.

However, this statement was only circulated within the Baocheng Cinema Line and was not spread outside.

After all, if you lose, you lose, and you also lost as much as five million. How can you have the shame to find a way out for yourself?

But for Poseidon Cinema, "The Owl and Dumbo" was just a small loss and would not have the slightest impact on them.

And what they will face next is a real monster.

This time, Lin Daoqiu chose to screen the premiere of "Godzilla" simultaneously in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Hollywood.

And he himself had already left for Hollywood a week before the release of "Godzilla".

After all, Hollywood is the biggest ticket bank for "Godzilla", so it would definitely not work if Lin Daoqiu didn't personally take charge of it.

After getting off the plane, Universal Pictures' publicity manager Corro had personally picked him up at the airport.

"The premiere of Godzilla will be held at the Grumman Theater..."

The Grumman Theater is a famous landmark in LA. This theater opened in 1927, and it also has another very famous name, called ZG Theater.

This is a standard ZG-style theater. Over the decades, many Hollywood big names and stars have performed here, and the Oscar Awards have been held here many times.

The reason why we chose to hold the premiere of "Godzilla" here is not only because it has a high enough reputation, but also because this theater is more suitable for Lin Daoqiu's identity as a celebrity.

“Very good choice, I am very satisfied.”

Lin Daoqiu nodded, but his face was expressionless.

In fact, it doesn't matter where the premiere is held, as long as the venue is big enough.

The movie "Godzilla" can be said to be Universal's most important movie this year.

The last time Lin Daoqiu "accidentally" revealed the film's production fee of 150 million in "Late Night", it caused an uproar in Hollywood.

Lin Daoqiu hasn't been here during this period, so he naturally doesn't know how much attention the ordinary audience and media people attach to this drama.

And this time, Longmeyer went all the way and directly allocated all of Universal's screens to the movie "Godzilla."

He is even contacting other film producers to ask them to jointly release this "Godzilla".

As soon as he arrived at the hotel, Lin Daoqiu saw Langmeyer waiting for him in the room.

"Six thousand screens is already the limit that Universal can mobilize, but you can rest assured that I am already contacting other film dealers. This time..."

Before Longmeyer finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu had already raised his hand to stop him from continuing.

"Six thousand yuan is definitely not enough. I think we should find several other film companies to cooperate."

Lin Daoqiu felt that instead of looking for them one by one, it would be better to go directly to those film companies for cooperation.

Anyway, when "Godzilla" is released, there will definitely not be any audience visiting their theater. Instead of leaving the theater empty, it is better to make money together.

Regarding Lin Daoqiu's crazy idea, Langmeyer directly shook his head to express his rejection.

"It's impossible. They will never agree. I guess you may have forgotten how proud those guys are."

Let them take out the theaters they cooperate with to play movies from other companies. Just thinking about it, you know that this is absolutely impossible.

"Don't worry, no one will have trouble with money. Moreover, when everyone comes to watch "Godzilla", there will be no customers in their theater. Do you think it's them or us who are anxious?"

Lin Daoqiu is very sure that when "Godzilla" is released in North America, it will definitely set off a wave of movie watching.

And unlike in Hong Kong, the release time of movies here in North America may be very long.

"Titanic" was released continuously for nearly ten months that year. Although it was not always able to keep the theaters full, as long as it maintained a high attendance rate for two months, it was enough to make other film companies uncomfortable.

"Are you really that confident?"

Longmeyer was very skeptical about this. He knew very well that "Godzilla" was definitely a great movie, but could it really force those film companies to cooperate with them in releasing this movie?

"Others won't, but I believe little Alan Ryder would be interested."

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"Lin Daoqiu wants to see me?"

When little Alan Ryder heard the news from his secretary, he was stunned for a moment.

In a few days, "Godzilla" will be released. Why did Lin Daoqiu come to see him at this time?

Little Alan Ryder was very curious, and he immediately asked his secretary to invite Lin Daoqiu into his office.

When the door was pushed open, little Alan Ryder sat on a chair and looked at Lin Daoqiu who walked in from the door.

A few years ago, Alan Ryder Jr. bought the copyright to "Mission: Impossible" for a whopping $100 million.

But after that, Lin Daoqiu and Fox never cooperated again.

Later, Lin Daoqiu became very successful in Hollywood, and even went to Universal.

Little Alan Ryder actually liked Lin Daoqiu very much at the beginning. If he was willing to come to Fox at that time, maybe this "Godzilla" would be released by Fox now, and of course "The Mummy" and "Tomb Raider"

film".

"Long time no see, Chairman Alan, you are still as arrogant as before."

While Lin Daoqiu was speaking, he had already walked to sit opposite little Alan Ryder.

"It seems I haven't asked you to sit down yet."

Little Alan Ryder frowned slightly.

But Lin Daoqiu turned a blind eye.

"Oh, Mr. Lin is the only one who dares to be so arrogant in front of me. If it had been anyone else, I would have thrown him out."

Little Alan Ryder sneered.

"I didn't expect Chairman Alan's temper to be so bad, but I came here today because I have a good thing I want to discuss with Chairman Alan."

"What good thing?"

Little Alan Ryder looked at Lin Daoqiu curiously.