The Director of Music Department

Wang Yifan himself has filmed A-level major productions in North America, and has achieved extremely high achievements.

"Mad Max: Fury Road" gave Wang Yifan a lot of fans in North America.

This shows what?

It shows that Wang Yifan also has a unique vision for the North American market.

So how could he not know that "Infernal Affairs" would be unacceptable in North America?

Moreover, Huaxin itself actually has distribution channels in North America, and Wang Yifan himself can also be related to several giants in North America.

Wang Yifan himself is still cooperating with several giants in the masterpiece "Titanic".

Therefore, if "Infernal Affairs" was really favored by him, why would he give it to Ari? This is tantamount to asking the enemy.

Therefore, there is only one answer. Wang Yifan has long known that "Infernal Affairs" is only suitable for domestic audiences, not for North America.

As for Ahri, although Ahri asked for it on his own initiative, it cannot be ruled out that Wang Yifan is actually digging a hole for Ahri!

Afterwards Zhuge Liang, before this kind of thing happened, everyone didn't think there was anything, but when it really happened, it would be really scary to think about it carefully.

No words all night, or sleepless nights!

Chen Qingyun and Chen Dahua were actually better. "Infernal Affairs" was not acclimatized in North America, so it didn't have much impact on them.

At most, it will be business as usual, and "Infernal Affairs" in China is indeed a big hit.

Therefore, they are naturally not as anxious as the people on Cao Meng and Ari's side.

But for Cao Meng, the failure of "Infernal Affairs" will have a great impact on him.

Because, before that, he was indeed inflated, and even when he persuaded Wang Yifan to help him to promote in North America, his tone was unavoidably resentful.

If "Infernal Affairs" was completed in North America, then Cao Meng would no longer need to be angry with Wang Yifan as he was in the past, and he was flattering and flattering.

Because at that time, he, Cao Meng, was already an internationally famous director.

Don't worry about the script at all, don't worry about the big production.

But now?

"Infernal Affairs" is likely to fail, so he will be embarrassed.

Who is Wang Yifan? Your uncle is still your uncle.

Cao Meng didn't mean that he couldn't get rid of that face, but it was a question of whether he was willing to accept it.

Because Cao Meng was inflated before.

I thought the sky was fine, the rain stopped, and I could do it again, but now what?

Hehe!

Let alone the embarrassment.

The key is the good situation in the country, and it is very likely that it will be too much to say that it will be over for a while, but it will definitely have a great impact.

Because before, everyone could say that Wang Yifan, the screenwriter, did not play the biggest role, and the success of "Infernal Affairs" was entirely due to Cao Meng.

Because this is a Hong Kong film, can ordinary people make it?

Only Hong Kong Island film directors can make it, so the story of "Infernal Affairs" is indeed wonderful, but the director Cao Meng is even more powerful.

But this time, it's different.

Cao Meng boasted to Haikou, and Ali boasted to Haikou, but "Infernal Affairs" fell into the sand.

But it's true that the Hollywood film company took a fancy to the script of "Infernal Affairs".

So what does that mean?

Explained, people think that the script is awesome, not the movie.

Remember this is a big difference.

Because Cao Meng is the director, and Wang Yifan is the screenwriter.

Coupled with the defeat in North America, Cao Meng hurried over with the main creative members, and even sent out a draft before going.

But what about Wang Yifan?

They sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and had no intention of going there at all.

The result is clear at a glance.

Wang Yifan's vision was as unique as ever, and Cao Meng?

It's just a younger brother!

According to the opening scale of "Infernal Affairs" in North America, 500 screens will be opened.

If the attendance rate and word-of-mouth are strong, then it will be no problem to increase the film schedule in the future.

But if the attendance rate is not good, then 500 screens is already the limit.

Ahri Media's roots in North America are not deep enough to directly break the rules.

The Empire Cinemas will certainly not break this rule.

Therefore, Cao Meng has almost lost hope.

Of course, even so, it is inevitable that there will still be luck in my heart.

Or maybe the fans at the premiere were just fans who just don't like the genre?

After all, the movie box office hasn't come out yet, has it?

People are always unwilling to admit failure. Before the result comes out, they will always find various excuses for themselves.

Cao Meng is no exception.

After all, "Infernal Affairs" has a good reputation from film critics and media, isn't it?

The same is true for Ahri Media. They are not as pessimistic as Cao Meng. On the contrary, they think that it is normal for the audience to not react enthusiastically.

After all, those fans themselves are a specific group.

Time passed minute by minute.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day, when the box office statistics for the first day were released.

Cao Meng immediately came to the North American location of Ari Film and Television Distribution Company.

"Did the box office statistics come out?" Cao Meng asked immediately.

Arenas, the person in charge of North America of Ari Video Distribution Company, sighed, took out a report and handed it to Cao Meng.

When he saw the box office, Cao Meng's expression was naturally not good!

1.63 million!

Yes, the box office on the first day was only $1.63 million!

The box office of a single hall is only more than 3,000 US dollars.

Such a result may be considered good compared to the performance of other domestic films in North America.

But you must know that the promotion of "Infernal Affairs" in North America is done by Ahri Media.

The pre-screening and other publicity were all in place.

There was also a grand premiere at a cost of millions of dollars.

The results of it? The box office on the first day was only more than one million US dollars.

Arenas sighed and said, "The attendance rate is not high, and this is because the attendance rate of the theaters in the Chinese community is relatively high, and the result is evenly distributed."

"What about word-of-mouth? How about word-of-mouth?" This was Cao Meng's last straw.

"Word-of-mouth is surprisingly good?" Arenas also had a strange expression on his face.

"Oh?" Cao Meng's eyes lit up immediately.

"I'm talking about audience reputation." Cao Meng asked again, frowning.

Arenas also nodded and said, "I'm also talking about audience reputation."

"This...Since the audience has a good reputation, why the box office..." Cao Meng was a little puzzled.

Arenas said, "Yes, this is a bit abnormal, but it is actually considered normal. Because "Infernal Affairs" is a Chinese film."

"What do you mean?" Cao Meng was a little confused.

"Let's put it this way, first of all, the release scale of "Infernal Affairs" is not large, so the number of people watching it is relatively limited."

"As for audiences in North America, if a movie really makes them appreciate it, then they will take the initiative to comment on it, such as "Mad Max Fury Road" directed by Wang! But if the movie itself doesn't let them If they are satisfied, if it is a North American film, then they may criticize it a few times, but if it is a foreign film, in fact, they often don’t care too much about it.”