The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 263: Overseas red

Of course, no matter how profitable the game industry will be in the future, Dunhuang is still a film and television company at present.

After the National Day holiday, the box office of "Resident Evil" is not as popular as the first seven days, and the box office curve gradually declines.

But Dunhuang has no pressure.

First of all, so far, the domestic box office of "Resident Evil" has reached 450 million yuan, firmly ranking first in the weekly box office list, and its potential is far from exhausted;

At the same time, this movie has been launched in overseas markets one after another, and the screening results are also very good!

Well, this is Dunhuang’s “self-modestness” – the overseas screening results of this movie are more than just “good”?

Universal Pictures's Frank fell in love with Dunhuang's "Oriental Zombie Film" at a glance. When the movie was first released, he grabbed the European and American distribution rights of the movie with his flexibility that was completely inconsistent with his weight.

The North American market involves the issue of introducing quotas, and the release time has been delayed; but the European market has been fully released. With the efforts of Universal Pictures, the box office results are quite impressive, making Fatty Fur smile so hard that he can't see his teeth.

Even if the European and American markets are removed, the box office of the Asian overseas markets issued by Dunhuang is even more prosperous!

Most countries were released almost the same day, and then, the first day exceeded 100 million!

——This movie is easily achieved that cannot be achieved in China!

This is because, for most people in these countries, going to watch movies is still a costly entertainment event.

In this way, they are of course more inclined to watch some visual entertainment that cannot be seen on the TV or are uncomfortable to watch, such as special effects, large scenes, and explosion scenes...

What can I do in Dunhuang? I can only make fun of my hardships.

The reason why Lao Wang asked this is because next year or the year after, is not a special period!

Even though the quality of the movie is quite good, the audience lowered their evaluation of it because of its outstanding performance, and it might eventually fail. Isn’t this National Day "The Legend of the Ranger" a lesson from the past?

Thinking of this, Lao Wang glared at Wang Wei, making the latter quite puzzled.

“This is really a headache…”

Fortunately...

——If Director He Wenying intends to present a gift to the 100th birthday of the movie, "Biochemistry 2" cannot bear her request.

Speaking of the game, Lao Wang frowned.

"Except for a few countries, other markets are rampant in piracy, and the profits from this area can only be watched as falling into the pockets of pirated merchants."

Wang Wei shrugged.

The problem is that the series "Resident Evil" requires film and game linkage, which is not something that ordinary directors can replace.

"I communicated with Director He. She was not interested in joining in the fun. There was no problem with continuing to film "Biochemistry 2"." Wang Wei smiled.

After all, once you take over, you will inevitably be compared by the media, and you will naturally be under great pressure.

With repeated suppression in China, Dunhuang can find such a new profit point overseas, which is really enviable and jealous!

In the office, Wang Chuanqi sighed at Wang Wei, who was also holding the report.

Well, Lao Wang has no choice but to face this reason.

If I really want to say that she is willing to shoot two movies in a row, I don’t know how much better than Wang Wei—

"Although it is not a phenomenal box office result, it is probably higher than a phenomenal movie if you only look at overseas returns!"

It seems that no matter which time and space it is, the economic level largely determines the so-called "quality";

Not even within the Chinese cultural circle, especially entertainment products, many of them are genuine and cannot beat pirated.

"At least it has boosted the popularity of the movie, and as long as it cultivates user habits, it may not be impossible to make money back in the future."

Professional box office evaluation also proves this - even the most conservative estimates believe that the movie's overseas box office in Asia will not be much worse than the domestic box office; and if markets such as Europe and the United States are added, the overseas box office will definitely exceed the local one.

"Forget it, I'll have another headache then."

“Just overseas game sales…”

It's very simple. Wang Wei will never shoot a sequel, and finding a director for his sequel is also a headache.

——Because his jade is ahead, other directors are full of doubts about taking over the sequel to his movie.

The ideal situation is of course that He Wenying, who has been working with the game team, has been directing this project; but people have higher pursuits and can't stop them.

But Lao Wang is so confident in him - whether it is the success of the new film or the "bad habit" of "breaking one by one, only responsible for making a name for himself, not responsible for the follow-up"...

In fact, most directors, as long as they have the right story and sufficient budget, will not refuse to shoot sequels of their successful works, even big directors are no exception.

——Who would have thought that before his new film started filming, someone is already having a headache about the director's problem with the sequel?

"...You won't persuade me?"

"Resident Evil" has special effects; big scenes may not be considered, but the scene of fighting the biochemical monster is eye-catching enough; the explosion scene...it seems to be none, but the skilled beauty is also very interesting, right?

No matter how you look at it from any angle, such as zombie films, action films, science fiction films, etc., it is an excellent and exciting film!

In particular, the zombie theme is "fresh" in the Asian market, and the film has been very successful in creating a horror atmosphere...it is more popular than many films with connotation.

"I can only think so." Lao Wang's brows stretched out, "Anyway, the movie project will definitely make money, so we should consider a sequel!"

Lao Wang had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Wang Wei add, "But she also said that she only filmed the second part of this series and did not plan to continue directing it."

Wang Wei's expression was a bit subtle.

Taking the game "Resident Evil" as an example, before the movie has even entered the overseas market, pirated games have already sold...

"But, has Director He agreed to continue directing "Biochemistry 2"?"

Wang Wei spread her hands, "She said she didn't want to be tied to death in a series for ten years. That would be of no benefit to her status or her ability."

Normally, finding a suitable director for a commercial sequel is not difficult.

These overseas achievements are really strong!

Although in some markets, Dunhuang may not even get a quarter of the box office revenue, it is a complete profit if it only counts as the local box office, and it is still profitable. Overseas, it is completely net profit!

What makes people even more drool is that this is a series!

This series of works that value vision will inevitably have an explosive growth in popularity overseas as the first part becomes popular;

Generally speaking, overseas audiences are generally more passionate and less picky than domestic audiences. As long as the quality of the movie does not decrease too significantly, the overseas box office of the series will be guaranteed!

Lao Wang looked like "I don't feel tickled if I have too many lice",

"At the end of the day, how are your new films going to be ready? When will it join the crew?"

Wang Wei raised his eyebrows and said, "The preparations have been almost done in the early stage, but I have to wait until the financing of Weibo Technology is settled before joining the group."

"Hahaha..." Lao Wang laughed, "Pengcheng Venture Capital dares not drag it on anymore!"

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(End of this chapter)