You don't understand the happiness of the director

"547 million~" Han Sanping repeated the number.

The previous highest global box office for a Chinese-language film was Cheng Long's "Twelve Chinese Zodiac" with US$265 million. King Power has doubled, breaking almost all box office records for Chinese-language films in overseas countries.

Moreover, "Zodiac" is dominated by Hong Kong people, while "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has a completely mainland cast, with only one guest star, Cheng Long, from Hong Kong.

It's just that this data is nothing compared to King Quan's previous box office in Hollywood. The influence of Chinese-language films is holding it back, but King Quan has also single-handedly brought Chinese-language films to the world stage. This is definitely world-class. influence.

And this is a series. As long as the box office of subsequent sequels does not drop too hard, this will be a long-term and stable political achievement!

Han Sanping asked excitedly, "Can this box office rank among the top ten in the world this year?"

Wang Quan regretted, "Now it happens to be the tenth place in the world."

"Ah, this is amazing!" Han Sanping exclaimed, this is an achievement that has never been achieved by Chinese films!

Wang Quan shook his head, "But there will be another "Mission: Impossible 4" released in December, and there is a high probability that it will not be in the top ten."

Although the third part of Mission: Impossible only cost 400 million dollars, it was because the filming was so poor. It has been so many years since the fourth part, and Tom has embarked on a life-threatening path of filming, so it should be higher than the second part. Some.

If it weren't for Long Toutou's "Teddy Bear" which was a box office hit, with a global revenue of 569 million, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" would have been a solid tenth of the year.

Han Sanping lamented over and over again, and then agreed on a date to share the money with major companies at that time!

However, the news that "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has a global box office of US$547 million soon spread to the ears of senior executives of major companies through Han Sanping.

Among them is Pony Galloping Pictures, which owns 1.5% of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

At that time, the investment amount was 800 million, and it cost 12 million. According to the mainland's account sharing model, it would take at least 2.4 billion in box office to recover the capital.

At that time, I thought that even if I couldn't make any money back, it would still be worth it if I could be friends with Wang Dao.

I didn't expect to make money back so easily, and I guess I can make a lot more.

When Xiao Ma's dog brother knew about this, the company's two major directors, Ning Hao and Wu Yusen, happened to be there, so he told them together.

Ning Hao was even more impressed after hearing this. He is worthy of being a man of the same name as himself. He is indeed good enough and he has to work hard. His movie has just been filmed and is currently in post-production. It is expected to be released during the Lunar New Year in 2012.

And Wu Yusen felt very uncomfortable. 547 million dollars, whether he did it on purpose or accidentally. The best movie in his life was "Mission: Impossible 2" 546.388 million dollars!

You have to stress yourself out, right?

It doesn’t matter if Hollywood movies suppress me, but if I make a Chinese-language movie, it’s better than my own Hollywood movies. That’s too much!

After returning home, Wu Yusen couldn't sleep. He searched the box office data of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" online. When he saw the Neon box office, he was finally happy.

No matter how successful "Ghost Blows Out the Lantern" is, at least it was beaten by itself at the neon box office, and this may be an achievement that King Power's Chinese-language films can never surpass!

In the screening room of Wangdao Building, Wang Quan, Huang Jianxin, Chen Chuling, and Shi Nansheng, who came to the capital for a meeting, watched the designated test footage of "The Witch" filmed by five directors.

I heard that Old Monster Xu was also in the capital, so Wang Quan called him over. However, he and Shi Nansheng seemed to be no longer so close. It seemed that there was something wrong with Old Monster Xu.

But even if he was in trouble, Shi Nansheng would not abandon him. Their relationship over the years was more than just love.

It only took ten minutes to watch it in total. None of the five directors were vegetarians, and they all shot with style. Even the most junior Lu Yang was praised by Xu Ke, "This director is quite suitable for making martial arts films." .”

Wang Quan smiled slightly. Lu Yang did have a script for a costume action movie, but the clip he shot did not meet Wang Quan's expectations. It seemed that the style of the three Xiangjiang directors was more suitable.

He discussed it with a few others and finally decided, "Then let's direct Chen Musheng. I heard that he is in the capital. Please invite him to sign a contract and prepare for filming."

Afterwards, Wang Quan invited Xu Ke to the office to talk about something.

"What, you want me to be the producer of this movie?"

Wang Quan nodded.

"After "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" is released, will I still be busy with "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom"?"

"Didn't it say that filming will start at the end of next year? There is still one year left."

Xu Ke said sheepishly, "I am going to help Huayi make another "Detective Dee" movie during the preparations for Tiger Mountain, and they are going to support some young actors."

Wang Quan thought for a while, then took out another script and handed it to Xu Ke, and it was also an English script.

Wang Quan told him, "I plan to invest in a Hollywood movie in the style of "The Witch". The script has been written, and I am planning to invite Scarlett Johansson, the Black Widow from "The Avengers," to star. The investment is expected to be around 50 million dollars. , I asked you to produce "The Witch" because I planned to collaborate on this movie. I hope to launch a group of influential Chinese directors in Hollywood, but I didn't expect that Director Xu you had other plans."

Wang Quan sighed and prepared to take the script back, "It seems that we can only find that guy Chen Kexin."

"Wait a minute!" Xu Ke quickly pressed down the script, "Did you write this script?"

"Really planning to invite Black Widow?"

"Is there really an investment as big as 50 million dollars?"

Until Wang Quan nodded again and again, Old Monster Xu didn't read the script and immediately got up and went out to make a phone call.

After coming back, Xu Ke chuckled and said, "I made an agreement with Hua Yi that I will not direct the new Di Renjie, but will only be the producer. In this way, the time should be able to be arranged."

He knows how difficult it is to get along in Hollywood. He has also made Hollywood movies, but they were not successful. But if it is the script of Wang Quan, and there is a dragon to protect him, maybe he can really kill in Hollywood like Wu Yusen. A piece of heaven!

Wang Quan smiled slightly, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation. I will go to the United States in a while, and then I will personally help you invite Scarlett."

After that, Wang Quan and Xu Ke met director Chen Musheng again. Wang Quan had met him on the set of "A Better Tomorrow" before.

Chen Musheng's strength is undoubted, but he is not evil enough. Joining Xu Ke's escort is also hoping that he can get out of his comfort zone.

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At Huayi Company, Yang Ying is flirting with Huang Xiaoming. Brother Xiaoming just helped her win Yin Ruiji, the heroine of "Detective Dee: The God of Dragon King".

This is the sequel to the hit movie "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven". Although a group of young actors have been replaced, she and Andy Lau have already collaborated ("The Founding of the Party"). Andy's acting skills are just like that. He can act alone The crying scene can shock him.

As long as the director is still Xu Ke, this film will be Huayi's top project.

However, Brother Xiao Ming soon answered the phone and said to Yang Ying with some surprise, "Baby, the situation has changed."

"Ah, is my heroine being snatched by someone?" Is it not enough to sleep with Brother Xiao Ming, but also sleep with Mr. Xiao Wang?

"Oh, that's not the case," Huang Xiaoming said. "It's director Xu Ke. He resigned as director and recommended director Cheng Xiaodong."

"Ah, Cheng Xiaodong, the same Cheng Xiaodong who made "The Legend of White Snake"~" Yang Ying seemed a little disgusted. The film with the worst reputation in this year's National Day release was "The Legend of White Snake", and the director is none other than Cheng Xiaodong.

Huang Xiaoming comforted him and said, "After all, Director Cheng is the director who has produced "A Chinese Ghost Story", "The Swordsman" and "The Deer and the Cauldron". His quality is actually not bad, and Xu Ke is still the producer even if he is no longer a director. "Swordsman" is a masterpiece produced by Xu Ke and directed by Cheng Xiaodong. Maybe the effect will be better, so don't worry."

Afterwards, Huang Xiaoming went to Wang Zhonglei to ask what was going on, but Wang Zhonglei's secretary said that he had gone to Wangdao, "It seems that he went to share the money."

Today is the day to hold a meeting with Han Sanping and representatives of various companies to share accounts. Huayi sent Wang Zhonglei, and other companies are basically the first and second figures.

The person who came to the Power World was Yang Mi, and the person who came to Starlight was Jing Tian. She was not a senior executive in the company, and he just had nothing to do now to join in the fun. After all, he was also an actor in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

Wang Quan and Han Sanping declined each other, but Wang Quan finally took the main seat. Huang Jianxin next to him first reported the film's box office success.

"The film earned a box office of 1.432 billion in the Mainland, equivalent to US$222 million, and the 35 million moviegoers were the first in film history.

"The total box office was US$547 million, and the overseas box office, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, was US$325 million, making history again!"

Han Sanping added at this time, "The overseas box office created by "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is higher than the total overseas box office created by Chinese films in the past two years!"

Why the past two years? Because there were "Red Cliff" and "Zodiac" (2009) in the past three years, after that there were no Chinese-language films that could go global. They were all small-scale productions in Asia, so it seemed like "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" The results are so dazzling.

Huang Jianxin continued, "Next, I want to talk about the box office performance of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" in major markets outside the mainland. For convenience, I have changed it into US dollars."

"The first is the North American market, second only to the mainland, with a box office of 135 million U.S. dollars, surpassing "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and ranking first in the history of foreign language films in North America!"

"The third place is Kimchi Country, with 31.86 million US dollars, breaking the box office record of Chinese films in Kimchi Country, and currently ranking tenth in Kimchi Country's annual box office."

"The fourth place is Neon, with $23.18 million, fifth in the history of Chinese-language films."

This result is indeed almost meaningless. Ranked above "Ghost Blowing Lantern" are "Red Cliff Part 1", "Red Cliff Part 1", "Hero" and "Shaolin Temple", but Neon's film market cannot be speculated based on common sense, and this result It is already very strong, not much different from "Transformers 3" of the same year.

"The fifth-ranked market is the United Kingdom with $16.8 million, the sixth-placed Australia is $12.23 million, and the seventh-placed Goose Country is $10.44 million."

The above are the markets where the box office exceeds 10 million. The United Kingdom, Australia, and Goose Country also have the highest box office in the history of Chinese films.

"Next in eighth place is China's Wanwan, with $9.8 million, fifth in the history of Chinese-language films." Sixth is "Kung Fu."

The top four are "Sediq Bale" Part 1 and 2, "Cape No. 7" and "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years".

And except for "Cape No. 7", the other three films were all released this year, so this year's Bayan filmmakers are very excited. They feel that Bayan's commercial films have recovered and are about to achieve glory.

In fact, the low-cost "Those Years" did make a lot of money, but "Sediq Bale" is still losing money, and it has been seeking to recover its money by releasing it in mainland China.

Out of appreciation for this film, Wang Dao is contacting Wei Desheng and is preparing to introduce these two anti-Japanese films without any cuts.

The ninth-ranked market is France, with $9.45 million, ranking first in the history of Chinese-language films.

"The tenth place is Hong Kong, with US$8.33 million and HK$65 million. It also broke the previous Chinese film record of "Kung Fu" (61 million)."

However, "Kung Fu" was surpassed by "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and then by "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", ranking third among Chinese films.

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was released in more than 40 countries and regions, and the top ten countries and regions accounted for 85% of the total box office. The total box office of the remaining 30 countries and regions was less than 100 million U.S. dollars.

This is the attractiveness of the mainland market. Dozens of countries are tied together to achieve such a small box office.

The global box office of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is RMB 3.5 billion. Now it seems that it is difficult to exceed this figure. However, with the expansion of the mainland market, Chinese films can surpass it by relying only on the mainland market. No one's money is more precious. , China’s money is also money.

Therefore, Wang Quan is now more looking forward to testing the bottom of the mainland market, so after returning to China, he prepared a special effects blockbuster and a comedy film at the same time, just to ensure double insurance. Next, he will try other commercial film types.

After talking about the box office of each country or region, Yang Mi immediately took the lead in applauding, Jing Tian quickly followed, and the others also applauded proudly.

Then Huang Jianxin began to read about the breakdown of accounts available to various countries or regions. The mainland's data is relatively transparent.

For a box office of 100 yuan, after deducting 5 yuan from the National Film Development Special Fund and 3 yuan and 30 cents from the business tax, there is still 91 yuan. Of which, the theater chain and theaters take about 50 yuan, and the remaining 41 yuan goes to the distributor. and the producer.

In the end, almost 34 yuan goes to the producer, and the 7 yuan belongs to the publisher, that is, Wangdao, China Film, and Qiankun.

The remaining 34 yuan is shared by 13 companies including Wangdao, China Film, Qiankun, Power World, Bona, Huayi, Wanda, Galloping Pony, Hengdian, Enlight, Yinghuang, Media Asia, and Starlight.

In addition to the maximum reward of 10 million for 3D movies given by the General Administration, it is almost 500 million.

According to the proportion, each family received different amounts of money.

Among them, China Film invested 90 million at a cost of 600 million, occupying 15% of the share. However, Han Sanping sold 5% of the share for 40 million, so it is equivalent to investing 50 million to occupy 10% of the share.

Now the mainland box office directly distributes 50 million to China Film Group Corporation. China Film Group Corporation directly earns back its capital only through the mainland market, and profits are made overseas.

The same goes for Lao Wang's Qiankun. As for Yang Mi's power life, it has already paid back its original investment, and now it is all profit.

However, the cost of purchasing shares of other companies is relatively high, and they can't make back the money yet. They think that dividing the North American box office will be enough.

After seeing the North American box office share, everyone was dumbfounded. Why, how come it was only 10 million dollars!

Bona's Yu Dong immediately asked, "Director Quan, I remember the North American box office was not 130 million dollars, how come it was only divided into 10 million dollars?"

Wang Quan explained patiently, "The share of "Ghost Blowing Lamp" from North America is 80 million U.S. dollars, half of which belongs to the publishing company Longtou."

“Ah, the distribution costs are so high!”

Wang Quan smiled and said, "Hollywood is like this. The distribution company's share is relatively harsh. That's why the six major talents have such a strong rule. Before Long Toutou had no distribution channel, it was also manipulated by others."

Wang Qiankun immediately became unhappy, "Yu Donggua, what do you mean? Do you think my son can cheat everyone's money?"

"Ah, no, no," Yu Dong said, wiping the sweat from his forehead, "But isn't there still 40 million dollars left?"

Han Sanping answered on his behalf, "North American publicity costs are expensive. Long Toutou invested 30 million U.S. dollars in publicity and distribution expenses for this Oriental film. We need to provide these funds. If it is a buyout of the work, they will pay it. "

In order to prove that this statement is true, Wang Quan asked his assistant Jiang Shuying to list out the details of the publicity expenditures of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and send them to everyone. The early stage publicity is more expensive, but that is the entire series to be promoted, so it is not included here. , this is already very kind.

Depend on!

So cruel!

30 million dollars is almost 200 million dollars, which is enough for these companies to shoot a big-budget movie.

Everyone else took a breath, only Yu Dong looked at Wang Quan's new assistant, oh, what a pair of beautiful legs in stockings, what a city beauty!

In the North American market, mainland companies only get 7% of the box office, while other countries are better, basically ranging from 10 to 20%.

Calculated in this way, companies such as Bona, Huayi, Wanda, Galloping Pony, Hengdian, and Guangguang, which entered the market at a cost of 800 million, only made a small profit, which is better than leaving it in the bank.

However, Yinghuang, Media Asia, and Starlight represented by Jing Tian entered the game at a cost of 1 billion, which is a small loss.

Looking at that magical report, Jing Tian was dumbfounded. For such a successful movie, the company actually lost money on its investment!

Wang Quan definitely did not intentionally defraud them of their money. The statements he provided were authentic and credible, had legal effect, and had been reviewed by Han Sanping in advance.

Companies such as Longtou and Golden Harvest may charge the maximum share of overseas distribution, but if you don’t have a relationship with these companies, it is normal for someone to help you launch a large-scale distribution of a Chinese-language film and charge the maximum share.

This move also wants to tell them that they must be more cautious when dealing with overseas distribution, and don't just watch the thieves eat meat and not watch the thieves get beaten, unless you are a sentimental party and are not rushing to make money.

Indeed, looking at the overseas publicity and distribution costs, Wang Zhonglei shrank from the idea of ​​trying large-scale distribution in North America. This, this is too expensive! And there is a possibility of big losses!

Yinghuang lost a little money this time, but he didn't care much because of his wealth. However, Yinghuang's representative asked Wang Quan a good question, "It seems that the money Wang Dao made from the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" project is not a lot, right? "

Well, not a lot really.

The mainland box office share is 350 million, and the sales share earns 180 million. After subtracting the cost of 360 million, the net profit is 170 million. In addition, it can earn more than 100 million from the overseas box office share.

The total box office profit is almost 300 million.

Representative Yinghuang just saw the profit of 300 million and felt a little sorry for Wang Quan's busy work in the past two years. It seemed that he could make at least 100 million US dollars by making Hollywood movies just relying on the director's share.

Wang Quan smiled and told him, "Money is just a number to me now. I am not interested in money. Of course I can stay in Hollywood and make movies and make money easily. But without me, Chinese-language films would sell 300 million dollars overseas." It’s hard to reach the sky, but I can do it, and it’s easy. I can do what others can’t do and break various records in Chinese films. This is the source of my sense of accomplishment and motivation.”

Hearing Wang Quan's words, Yang Mi and Jing Tian already had little stars in his eyes. This kind of domineering attitude is so handsome!

"Of course, the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" project will definitely make more money than you think. What is divided now is just the box office. The copyrights of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" are still in the king's hands. Since the box office of this movie is already world-class, It has become famous in the West, so the derivative value of this movie should naturally be at the Hollywood level. You should also know how much derivative income can be earned from Hollywood movies."

"ah!"

When Wang Quan said this, everyone became excited and forgot about this incident!

Everyone present in the industry has heard that the box office profit of Hollywood movies only accounts for one-third of the total profit, and the other two-thirds!

Even if there is only one-half of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", what a huge profit it will be!

It's a pity that this part of the benefit has nothing to do with them. The contract they signed was like this, and they can only enjoy box office dividends.

At this time, Wang Changtian from Guangwang asked again, "Director Wang, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" should be in preparation. Is your company still selling shares?"

Wang Quan smiled and said, "Of course, but I am not the director of the second part, and your investment costs are still very high, and you only get a share of the box office. You have to think clearly whether you are willing to accept it."

Wang Quan said the conditions were very harsh and directly described "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" as a movie that is likely to lose money for them.

Because Wang Dao itself is not short of money, and Wang Quan is well-funded and does not care about risks. The reason why we brought these companies on board in the first film was mainly to show them the cruelty of the world's film market.

However, Wang Quan’s words cannot scare them. At least China Film, Qiankun, and Power World will definitely vote. Wang Changtian and representatives of Yinghuang have directly decided to continue to vote.

Others also said they would consider it.

As for when to invest, we have to wait until the budget for "Ghost Blowing the Lamp 2" is made. Although the actors' salaries have increased in this film, the total cost may come down.

Because the director's salary for King Power is higher than the salaries for all of them combined, many of the props from the first film can be reused, thus reducing costs.

The matter of "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern" has finally come to an end. In summary, although it has not become a phenomenon-level movie, it has basically completed the strategic purpose of King Quan. From now on, the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series of movies can be distributed around the world, maintaining the popularity of Chinese-language films around the world. Sense of presence.

In Wang Quan's office, Yang Mi lay in Wang Quan's arms like a kitten, "Brother, there was something wrong with the way Jing Tian looked at you just now."

Wang Quan pinched her nose and said, "Don't make trouble, I have no intention of flirting with women. I just want to pursue a career now, and I will go to the United States to film a TV series next."

"What," Yang Mi was stunned, "You want to make a TV series! How can you make a TV series! What TV series is worthy of you!"

(Box office of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", homemade)

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