How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 337 [Ambush from Flying Daggers] Ends at a Loss

The first three days.

[House of Flying Daggers] grossed RMB 2004 million at the box office in the Mainland in July 7.

This is higher than the RMB 5240 million in the first week of Mainland China for [Hero].

Judging from this situation, [House of Flying Daggers] has a better start than [Hero].

But there was no smile at all on Zhang Weiping's face.

Because "House of Flying Daggers" has a very low box office performance in other places except the mainland.

In North America, the world's largest movie market, "House of Flying Daggers" only took in a box office of US$267 million in its first week.

In France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, etc., the performance of "House of Flying Daggers" in the European movie market areas is even worse, with box office sales of less than one million US dollars in the first week.

The only box office area that made Zhang Weiping feel better was Neon.

The box office of US$735 million in the first three days, converted into RMB, is better than the performance of "House of Flying Daggers" in the mainland film market.

But it's useless!

Because judging from the current box office situation of "House of Flying Daggers" in various movie markets.

Even if calculated based on the best case scenario, the box office in the Mainland is 3000 million US dollars, Neon's box office is 3000 million US dollars, the box office in North America is 1000 million US dollars, and other places combined, the box office is probably 6000 million US dollars.

This total of 1.3 million U.S. dollars in box office was given to Zhang Nan's theater chain, which was half of the total, which is 6500 million U.S. dollars.

Including the $2000 million issuance fee.

The money that can fall into Zhang Weiping's hands is only 4500 million US dollars.

But the cost of "House of Flying Daggers" alone is as high as 3600 million US dollars.

In other words, the profit of "House of Flying Daggers" is only 900 million US dollars, and this is still a profit of 900 million US dollars under the most ideal situation.

"There is still a chance. This is only the first week. The box office of subsequent movies may be reversed. This kind of thing often happens in the film market." Zhang Weiping comforted himself in this way.

Then the next week, the box office of "House of Flying Daggers" in the mainland dropped far beyond expectations, and its reputation seriously declined, but the overseas box office stabilized.

Of course, the overseas box office performance of "House of Flying Daggers" cannot be stable.

After all, the starting point is already low enough, and there is basically no room for decline.

……

two months later.

The box office of House of Flying Daggers has basically settled.

1.05 billion US dollars.

This is the final box office of "House of Flying Daggers".

Then Zhang Weiping did the math.

Of the US$1.05 million in global box office for House of Flying Daggers, half of it, US$5250 million, was directly withheld by Zhang Nan's theater chain.

The remaining US$5250 million in proceeds, including US$2000 million in fixed issuance fees, has been paid in advance to Zhang Nan's Longbow Publishing Company.

The box office revenue of the entire "House of Flying Daggers" was only US$3250 million, while the paper production cost of "House of Flying Daggers" was US$3600 million.

In other words, the project "House of Flying Daggers" lost $350 million.

The only thing that makes Zhang Weiping feel relieved is that it is different from "Hero", which is fully owned by him.

The entire "House of Flying Daggers" project was jointly invested by him, some film and television companies in Hong Kong, and China Film.

Zhang Weiping only needs to bear one third of the loss of 350 million US dollars, which is more than 100 million US dollars, which is more than 800 million yuan when converted into RMB.

He, Zhang Weiping, can afford to lose money.

Even if you include the 3600 million US dollars in production fees, Zhang Weiping will still make money from "House of Flying Daggers", but not much.

But Zhang Weiping still made money through various tricky methods in the "Ambush from Flying Daggers" project.

So Zhang Yimou in "House of Flying Daggers" can be said to have ruined most of the fame he gained through "Hero".

If nothing else, the film and television companies in the entire mainland entertainment industry will no longer pay attention to the projects directed by him in recent years, nor will they invest in him.It can even be said that if a more outstanding director from the mainland comes forward in the future.

Then Zhang Yimou, the pioneer who ushered in the blockbuster era in mainland China, would have to be photographed to death on the beach. Maybe he would have to switch to his old art film industry again to earn a living.

This is something that has a high probability of happening, because the film and television industry has such rules.

Why can't Wu Baige survive in Hollywood?
It's because after his mistake, there were too many directors in Hollywood who could replace him, and there was no capital to favor him anymore.

But in the end this didn't happen.

Mainly because this wave of director candidates to serve as Zhang Yimou's back wave are a bit too stretched.

Not only did they not photograph Zhang Yimou on the beach, but through his own more ridiculous performance and contrast, he brought Zhang Yimou back to the beach where he failed.

Although Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" lost money, the three investors only lost a million dollars.

Even to put it nicely, you can use money to buy fame to cover up the past.

But what about the back wave?

Chen Wuji's [Wuji] directly defeated Huaying's Hansanpin.

Xu Laoguai's "Seven Swordsmen Down the Tianshan Mountains" dealt a devastating blow to the last foundation of Hong Kong's film industry.

In contrast, the mainland film and television company quickly became very sensible and invited Zhang Yimou back, who was half-collapsed on the beach.

Of course, these are all things for later. At this time, Zhang Yimou only felt that his director career had suffered a major setback.

Zhang Weiping on the other side was constantly comforting.

At the same time, Zhang Nan was also carrying out similar comfort matters.

……

Zhang Nan in her villa in Hollywood.

Chenglong sat on the sofa in the living room a little decadently, and Zhang Nan sat opposite him.

The box office performance of "Eighty Days Around the World" has basically settled.

Although due to Zhang Nan's influence, Chenglong chose to adjust the schedule, but it had little impact on the final outcome.

The production fee is 1.5 million US dollars, the North American box office is 2400 million US dollars, and the global box office is not even 8000 million US dollars, let alone 7217.8 million US dollars, only [-] million US dollars.

such a result.

Even Chenglong still has the [Rush Hour] series of bodyguards on him.

The best option for riding the dragon in a short period of time is to return to Asia to avoid the limelight and slowly eliminate the impact over time.

"Anan, I'm here to say goodbye to you. I probably won't come to Hollywood again in the next few years and will stay in Xiangjiang."

Chenglong looked at Zhang Nan saying these words, his heart full of bitterness and helplessness.

After hearing Chenglong's disappointed words, Zhang Nan certainly didn't want to follow his words. After all, he was too good at chatting.

"What are you talking about? I go back to Xiangjiang more frequently every year than you have in recent years. What's the point of saying goodbye? We have more time to see each other." There was a bit of a joke in Zhang Nan's tone.

When Chenglong heard this at first, he thought Zhang Nan was trying to comfort himself.

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt something was wrong.

After thinking about it over and over again, combined with some circumstances, I finally figured out the taste.

Chenglong's whole body felt bad.

Because Zhang Nan goes back to Xiangjiang quite a lot every year. It can even be said that he will go to Xiangjiang on one weekend of every month, which has become a regular shooting content for the paparazzi in Xiangjiang.

The purpose of Zhang Nan's return to Xiangjiang is also very simple - not to let the charming and fertile soil of Li Jiaxin and Xiao Jude lack cultivation and sowing.

"You boy!"

Chenglong was a little bit dumbfounded, but after being interrupted by Zhang Nan, his mood improved a lot.

(End of this chapter)