China Entertainment: Great directors start by winning actresses

Chapter 243 Zhang Xiaoai flees in panic
This also made her full of expectations for her future.

Su Zhe met Zhang Xiaoai again, who looked unhappy.

"Good morning!" Su Zhe tried to say hello in a relaxed tone.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaoai rolled her eyes at Su Zhe, took a deep breath and said, "There is news from the mainland. Hurun wants to give you an exclusive interview."

"Hurun? Is it the Hurun who made the rich pig-killing list?" Su Zhe asked in surprise.

"What's the pig-killing list? That's the Hurun Rich List!" Zhang Xiaoai corrected speechlessly.

Su Zhe laughed when he heard this. He knew that netizens often jokingly called the Hurun Rich List the "Hurun Pig Killing List."

Because many of the richest people on the list were later sentenced to prison for various reasons.

There are many reasons for this, including the gray area that existed in the primitive accumulation stage of capital, imperfect laws and regulations, and various problems that emerged in the context of market economic reform.

However, he was not interested in this interview. After thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "Forget it. Just say that I am busy filming and have no time."

He opened the door, smiled and joked: "Is there something wrong with this beauty? Is it a long night -"

After hearing this, Su Zhe nodded with satisfaction, "This result is already very good, after all, we are facing such a strong competitor.

She paused and continued: "In North America, the box office performance of Inception is very good. Although the specific box office figures need further statistics, judging from the current trend, the results are very gratifying.

"Yes, Inception has a box office of US$7570191 in Hong Kong, equivalent to HKD 6037 million and RMB 5213 million.

Zhang Xiaoai lowered his head and glanced at the report in his hand, and then continued: "The final box office of Inception in North America reached 3.8 million U.S. dollars. Although it failed to break through 4 million U.S. dollars, it has increased the original North American foreign language film box office record by a full 2.7 One hundred million U.S. dollars.

After hearing this, Su Zhe nodded with satisfaction, "So, Inception's performance in Hong Kong is indeed very good."

"Inception has been released in North America, and now except for the mainland, screenings in other parts of the world have basically ended."

"Then continue after that!" Su Zhe said with a smile. Zhang Xiaoai rolled her eyes at Su Zhe when she heard this, then picked up the documents on the table and said.

Zhang Xiaoai adjusted her sitting position and began to report in detail: "Inception will be released simultaneously in Asia on July 7th and will be released on September 10th.

However, not all regions have been screened for such a long time. North America has a good market tradition, so the screen time is longer.

This is truly an amazing achievement. "

This also proves that our films have considerable global appeal. "

He paused and continued: "Next, we will focus on the box office situation in the mainland.

Zhang Xiaoai continued: “The box office of Inception has also successfully entered the top ten box office rankings in Hong Kong film history, ranking eighth.

"As for the mainland, the movie should still be released for a while until we achieve our ultimate goal."

"Not only that,"

I will continue to pay attention to box office developments and report to you in time. "

Su Zhe smiled when he saw this, then closed the door and sat down directly next to Zhang Xiaoai. He leaned in for a kiss, but was blocked by Zhang Xiaoai's jade finger.

What's more, he keeps a low profile about his wealth and is unwilling to expose it too much.

"Inception is really popular in Hong Kong." Su Zhe sighed, and at the same time, he felt a sense of pride in his heart.

Su Zhe said confidently, playing with Zhang Xiaoai's slender legs in his hands, "Fortunately, we have our own Tai'a Media Group theater chain. We don't have to worry about the movie being suddenly withdrawn. If we control the theater chain, we have the initiative. This feeling It’s really cool.”

at night.

In Su Zhe's view, although the Hurun Rich List has a certain influence, he does not want to become the focus of national attention.

"No, let's talk first."

After Su Zhe took a shower, he wiped his hair with a towel and sat in front of the computer to review today's shooting content.

In other parts of Asia, especially the mainland, the audience's response to Inception has also been very enthusiastic, and the box office is expected to continue to rise. "

However, Zhang Xiaoai seemed to be in no mood to listen to his joke and walked in directly.

In fact, some countries and regions ended screenings at the end of August. "

Therefore, although Zhang Xiaoai looked a little disappointed, he firmly refused the invitation for this exclusive interview.

Su Zhe caressed Zhang Xiaoai's slender legs easily and said at the same time: "Come on, let's talk about the box office situation in detail."

He stood up, walked to the door, looked out through the peephole, and saw Zhang Xiaoai standing outside the door.

Three minutes later, Zhang Xiaoai, who was panting, pushed Su Zhe away hard.

This result makes it temporarily ranked second in Hong Kong's 2010 box office rankings, second only to Toy Story 3's 8917 million box office. "Zhang Xiaoai reported the data in detail.

Just as he was concentrating, the doorbell suddenly rang, breaking the tranquility of the room.

"I have something to tell you." Su Zhe pushed Zhang Xiaoai's jade finger away and kissed her red lips roughly.

This result temporarily ranks second in North America's 2010 annual box office rankings, second only to Toy Story 3's 4.15 million. "

Su Zhe couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Ranking top two in North America is really a good result.

Zhang Xiaoai also agreed, “Yes, the mainland market has huge potential and we must not ignore it.

I believe that as long as we continue to do a good job in publicity and marketing, Inception's box office in the mainland will reach a new high. "

In addition to being still being shown in China, it has been shown in other places for 81 days.

Zhang Xiaoai nodded when he heard this. This kind of thing is understandable.

Su Zhe smiled when he heard this and said with a bit of self-deprecation: "Then I should be the Chinese director with the highest box office in Hong Kong now, right?"

However, Zhang Xiaoai shook his head and poured cold water on Su Zhe with a smile: "You are not the one, the box office of Xingye's "Kung Fu" and "Shaolin Football" are higher than yours, 6127 million and 6073 million respectively. "

After hearing this, Su Zhe shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "I forgot about Master Xing. His movies have always been very popular in Hong Kong."

"In the Baodao area, the box office of Inception is also quite impressive," Zhang Xiaoai continued: "The movie has a total box office of US$5690210 in Baodao, and it currently ranks first in Baodao's 2010 annual box office rankings.

Although this achievement ranks second in your personal box office rankings of Treasure Island movies, it is still a very important milestone. "

She converted the currency and continued: "The box office of US$5690210 is equivalent to about 1.567 million Baodao currency, which is about 3600 million yuan.

Such results are enough to demonstrate the popularity of Inception in Treasure Island. "

Zhang Xiaoai then turned to the market situation in South Korea, “In South Korea, the performance of Inception is even more amazing.

The number of moviegoers reached 612 million. This number has far exceeded that. It is too huge and has also set a new record for your highest box office in South Korea. "

She paused for a moment, with a hint of pride in her tone: "More importantly, the 612 million viewers of Inception exceeded that of "Under the Red Cliff"

With 271 million viewers, it successfully topped the box office of Chinese-language movies released in South Korea. "

After hearing this, Su Zhe nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that we have finally succeeded in surpassing Wu Baige, and Inception has become the box office champion of Chinese-language movies in South Korea."

There was a hint of pride in his tone that was difficult to conceal.

"The box office performance of Inception in South Korea is indeed exciting." Zhang Xiaoai continued: "With 612 million moviegoers, it temporarily ranked second in South Korea's 2010 annual box office rankings, second only to "Avatar" and the corresponding The box office revenue reached 497.91 billion won, which is approximately 4100 million US dollars, or 2.695 million yuan!”

Su Zhe nodded, satisfied with this result, and then asked curiously: "How many people watched "Avatar" in South Korea?"

"It has reached an astonishing 1335 million," Zhang Xiaoai replied: "Almost twice that of Inception."

After hearing this, Su Zhe shook his head helplessly and sighed: "The gap is really not that big.

"However," he changed the subject, a delighted smile appeared on his face. "This time we have set a new record for the highest box office of a Chinese-language film in South Korea, surpassing Wu Baige. This is indeed a gratifying thing. "

Zhang Xiaoai also smiled and added: "The box office results of island countries are also very good.

Inception has grossed a total of 39 billion yen at the box office in the island country, and currently ranks ninth on the island country's 2010 box office rankings.

This result has exceeded the 13.5 billion yen of last year's "Shawshank Redemption" by several times, once again setting a new box office record for you in the island country. "

“At the same time, Inception’s 39 billion yen ranked fourth in the box office list of Chinese-language movies released on the island.

It is higher than the 1983 billion yen of Cheng Long’s Plan A in 31 and lower than the 1982 billion yen of Jet Li’s Shaolin Temple in 36. "Zhang Xiaoai said.

Su Zhe shook his head slightly after hearing this. He didn't expect that Inception would not have as high a box office as Shaolin Temple 82 years ago. As for the first and second place on the list, it must be the two Red Cliff movies.

"The two Red Cliff movies together earned a total box office of 105 billion yen, which is about 9500 million U.S. dollars. It almost exceeded million. It is indeed a bit scary! It seems that it is still difficult to surpass Wu Baige's two Red Cliff movies. Ah." Su Zhe sighed, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Yes, Chibi's influence is indeed great." Zhang Xiaoai nodded in agreement.

“However, Inception has also achieved good results in Southeast Asian countries and regions, with a total box office of US$1721 million.

Although it is slightly lower than the US$1780 million of "The Shawshank Redemption", it is still approximately 11398 million yuan! "

Su Zhe nodded, and then asked: "How is the performance of Inception in Europe, South America and Oceania?"

“Inception’s box office is very high in Europe,” Zhang Xiaoai replied, “The UK’s box office is the highest, reaching 6213 million U.S. dollars, which is the highest box office in the country except North America and the Mainland.

In addition, the box office of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, Australia and Brazil also exceeded 10 million US dollars. "

She paused and continued: "To sum up, the total global box office of Inception, excluding the mainland, is US$8.9629 million, which is approximately RMB 52.2 billion." Zhang Xiaoai said.

Su Zhe nodded, satisfied with Inception's continued strong performance in the mainland. He turned to Zhang Xiaoai and asked: "Based on the box office of 13.6 billion yuan, what will be the global box office of Inception?"

Zhang Xiaoai quickly calculated and then replied: "If Inception's box office in the mainland reaches 13.6 billion yuan, or US$1.9941 million, then the final global box office of Inception will be US$9.649 million.

This result will make Inception rank second on the global box office list in 2010, second only to "Toy Story 3" with $10.632 billion. "

Hearing this answer, Su Zhe showed a satisfied smile.

Not only has Inception been a notable success worldwide, it's also expected to surpass some of the classics at the box office.

He knew it was a testament to the hard work and talent of all of them.

“Very good,” Su Zhe said, “It seems that our Inception has indeed been loved by the audience.

Once the box office exceeds 13.5 billion, we can consider letting it be developed in China.

After all, we have achieved the desired goal. "

Zhang Xiaoai was also very happy, adding: “Yes, the performance of Inception did exceed our expectations.

I believe that this movie will become a classic of Chinese-language movies. "

This impressive box office performance not only successfully ranked among the top ten in global film history, but also surpassed the US$9.649 million of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" with a US$3 million.

Occupy the eighth throne.

This news made Su Zhe excited. This is a film with a global box office of 9.649 million. It will undoubtedly become the global box office champion of Chinese films.

It is also expected to become the highest-grossing film outside of Hollywood movies.

Su Zhe couldn't help but be moved by the film's honor of entering the top ten at the global box office.

Although he was only one step away from the global box office feat of 10 billion U.S. dollars, which was a bit regretful, he was quickly relieved, smiled and shook his head, laughing at himself as being too greedy.

Later, he asked curiously: "So how much money did we make?" Zhang Xiaoai explained in detail: "The box office of "Inception" in the mainland reached 13.6 billion yuan. According to the 42% box office share ratio, the producer will receive a generous return of RMB 5.712 million.

Because Su Zhe shared 20% of the profits through domestic channels.

Therefore, it can share the box office revenue of 4.5696 million yuan.

After deducting relevant taxes and fees, the actual amount obtained was RMB 4.0123 million.

In addition, in addition to the mainland, the total global box office reached US$8.9549 million. Based on a 35% box office share, the producer will receive US$3.134 million in revenue.

Tai'a Media Films can receive US$1 million according to its investment ratio. After deducting taxes and fees, the actual income is US$0.86 million.

To sum up, the global box office revenue of "Inception" enabled Tai'a Media's movies to earn a total of US$1 million in revenue, which is equivalent to approximately 11.3 billion RMB!
Tai'a Media's movies earned a net income of 11.3 billion yuan from the box office alone! "

After analyzing a series of exciting box office results, Su Zhe mentioned other sources of income.

Zhang Xiaoai gave him a detailed list in an orderly manner: "Indeed, our advertising sponsorship income was 4000 million yuan, audio and video copyright sales were 1500 million yuan, and movie channels and other various copyright fees also contributed 800 million yuan, totaling 6300 million yuan.

After deducting relevant taxes and fees, the actual income reached 5789 million.

Therefore, "Inception" ultimately brought a total of 7.1305 million yuan in revenue to the company. "

Hearing this series of gratifying numbers, the smile on Su Zhe's face became brighter.

Previously, the high investment of US$2 million put him under a lot of pressure.

Fortunately, the strong performance at the global box office, especially the enthusiastic response in North America and the mainland market, finally made his dream come true.

The mainland's box office revenue of nearly 10 billion + RMB has benefited from Han Sanping's huge help, and he knows this well.

If this were not the case, although "Inception" would not lose money, its profit margin would be greatly compressed.

Nowadays, Su Zhe feels relieved. At the same time, the companies such as China Film, Bernard, and Guangxian that invested with him are also very happy. Although the investment is not much, this kind of money-making efficiency is really great!

Faced with an investment cost of US$2 million, the pressure to repay the capital once made them feel anxious and even prepared to lose money.

However, the current result not only allows them to successfully recover their capital, but also make considerable profits. This is undoubtedly a happy ending.

Just as Zhang Xiaoai finished summarizing the box office situation and was about to wrap things up, the sudden doorbell interrupted their conversation.

Su Zhe's movements also stopped abruptly, and the two looked at each other, wondering who was visiting at this critical moment.

The visitors outside the door undoubtedly added a touch of mystery to this joyful moment.

Zhang Xiaoai woke up from a dream, with unprecedented strength bursting out of her body, and she suddenly pushed Su Zhe off the bed.

She arranged her clothes in a panic, the shyness and fear in her heart intertwined into an indescribable emotion.

She had no time to pay attention to Su Zhe, who was sitting on the ground with a look of astonishment on his face, and hurried to the door.

Opening the door, she fled back to her room without looking back, as if she was escaping from some terrible dream.

As soon as he returned to the room, Zhang Xiaoai got into the bed and wrapped himself tightly.

Her face was burning, and her breathing was rapid and ragged. Recalling that the intimacy with Su Zhe had been unexpectedly interrupted, she felt so ashamed and angry that she was almost ashamed.

After a while, Zhang Xiaoai's mood calmed down a little. She recalled that when she hurried past the door just now, she seemed to smell a familiar fragrance.

She immediately understood that the visitor just now was probably Anne Hathaway. When Zhang Xiaoai thought of this woman, she became so angry that she couldn't help but beat the bed hard, cursing in her heart: "Shameless Yangma!"

Anne Hathaway on the other side was stunned for a moment when she saw Zhang Xiaoai rushing out of the room in panic.

She closed the door and found that Su Zhe was still sitting on the ground. She couldn't help but laugh out loud: "What's going on? Being beaten up for being a hooligan?"

Su Zhe replied angrily: "I ruined a good thing for you!" There was helplessness and anger in his words.

"Oh?" Anne Hathaway Johnson said with a smile, "Then I'll go?" Su Zhe rolled his eyes and said, "Give me a hand!"

(End of this chapter)