Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 668 Overseas Box Office
After the National Day holiday, the single-day box office of "Battlefield" dropped.

Everyone knew the situation, so they were not surprised, just a little bit regretful.

"Oh, if only the box office could be the same as the first day and last for a month at a time." Lin Gengxin sighed.

"In one month, you really dare to think that. 400 million a day, that's more than 10 billion a month. If you can really achieve this result, other movies will not be able to make it." Wu Jing responded with a smile.

"I don't dare to think about a month, but I would be satisfied in ten days or half a month." Zhou Mo laughed.

Lin Gengxin muttered, "More than 10 billion is a lot for us, but it's not that exaggerated for Director Zhou. Didn't Director Zhou's Arkham Knight: Part Two cost nearly 1.5 billion US dollars? It's almost 110 RMB now."

As he spoke, he stood up and made a superhero landing pose.

He even dubbed himself:
"I am the night, I am the Avenger, I am Batman!... This line of voice acting by Uncle Kevin (the voice actor of Arkham Knight Batman) is so cool. Director Zhou is worthy of such an excellent voice actor."

Zhou Mo waved his hand.

"You can't calculate it that way. America earns and spends dollars, which is completely different from us.

What's more, Arkham Knight also has box office contributions from outside of America. Our box office in 31 is more than 400 million US dollars, and Europe has nearly 200 million US dollars..."

All competitions are conducted within the same system.

The US dollar and the RMB are not even in the same currency, so there is no comparability at all.

Hearing Zhou Mo mention the overseas market, Lin Gengxin suddenly asked curiously, "By the way, Director Zhou, I heard that our movie is going to enter the overseas market?"

"It happened a while ago."

"And there is a little girl in here?" Lin Gengxin asked, his tone carrying a strong curiosity of a spectator.

Just two days ago, he accidentally heard the news that "Battlefield" would be released overseas.

Among the many overseas target markets, Xiaoyuezi's name is among them.

He didn’t hear it clearly at the time, and Lin Gengxin always wanted to ask, but he never had the chance.

Now that we have reached the topic today, I might as well commit suicide.

Zhou Mo looked at him rubbing his hands and knew what he was thinking at a glance.

But he didn't think of hiding it. The news would be made public sooner or later, it was just a matter of sooner or later.

"Yes, including Xiao Yuezi, almost all markets that Shanhe Company is involved in will be broadcast this time."

"Great! Director Zhou, you are really awesome. I, Lin Gengxin, kneel down to you!"

Lin Geng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately gave Zhou Mo a thumbs up.

"Battlefield" is played in the daily market, so what's the difference between that and face-kicking?
It's exciting just thinking about it.

While the two were talking, the others also figured out the content of the communication between Zhou Mo and Lin Gengxin, and they were all quite surprised for a moment.

Zhang Hanyu was stunned: "Director Zhou, you really plan to release Battlefield tomorrow."

"Weird?"

"It's not that strange, but the content of our movie is just like stripping off underwear, can they accept it?"

"They have to accept it even if they can't accept it. It's enough for the Japanese to decide whether to watch it or not, while their managers have to consider more things, such as whether to charge money and how much to charge." Zhou Mo smiled and added, "Besides, the Japanese audience may not be unable to accept this movie."

"Ah? What do you say?"

Zhang Hanyu didn't quite understand what Zhou Mo meant.

"Because reflective bodies exist over there. We have some here, and there are even more in Japan. In Japan, people are actually quite fond of critical content. Brother Jing should know this."

Zhang Hanyu turned to look at Wu Jing, and Wu Jing nodded.

"Yes, Lao Zhang, you know "Cold Wind", right? It's the movie I shot in Japan a few years ago. The story is about a miserable young man who defeated Abe and a brave warrior who destroyed the enemy... This movie was also released in Japan. Guess how much it made at the box office there?"

Zhang Hanyu endured Wu Jing's boasting and kept urging him.

"Don't keep me in suspense. How much is it?"

Wu Jing held up three fingers. "Converted into RMB, it would be nearly 300 million."

"So many!" Zhang Hanyu's eyes widened instantly. He raised his eyebrows and understood what Zhou Mo meant by that. "You mean, it's because of the content of "Cold Wind" that destroyed Abe and the angle that the box office was so high?"

"OK."

Wu Jing crossed his arms over his chest and let out a rhythmic sound from his nose.

"So, Battlefield will also achieve the same level or even better results in Xiaoyuezi."

"Not necessarily, but the cost is only about tens of millions. It doesn't matter even if I lose money." Zhou Mo kept a calm mind.

He really doesn't care whether "Battlefield" can make a lot of money in Japan.

After all, compared to Xiaoyuezi's place, the other two places are where you can really make money.

Aryan.

America.

Zhou Mo was still unsure about the outcome of "Battlefield" in the early days.

But America and Aryan will definitely get a good result.

After all, there are quite a lot of audiences for relevant content in these two places.

The facts were indeed as Zhou Mo expected.

A week later, news came about the performance of Battlefield in foreign markets.

The total box office in overseas markets in the Americas, Asia, and Europe exceeded 100 million US dollars, which is about 1 billion RMB.

Another quite shocking result.

Zhou Mo took a special look at the performance of "Battlefield" in Asia.

As expected, kimchi sells the best.

Ranked first in total box office.

The second is Xiao Ri Zi. Although it did not reach the box office performance level of "Cold Wind" that year, the absolute number is not small either.

I took another look at the reviews and found that they are quite polarized.

There is a group of people who strongly support it, and this group mainly uses the content of "Battlefield" to criticize the current system in China.

There are also some who are absolutely opposed to it, and there is no need to say more about what they are opposed to.

The middle ground basically does not exist on the Internet.

Both sides were arguing fiercely on the Internet, and the intensity of the words was so intense that Zhou Mo was stunned.

After reading Xiao Yuezi, Zhou Mo looked at the comments from Aryan again.

What’s interesting is that the comment section there is roughly divided into two categories.

One category is calling for peace and reflecting on past aggression.

But another type of people pay special attention to the Easter egg at the end of the movie.

"What happened to the mustache in the end?"

"Is he resurrected?"

"Turn into a zombie?"

“Can’t wait to watch Battlefield Europe!”

Zhou Mo was a little surprised when he saw the calls for "Battlefield in Europe" in the movie review section.

(End of this chapter)