Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 248 How many millions did "Sword Rain" make at the box office? About 05 billion.

Chapter 248 How many millions did "Sword Rain" make at the box office? About 0.5 billion.

Chen Cheng was not surprised that "Kung Fu Wing Chun" was withdrawn from theaters early.

This is often the case with Hong Kong films.

When a topic becomes popular, a large number of similar topics will pop up like mushrooms after rain.

Kung Fu Wing Chun was not the first.

Chen Cheng took a look at the later film schedule.

He actually discovered that there was a work called "Ip Man Prequel".

Chen Cheng had never seen this work, and had hardly even heard of it.

undoubtedly.

All of these works were huge failures in the following period.

The higher box office is around 4000 million.

The box office for lower-end movies is probably around 2000 million.

Do you think it can't be lower?

some.

It's even lower than "Kung Fu Wing Chun".

The work of Hong Kong director Liu Baoxian, "Spirit of Dance 2", created a box office of 80.

Only about 20 yuan was distributed to the producer.

It was taken off the shelves even earlier than Kung Fu Wing Chun, in just three days.

……

Chen Cheng stood aside and was quite calm.

In 2010, there were too many movies that failed at the box office in Hong Kong.

Don’t even mention these ones that weren’t photographed very well.

If there are some well-made ones, he will buy them.

For example, "Sword Rain" produced by producer Wu Yusen.

of course.

The current Sword Rain has not been released yet.

Wait until after the release.

There weren't very good results.

even.

Their consequences will be even worse.

At least.

Although the previous dramas failed at the box office, they did not require large investments and the losses were also small.

But Wu Yusen’s Sword Rain required an investment of over 1 million yuan.

An investment of more than 1 million.

It is not always possible for Wu Yusen to recover his costs.

of course.

Chen Cheng doesn't care about Wu Yusen.

After "Buried" earned $1500 million in the North American market, its box office continued to grow.

although.

Judging from the box office results, he is nothing.

even.

Like "Go Lala's Promotion", he won't attract much attention from others.

but.

When you know that this movie only cost $40, you will know how much it made.

of course.

Buried Alive isn’t just doing well in North America, either.

With the promotion of Paramount's business, the film "Buried" began to appear in countries around the world.

even.

He also appeared in the country.

Yes.

At that time, when Chen Cheng saw that China Film Corporation imported "Buried" as an imported film, he was a little confused.

Fortunately, Chen Cheng did not make a fuss with Paramount.

He also did not disclose it to the media.

The director’s name is Chen Cheng in English, which is chen.

As for who this Chen is, not many people know.

finally.

Just as Chen Cheng expected.

Buried Alive flopped at the domestic box office, earning only over 500 million.

Of course, Chen Cheng cannot be blamed for this.

Anyway, no one knows that this film was shot by Chen Cheng.

Although "Buried" flopped in China, it performed well in other national markets.

This is a good performance, but it’s not a hit.

He still performed mediocrely and looked very average.

but.

When this kind of situation becomes more and more common.

There were millions of box office revenue here, and millions of box office revenue there...

The box office in dozens of countries or regions added up.

Accidentally.

Also raised 3000 million US dollars.

As of now, "Buried Alive" has been removed from the shelves.

Buried Alive grossed 7000 million U.S. dollars worldwide, which translates to 4.9 million yuan.

This result is slightly worse than the previous life.

As for the reason.

Chen Cheng was not quite sure either.

Maybe it's an early release.

Perhaps it didn’t get more publicity.

However, none of this matters.

It is worth mentioning that.

"Du Lala's Promotion" was finally taken off the shelves.

It took one month.

The final box office of "Go Lala's Job" exceeded 1 million yuan.

The industry is extremely excited.

Xu Jinglei also became the first female director in China to have a box office revenue of over 100 million yuan.

At the celebration banquet.

Xu Jinglei was very excited.

Chen Cheng said embarrassedly: "I am a little embarrassed to attend this celebration banquet. I didn't do anything and earned 1000 million for nothing."

Han Sanping was jealous: "Boy, if I had known you wanted to protect me, I would have dragged me along."

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Director Han, what else can I gain by involving you. However, I still have to thank you for recommending Jing Lei to me."

of course.

Han Sanping said so.

But he knew it.

Only Chen Cheng can make this kind of money.

Xu Jinglei looked for him first.

But after an evaluation, the China Film Corporation, which he represented, said that this would be a loss.

……

The rise of the domestic film market has become increasingly obvious.

Although many films failed.

The total box office in March is still 3% higher than last year.

Entering September.

The market is gradually recovering.

Many Hong Kong films have once again appeared in the public eye.

Such as director Lin Chaoxian’s informant.

The main actors of this film are Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Jiahui.

Although it’s not a top crew, it’s still good.

But a pity.

The film grossed 1000 million on its first day of release.

The movie was cut short the next day, with only 500 million in box office revenue.

Four million on the third day.

Three days later.

Professional media organizations predict that the final box office of "The Informer" may only be around 5000 million.

Needless to say, the box office was also a loss.

Next is "Future Police" co-starring Wang Jing and Liu Dehua.

It’s exactly the same trend as “The Informer”.

Three days later.

Professional media organizations predict that the box office of "Police" will be around 5000 million in the future.

"Confucius", played by superstar Zhou Renfa, also entered the schedule at this time.

This film has a lot of momentum.

After all, for many actors.

Zhou Renfa's status is only second to Jet Li and Cheng Yi.

pity.

Zhou Renfa was paid 4000 million yuan for the film Confucius, but the box office was only 4000 million yuan after one week of release.

Professional media organizations predict that the final box office of Confucius will be 9000 million.

obviously.

Zhou Renfa’s salary for each film is 4000 million.

Not to mention the other production costs for actors, directors, and behind-the-scenes.

Even with Zhou Renfa's salary of 4000 million, they can't even recover their costs.

What is even more incredible to the Hong Kong directors is that

"Time and Tide" ranked second in the Hong Kong box office in 2010.

His box office in mainland China was only 1500 million.

The failure of this series of films has completely cast a thick shadow over many Hong Kong directors.

……

“Is the mainland market the enemy of us Hong Kong filmmakers?”

"I feel the same way. I feel like I can't make movies anymore."

"Look at our recent films. The highest grossing one was only over 9000 million. I'm embarrassed to even mention it."

"Everyone, let me do it."

I saw that many Hong Kong directors were a little overwhelmed.

Wu Yusen, who had been waiting for a good opportunity, said at this time.

"Old Wu, have you decided to release it in April?"

"Ah."

“Don’t wait for a good time.”

"Forget it. A good schedule may not be that good. Besides, if we don't win back a game for Hong Kong filmmakers, we will lose even more miserably."

Wu Yusen recalled the negotiations with Chen Cheng at the end of last year.

Although Chen Cheng has not said a word so far.

But in Wu Yusen's mind, the mocking figure of Chen Cheng appeared from time to time.

Wu Yusen is a proud man.

A few days later.

He then brought along a group of stars including Yang Ziqiong, Yu Wenle, Xu Xiyuan, etc. to start promoting "Sword Rain".

even.

After a few days of publicity, Wu Yusen also called Chen Cheng.

"I heard that you are very accurate in predicting box office."

"generally."

"How about you make a prediction for our Sword Rain? How many hundreds of millions do you think the box office will be?"

"How many hundreds of millions?"

Chen Cheng was very surprised when he received Wu Yusen's call.

Do these big directors just like to seek torture?
The previous one was Feng Xiaogang.

Now it’s Wu Yusen.

"Why, you don't dare to predict?"

"Not at all."

"Then just tell me a number."

"Since you really want me to make a prediction, then I'll tell you. By the way, can I include decimal points in the box office prediction?"

"Can you give me accuracy to decimal places?"

"No."

Chen Cheng shook his head: "What if some films can't even break the 100 million mark? Do I have to use a few hundred million to represent it?"

"You are humiliating me."

"Do not."

Chen Cheng said: "I think the box office should be around 0.6 million."

"Just wait to be slapped in the face."

"Ok."

Chen Cheng hung up the phone.

……

Chen Cheng had seen Sword Rain in his previous life.

But the memory was a bit vague and Chen Cheng couldn't remember much.

What Chen Cheng remembered was.

This movie is not good.

Or it can’t be said that it’s not good to watch, it’s just hard to understand.

After Sword Rain was put on the shelves.

Chen Cheng called Han Jianu again and asked her to accompany him to the cinema.

Ok.

No wonder Chen Cheng doesn’t remember much about this film.

Don’t blame Chen Cheng if you don’t remember.

The truth is that the plot of this movie is too complicated.

So complicated.

Even someone like Chen Cheng, an insider in the circle, has to carefully sort out what the story is about.

Chen Cheng doesn't like this kind of movie that will exhaust his brain cells.

of course.

If it's a brain-opening film, it's okay even if it's completely consumed.

But here's the thing.

This movie is not a brain-opening movie at all. There is nothing to attract people to watch it.

Although it has a suspenseful element.

But if people are not interested in the suspense, who would read your suspense?

What was quite funny was that after leaving the cinema, Chen Cheng called Wu Yusen back.

"Director Wu, congratulations on the release of your Sword Rain today."

"Don't say anything hypocritical."

"Okay, then I won't tell you. But I watched your movie today."

"Oh?"

"It's well filmed. It's different from traditional martial arts movies. There's no family or national hatred here, and everyone is selfish. The weapons of each character are also very interesting. What's even more interesting to me is that the leader of Black Stone is the biggest boss behind the scenes. He sent countless masters to snatch the treasure just to turn himself into a real man. Hahaha, very funny..."

"Thank you."

Wu Yu also laughed at this time.

It is undoubtedly a very happy thing to be praised by competitors.

"Director Chen, you understand the essence of my film."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. I'll give you a chance to make a new prediction. How many billions do you think Sword Rain will make at the box office now?"

"It's over."

Chen Cheng burst out laughing: "My previous prediction was 0.6 million, but now I think it's probably 0.5 million."

……

Without waiting for Wu Yusen to start cursing, Chen Cheng hung up the phone.

How many people in this world can understand such a complicated story?
It’s only Chen Cheng.

Even Han Jianu, who accompanied Chen Cheng into the cinema, was a little confused after watching Sword Rain.