The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 506 Shocking Pre-sale Box Office

In the first few months of 2007, the world's attention was focused on Zhang Chen alone.

Whether it is the music or film industry, everyone moves based on his actions.

This made other literary and artistic workers extremely uncomfortable.

For example, Zhang Yimou’s new movie was released not long ago, and before it had time to start promoting, the attention of both home and abroad was already snatched away by Zhang Chen.

As a result, "Curse of the Golden Flower", which was originally expected to earn 7000 million yuan in the first weekend, actually only earned million yuan.

The movie is now being released all over the world.

But by March, this movie, which Zhang Yimou had high hopes for, exceeded the expectations of domestic audiences and earned 5600 million US dollars worldwide, equivalent to 4.3 million RMB.

Based on an investment of 4500 million US dollars, that is 3.5 million RMB.

If we only look at the box office revenue of the movie, this investment is definitely a huge loss.

After all, in addition to paying taxes, a large half of the box office revenue needs to be given to the cinema.

If investors can get one third of the money in the end, it would be a blessing.

This is why, although everyone knows that movies belong to the violent industry, few people can actually make money in this industry.

The waters here are too deep and not within the reach of ordinary people.

Let’s take "Curse of the Golden Flower" as an example, even though Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping may have lost money on the surface at the box office.

But if we take copyright fees into account, it’s hard to say.

And no one can say how much the film actually cost to produce and promote.

Therefore, only insiders and a few people know whether this movie is a loss or not.

This movie is considered to be a movie that has received considerable attention both at home and abroad.

After all, Zhang Yimou is a relatively famous film director both at home and abroad.

Ever since "Hero", his films have gradually become a guarantee of box office success.

Plus one award-winning film after another from the three major European film festivals.

Zhang Yimou's status in the domestic film industry has also gradually increased.

But that's about it.

Now the film and television industry at home and abroad is becoming more mature.

In addition, movies such as "Harry Potter" continue to break global box office records.

Now the value of the three major European film festivals is also being replaced by the North American Oscars.

Just like in China, many young people no longer pay attention to the three major European film festivals, but instead pay attention to the commercial-oriented Oscars.

Even the fifth generation of directors, led by Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and others, began to regard the Oscar as a major challenge in their careers.

This makes the Oscars more important every day.

Unfortunately, although "Curse of the Golden Flower" was nominated for the 79th Academy Awards, it was not the "Best Foreign Language Film" as everyone expected, but a marginal "Best Costume Design".

But it was just a nomination, and ultimately, at the 2th Academy Awards ceremony on February 26, "Curse of the Golden Flower" won nothing.

Chinese movie fans were only disappointed for a few seconds.

Because Zhang Chen’s movie is coming out soon.

I don’t know when it started, but everyone’s expectations for Zhang Chen have become higher and higher.

At the beginning, everyone's expectation for Zhang Chen was just whether he could win a Grammy Award.

That is, in the music world.

But when he started to get involved in the film and television industry.

Especially after Zhang Chen won the Palme d'Or, everyone began to look forward to whether Zhang Chen could continue to be as successful in the film industry as he was in the music industry.

Not to mention achieving a status in the world of music, but at least winning the three major European awards and an Oscar is a grand slam, right?

Zhang Chen has already won the Palme d'Or at the three major European film festivals, and now all he's missing are the Golden Bear and Golden Lion awards.

At the Oscars, Zhang Chen has won the "Best Picture" award for "Love".

In addition, everyone also hopes that Zhang Chen's movie can enter the top ten box office in world film history.

Because so far no Chinese film has earned more than $3 million at the global box office.

As of March 2007, the top ten box office records in film history are:
1. Titanic: $18.45 billion

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: $3 billion

3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: $11.09 billion

4. "Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace": $9.243 million

5. "Shrek 2: The Monsters": $9.198 million

6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: $9.15 million

7. "Jurassic Park": $9.147 million

8. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: $2 million

9. Spider-Man: $8.217 million

10. "Independence Day": $8.174 million

When Zhang Chen said at the press conference that "the new movie's box office exceeded 8 million US dollars and the concert will be held as scheduled."

Everyone knows that Zhang Chen is aiming for the top ten historical box office records!
Although Zhang Chen did not say it explicitly, his various actions clearly told everyone that their guess was correct.

On March 3, Michael Jackson specifically mentioned Zhang Chen's movie when he was interviewed by reporters.

"Leon is a genius. I never thought that film and music could be combined so perfectly!"

On March 3, Avril Lavigne gave an answer after being asked by fans at her own solo concert.

"Believe me, many of the interludes in Leon's new movie will definitely win awards at the Grammy Awards next year!"

On March 3, Katie also expressed her thoughts implicitly after being blocked by reporters who were waiting on the set.

"Leon told me that this movie would allow me to return to the glory of Titanic."

On March 3, everyone finally knew the name of Zhang Chen’s movie.

"La La Land"

As soon as you see the title of this movie, you will know that this movie is definitely related to music!
Now not only Zhang Chen's fans are excited, but even Zhang Chen's fans who were originally hesitant are beginning to look forward to the release of this movie.

While the Internet army represented by Zhang Chen's fans was promoting the film extensively on the Internet, CGT announced a major event in a high-profile manner:
[In order to facilitate movie fans to buy movie tickets without leaving home, Tenpay, a subsidiary of Morning Light Technology, has launched the "Tao Piao Piao" section. Movie fans can enter the relevant section through the Tenpay official website to check and purchase the showtimes and seats of any movie in any theater under any franchised theater chain in the world. ]

This announcement made headlines in media around the world in a short period of time.

The world's leading television, print and radio media, including BBC, CNN and ABSN, have reserved prime time for this announcement.

At home, the Chinese people heard a very serious report from the Spoon TV:
[The progress of the times, the innovation of science and technology, and the milestone of the global Internet! Zhang Chen, the honorary consultant of the my country Federation of Literary and Art Circles and an international superstar, jointly developed the "Tao Piao Piao" function with several major theater chains in the world, realizing the first global payment on the Internet. 】

These few short lines contain an astonishing amount of information.

Everyone can imagine how difficult it is for Zhang Chen to unite major theaters around the world to accomplish this.

It’s not that no one is doing Internet payment.

On the contrary, both internationally and within each country, there are relevant companies that are pushing forward the progress of this matter.

Moreover, everyone has unanimously chosen the track that they believe can quickly capture the market and work hard on it.

Some start with "books".

Some started with “small commodities”.

Zhang Chen tackled the most difficult part of the music and film industry. Now everyone knows how much profit and turnover there are in the music and film industries.

But no capital dares to say that it can make Hollywood, major theaters, and the world's eight major record companies reach a consensus.

But when everyone thought of Zhang Chen's identity, they could only admit it helplessly.

Really, only Zhang Chen can accomplish this.

Whether it is Zhang Chen’s wealth or the technological resources that Zhang Chen possesses, he can develop this function.

Plus his influence in the music and film industry.

No one is surprised that this was accomplished.

So everyone was surprised for a while.

Then I quickly opened the web page and entered this "new thing" on the Internet that the whole world was discussing.

"Oh my god, they really have acquired all the unreleased movies in the world?"

"Let me see what movies are coming out soon."

"La La Land" (Director: Lyon, released on March 3)
Spider-Man 3 (released on April 4),

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (released April 4),

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (released April 4),

Lust, Caution (released on April 4)
"

"The gods are fighting!"

"It's not easy to snatch the box office from the Spider-Man sequel and the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel."

"Lyon's La La Land will be released in late March, which is more than half a month behind these sequels. It shouldn't have a big impact."

"The box office of other movies may only rise for about half a month, but Leon's movie will be popular around the world for more than a month, right?"

"I think you don't have to guess anymore. The pre-sale box office of La La Land has given you the answer!"

On the homepage of "Tao Piaopiao", the most conspicuous position is the movie poster of Katy, Chris, Avril and Liu Yifei.

In this movie poster, every actor has a face that conforms to the world's top aesthetic standards.

Needless to say, Katie has been the white moonlight in the hearts of countless people since she became famous in "Titanic".

Although Avril had never made a movie before.

But in the world music scene, he has many fans.

There is no other reason. She is the only European and American star who not only has a beautiful face, but also a petite figure which is not generally possessed by Europeans and Americans.

Coupled with his love for punk metal style clothing, it also has a contrasting beauty.

Let’s talk about Chris Evans.

Although the future "Captain America" has not yet reached the peak of his acting career.

But since his debut in 00, he has played many screen roles.

His handsome face definitely makes him a rare handsome guy in the hearts of many European and American girls.

Finally, it’s Liu Yifei.

This person may not have been particularly well-known in European and American circles before this year.

Even if people knew about this person, she was only referred to as "Leon's sister" in various reports.

For example, "Leon attended with his sister," "Leon and his sister."

At most, people will remember her role as "Qiu Zhang" in the Harry Potter series.

But after all, he was not a member of the main cast, so the impression he left on everyone was not particularly deep.

But after this year's Grammys.

Liu Yifei's name has truly opened up a new world internationally.

At that award ceremony that attracted worldwide attention, her soulful singing of "Love Never Lost Connection" charmed countless men.

If we say that Liu Yifei was once the white moonlight in the hearts of the Chinese generation born in the 80s and 90s.

After this year's Grammy Awards, she directly crossed multiple classes and jumped to the top of the list of "the most wanted women in the world to marry".

The most intuitive thing is the number of fans Liu Yifei has on Facebook.

It has skyrocketed from 50 to 780 million today.

You should know that Zhang Chen, who currently has the most fans on Facebook, has just over 2000 million.

Michael Jackson is the only person with more than 10 million fans on Facebook, followed by Leo, Avril Lavigne, Taylor Swift, Rihanna and others.

Liu Yifei is the first Chinese celebrity, besides Zhang Chen, to have more than 100 million overseas social media followers.

Even after years of hard work and business operations overseas, Cheng Long only has over 80 fans on Facebook.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Cheng Long’s initial glory was all taken away by Zhang Chen.

Now when people around the world think of Chinese celebrities, the first thing that comes to mind is Zhang Chen.

People generally only remember the first person in a group and rarely pay attention to the second person.

Liu Yifei has broken this shackles and is the first person to successfully gain great attention in the European and American markets under the "shadow" of Zhang Chen.

It was also from this moment that Liu Yifei gradually began to get rid of the label of "Zhang Chen's sister" and gradually embarked on her own acting career.

"Three beauties, one handsome guy, and Leon, a handsome and talented director, this movie."

"Even if the plot of this movie is crap, I'll go see it just for these faces!"

"It's so pleasing to the eyes, isn't it? But why not include Leon in the photo too? He's quite handsome!"

"Who do you think is more handsome, Chris or Leon?"

"They're evenly matched! But Lyon is richer, so I choose Lyon!"

"Superficial! I see Leon's talent, so I choose Leon too!"

“One by one, it’s as if if you choose Leon, it will come true!”

"Is it not okay to dream?"

"But these pre-sale data are too scary, right?!"

It’s no wonder that fans are surprised. The number below “La La Land” is just too dazzling:
La La Land (released worldwide on March 3)
Please select the time you would like to watch the movie:

March 3th——New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Beijing.
Cinema:

AMC Cinemas, Regal Cinemas, Morningside Cinemas, China Film Group Star Cinemas.
Period
影厅
The detailed information on "Tao Piaopiao" allows movie fans to experience the convenience of the Internet in the most intuitive way.

You no longer have to wait in front of the cinema to grab tickets.

Now you can check online which cinemas near you have remaining tickets.

You can also directly purchase the seats you want in the show you want to watch.

When everything was done, everyone also noticed the pre-sale box office of "La La Land".

As of 3:20 noon on March 12, Eastern Time, "La La Land" has sold 4012 million movie tickets!

Current global box office total: $3.2 million!
This is just the result of "Tao Piaopiao" being launched for less than half a day.

Because many people around the world are still asleep.

Moreover, pre-sales are currently only available for movie screenings in the last half month.

If we follow the rules of theater scheduling, the current pre-sale performance of "La La Land" will definitely require major theaters to continue to increase the number of screenings.

(End of this chapter)