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Chapter 499 Surpassing "Avatar", Huaguo's record belongs to Huaguo movies (Subscribe for the third watch!)

""The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" is pre-cooled overseas, and the box office on the first day of its North American release is only 25 US dollars!"

"The overseas release of "The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" was not smooth. It was released on a large scale in North America, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Russia yesterday. The first-day overseas box office was only 32 US dollars!"

"Unexpected, but within reason—"The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" suffered a tragic defeat in North America!"

"Zhang Yimou's latest blockbuster "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", which has received wide attention in the mainland, was officially released in North America on December 2011, 12.

However, in sharp contrast to the domestic scene, this film, which was designated as Huaguo's application for the 2012 Oscar, has attracted bad reviews from many English media, and it can even be regarded as the worst Huaguo film has received in the United States in recent years. Comment. "

"On the well-known film review website "Rotten Tomatoes", the current professional favorable rate of "Thirteen Hairpins" is only 30%. In the past, foreign-language films participating in the Oscars had to have at least an 80% positive rate to hope to win the award."

"The "Hollywood Reporter" criticized that only the dullest producers in Hollywood would inject sex into a disaster like the Nanjing massacre, but this has become the core element of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins."

""The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" failed in North America, can "The Martian" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" break out in the overseas film market?"

In the early morning of the 27th, news about the situation of "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" in North America was sent back to China.

As the only two mainland directors who can enter the global film market, Zhang Yimou's Waterloo is a bit ruthless this time, which can be said to be stunned.

It cost $25 on the first day, and the reviews from the media and filmmakers were in a mess, and the attendance rate was appallingly low.

It can be predicted that the North American box office of this movie will be 60 million US dollars.

For domestic films, this is a normal figure.

But for Zhang Yimou, it was a huge failure.

Not to mention these costume blockbusters, before the 20th century, "My Father and Mother" made $128 million in North America.

"Not One Less" US$60 in North America.

"Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" North American $208 million.

"Alive" North American $233 million.

"A Lawsuit by Qiu Ju" was $189 million in North America.

"Raise the Red Lantern" $260 million.

"Ju Dou" North America 198 million US dollars.

Looking at these literary films of the last century, the data of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is absolutely abnormal.

"Have you figured out what's going on? Someone took action against "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling"?"

In the reception room of a movie theater in Jiangcheng, Tang An took the time to pay attention to what happened to "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling". After all, they are all Chinese movies.

Judging from the media and film critics, "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is about to be sprayed like a dog.

But on IMBD, the score of "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is nearly eight points, which is already a rare high score for commercial films.

Next to him, Xiao He immediately reported, "Chairman, we have found out, it was Sony who made the move."

"Sony? No wonder then."

Tang An nodded. Sony owns two major film companies, Sony Classics and Columbia Films. It is also a giant in Hollywood. It is not easy to deal with a Chinese film.

It was also Zhang Weiping who found a British distributor to be in charge of overseas distribution this time, and he would die if he encountered a Hollywood giant.

Xiao He continued, "At the beginning of the month, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was screened in many places in North America. At that time, the screening hall was full, and there were rave reviews everywhere."

"It's just that in the past few days, many American media have promoted "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" as a government-funded patriotic film with the main theme, so there is such a big contrast."

After listening to Xiao He's report, Tang An finally understood.

"Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" has already been banned in Japan, and Sony will not let it go even in North America.

Sony’s promotion was not without basis. The film borrowed 1.5 million from Minsheng Bank. Americans think that all banks in Huaguo are state-owned, so naturally it was filmed by the government.

The premiere was held in the Great Hall of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Although it is not too difficult to hold the premiere and concert here, North American audiences were still misled by the media.

The American media can completely influence the distribution of the movie. When the American media portrays the movie from a political point of view, the box office will be directly affected.

Zhang Weiping is basically powerless, with a production cost of 2 million yuan.Nearly 8000 million publicity fees, including 1.5 million Minsheng Bank loans, can recover the cost is not bad.

Although New Picture Century is one of the three giants alongside Huayi and Huayi, Zhang Yimou alone is far from enough.

In the past, there were only two or three blockbuster films in a year, and one new picture was enough.

But now that more than ten blockbuster films are released a year, you only shoot one of them a year, what a giant.

A director cannot support a company, and a superstar cannot support a big company.

Even for a top producer like Chen Guofu, it would be difficult. He can only supervise two or three films a year at most.

All the money for the new picture has been poured into "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins". If Zhang Yimou doesn't share it, he can barely keep his capital.

But is it possible?
And after this time, it also proved the overseas distribution ability of the new picture, Zhang Yimou must leave.

Is there any hope of pulling him over?

Tang An thought about it. Although there was no hope, he couldn't work for him, but Tang An still called Chen Guofu to get in touch.

Every company would basically contact Zhang Yimou, and Tang An would also save face, otherwise he would think they looked down on him.

Tang An didn't shy away from calling, everyone around him heard it.

Yang Mi asked curiously, "Brother An, do you want to invite Director Zhang to our company?"

Tang An smiled and said, "Why, can't you?"

"Of course, but he won't come."

Tang An asked with great interest, "Then tell me why you won't come?"

Yang Mi curled her lips, "You are also a director, and Director Zhang is also a director, it's not obvious."

Tang An smiled, "You're good at analysis, and you put more thought into the filming. The heroine of "The Stolen Five Years" is for you. This film is more of a test of acting skills, perform well, don't let the director Boomed back."

Yang Mi said unconvinced, "What does it mean to let the director come back? Brother An, you look down on me too much."

"Okay, okay, you're amazing."

Tang An smiled and gave her a head pat.

Looking back, Wang Kai found something wrong with his expression, and asked aloud, "What's wrong?"

Wang Kai hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Director Tang, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was promoted as a government-funded theme movie in North America. Our "The Martian" also has bank loans and the support of the space agency. What if someone also promotes the movie as a space agency advertisement or promotional film?"

Tang An shook his head and smiled, "It doesn't matter what you say. "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" involves the background of war. We are a science fiction film."

"Besides, Zhang Weiping didn't know what kind of medicine he had taken, so he found a British distribution company to be in charge of the North American distribution. He was tricked by a layman back then and he had to learn a little lesson."

"With 20th Century Fox's full distribution, there is no need to worry even if someone smears it."

Wang Kai smiled embarrassingly, "I'm sorry Director Tang, I was overthinking."

"It's a good thing to think about it more. When filming a movie or commercial, you will encounter various things and difficulties in all aspects. Let your mind be more relaxed, especially when you accept a film from another company."

Before Tang An finished speaking, Yang Mi immediately snorted unobtrusively.

Just as Tang An guessed, Zhang Weiping was going to die of worry at this time.

According to reports from his people, Wanda Song Ge and LeTV Zhang Zhao had already approached Zhang Yimou in private.

It was only the afternoon of the 27th, and it was only a day and a half since the news from the United States came back. God knows how many people are eyeing Zhang Yimou at this time.

The conference room of New Picture Company was gloomy. As the parties involved, they had already understood what had happened.

Zhang Weiping's face was full of gloom. He invited Christian Bale for the overseas box office.

I originally thought that I would star in "Batman Begins" and "Batman: The Dark Knight" consecutively, and won the Best Supporting Actor at this year's Oscar, and I will start filming "The Dark Knight Rises" in Hollywood. It is also a proper line.

Zhang Weiping's bragging for North America to get $4000 million, but his expectation was $[-] million.

This is good, let alone 4000 million US dollars, even 400 million is impossible.

Britain, Russia, and Spain, where Zhang Yimou enjoys a lot, are equally bleak.

Japan Benzene, one of the largest ticket warehouses in Southeast Asia, was directly banned, and the entire overseas market was hopeless.

Zhang Weiping had calculated thousands of times, but he didn't expect to be sniped by Sony!
At this moment, his heart was bleeding!

A meeting ended with no results. British publishers were no match for Sony in North America, and they had nothing to do.

Zhang Weiping can only focus on the mainland first, and wait for a while to talk to Zhang Yimou about the share. If he really wants to give Zhang Yimou so much money, the new picture will have to suffer.

Zhang Weiping was waiting for the film to be released, but other film companies were like sharks smelling blood, and they all rushed out upon hearing the news.

The media's nose is also very good. Within a few days, there have been reports of Song Ge, Zhang Zhao, Li Ming, Wang Changtian and others poaching people.

Zhang Yimou has been in the new screen for more than ten years, and suddenly some rumors spread, which shocked the entire entertainment circle.

Tang An also asked Chen Guofu to meet Zhang Yimou, and had nothing to do with him other than that.

The publicity is still going on, and the New Year's list is still in full swing.

"The Martian" won another 1.62 million in the fourth week of its release, with a total box office of 12.97 billion.

Successfully surpassed "Transformers 3" and reached the top of the annual box office champion at the end of 2011.

"Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and "Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate" won 1.15 million and 1.03 million respectively in the third week, both of which showed relatively large declines. The total box office was 5.81 million and 5.3 million respectively.

It has been nearly 20 days since it was released, and this decline is also normal.

The box office of the two movies has been impacted by "The Martian", but it has increased, which is also a good thing for them, at least it has stimulated the market.

"The Martian" is getting closer and closer to the record of "Avatar", and Hantang Media stepped up its offensive again, focusing on promoting "Hua Guo's record belongs to Hua Guo movie".

Under everyone's expectation, on December 12, the fifth Saturday of the release of "The Martian", "The Martian" won a total of 31 million box office in the past five days, bringing the total box office to 4600 billion!
13.43 billion, 13.41 million higher than the 200 billion in "Avatar"!
On December 2011, 12, the last day of this year, "The Martian" surpassed "Avatar" and successfully regained the box office record in the mainland film market!

Huaguo's movie records belong to Huaguo movies after all! ! !
PS: October has passed, this month is relatively salty, and 10 words have been updated, with an average of 18.8 words per day.

I'm too busy to write in the second half of the month.

But starting from today, I will be a little idle, and I will work hard next month.

Originally, I was thinking about writing more in October and earning more manuscript fees. On Double Eleven, I emptied the shopping carts of Jingdong and Taobao.

Don’t think about it now, let’s pile it up like in previous years. The things in the shopping cart last year, the year before, and the year before the new year have not been cleared yet.
Start working hard tomorrow, ask for a wave of monthly tickets and subscriptions, thank you for your support! ! !
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