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Regardless of any industry, everyone believes that the winner will always be successful.

The same is true for the film history industry. After a movie starring an actor hits the box office, his worth can rise to a higher level in an instant.

The most typical ones are Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, and Zou Xun. Ever since "Painted Skin", a film without a big director, earned [-] million at the box office, the three of them have reached the pinnacle of their acting careers.

Zhao Wei and Zou Xun's remuneration skyrocketed to 800 million. Not counting Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li who had already gone to Hollywood to develop, they are already the only two actresses in the mainland who can earn 800 million.

You must know that a salary of tens of millions is the threshold for a superstar. For so many years, no one has ever received this figure except Donnie Yen.

The same is true for Chen Kun. When he filmed "Painted Skin", his salary was much lower than that of Zhao Wei and Zou Xun, but after that, "Mulan" also received a premium salary of 800 million.

However, after "Painted Skin", the three of them invested in several big productions, and their salary is less than 800 million.

Even if Chen Kun took over the filming of "Longling Miku", he only gave 900 million yuan, no share, no capital into the group.

The major companies still control the remuneration very strictly, 1000 million is a line, and will not be given out easily.

Those who make movies now are still filmmakers, unlike those who made movies later, most of them are capitalists, and the market has been ruined by them.

The only exception is "The Cook, The Actor, and the Ruffian" invested by Guangxian. Liu Ye, Huang Bo, and Zhang Hanyu all paid 1000 million yuan for the shares. Because of the high risk, there is a premium.

However, 1000 million is written in black and white on the contract. If the movie is successful, as long as the next movie does not fail, it will be a matter of course to get 1000 million.

This era is still an era when people can earn as much money as they can. Li Lianhe won [-] million in the "Certificate of Voting", which is his skill.

Before he made "Certificate of Fame", the cost of "Fatal Romeo" was 2500 million U.S. dollars, the global gross was 9100 million U.S. dollars, and the revenue from video and video tapes was nearly [-] million U.S. dollars.

"Deadly Cradle" has a global box office of 5600 million U.S. dollars, and videotapes and other income of 4500 million U.S. dollars.

"Danny the Wolf Dog" and "Huo Yuanjia" are all big sellers around the world. The latter, as a Chinese-language film, has sold over 3000 million US dollars overseas, and the revenue of video tapes and DVDs has also exceeded 3000 million US dollars.

Every movie has brought tens of millions of dollars in profits to the studio. In terms of profitability, Lianjie is even higher than some Hollywood superstars. At least Lianjie has hardly lost money in Hollywood.

The same is true in foreign countries. Once an actor succeeds in succession, the salary will increase every year, so there is no need to worry about film appointments.

The same is true for directors, otherwise the audience and producers would not be obsessed with great directors, and he is not stupid.

With a big director, there is a guarantee. "Certificate of Fame" only spent 1 million yuan to rush to hire Li Lianlian, but this is a typical Chen Kexin film, and it failed.

"The King of Kung Fu" Li Lianjie and Cheng Long each took 8000 million yuan, the North American box office was 5200 million U.S. dollars, and the DVD, video tape, and TV rights added up to 6500 million U.S. dollars, making a fortune.

More recently, no matter how bad Zhang Yimou's "Three Shots" was, it would still be a hit. If the director was changed, the box office would be reduced by 0.

Tang An's previous data determined that this "Interstellar", no matter how bad it was, was worth at least seven or eight billion yuan.

As long as the quality is decent, at least one billion will start, and there is hope for 15 billion.

Although he didn't say it, after the first week passed, Wang Zhongjun's expectation in his heart was 15 billion, which was already the highest estimate.

但是现在11天破12亿，再过一个星期就能有15亿，这票房是奔着18甚至20亿去了！
"Just Tang'an's brand name is worth at least 10 billion." Wang Zhongjun couldn't help sighing.

The opposite Wang Zhonglei did not refute. The success of nine films for ten consecutive years can even be said to have influenced a generation. Most audiences will enter the cinema just by seeing Tang An's name written in the director column.

If "[-]" was filmed by Tang An, even if it was made exactly the same, but with a different director's name, it should still be able to sell one billion at the box office.

Wang Zhonglei even thought so.

Ten consecutive years of success have formed inherent trust in the minds of the audience, not to mention a large number of die-hard fans.

But now there is no time to lament how awesome Tang An is, the most urgent thing is how to deal with it.

"Tomb Notes" was released two weeks later than "Interstellar". It was originally expected that no matter how good the trend was, it would be close to [-] million in a single week in the third week.

5000 million in seven days, and about [-] million on rest days, "Tomb Raiders Notes" can completely exceed this number.

But last week, "Interstellar" actually got 6.92 million at the box office. Even if there is a huge drop this week, even if it is a 50% drop, it will still be 3.5 million.

Don't look at the gap of only 5000 million, but the meaning is completely different.

The outbreak was stronger than expected, beyond their expectations, and the problems they faced next were also more difficult.

Wang Zhonglei thought for a while and said, "Brother, why don't we increase the ticket supplement and reduce the share by one or two points."

Wang Zhongjun asked, "How many pre-sales are there on the first day?"

"700 million, it is estimated that there will be more than 2000 million pre-sales on the first day before the release." Wang Zhonglei replied.

The pre-sale of "Interstellar" is 3100 million, which is a third short, and the box office on the first day should be between 6000 million and 8000 million.

The box office of 8000 million on the first day is acceptable, and there is great hope that it will break one billion.

Wang Zhongjun said, "The current ticket subsidy is almost enough. In addition to Tao Piao Piao and the 5000 million we paid, Weiying Times and Maoyan also have part of the ticket subsidy. Wait until the first two weeks to see."

"What about the share? It will be released in three days."

Wang Zhongjun hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head, "Wait, let's look at the box office of "Interstellar" tonight. If there are big fluctuations this Monday, it shouldn't have much impact on us."

One billion box office, even if a point is tens of millions of yuan, who is willing to give it up.

Although 1000 million is a little bit of money compared to one billion, the production cost of this film is only 2000 million, and the ticket supplement is another [-] million. There are also a lot of publicity and distribution fees, and the cost is not low.

Wang Zhongjun still decided to wait, in case "Interstellar" has almost exhausted its box office potential after the explosion of the first two weeks.

After all, 11 billion in 12 days is really exciting.

"By the way, Zhong Lei, there will be two blockbuster films "Fast and Furious 6" and "Pacific Rim" released next, so pay more attention to them, so as not to cause complications." Wang Zhongjun warned again.

"Don't worry, brother, these two movies won't have any influence." Wang Zhonglei said with a relaxed face.

Most of the Hollywood blockbusters are now being rubbed against the ground by domestic films. Not only are the films of big directors, but even medium-budget films such as "Tiny Times", "To Youth", and "The Breakup Master" are also Hollywood blockbusters of the same period.

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile, "The first part of "Fast and Furious 5" is only in the early [-] million domestically. This series has always been tepid, and this is the case with the sixth part."

""Pacific Rim" invested 6800 million dollars, which is a complete rush. It was released in North America for ten days and only got 1 million US dollars. It is difficult to break through [-] million US dollars. It’s just a billion yuan.”

There was no way he couldn't beat Tang Anna, but Wang Zhonglei didn't pay attention to two apparently mediocre Hollywood movies.

"It's always right to be careful, they are all released at about the same time, so don't make any mistakes."

Wang Zhongjun nodded. Although many Hollywood movies have sold well in the past two years, they are all top-selling movies such as "Iron Man 3", "Mission: Impossible 4", "Transformers" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 4". series.

Or "The Avengers" which gathers many superheroes, and "Kung Fu Panda 2" with oriental elements

Big IPs such as "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "Superman" also have a box office of more than 3 million yuan, and they can't make it no matter what.

"By the way, the publicity strategy can be changed, mainly targeting "Wolf Warrior" and "Tomb Raider Notes" head-on against the two Hollywood blockbusters."

Wang Zhongjun is now a little thankful that Tang An didn't argue with Lu Chuan and directly put "Tomb Raider Notes" on the same level as "Wolf Warrior".

If "Interstellar" and "Tomb Raider Notes" were to compete, in the current situation, it would definitely be detrimental to them.

But the object of comparison has become "Wolf Warrior", which is quite different. "Tomb Raider Notes" is sure to surpass "Wolf Warrior", which just echoes Tang An's words.

As for not being able to compare?
That's impossible!

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has already popularized this genre, and "Tomb Raiders Notes" is a comparable IP. No matter what, it will not fail to be a military film.

It is another gimmick to portray "Tomb Raider Notes" as the vanguard of Chinese-language movies against Hollywood movies.

When the time comes to overwhelm two Hollywood blockbusters, it will represent the victory of domestic films, and the meaning will be different.

Wang Zhongjun is preparing for the upcoming release, and will also pay attention to the box office data of "Interstellar" every half hour. I am afraid that Tang An himself is not so diligent in paying attention to his own movie.

But after the afternoon, the smile on Wang Zhongjun's face became less and less.

At 05:30 in the afternoon, looking at the data on the computer screen, Wang Zhongjun knew that his thoughts had failed.

The box office trend is still strong, and there is not much decline.

Shaking his head, tidied up, rushed to a private club, and met Zhang Qiang and Ye Tuan.

After drinking a sip of tea and chatting for a while, they went straight to the topic.

Not only did Wang Zhongjun pay attention to "Interstellar" all the time and sent many actuaries to analyze it, but the other two also did the same.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

Now they have enough understanding of "Interstellar", but it is not a good result.

After exchanging their respective analysis situations, there were no considerations by many parties, and they unanimously decided to appropriately reduce the share and give up part of the profits to the theaters, so as to strive for more film schedules.

After all, with the current trend of "Interstellar", even if "Tomb Notes" is released, it can still occupy 30% of the film schedule.

Even if "Fast and Furious", which was released one day later, has no big sales potential, it still occupies a lot of film schedules.

There is also "Shocking Crisis", which was released today. Judging from the current box office, it should have nearly 2000 million on the first day, which will undoubtedly account for a part of the film schedule.

Now the theaters give 45% of the first day of "Tomb Raiders Notes" on Thursday, 30% of "Interstellar", and 15% of "Shocking Crisis".

Arranging films is a must, and it is futile if there are not enough shows.

As for the specific plan, Wang Zhongjun suggested, "My opinion is, starting from the second week, give up two points every week, up to three weeks."

Zhang Qiang and Ye Tuo weighed it up and nodded. Taking time as a ladder is indeed more cost-effective than taking box office as a ladder. After all, not every commercial movie can be as strong as "Interstellar".

Their original share was two points higher than usual, 45% in the first week, which is also the share that many blockbuster films with big selling potential are eligible to get, and "Interstellar" is also this proportion.

In terms of profit sharing, 43% in the second week, 41% in the third week, and 39% in the fourth week and beyond.

With the fame of "Tomb Raider Notes" in the first week, coupled with a large number of pre-sales and ticket subsidies, there must be no need to worry too much in the first week. The follow-up theaters will have more benefits and will arrange more films.

After talking about the business, it's time to eat, drink, eat, drink, and now step up the promotion and wait for the next box office.

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(End of this chapter)