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Chapter 627 The rookies peck each other's North American summer vacation! (The first update asks for a subscription! Ask for a monthly pass!)
At 2013 pm local time on August 8, 8, several commercial vehicles were parked on the tarmac of Los Angeles International Airport.

A dozen or so people of different skin colors, headed by a Chinese and two middle-aged Caucasians, were standing beside the convoy, apparently waiting for someone.

A middle-aged white man said, "Mr. Zhang, "Crazy Rich Asians" will be released next week. This movie also has an all-Asian cast, and it is adapted from a best-selling novel. It is released by Warner Bros. at the end of this summer." It is a key project, and the word of mouth of the movie is very little, so it will have a certain impact on "Interstellar."

Zhang Yi, director of North American distribution of Hantang Media, said with a smile, "Mr. Burt, the reputation of "Interstellar" is also not bad, and many of Tang Dong's previous films have been released in North America, with good box office and video results. "

Another white person said, "There are two movies with all-Asian casts in the same period, and the Asian audience will inevitably be divided."

"It depends on Fox's marketing capabilities. I believe Mr. Rodner is already prepared." Zhang Yi smiled.

After chatting for a while, a plane from the other side of the ocean landed on time, and Tang An and his party got off the plane.

"Chairman." Zhang Yi stepped forward quickly.

"Boss Zhang has worked hard."

Tang An nodded, and took a deep breath, he was not used to this beautiful air.

Looking at the two white men opposite, Zhang Yi also made an introduction.

"Chairman, these two are 20th Century Fox Global Distribution Vice President Burt Livings, and Senior Vice President in charge of Film Marketing Ronald Wheeler."

"Mr. Burt, Mr. Ronald, hello."

Tang An smiled and shook hands one by one.

Deng Wendy, who had originally discussed with Tang An about the North American screening, did not come, nor did the vice president I saw last time.

Tang An didn't care about what happened inside News Corp. No matter Bert, Ronald or whoever, as long as it didn't affect the release of the movie, it didn't matter.

"Mr. Tang, hello, it's the first time we met. I didn't expect that you are as young as the rumors say."

"Hehe, Mr. Burt praised you."

When I met you, you were so young, so it was rumored.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Tang An boarded the leading commercial vehicle, and Zhang Yi also followed.

First of all, we need to understand the current situation of the North American summer vacation. Although we have passed emails before, we still have to understand in person many times.

This year's North American summer season is still the same as last year's box office. Even five years later, the North American market has not expanded.

After more than 100 years of development, the North American market has been fully developed, and there is basically no potential. As far as the ceiling is concerned, the box office in 13 is not much higher than that in 03.

Today, there are 19 North American summer movies with a production cost of more than [-] million US dollars, but these blockbuster movies basically cost more than half.

"Oblivion", "Return to Earth", "Pacific Rim", "Forest Warrior" and other blockbusters all hit the street.

"Chairman, you don't know that the North American market is really crazy this year, and there are not many blockbuster movies that are not sequels."

Speaking of this year's North American summer vacation, Zhang Yi still has lingering fears.

One after another of the original non-sequel blockbuster hit the street, that is a disaster.

He went on to say, "Not only original movies, but also blockbuster adaptations are hard to sell. Before the release of "Underworld Police", Warner had a hunch and reduced the scale of announcements to reduce losses. As a result, the production cost of this film alone The US$1.3 million comic-adapted film has a North American box office of just over 3000 million."

Tang An shook his head, "The setting of "Underworld Police Station" is too niche, focusing on adult male audiences, without female audiences and teenagers. "Men in Black 3", the final fiasco is not without warning."

Tang An has seen this movie, and originally wondered if it was a ghost movie, or similar to the setting of some domestic ghost novels. The protagonist can communicate with yin and yang, and as a law enforcement officer, he can enforce the law in the yang world, not only catching the living, but also catching ghosts.

However, it is a big bad movie, an ordinary gangster movie, except that two policemen, one old and one young, are dead, and the dead Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges are stupid in the movie. It is estimated that the makeup artist is afraid of being scared. I didn't dare to make it too realistic, it was all beams and smoke synthesized by computer.

The plot is extremely clichéd, two people, one old and one young, one with mouth and one with hands, investigate mysterious cases of ghosts and ghosts, fight against hell creatures, old and young partners, immortality, super weapons, and hilarious actions.

A solid spooky action comedy.

The leading actor, Reynolds, is still a box office poison. Before that, "Green Lantern" was a disaster.

But two years later, this one is about to become popular. After starring in Deadpool in "Wolverine", the small and medium-cost superhero movie "Deadpool" starring in 16 was a big success.

He also starred in the one-man army "Buried Alive".

"I heard that Fox plans to start a spin-off of the "X-Men" series and spin off "Deadpool" alone?" Tang An interjected.

"There is such a thing. I was preparing the script in 07, but now that Reynolds has screwed up two big productions in a row, it is estimated that this project will be shelved indefinitely." Zhang Yi replied.

Tang An thought for a while and said, "Well, you can pay attention to see if Fox needs to invest."

Investing in Hollywood movies is a very risky thing. Basically, they are meat buns and dogs, and there is no return.

Major Hollywood companies usually have a production company and a hairstyling company, and production and distribution are separated.

In addition to the clear division of labor, the other is to make accounts.

There are many examples of similar movies being sold, but investors losing money.

Disney is now one of the largest groups in Hollywood, but its own film production business is losing money every year. Instead, its distribution company Bowei Films is making blood.

The production cost of "Deadpool" seems to be 5000 million U.S. dollars, and the final global box office is more than 7 million. No matter how Fox does the accounting, it is impossible to make a profit of the producer.

Tang An would not invest if there were only [-]-[-] million at the box office. When the accounts were settled, the box office would be four or five times the cost.

"Okay Chairman, I will talk to Fox. It should not be a big problem. Reynolds has already invested in two blockbuster movies. Deadpool, a superhero, did not get a good response when he appeared in "Wolverine" a few years ago. Whether it is comics Fans or moviegoers won't buy it, the risk is too great, and Fox will definitely need outside investment."

Although the risk was high, Zhang Yi didn't persuade him too much, and agreed without hesitation.

After staying in North America for several years, although Tang An's movies and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" are both selling well in North America, if his company can participate in the investment and even distribution of Hollywood movies, then he, the person in charge of the North American distribution department will have a higher status.

Continue to learn about the trends of the summer file, and the opponents that "Interstellar" will face next.

"Underworld Police" is not the worst. It gathers the original crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean", director Gore Verbinski, gold medal producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and Captain Jack Depp Iron Triangle, spending 2.5 million The super blockbuster "The Lone Ranger" only got a box office of 8800 million US dollars in North America.

This movie is called "Pirates of the Caribbean" on land. The pirate ship has become a train, and Captain Jack has become a prodigal son. The appearance is somewhat similar to Captain Jack, with some messy things painted on his face and fast rags tied on his forehead.

But it's clear that audiences don't buy it, and the success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is hard to replicate.

With a bunch of blockbusters hit the street, other movies will naturally break out, and there are quite a few dark horses in the summer.

"Hot Girl" and "The Great Gatsby", which target women as the primary audience, all performed well. The reason why the sci-fi disaster film "Doomsday War" starring Brad Pitt also benefited from More than half of the female audience turned the tide.

So good looks can still be sold for money. If Pete and Xiao Lizi are replaced, it is not a matter of whether those female audiences will still enter the movie theater.

Two small-budget horror and suspense films, "The Purge of Man" and "The Conjuring", have become dark horses, and they are still dominated by female audiences.

Tang An complained speechlessly, when did American women become so courageous.

But North America is the same as in China, women and children earn the best money.

On the same day tomorrow, there are also "Counterfeit Family", "Percy Jackson and the Sea of ​​Warcraft", "Elysium", and "Planes". slices.

The scale of "Interstellar" opening in North America this time is 2700 theaters, which is medium in the same period.

During the same period, ten films were released in more than 2000 theaters, and "The Smurfs 2" had the highest number of 3800 theaters.

Although "The Smurfs 2", which has already been released, hit the market, it only made $1800 million in the first three days of the first weekend last week, which is only half of the first film, but as Columbia's main film, it still got the highest ranking.

There are no blockbuster movies, and there is a sense of rookies pecking at each other.

And in the same period, only the sci-fi thriller "Elysium" starring Matt Damon is of the same genre.

The director of this film is the director of the famous movie "The Ninth District" four years ago. This time it is a science fiction film, and two big names, Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, joined in the starring role.

Sony has bought out the global distribution rights for US$1.15 million in cash, and the cost of US$9000 million has been earned back, and there are other copyrights such as video tapes that can be profitable.

Domestic movies have overseas buyouts, and North America also has them, which is gambling.

After learning about the situation, Tang An asked about Deng Wendy's situation.

"Chairman, Murdoch has publicly filed for divorce in the court last month, and is probably negotiating a divorce agreement. According to media estimates, Wendy Deng can get a compensation of one billion U.S. dollars." Zhang Yi said.

Billion dollars
If she really wants so much, Murdoch can fight a lawsuit for several years, and the legal fees will not be able to be paid by then. The top lawyer team in North America is not cheap.

Just got more than 800 million US dollars in shares, a three-story apartment on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and a courtyard house in Beijing.

When Murdoch was questioned by telephone wiretapping in the English Parliament, he slapped a protester who broke into the parliament and tried to throw a paper plate full of shaving cream at his face. Women will stay away from the top of the media circle from now on.

Tang An shook his head, and stopped paying attention to the former top ten super rich wives list.

Without the status of Murdoch's wife, although she often appears in various celebrity circles, she is no longer qualified to talk to Tang Anping, and it is even useless.

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