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Chapter 629 Climbing to the top of the global weekly championship again! (The first update asks for a subscription!)
"Last week, North America reappeared the melee situation of five new films, the comedy "Fake Family" starring Jennifer Aniston, the sequel film "Percy Jackson and the Sea of ​​​​Wow Beasts", the director of District 1020 starring Matt Damon The new sci-fi work "Elysium" and the Disney animated film "Plane" and the sci-fi blockbuster "Interstellar" directed by Hua Guo director Tang An all chose to be released at the same time. In the end, "Elysium" led the crowded market with a box office of [-] million US dollars. weekend."

""Elysium" topped the box office in North America on Friday, and the Chinese film "Interstellar" ranked second, with 830 million in a single day, creating director Tang An's personal best opening result!"

"With the lack of support from heavyweight movies, this week may be the most sluggish week in the North American film market's summer vacation this year. The sci-fi movie "Elysium" reached the top with a first-day score of only 1020 million U.S. dollars."

Director Neil Blomkamp's last film, who directed "District 3000," only had a global box office of [-] million U.S. dollars, but compared to the cost of [-] million U.S. dollars, it was already a big hit, and it caused a lot of trouble among movie fans. big impact.

The director, who is only one year younger than Tang An, has also become a new star in the director's circle. The new film is also a sci-fi theme, and there are two superstars joining him. It is no surprise that he won the box office champion on the first day.

However, "Interstellar" stood out and won the runner-up among the four new films and it was somewhat unexpected.

In the previous summer file, sci-fi films such as "Return to Earth" and "Pacific Rim" basically hit the market. Unexpectedly, near the end of the summer file, there are still two sci-fi movies leading the way.

However, compared to the domestic reviews that are full of praise, this film does not have a high evaluation in North America, even worse than "The Martian".

"The United States Today": The film is quite ambitious, very attractive and thought-provoking, but also tedious, and the film's advanced special effects technology seems to be a bit of a misnomer.

"The Hollywood Reporter": This is Tang An's love letter to space travel and star exploration. The audience needs a certain amount of patience to watch this film, but the film itself also provides incredible emotional rewards for patient viewers and a beautiful visual landscape.

"The Guardian" commented: Not all films are like "Peerless Catastrophe", which requires the stupid enthusiasm of volunteers when human beings face extinction, but at least the former is a space adventure movie, and "Interstellar" is just a Scientific reporting, although not very rigorous.

The well-known Hollywood movie review website "Playlist" even said: "Interstellar" takes the audience on a journey to the farthest corners of the universe, but what the audience finally gets is a feeling that is cheap and available everywhere, even the Hermann greeting card chain store can supply.

Tang An looked at these negative reviews calmly. Everything was unexpected. It is impossible for this movie to get high reviews in North America.

I read seven or eight newspapers in a row, and except for one that was all positive, the others were mixed.

Put down the papers and forget about these things, that's Fox's job.

Fox Radio and Television gave the film a positive review: "Interstellar" should have a place in the halls of sci-fi classics such as "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and so on.And praised it as a space adventure full of surrealism and fantasy.

I went through Rotten Tomatoes again, and the freshness is 71%, while the IMBD score is 8.3 points.

"Most of Interstellar is super boring, super annoying, super stupid, and it's positioned as a movie with multiple big themes, but it doesn't get any of them right."

"The plot is a bit contradictory, and the ending is a bit ridiculous, but the effect of the IMAX film screening is very shocking."

"Interstellar is a respectable idea, but the storytelling and execution are somewhat lacking."

There are a lot of negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and IMBD, but the freshness of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes and the high score of 8.3 points prove that most of the audience in North America are quite acceptable.

Similar to the original version, there are differences in the aesthetics of North American and domestic audiences. North America is more respectful of movies like "Gravity". This movie later became a hit in North America in terms of box office, word-of-mouth, and Oscars. "Interstellar".

There is even a saying that "Interstellar" is as long as two "Gravities", but only half as good.

No way, "Interstellar" shows the insignificance of human beings through the big idea of ​​saving human beings, and further highlights the male protagonist's desire for home. On the surface, it is to save human beings, but in fact it is not. It's just the background.

"Gravity" is very pure. I want to live without getting involved in extraneous thoughts. Just one life is enough, and I am tense with the plot.

Two different cores, for domestic audiences, family affection and love are more important than self.

But from the perspective of North American audiences, although many movies contain family affection and love, the core is still self-centered individualism and heroism.

Compared with the hero of "Interstellar", the self-help of the heroine of "Gravity" is more in line with the aesthetics of North American audiences.

The situation in each country is different. "Forrest Gump" that swept the United States that year created a legend of a hero, a "superhero" with an intelligence of only 75.

Personal hero!It is the most important thing in Hollywood commercial movies!
In the next two days of the weekend, "Interstellar" still maintained a relatively high box office, with a total of 1840 million US dollars in the two days, and a total of 2670 million in the first three days of the weekend.

The box office champion is still "Elysium", which won 2940 million US dollars in three days.

"Fake Family" earned 2430 million in three days, ranking third.

However, on Monday of the new week, the box office of "Elysium" plummeted. This dystopian thriller sci-fi blockbuster was not popular with the audience. It only received 280 million box office, a drop of more than 70%.

As a comedy, "Fake Family" has a good reputation and a strong trend. It won 560 million box office that day, more than double that of "Elysium".

Although the trend of "Elysium" is average, it is similar to most Hollywood blockbusters. Sometimes the box office in the first week can account for one-third or even half of the total box office.

The trend of "Counterfeit Family" is relatively against the sky. Although "Interstellar" is not as good as it is, it also earned 520 million US dollars in a single day, still occupying the No. 2 single-day box office.

In its four days of release, it grossed $3190 million.

At the same time, the overseas box office of last weekend has also been accurately counted.

"Interstellar" was first released in three places across the Taiwan Strait, and more than 70 overseas countries and regions were released together with North America, and more than a dozen or 20 regions were released later.

In the domestic area, "Interstellar", which has been released for nearly 30 days, still received a high box office of 1.1 million in the fifth week of last week, with a total box office of 18.95 billion!
1.1 million yuan in China, and other markets around the world have also performed quite well.

In Southeast Asia, South Korea, which contributed $1200 million in its opening weekend, exploded unexpectedly.

Singapore earned US$380 million in the first weekend, while Japan Benzene, a big-ticket warehouse, achieved mediocre results, with only US$160 million in the first weekend.

The rest of Southeast Asia also contributed $610 million, taking the entire region to $2350 million in its opening weekend.

In Europe, the opening weekend box office was slightly lower than in Southeast Asia, but it still had 2080 million US dollars.

The Xiangjiang and Baodao regions have been in theaters for five weeks, and there is basically no box office potential. The two regions have contributed 1360 million US dollars in the past month.

It's the three-day box office in South Korea, so the potential of those two places is just that.

Xiangjiang Treasure Island adds up to 1360 million US dollars, which does not even rank in the top three cities in China.

"Interstellar" has a box office of more than 9000 million U.S. dollars in five cities across the country, and Shenzhen, the third-best filming city, contributed 1360 million yuan at the box office, which is slightly higher than [-] million U.S. dollars.

One province and one city, combined, is not as much as the box office of a city in Shenzhen. The film markets of these two provinces and cities are already insignificant to the country.

Adding up more than 70 regions around the world, "Interstellar" received a total of 8790 million US dollars last week, and once again topped the global weekly box office champion.

Since "Interstellar" was released, this is the second time it has won the global single-week box office championship. The last time was the second week of domestic release, with a total of 1.1 million U.S. dollars in the three regions.

Ordinary viewers in North America don't pay attention to the global box office, but for the executives of these major companies, they must always pay attention to the box office of various regions around the world every week, and still understand the trends of the global market anytime, anywhere.

Columbia Pictures, Vice President of Global Theatrical Distribution Elizabeth walked into the office of CEO Sandford early in the morning.

"Mr. Sanderson, I'm sorry, but I didn't get the distribution rights for "Interstellar"."

As soon as she entered the door, Elizabeth made a mistake first.

Sanderson didn't pursue it either. Wendy Deng's offer on behalf of Fox was too high, and it was impossible for Columbia to match it.

North America only needs 1800 points of distribution rights, guaranteed drawing and follow-up filming, and [-] million US dollars in publicity and distribution fees. Even if Elizabeth agrees, Sanderson will not agree.

If the box office is less than 4000 million US dollars, then Columbia will not even be able to recover the publicity expenses.

Sanderson has only one request, "Must win the global DVD and peripheral rights of "Interstellar"!"

Elizabeth nodded, "I will try my best, but Fox will definitely not give up."

"Interstellar" earned 2670 million US dollars in the first week. Judging from Monday's drop, there is basically no problem breaking through [-] million.

A North American movie with over [-] million yuan has a good reputation, and the peripheral income that can be generated is also a huge number.

Not only the current income, but in the next five, ten or even 50 years, these bought out peripheral copyrights can still bring a lot of profits.

Columbia does not make much money from the films it invests in and distributes every year, and basically relies on its film library to support itself.

"It's not about trying our best, we must win it. Tang An is a person who puts interests first. After working with us twice, he cooperated with the Lions again. We offered a high price for "Edge of Tomorrow" and cooperated again. Deng An of "The Martian" Wendy set a high price and immediately cooperated with Fox, the only thing that can impress him is profit!" Sanderson said with a serious face.

"I see!"

"It is said that he plans to invest in Hollywood movies?" Sanderson asked again.

"I said it. The head of the North American distribution department under him is talking about "Deadpool" with Fox. It should be true." Elizabeth replied.

"The Huaguo market is developing faster and faster. "Interstellar" earned more than 3 million U.S. dollars in Huaguo alone. Even films like "Pacific Rim" are estimated to get [-] million U.S. dollars. We must find a Cooperation with film companies in Huaguo!"

Sanderson talked about another important matter. At present, Huaguo's share of imported films has been raised to 25%, and 2500 million US dollars can get [-] million US dollars, which is also a large sum.

However, the number of imported films is small, and most films still enter the domestic market as batches.

Back then, the copyright fee for "The Expendables" was only US$50, but Huaguo sold it for US$3300 million, and China Film Group earned tens of millions of dollars after excluding the cost of publicity and distribution.

Later, "The Expendables 2" was fired at a high price of 800 million US dollars by the Huaguo producer.

The "Death Squad" series is so popular in China, the investors are not reconciled to just taking the buyout fee, and plan to enter the China market as a co-production film.

"The Expendables 3" that is being prepared has LeTV's investment, and Li Lian participated in it, just to make a difference in China.

In the end, it still didn't get the qualification for co-production, and didn't even have an import quota. It could only be bought out by China Film as a batch of films, with a price of 1400 million US dollars.

Thinking of this kind of thing, Sanderson has a headache. The standards for co-productions are too strict, and the buy-out films are basically controlled by China Film and China Film. Nor do they have the financial resources.

What a domineering country, a domineering government, such a ruthless monopoly!
Sanderson also knew the status of Tang An's company in Huaguo, the boss of the private company, and the only company that could fight against China Film.

If Tang An dares to compete with China Film, Columbia and other companies will have a lot of approved films for him.

With the first one, there will be a second one and a third one. As long as it is not monopolized by China Film, even if it is a buyout, it can be sold at a good price in Huaguo!
And with more and more people competing, the price of speculation will be higher and higher!

Sanderson also asked Elizabeth to talk to Tang An. As long as the target is settled, there will be something for next year's film.

"Okay, Mr. Sanderson, I'll talk to Tang An right away. I think the copyright of "Interstellar" will not be difficult as long as the price is high."

Elizabeth nodded and left the office.

PS: There is one more chapter later.

(End of this chapter)