Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

On December 24, 1991, a new Western Lunar New Year movie arrived, and theaters around the world were bombarded by "Lucky Star" starring Jim Carrey and Courteney Cox.

Although this movie was proposed by Shao Yifu on November 5th. At that time, Jim Carrey's production on the set of "The Man in Disguise" had not yet been completed, but "The Invincible Lucky Star" had no special effects and the story was simple...

The whole process is just about watching the comedian's performance and personal performance.

Finished filming and put into post-production in less than 40 days, announced? Mainly on various TV stations, Jim Carrey was promoted on the program.

In this dimension, Jim Carrey also became popular with the help of the movie "New Love". "New Love" represents Hui Jinheng's turnaround film with a superficial investment of 200 million Hong Kong dollars and a global box office of 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

No one said that Ah Heng was a wasted young man from a wealthy family anymore, and Jia Ling also became an international actress.

Jim Carrey's popularity is also extremely popular in Europe and the United States, and Courteney Cox is also one of the heroines of the two popular seasons of Friends.

Therefore, we have put enough effort into publicity and distribution, and it is impossible to lose money. It is this Jim Carrey, whose comedy performance has allowed a less exciting film (The Detective) to win more than 100 million worldwide before the release of "The Man in Disguise". US dollar box office.

After his funny power exploded? ?

From the 24th to the 29th, in a six-day opening weekend, the box office grossed US$39 million in North America and US$31 million in Europe. Even if we don’t talk about East Asia and Southeast Asia, this trend is all for Shao Yifu to win. .

Shao Daheng, who is about to turn 85, once again attracted the attention of the Hong Kong film industry, and then... everyone read it a few times and felt that the script was just like that. It was not very exciting, there were no exciting fighting scenes, and there were no great special effects.

This is...

He is completely like Xingzi who has taken the world by storm with his personal charm!

Courteney was ecstatic. Talking about her qualifications, she was an Asian Theater Student in 1986. Which of her classmates in the same year, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, and Winona Ryder, was not a female superstar? ?

Although she was one of the heroines in two seasons of "Friends" and became very popular in the TV industry, she really doesn't have many masterpieces in movies.

(Invincible Lucky Star) is a bit like pretending to be crazy and laughing at the great aunt, but it is indeed a very bright resume for her. With this resume, her salary has skyrocketed!

When the time entered 1992, in January, the number of theaters in Haowan, Mainland China and Hong Kong was already overflowing.

For example, in Hong Kong Island, even if a movie starts with 20% of the film schedule, the maximum daily box office is close to 2.6 million Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, blockbusters such as "Dragon Playing with Phoenix", "The Taiping Wheel", "A Lang's Story" and "God's Fortune" all start from 30 % of the film schedule will start, and will be launched one after another one week apart.

At its peak, a six-room theater screened five different blockbusters at the same time.

This is the Lunar New Year period before the Spring Festival, and the war is officially going on.

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Huayuan Phase 1.

When Winona Ryder entered the community in the nanny car, she quickly got out of the car, breathed in the fresh air and ran back to Building 3.

Filming in Hollywood for several months (Nuns are also crazy) really made her uncomfortable. For example, some people wanted to pursue her, even if the Pan-Asian bodyguard was absolutely reliable, it also caused her a certain amount of annoyance.

Are there some big bosses who want to hide the rules for her? Even more outrageous, it was still done by Pan-Asian bodyguards.

Nothing happened, but compared with the relaxed and safe environment in Hong Kong when she was filming movies, she was already very uncomfortable with life in Hollywood.

On the other hand, various gossip magazines and countless newspapers reported her scandals casually, often with just one picture at the beginning, and the content was all guided by the editor's public opinion? ?

It made her even more uncomfortable and physically and mentally exploded.

Although she was quite popular when filming (Spider-Man 1) before, but compared to (Spider-Man 1) after it made more than 800 million U.S. dollars at the global box office, it was a completely different era.

When they arrived at the door, they walked without any harassment or obstruction. Winona still complained happily, "It's still safe and comfortable to live in Huayuan Phase 1..."

At this moment, a figure walked out of Building 3, it was Courteney Cox, her eyes lit up when she saw Winona, "Winona? Ha, long time no see, by the way, (Spider-Man 2) Is it about to start filming? I really envy you, it’s time to use the second part to increase your influence."

Winona was stunned and speechless, "Why do I feel like it's not good news?"

If you want to shoot Spider-Man 2, don’t you have to go to North America, Hollywood or New York to shoot? ?

Courteney said unexpectedly, "What's wrong? What happened to you over there?"

Winona complained with a bitter smile, "Not to mention other things, it's not a big deal, but those unscrupulous media paparazzi are so abominable. I just had a dinner with many actors from the crew, and then I was accused of being with someone. Falling in love."

"I made it clear that I was not in a relationship, but the people who attacked me actually said that I discriminated against black actors... and many people surrounded me to protest."

"I publicly clarified it again. Later, I got closer to some of the actresses on the set, and it was widely reported that I like people of the same sex...it was like a nightmare."

"When I go out on Hong Kong Island, even if I am recognized in public, up to three bodyguards can maintain order. When the police come to help, there are less than 8 people around me and I don't dare to go shopping."

Courteney, “…”

She can't even deal with it. Is this the price of fame? It seems like there aren’t that many messy things happening in Hong Kong Island, right? ?

The more serious gossip is nothing more than Wu Zhenyu's behind-the-scenes cooking, and after Li Lianjie (Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng) was released, the media said that Ajie was on the street, had no box office appeal, and was about to be eliminated by movie fans...

What happened to Winona there?

After being confused for a while, she also smiled bitterly and said, "On December 24, 1990, (Spider-Man 1) was released globally. It was already January 3, 1992. The preliminary preparations for the second part and the production of various models must have been arranged. .”

"Even the third part of Wanted can start filming. I heard that (Jurassic Park 3) will also start filming after the Spring Festival."

"At the beginning of 1992, three movies with super special effects were launched at the same time. Even if it was the end of 1992 or the beginning of 1993 when they were released, it was still a super audio-visual lineup."

Winona's head felt heavy for a while, "I'm feeling numb. Wait, I'm going to beg Axin and ask her to help me beg my boss to let me spend the Spring Festival in Hong Kong Island before returning to New York."

"We'll take a month's rest. At worst, we'll film other people's scenes first."

When she said hello and ran into the building, Courteney Cox was also paralyzed. You, a beautiful white girl from Amei's family, are celebrating the Chinese New Year? ?

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February 4th, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

It has been released globally for more than a month. Europa and Lucky Star, which has grossed US$190 million at the box office in North America, are continuing to be released. Adding data from East and Southeast Asia, this comedy movie starring Jim Carrey has grossed US$270 million globally.

Jim Carrey's salary has increased from US$5 million to US$7 million when the Hollywood Film and Television Group paid him US$5 million to film.

Then……

(Monster in Disguise) was released on New Year's Day.

In the six days from the 4th to the 9th, the box office in North America was US$41 million and in Europe it was US$33 million, a stronger performance than "Lucky Star".

Don’t forget that Lucky Star is on Christmas and New Year’s Day, which are the annual holidays in mainstream Western countries. February 4th to 9th is the Chinese New Year holiday, but most people in Europe and the United States are at work.

After a week of performance, Jim Carrey's salary once again increased from US$7 million to US$10 million! The giants in Hollywood are really stomping their feet in hatred and regretting it. What if they could get a few film contracts before these two movies?

It's going to be really profitable.

It was under such circumstances that Zhao Donghuai said to Xiaoxian, "Let's arrange for the VCD player and disc system to be put online at Wanjia Supermarket."

Wang Zuxian hesitated for a moment, "Really? A machine in Hong Kong costs 3,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is twice or more cheaper than a video recorder and a laser disc player. A disc is 20 Hong Kong dollars?? It is more than 15 times cheaper than a laser disc..."

"If you get it, the impact will come, and it will be difficult to take it back?"

Zhao Donghuai laughed, "Technology is developing and the times are progressing. You can't block everyone's way. Just like the pharmaceutical giants control various serious diseases that require lifelong medication, it does not mean that there is really no cure."

"If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will. It's better not to be a dragon."

There are many stories about young men who slay dragons and eventually become evil dragons, but here, Zhao Donghuai is not so obscene. Another reason is that the VCD player and disc production technology are also working for him and Monica Bellucci and Jennifer Kang. Nalley opens up a new river of cash!

Xiaoxian nodded, then pulled Li Jiaxin excitedly and said, "Come on, let's arrange for people to go down and make detailed statistics on which movies have been hit at the box office after the Lunar New Year period."

"This is about to start a new era in the film and television industry!"

Li Jiaxin nodded, "I'm quite curious too, but as long as the source of the film is controlled, the probability of a blockbuster box office impact is not very high. Only those bad films and those with aesthetic fatigue will be severely affected."

Technology is developing and the times are advancing. Hong Kong Haowan discs are 20 Hong Kong dollars each, Island, Korea, Star, Malaysia and Thailand are 30 Hong Kong dollars each, and the mainland is tentatively priced at 15 yuan.

At this level of price? ?

It just depends on the war with pirates. At this price, pirates are quite competitive.

What can I say about this price? If one person buys it together, it will still feel expensive and inappropriate. However, the number of video halls that were not too many in the past will be ten, fifteen, or twenty times in full bloom.

There are video halls everywhere, and you can watch seven or eight movies all night with just a few dollars... This is the real impact. Big blockbusters, super blockbusters, and the DVDs were released late. I couldn't wait to watch them after they were released.

But movies like (Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng) (Xinbi Blood Sword) (Tianlong Babu: Tianshan Tonglao) are miserable...

When it was released, you were too lazy to spend money to watch it because there were too many films of the same type as the previous one. You could just watch it when the video tape was released later, and then the video hall expanded ten or twenty times? ?

What is being killed is the living space of similar films, less outstanding films, and truly bad films.

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February 13, the tenth day of the first lunar month.

When Xiao Ma arrived at a certain production set by car, he smiled and greeted everyone when he entered. The main creative team of "A Comic to the End of the World" have been working together for nearly two months, and they went back to their hometown for a few days off during the Spring Festival.

The reunion after the holidays is not far away from the finalization period.

When Xiao Ma said hello to the pretty girl Bai Anni, he walked to the area surrounded by Lin Junxian, Cheng Kui'an and others, and said with a smile, "Brother Xian, Brother An, what are you doing? Watching the video tape?"

"Hey...it's not a video recorder."

Lin Junxian smiled and said, "It's the Pacific VCD player and VCD discs. Good guy, a finished video tape costs more than 100 Hong Kong dollars. Now the VCD disc only costs 20 Hong Kong dollars. It's more than five times cheaper at once."

"Xiao Ma, we are all insiders, and you are still a top student. Do you think this will be a good thing or a bad thing for us filmmakers and the video revenue after the movie is released?"

"Even the VCD machine is half the price, down from 5,000 to 6,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan per unit."

"It was launched on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and today is only the tenth day of the first lunar month. I heard that more than 5,000 units were sold on Hong Kong Island in two days, and all kinds of DVDs were also sold like crazy."

Cheng Kui'an came over, winked and said, "Do you know which disc sells the most? I heard that the director, Mai Jiejie, made (What Futon), and the movie only earned more than 18 million when it was released in Golden Princess. Hong Kong dollar box office.”

"But in the two days between the eighth and ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the Pacific VCD chain sold 100,000 discs! Sales volume of 2 million Hong Kong dollars! Damn it, so many people in Hong Kong Island watch albums?"

Lin Junxian also looked emotional, feeling like he didn't know what to say.

When Liang Jiaren came over... Just as he was about to ask everyone what they were busy with, Xiao Ma suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Director, I want to take a few more days off today, mainly because of a sudden accident at home. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

Liang Jiaren, "..."

Lao Liang was silent for a few seconds, "How many days will you please?"

Xiao Ma said quickly, "We will definitely arrive after the Lantern Festival."

Liang Jiaren suddenly realized, "No problem. If you have something to do at home, just call me. Why bother coming here in person? We are all old acquaintances."

In the previous film (Descendants of the Dragon) and this one (A Comic to the End of the World), Liang Jiaren also had many scenes opposite Xiao Ma.

Xiao Ma thanked him quickly, apologized to his other partners one by one, and then ran away in a hurry.

He really didn't pay attention to this point when he was on vacation at home before. He was sure that those who bought so many video players and discs were definitely those who opened video parlors. Those who were not short of money? It’s just a few wealthy families or the second or third generation who just buy and play for themselves.

He wants to go back immediately to see how the video theater market in Pengcheng is doing... If it works, the hundreds of thousands he originally planned to buy a house will be invested in the video theater market first.

This wave of blood profit!

Not only Pengcheng, but it's not that he can't try to go to other areas of Guangdong Province outside of Pengcheng. It's just that his family has more connections in Pengcheng and it's easier to do things.

If you only open it in Pengcheng, you will become a hands-off shopkeeper and your daily business will not be so busy.

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February 17th, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival.

The festive atmosphere on Hong Kong Island is still strong. Li Jiaxin stood in the Wanjia Cinemas in Tsim Sha Tsui, walked around wearing a hat, sunglasses and a mask, and walked up to the manager's office on the fifth floor with a noisy voice.

In this office at this moment, the branch manager of Wanjia Supermarket was already waiting in wage earner mode. Wang Zuxian asked curiously, "How is it? That Detective Ma Rulong?"

Ah Xin shrugged, "It's quite miserable. The film schedule is 20%. I just went to see a few halls and the occupancy rate was less than 30%. It's already afternoon."

When Xiaoxian looked at the theater manager, the other person smiled bitterly, "Now the main force in occupying the box office is (Granny in Disguise). It has only been released for two weeks. Detective Ma Rulong has been released for seven days, and the Hong Kong box office is only 2.1 million Hong Kong dollars."

The lineup of Detective Ma Rulong is actually not bad, with the four main protagonists Zheng Danrui, Xiao Yingying, Liang Jiahui, and Li Zhi, as well as Liu Songren, Li Zixiong, etc.

HKD 2.1 million in seven days? ? The director is Chen Jiashang, a veteran of the 100-year-old film industry!

If it wasn't for Tony Leung Ka Fai's schedule, he would have finished filming it and released it last year. However, Ah Fai took the role first (91 Black Rose vs. Black Rose) and then went on to film Ma Rulong after finishing filming.

Li Jiaxin said speechlessly, "Cut it down to 10% of the film schedule, and let's start a new film."

The theater manager asked curiously, "Which one should I go to?"

Ah Xin thought for a while, "Let's go to the one starring Ah Fa and Liu Jialing (I Love Twisted Chai)."

Previously (Detective Ma Rulong) was so dismal at the box office after it was released, which has a lot to do with the film reviews. The first group of people who watched the movie have publicly called it a bad movie...

The role played by the male protagonist is obviously intended to be in the comedy style of Xing Ye, but if the performance is poorly performed, it can easily make people look vulgar and obscene. It is a complete waste of beautiful women like Xiao Yingying and Li Zhi appearing together, and it is also a waste of Liang Jiahui's precious performance. .

The male lead was such a failure that it ruined the movie.

This is not what one film critic said, but what many people said in many different newspapers. Bad film reviews coupled with the sudden attack of VCD machines and VCD discs.

In just a few days, the number of video halls on Hong Kong Island has doubled, and it is still developing more. Moreover, many movie fans have discovered that when you go to the video hall to watch movies...the newly opened stores are much cheaper than the old ones. .

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March 6th.

ATV Office.

Zhao Donghuai received the investigation report sent by Li Jiaxin and Xiaoxian, and immediately smiled and said, "It's okay, it's doing well. Ah Fa's (I Love Twisted Chai), it's been 17 days since the Lantern Festival, and the box office has been 23 million Hong Kong dollars?"

"Because the media critics gave this New Territories rural love movie good reviews, the box office seemed not to be affected much."

"For bad movies like (Detective Ma Rulong) and (Four Detectives), the former only earned HK$3.2 million until the next release? Did (Four Detectives), which was released for one week, also get more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars?"

These are the movies that left an impression on Zhao Donghuai.

Let’s just say that the original trajectory of (Detective Ma Rulong) was more than 8 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong, but now it’s over 3 million.

The original track of The Four Detectives grossed more than 13 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, and it opened to more than 4 million in one week? It is estimated that at the next level, you can get more than 10 million, and the loss will not be too big.

Afa’s (I Love Twist Chai) sold 23 million in 17 days, which is not too far from the original track record of 30 million.

As expected, the impact of this round of VCD and disc impact is certainly there, but the impact on blockbusters and movies with good reviews will be limited, with a box office loss of 10 to 20% or 20 to 30%.

But the discs were sold quickly, which meant that the profits from the video tapes were settled in advance.

In the past, how could many people easily afford video tapes that cost more than 100 yuan and laser discs that cost more than 300 yuan? Movies such as "What Futon" continue to this day, Hong Kong Haowan, Star, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea, island countries, because of the existence of retail terminals...

According to retail statistics in more than 20 days, more than 300,000 copies were sold, which is equivalent to more than 8 million Hong Kong dollars!

That’s less than a month! ! What if it can sell nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars a month? His total box office in Hong Kong was only 18 million. As time goes on, this is a billing cycle several times faster than that of original video tapes and laser discs.

After all, the price of Hong Kong Haowan is 20 Hong Kong dollars per disc, and the price of Xingma Tai and Daohan is 30 Hong Kong dollars per disc, so the total data will be more comprehensive.

Ah Xin asked curiously, "This can be considered the beginning, right?" The big impact will depend on the subsequent commercial war on pirated discs. If it cannot be fought, it will be a dead end for those less eye-catching genre films or bad films in the future. faster."

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "This is the same pattern in Hong Kong Haowan, Xingmatai, and South Korea, but it is different in the mainland..."

So far in the Mainland, "Detective Ma Rulong" is also in the upper category of bad movies. It took more than 50 million yuan at the box office after being released in just over a week... The Four Detectives took in more than 40 million yuan in one week.

It's a project that you can show for a long time and can still make a lot of money even though it's a bad movie.

Obviously, compared with the 15-yuan DVD and the 2-yuan movie ticket, the movie ticket is still full of attraction.

It will take several months or even half a year to a year to see sufficient results!

Bad movies deserve to be impacted and should be finished early, but Zhao Donghuai still makes the most money.

In the mainland, the retail price is 5 yuan, which is profitable, and the retail price is 15 yuan. Video halls are popping up everywhere, and the first few waves are all genuine video tapes.

Many VCD discs of old movies are selling like fire. After all, if you open a video parlor, you can't only play a few discs, right? ?

On April 1st, "Weirdos in Disguise" was released one after another around the world, and it finally grossed US$367 million globally, which was higher than the original 1994 version. That's because the movie took in RMB 760 million at the box office in the mainland.

At this stage, the island country does not need to sell its ports. Tens of thousands of theaters continued for a month or two, and the island country collected more than 95 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which is much higher than South Korea's 72 million.

Ticket warehouses were exploding one after another, and Jim Carrey took off on a rocket. Even after more than a month of screening, the DVD of "The Stranger in Disguise" appeared on the market, and the original version sold well... Many people who did not go to the cinema to watch the movie, after watching the disc Went to the theater again.

Again, the viewing experience of 480p on a small screen is not as good as the equivalent of 4K high-definition viewing in large theaters. The difference is really big.

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April 1st.

Shek Kip Mei came to the private room with good luck. Li Xiuxian laughed and toasted, "Xiao Ma, I respect you. After eating, let's go to the nightclub in East Tsim Sha Tsui. We won't come back until we're drunk!"

"I'll cover all the expenses!"

(A Comic to the End of the World), a small-scale, easy-to-shoot movie, was completed in early March and is scheduled to be released on March 26. The five-day process has been completed today.

In five days, Hong Kong Island has more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars, and I have saved more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars. It seems that even if I draw, it will be difficult to break 10 million in this city. In the end, Hong Kong Island can have 89 million, which will be great. It is not easy to save money. Breaking tens of millions.

But the movie was a hit in the Mainland, with more than 70 million yuan in five days, which still makes Li Xiuxian look like... No, it made more than (Descendants of the Dragon).

Mainland RMB is also money!

Moreover, the combined box office revenue of the five countries including Island Korea and Stars Malaysia and Thailand is more than 13 million Hong Kong dollars. Counting the production costs, they have already made a huge profit in the first five days!

Li Xiuxian has already planned to send another 200,000 red envelopes to Xiao Ma.

Xiao Ma smiled, raised his glass, and said, "Thank you very much, Director Li. It's been a pleasure working together."

Xiao Ma was also famous in later generations as a great drinker and a heavy drinker. He drank all over the circle of Internet tycoons. Movies have made money very quickly. In the past two months, the chain of video theaters he opened in Pengcheng has also made a lot of money.

One thing to say, according to the original trajectory of Hong Kong Film... the impact of VCD machines and DVDs, this is still an era where there is no piracy. Anyone who dares to come out will be hammered to death, (Detective Ma Rulong) (Pony version of a comic reaching the end of the world) and so on Movies, such box office performance on Hong Kong Island.

The box office is not as high as the salaries of actors and stars.

The dead stuff is getting more and more thorough.

In this dimension, Stars, Matai, Island, Korea and Bend Province have all become ticket warehouses. The theater chain is integrated, and there are also large ticket warehouses in the mainland. Only in the past few months, filmmakers have felt strong changes, but compared to the overall situation, it is still Not much affected.

If piracy cannot be controlled, it will be much worse.

For example, if Fei Jing, Hua Zai and others don't make bad movies, a large number of employees will not be able to afford food.

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In an office building in Yau Ma Tei, when Akai of the Li family rushed into a certain company and knocked on a certain door, a moment later, Mr. Wu from Zhushe opened the door.

Akai was so anxious that he got angry, "Has Ci Ling finished the film?"

Old Wu nodded, "Don't worry, Mr. Kai. I just watched the movie twice, and the special effects are still impressive. This movie should sell well."

Akai was about to burst into tears, "Why didn't you release it during the Lunar New Year? If it had been released years ago and there were no VCD machines and VCD DVDs, the same movie would have earned at least several million more in one region, or even ten to twenty million more."

"If it was a bad movie, it would be scarier."

The impact of the new technology of the times has just emerged, and many filmmakers who have already watched it are stunned. Chen Jiashang, who made a movie (Detective Ma Rulong), has a box office of more than 3 million in Hong Kong. It is really...

If he were not the director of 100 Years Pictures, Xiao Yingying's salary would be more than 3 million, okay? How to talk about the remuneration of Tony Leung Ka-fai and Li Zhi? If you invite Liu Song and Li Zixiong, both of them will spend millions.

Director Chen from 100 Years Pictures perfectly demonstrated how if he were an external company, he would be able to produce a project with a loss of tens of millions of dollars.

The male protagonist of the movie, Zheng Danshui, was suddenly blacklisted by many directors.

However, the stock price of 100 Years Pictures was not affected by this bad movie. Everyone knows that the core creative team of 100 Years Pictures is Zhou Xingxing, Wang Jing, and Liu Dehua, and Chen Jiashang plays a less important role.

This kind of thing makes Akai feel on pins and needles. He is also afraid of losing money at the box office of Ci Ling. After all, the Li family holds 50% of the shares in this project.

Zhushe Lao Wu was speechless, "I also want to release it during the Lunar New Year period, but for special effects production, do you know how to do special effects?"

Akai, "..."

Akai smoked a cigarette and lit it, then said with red eyes, "(Taipinglun) made a lot of money in January. Wang Yu, Ke Junxiong and Xiang Laoshi made a lot of money."

"The Wheel", which was released between Jim Carrey's two major movies, is indeed a big profit. From the release to the end, the box office in Hong Kong Island was more than 26 million Hong Kong dollars, the provincial box office was 19 million Hong Kong dollars, the Stars, Malaysia and Thailand were 41 million Hong Kong dollars, and the island country was 35 million. and South Korea 41 million.

These equal HK$162 million.

The key is that the mainland is strong. The mainland has accumulated a total of 490 million yuan.

An investment of 100 to 200 million can lead to such an outcome? ? Xiang Laoshi and the others were laughing from ear to ear. After all, they were repairing the Taiping Wheel model, custom-made and modified Taiping Wheel, Jianyuan Wheel...

In fact, the Li family paid 38 million to help them repair it.

38 million can do a lot of things!

Without Johnny Depp and Jennifer Aniston, the salary cost has been saved several times.

Zhou Runfa received 10 million Hong Kong dollars, Liu Xiaoli received 5 million, Bingbing received 300,000, and Yuanyuan received 50,000. The amount of money that Ju Shao was defrauded has covered the largest salary expenses, and the rest can still repair the huge pool studio.

After the release of "Wan Province", the total population was more than double that of Hong Kong Island, and the box office was so much less, which is enough to prove that he is not very popular over there, and there are a lot of scoldings, but the big brother in Zhushe is afraid of you Scold them?

This disaster movie just didn't make much money in Stars, Malaysia, Thailand, or Korea.

Strictly speaking, the total cumulative accumulation of Hong Kong, Haowan, Stars, Matai, Island, and South Korea is only 162 million? ? A big action movie (a big event) by Andy Lau can exceed 100 million yuan in South Korea and Thailand, or even 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

In Europe and the United States, (Taipinglun) also accumulated more than 20 million U.S. dollars, but Xuanfa only lost 5 million U.S. dollars...basically a small profit after recouping the original investment.

It took more than a year of hard work before the film was released. I didn’t make a lot of money, but I definitely can’t say it was too little. For the people who worked on the project, they experienced the impact of the Wu Yusen incident and were lucky to be able to get their money back. .

After working hard for more than a year, Xiang Laoshi and others provided Zhao Donghuai with 60% of the profits. The profit divided into their respective hands was at least 30 to 40 million Hong Kong dollars or RMB profits. Each of the three companies made 30 to 40 million yuan, so what else could they ask for? bike?

This still refers to paying 60% of the protection fee. If you don’t pay the protection fee, each family can theoretically earn 80 to 90 million!

Akai sighed again at this moment, "If (Taiping Wheel) is released during this time period, there will be no profit of nearly 100 million for each company."

Akai didn't know that starting from "Crazy Givenchy/Big Shot", Xiang Laoshi and others would pay 60% of the protection fee to Zhao Donghuai for their blockbusters.

He was just watching, ostensibly looking at the total box office statistics of various places. But in fact (The King of Power), which is a hit in Europe and the United States, Zhushe has to pay a lot of protection fees. Otherwise, without the support of Zhao Donghuai, who of their Zhushe can settle the theater chain? ? Who can ask the theater chain to transfer and settle the money for you in a timely manner? ?

Without Zhao Donghuai, they wouldn't even be able to play Xuanfa.

After speaking, Lao Wu smiled and waved his hand, "Master Kai, don't worry, the current situation is like this, we plan to launch a promotion of 15 million US dollars in Europe and the United States, which is also 117 million Hong Kong dollars, and the promotion in Asia will be more than 3,000 Calculated at 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, do you want to continue investing? Take half of it and declare it."

“Or reduce the share proportionally??”

Akai took a long breath and said, "Are you crazy if each of you gets 75 million Hong Kong dollars to announce your bonus?"

Lao Wu waved his hand grandly, "The total investment before the project is calculated as 300 million, plus 150 million for publicity and distribution, which is 450 million. Only when the project is done well can the capital be recovered and make money."

"Are you still following? If you don't follow the 50% investment, it will drop to 33%."

Akai's blood surged up with a puff, and he really wanted to vomit blood!

Old Wu said calmly, "It's normal. Go and look at the records of our company's (Xiao Lin Boy) two-part series? The first one was announced in Europe and the United States at 10 million U.S. dollars, and the second one was 15 million U.S. dollars. Although in the end it was Not much money was made.”

"But if you don't spend money to announce this kind of thing, how can you get the audience to enter the theater?? In the two parts of Laughing Forest Boy, I also hired beautiful white women."

"At that time, Winona Ryder, Nicole Kidman and Jessica Alba were paid much more than Mercy Amick in our film."

Akai took a few breaths of air-conditioning and said, "Just tell me to calm down."