You don't understand the happiness of the director

On the "Oprah Talk Show", Dorothy announced one thing: Long Toutou has officially started the listing process!

The specific operation of the listing has been entrusted to Wendy, and this time it is considered a mother-daughter battle.

After waiting for the show, Wang Quan chatted with Dorothy about the topic he had just discussed with Lao Wang, "He wants Chinese-language films from domestic companies to be distributed in North America."

Dorothy asked sincerely, "Do you think those movies will have box office potential in North America?"

Wang Quan thought for a while, "Except for "October Siege", the potential is not very great."

Dorothy, "Then we will only release this one, and the rest through home entertainment channels, and then we will set up another company for this one."

As Wang Quan said before, the sign of "Long Head Head" needs maintenance now. It is already synonymous with high-quality products in the eyes of North American audiences.

So Dorothy wants to set up a new subsidiary to specialize in the distribution of Chinese-language films and even other foreign-language films.

After returning from this matter, Dorothy began to prepare. Wang Quan also told Lao Wang to prepare for the release of "October Siege". However, it is too difficult to sell too many box office for this movie. The main feature is Zhen Zidan. Action movie audiences and Chinese groups, "Ip Man" was released on DVD a while ago and became a small hit in North America.

After that, Wang Quan will continue to work on the post-production process, striving to produce a slightly readable version within the next two months.

During this period, he also made an appointment with a publisher in the United States to inquire how much it would cost to adapt a Chinese novel into English and make it a bestseller.

After hearing that number, Wang Quan gritted his teeth and said, "I want to try it!"

By March, "Slumdog Millionaire" had been released in the mainland for 10 days, and the cumulative box office had reached 173 million, beating the two approved films "Fast 3" and Tom's "Action Hitler".

"Operation Target Hitler" was released after Tom and his partners took over United Artists Pictures, and its results were average.

He now regrets not being able to win the role of "Inception" in the first place. Judging from the current situation, King Power does have a magical power.

Wang Quan thought to himself: Fortunately, the two of them did not cooperate, otherwise I would have been embarrassed to face Nicole that night.

The box office of "Slumdog" in the Mainland is better than expected. At present, it is expected to exceed US$30 million, but this is not the strongest overseas box office.

Apart from North America, the best box office of "Slumdog" is actually in the UK. It was also released for two weeks and the box office has reached close to 40 million!

France also had a box office of nearly 20 million dollars.

In addition, Japan and South Korea are also quite surprised. Within half a month of its release, Neon's cumulative box office reached 11 million U.S. dollars, and Kimchi Country also had 8 million U.S. dollars.

In East Asia, Wang Quan is already the new generation of movie god, and the admiration of foreign countries in Japan and South Korea is definitely not inferior to that of China at this time.

The royal power can show off its power at the Oscars and dominate the contemporary world. Even if they look down on China in various ways, they can treat the royal power differently.

Neon fans are very happy that Wang Quan has given Neon a Best Foreign Language Film award, while fans of Kimchi Country are more bitter. Director Wang has never even been to Kimchi Country. Does he think the kimchi here is not delicious, or does he dislike us? Isn’t your female idol hot enough?

What surprises Wang Quan the most is actually the Indian box office.

The Indian film market can be said to be a nightmare for Hollywood. "Transformers" only fetched $3 million in India, and the best previous King Power movies there only fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But "Slums" is, after all, telling India's own story. Although it shows too many dirty and messy scenes in Mumbai, they don't seem to care much. At this time, the box office has exceeded 5 million U.S. dollars, and there is still a lot of growth in the future. space.

The feedback from markets in various countries has been good, so half a month after "Slumdog" was fully released around the world, the overseas box office (outside North America) quickly exceeded 160 million U.S. dollars. This result far exceeded the overseas box office of "Juno" .

The cumulative global box office is 345 million, and it easily exceeded 400 million in the end. Even if it cannot exceed the 514 million of "Twilight", it will not be too far behind.

As a film that was initially developed to compete for awards, with a production cost of only 15 million U.S. dollars, and a project made by all unfamiliar faces, this box office was so surprising that investors in the United States were waiting for Long Toutou to be launched as soon as possible, so that they could eat it. To the first sip of fresh soup.

The media is also making various predictions, predicting how much the market value of Longtou will be on the first day of listing. However, no matter how the prediction is made, it will not be less than 1 billion. The Greenberg family's investment was obviously a successful investment.

Another half month later, "October Siege" announced that it will be released in North America on April 20th, and the North American promotion work has started.

In addition, Australia, the United Kingdom and other British countries will also gradually determine the release date. The distribution company is Qinglong Pictures, a subsidiary of Longtou. As long as Longtou has distribution capabilities in countries and regions, Qinglong can distribute it. It is originally a team, and Neon will follow Will follow up too.

Although "October Siege" has a box office of 307 million in the mainland, surpassing "The City of Gold" and breaking the box office record of Chinese-language films in the history of mainland movies, this box office is neither profitable nor losing money, and it must rely on overseas and Only derivative income can make it profitable, oh, and also the built film and television city, as well as the future TV series version.

The rest is pure profit. As long as the time is long enough, you can easily earn 100 million. This can be regarded as a very successful investment.

Therefore, even though the Hong Kong box office of "October Siege" is only 16 million, the stock price of Golden Harvest, as the main investor, is still rising. It is now more than 2 billion. Shi Nansheng, who has a high level of autonomy, is also planning a co-production with the mainland. film project.

People in Hong Kong not only don’t watch mainland movies, they don’t even give honor to local movies in Hong Kong. They are quite tolerant of Hollywood movies.

With such a large lineup, "October Siege" only had a box office of 16 million, but the cumulative box office of "Slumdog", which is currently in theaters, has reached 21 million.

There is also the American version of "The King of Power" released last year. Although it was rated as Category 3, the box office was surprisingly good. Xiangjiang received more than 30 million at the box office. It is second only to "Lust, Caution" in this category. It is also this movie. One of the regions with the best box office performance, and a sequel to "The King of Force" is also in preparation and development.

On this day, the Forbes China Celebrity List was announced. Yang Mi saw the list for the first time, and then sighed, "It's boring!"

The boring part is that the first place is Brother Quan, and no one can shake his position.

Last year, "Twilight 2" ranked third in the global box office and second in North America. The home entertainment market is also very hot. The cost of this film is not too high. King Power enjoys a 20% profit share and a high director's fee. In addition, In "Insidious 2", "Shark Beach" and "Escape Room 2", he was able to collect dividends as a screenwriter or IP developer, so he easily defeated Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao is also unbeatable in second place, and because last year was an Olympic year, he reached a new high, with a personal income of 350 million.

However, the third place was changed and became Zhang Ziyi. She could finally get rid of little Liu Yifei's teasing.

Liu Yifei's ranking dropped mainly due to the plummeting business of ring tones, which affected her income as the Queen of Children's Songs. She has not held a concert yet, and her income is basically the salary from "Hearing and Listening" and a few endorsements.

Yang Mi was very happy. Liu Yifei had fallen out of the top ten and was ranked 11th, but she had jumped to 13th place. Even Gong Li was beaten by her!

Yang Mi immediately called Liu Yifei to show off, "Qianxi, if you don't work hard, I will surpass you."

"But now the shredded potatoes I cut are all the same thickness, which is amazing!" Liu Yifei plated walnuts in one hand and stroked the cat with the other, looking like a winner in life.

"Are you still practicing your cooking skills?" Yang Mi was surprised. She had already forgotten about this.

"Yes, and I feel like cooking is becoming more and more interesting."

Yang Mi touched her tender face, she was just waiting to turn into a yellow-faced woman.

"Tomorrow is Sunday, how about I go to your house and try your cooking skills?" Yang Mi suggested.

"Oh, not tomorrow, I have to go to Xiangjiang."

Yang Mi, "What are you doing there?"

Liu Yifei, "I was shortlisted for Best Actress in the Asian Film Awards, didn't you know?"

Yang Mi: "..."

I made this call unnecessarily, but I was caught in the crossfire.

"What, my signal is not good, let's talk later, bye!" Yang Mi decisively hung up the phone, and then she contacted Zeng Jia, "I'm sure I can be nominated for Best Actress in Magnolia, right..."

This year is the third Asian Film Awards, and Wang Quan has also paid attention to it, especially the best actress. There are six nominations, and Wang Quan has slept with half of them, so there is a half chance that Wang Quan can achieve the achievement of sleeping with the best actress at the Asian Film Awards.

Among the people he has never slept with are Zhou Xun, Sayuri Yoshinaga and Jiang Wenli.

The other three are Liu Yifei, Deepika and Yui Nihara.

Deepika was nominated for Chandni Bazaar, while Yui Aragaki was nominated for her role in the Tokyo-based production of "Magic Hour."

The film is also called "Gangsters Have a Hollywood". If you still feel unfamiliar, then "This Killer Is Not Calm" should understand it.

As a result, the women of Wang Quan lost to Zhou Xun, who won the award for "Li Mi's Conjecture".

The best actor award was Masahiro Motoki, who won for "The Embalmer".

Both movies were produced by King Power. As for the best director, Hirokazu Kore-eda, the best picture and the best screenplay were given to "Tokyo Sonata", which has nothing to do with King Power.

This year, he wanted to ask Wang Quan to win this award, and he would serve as the chairman of the jury, but he had no time, he was too busy, and he also needed to avoid suspicion, so this would be a waste of time.

While King Quan is busy day and night, "The Twilight Saga 3" has finally been rated successfully, completed the final debugging before release, and the publicity work has officially begun. At present, it has only released a trailer, which directly broke the YouTube trailer Click record, and the previous record holder was "Twilight 2".

The fandom of "Twilight 3" is so strong that its first-week box office made all other films in the same period tremble. Ron Howard's "Angels and Demons" was so frightened that it changed its schedule and ran to follow "X-Men: Wolverine" After a fight, the May 15th schedule was completely given up to "Twilight 3".

May is already considered the summer season, so there are a lot of blockbusters. In addition to the three mentioned above, there are also "Star Trek 11", "Night at the Museum 2", "Up" and "Terminator 2018". There is at least one major movie every week. Blockbusters.

The April schedule begins with "Fast and Furious 4," the second fast-paced movie directed by Justin Lin that has attracted much attention due to the addition of Gadot.

Universal Pictures also relied heavily on Gadot's appeal in China, so it was released simultaneously in the mainland and North America. It easily earned 30 million box office in the first week, which is almost equal to the total box office in the mainland in the original time and space.

However, after mainland audiences discovered that Gadot's role was not that many, their support dropped. The final box office was only more than 70 million. Of course, Gadot's appearance in the film is still very beautiful. She has more fans and is popular in China. Almost as good as the fourth double ice.

As for the mainland film market in April, there is one person who must be mentioned, and that is Zhang Jingchu.

In this month, she has released three movies, and she can be called a model worker among model workers. First, "Red River" with Zhang Jiahui, then "Rabe Diary", a Sino-German co-production, and finally "Night and Fog in Tin Shui Wai" by Xu Anhua. , I heard that she also successfully won the heroine role in "The Great Tangshan Earthquake".

However, this movie has not been made yet, so she was free to attend the Beijing University Student Film Festival to promote her three movies.

And she was also shortlisted for the Best Actress and Most Popular Actress awards. The competition for the Most Popular Actress award is fierce. Her competitors include Liu Yifei ("Heard and Heard") and Yang Mi ("Crazy Supermarket").

Yang Mi called on Weibo several times for college student fans in the capital to vote, but Liu Yifei was relatively calm and did not say a word. She showed off her new dishes on Weibo, which attracted a lot of applause, and everyone praised her for being virtuous.

Yang Mi felt that she should be stable, so she dressed up beautifully to attend the film festival. Liu Yifei also went there. Her mother asked her to go out more to avoid mold at home.

Then she went and received a trophy for the most popular heroine.

As for the best actress, it was Zhou Xun who won it again for "Li Mi's Conjecture".

Liu Yifei is very envious of the actress's soft-handed Zhou Xun. When will she be able to have a work of the level of "Li Mi's Conjecture"!

This award is based on the votes of college students. She lost to Liu Yifei. Yang Mi was puzzled. She felt that she had the blessing of "Time 1997" and was already the idol of a generation, so why did she still lose?

In order to relieve her depression, she followed Liu Yifei back to Liu's house and had a meal. Recently, Liu Yifei's cooking skills had indeed improved a lot, and she was one-tenth of the level of Meifu Banquet.

After dinner, she went into Liu Yifei's room and called Wang Quan to tell her about the incident.

Wang Quan comforted her, "It's not that you lost popularity, it's that it's hard for a purely commercial film of yours to compete for awards like "I heard". You lost because of your film selection."

Yang Mi, "I feel much better when you say that."

She turned on the music and Liu Yifei could speak. She asked, "How is the box office of "October Siege" in North America?"

King Power, “$780,000 in first week.”

Yang Mi, "Ah, is it so bad!"

Wang Quan, "It's a small-scale release, which is pretty good."

"Will the museum be expanded?" Liu Yifei asked again.

King Quan, "Yes, but it won't be expanded too much. The potential of this movie is limited. Our ultimate goal is 10 million dollars. This way we can make a lot of money after excluding our costs, but it shouldn't be easy. Oh, by the way, Several other films were directly released on DVD, among which "A Tale of Two Foods" performed quite well and entered the top 50 of the weekly list. It seems that there is indeed a certain market for films about Chinese cuisine."

Liu Yifei didn't understand why he was telling her this.

Yang Mi asked, "Brother, what are you doing now?"

King Quan, "I'm ringing the bell."

Yang Mi was surprised, "Ah, you became a monk?"

Wang Quan smiled, "The Nasdaq bell is ringing. I'm in New York. The Dragon Head is going public today!"