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Chapter 835 I can’t be so arrogant anymore (asking for monthly tickets)

The second day was the weekend. On that day, it can be said that cinemas across the country were showing the two movies "Red Cliff - Part 1" and "20 Again" from morning to night.

"2250 Again" grossed 2770 million on its first day, Friday, and reached million on the second day, breaking the single-day record of "Red Cliff - Part ".

Correspondingly, "Red Cliff (Part 2309)" only had a box office of million, losing to " Again" in a head-to-head competition.

Although the outcome is not decided, at least "20 Again" has gained an advantage in this life-and-death battle.

Because the screening schedules of "Red Cliff (Part 1)" and "Back to 20" are not split in half.

"Red Cliff (Part 1)" is higher than "20 Again".

"Red Cliff (Part 1)" seemed to be in a hurry. On one hand, it asked the cinemas to increase the number of screenings, and on the other hand, it lowered the movie ticket price as if it regretted it.

Originally, the ticket price was required to be no less than 30 yuan, and the prices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are even 50 to 90 yuan.

You should know that the average monthly salary in the capital was only 3322.25 yuan last year.

Fifty bucks a ticket is pure robbery.

Now I can't be so arrogant anymore.

I started thinking about how to be down-to-earth.

However, the polarization of word of mouth cannot be prevented by this.

Even though the theaters, under pressure, took some of the screenings of "20 Again" and gave them to "Red Cliff (Part 1)", it was unable to stop the poor box office performance of "Red Cliff (Part 1)".

After the box office results came out on Sunday, July 7, filmmakers who still had confidence in "Red Cliff (Part 13)" also gave up.

"2610 Again" grossed 2175 million yuan, and "Red Cliff: Part " grossed million yuan.

Professionals believe that "20 Again" and "Red Cliff: Part 1" are still in a state of balance. As the gap in reputation between the two sides widens, this balance will eventually be broken.

Moreover, it is impossible for the films currently in theaters to not be scheduled for screening.

It is generally believed that the estimated 3 million box office for "Red Cliff (Part )" is no longer possible.

On the contrary, it has become a foregone conclusion that "20 Again" will take in 300 million at the box office.

In addition, "20 Again" performed well in many other film markets released during the same period.

Other places where "Red Cliff (Part 1)" was released at the same time include Taiwan, Hong Kong, Siam and Bangbang, but they were all crushed by "20 Again".

Especially in the Bang Bang market, "20 Again" has been selling like crazy, leaving the rest far behind.

Not only did it top the single-day box office list, it also left the second place several places behind, and the movie was praised to the sky by fans.

"Red Cliff (Part 1)" didn't even make it into the top five in Bangbang.

"Red Cliff (Part 1)" had originally prepared a lot of press releases about foreign markets, but now they are all rotting in its hands and cannot be sent out.

In fact, if Red Cliff (Part 1) was released in Japan at the same time, it should have performed well. It might even become the only market where Red Cliff (Part 1) could suppress 20 Again.

Unfortunately, the film producers were too cautious.

"Back to 3.5" is currently estimated by insiders to gross million yuan in the mainland, and with the box office in other places, it will definitely exceed million yuan.

This strength has brought other benefits, too.

Paramount hopes to obtain the buyout or distribution rights for the European and American markets.

Hao Yun knew that the overseas copyrights of his films were easy to sell because the small distributors who bought his overseas copyrights basically made money.

Especially "Whiplash", with a box office of more than 30 million US dollars and a lot of other profits, it is no exaggeration to say that it made a lot of money.

However, while small distributors can make a lot of money, the Big Six in Hollywood are rarely interested in a Chinese film.

After all, being all Asian is a natural disadvantage in the European and American markets.

Now that Paramount has shown interest, it has elevated 20 Again to a higher level anyway.

There is also new development regarding copyright.

There are several film companies in Bangbang that have shown strong interest in remaking the film.

The market has given the answer, "20 Again" is very suitable for the Bang Bang market.

Well, if there are great actors to interpret it, and if we replace some great elements, the box office will definitely be good.

This is an easy question, and anyone can understand it.

Of course, precisely because it is an easy question, the adaptation fee is absolutely necessary.

The good film companies must show "sincerity".

A few years ago, "Infernal Affairs" was a huge success, and many Hollywood production companies began to eye the remake rights of this "fat piece of meat".

Five companies started bidding, and finally Warner Bros. won the remake rights for US$175 million (approximately HK$1370 million).

Now a big company has offered a price of 200 million US dollars.

Hao Yun still did not give in, but instead made the news public and took the opportunity to hype it up.

Of course, he did not target the film schedule.

Because the scheduling of the film was done by Huaying, they invested a huge amount of money in "Red Cliff (Part 1)".

If the combined box office of Red Cliff (Part 6) and Red Cliff (Part 6), which cost 6 million yuan, does not reach million yuan, then this investment will be a huge loss. Of course, hundreds of millions of yuan of the million yuan investment will be spent on distribution, and Huaying will get some of the money back from distribution.

Although Hao Yun will not openly challenge theaters and Huaying, such hype can arouse the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies.

Many passers-by who originally planned to watch only one movie naturally chose "20 Again" because of the extreme reaction from Bangbang.

This resulted in the attendance rate of "Red Cliff (Part 1)" becoming increasingly lower.

When you schedule a film for it, half of the cinemas will be empty and the cinema chain will be unable to cope with it.

Oh my god, we don’t want to make money anymore, right?

Soon, the screening schedule of "Red Cliff (Part 1)" was cut several times, part of which was allocated to other movies currently in theaters, and part of which was given to "20 Again".

"Red Cliff (Part 1) is actually not that bad..." Ning Hao stood next to Hao Yun and didn't even find a chair to sit down, showing great respect for Hao Yun.

If there is anyone in Heidou Media who is relatively dissatisfied with Hao Yun, it must be Ning Hao.

Because Ning Hao's famous work "Crazy Stone" was directed and written by himself, and the same is true for the currently completed "Crazy Racing".

The other directors in the company all shoot based on the scripts given by Hao Yun.

If this is a sect, Hao Yun is the master, the other directors are disciples, then Ning Hao is at least a senior uncle or an elder or something.

Ning Hao had never shown any dissatisfaction before, he just wasn't as respectful as he is now.

Ning Hao was sent by Hao Yun to communicate with Han Sanping face to face yesterday.

The main purpose is to communicate about the film scheduling issues.

Today, I went to the set again to report the details of the communication to Hao Yun in person.

In fact, the result of the communication has come out. The screenings of "Red Cliff (Part 1)" have been reduced, while the screenings of "Once Upon a Time in China" have been increased. This is the result.

"That's what Uncle Han said?" Hao Yun took the purified water he handed over and drank it in one gulp.

"Yes, he said, if our 20 Again hadn't been for it, it wouldn't have been difficult for Red Cliff (Part 1) to earn 300 or 400 million at the box office even if its reputation was a little worse. As long as the marketing is in place, the audience will have a high tolerance limit if there is no better choice."

Ning Hao mainly conveyed some of Han Sanping's words.

However, he also agreed with this statement.

The biggest problem of "Red Cliff (Part 1)" is that it encountered "20 Again", and became a shameful reference group.

"20 Again" is not that good either, and is far from being a film or TV classic, but who can blame "Red Cliff (Part 1)" for being so bad?

"Is he blaming me for filming 20 Again too well? I can't do anything about it. My ability doesn't allow it..."

Hao Yun chuckled, and there was mockery in his smile.

As long as everyone is bad enough, there is no need to consider the audience's aesthetic feelings.

It's okay for other people to say this.

It's really low for you, a martial arts leader in Chinese films, to think like this.

Obviously drifting.

"We won this time. As for Wu Yushen..." Ning Hao took the chair handed over by Hao Yun and sat next to Hao Yun.

"Don't worry about him. It's our young people's time next."

Hao Yun is not as arrogant as Han Sanping. There are only him and Ning Hao here, so why should they hide their ambitions?

It's not just Hao Yun who thinks this way. All the directors under Hao Yun are full of ambition. We don't need to get involved with the sixth generation or the seventh generation. The directors of our Black Bean Media can represent an era.

The model that Hao Yun uses to operate Heidou Media is a directors alliance.

"What should we do with Paramount? Should we buy it out or distribute it? I think 20 Again may not be able to do well in the European and American markets. There are cultural differences. Even if we find European and American people to remake it, it may not work."

Ning Hao asked curiously.

"Paramount is only willing to pay three million U.S. dollars for a buyout. They usually keep friendship first and business second."

Hao Yun did not approve of this price.

He made "Buried" for Paramount, which made Paramount a lot of money.

It turns out Paramount didn't even feel like they owed him a favor.

I haggled with him over the price of "20 Again".

Hao Yun thinks there are many reasons for this.

Firstly, Hao Yun was reluctant to accept the idea of ​​co-producing a movie with Paramount, and secondly, Hao Yun and Michael Bay jointly established FC Films, which made Paramount feel fooled.

"What should we do then? Contact other copyright holders?" Ning Hao asked.

"I choose profit sharing. I don't believe I can't make 3 million US dollars. We have to find a way to export our movies there in the future."

Hao Yun made no secret of his ambitions.

His contact with Hollywood is definitely not just because some scripts cannot be filmed in mainland China.

(End of this chapter)