Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 30 Box Office and Casting
The next day, Li Xiaoran and others went to Shanghai to participate in the tour premiere event, while Cao Yang and Tian Zhuangzhuang stayed in Beijing to continue preparing for the film.

This time, Qingdao Film Studio and China Film Group jointly released 270 copies, which was completely in line with the specifications of the famous director.

You should know that there are currently less than 2000 screens and 270 copies in the country, which almost covers all larger cities.

When Big Ship was first released, only 300 copies were distributed. However, due to its high popularity, additional copies were issued several times.

After all, it is a movie that won two Silver Bears. It has been in the news a lot recently and is quite popular, especially among female users.

In addition, the quarrel between Li Xiaoran and Zhang Ziyi made many people who were not paying attention to it know that a movie that won the Berlin Film Festival Best Actress award was about to be released.

Thus, a short-lived wave of movie-watching was formed.

Then, perhaps because the film was written from a female perspective, many women took the initiative to promote it and called on their friends, and the box office performance over the weekend was unexpectedly good.

When it came to weekdays, the number of moviegoers dropped, but it was still better than the normal proportion.

"Have you looked at the box office?" Old Tian asked Cao Yang with a smile.

"Well, yesterday's statistics are out."

The box office these days is really good, with 220 million on Friday, 270 million on Saturday, and a slight drop on Sunday, but still making 260 million. It got a good result of 750 million in the first three days of the weekend.

For this purpose, both Mr. Han from China Film Group Corporation and Mr. Hou Keming from Qingdao Film Studio made special phone calls to announce the good news, congratulate and win over the team.

According to them, unless there are any unexpected events, the box office is guaranteed to be 20 million.

Don’t think that 2000 million is a small amount. This was in 01, and it was incredible that an art film could get this much box office.

"Happy Times", which was released at the end of last year, was a movie produced by a national director, but its box office was only over 500 million.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was nominated for ten Oscars, is pretty impressive. All the starring actors are big names. It was released in October last year, but it only grossed 1500 million in China.

Why is the little cannon so crazy?

Look at his performance last year. He had two movies released last year, "A Sigh" and "Never Ending", and both of them grossed over 3000 million.

In this era, who among the domestic directors dares to say that their movies can make over 3000 million? Including those people in Hong Kong, no one dares to do so.

Nowadays, as long as the box office exceeds 1500 million, it is considered a box office hit. Note, it is a big hit!

Including Hong Kong filmmakers, as long as the box office exceeds 1000 million, it is considered a good result, and 1500 million is also a big hit.

Last year, "Battle of the Forbidden City", directed by Liu Weiqiang and starring Andy Lau, Xiao Yanzi and Zheng Yijian, took 1500 million at the box office and was publicly announced as a box office hit.

You have to know that they include Andy Lau, the popular Asian Xiaoyanzi and the "Young and Dangerous" Zheng Yijian.

Even if it is claimed to be a box office hit, it is unlikely that this movie will make much money. The box office of 1500 million will only get a little over 600 million to the producers.

In 2000, Liu Dehua's salary was quoted as 100 million US dollars, and the actual revenue must be at least 500 million. If the film was only released in mainland China, how could Liu Dehua not lose money with this amount of box office revenue?

It depends on whether Hong Kong and Southeast Asia can provide support.

So, we can only say that the market is very bad during this period, but the potential is very good.

Tian Zhuangzhuang was also surprised by the current box office.

He couldn't help but secretly calculate that if the box office was 2000 million, the producers would get about 850 million.

If we calculate based on 850 million, 10% for Qingying Factory is 85, and 510% for the coal boss is 255 million, leaving million.

Cao Yang said that this was a project initiated by two people, and they got bonuses for selling the foreign copyright and a share of the domestic box office, so they should get at least 85%, right? That's .

All in all, plus the 50 yuan bonus he received earlier, he actually earned 135 million yuan from this movie! Of course, this is without paying personal income tax.

Before helping Cao Yang, Tian Zhuangzhuang had never thought about these things.

My original idea was that since Teacher Situ had spoken, I would definitely help. I would test myself again. If I couldn't pass this test, I would go to Beijing Film Studio or Qingdao Film Studio to get a DV, and then find a few students who were about to graduate from Beijing Film Studio, and together we could form a temporary crew.

If you have talent, do your best to help!
That’s right, I just wanted to help and didn’t think about the reward at all.

Cao Yang is a good person!
Then I thought, hey, the coal boss actually got more than 500 million?!
What the hell!

In half a year, he made an eightfold return. Mr. Feng must be the coal boss who makes the most money investing in film and television, right?

When will coal bosses be able to invest in film and television to make money?
I guess they themselves haven't even thought about it?
They just have too much cash flow, so they just throw a few hundred thousand dollars to their mistresses to make them happy, but they never thought they would really make money.

Mr. Feng is so lucky.

Then I thought again, am I just lucky?

Ha, never mind. Cao Yang said when he received the award in Berlin that I am his guide.

Leader, haha, not bad.

Cao Yang looked at Old Tian who was smiling foolishly and thought he was happy about the high box office of the movie.

Lao Tian is a good person. He was not given the role of the domestic violence man in "Empty Room", but we can't always let Lao Tian play the villain.

The role of the domestic violence man runs through the entire film and has a very important role. Lao Tian is both an art director and a photographer, so he can't do both.

Find a Hong Kong actor. You can't just give them two small supporting roles with few lines, that would seem too perfunctory. Adding this important role would be enough.

"Brother, for the role of the domestic violence man, who do you think is suitable in Hong Kong?"

I don't have to act this out anymore?
Tian Zhuangzhuang was quite happy, but because he was not prepared, he immediately kicked the ball back and asked, "Who do you want?"

"How is Zhang Jiahui?"

Old Tian thought quickly and said uncertainly, "Is it the one who plays the comedy? His salary is not low, at least 600,000 or 700,000, right?"

That’s right, Zhang Jiahui is so affordable now, and the offer he makes to the outside world will not be higher than 100 million. This is because his salary increased after he starred in "God of Gamblers 2000".

"I heard that he has been trying to transform himself in the past two years. This is an art film, and most actors will reduce their pay. You can give him an offer of 20 yuan to try."

"Then try it."

As Lao Tian was talking, he suddenly thought of someone and said, "There's a guy called Hua who has acted in Category III films. He must be very good at playing a domestic violence man. The key is that his salary is low, so it should be fine within 200,000 yuan."

Huh? Old Tian, ​​you have a wide range of interests. If I ask you who the actress who plays opposite him is, will you be able to answer immediately?

"Ren Dahua?"

"It's not him. He can play this role, but our budget is limited and we can't afford the salary."

Cao Yang already knew who Lao Tian was talking about. When that man put on glasses, he was really suitable to play the role of a gentleman villain.

As for the candidate for the female lead, Cao Yang first thought of two, Yu Feihong and Da Meiyuan.

I was still hesitating when Yu Feihong called me.

First, he congratulated Cao Yang on the big success of her movie, and then said that although the movie she starred in was released a day earlier, it didn't make any splash at all, and those with low box office were not worth watching.

After complaining for a while, she changed the subject and said, "Junior, I heard that you are preparing a new movie. Is there a role suitable for me?"
Look, this is the benefit of having the support of Beijing Film Academy. Cao Yang had just started preparing for the movie, but others had already heard the news.

What else could Cao Yang say? He had been one of the targets to begin with, and since he had brought it up, then let it be.

It is also to thank Yu Feihong for her support last time. When no one else was optimistic about it, she took out ten days to make a guest appearance, which was like a timely help.

(End of this chapter)