Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 255: The number one domestic film in the summer season!

NetEase News: "The 2016 summer box office battle has come to an end, with "Warcraft" and "Tang Ren Borrowed Detective" taking first and second place respectively."

Mtime.com: "40 people gave it a high score of 8.0. Has Arclight's "criminal investigation universe" movie path been successful?"

Tencent News: "Big IPs and big casts all failed! Suspense themes become the new "Chinese light"."

Sohu Entertainment: "All members are defeated! Is "guaranteed release" really a "panacea" for movie profits?"

Phoenix Entertainment: "Summer box office has negative growth for the first time in 9 years! Audience: Too many bad movies!"

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In the moving car, Meng Bai leaned back in the seat, looking at the news summary of the summer season on his mobile phone.

Although the company's film department will compile a complete analysis report later, he still prefers to read the original news directly because he can see many comments from netizens and viewers.

With the end of the summer vacation, "Detective Chinatown 3", which has been released for a month, has finally been taken off the shelves.

The final total box office was set at 11.8 billion.

This number ranks second among all movies in the entire summer season.

Ahead of it is "Warcraft", which has accumulated for more than ten years and is one of the most valuable IPs in the world, with a total box office of 15 billion.

Among domestic films, "Detective Chinatown" is the undisputed number one.

Other movies released during the same period included "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" with 6.7 million yuan, "Skiptrace" with 5.2 million yuan, and "The Legend of the Gods" with 1.8 million yuan.

What’s worse than the box office is the word of mouth, not a single one of them is up to standard.

These movies all had a guaranteed box office of 10 billion, but in the end they all failed miserably.

Especially the guaranteed distributor of "Legend of the Gods", who suffered a loss of hundreds of millions and really wanted to kill someone.

They are not the only ones who failed to meet the guaranteed bottom line. In the first half of the summer, there were also "So Young 4", which had a guaranteed bottom line of 2 million yuan, and "Nothing But Love" which had a guaranteed bottom line of 5 million yuan, but they all failed to reach the guaranteed bottom line.

The only movie that made money during the entire summer season was "Detective Chinatown", which did not choose to guarantee a minimum wage.

Major companies in the industry couldn’t help but feel confused for a moment. Could it be that the path of “guaranteed issuance” is actually wrong?

The movie doesn't make money, and the movie market is also sluggish.

Compared with previous years, this year's summer box office total has declined for the first time.

The total box office in the same period last year was 124.31 billion yuan, but this year it is only 124.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 200 million yuan.

The main reason is that the quality of several domestic films released this year is too poor.

As we all know, July and August have always been the "domestic film protection months." Although no one has ever admitted it, imported blockbusters have rarely been released in these two months.

Foreign films that want to compete in the summer season usually open in June.

But even so, the champion of this summer season is still the imported film "Warcraft" which premiered in early June.

If it weren't for "Detective Chinatown", which also had a box office of over 1 billion, the scene would have been a bit ugly.

"The domestic summer box office champion is actually an imported film. What a shame!"

"That's not the case. The appeal of Warcraft is not something that ordinary movies can match. (But I don't object to the fact that all domestic summer movies are garbage, with the exception of Detective Chinatown.)"

"If you say the subject matter is not good, the orthodox reasoning of Detective Chinatown is more niche; if you say the cast is not good, Detective Chinatown has no big names except Wang Baoqiang; if you say the publicity and promotion is not good, the main producer of Detective Chinatown is making a movie for the first time. Even so, it is still the number one domestic film!"

"Whether a movie is good or bad, the audience will vote with their feet. The era of relying on star cast to deceive the box office is over."

"..."

Audiences have been critical of the quality of domestic films.

As the only "domestic light", "Detective Chinatown 3" naturally became the biggest winner of the summer season.

First of all, let's talk about the main actors. Wang Baoqiang, needless to say, has accumulated more than 30 billion yuan in box office revenue, ranking only below Deng Chao, Huang Bo and Xu Zheng among domestic male actors. More importantly, this is his first big hit movie after leaving the "囧 series", proving his ability to resist the box office.

The second is Liu Haoran. Last year's "The Best of Us" made him a popular actor of the new generation, and this time he also achieved success in the movie.

Nowadays, in terms of popularity and popularity, it is no less than the traffic of the "Big Four and Three Small".

Of course, this statement was also opposed by several fans of traffic stars, who said that he was just taking advantage of the situation.

"The lead actor is Wang Baoqiang, the director is Chen Sicheng, and the screenwriter is Meng Bai. With this lineup, any young actor can be substituted and it won't affect the film's performance."

However, despite the opposition, it does not affect Liu Haoran's commercial value.

Similar to him is Zhang Zifeng. Although he did not have many roles in the movie and did not appear until the second half, he still attracted a lot of attention with his wonderful acting skills and the "evil smile" at the end.

In addition to the leading actors, other supporting actors are also very popular.

Like Xiao Yang who plays Kuntai and Xiao Shenyang who plays the robber, many editing and re-creation of these characters have appeared on the Internet.

Even Chen Chi Chi, although many viewers complained that "no matter who he plays is Zeng Xiaoxian", his reputation has improved somewhat.

This is the charm of a blockbuster movie, from the leading actor to the supporting actor, all of them can rise to prominence.

Of course, the ones who make the most money are definitely the investors behind the movies.

The total box office of "Detective Chinatown 11.8" is 3.3 billion, but the 5% film tax and % film development fund must be deducted first, and the remaining is the real shareable box office.

This part does not go entirely to the investors, as there is also a 52% share for the theaters and a 12% distribution fee.

After deducting all these, the final profit for the producers is about 3.87 million.

Arclight Pictures accounted for one-fifth of the investment, and the final total revenue was approximately 7700 million.

In less than a year, the return rate was nearly six times, which is a considerable investment.

More importantly, for the "Green Ivy Detective Universe", there is finally a "breakthrough-level" masterpiece.

The previous "Psychological Crime" and "Forensic Qin Ming", although they have high playback volume and popularity, are still trapped in a small circle, that is, the younger generation of online drama group.

As a blockbuster movie, "Detective Chinatown" faces a broader market targeting all ages.

All we can say is that the influence of movies is always greater than that of TV dramas.

However, film and television dramas also have their own advantages, that is, they have more content and can better showcase the characters.

As a "film and television universe" starting from scratch, this needs to be used as the basis for development.

In fact, Meng Bai has been discussing with Chen Sicheng that before the subsequent "Detective Chinatown 2", they can first release a "Detective Chinatown" web drama.

The content is mainly focused on expressing characters and enriching the worldview.

For example, film some of the cases that Tang Ren had experienced in the past, or add some other detective characters.

In this way, it can also pave the way for more "Chinatowns" and more detectives from all over the world to join in the future.

Of course, these are all future projects.

The car slowly slowed down and finally stopped in front of a large area of demolished park ruins.

Looking out from the car, there was a circle of isolation belt around the ruins not far away, with the words "Green Vine Public Security" written on it.

Jumping over the isolation zone and looking inside, there were about forty or fifty people gathered together, surrounded by large and small filming equipment.

Meng Bai got out of the car and walked inside, greeting several Arc Light staff along the way.

It was not until we entered the core area that we finally saw Wang Wei and others, who were gathered together discussing something.

(End of this chapter)