Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 367: On the eve of the domestic film market explosion?

"The second-largest overseas box office country is still South Korea. This time it reached 1900 million viewers, setting a historical record for the number of moviegoers in South Korea," Mr. Eisen continued.

Upon hearing this result, Lin Yuan was also stunned.

He originally thought that the number of viewers for "The King of Spy" in South Korea, which had reached 1550 million, had already reached its limit, but he didn't expect it to increase so much?

This has surpassed the record of 1760 million moviegoers in Korean history set by the later "self-entertaining pseudo-historical drama" "The Myeongryang Battle".

This also means that in an extremely xenophobic country like South Korea, Lin Yuan has achieved dominance in the movie box office, which has to be said to be a miracle.

"But still tell me what the box office is?" Lin Yuan asked.

South Korea has a weird statistical method. After all, the number of moviegoers cannot be spent as money, and we still need to know the actual box office amount.

"$2.1 million."

"..."

This amount is only $2 million more than the $ million for "The King's Avatar".

Considering that a movie ticket for "King of Spy" costs $13 and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" costs $8, it doesn't seem so strange.

"Although the Japanese and Korean markets occupy the first and second place overseas, they have already hit the ceiling," said Mr. Eisen.

"Yes, it shows that the number of moviegoers has increased. However, the total box office has only grown limitedly," said Lin Yuan.

"But this time the box office growth in mainland China is amazing!" said Mr. Eisen.

"really?"

"Well, the total box office is 7 million RMB, which is about 8000 million US dollars." Mr. Eisen said affirmatively.

Lin Yuan couldn't believe this result.

A few months ago, when "The King of Spy Wars" won 4.5 million yuan at the domestic box office, Lin Yuan was already surprised.

After all, the total box office of the domestic film market in 2002 was just over 10 billion yuan.

And this time, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" actually earned 7 million yuan?

Adding to the 4.5 million RMB from "The King of Spy Wars" at the beginning of the year, this means that Lin Yuan, by his own efforts, has caused the total domestic box office to soar by 11.5 billion RMB!

No wonder Mr. Eisen couldn't help but say that the box office growth in mainland China was amazing.

"In fact, just looking at the box office data, mainland China is still far behind Japan and South Korea. But do you know what this momentum means?" asked Mr. Eisen.

"I want to hear your opinion." Lin Yuan did not answer, but threw the question back.

"This means you've converted a large number of users in mainland China, turning those who watch pirated content and buy pirated discs into paying moviegoers." Mr. Eisen continued, "And the increase in paying customers will stimulate investment in theaters, leading to a rapid increase in the number of large screens."

"Because of your two films, the film industry in mainland China has been activated, and the overall cake has suddenly become larger. A bigger cake attracts more capital to enter, and then promotes the cake to continue to grow, entering a positive cycle rolling stage." Mr. Eisen concluded.

"Yes, the Chinese mainland film market is now on the eve of a blowout. I didn't expect it to come so early." Lin Yuan sighed.

In the past life, it took 10 years for the Chinese mainland’s film market to take off.

Film is a cultural consumption sector that must rely on economic prosperity. China's economic boom began after joining the WTO in 01, but the film consumption market lagged behind, so it took another decade for the market to begin to show results.

The first domestic movie to gross over 10 billion RMB was "Avatar" in 2010.

Soon after, "Transformers 3" also exceeded 10 billion yuan.

Not long after, the first domestic film with a box office of over 10 billion yuan came out, and "Lost in Thailand" broke the record with a box office of 12.7 billion yuan.

From then on, the domestic film market entered the fast lane and box office revenue began to expand rapidly.

In this life, because of Lin Yuan's existence, the time of the blowout has obviously arrived earlier.

But it does not mean that it has already started at the end of 2003 or the beginning of 2004.

Lin Yuan knew that no matter how great he was, he could not reverse the objective economic laws.

But he knew he could shorten the lag period between this economic boom and its transformation into a cultural market explosion.

Maybe in 2006? Or 2007?
Under Lin Yuan's stimulation, the mainland film market can fully unleash its potential.

At that time, the focus of his overseas film market will gradually shift from Japan and South Korea to China.

"I am now increasingly agreeing with the decision you made. Whether it is the film and television city project in mainland China or the commercial CBD, it now seems to be a very wise choice," said Mr. Eisen.

Lin Yuan smiled and replied, "The valuations of these projects have been rising rapidly recently. Last night, I received a call from Lee Boo-jin of Samsung Group. She said that the expected profit from this investment has increased her influence within the group."

"Under your guidance, if the joint venture LCD display project between Samsung and Sony is successful in the future, with the merits of these two investments, perhaps the eldest princess of Samsung can really defeat her brother and seize the position of the next helmsman of Samsung Group." Mr. Eisen said with a smile.

"By then, you'll have more and more resources to call upon," Mr. Eisen continued.

"That's a matter for the future. First, tell me how much money we can make from "Pirates of the Caribbean 2"? We've worked so hard for Disney for so long, we should at least calculate the profits." Lin Yuan asked.

"Let's talk about your personal story first," said Mr. Eisen.

"Personally?"

"Have you forgotten your identity as an actor? You will get a share of the box office profits of this movie." Mr. Eisen complained.

Lin Yuan then remembered that the salary agreement between him and Disney for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was a minimum of 2500 million US dollars, and if the total box office exceeded 8 million US dollars, there would be an additional 4% box office dividend.

Now it seems that the box office dividends have definitely been received.

A 16.7% dividend of the total box office of 4 billion US dollars is 6700 million US dollars, plus the basic salary of 2500 million, the total is an astonishing 9200 million US dollars!
Although this is partly compensation to Lin Yuan after Disney took away the copyright of the film, if this salary were made public, it would definitely shock the entire Hollywood.

Once upon a time, domestic netizens were still debating whether Lin Yuan was a top-tier Hollywood star.

At that time, domestic netizens felt that even if Lin Yuan could only be considered a second-tier star, he was already the pride of the Chinese in recent years, besides Chen Long.

But now, just three or four years later, Lin Yuan has developed to an unimaginable level.

Even the superstars in the $2000 million club are not worthy of being compared with Lin Yuan.

At this moment, he is the undisputed number one in the film industry in terms of commercial value, and no one can compare with him!
(End of this chapter)