At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 703 I think the domestic market can support big productions!
What is the concept of 1.014 million in the first week?
At least 3500 million in a single day!
With the current number of screens, a single film, breaking 3000 million in a single day is almost a god-like existence.

When Shen Xudong saw this statistic, his first reaction was - this damn bragging is too much!
Breaking through [-] million in the first week?

Why don't you boast that the first week exceeded one billion?

It's all fake anyway...

Looking at the data... oh, it's actually true!

The box office was 2700 million on the first day, 3600 million the next day, and 3800 million on the third day...

Why did Shen Xudong not suspect that the data was falsified? The film schedule of "The Ancient City": On the first day, except for Golden Harvest Cinemas, most theaters had a 50% film schedule, and on the second day it rose to 70%. On the third day, many theaters simply 100% % arrange slices.

"Back to 20", "Kung Fu Panda" including "Superman" simply won't be on...

Almost all audiences go to the theater for "The Ancient City of Essence". Even if there are very few audiences who want to watch "Superman" or "Kung Fu Panda", the theater will not open the hall - there are no more than ten people, and a screening is a loss. Directly recommend the audience to buy "Exquisite Ancient City"...

——Ordinary medium-sized hall (100-250 seats), the total cost is 186 yuan per show, the average ticket price is 30 yuan, and at least 12 tickets per show can be paid back.

The total cost of a small hall (less than 100 seats) is 107 yuan per show, and the average ticket price is 30 yuan. At least 8 tickets per show can pay back the cost...

The hall is even more impossible. The hall generally has two-camera screenings, with 200-400 seats, and the cost is 410 yuan per show.

The average ticket price is 40 yuan, and there are at least 20 tickets per show.If it is the game after 0 o'clock, overtime fees for overtime personnel will be added.

Being able to arrange the film schedule in such a way shows that "The Ancient City of Jingjue" is definitely a phenomenal hit!
How did he know about the theater schedule?
It was a reporter's question: "What do you think of the monopolistic arrangement of "The Ancient City"?"

"...Is it a monopoly? I really don't know...I've been in the United States for the past few days, and I just came back...However, when we talked with the theaters about the release, there was no requirement to schedule films... I just said that at least 30% of the films will be scheduled in the first week..."

"You mean the theater arranges films spontaneously?"

"It must have been spontaneous. We didn't privately rebate, and we didn't give film placement fees. It was the same as splitting the bill. They were willing to give high ranking films, which shows that the market expectations of "Jingjue Ancient City" are indeed very good!"

"Did breaking [-] million in the first week exceed your expectations?"

"...It's about the same as what I predicted. Let's do the math. The cost of "Jingjue Ancient City" is 4500 million U.S. dollars, of which the production cost is as high as 4200 million U.S. dollars. Xiangshan Film and Television Base helped us build the required buildings for free, which solved half of the cost... "

"Why is Xiangshan willing to sponsor for free?"

"I heard that Xiangshan wants to learn from Hengdian, and use the siphon effect of "The Ancient City" to attract the crew to shoot, and the "Ghost Blowing Lantern" film and television city will also be developed externally, selling tickets and so on... In short, we hit it off, even if Xiangshan solves the problem Filming issues have been resolved, but there are still $2400 million in costs to be resolved."

"Golden Harvest invested US$500 million to buy out the copyrights in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, South Korea invested US$300 million, and Japan Benzene also invested US$400 million... That is to say, if the mainland market wants to recover the investment of US$1200 million, the box office will have three [-] million."

Speaking of this, it is already obvious that the total box office has exceeded [-] million, and the first weekend must be at least [-] million.

This is the normal market logic of commercial blockbusters.

So it was understandable for Shen Xudong to say that he was not surprised.

But when you look at his pretentious look, you are very angry.

Damn, what is it that the box office exceeds [-] million is not a surprise?

He also has a fucking face of confidence.

You said that you didn't go public and sold so well at the box office, what's the point?
So, I went on to criticize: "Many experts said that the tomb robbery of the hero and heroine of "The Ancient City" does not conform to our mainstream values. What do you think of this issue?"

"Let me explain, "Exquisite Ancient City" is not a tomb-robbing movie, but an adventure and treasure-hunting genre. Our targets are Hollywood's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "National Treasure"..."

"There are zombies in that movie..."

"Who told you that it's a zombie? Didn't we do science popularization? It's called Hongmaoji. Go through the character introduction. We clearly wrote: Hongmaoji, a beast that lives on the grasslands of Outer Mongolia. The big ape, whose body is as hard as iron, likes to dig holes in the ground, is a monster, not a zombie!"

Open your eyes and talk nonsense...

But logically there is no problem!
Because the review clearly stipulates that things with feudal superstitions cannot appear, and monsters are unsolved mysteries, not feudal superstitions.

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong complained: "Hollywood can make "The Mummy", the male and female protagonists, grave robbers all over the world, no one said anything, and it can be released globally? We are obviously just exploring, and we will be blamed?"

"The Mummy is a Hollywood movie...and it has nothing to do with China!"

"But I heard that the villain of "The Mummy III" is Qin Shihuang. Why can Hollywood spoof our historical figures? I can't make a blockbuster movie of the type of adventure and treasure?"

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong's tone became serious: "You all write down what I say next...don't change a single word!"

"it is good!"

"I have been telling the Film Bureau that with the expiration of the Sino-US film trade agreement, the number of imported Hollywood films will definitely increase by leaps and bounds. The current regulation is 20, how many will it increase to in 2011? Even if it is impossible Open the market directly, at least double it! Then, what will we use to compete with others?
It's useless to fight special effects, casts, and productions.

Their big productions are distributed globally, costing more than [-] million US dollars!
Domestic films must be relaxed in the scope of themes and censorship standards, at least to meet the same standards as imported films in the industry, so that we can shoot what other people can shoot!Even if our skills are not as good as others for the time being, we can't bind our hands, otherwise we won't even have a chance to fight. "

"...So, you want to do "The Ancient City of Exquisiteness"?"

"Yes, it must be industrially produced, and it must be a blockbuster that conforms to oriental aesthetics... because I firmly believe that the domestic market can support a work with an investment of less than 1.5 million! Let's do the math, the box office is 3000 million, and the TV copyright and audio-visual copyright are still available. With the new media copyright plus 2000 million, and the pre-roll ads sold for another [-] million, it is still no problem to pay back."

"Not only "Exquisite Ancient City", we will also make "Di Renjie" series and "Journey to the West" series, all of which are big investments and big productions!"

……

After chatting with reporters at the airport for more than half an hour, Shen Xudong got into the car...

Well, he's playing with the heat!
Catch the popularity of "The Ancient City of Exquisiteness".

As the saying goes, winning is not terrible, but missing someone is embarrassing.

Without the help of Shen Xudong's publicity, "The Ancient City of Jingjue" is still a big hit. Although Shen Xudong is very happy, but... a little bit sad, he didn't even participate in the promotion, and "The Ancient City of Jingjue" sold well. Does Ancient City sell or not have little to do with him?
Human nature is complicated...

However, he was more than happy.

After all, he was the one who was able to make more than [-] million yuan to produce "The Ancient City of Jingjue" two years ago.

(End of this chapter)