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Chapter 294 Taking advantage of the situation (44)

Indeed, "The Fault in Our Stars" sold well at the box office, creating a miracle of great success!
On June 6 local time, the weekly box office data was released, and the number one was undoubtedly "Superman: Man of Steel"...

The local big IP exploded at the North American box office when it opened, and broke the film history record for opening in June with a weekend box office of US$1.13 million, reaching the top without any suspense.

"The Fault in Our Stars", produced and distributed by Columbia, had an opening price of 4900 million US dollars. Judging from the plot of the film, it is nothing more than the love of two cancer youths, or even the simple to pure love diary of a girl.

However, "Fortune of the Stars" is not afraid of the simplicity of the story, but impresses the audience with sincerity. Countless people reported that the theater cried together when watching the movie, and audiences of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds are "unavoidable"!
The bad boy comedy "The End of the World" ranked third with a weekend income of 2050 million US dollars, and the audience was quite popular.

The other two have nothing to do with Shen Changlin, so they don't need special attention.

The Fault in Our Stars…

With a cost of less than 2000 million, the sales are crazy!

Definitely Sony Columbia’s project with the highest return on investment ratio in recent years…

In fact, Yang Fan didn't need to make a special call, there are a bunch of drafts of "The Fault in Our Stars" box office on the Internet...

Nonsense, it shows the outstanding vision of Changlin Film and Television!

The draft is roughly similar, that is, Shen Changlin took a fancy to "Incomparably Beautiful Pain", won the right to adapt it for 200 million US dollars, and then co-produced it with Columbia, and it was released in summer, creating a box office miracle in one fell swoop...

He didn't talk about the investment and distribution of accounts, and focused on praising Shen Changlin's vision.

The biggest impact of this incident is to add some flavor to the promotion of "The Thieves"!

After all, "The Fault in Our Stars" is not within the scope of imported films - even if the film is approved for release, it will have to wait until the end of August or September...

It must be said that there is a kind of magic in Hollywood at this stage. The ultimate destination of Lianhua Entertainment’s upgrade routine is Hollywood—conquering Hollywood means conquering the whole world!

I remember Chu Yue won the Academy Award at the end of "The New King of Comedy", which was ecstatic...

China Entertainment Culture is all about this kind of routine, let alone reality!

When Fan Xiaopang was interviewed by "Time" as the number one female star in the mainland, he made a big wish: "In ten years, I will definitely become the heroine in the X-Men series."

That was 2017!
On horseback, the number one female star in mainland China is also the number one female star in the Chinese film industry, her big ambition is to 'become the heroine in the X-Men series'!
From this we can also see the attraction of Hollywood to Chinese actors!

Now Shen Changlin invested in "The Fault in Our Stars", and the box office is a big hit.

Does it mean that Chinese filmmakers have conquered Hollywood?
……

"Conquering a hair, generally destined to be a big hit IP, Hollywood can't let outsiders get their hands on it!"

"For example, Disney's Marvel series, Warner's Harry Potter, DC, and Sony have the X-Men series..."

"Let me tell you something, Hollywood is very good at making money, especially for projects that the stars are keen on but the studio is not optimistic about, they are most likely to find foreign investors to act as cannon fodder for the market.

Some big stars are already in the sunset stage in the United States, but overseas people's understanding of their worth is still 5 or 10 years ago, so these already priceless stars have the opportunity to make a comeback again and again.

The most typical one is probably Stallone. It should be about two thousand years ago. He wanted to make an "Eyes Watching You", but the big Hollywood studios were not interested at all when they saw the script. The film's 6 million budget.After the filming was completed, Universal's executives saw that they didn't even have the courage to send it to cinemas for distribution, so they sold it directly to Blockbuster, a video rental store, after a year's delay.The retitled "D-Tox" translates to "Sniper Killer" in 30 markets around the world, earning a total of 6 million in revenue.

In other words, all the money of those Germans was lost, and they couldn't get a penny back! "

"We can invest in Hollywood, but we must keep our eyes open!"

At the Shanghai Film Festival, Shen Changlin appeared in the film forum unit and answered some questions about Sino-US cooperation...

The title of this unit is 'Making and Investing in Films for a World Audience'!
The host Yin Hong was very surprised: "Then why did "Iron Man 3" allow Yinji Media to invest?"

"... want to tell the truth?"

"Appreciate further details!"

Shen Changlin shrugged: "The truth is that what they bought for 3000 million US dollars was only the mainland copyright... Disney estimated that even if "Iron Man 3" had a box office of 10 billion yuan in the mainland, they would share 25% of the bill, and the maximum would be 3000 million US dollars. Left and right, and there is a possibility of being owed, I simply sold the mainland copyright to Yinji Media, Yinji Media bought a few drafts, and instantly became a co-producer!"

"I have evidence for what I say. The overseas version of "Iron Man 3" doesn't have Yinji Media's logo at all, and their names don't appear in the subsequent subtitles!"

"Why do you do this? Isn't it because the film market is so hot, you can just borrow a cover and you can go on the market to cut leeks!"

"I'm not speculating. In fact, many people who play finance suggested that I do the same, but I refused, not because I am noble, but simply because I don't think it's interesting."

"Can you talk about "The Thieves"? I heard that this movie is valued by Columbia, and it is likely to appear in the North American summer file?"

"Indeed, they bought the overseas copyright for 1200 million US dollars, but you said that it will be released globally, I think the probability is not high!"

Shen Changlin explained: "Let me explain, the overseas market is divided into three categories, Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe. The North American market is actually the most unlikely market. Hollywood films always account for more than 97% of the North American market, and imported films account for up to 3%, and most of them are in the North American market. Niche art theaters. Three-quarters of that 3% are British films.”

"I think it's not bad if the overseas box office of "The Thieves" can reach 500 million US dollars. If it is long, it will be around 1200 million US dollars. The upper limit is obvious. How much do you think Columbia will spend to promote this movie?"

Without waiting for Yin Hong to answer, Shen Changlin asked and answered: "They should release it on a small scale. If the reputation is good, they will directly remake it, and then spend 5000 million US dollars to promote it and release it globally!"

"It's always said that borrowing a boat to go to sea doesn't have enough benefits, so why should someone lend you a boat?"

A reporter next to him asked, "But "The Fault in Our Stars" has a very good box office reputation!"

"That's why I acted early!" Shen Changlin explained with a smile: "...The original book of "The Fault in Our Stars" is called "Incomparably Beautiful Pain", which itself is a best-selling novel..."

"Actually, there are more and more works adapted from best-selling novels these years, but fewer and fewer box office hits, because book fans understand that film adaptation is another artistic genre after all, and it is not equivalent to the feeling when reading it!"

"But when I was reading "Incomparably Wonderful Pain", I felt that the story was great. I originally wanted to adapt it into a Chinese film, but when I found out that the adaptation rights were still available, I simply bought it and asked Columbia to co-produce and distribute it. …Colombia agreed to co-produce because their producers also liked the project. They even wanted to kick us out of the production!"

"We threatened that if he dared to take away the project, Sony Columbia's films would not be released in the mainland..."

(End of this chapter)