Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 727
After finishing Tianxian's signing with Haotian, Chen Hao immediately notified Li Wanli and asked her to make preparations in advance according to the conditions he proposed.

Later, Chen Hao read the email Smart sent to him, which was about "Shark Beach".

When "2012" ushered in the fierce impact of "On the Red Cliff", this low-cost thriller starring Xiaohu also officially landed in North America last week.

North American weekend box office list (2008.7.11-2008.7.13):
No. 1, "Hellboy 2", released for 3 days, weekend box office of 3589 million US dollars, Universal Pictures, cumulative box office of 3589 million US dollars, 3204 theaters;
No. 2, "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D", released for 3 days, weekend box office of 2058 million US dollars, Warner New Line, cumulative box office of 2058 million US dollars, 2811 theaters;
No. 3, "Wall-E", released for 17 days, with a weekend box office of 1851 million US dollars, Disney, with a cumulative box office of 16277 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 43.1% last week, and 3849 theaters;
No. 4, "Shark Beach", released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 1680 million US dollars, Tianchi Films, with a cumulative box office of 1680 million US dollars, and 2650 theaters;
No. 5, "Wanted", released for 17 days, weekend box office of 1159 million US dollars, Universal Pictures, cumulative box office of 11205 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 42.2% last week, 3157 theaters;
……

In the North American film market last week, a total of 4 new films were released, "Hellboy 2", "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D", "Dave's Spaceship" and "Shark Beach".

No matter in terms of investment or popularity, the new week is the battleground for the first three films, and "Shark Beach", a film with a small investment, is likely to be reduced to cannon fodder.

After all, this is a North American summer vacation with fierce competition.

The facts are slightly different. "Hellboy 2" won the championship with a box office of nearly 3600 million in the first weekend. This result is not eye-catching in the summer.

The figure of 3589 million US dollars only ranks 7th in the history of the premiere of "July opening works" in film history, and ranks 27nd in the premiere of "Superhero Movies".

It is worth mentioning that the adaptation rights of the "Hellboy" series were originally in the hands of Sony Columbia.

But Sony Columbia was hurt by the 2004 first episode, which cost $7000 million to make and grossed $6000 million in North America.

So it was resold to Universal Pictures, which was worrying about "in addition to "Hulk", what other comic heroes can we adapt?"

Now that "Hellboy 2" has won the summer file championship, I wonder how Sony Columbia will feel.

However, Universal also has its own hard-to-read experience. The domestic box office of "Hulk 1.5: The Incredible Hulk", which spent 2 million U.S. dollars and decided to recreate it, has so far not reached 1.3 million U.S. dollars at the domestic box office.

Compared with another Marvel superhero "Iron Man" with the same budget of Tianchi Films, it can be described as a complete failure.

"Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D" won a box office of 2811 million US dollars in 2058, and its performance is considered good, with a good start.

Surprisingly, the two new films "Spacecraft Dave" and "Shark Beach".

With a medium investment of 6000 million, the sci-fi comedy "Spaceship Dave" starring comedy superstar Eddie Murphy only earned 530 million US dollars in the first weekend, ranking sixth on the list, becoming another summer cannon fodder.

Moreover, the film only received a score of 44, a C in Yahoo, and a media review with a freshness of 22% on Rotten Tomatoes (14 votes in favor: 50 votes against). Join the ranks of the Golden Raspberry Awards favorites.

However, "Shark Beach", which was not favored by the media before, won a box office of 1680 million in the first weekend. You must know that the investment of "Shark Beach" is only 1700 million. Obviously, Tianchi Pictures will make money again.

The media's evaluation of "Shark Beach" is also very good, with a 77% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, praising it as "full of sincerity and creativity."

""Shark Beach" injects fresh energy and life into the nearly extinct shark-themed movies. It not only revives the original thrilling highlights, but also points out a new direction for this theme!"

As the protagonist, Xiaohu has also received a lot of attention from the Hollywood media, "The body is hot and there are many things to watch!", "Oriental beautiful girl, full of vitality"...

Xiaohu, who was already well-known in North America with the second part of "Taken" and "Dance My Life", this year, with the successive releases of "Taken 3" and "Shark Beach", her popularity continues to rise.

In recent years, Xiaohu has been firmly occupying the first place in the list of new foreign actors in Hollywood!
Some time ago, Tianxian briefly pushed Xiaohu off the top of the list with the popularity of "The King of Kung Fu", but now with the release of "Shark Beach", Xiaohu regained the top spot again!

Now when Hollywood mentions Chinese actresses, besides the international chapter, the first reaction is Fan Yaojing and Xiaohu!
There were even Hollywood agencies who wanted to sign Xiaohu, but they were naturally rejected. Backed by Liang Tianchi Films, a top-ranked independent film company, Xiaohu's resources are even better than those of some second-tier Hollywood companies.

This is the benefit of having people behind you.

In addition, "Robot Wall-E", which ranks third on the list, is a film that can compete for the best animation in film history, and it is definitely worth watching.

In addition, "Iron Man" is still showing in North American theaters, but the weekend box office has fallen below 100 million, and last week it was reported at 93 US dollars, and the North American box office has reached 3.13 million US dollars.

Overwhelming "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4", it became the temporary box office champion in North America in 2008.

Only this week, the highly anticipated "Batman: The Dark Knight" will be released in North America.

As one of the most popular superheroes in North America, Joker's leading actor, Heath Ledger, passed away unexpectedly, and Joker + Two-Faced Man + Scarecrow appeared on the stage, with overwhelming publicity and a huge screening scale in 4300 theaters.

North American forecasting agencies believe that the first weekend box office of "Batman: The Dark Knight" will be as high as 1.4 million U.S. dollars, and the final North American box office will be 3.5 million U.S. dollars!
If the prediction comes true, "Iron Man" will lose its North American box office title.

Seeing this, Chen Hao shook his head slightly. The prediction of the forecasting agency is still conservative!

After reading the email, Chen Hao continued to work hard.

Near noon, Chen Hao received a call from Li Mingqiao.

"Hey, Brother Li!" Chen Hao laughed.

"Brother, I'm looking for you about buying land." Li Mingqiao said directly.

"Well, tell me!" Chen Hao said.

"According to the information I got, after the Olympic Games, Wangjing will have 5 lands to be auctioned, one of which covers an area of ​​110 mu, with convenient transportation, close to schools and hospitals, it is very suitable for you." Li Mingqiao said.

"I believe Brother Li, just tell me straight!" Chen Hao said.

"I also estimated the price based on the market situation. If you want to secure the land, the price per mu is about 1500 million per mu." Li Mingqiao said.

"That means I have to prepare a deposit of at least 1.65 million yuan, right?" Chen Hao asked.

"Yes." Li Mingqiao nodded.

"Okay, I will get ready immediately, and at the same time let someone contact my brother." Chen Hao said, "I will ask Li Ge for help when the time comes."

"Don't be polite with me." Li Mingqiao said with a smile.

After the call was over, Chen Hao directly approached Hu Jin and Gao Kai, one was his own investment advisor and the other was the company's legal advisor, so they were naturally in charge.

Although Hu Jin and Gao Kai were surprised that Chen Hao wanted to buy land and build a building, they were naturally duty-bound to do so.

The matter of buying land and building, including the loan, was handed over to the two of them, and they dealt with Li Mingqiao.

However, Hu Jin also told Chen Hao the news that Wang Wei, the founder of Tudou.com, got divorced!
This matter has been a hot topic recently. After all, as the founder of the first video website in China, and is very popular with investors, it has raised close to 1 million US dollars.

It is also a sunrise industry such as the Internet that is developing rapidly, and Wang Wei naturally receives the attention of the media.

The report said that Wang Wei found out that he had no relationship with the other party, and the marriage at that time was completely impulsive.

Calm down now, especially after getting along for a long time, I found that the other party was not as beautiful as I imagined, and felt that the two were not suitable, so I chose to divorce.

However, some media broke the news that Wang Wei had a new love, and he liked the new and disliked the old, so he chose to divorce.

"I didn't expect you to have expected it." Hu Jin looked at Chen Hao with some probing eyes and said.

"I just care about my investment." Chen Hao replied, "By the way, Wang Wei is divorced, what is the property situation?"

Hu Jin said, "Wang Wei seems to have only given the other party 10,000+."

Chen Hao shook his head after hearing this. A person with a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars only gave the other party 10,000+ after divorce. This breakup fee is really too little.

No wonder Wang Wei's ex-wife in the previous life would come out to make trouble before the listing of Tudou.com, which caused the delay of Tudou.com's listing, and Youku robbed the title of the first stock of the mainland video website.

After that, China’s concept stocks were shattered, and they were no longer favored by Nasdaq. As a result, although Tudou.com was still listed, its market value was only about one-tenth of Youku’s.

Now Chen Hao is thinking darkly, Wang Wei's ex-wife happened to come out to make trouble before the listing of Tudou.com, besides wanting to share the money, there may be someone who is good at pointing her out.

"Tell me, if Tudou.com is about to go public at that time, and Wang Wei's ex-wife comes out to make trouble, will Tudou.com's listing plan be ruined, and Youku will be cheaper." Chen Hao said.

Hu Jin raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "This is really possible."

"If Youku secretly found out Wang Wei's ex-wife and told her that she suffered a lot from the divorce, what do you think Wang Wei's ex-wife would do?" Chen Hao continued to ask.

Hu Jin frowned when he heard this, "I really have to guard against this, but Wang Wei himself may not be able to give much money to his ex-wife now. After all, the financing is used for the company's development, and Tudou is not listed."

Chen Hao nodded after hearing this, "I know, and even if Wang Wei has given the money now, but when his ex-wife repents again and comes out to make trouble again, then you still have nothing to do."

Hu Jin nodded upon hearing this, "We have to find a way to prevent it."

"Let Wang Wei make an agreement with her ex-wife to pay compensation according to her net worth after listing. The result of this is that the higher the market value of Tudou.com, the more his ex-wife will get." Chen Hao said, "As long as people are not stupid, his ex-wife It will definitely not affect Tudou’s online listing.”

"But Wang Wei should have an opinion like this!" Hu Jin said.

"There is no way, even if you pay a little more, it's better than Tudou's listing being blocked. Don't make it cheaper for Youku. At the same time, Tudou will also give up the title of the first stock in the mainland video. Wang Wei himself will not agree. Willingly." Chen Hao said.

Hu Jin nodded upon hearing this.

"You can't harm the interests of all shareholders because of personal reasons. We discussed this before investing." Chen Hao said.

"Okay, I'll go and have a good talk with Wang Wei." Hu Jin nodded.

……

Time flies, one week passes and a new week begins.

The much-anticipated rematch between "2012" and "On the Red Cliff" finally announced the result.

"7950 million RMB! The box office of "2012" increased instead of falling in the third week, and regained the top spot in the weekly box office rankings!" --- Reported by Sohu Entertainment
"With RMB 7625 million, "On the Red Cliff" only has a box office difference of RMB 325 million, ranking runner-up in the box office list!" --- New Wolf Entertainment
""2012" sold another 7950 million RMB, and the total box office successfully broke through 2 million, becoming the new annual box office champion in the Mainland in 2008!"-- Netease Entertainment
""2012" surpassed "On the Red Cliff" at the box office last week, Chen Hao counterattacked Wu Baige!"--Douyan.com

……

In the third week of July, two new films were released in the mainland film market, namely "Graduation Day, Let's Talk About Crosstalk" and "Plot No. 7".

However, these two films are all three-no products, and they have no impact on the box office rankings at all.

The final champion and runner-up were still produced between "On the Red Cliff" and "2012".

Among them, "On the Red Cliff" was 7625 million yuan in the second week, a drop of only 8.57%. Obviously, the appeal of the Wu Baige + superstar lineup is still very strong. The cumulative box office of the film is 15965 million yuan,

It surpassed "Iron Man" and ranked No. 2008 in the 4 annual box office list in the Mainland!

At the same time, "On the Red Cliff" is also the 2008th film in the mainland to break the 5 million box office in [-].

The box office of "2012" in the third week was as high as 7950 million RMB.
Obviously, even though both films are blockbusters, word-of-mouth from film critics and audiences has still affected the box office of the film, helping "2012" achieve a counterattack.

At this time, the audience score of "On the Red Cliff" on Douban.com has fallen below 7 points, only 6.8 points, and the film critics score is only 5.8 points.

The critics score of "2012" also fell below 7 points, only 6.9 points, but the audience score remained at 8 points.

It can be seen that "2012" is much better than "On the Red Cliff" in the audience's word of mouth.

The comparison of ratings on Douban.com, as well as word of mouth from relatives and friends, is enough to influence the viewing choices of some neutral movie fans.

"2012" was also able to successfully counterattack "On the Red Cliff", and as time goes by, this impact may have a more profound impact on movie fans.

At this time, the cumulative box office of "2012" reached 25896 million yuan, successfully breaking through the 2 million yuan mark.

This is also the first film in the mainland to break 2008 million at the box office in 2, and Chen Hao's 4 consecutive domestic films have successfully broken 2 million yuan!

(End of this chapter)