Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 739 Series Big Players

"In the past two and a half months, thanks to everyone's persistence and hard work, we have completed this "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" together." Chen Hao raised his glass, "Now that it's finished, everyone must have a good time!"

"Shredded coconut, shredded coconut!"

"It's done!"

"I wish the movie a big hit at the box office!"

……

After Chen Hao drank it all in one gulp, everyone also started a party.

Different from the wrap-up banquet in China, parties are more popular here in the United States, so the crew held a wrap-up party on the night of wrapping up.

"Happy cooperation, Chen!" Barry Diller raised his glass.

"Chels!" Chen Hao laughed.

"Well, Chen, I want to give you a little suggestion, I hope you can think about it!" Barry Diller thought about it.

"Oh, tell me!" Chen Hao frowned.

"It's like this. The company attaches great importance to this "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and hopes that it can revive the entire series." Barry Diller, "So besides word of mouth, the box office is also a key factor."

"Okay, let's be quicker." Chen Hao said.

"Then let me be blunt, the company wants you to not show too much violence and gore in the final battle of the Golden Gate Bridge," Barry Diller said, "because the company wants to give Rise of the Planet of the Apes a PG-13 rating. "

Chen Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and was a little unhappy that 20th Century Fox wanted to interfere with his final cutting rights.

"Don't get me wrong, Chen." Upon seeing this, Barry Diller said, "We are all about the box office. I believe you also hope that "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" will have a good box office, so that your reputation will not be affected. At this point Above, we are of one mind."

In fact, Chen Hao also thought so. Although it was not a film invested by his company, it was made by himself after all. Chen Hao still cherishes feathers.

Otherwise, cooperating with Hollywood giants would not be so picky and picky. Earning some word of mouth while making money is the kingly way.

The higher the box office of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", the happier Chen Hao must be. After all, apart from his salary of 2000 million US dollars, Chen Hao also enjoys 15% of the global box office share of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

The higher the box office of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", the more Chen Hao earns.

It's just that when Chen Hao cooperated with Sony Columbia before, Sony Columbia never gave Chen Hao some such "suggestions", and the final cutting right is Chen Hao's right.

Looking at Barry Diller, Chen Hao shook his head secretly. Perhaps he was not at the level of Spielberg or Tim Burton, or Sony Columbia was entirely because of Davis' guarantee for him.

Let Chen Hao have the illusion that he is a super director and he is the only one.

20th World Fox's approach should be Hollywood's consistent approach to directors. Even if the right to final cut is promised, there will still be opinions and negotiations.

As for other unknown directors, they don't have the right to final cut.

In Chen Hao's memory, the original version of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" did not have too many bloody scenes at the end of the Golden Gate Bridge battle. It seems that the original director also received 20th Century Fox's suggestion.

Because of the original version, Chen Hao didn't shoot many bloody scenes, but it's the first time he's being pointed at like this.

It seems that Davis is really good to himself!
"I will pay attention." Chen Hao nodded with a smile.

Barry Diller relaxed after hearing this, "I look forward to your "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" being able to shoot a more classic series!"

"I hope so!" Chen Hao replied.

After Barry Diller left, Andy Serkis, James Franco and other actors all came to chat with Chen Hao, hoping to get in touch with him.

After all, Chen Hao is a well-known director in Hollywood and the boss of Liang Tianchi Films, so he is definitely worthy of his knees.

After coping with it for a while, Chen Hao went to the bathroom, and just after he was released and walked out of the bathroom, he saw Nicole Kidman standing opposite him.

Nicole Kidman walked over quickly, pulled Chen Hao's tie directly, and led Chen Hao into the private room of the women's toilet.

Before Chen Hao could speak, he was pushed by Nicole Kidman to sit on the toilet, and then he straddled his long legs and sat on Chen Hao's lap.

"This cooperation is not satisfying, when will we cooperate next time?" Nicole Kidman slid her finger on Chen Hao's lips and asked.

"If there is a suitable role, I will definitely find you." Chen Hao smiled.

Nicole Kidman didn't believe it, "Are you sure?"

"I'm not sure about the future cooperation, but I'm sure we can cooperate now!" Chen Hao laughed.

After finishing speaking, Chen Hao picked up Nicole Kidman, turned her over and pushed her onto the door panel, then tore it hard, the sharp knife came out of its sheath, and hit the bull's-eye...

……

The party lasted until very late, but after Chen Hao stayed in the bathroom for 40 minutes, he fired his guns and retreated, and then returned to the Beverly Hills villa with Xiaoying.

While supporting Chen Hao, Xiaoying said angrily, "Sooner or later she will die on a woman's belly! Ah..."

Hearing this, Chen Hao immediately hugged Xiaoying, "Then I'll die on your belly!"

……

During the period when "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was finished, Haotian Music on the other side of the earth released the second album of this year, "Obviously Not Angel" by Sister He.

This album also adopts the physical + digital distribution model.

Compared with Sister He's first album "Luminous Body", the physical sales of "Obviously Not Angel" have dropped significantly. The pre-sale and first-month sales totaled only 75632 copies, which shows that the current Chinese music scene is getting more and more sluggish.

However, on the digital album, "Obviously Not Angel" performed well. Although it was not as good as Zhang Jingying's "UPDATE*JANE", it also had more than 15 paid downloads on Kugou in the first month.

Sister He, as a fast girl in the class of 2005, obviously has a big gap with the top three in terms of popularity.

This can be clearly felt when Li Yuchun released the new biography "My".

The third album released by Haotian Music in 2008, the physical pre-sale plus the sales volume in the first month reached 3 copies, which is almost three times that of Sister He's "Obviously Not Angel".

And the paid downloads of "My" on Kugou reached 41 times in the first month, setting a new record for the sales volume of digital albums in the first month in the Mainland!
Comparing the two, the physical album is really coming to an end, but the digital album has given hope to Haotian Music and even the Chinese music scene!
Although this kind of hope is not very bright, but the singer must continue to release songs.

Because as long as one song becomes popular, countless endorsements and commercial performances will follow one after another. While maintaining popularity, it can also bring huge profits, and maybe it will be able to appear in variety shows in the future.

So even though the Chinese music scene is getting more and more lonely, songs must be released.

……

After "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was officially completed, although there were still some special effects to be completed, Chen Hao had already started the first cut of the film.

And relying on the finished version in his mind, Chen Hao edited very quickly, and the effect was almost the same as the final version.

While Chen Hao was busy editing the movie, the time soon came to late November.

Chen Hao was also sent out by Smart to the promotional platform for the sixth film launched by Liangtianchi Films this year.

The movie is the $3700 million romance film "The Twilight Saga," starring Kristen Stewart and based on the best-selling novel, invested by Tianchi Films.

The film will officially land on North American theaters on November 11.

Regarding this movie, although Chen Hao has not watched the entire series, he has heard about its popularity, otherwise he would not have bought the right to adapt the novel early on.

Therefore, Chen Hao asked Smart to contact theaters for "Twilight" as much as possible, and Smart naturally worked very hard, after all, it was a movie fully invested by Liang Tianchi.

Although the cost is only 3700 million, this is a series. Which Hollywood movie is the most profitable?

Of course it's a series!
So, Smart approached Sony Columbia, and contacted a total of 3419 theaters for the premiere.

This is already a super-large-scale premiere for a small-budget romance film with an investment of only 3700 million US dollars!
"You seem to be very optimistic about "Twilight"?" Smart asked Chen Hao, who was doing nothing after editing "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

"Of course, if I don't like it, how can I spend money to buy the copyright of the novel." Chen Hao laughed.

"Best-selling novels do have a lot of fans, but the main fans of "Twilight" should be girls, and there are countless adaptations of overturned stories!" Smart said.

"What do you mean?" Chen Hao said angrily, "Don't you want "Twilight" to be a hit at the box office?"

“Of course I hope, it just always seems like you’re so confident that Twilight is going to be a hit!” Smart explained.

Hearing this, Chen Hao put away the corners of his mouth and said, "I have confidence in my vision, you must know that I haven't missed a shot yet."

Smart nodded helplessly when he heard the words. This is indeed amazing, maybe this is a genius!
"Just wait, the box office of "Twilight" will definitely surprise you." Chen Hao laughed.

"I'd like it to scare me!" Smart laughs, obviously not too convinced.

In its view, a box office of 3000 million is not bad. If you want to scare yourself, how high is the box office?
Chen Hao didn't explain too much when he saw this, the purchasing power of the girls is quite astonishing!
"'2012' is confirmed to be released on December 12, right?" Chen Hao asked.

"Yes, there are 3218 movie theaters!" Smart said, "18 more theaters than "Pacific Rim"!"

The corners of Chen Hao's lips twitched when he heard that, "2012" was not even as popular as the low-budget "Twilight" in theaters. Hollywood's arrogance is really etched into the bone marrow.

If it weren't for Chen Hao's successive successes in the United States, then maybe 2000 companies would be the limit.

In the fourth week of November, two new films were released in the North American film market, namely "Twilight" by Liangtianchi Films, and Disney's 11D animated film "Bolt".

Although "The Twilight Saga" was adapted from a best-selling novel, the investment in Girl Xiang was only 3700 million yuan, so the industry did not focus on it.

The real heavyweight is Disney's $1.5 million investment in "Flash Dog"!
Although "Madagascar 2" is in the lead, the industry estimates that "Flash Dog" will still be able to beat last week's champion "007: Quantum of Solace".

The box office of "Twilight" is predicted to be between 1800-3000 million!
Soon, 3 days passed.

North American weekend (2008.11.21-2008.11.23) box office rankings:

No. 1, "Twilight", with 3 days of release, weekend box office of 7055 million US dollars, Tianchi Films, cumulative box office of 7055 million US dollars, 3419 theaters, and cost of 3700 million US dollars;
No. 2, "007: Quantum of Solace", 10 days of release, weekend box office of 2740 million US dollars, Sony Columbia, cumulative box office of 10948 million US dollars, a decrease of 59.4% compared to last week, 3458 theaters, cost 20000 million US dollars;
No. 3, "Lightning Dog", released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 2700 million US dollars, Disney, with a cumulative box office of 2700 million US dollars, 3651 theaters, and a cost of 15000 million US dollars;
No. 4, "Madagascar 2", with 17 days of release, weekend box office of 1600 million US dollars, Paramount, cumulative box office of 13745 million US dollars, a decrease of 54.3% compared with last week, 4007 theaters, and a cost of 15000 million US dollars;
No. 5, "Imitate Brothers", with 10 days of release, weekend box office of 723 million US dollars, worldwide, cumulative box office of 3804 million US dollars, 2733 theaters, a decrease of 35.2% compared with last week, and a cost of 2800 million;
……

"Twilight" spewed out a shocking debut score of US$3419 million in 20600 theaters with a single-house average of around US$7055.

Last week's top pick "007: Quantum of Solace" and this week's big cartoon "Star Dog" were severely suppressed.

Liangtianchi Pictures won the Mark Six Super Prize again!

The box office of 7055 million US dollars ranks fourth in the history of film premieres in November (after "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets").

Pushing "The Incredibles" and "007: Quantum of Solace" to fifth and sixth.

At the same time, it ranked fourth in the premiere performance in 2008, second only to "Batman 6: The Dark Knight", "Iron Man", "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", and rushed "007: Quantum of Solace" to fifth place.

It ranks first in the premiere performance of "vampire movies" in film history, and "Van Helsing" with a premiere of 5175 million US dollars has been rushed to the second place.

In addition, "Twilight Saga" earned $3587 million on Friday's premiere, ranking 14th in the history of film history, even surpassing "Iron Man," which debuted at $3523 million.

It became the second-highest opening-day opening of the year behind "The Dark Knight," with $6 million.

Let's take a look at the cost of "Twilight", which is only a mere 3700 million U.S. dollars. It will undoubtedly become another example of "small and big" in film history.

The gossip that "Twilight Saga" has been confirmed to make a sequel before it even appeared has finally left no laughing stock, and has become an impressive masterpiece.

Now, it seems clear that The Twilight Saga could begin work on a sequel.

Of course, the three-day operating curve of the weekend also fully exposed the lack of stamina of "Twilight Saga". Compared with Friday, Saturday's plunge was 41.4%, which is another rare phenomenon in film history.

But it doesn't matter, even so, there is no need to doubt that the film breaks through the 1 million US dollar barrier. We can first target the 1.2 million US dollar "Van Helsing" and strive to secure the throne in the vampire family, and then move to a higher level.

Liang Tianchi Films can be said to have brought the series of movies to the fullest. Counting them in detail, Liang Tianchi already owns the "Taken" series, "Chain Saw" series, "Human Skin Inn" series, and "Beast Meal" series , "Dancing Out of My Life" series.

There are also the upcoming "Iron Man" series, "Fast and Furious" series, and "Twilight" series.

Whether the "Fast and Furious" series can be reborn in the hands of Tianchi Films is still unknown, but the "Iron Man" and "Twilight" series are obviously going to explode.

Liang Tianchi Films has only been established for less than 5 years, but it has become a top-ranking independent film company, and these series of films have contributed a lot.

Chen Hao is not only a talented director, but also a talented film businessman, he can be called a big player in series movies!

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