Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 799 New Movie
The first weekend box office of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" stunned the North American media and major Hollywood film companies, including Liang Tianchi Films.

And after Chen Hao completed the editing of "Teddy Bear", the box office of "New Moon" was released again in the second week!

Last week, "New Moon" was released in 18 more theaters, reaching 4042 theaters. It won the North American weekend box office champion with a box office of 4250 million US dollars!
After 2 weeks and 10 days of release, the cumulative box office of "New Moon" has reached an astonishing 2.3067 million US dollars. Obviously, the 2.5 million previously predicted by the media has long since passed away.

Now New Moon is definitely targeting the $3 million mark!
Chen Hao and Liang Tianchi Films were naturally grinning from ear to ear, but Chen Hao was busy with the North American release promotion of "Edge of Tomorrow".

This time, "Edge of Tomorrow" was scheduled to be released on the first Friday of December, which was also requested by Chen Hao, because Cameron's "Avatar" will be released on December 12.

Chen Hao didn't want "Edge of Tomorrow" to be abused too badly, so it was brought forward to the first week of December.

Moreover, films of the type "Edge of Tomorrow" are considered novel and shocking in China, and even in Asia, but they seem relatively common in the United States.

Without the blessing of "Can China/Asia make such sci-fi films?", the box office prospects are relatively bleak.

This time, Sony Columbia and Liang Tianchi Pictures arranged only 3020 theaters for "Edge of Tomorrow", which is nearly 2012 less than the 3218 theaters for "200".

After participating in several talk shows and media meetings, "Edge of Tomorrow" officially landed in major theaters in North America on December 2009, 12.

After "Edge of Tomorrow" was released, Chen Hao met Xiao Lizi once while paying attention to the box office information.

"Hi, Chen!" Xiao Lizi smiled when he saw Chen Hao.

"Hello, Leon." Chen Hao nodded with a smile.

"I went to see your new movie, it's not bad!" Xiao Lizi laughed.

Chen Hao was noncommittal when he heard the words, "Thank you, let's talk about business, how are you thinking?"

Xiao Lizi laughed after hearing this, "Wow, the script is so cool. I read it many times and studied it many times, and I finally got a general understanding. To be honest, it's the first time I've seen such a fascinating script."

"It seems that you like it very much!" Chen Hao felt relieved when he heard this, it seemed that there was no problem.

"Yes, I like this script very much. I have to play Cobb." Xiao Lizi said excitedly, "However, let me ask, did Cobb return to reality in the end?"

"Hahaha...you have to find out by yourself!" Chen Hao laughed.

Xiao Lizi shook his head helplessly when he heard the words, "I know that you directors like to play tricks like this, but I really got the point."

"Since this is the case, then you have to get ready. I plan to start filming at the end of the month." Chen Hao said, "Also, I plan to make the film into 3D."

"3D?" Xiao Lizi was taken aback when he heard the words, "Like Cameron's "Avatar"?"

"That's right!" Chen Hao took a deep breath and nodded.

Xiao Lizi didn't take it seriously when he heard the words, "No problem, after reading your script, my schedule will be arranged!"

Chen Hao knew from Xiao Lizi's expression that he didn't care much about "Avatar". Obviously, many people would not think that "Avatar" could reproduce the infinite scenery of "Titanic".

What's more, they don't know that the 3D trend that has been blown up will soon sweep the world, causing countless movies to add the word "3D" directly before their release, otherwise it seems like they won't be able to sell at the box office.

Different from the fact that 3D has been widely popularized in later generations, although 3D movies have appeared at this time, there is not a single 3D movie that sells well at the box office.

There is no film that can really give full play to the advantages of 3D in terms of visual senses.

It was not until the appearance of "Avatar" that movie fans really realized what 3D is, what is shock, and what is the ultimate movie-watching experience!
In addition, "Avatar" once again set a new record at the global box office!
Then, what followed was a 3D frenzy that flooded the world. Countless 3D films were approved for shooting, and the films that had already been shot were also converted into 3D.

And if there is no conditional conversion, 3D will be stamped on the title of the film. For a while, the whole world is occupied by "3D". It seems that no one will watch it without this mark.

Although most of the films are pseudo 3D, or 2D at all, and then make false propaganda.

But there is no doubt that with the 3D frenzy of "Avatar", many films have sold high box office.

In addition to movie fans being interested in the 3D super sensory experience promoted by the media, the high ticket price of 3D movies is also a major reason.

Facing the 3D frenzy sweeping the world, Chen Hao naturally wants to take a ride, so the new film is also going to be made into 3D.

However, if you want to shoot in 3D, it is best to hire the special effects company of "Avatar", which is impossible for Haotian to play in a short period of time.

Only "Avatar" has experience in the post-production of special effects, which also reassures Chen Hao, so the cost of the film will undoubtedly be much higher.

Therefore, the investment of Chen Hao's new film is as high as 1.6 million US dollars, which is nearly 11 billion RMB!

This investment is too high for a Chinese-language film, surpassing the record for the largest investment in Asia set by "Red Cliff".

Relying on Haotian Films alone, even with the addition of Huaying, Guangliang, and Bernard, is not enough, so Chen Hao can only pull in Tianchi Films again.

If it is not enough, then you can only borrow from the bank with the project as collateral.

And with such a high cost, Chen Hao naturally had to make a fuss about the film's box office if he wanted to get back the cost.

The first is the actors. In order to increase the film's box office, Chen Hao invited Xiao Lizi, Gordon Levitt, a popular niche in Hollywood.

Son Yejin from South Korea, Ken Watanabe from Japan, International Zhang and Yaya from Huaxia, etc.

Form an earth alliance and attack the global box office.

At that time, Chen Hao is also planning to have a real global simultaneous release.

The new film can't be regarded as a pure Chinese film, but should be a co-production film, and the members of Huaxia and Hollywood will each account for about half.

In addition to the main roles played by actors from various Asian countries, other supporting roles and supporting roles will also be Chinese and European and American actors in half. Behind the scenes is the cooperation between China and Hollywood.

Although the cost of the new film is staggering, Chen Hao is also full of ambitions. The combination of 3D + good script + US$1.6 million investment + Hollywood superstars also makes Chen Hao have higher expectations for the global box office of the new film.

The global box office record of US$6.31 million for Chinese-language films held by "Kung Fu Panda" and the personal highest global box office record of US$7.61 million for "The Da Vinci Code" are Chen Hao's goals!

(End of this chapter)