Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 988 Birth of a Film Breaking 10 Billion Box Office

Originally, after "Gravity" surpassed "Titanic 9.8D"'s 3 million at the box office with 9.77 million yuan, everyone thought that the annual crown in 2012 had been decided.

Unexpectedly, a super dark horse jumped out in December, which once again caused waves in the competition for the annual crown!

I thought it would be Cheng Long's "Zodiac" or Feng Dapao's "[-]" that could disrupt the battle for the annual crown.

However, "[-]" went straight to the street.

"Zodiac" originally had a very strong momentum, but under the competition of "Tai囧", it gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Especially the dark horse "囧太囧" was able to stand against "Zodiac" and still be so violent, which shows that the color of this dark horse is simply black and shiny.

Moreover, Xu Shanzheng, the director of "Lost in Thailand", was not born as a director, but came from an actor who crossed the border. More importantly, this is only the second film directed by Xu Shanzheng.

Under such circumstances, it is possible to defeat Chen Hao, the number one commercial film director in the mainland who has been famous for ten years. How can he not make people hug their heads and look incredible?

Faced with such a situation, major film companies, media, industry and experts took "囧囧" under a microscope and began to analyze every frame and every second, hoping to find the box office password of "囧囧".

Soon, many experts and the industry analyzed the reasons for the box office explosion of "On the Journey 2: Lost in Thailand".

First of all, the schedule is good.

Looking at the movies of the same period, "1942" deeply portrayed the famine and famine but failed to break the high box office record of the healing film created by "Tangshan Earthquake", and the final box office may only be half of it.

However, "The King's Feast" was more difficult to watch smoothly due to its abrupt style, coupled with the navy incident, it was quickly deleted.

And the "Blood Droplet" and "Great Shanghai" that were pressed later are both super bitter emotional movies. I don't know if it was affected by the rumors of the end of the world in 2012. Except for "Zodiac", everyone is collectively remembering Suffering and nostalgia.

This makes the comedy Lunar New Year film "On the Journey 2: Lost in Thailand" instantly stand out from the crowd!

The second is the success of "People on the Journey 2: Lost in Thailand" itself!

First of all, it does not pretend to be noble, and he only creates within his own ability; second, it respects the audience, and does not kidnap the audience for marketing; third, it is not dark, and does not try to embellish your inner world.

Perhaps this is the so-called down-to-earth, the three 囧 gods had a very reliable embarrassing encounter, but they played the laughing fruit expected by the audience.

Third, the chemical reaction of the Iron Triangle.

Wang Baobao's "silly root" image and temperament have always been unique in the circle. Such an image can often create very natural and effective jokes.

Xu Shanzheng can be regarded as a comedian relying on the images of "Li Wei" and "Zhu Bajie". In addition, his seemingly serious and cold appearance in "People on the Journey" is in sharp contrast with Wang Baobao, and it is very easy to make jokes. You can be regarded as a cold-faced joker!

Huang Bo, his external image, and his comedic talent since "Crazy Stone".

Now, the three get together and have a wonderful chemical reaction, producing a comedy effect of 1+1+1>3. The performance and combination of the three can be called the Iron Triangle of Comedy.

Fourth, "People on the Journey" has pearls and jade first.

"People on Journey" is undoubtedly a very successful low-budget comedy movie in recent years. Its quality is good and it has attracted many fans.

Therefore, after the sequel of "People on the Journey" was released, many movie fans who have watched or heard before will prefer "Thailand" in their viewing choices.

After all, most people watch movies to relax or pick up girls, and comedy movies are undoubtedly one of the best choices.

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Now everyone has been stunned by the box office of "On the Journey 2: Lost in Thailand", Xu Shanzheng kept asking himself while he was ecstatic, is the movie I made really that good?

At the same time, Haotian Movies has become the envy of everyone. After all, this movie is fully invested by Haotian Movies. It is not enough to describe the income of Haotian Movies.

For this reason, Xu Shanzheng was surprised and also murmured, why didn't he insist on participating in the investment at that time!

Originally, Xu Shanzheng also wanted to participate in the investment. After all, the total investment of "Tai囧" is not high. It is still possible to participate with a few million or use his own salary.

However, Chen Hao specifically emphasized that Haotian Films "On the Journey 2: Lost in Thailand" has to be fully invested.

The copyright belongs to Haotian Films, and the status of Haotian Group in the industry is unquestionable, far from being comparable to the previous life's Holy Church Studio.

Moreover, although the box office of "People on the Journey" was good, it was not good enough for Xu Shanzheng to have the courage to stick to the end and raise the conditions, so in the end Xu Shanzheng didn't stick to it, but just got paid more than directors of the same level.

Such a result made the outside world have to sigh with emotion, Chen Hao is really a movie genius, not only he is good at making movies, but also has an excellent vision.

At present, except for a few literary films that are losing money, Haotian Films' films are all making huge profits. The huge profits not only make entertainment companies jealous, but also a lot of capital are coveted.

The impressive performance of Haotian Movies has stimulated a group of capital and giants to want to enter the circle, including BAT, which is already laying out the entertainment industry!

The big hit at the box office is gratifying, but now, what Chen Hao is thinking about is not the box office and revenue of "On the Journey 2: Lost in Thailand", but about the rewards for Xu Shan and the three of them.

Because at that time, all the remuneration that Xu Shan was fighting for was only 500 million in total!And Huang Bo and Wang Baobao's salary is 300 million!
Comparing the movie's box office and Haotian Movie's revenue, the salary of the three is really pitifully low.

But it is also impossible for Chen Hao to give Xu Shanzheng a very high salary from the very beginning, so Xu Shanzheng would probably be scared to death, after all, this is the second work he directed.

Therefore, Chen Hao is going to give Xu Shanzheng, Huang Bo and Wang Baobao some compensation, or red envelopes.

Although according to the contract, Haotian Films does not owe the three of them anything, but the three of them are rare comedians with box office appeal in the industry, and they will definitely cooperate in the future.

Now, you have earned hundreds of millions, but the three people who are the core of the film only get paid a few million. Even if you don't say it on the face, you will definitely feel uncomfortable in your heart.

If you want your business to grow bigger, you need to have a bigger structure. There is no need to focus on this little benefit and damage the greater interests in the future.

In this "People on the Journey" series, Chen Hao hoped that the three could continue to cooperate to avoid the unforeseen death in the previous life, and they parted ways in the third part.

Speaking of this, it is also part of the reason why Chen Hao strongly demanded the full investment of Haotian Films, just to avoid the unhappiness caused by "Lost in Thailand" in his previous life.

In the previous life, after "Lost in Thailand" achieved a sky-high box office, Xu Shanzheng started to prepare "Lost in Hong Kong".

As a good partner of the two films, Xu Shanzheng naturally went to Wang Baobao at the beginning, hoping that he could continue to participate in the film.

After all, the two of them move and stay still, smile and be cold, which can be said to complement each other, the comedy effect is full, and they can be called golden partners.

In fact, everyone should be able to see that the role of Bao Bei in "囧囧 in Hong Kong" was originally prepared for Wang Baobao.

But facing Xu Shanzheng's invitation, Wang Baobao directly refused, and the two never cooperated again.

The reason is that unhappiness happened in "Tai囧".

In "Lost in Thailand", Wang Baobao and Huang Bo's salary is similar, but the way they are paid is different. Wang Baobao directly takes the cash, while Huang Bo participates in the investment with the film salary.

In the end, "Lost in Thailand" was a hit at the box office. Huang Bo's income was tens of millions, while Wang Baobao got 300 million. The difference in remuneration between the two was too great.

There is a saying that is good, don't worry about scarcity but inequality!

It doesn't matter if it's less, because everyone is the same anyway, but you can't treat them differently, then the contradiction will become bigger!
In the final analysis, it is still a matter of interests. For this reason, Wang Baobao did not participate in "囧囧 in Hong Kong".

The role that originally belonged to him was also given to the investor's glamorous brother Bao Bei.

The result can be described as a lose-lose.

"Hong Kong囧" has encountered a word-of-mouth crisis, and this series has gradually gone downhill since this one.

Wang Baobao did not accept "囧囧 in Hong Kong", and then starred in the science fiction film "Frozen: The Gate of Rebirth", the action film "One Man's Martial Arts", and the fantasy film "Taoist Down the Mountain" directed by Chen Kaige.

As a result, the box office and word of mouth were not satisfactory.

Later, I became the director and filmed "Havoc in Tianzhu", although the box office was good, but it was not good enough. At the same time, Baobao Wang's popularity and popularity with the audience were also greatly affected.

What if the two collaborated on "囧囧" again?
Of course, there is indeed a problem with the movie "Lost in Hong Kong". Xu Shanzheng abandoned the blindly funny line and instead played with the youthful feelings of a middle-aged man.

There are a lot of things I want to express. Various elements such as love, youth, nostalgia, suspense, police and robbers, and action are mixed in it, but the result is not handled well.

Especially the role of Bao Bei, which is quite a failure, especially compared with Wang Baobao in the first two films, it is simply a world of difference.

If there is Wang Baobao in "Hong Kong囧", then everyone will definitely look more pleasing to the eye. At the same time, Wang Baobao, as one of the leading actors, should also have more roles, thereby reducing some unnecessary other elements.

In this way, "囧Hong Kong" may look more refreshing and simple. After all, everyone is just looking for fun. As for the perception of middle-aged men, most people are not interested.

Speaking of now, because "Lost in Thailand" is fully invested by Haotian Films, the salary difference between Huang Bo and Baobao Wang is almost the same, and the situation of "Lost in Hong Kong" will not appear.

Therefore, it should not be a big problem for Wang Baobao to join "Hong Kong囧".

After all, "Tai囧" is so popular, as one of the absolute leading actors, actors generally will not refuse to participate in the performance without huge interests involved.

In other words, there will be a different "囧囧 in Hong Kong" destined to appear in this life!
Besides, at the moment, the two-week box office of "Lost in Thailand" has exceeded 6 million yuan, and it has suppressed "Zodiac".

However, "Blood Droplet" and "Great Shanghai", two films starring Huang Jiaozhu, did not perform well at the box office, and there were no films with box office appeal in the next two weeks of December.

It was not until January 2013, 1 that Chen Kaige's "The Great Master" was released.

Therefore, the industry's box office expectations for "Tai囧" have already surpassed "Gravity", and they are directly heading for 10 billion!
Thinking about Xu Shanzheng's remuneration is only 500 million. Although the remuneration was set early in the morning, Chen Hao didn't want to test Xu Shanzheng's friendship with himself or with Haotian Films.

People's hearts are the most untestable thing in the world, and the results will often disappoint you. Chen Hao doesn't want everyone to make things ugly, so he must give Xu Shan compensation.

The same must be true for the other two core figures, Huang Bo and Wang Baobao.

According to Chen Hao's intention, before the film was released, he would directly fight for another 1500 million red envelopes for Xu Shan, while Huang Bo and Wang Baobao would each get 1000 million.

This can show Haotian's sincerity without appearing stingy.

"You ask Haotian Films to prepare a 1500 million red envelope for Xu Shanzheng, and 1000 million for Huang Bo and Wang Baobao each." Chen Hao said.

Sister Shi was surprised when she heard the words, "1500 million? Add up to 2000 million! Huang Bo and Wang Baobao are also 1300 million, isn't it too much?"

Chen Hao shook his head when he heard the words, "We just want to make them feel more, so that they can feel our sincerity. The series of "囧路" will continue to be filmed, and "囧路" with the participation of Xu Shanzheng and three people is obviously It is more authentic and makes everyone look forward to it.

Considering that the next "囧路" may bring hundreds of millions of benefits, this 3500 million can be accepted after thinking about it! "

"But, you gave so much this time, what will you do next time?" Sister Shi asked.

"Let them participate in the next film." Chen Hao said.

"Let them participate in the investment?" Sister Shi frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Chen Hao nodded after hearing this. In the entertainment industry in the future, artists have become a kind of resource, especially those with popularity or box office appeal are scarce resources.

And these artists will also use their own advantages to cooperate with capital and participate in the investment and production of works in order to obtain greater benefits.

This is the general trend, and Chen Hao can't stop it.

Faced with the influx of capital and giants, in order to compete for top artist resources, these foreign emerging forces often offer sky-high contracts to top traffic stars and first-line artists with box office appeal.

Facing the sky-high price, few people can stand it. Considering that Liu Tianwang accepted "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" for this reason, it can be seen how tempting it is.

In the face of these giants and capital that are disrupting the situation, the industry will not be able to follow the price increase. If you do not increase the price, the top artist resources will not come, which will cause the artist's status and price to be raised higher and higher, which cannot be effective at all. contain.

After Sister Shi conveyed Chen Hao's meaning to Haotian Films, it also caused some disturbances within Haotian Films, but in the end the implementation was in place.

Now not only is the focus of the media on "People on the Journey 2: Lost in Thailand", the same is true for Haotian Movies. Everyone wants to see what kind of height it can reach, and it is worth Chen Hao's spending so much money.

结果，《人在囧途2：泰囧》没有让人失望，12月28日这一天，已经上映17天的《人在囧途2：泰囧》当天拿下2896.47万人民币。

The total box office has reached 9.81 million, officially surpassing "Gravity", and won the 2012 annual box office champion in the Mainland!
然后这还不是结束，在2012年12月31日24点之前，《泰囧》的内地总票房成功破了10亿，达到了10.0292亿人民币！

It officially became the 4th film in the mainland to break 10 billion at the box office!

At the same time, it is also the second domestic film with a box office of over 2 billion!

(End of this chapter)