my movie years

Chapter 209 Battle in Asia
After the first week of its release in mainland China, "Gravity" has also been released in other parts of Asia.

With the premiere, it's no secret that Hua Tsai's cameo in "Gravity". In addition to the frightening box office in the first week of the film in the mainland, when it was released on Hong Kong Island, there were no crowds.

Zhang Hao has a large number of movie fans in Little Days in Korea, and the same is true for Hong Kong and Taiwan directors.

Before "Gravity" was released, the highest-grossing movie on Hong Kong Island this year was "Golden Rooster SSS" starring Wu Junru and Zhang Jiahui, which scored 4127.7 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

Of course, "Golden Rooster SSS" has problems in terms of subject matter and standpoint, so it was not screened in the mainland.

The second film was invested by Bona Pictures, directed by Wang Jing, starring Fa Ge and Ting Fung, and participated by Da Tiantian. The film won 3356.3 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

"The Wind and Cloud of Macau" also scored 5.2 million box office in the mainland, which is a good result and made Bona Pictures a fortune.However, the film's reputation was poor and it was scolded miserably.

Wang Jing's production style is like this, it doesn't matter if it sucks or not, as long as it can make money.

No.3 is more interesting, it is "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven".Before "Gravity", this film was known as the pinnacle of visual effects in Chinese-language films.

As a result, as soon as "Gravity" came out, "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" immediately became a fifty-cent special effect.The change came so quickly it was unexpected.

The film grossed 2553 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office on Hong Kong Island and 10.45 billion in the Mainland.Well... not as high as the first week of "Gravity".

It is also because of this that the Hong Kong audience is curious.

Curious about the ability of "Gravity" to earn 10.65 billion box office in the mainland in the first week. Could it be that the audience in the mainland are all idiots?

The super high box office in the first week also stimulated Hong Kong Island filmmakers, and more and more Hong Kong Island filmmakers have moved their minds to go north for development.

Here is a piece of information, because of the pleasant cooperation in "Batman: Beginning of War", Hong Kong Island action director Qian Jiale became famous.

Many Hollywood blockbusters have asked him and his Chin family to act as action directors in the past, and Hong Kong Island's action directors have a tendency to rise again in Hollywood.

Brother Cheng Long revealed in an interview that he recommended Qian Jiale to Zhang Hao.

Brother Cheng Long hopes that more Hong Kong Island filmmakers will bravely go out, whether it is going to Hollywood or going north.

As for Qian Jiale, it's not that he doesn't know good from bad.He saw very clearly that there was no room for development in Hollywood, so it was better to follow Zhang Hao.

So he took his own Qianjia class and directly signed a contract with Tianmi Film and Television Production Company.

Of course, Zhang Hao was very happy to accept a martial arts team with mature action guidance experience, so he signed it. In the future, he will not need to find other action directors for action movies.

The fourth is "Fire Fighting Heroes", which won a box office of 2547 million Hong Kong dollars and 7737 million RMB in the mainland.

The fifth film is a tertiary film called "3D Pride", which won a box office of 1607 million Hong Kong dollars.There is a great market for this type of film on Hong Kong Island, but don't even think about showing it in the Mainland.

It's only May now, and there are still many films to be released after that.But now, the Hong Kong Island film market must first face the impact of "Gravity".

On Friday, May [-]th, "Gravity" officially premiered in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

To this day, Zhang Hao's films are all signed with local film studios into sharing contracts, and it is no longer a buyout contract.

So the income depends entirely on the local box office, plus the subsequent copyright income, it can make a lot of money.

However, the difficulty in non-local markets is that supervision is more difficult.Therefore, it is inevitable that the local film studios will cheat on the accounts to deceive the producers.

However, in this regard, as a publisher, China Film has a broad network of relationships.There is also the supervision of third-party lawyers and accounting firms, which can effectively prevent such things from happening.

On Hong Kong Island, the midnight show of "Gravity" has already grossed 126 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, with a box office of 867.5 million Hong Kong dollars on the first day.

Taiwan Island, including the midnight show, also won NT$1264.5 million at the box office, while South Korea and Little Days scored US$376 million and US$935.6 million, respectively.

For Southeast Asia, it is a bit difficult to count because it is counted together by many countries, but there is roughly 800 million US dollars in revenue.

The first day was such a blast, the first week is unimaginable.

Hong Kong Island scored 2952.6 million Hong Kong dollars in its first week at the box office, and immediately surpassed "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" to become the third on the Hong Kong Island box office list.

It is only a matter of time before "The Wind and Cloud of Macau" is surpassed, and the status of "Golden Rooster SSS" is also in jeopardy.

Formosa also won NT$4013.7 in its first week at the box office and won the next week's box office champion.

On the South Korean side, because the Korean won has depreciated so much, it is calculated in US dollars just like the little days.

Regardless of the small size of South Korea, people's spending power is not low.There is a saying to describe Koreans: the cost of living is low, but the cost of survival is high.

What do you mean, watching movies is life, watching movies is normal consumption, and there are also things like eating, drinking and having fun.

But buying a house, getting married, having children, and starting a business is survival.These are very high pressures in China, let alone in Korea.

Therefore, young people in South Korea are drunk today when they have wine, and enjoy themselves in time, and let's talk about it after playing first.

South Korea has always been the third largest ticket warehouse in Asia besides the mainland market and small day market.

Although Southeast Asia is counted as a whole, it is not as good as South Korea if it is pulled out alone.

Some people may mention the Indian market. Sorry, the total box office of the Indian market at this time does not even exceed [-] million US dollars.

Note that all the films together do not exceed [-] million US dollars a year.

Ah San is a strange place. People pay in rupees instead of dollars, and the consumption system is different from other places in the world.

However, Ah San's Bollywood movies are already ranked first in the world every year. When it comes to Ah San's movies, the first impression is probably that there will always be an awkward dance.

"Gravity" earned US$1523.4 million in its first weekend in South Korea, and US$3065.7 million in the world's third largest film market in the small days, and Southeast Asia also had a box office of about US$2857 million in its first weekend.

This data performance, not to mention horror, can also be described as exaggeration.

This is still the box office in the first three days of the weekend. If this trend continues, in the Asian market alone, "Gravity" is enough to pay back its capital and make a lot of money.

Although South Korea and Xiaotian are both in line with Western culture, they are all within the radiation range of the Greater China cultural circle.In today's high-speed flow of information, any disturbance in the mainland market can affect them.

Moreover, Zhang Hao's appeal in Asia has reached top-notch, with a large number of fans, and trust has also been established.

Unless the film authorities of the two countries restrict it, the normal market operation will not be able to stop Zhang Hao's film from selling well.

In fact, as soon as the first week of the film's box office came out, the minister in charge of films submitted a bill restricting the circulation of Chinese-language films to the higher authorities, and the bill has now entered the deliberation process.

Our side is not idle, and the ambassador there immediately took note, sternly declaring that the restriction act violated the agreement.

But that's something outside of the film level, so it's not Zhang Hao's turn to worry about it.

In the mainland, as of the weekend of NO.11 in May, the film has been released for 15.67 days and has grossed [-] billion RMB at the box office.

Last week alone, based on the box office of 10.65 billion in the Mainland, it was equivalent to 1.52 million US dollars.

"Gravity" has already ranked second in the global box office weekly list, second only to "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" which was released on May 1.87 with [-] million US dollars.

But "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" was released worldwide, and it was released in mainland China on May [-]th.

In other words, "Gravity" has already struggled with "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" by relying on a single market, and finally lost with a gap of 3500 million US dollars.

In its second week, with strong box office sales in other parts of Asia, plus the mainland market, "Gravity" scored another $1.51 million.

With $1.51 million, "Gravity" continued to hold the runner-up spot at the global box office for the week, behind "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."

Zhang Hao has only won the global weekly box office champion once, which was when "Batman: Beginning of War" was released.

Of course, the explosive box office performance in the mainland market is caused by many factors.But it has to be denied that the mainland market has the potential for such a big explosion.

With the development of the European and American film markets approaching a stagnation and the slow development of the Asian, African and Latin American markets, the mainland market, which is growing rapidly at the box office, immediately attracted the attention of Hollywood giants.

Especially this year, with the birth of a blockbuster movie like "Gravity", it is impossible for Hollywood companies to say that they are not interested.

Among them, occupying a unique advantage is undoubtedly Warner Pictures.

Because of the cooperative relationship with Zhang Hao, and because Warner Pictures has represented the overseas distribution rights of "Gravity", Warner Pictures has already gained an advantage in the competition.

Originally, Warner Pictures planned to adopt a conservative distribution strategy, because "Gravity" is a 3D film, or a Chinese 3D film.

Since "Avatar", the concept of 3D movies has been played with flying.But bad movies follow the trend not only in the mainland film industry, but also in the whole world.

Since 2010, audiences around the world have seen too many shoddy 3D movies, and gradually lost patience with 3D movies.

Mainland audiences who have experienced 3D movies are very aware that many movies are obviously 2D in foreign countries, but they are changed to 3D in the mainland.

Why?Because 3D fare is more expensive.

It's the same in North America. Many films are shot in 2D format, but in post-production, the filmmakers convert them into 3D films.

The result is that it gets worse and worse, so bad that it can't be watched.

This is also the point of Warner Pictures' hesitation. According to statistics from Warner's data analysis department, in 2010, 52% of North American audiences would choose to watch 3D movies.

In 2012, this figure was nearly halved, only 27%, while the number of 3D movies reached a historical peak at 47%.

In 2013, 3% of the audience were willing to watch 31D movies, and Warner's data analysis department believes that this data will not improve in 2014.

"What does this mean? This means that audiences are losing patience with 3D movies. I think "Gravity" should adopt a conservative release strategy." Vice President Rick Solomon waved the report in his hand, increasing his tone.

As if in this way, you can add persuasiveness to yourself.

"But you have to pay attention, Rick, last week, "Gravity" scored $1.52 in the mainland China market alone.

Last week, including the rest of Asia, the film also won $1.51 million at the box office. said another vice president, Doug Walter.

Since Jeff Robinoff was promoted to CEO, Doug Walter, the former head of publishing, became the new vice president.

"Jeff, what do you think?" Rick Solomon kicked the ball to Jeff Robinoff.

Jeff Robinov pondered for a while before saying: "What we need to pay attention to is that the market growth over there is indeed rapid, and it has reached a point that cannot be ignored.

We, Warner Bros. Pictures, not only need to take root in the North American market, but also strive for the market there. Otherwise, how will we compete with Disney in the future? "

The executives of Warner Pictures present here were contemplative, and they were all thinking.

At present, the trend of the six major Hollywood companies, [-]th Century Fox has been in decline and is unsustainable. As long as one or two movies hit the box office, it will be over.

Others like Paramount Universal are somewhat competitive, but not as good as Warner Bros.Sony Columbia Pictures is dawdling, and has been flirting with Disney.

So it is Warner Pictures that can compete with Disney, at least they think so.

"We strive for a large-scale distribution of "Gravity." This is the final decision of Warner Pictures.

In fact, Warner Pictures will not lose money by releasing "Gravity". If the box office does not reach the distribution cost, the producer will have to supply Warner Pictures.

Anyway, it's not a loss anyway, Warner Pictures simply mobilized the media under the group and started to make a large-scale publicity.

A number of Time Warner media began to report on the box office success of "Gravity" in Asia on a large scale, attracting more attention from North American audiences.

At the same time, Warner Pictures also launched its own channels to launch large-scale publicity in Europe.

The trailer of "Gravity" was launched on Youtube within 24 hours, and the likes have already exceeded one million. Many European and American viewers have left messages, looking forward to the release of this movie.

This is a level of enthusiasm that other Chinese-language films have never achieved, and it is distributed by a major Hollywood company, which is able to create such a momentum.

"Looking at the trailer, I feel that the quality is good. Is this a movie made by a Chinese director?"

"The heroine in it looks average, has a small butt, and is completely unattractive."

"This is a beauty in China. I think the heroine is very good and pretty."

"Tell you, this is Chris Zhang's latest work."

"Is it the one who made the Batman movie? That's worth looking forward to."

The above are the comments of YouTube netizens, while the newspaper media is divided into several factions.

Some of them are not optimistic, and they are media owned by Disney; some are on the sidelines, and they are neutral media;

Several parties hold their own opinions, but the introduction of "Gravity" to North America is already a certainty.Traditional ticket warehouses such as Europe and Australia will also be released simultaneously in North America, and other regions will be later.

The domestic media learned of this situation, and Penguin News was the first to expose the news: "Warner Pictures has confirmed the release of "Gravity", and Zhang Hao's new work will be discovered on a large scale around the world."

"It's the first attempt for a Chinese film to go abroad. If others can't, then Zhang Hao can."

"The eyes of the whole of China are focused on the success of "Gravity" going overseas. Zhang Hao is trying and working hard for Chinese-language films to go global."

"Going to the world? I think we should stay rooted in the soil and not aim too high."

Most of the domestic media are still encouraging and optimistic, mainly because of the film's domestic box office, and the high box office in Asia have given strong confidence.

The Internet is even more lively, good and bad, white and black are fighting together, and netizens are constantly eating melons.

Originally, because of the super high box office of "Gravity", both Heizi and Saijun were silent.Now I found an opportunity to appear, and repeatedly bad-mouthed the overseas trip of "Gravity".

Anyway, Heizi and the navy can always have an angle, just get used to it.

And objectively speaking, it may be because of Zhang Hao's fans and Da Mi Mi fans' crazy bragging behavior in the past few years, which aroused the disgust of many people, and some of them turned into sunspots.

This is normal, even money can't make everyone like themselves, and some people regard money as dung.

Zhou Donggui is the king of Asian pop music, every day there are rumors on the Internet that he sings with a lisp, all songs are saliva, or Zhou stammers.

So, just get used to it.

(End of this chapter)