You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 121 China and the United States Bloom, Director Wang Makes More Points (1, Guaranteed)
The 100-minute movie is over, and the handling of the kingship is slightly different from the original version. It just stopped abruptly when the male and female protagonists received new challenges. Easier to handle and more options available.

After the movie ended, Concubine Liu Yi and Zhao Liying discussed the plot and characters in the movie enthusiastically, and even Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but interjected, "The cost of this movie is probably not low, and it feels like a blockbuster movie."

Zhao Liying, Wang Quantong, said, "The official propaganda is a budget of 2000 million yuan, which is equivalent to more than 1.5 million yuan. The actors are basically not famous, and this is all invested in the production!"

Liu Xiaoli, "Ah, such a high budget, I don't know if the cost can be recovered."

Concubine Liu Yi glanced at her mother in distaste, "How could Wang Quan's movie not be able to recover the cost, but the night banquet next door does not know if it can recover the cost. They also claim to have a production cost of 2000 million US dollars."

"The Banquet" has no midnight screenings, which are usually the privilege of Hollywood blockbusters with mostly young fans.

But you can see the huge poster of "The Banquet". The promotional momentum of "The Banquet" in this movie theater has obviously surpassed that of "Escape Room", and the cast is not at the same level.

This remark made Zhao Liying a little embarrassed. "The Banquet" is her company's film, and Director Feng has been kind to her, but Director Feng and Director Wang collided. Alas, of course I support Shuai at this time. Director Wang Come on!Fuck Feng to death!
Back at the hotel, it was already two o'clock in the morning, but Concubine Liu Yi was so excited that she couldn't fall asleep at all. She couldn't wait to log on to the relevant post bar to see netizens' comments on the movie.

Her comments cannot be read, because the filters are severe, and everything Wang Quan shoots is the best.

In the movie bar, there have been discussions about this movie.

And sigh Fusheng: I will enter the theater soon, I will tell you about it when I finish watching it.

There have been dozens of replies to this post more than two hours ago.

Moily: Those who are envious of big cities, our small place like Shijiazhuang has no midnight shows at all.

After skipping a few meaningless comments, I finally saw the new message from the poster.

Let's sigh Fusheng: It's absolutely fine, you can watch it with confidence, it's a good commercial film worth the fare.

Looking for a relationship: How about Ten Cloverfield Lane?
Let’s sigh Fusheng: I prefer "No. [-] Cloverfield Road". The multiple reversals are very to my taste, but "Escape Room" is more well-made, and Gadot, one of the heroines, is very good, comparable to Megan Fox's big beauty.

Kind Ranger: I just finished watching it too, and it feels pretty average, not as good as the surprise in the first part.

Three Traces: I like this one better, the last one was too tricky, this one can reflect Director Wang's ability to control commercial films, he has done a very good job.

Haozi who loves to read: Finished reading, so handsome!I love Gal Gadot!
Ye Wu Feng Lang: Me too, sorry Concubine Liu Yi, now I have Gadot!

Seeing this, Concubine Liu Yi gritted her teeth angrily, you go, I don't care about you!
Lying on the bed, Zhao Liying saw the faint light coming from beside her, "Sister Yifei, you are still awake, there will be a lot of drama tomorrow."

Concubine Liu Yi, "Sleep now, sleep now."

She quickly browsed the following posts. Although many people were not as surprised as "No. [-] Cloverfield Lane", they also affirmed that as a commercial film, it satisfied the audience's needs for tension, excitement, scenes, and beautiful women, and it was worth the vote. price.

Seeing so many people like Jiaduo makes Concubine Liu Yi a little sour, she is so good, everyone loves her, right?

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The first day of "Escape Room" in China is coming to an end, and it's just dawn in the United States. Yu Feihong grabbed the first show of "Escape Room" that day.

In fact, there is no need to grab it, and not many people can see it. After all, during the daytime on Friday, children have to go to school and adults have to go to work.

What's more, this is September. September after the summer holiday and January after the Christmas holiday can be said to be the coldest period of the year.

The genre of "Escape Room" is not Yu Feihong's favorite, if not because the director is Wang Quan, she might not even watch it.

While watching the movie, she was also thinking more about how Dorothy saved money.

Although the production cost of this movie was announced to be 2000 million US dollars, Yu Feihong knew that the actual cost of the dragon raising his head was only about 600 million.

With such a small cost, the effect of a medium-sized movie was produced. No wonder he dared to blow 2000 million. Is this why Wang Quan trusted Dorothy so much?

Yu Feihong also pays attention to the reactions of other audiences. Obviously they like this movie very much. When encountering exciting plots, they scream and applaud unabashedly, but they seem to be very young children.

The rating of this movie is PG-13. Like "13 Cloverfield Lane", children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by their parents to watch, so the children on the scene are at least [-] years old and older, who can watch movies independently , just shouldn't go to school at this time?

When she left the screening hall, she heard the chat with the two boys in front of her. It turned out that they didn't go to class because they were sick, and they came to watch the movie. In addition, they are all fans of Wang Keying and look forward to having such a lovely mixed-race girlfriend.

Yu Feihong couldn't help laughing after listening all the way, and later she sent a message to Wang Quan, congratulating him on the success of his new film.

At this time, Wang Quan was answering a very important call. The person on the other end of the phone spoke English for a while, and Chinese with a crooked accent for a while. The two chatted for a long time, and finally Wang Quan put down the phone contentedly. It's time to harvest.

In the evening, Wang Quan received a call from his father in China, and the first-day box office had already been released there.

Lao Wang was not very emotional, "The box office on the first day, including the midnight show, was 600 million."

"Is it so high!" Wang Quan was a little surprised. You must know that "No. 240 Cloverfield Road" was only 4000 million, and the box office of that movie in the mainland finally exceeded [-] million, showing great stamina.

Lao Wang sighed, "It's not bad, but "The Banquet" is even better!"

It turned out that it was because of this displeasure. Wang Quan smiled, "What kind of lineup do we have? Is it normal for two popular youngsters, Wu Yanzu and Huang Xiaoming, to have a high box office, and I would be surprised if the box office of "The Chamber of Secrets" exceeds that of "The Banquet."

"Hey, that's true. I've expected it a long time ago, but I'm still uncomfortable. The key point is that Huayi bought a lot of manuscripts for you, saying that you will never be able to defeat Feng Xiaogang in Huaxia. Pooh!"

Wang Quan, who was in a good mood, asked with a smile, "How much box office did they make on the first day?"

Lao Wang, "Exactly 1000 million."

Wang Quan took a look at the data of the film and television library, yo, it is 200 million less than the original time and space, it seems that the influence of "Escape Room" is still somewhat.

The more Lao Wang thought about it, the more angry he became, "I'll contact the reporters right now and ask them to ask when "The Banquet" will be released in North America!"

Wang Quan gave Lao Wang a trick, "You can ask when "The Banquet" will be able to pay back. Let me tell you in advance that "Escape Room" was already profitable before it was released."

Old Wang, "Oh?!"

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Huayi Brothers Company opposite Qiankun Culture.

President Xiao Wang, Director Chen, and Director Feng are not as happy as the media. Although the box office of "The Banquet" on the first day is as high as 1000 million, which is twice that of "A World Without Thieves", the scale and lineup of the release are not as good. A lot more than "No Thieves" from two years ago, but the effect is not as dramatic.

The key is that the online reviews are not good. Since his debut, the secret of Feng Xiaogang's high box office is the reputation of the common people, especially the reputation of the northern audience.

But this time even the audience didn't buy it. Even though they spent a lot of money to buy off the film critics, they still couldn't suppress the public's doubts about the "bad movie" of this movie. Feng Xiaogang can understand the mood of Lord Kai last year. up.

The most severe test is the pressure to pay back.

Although the production cost of 2000 million US dollars is a bit exaggerated, but if you look at these actors and the palace, this film is really not cheap to make. 1000 million US dollars is always required, even if overseas copyrights and audio-visual products can be recovered. , but if the box office does not reach [-] million, it is really not profitable.

Before the filming started, they thought well. "A World Without Thieves" cost 3000 million yuan and could have a box office of 1.2 million. "The Promise" was scolded like that and had 1.7 million. Now the cost of "The Banquet" has doubled, and Director Feng has always been good. Word of mouth, it's not too much to get [-] million box office.

As long as Director Feng's transition to big productions can be successful, Huayi will be able to operate big-budget and big-production movies in the future!
Now it seems that Mom has sold it, Mr. Wang said, "If the box office of "Night Banquet" is less than [-] million, Director Chen, the budget of "Assembly" should be reduced by one more."

Feng Xiaogang raised his head, moved his mouth, and finally sighed, "Damn it, that's what it feels like to lose money to investors. It's the first time he's experienced it.

Unexpectedly, the producer Chen Guofu, who usually didn't get along well with him, shook his head, "The script of "Assembly" is very good, and this time we plan to hire the special effects team from Kimchi Country, this part of the money can't be saved, the budget can't be reduced. , Any further reduction will lose the quality of the movie.”

Feng Xiaogang was so touched, this old Chen can get along!

Then Chen Guofu said again, "So I propose to cut the director's salary to tide over the difficulties together."

Feng Xiaogang: I'll fuck you!

President Xiao Wang fell into deep thought, as if he was really thinking about this proposal, but seeing Lao Feng's already ugly face turned even more stinky, he just laughed it off, "If it doesn't work, I'll go get some more funds, we Director Feng, you can rest assured to shoot before the end of the day."

At this time, the king came in with a displeased expression on his face, "Just now I saw an online news saying that "Escape Room" has been paid back, and the news also said that "Night Banquet" is difficult to pay back."

Wang Zhonglei was amazed, "Isn't it just released, why did it pay back?"

Feng Xiaogang, "Could it be that they also have a lot of water?"

Wang Zhongjun said, "It is said that the overseas copyright has sold more than 1000 million dollars, and it has also attracted more than 1000 million dollars in sponsorship and implantation, so it has already started to make money before it was released."

Feng Xiaogang's mouth moved. He is also a good player at getting sponsors for implants. The implants in "A World Without Thieves" are quite full, but they are far less exaggerated than the other party's 1000 million dollars!
He cursed, "It's still foreigners who are stupid and rich."

For Wang Quan's ability to make money, they were all jealous to death, and wished they could go out and be hit by a car.

Chen Guofu is more concerned about the box office situation of "Escape Room", "Has the box office data in the United States come out? How much is it on the first day?"

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"810 million on the first day."

Dorothy was with King Quan when she received the box office data. Looking at the data, she sighed, "Unfortunately, it's still lower than No. [-] Cloverfield Road."

Wang Quan smiled and said, "But we are the champions on the first day, and we are still leading by a large margin. What is there to be dissatisfied with?"

Dorothy, "That's true."

Five new films were released yesterday, and Dwayne Johnson's new work "Reinvigorate the Ball" ranked first in the film only had 450 million on the first day.

Scarlett Johansson's "Black Dahlia" was even worse, with 370 million, not to mention the latter two. "Escape Room", as the only distinctive commercial film in the same period, was the best.

With the popularity of room games in North America, the early publicity of "Escape Room" is enough. Otherwise, in such a cold period, it would be difficult to get the box office of 800 million on the first day. To stabilize the box office, King Quan and Tao Le Si, and the entire crew still have a lot to do.

In order to promote the film, the two students, Jia Duo and Wang Keying, both took leave of absence and were on call at any time.

The next day, the main members of the crew came to San Francisco for film promotion.

The strategy formulated by Dorothy is to lead the crew to conduct road shows in cities across the country that have escape room game halls, cooperate with local game halls, attract young audiences to watch movies, and then use them on social networks represented by YouTube and Facebook. Promote this film.

Traditional media such as TV and newspapers are basically monopolized by the parent companies behind the Big Six. It is very difficult for Long to rely on their power, and the asking price is too ruthless, so they can only rely on emerging Internet media. This was decided early on. strategy.

After two days of roadshows, the box office results of the film's first weekend have also come out.

790 million on the second day, 710 million on the third day, and a total of 2310 million in three days!
"No. 2700 Cloverfield Road" had a box office of 1 million in its first weekend. Although "Escape Room" dropped slightly, it is already the fourth highest box office in the history of its September opening! (Note [-])

In September, the highest opening drawing was 98 million dollars for "Rush Hour" in 3300.

It is also worth mentioning that the highest box office in North American history in August is "Rush Hour 2" with 6700 million. Cheng Long around 2000 was indeed red and purple.

It stands to reason that this is Wang Quan's first time to win the North American weekly championship, which is gratifying and congratulatory, but the news changed when it came back to China.

"The myth of kingship is not here, the box office of the new film is not as good as the previous one!" "

The opening scale of "Escape Room" has become larger, but the box office in North America has dropped, why? "

"Is Hollywood Abandoning Its Reign? "

"This time Director Wang is a failure! "

Looking at these news headlines, Wang Quan smiled, I know you are anxious, but please take it easy...

(I wish everyone good health during the Dragon Boat Festival. There is a lot of data in this chapter. I checked the data above, so it is a bit late, sorry)
　(Note 1: The opening box office is the cumulative box office of the first three days of the film's release, which is an important indicator of the distribution ability and the box office appeal of star directors)

　　
　
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