How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 416 The speed of pirated movie resources is faster than the genuine ones

Another week passed.

Zhang Nan is still filming diligently on the set of "Harry Potter - Voldemort", and his role in "Harry Potter - Voldemort" is basically coming to an end.

And [Transformers 1] continues to dominate the global movie market.

Of course.

Compared with the first week, the box office performance of "Transformers 1" in the second week was somewhat moderate.

For example, "Transformers 1" took in US$2.02 million at the box office in North America in its first week.

The North American box office experienced a large decline in the second week.

It only made 1.13 million U.S. dollars in a single week, and the box office dropped as much as 40.00%.

But this is considered normal.

Moreover, [Transformers 1] has already grossed a total of US$3.15 million at the box office in its two weeks of release.

The generation of this data can be said to be that [Transformers 1] directly crushed a batch of movies released in the previous summer vacation.

For example, "Shrek 3", which was released in mid-May, was directly crushed by "Transformers 1" and was forced to be canceled because there were no screenings.

It’s just that the picture below [Shrek 3] is not the worst.

The worst ones were "Ocean's Thirteen" released in early June and "Fantastic Four 2" released in mid-June.

Because although "Shrek 3" has been canceled, the box office is still in place. Taking advantage of the hot summer vacation period, it has grossed 8.13 million U.S. dollars at the global box office.

But "Ocean's Thirteen" and "Fantastic Four 2" were directly cut off by "Transformers 1".

Especially [Fantastic Four 2], which was only released for a little more than two weeks and directly bumped into [Transformers 1].

Its box office in the third week was not cut in half, but started from the heel.

But even more so, the movie "Fantastic Four 2", which will be released in June, makes people want to cry without tears.

7 month 20 day.

That is the third Friday of the release of [Transformers 1].

The North American summer vacation has ushered in another heavyweight player - [Harry Potter 5], which was postponed for a week.

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[Harry Potter 5] premiere scene.

Since [Transformers 1] is still being released in North American movie theaters at this time, and Warner Pictures has already announced that it will cooperate with Zhang Nan on the project of [Harry Potter] series spin-offs, Zhang Nan can also be regarded as [Haha The future protagonist of the "Libert" series.

So when Zhang Nan walked on the red carpet, she received a warmer welcome than the three little ones from the main cast of [Harry Potter].

However, the warm welcome from the fans on both sides of the red carpet did not slow down Zhang Nan's pace on the red carpet. Zhang Nan still finished the red carpet quickly.

As a result, as soon as Zhang Nan entered the screening room, he was blocked by David Morris, the president of Warner Pictures.

"Zhang, how are the box office figures for the second week of [Transformers 1] in mainland China?" David Morris asked directly.

As soon as he heard David Morris's words, Zhang Nan knew that Warner Pictures' thoughts on the mainland market were still not extinguished.

Zhang Nan was quite speechless when he heard this and said: "David, today is the premiere of [Harry Potter 5]. Are you concerned about the box office data of [Transformers 1]? Is this appropriate? And it's not like Warner Pictures doesn't have any in the mainland. Office, do you want to ask me for this kind of box office information?"

"Warner Pictures does have an office in China, but there is a delay in collecting information on this kind of box office data." David Morris answered in an evasive manner.Seeing how persistent David Morris was, Zhang Nan could only tell the box office performance of [Transformers 1] in the Mainland. After all, such data cannot be hidden in the first place.

"You should also know the box office data for the first week. As for the box office data for the second week, [Transformers 1] earned 3.51 million in the mainland."

Zhang Nan felt a little emotional when telling the box office figures for the next week of "Transformers 1".

Because [Transformers 1] has already made 6.82 million yuan in box office in the mainland in its first week, plus the next week's box office of 3.51 million yuan.

[Transformers 1] has been released in the mainland for two weeks, and its cumulative box office has exceeded 10 billion yuan, reaching 10.33 billion yuan.

The mainland entertainment industry has been in chaos because of the box office data of "Transformers 1".

"3.51 billion."

David Morris repeated the number in his mouth, then raised his head suddenly and said: "Doesn't that mean that the box office of [Transformers 1] in the Chinese mainland movie market exceeded [-] billion in two weeks!!"

The last two words, one billion, were spoken by David Morris with an emotion that sounded like a billion dollars, which scared Zhang Nan.

Because David Morris is even more emotional than last week when Han Sanpin informed him that [Transformers 1] had exceeded [-] billion yuan at the domestic box office.

But the problem is...

[Transformers 1] has nothing to do with Warner Pictures!

"It's less than 1.2 million when converted into U.S. dollars. David, you are a little too excited." Zhang Nan was a little puzzled by David Morris's reaction and said with a rhetorical tone.

Seeing Zhang Nan's reaction, David Morris took a few deep breaths, and then changed the subject: "Zhang, [Harry Potter 5] has also been confirmed to be introduced to the mainland film market. What do you think about [Harry Potter 5]?" 】How much box office can it get in the mainland?"

"That depends on the schedule of [Harry Potter 5]." Zhang Nan said truthfully.

David Morris quickly replied, "It's scheduled for August 8th, one month later than here in North America."

"More than 1 million yuan, almost 2000 million US dollars!"

Zhang Nan answered directly based on the 5 million yuan box office of the original "Harry Potter 1.45" in the mainland, blurring the data.

As a result, when David Morris heard Zhang Nan's words, he couldn't control his emotions.

In fact, when asking this question, David Morris also had an estimate in mind.

But what David Morris is thinking about is that "Transformers 1" has grossed [-] billion yuan and exceeded [-] million US dollars in the mainland movie market in two weeks.

Warner Pictures' "Harry Potter 5" is not much worse than "Transformers 1"!
Therefore, David Morris estimated the box office data of "Harry Potter 5" in the Mainland to be 5 million yuan in two weeks, and the total box office was [-] million yuan, which is about [-] million US dollars.

But the data in Zhang Nan's answer directly penetrated David Morris's psychological defense.

"Why is there such a big difference?" David Morris's words were full of astonishment.

Zhang Nan didn't hide it and answered directly: "Piracy!"

Not to mention now, but more than ten years from now, when the mainland film and television industry will vigorously crack down on piracy.

One month is enough time for pirated video websites to replace vague resources such as gun versions, advance versions, etc., with ultra-high definition, 2K, and Blu-ray.

And in this day and age.

Not a month, at most a week.

Even faster, pirated movie resources in the mainland can be released earlier than genuine theaters.

(End of this chapter)