Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 260 North American Publishers

Zhang Yang did not stay in Wandao for too long.

After accompanying Wang Zuxian and filming the MV, Zhang Yang only stayed for two more days. Accompanied by Wang Zuxian, he visited some classics on the island before returning to Hong Kong Island.

The reason why he was in such a hurry to leave was that Zhang Yang came to Wandao to relax and unwind, and the box office of "John Wick" during the Spring Festival was released, and it was time to announce the answer.

At the beginning of the Spring Festival, the box office of "John Wick" reached an astonishing 1400 million in its first week.

Now one month has passed, and the final box office of "John Wick" has been finalized.

The total box office was 4130 million.

There is no doubt that Zhang Yang, with his new film, once again broke the highest box office record in Hong Kong Island's film history, and became the first person among so many producers in Hong Kong to have exceeded the 4000 million box office mark.

And with the final box office of "John Wick" set, the distributors who were still waiting to see what happened have also sent their final offers, waiting for Zhang Yang to make his decision.

The first is East Asia and South Asia.

For Zhang Yang, there are actually not that many choices in the ticket warehouses in these two regions. First of all, in South Asia, because of the previous "Boxing Fighter" series, Zhang Yang has established a cooperative relationship with the largest publisher in South Asia. .

This time, there is no need to replace publishers in South Asia.

As for East Asia, due to the popularity of Chenglong in Japan, the largest publisher in East Asia has always been a die-hard supporter of Jiahe. In view of the fierce fight between Zhang Yang and Jiahe in Hong Kong Island, in East Asia, Zhang Yang can only The next best thing is to choose another large publisher, and the share will not be better than that of South Asia.

As for the last thing, and what Zhang Yang is most concerned about, is the North American publisher region.

New Line Cinema had the highest share ratio, giving it [-]%, but its influence in North America was quite average.

As for Paramount, which is the most famous, the share ratio is directly given to June [-]th. It wants to occupy the lion's share. It can be seen that because of the popularity of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in the world, Paramount's own theater chain has no shortage of film sources. , and they also have great confidence in their influence in the North American market.

In addition to Paramount and New Line Cinema, there are two other distributors in North America who have also set their sights on Yingyang.

The first one is MGM, which is as popular as Paramount.

Their share is the same as Paramount, and they are only willing to give it to June [-]th. Obviously, like Paramount, they have no shortage of excellent film sources. The reason why they extended an olive branch to Zhang Yang is just to expand the theater chain. material, so just give it a try.

As for the last family, it was Warner who was most familiar to Zhang Yang but also hesitant.

At that time, Jet Li was popular all over the United States, and at his peak, he was once as good as Chengdu. Among them, Warner's influence was definitely indispensable. However, Warner was not without its shortcomings. Compared with MGM and Paramount, Warner's internal structure was extremely It was unstable and there were frequent internal fights within Warner Bros.

More importantly than this, Warner is a typical white-dominated company. Although in the film industry, Warner is famous for being willing to take risks and is willing to make some decisions that are both revolutionary and gamble on color, but in the film industry, In essence, from top to bottom, they are all typical white people.

Like this release.

Warner is willing to give a split of [-] to [-] points. Considering the size of the company, they are willing to let Zhang Yang's Yingyang Entertainment take [-] points. There is no doubt that they have made a lot of concessions, but Zhang Yang is very sure that Warner is willing to give Zhang Yang's film a split of six. The release in North America does not mean that they think highly of Zhang Yang. In fact, even Jet Li only managed to gain a foothold at Warner Bros. after a series of twists and turns.

If it can't show its strong box office strength, then Warner will definitely be the one who turns its back the fastest. If it can show its absolute strength at the box office, then Warner will also be the most respectful one.

There are both risks and benefits...in the office.

Looking at the offers from North American publishers on the table, Zhang Yang hesitated for a long time and finally chose Warner.

He has confidence in his own strength, confidence in the film, and even more confidence in Yingyang Entertainment.

Since Warner is willing to make a sincere offer, Zhang Yang has no reason to refuse.

After instructing Chen Jiashang to receive Warner's arrival in Hong Kong and signing the distribution agreement, Zhang Yang took a deep breath.

Next, whether "John Wick" can succeed in North America and whether it can catapult Zhang Yang into Hollywood will depend on whether Zhang Yang's previous filming and the latest action scenes can conquer American audiences. .

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Although the contract has been signed by the distributor, there is still at least three months until the film is released.

In these three months, Yingyang has to cooperate with Warner to produce an English-dubbed version. At the same time, Warner also needs to arrange theater schedules and review related matters. Even if everything goes extremely smoothly, three months will be inevitable.

During this period of time, Ying Yang Entertainment will naturally not wait. At least whether "John Wick" is popular in North America or not, Zhang Yang will naturally continue to fight for what he should fight for on the mainland of Hong Kong Island.

After "John Wick" was released, the one that took over the schedule was "Rich" produced by Debao Pictures.

Originally, according to the schedule of the previous life, this film was scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival, but during the Christmas season, Zhang Yang made way for Debao, which also made the film "Wealthy" have no choice but to release Move back.

But fortunately, although the film's schedule is not the best, the quality of the film is still obvious to all.

Moreover, the film "Rich and Rich" can be said to perfectly fit the mood of the vast majority of Hong Kong people at that time, so its box office performance was naturally strong. Although it was not as popular as "John Wick", the box office data was definitely not as good. Low.

The popularity of two films in succession has made DeYoung Cinemas, which was already performing extremely well during the Spring Festival, become even more prosperous.

Within Jiahe, two internal meetings were held in succession for this purpose, and even Liang Feng, who was not in charge of things, couldn't help but attend one after another.

But why the three giants of Jiahe are having headaches has nothing to do with Deyang Cinemas.

After filming "John Wick", Wu Yusen, who was deeply inspired by Liu Weiqiang and Lin Lingdong, finally made up his mind to start the "A Better Tomorrow" series again and shoot "A Better Tomorrow 2".

Zhang Yang naturally strongly supports this.

With Fa Ge and Leslie Cheung reunited again, "A Better Tomorrow 2" has officially entered the filming stage.

At the same time as "A Better Tomorrow" was launched, Lin Lingdong, the branch of Jianghuren Pictures, who had helped do the stunts for the "John Wick" series last year, finally took the initiative to join Yingyang Pictures. The first film after.

And this film is naturally the first part of the Fengyun trilogy with Lin Lingnan providing the script and Lin Lingdong personally directing.

"Prison Storm"!
(End of this chapter)