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Chapter 188 The expected revenue exceeds [-] million US dollars!How many movies has this guy done in Hollywood? (asking for monthly ticket)
Time quickly came to the end of September.

The domestic enthusiasm for "Dead Silence" has subsided slightly.

After all, it is really difficult to interview Chen Fei. This guy has been disappearing in Los Angeles during this period, and the reporters in charge of foreign affairs really can't catch him.

But on the night of September 9th, China Film Group suddenly issued an announcement, which directly made the fading popularity rise again.

"The movie "Get Out" invested and produced by China Film, director Chen Fei, and Universal Pictures will officially open in North America on October 10."

Because of the subject matter, there is not much introduction to this movie, except that it is still a thriller and horror movie.

In addition, it also comes with a brand new movie poster.

Video: "Get Out"
Director: Fei Chen
Screenwriter: Fei Chen
Producer/Producer: Universal Pictures

When this news was exposed, it occupied the front pages of major portals, forums, and blogs in less than half an hour.

If "Dead Silence" is just a script sold by Chen Fei, then "Escape" is a film that he personally directed, shot, and participated in the editing and production.

Among the former, his role is not that big, he is just the provider of the script.

But the latter is different. This movie will officially become an important step in laying the foundation for him in Hollywood!
If this movie can still be a hit, he will have truly proved his ability as a screenwriter and director.

The stepping stone has been knocked out, and he will officially enter "Hollywood" next.

And this movie will determine how far his first step can take him.

...

Before the release, Universal Pictures asked him if he wanted to participate in the film festival?

This proposal was rejected by Chen Fei.

He doesn’t understand the rules of the film festival here. Who knows how to arrange it?

Moreover, the latest film festival is in January 2006. By that time, I am afraid that all the day lilies will be gone!

His current goal is to open up his reputation in Hollywood and improve his status and worth.

Film festivals are certainly a good place to increase one's worth and reputation, but this is Hollywood, a fame and fortune fair recognized by filmmakers around the world.

People here only recognize one thing.

US dollars!

As long as the film can make money after being released, then as the film's director and screenwriter, Chen Fei can become a guest of major film companies.

This is something that those awards cannot buy.

What's more, the prerequisite for winning an award is that in addition to the quality of the film, the box office and revenue must also be impressive enough!
Therefore, when faced with Jie's inquiry, Chen Fei directly suggested: "It's better to release it directly. At worst, we can take it to participate in the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars."

Universal accepted his offer.

In fact, the most important thing is that the investment in this movie is not high, and Universal Pictures does not attach much importance to it.

In the words of producer Jie, this small-scale film is used to earn bonuses for the production department.

Of course, even so, "Get Out" is still much higher than "Dead Silence" in terms of theater schedules!
Chen Fei didn't know exactly how high it was. Anyway, when Chen Fei mentioned the box office of "Dead Silence", Jie looked completely dismissive and full of disdain.

The old eight major film companies are still very discriminatory against independent film companies.

This disdain comes from all sides.

The schedule in October is very loose, and the Hollywood market is almost full of small-production movies.

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is in November, "Viennese Chronicles, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is in December, and "King Kong" is also in December.

It is worth mentioning that "King Kong" was also invested by Universal Pictures, and this movie was produced according to a super-high box office movie.

Therefore, Universal Pictures’ executives are almost entirely focused on “King Kong.”

As for the release of "Get Out", only a few senior executives were paying attention, and the others didn't care at all.

The investment has not exceeded US$1000 million, so what is there to care about?

Is it possible that the box office can still exceed [-] million?

In the eyes of many Universal Pictures executives, this movie is just a casual fun to accompany China Film and Chen Fei. Their real purpose is to use this to cooperate with that market. They don't care about how much money they make as long as they don't lose money. That’s it.

Because of this, it doesn't matter whether this film goes to the film festival or not, Universal Pictures is almost following Fade Chen's wishes.

As long as we don't lose money and can successfully build a bridge with China Film Group, that's enough.

However, in contrast, the country is in a state of excitement!
The success of "Dead Silence" is still in everyone's memory, and another new movie is about to be released!

"Why does this kid always play fast shooter mode no matter where he goes?"

Han Sanping muttered something while still replying to the emails sent back from the other side of the ocean.

The cooperation with Universal Pictures has begun, and "King Kong" has been confirmed to be released on December 12th.

而在这一阶段，同时还有12月1号上映的《如果爱》、12月15日上映的《无极》、12月22日上映的《千里走单骑》。

In addition, following the release of "No Man's Land" and its great success, "The Journey" and "Chinese Partner", written by Chen Fei and produced by Feiyue Film and Television, have also been officially scheduled.

The theme of "People on the Road" includes Spring Festival travel, and the Spring Festival is the time point, so the scheduled release time is December 12, which just fits the atmosphere of the New Year.

"China Partner" is scheduled to be released on December 12th.

Han Sanping also specifically talked to Chen Fei about this matter.

Why can't "China Partners" be placed in 06? Does it have to be at the tail end of 05?

Chen Fei certainly can't say that he doesn't like Chen Kexin and wants to steal his box office.

His reason is that the company has new plans next year, and the actors have to join other crews. If the time is too long, there will be no time to gather people to do the announcement.

And in order for "China Partner" to be able to catch up with the Academy Awards, it must be released in 05.

This reason barely convinced Han Sanping.

At worst, the film schedule for "If Love" will be compressed when the time comes. The partners in this film are the sons of several companies, and other films will have to be put on the sidelines.

As for whether it will affect the box office of "The Promise"...

Han Sanping has never thought about this in depth. The two films are not of the same level at all, and the themes and audiences are also different, so there will be no impact at all.

As for the follow-up "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles", this is a movie independently invested by New Picture. Does it have anything to do with him, China Film Group?

Just give him a little face in terms of film arrangement. He is not even a godson, at most he is just a passerby.

As for the movie "Ip Man", several investors unanimously decided after discussions to wait until "Fearless" is released next year.

The Lunar New Year slot is already extremely crowded. If we continue to squeeze in more movies, domestic theater chains will almost run out of space.

...

At the same time, while Han Sanping was busy launching a cooperation plan with Universal Pictures, Shanghai Film Studio was also busy.

In order to prevent Media Asia from making mistakes in the filming and production of "The Overheard", Chen Fei finally gave Ren Zhonglun [-]% of the investment.

And his mission is very simple. He must keep an eye on the filming to prevent people from Media Asia from doing tricks inside.

It's not that Chen Fei doesn't trust Zhuang Cheng. The most important thing is that Zhuang Cheng doesn't have the final say in Media Asia alone. Who knows if there are some idiots inside?
In addition to this work, Ren Zhonglun is also busy recently setting up scenes.

Because the filming of "Source Code" required an entire train and a relatively large park, after comprehensive consideration, Chen Fei finally decided to build a scene by himself.

Railway tracks, parks, trains... these are all shot in real scenes, which also facilitates special effects design and picture rendering in the later stage.

The scene was set up in the Shanghai Film and Television City. The land was secured by Shanghai Film Studio, and many other buildings were demolished for this purpose.

Chen Fei only gave them one month, and they had to start filming "Source Code" in November.

The entire post-production team has been very busy during this period...

The construction of the railway track was relatively simple, but Chen Fei also asked for a locomotive and at least three carriages, which gave Ren Zhonglun a headache.

It's easy to find things, but how to transport them to the film and television city has become a problem.

"Oh, we can only disassemble it first and then assemble it after the pieces are shipped in. There is no other way."

After deciding on the strategy, just leave the rest of the work to your subordinates.

Looking at the news about Chen Fei in Hollywood reported on the portal, Ren Zhonglun couldn't help but feel envious.

"Hey, when will Shanghai Film Group Corporation have the opportunity to participate in the investment of Hollywood movies?"

After sighing and thinking for a moment, he finally picked up the phone and said, "Tell the publicity department to promote the popularity of "Get Out"."

A good partner should know how to provide “icing on the cake” at the right time.At the same time, in addition to Chen Fei's several domestic partners, there are also many film companies, artists, etc. who are paying attention to Chen Fei's movements.

The success of "Dead Silence" has opened the door to Hollywood. If "Get Out" can still create good results, this will mean that a cable car from China to Hollywood has been officially opened!
Just wanting to take this cable car route may not be that simple.

……

"Myth" has been released for a week. Under Chen Long's call, many people entered the theater.

It's a pity that without a good story, even Big Brother can't make the box office results meet expectations.

"Why the tragic ending?"

This is a fact that movie fans cannot accept.

After spending tens of dollars to enter the theater, most people came with the idea of ​​having a good time and wanted to watch Chen Long's cool and smooth action scenes.

But in this movie, Chen Long rarely combines the two elements of "iron-blooded tenderness" and "unable to love".

This has also puzzled many expectant mainland audiences. Is Jackie Chan going to start a transformation?

9月23号开始到10月1号，上映一周，票房仅有4000多万……

If placed in the Hong Kong film market, this result would be considered good, but in the mainland market, this is clearly a reflection of failure!
You know, the investment in this movie is as high as 1.6 million Hong Kong dollars!
Well-known industry insiders have estimated that according to this trend, it will be extremely difficult for "The Myth" to exceed [-] million in box office in the mainland.

Fortunately, this film is distributed throughout Asia, so it may be able to make up for some losses in other countries.

I don’t know since when, a box office of over [-] million seems to have become the criterion for measuring the “excellence” of a movie.

Someone deliberately made statistics. Since the domestic box office of "Hero" in 02 exceeded [-] million, it was followed by "Crazy Stone", "Crazy Racing", "A World Without Thieves", "No Man's Land", "Ten Faces". ambush".

I don't know, I was surprised!
Chen Fei already has three movies with box office sales exceeding [-] million!

Except for "Buried Alive", none of his subsequent movies had a low box office!
Now, the Hollywood movie "Dead Silence" has also been released, and the latest news has been reported from abroad. The box office has exceeded 5000 million US dollars in the seven days since its release.

After conversion, it is nearly 4 million!

Now there is another movie "Get Out", which is still cooperating with Universal Pictures. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be no problem to exceed [-] million...

……

After waiting for a day, Chen Fei was the first to hear the box office results on the first day.

2373 million US dollars.

When this data was obtained, not only Chen Fei was confused, but also the senior executives of Lianlianqiu Pictures.

"Why is it so high? How much filming did you give this movie?"

"It shouldn't be!" Jie scratched his head and looked confused, "Our estimated figure is about 1800 million US dollars, why is there an extra 500 million?"

The two looked at each other for a while, and then Jie seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly left the office.

By the time he returned again, it was already evening.

After unscrewing the mineral water on the table and drinking most of it, he frowned and said: "More than half of the moviegoers are black, and the proportion is extremely high, and some people even watched it multiple times. "

In an instant, Chen Fei understood!

It seems that the advantages of the subject matter make up for some of the shortcomings of the film. Rather than saying this is a movie, it is better to say that it is a struggle between "darkness" and "daylight".

"Next, we will continue to increase the film schedule. This movie may bring unexpected surprises, so look forward to it..."

"Then let's wait and see."

Chen Fei did not stay at Universal Pictures for too long. After getting the first-hand data, he went back to the editing work of "This Man is from Earth".

The company does have professional editors, but some details still have to be handled by the director.

There is a saying that is very good, those who make "wool" will definitely find the interface first than those who use "scissors".

Three days later, Jay called again.

"Fei, I have to admit that you are indeed a genius, especially when it comes to screenwriting. You understand this country's national conditions better than I do."

Chen Fei smiled and said, "We have an old saying in China that "the authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear." From the perspective of a third party, you can definitely see different things."

"I am becoming more and more curious about that country with a 5000-year cultural history!"

After sighing with emotion, Jie returned to the topic, "In just three days, the box office has reached 5000 million US dollars. The company's senior management is very concerned about it and is currently preparing for multi-channel distribution and overseas distribution.

A professional appraiser has made statistics and came up with an astonishing number. Do you want to guess what it will be? "

"One hundred million dollars?"

Chen Fei tentatively guessed a number.

He vaguely remembered that when the movie "Get Out" was released at the time, the global box office seemed to have exceeded the $2 million mark, approaching $3 million!
This is only the global box office, and does not include DVD sales revenue.

"$1.5 billion!"

Jie couldn't hold back his excitement. With an investment of less than 1000 million U.S. dollars, he received at least 1.5 million U.S. dollars. This horse racing has completely made a fortune, okay?

"Haha, I'm looking forward to that day."

Chen Fei also had a smile on his face. After all, he also had a share of the movie's profits.

...

After Universal Pictures announced the movie's box office, major foreign media also began to report the news.

Google, Yahoo, AOL, Facebook…

Wherever there is an entertainment sector, the name "Fei Chen" appears almost everywhere.

Different from China, Hollywood has a profound pursuit of "movie box office", and the test of a director's strength is his box office appeal.

The box office has exceeded [-] million US dollars, which is definitely a huge milestone!
What's more, Chen Fei is also a director from China.

The two words "cheap and easy to use" have always been used by Chinese directors and actors, and it has lasted for decades before they changed.

Now, many Hollywood film companies have set their sights on Chen Fei. They all want to take advantage of the young director's current worth to make a fortune from him.

Now let's see who can start faster.

The news spread back to China, and as expected, once again caused a huge sensation!

"Director Chen's second Hollywood film "Get Out" was released for three days and grossed US$5000 million. It was once again a huge success!"

"The film has launched global distribution channels, and some professionals predict that the box office may exceed US$1.5 million!"

"According to reliable information, the investment in this film is only US$1000 million, with director Chen accounting for 15% and China Film Group accounting for 5%. It is another investment with huge returns!"

"..."

As pieces of news were exposed on major portals, all domestic film and television companies and artists couldn't sit still.

So far, there are only two ways for the domestic film and television industry to go overseas.

Either actors are selectively pulled over, or they are paid a large sum of money to participate in some particularly bad productions with almost no profit and very few opportunities.

But Chen Fei is different. He broke into Hollywood as a screenwriter, director, and actor.

As a resource party, he is equivalent to half of "Party A's father", and he is also the kind of "Party A" with a not low voice.

Han Sanping called immediately, but Chen Fei hung up the phone before they even had a few words to say.

"Let's have a good chat after we return to China. I have a film waiting to be released. That's it for now. I'm editing it."

"Ah? There's another one?"

Han Sanping was immediately confused. How many films has this guy made in Hollywood?

I subconsciously prepared to call back, but my phone already prompted to shut down.

"Hey, are you annoying me?"

Han Sanping shook her head helplessly, not paying much attention.

Judging from the tone of the other person's words, he was probably very busy, so let's wait until we return home to talk again. He was not in a hurry.

Even Han Sanping was rejected, let alone others.

After some artists who had his contact information called him, they all showed that their phones were turned off without exception. In desperation, they had no choice but to switch to sending text messages.

Everyone was very jealous, but because they couldn't contact Chen Fei, everyone was about to turn into a "Wangfu Stone"!

(End of this chapter)