Chapter 66 Feng Xiaogang is curious
December 1st.
"If Love" was released, kicking off the first battle of the 2005 Lunar New Year season.
However, this film is absent from mainstream theaters in Western Europe and is only shown in a few theaters.
After this news came out, many people doubted the quality of "If Love".
If it is a good film, why are Western mainstream theaters unwilling to show it?
Isn’t this about money?
In this regard, a reporter interviewed mainstream theaters in Western Asia.
The theater explained this: "After we saw the trailer of the film, we felt that it was a literary film, and it also had a song and dance nature, which was not easy to sell."
"If It’s a very good film and we won’t give it up.”
"For example, "The Promise", "A Thousand Miles Alone", and "The Great Sage" are all released simultaneously across the country."
Obviously, the hospital has a sharp vision.
The investment in the drama "If Love" was as high as 80 million, but the final box office in the mainland was only 30 million.
However, the reporter later learned another reason.
"If Love" has shrunk its position and changed its distribution model.
It only chooses to implement split distribution with box office centers such as Beijing and Shanghai, and implements copy buyouts for theaters with relatively weak box office.
For example, the minimum price set for a copy buyout ranges from 100,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan. If the box office exceeds 200,000 yuan, it will participate in the account sharing. If it does not exceed 20,000 yuan, the theater chain will pay the money for the copy.
The distributor is blindly arrogant, thinking that "If Love", which has the title of being the first and largest Chinese musical and dance feature film in China, can take over theaters across the country.
The fact is that they overestimated themselves. When they implemented this bill-sharing model, no mainstream theater chain paid attention to it.
The two sides broke up at once.
Of course, no matter how overbearing the cooperation model is, as long as the film can make money, theaters will still agree.
Therefore, the main reason is that the mainstream theaters who have seen the film believe that "If Love" is not enough to implement the box office splitting model with a guaranteed minimum split.
Perhaps, if "If Love" did not implement a differentiated account sharing model, it could be successfully released in other theaters in addition to Beijing, Shanghai and other box office centers.
Then the box office is likely to be more than 30 million, but will double.
However, who told "If Love" to choose this differentiated accounting model?
For mainland theaters.
So what if it’s a movie directed by a director from Hong Kong Island?
So what if you win an Oscar nomination on behalf of Hong Kong Island?
It’s not Chen Kaige’s “The Promise”.
Where does the confidence come from?
After the movie was released, Wang Shu did not go into the theater to contribute movie tickets, but worked overtime to complete the post-production of "The Tuner".
He couldn’t make it in time for this movie during the Lunar New Year season.
As for the Spring Festival stall, you can still give it a try.
At that time, it will be no problem to have a chance to compete with Jet Li's "Fearless".
As for the imported film "King Kong", it was released in mainland China on December 24, 2005, during the Lunar New Year period.
The biggest headaches are "The Great Sage" and "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles" both released on December 22.
Because, the release of "King Kong" will once again bring a small shock to the mainland film industry.
This small shock has a huge impact on "The Great Sage" and "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles".
After watching this movie, many people once again lamented the gap between the domestic film field and Hollywood.
As time passed, the box office growth of "If Love" became slower and slower, and Shanghai Film Group Corporation, one of the producers, sighed.
Zhou Xun, as the leading actor, was also a little disappointed.
Although she does not have a share of the film's box office, no matter how high the film's box office is, she cannot get an extra point.
However, for her who wants to gain a foothold in the film industry, the higher the box office of the movie, the greater the bonus for her to gain a foothold in the film industry. Although the box office of feature films has never been high, "If Love" is the first large-scale musical and dance feature film in China.
She is still looking forward to this.
Because, if a groundbreaking film can be both well-known and popular, it can become a well-known masterpiece of hers.
But now.
After all, it is a luxury.
While on the set of "The Night Banquet", she couldn't help but think of the script Wang Shu gave her. Not only had she been reading it these days, but she also watched the DVD of "The Golden Branch" when she returned to her residence in the evening.
She also completely understood what Wang Shu said about why the play "The Legend of Zhen Huan" mainly uses characters to drive the play, rather than using the play to drive the characters.
"Zhou Xun, I heard that you go back to the hotel every day and stay in the room watching TV?" Feng Xiaogang asked curiously.
He heard that the crew had arranged to go out for supper several times in the evening, but Zhou Xun did not go.
As for the reason, it was because Zhou Xun was watching TV in the room, and it seemed that he was watching TV series from Hong Kong Island.
"Yeah." Zhou Xun nodded, there was nothing to hide.
"What TV series is so good?" Feng Xiaogang became even more curious after hearing the exact answer.
"The golden branch desires evil." Zhou Xun told the truth.
“I’ve never heard of it.” Ge You was nearby and was blinded when he heard the words.
Huang Xiaoming also stood aside, also looking confused.
“A Hong Kong film.” Zhou Xun said with a smile.
"Are you obsessed with Hong Kong movies?" Ge You asked in surprise.
"No." Zhou Xun shook his head and explained in a hypocritical manner, "There is a play similar to "The Love of the Golden Bough" on Hong Kong Island. I want to try to see if I can have a chance to participate in it."
Feng Xiaogang and others understood clearly after hearing this. They wanted to make sufficient preparations before going to audition.
After understanding, he looked confused again.
With Zhou Xun’s current status, what kind of scenes would require her to audition before deciding?
The whole thing is bigger than his cards.
and.
Why is there no news at all about Huayi?
Ge You was slightly startled when he heard this. There are not many crews like this in the industry that Zhou Xun can take so seriously, and they also need to pass the audition before they can get the role.
In the industry, there are not many such crews. See you!
He knows that in Zhou Xun's current position, the roles she plays are basically the producers handing her scripts for invitations, or directly deciding on recommendations, and it is rare that she needs to audition to compete with others.
And often when she needs to compete with others for roles, it means that her script resources cannot be underestimated.
Huang Xiaoming also understands this truth and is extremely curious about what Zhou Xun said about the crew.
“Which crew still requires you to audition and compete before you can decide?” Feng Xiaogang asked in surprise.
Lao Mouzi's "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles" will be released soon, so it can't be his play.
Chen Kaige's "The Promise" will be released soon, and it is also not his play.
Gu Changwei. Wait, it’s impossible.
Zhou Xun is so solemn, whose show are you competing for?
And why doesn’t Hua Yi know about it?
Feng Xiaogang was confused again.
He knows that Huayi has already reached an agreement with Zhou Xun, and when Zhou Xun's contract expires next year, he will join the Huayi family.
Logically speaking, Hua Yi should know?
Hua Yi knows it, and he knows it too.
What's going on now?
Zhou Xun smiled awkwardly after hearing this. Although she has been confirmed by Wang Shu, she has suffered a loss since "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and will not be confident again until the moment of official announcement. Be certain.
And "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is still in the confidentiality stage, so it is inconvenient for her to reveal the information in advance.
(End of this chapter)