Chapter 405 Am I that kind of narrow-minded person?
Especially when he learned that the production cost of "The Tuner" was only tens of millions of dollars, he even focused his attention on Wang Shu.
The hustle and bustle is all about profit, and the high box office of the movie is nothing.
The investment cost is average, but it can achieve high box office, which is different.
For example, the movie "Twilight" cost only 37 million U.S. dollars to produce, but it earned 170 million U.S. dollars in North America and 390 million U.S. dollars at the global box office after its release, plus DVD, Blu-ray, etc. The copyright income allows the producers to make a lot of money, which is why it is highly respected.
Wang Shu's "The Tuner" has proven that he is a director who can make producers money, and will naturally be favored by many independent producers or film and television companies in Hollywood.
“I didn’t expect that he would actually become it.”
Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei, Feng Xiaogang and others were having a gathering, talking about "Tiao", which earned US$260 million after being released in North America for more than two months. Musician", all with different expressions.
The exchange rate between the US dollar and the RMB in 2008 was 1:6.9, and US$260 million was equivalent to about 1.8 billion RMB.
And this is only the box office in the United States.
The global box office of "The Tuner" has exceeded US$400 million, equivalent to 2.8 billion yuan.
Of course, due to the different markets and prices between China and the United States, this conversion alone is not symmetrical.
However, no matter what, "The Tuner" has achieved extremely excellent results in North America.
In 2008, the average ticket price of a movie ticket in North America was US$7, 260 million equivalent to nearly 37 million movie tickets sold.
In 2008, the population of North America was 304 million people, and there were 37 million movie tickets. Excluding the people who bought tickets repeatedly to watch movies, nearly 10% of the people bought movie tickets and went to the cinema.
Through the data, it can be analyzed that "The Tuner" is quite popular in North America.
In China, with a population of 1.3 billion, the average ticket price is 45 yuan a ticket, and the Chinese film with the highest box office in 2008 was only 325 million yuan. This shows that very few people buy tickets and go to the cinema.
With a box office of 325 million, even if all the viewers who bought tickets repeatedly and walked into the cinema are included, there will be about 7 million people who bought tickets and walked into the cinema.
There are 1.3 billion people in the country, and 700W only accounts for 0.50%.
The data shows that the domestic film industry has great potential, but it has not been tapped.
Only 7 million people of 1.3 billion walked into the cinema. Not to mention too many, let's say 100 million people walked into the cinema. At the price of 45 yuan a movie ticket, it easily earned 4.5 billion in box office.
Of course, in this era, there are no movies with such high box office. The number of starring movies is limited and piracy is rampant.
In the future era of domestic entertainment development, few movies can earn 4.5 billion in box office. This can only be due to the quality of the movies.
"I really didn't expect it." Wang Zhonglei sighed, feeling that he had lost his appetite for the food in front of him.
Talking about this, he couldn't help but think of the opportunity to invite Wang Shu to join Huayi a few years ago.
Based on Wang Shu's current achievements, Huayi's business may have expanded internationally.
Now, it is a missed opportunity.
Every time he thinks of this, Wang Zhonglei regrets greatly.
Not to mention that Huayi’s business has gone international with Wang Shu, but Wang Shu is Huayi’s director and will play a great role in Huayi’s listing.
Not to mention, you can make a lot of money by cooperating with Wang Shu in filming.
All this was because he didn't take Wang Shu seriously that time, and only regarded him as a fledgling wild director who had something but not much.
Who knew this girl could write the script of "The Tuner"!
The movie based on this script not only achieved very good box office results in China, but was also favored by American producers, who even invited Wang Shu to make a Hollywood version.
Now, not only is it photographed. 260 million in North America and 400 million globally.
Since the global release time is inconsistent with that in North America, when the subsequent box office is combined, the box office is likely to exceed 500 million US dollars.
The global US$500 million is 3.5 billion RMB!
“I really didn’t expect it.” Feng Xiaogang continued, “I thought that even if he had some ability, he would return home in despair like Chen Kaige and Wang Jiawei.”
“I didn’t expect this. The remake of "The Tuner" was actually made."
His tone was a little dull, and he was obviously unhappy about this.
Since the success of "Assembly", he has been in the limelight for a while, and he has made all kinds of criticisms in the circle without falsehood. He has ridiculed the films made by many art film directors for art but not art, and for box office but not box office. He also ridiculed those people's various selfishness. I thought it was very cool to talk about my identity.
In short, Zhou Xingxing's "Yangtze River No. 7" lost to his "Assembly" at the box office, which made Feng Xiaogang feel depressed that "A World Without Thieves" lost to "Kung Fu". It's very swollen.
But now, Wang Shu has stolen his limelight.
If the relationship between the two is good, then it is easy to say.
But the two of them have had a relationship before, so they will inevitably be compared.
And when two people who have a holiday are compared, there will definitely not be anything good to say.
Wang Zhongjun seemed to notice that something was wrong with Feng Xiaogang's mood, and then said: "Xiaogang, it is better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies."
"Wang Shu. Now he is connected with our Huayi. In addition, the other party has gone to Hollywood to develop, so there is no need to keep the past unpleasantness in mind."
Wang Zhonglei also knew what Wang Zhongjun meant, and echoed: "Wang Shu is now emerging in Hollywood and wants to go public with us. It will help a lot.”
“For the sake of going public, I have to endure it even if it’s unpleasant.”
In order to take care of Feng Xiaogang's emotions, Wang Zhonglei then said: "Actually, I feel unhappy with him, but I can't help it."
When Feng Xiaogang heard this, he laughed and joked like a normal person, "I'm that kind of person Are you a narrow-minded person?"
Wang Zhonglei laughed when he heard this, "Just don't take it to heart."
"Now that Wang Shu has become a climate, it doesn't matter whether he is happy or not. Give me some face.”
He knows Feng Xiaogang, and said that Feng Xiaogang is narrow-minded. In fact, he is narrow-minded.
However, if interests are at stake, Feng Xiaogang will pretend.
Wang Zhonglei doesn’t think it’s a big deal. In this industry, it’s normal to make money.
“It has indeed become a climate.” Wang Zhongjun answered, “The Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival, and the first mainland director to have a single film with a box office of over 300 million.”
“Go to Hollywood, With "The Tuner", it earned another US$260 million in North America and a global box office of US$400 million. "
"Whether it is at the artistic level, the commercial level, or going to Hollywood, All have outstanding results.”
After speaking, he glanced at Feng Xiaogang, and then said, "There are few directors in China who can compare with him."
"After all, we have always had great directors going to Hollywood to develop."
“They all return home in despair.”
“This all shows that it is not easy for Chinese film directors to achieve success in Hollywood.”
“Wang Shu. did it. .”
(End of this chapter)