Chapter Eighty-Seven: A Modest Expected Box Office
It has been two months since Qiao Feng returned to Hong Kong from the United States, and Dao Ma Dan has already painted, and even in the Nanyang Baijia Theater of Shaw Brothers, he is preparing for Taiwan, this book, and South Korea to release it.
In Hong Kong, Dao Ma Dan got a box office of 21.5 million, which was about 4 million higher than the box office of more than 17 million when it was released a few years later, and it also got a box office of more than 10 million in Nanyang.
The box office of many countries in Nanyang is not as much as that of Hong Kong, and I have to say that Nanyang is really poor enough.
However, Qiao Feng couldn't be happy for long, because the six million dollars on the Terminator's side were almost spent, and he continued to invest money.
Fortunately, he knew that the Terminator would be a big hit at the box office, and he would make a lot of money from it, and he could comfort himself with this, so Qiao Feng's heart was not shattered into slag.
Golden Harvest got its wish and stepped on the new art city in the summer file.Shaw Brothers' Dao Ma Dan occupied the first half of the summer file, and the Golden Harvest fast food truck controlled the second half of the summer file, and it has not been painted yet, and it can continue to dominate for a few days.
The whole summer file is the world of these two giants, produced by Xinyi City, the horror comedy film Night Terror starring Zhang Aijia and Ren Dahua released by Golden Princess, was hit by knives and horses, fast food trucks before and after, and the number of moviegoers was greatly diverted, from August 5th to August 24th, it only got less than 5 million box office in 20 days.
In the original time and space, this film was the box office champion in 82, that is, this year's summer file, and it got nearly 10 million box office, but now it is directly less than half.
However, it is not surprising that this summer file of the original time and space does not have the turmoil of swords and fast food trucks.
Now that Qiao Feng has taken out the knife and the fast food truck in advance, not only Xinyi City has suffered a big loss, but even Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have also suffered a big loss.
Of course, Zou Wenhuai and Shao Yifu would never know this, they are still smiling from ear to ear, where would they have thought that if there was no Qiao Feng, although they would not be able to win the box office championship in this summer file, the two of them produced Rulai Shenzhang and Qimen Dunjia also won the second and third places, as well as more than 8 million and 7 million box office.
But now, these two films, Golden Harvest's Qimen Dunjia directed by Yuan Yizhi and his classmates only got a box office of 4 million, and he didn't even earn back the investment of more than 2 million.
Speaking of earning, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers must have made money, more than the original time and space, but it is also a loss to say that it is a loss, because the two movies that should have won a lot of box office were all scrapped and lost.
It's hard to say whether there are gains or losses, but fortunately, Zou Wenhuai and Shao Yifu can't know this, so they won't be entangled in this, seeing these two big guys happy, Qiao Feng will feel inexplicably happy while being happy.
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"Mr. Joe, I heard that you invested in a science fiction film in Hollywood?"
Qiao Feng came to the set of Golden Harvest to visit Lin Qingxia, just during the break, Lin Qingxia was blocked by a sharp-beaked monkey gills, thick semi-long hair, and a man with a mustache.
"That's right, I invested in a sci-fi movie, but it's a sci-fi action movie." Qiao Feng looked at Xu Kexu, who was very ugly when he was young, and nodded with a smile.
"I heard that the stunt was done by Industrial Light & Magic, the stunt company that made Star Wars?" Xu Ke asked again.
"yes, what's wrong?" Qiao Feng nodded and asked.
"It's nothing, it's just that the special effects of the film I'm shooting now are also made by them, and I think it's quite fateful." Xu Ke looked happy to meet his peers, and his mustache went up one by one.
"How much money did Golden Harvest invest in you?" Qiao Feng asked curiously, he knew that Xu Ke's adaptation of the new Shushan Swordsman from the masterpiece of the Lord of Huanzhu Mansion was a blockbuster that broke the investment record in Hong Kong, but he didn't know the specific investment figures.
"Twenty-three million, mainly to spend money on special effects." Xu Ke said proudly, and asked Qiao Feng casually: "Mr. Qiao, how much did you invest in that film?"
Qiao Feng pulled the corners of his mouth and said with a wry smile: "Just like you said, the special effects cost too much, the original budget was six million US dollars, but now it seems that it is not enough, and it will be eight or nine million if you come down."
Qiao Feng deliberately said high, bragging, of course, he said more, he went to the United States for more than two months to strictly control the cost, and another third of the shooting, the cost was less than two million, and the remaining third is almost about two million can be done, calculated that the total investment of the Terminator is higher than the budget of six million, which is more than one million, if it is calculated according to Qiao Feng's original expectation of seven million, it will just exceed hundreds of thousands.
"With so much investment, how much does Mr. Qiao expect to have at the box office?" Xu Ke asked in surprise.
An investment of eight or nine million US dollars is certainly not high in Hollywood, but for Hong Kong movies, which are basically one or two million, two or three million or so investment in the low-cost circle, the 23 million of Xinshu Mountain Swordsman is already the highest investment masterpiece, and the Terminator investment of nearly 30 or 40 million Hong Kong dollars is a super investment.
Golden Harvest invested 10 million US dollars to make a movie for Cheng Long to enter Hollywood, that is because of the family's great business and rich performance, Qiao Feng dared to take so much money out to play, but even if he was too fat.
In case of loss, nearly half of the net worth is gone.
Xu Ke was very curious about how high Qiao Feng's expectations for the box office could be, so that he was willing to take such a big risk to invest in that sci-fi action movie, especially when he heard that the director and screenwriter were still a novice who was not famous at all.
"Box office, I think it can be six or seven million dollars." Qiao Feng thought for a while and said.
"North America?" Xu Ke was shocked.
"No, it's global." Qiao Feng smiled and shook his head.
"That's high, too." Hearing that it was the global box office, Xu Ke breathed a sigh of relief, but he still felt a little exaggerated in his heart and his expectations were too high.
"Mr. Xu, how much does your film expect to box office?" Qiao Feng also asked curiously, he wanted to know how good this movie was in the eyes of Xu Ke, the director, who was destined to be terrible in the eyes of the audience and couldn't tell the story clearly, and what kind of height the original expectations in his heart were.
"Hong Kong box office 40 million! I don't have as much confidence as Mr. Qiao, I think the Hong Kong box office can have 40 million, and then I can return the cost from other places, and then make 10 million or 20 million, I am very content, Mr. Qiao, what do you think?" Xu Ke said his expectations with a humble face, and asked Qiao Feng's opinion with a smile.
Qiao Feng laughed dryly, Xu Ke may really think that the goal he set is very modest, but in Qiao Feng's opinion, he really thinks too much, but to tell the truth, it seems that it will be very worthless to offend people, just when Qiao Feng didn't know how to answer, someone came over to relieve him.
"Ah Feng, are you here to find me?"