MGM Pictures held its world premiere, and as the currently stronger Warner Bros. Pictures, it naturally did not want to be compared, and also held a very grand premiere, which was star-studded, which made the media shout right.

On the Xiangjiang side, the Shaw Brothers Film Company also held a premiere ceremony, and then began to fully screen the film at Shaw Brothers Cinemas at 0:00 a.m. on June 19.

Wu Siyuan strategically despises Blade Runner, but that doesn't mean it's ignored.

Because I hope that "Alien E· T" has set a box office record of 30 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, so any one of them may have a significant impact on "Alien E· T" poses a threat, he has to see it with his own eyes before he can make a judgment.

So, in the early morning of June 19, he wore sunglasses and a hat and made a low-key visit to a Shaw Bros. movie theater.

While queuing to buy tickets, in front of him were a young couple.

It seems that the girl didn't want to watch "Blade Runner" before, so she only heard the young man pointing to the people lined up nearby, and said with some smugness: "Ah Zhen, it's right to come and see "Blade Runner", just by listening to the name, you know that it is very domineering, and it must be right tonight, you can rest assured." ”

The girl was still a little reluctant, took the young man's hand, and whispered: "But I heard Caixia and they all said that "Alien E· "T" is so warm, the most suitable for boyfriend and girlfriend together, or family to watch together, fight and kill the ......"

The girl observed her boyfriend's face as she spoke, and when she found that her boyfriend's face was not good-looking, she pursed her lips and still didn't continue.

"A ticket to Blade Runner, a back row seat. ”

After the young couple entered, Wu Siyuan took out the money and said to the conductor.

After receiving the ticket, he walked straight to the ticket inspection area.

More than two hours later......

The first movie ended, and the audience left one after another.

When Wu Siyuan came out, he saw that the staff of the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line asked the audience about the viewing experience from time to time, and he deliberately slowed down to listen, and most of the audience scolded and scolded, which made the staff of the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line look very embarrassed.

And he also saw the couple in front of him when he bought the ticket, the girl kept complaining that it was not good-looking, and the boy didn't dare to talk back this time, but kept cursing the Shaw Brothers Film Company.

Some people are even unhappy, and when they come out, they keep complaining to the people queuing up to buy tickets, persuading them that there is no need to waste money.

Seeing so many people, some people really gave up watching on the spot and left the Shaw Brothers Cinema directly, either going home or going to Universal Cinema.

After walking out of the Shaw Brothers Cinema, Wu Siyuan turned his head to look at the light sign of the cinema, smiled relaxedly, and then strode towards the parking lot.

"Blade Runner" is definitely not "Alien E· T", don't want to stop "Alien E· T》Steps to the top!

After all, although "Blade Runner" is a science fiction film, science fiction is a broad concept, and the science fiction mentioned in "Blade Runner" is only expressed in the worldview setting of the movie, but the core of its story is completely different.

What is the plot core of the "Blade Runner" movie?

Spiritually science fiction – it explores the challenges of science to the past of humanity as it has developed to another stage.

This kind of extremely in-depth plot is not suitable for the general public to watch at all, especially in a place like Xiangjiang with a low level of education, it is strange that the vast majority of viewers can understand it!

It's more suitable to be released in the 21st century!

......

Early the next morning, Shao Weiming was struck by lightning after learning about the audience's feedback from watching the movie, and then urgently summoned his subordinates to analyze the reasons, and the result was very simple - the audience could not understand the plot.

There is no solution to this kind of problem!

The situation in Europe and North America is better than that of Xiangjiang, after all, the education level in Europe and the United States is higher than that of Xiangjiang in this era, and the science fiction film market is also larger.

But at the end of the day, the box office was not ideal.

"Blade Runner" had more than 20% of the North American film schedule on the first day, but its box office accounted for only 12.6%, and the box office on the first day was only $3.87 million.

On the other hand, "Alien E· The North American box office on the day was higher than last Saturday's, breaking through the $7 million line and reaching $7.26 million!

Judge from above!

In the Hong Kong market, the box office of "Blade Runner" on the first day was only 980,000 Hong Kong dollars.

If this result is put in ordinary Hong Kong films, it is considered excellent, and it is not impossible to win more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office by the end of the screening without collapsing the word-of-mouth.

But as the saying goes, there is no harm without contrast.

Compare this day with "Alien E· T" Xiangjiang had a box office of 2.26 million Hong Kong dollars all day, and Shao Weiming and Shao Yifu only felt that the world was gloomy.

After the bad word-of-mouth fermented on the first day, the box office of the movie "Blade Runner" fell off a cliff on the second day.

Many media seized the opportunity to have a rhythm, regardless of the life and death of "Blade Runner", the newspapers under Jiuding Newspaper Company even used the film critics' film reviews and the audience's survey feedback data as weapons, and stepped on "Blade Runner" to praise "Alien E· T》。

The North American box office on the same day was $1.97 million, less than "Alien E· T", which only ranked fourth at the box office on the same day.

And the box office of Hong Kong is only, "Blade Runner" does not even have 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, only 440,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The global box office of "Blade Runner" on the second day was only $3.31 million, down nearly half of the $6.59 million global box office on the first day. T" movie.

"Blade Runner" in order to fight "Alien E· T", which was painstakingly selected for simultaneous release around the world, has become a laughing stock.

......

Xiangjiang TVB Headquarters Building, Chairman's Office.

The atmosphere in the office was very dreary, and it had been quiet for ten minutes.

Shao Yifu didn't want to speak, Shao Weiming didn't have the face to speak, and Fang Yihua didn't dare to speak.

What I had in the office was just a heavy wheezing sound.

Long.

Shao Weiming, whose eyes were bloodshot, said with a face full of self-reproach: "Say, it's all my fault, I'm in a hurry to make a career, if I don't strongly recommend investing in Blade Runner to you, there won't be this situation." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm not the ...... for making movies"

At this time, Shao Weiming's heart was under great pressure, in order to invest in "Blade Runner", his father took out 150 million Hong Kong dollars to invest in the company's difficult operation, plus the cost of nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars announced later, a total of 160 million Hong Kong dollars was invested!

You must know that in the past year, under the competition between Galaxy Film Company and Golden Harvest Film Company, Shaw Brothers Film Company has had a difficult operation, with an annual net profit of less than 40 million Hong Kong dollars, not to mention Shaw Brothers Cinemas.

Judging from the current situation of "Blade Runner", it is certain that the street will be hit, and it is difficult to say whether the global box office can break 30 million US dollars.

If the global box office is just $30 million, after deducting the theater chain, value-added tax and other shares, the share belonging to the producer is about 30 percent, and Warner Bros. Pictures and Shaw Brothers Pictures still have their own distribution channels, so they can convert a part of the share, then even if it is 33 percent, it can only be divided into 10 million US dollars.

With the reputation of "Blade Runner", even if you sell the rights to the videotape, you can't sell it for a high price, and it would be good if it can be sold for two million dollars, so the total revenue of this "Blade Runner" can be estimated to be 12 million dollars.

According to the revenue sharing ratio agreed in the agreement, the Shaw Brothers can share about US$6 million, which is equivalent to less than HK$28 million.

A total of HK$160 million was spent, but only HK$28 million could be recovered, as well as the manpower and energy invested by the company.

Blood loss!

He lost the profits of Shaw Brothers Film Company in the next four or five years at one time, which can be said to have greatly damaged the company's vitality.

Now that the company has suffered heavy losses and limited financial resources, it is even more difficult to cope with the competition between Galaxy Film Company and Golden Harvest Film Company, and it is difficult to say whether it will have a net profit of 30 or 40 million Hong Kong dollars per year in the future......

Seeing his son's heartfelt self-blame and guilt, and even falling into a state of self-denial, Shao Yifu sighed and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Okay, Ah Ming, I don't blame you for this, I made the investment, if I don't agree, it's useless for you to break the sky." ”

Shao Weiming's heart was touched, his eyes gradually moistened, his nasal cavity was a little sour, and he choked up: "Dad, I'm sorry......"

Shao Yifu couldn't see anyone crying, he didn't look at his son, raised his head and blinked, waved his hand and raised his voice and said: "Okay, don't blame yourself, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, how can there be no risk in doing business, a successful businessman must stay calm when he succeeds, and he must also stabilize his mind when he fails." ”

"Our Shaw Brothers movies have been in the limelight for decades, and it's time to make way for future generations. ”

"You should calm down during this time, and think about the future path, whether to continue to run the film company or come to TVB to take over my class. ”

"Fortunately, TVB is now on the star, although the current competition is not as good as Global Satellite TV, but the market has expanded, and it is still possible to have a relatively stable profit, and it is enough to use it for heirlooms. ”

Shao Yifu planned to gradually withdraw from the film market two years ago, but the rise of Global Satellite TV suppressed TVB, which made him hesitate again, that is, the TV station opened a way to live after following the trend and becoming a star.

Now this failure has once again strengthened his idea of quitting the film market and focusing on the field of television.

But whether to quit or not depends on how his son Shao Weiming chooses.

He is old, and the future is the next generation after all.

If the son can still muster up the fighting spirit and fight in the film market, even if the risks are huge, he, as a father, will still give strong support.

Under Shao Yifu's gaze, Shao Weiming collected his emotions and nodded heavily: "Dad, I'll think about it clearly." ”

"Hmm!"

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PS: It's not good to look at the prestige of the protagonist's company, and the movie is also profitable, if I write a total box office directly, the time will be too jumpy. "T" was pervertedly released for nearly a year before it was released, and by the weekend of June of the following year, there were still more than a million dollars at the box office, so I can't just jump for a year, right?

But when I write this, I don't want to see the details in the next chapter (again, declare that these words don't reach the 200-word billing line, free)