Chapter 254: North American First-Day Box Office (4400 Words Chapter)

"League of Legends: Heroes Assembled" came out at the box office on the first day after its release in North America.

$75.81 million.

Although this result is not as good as the first-day box office of the previous "Superheroes" and Tom Smith's "Earth Guardian", it has also managed to squeeze into the top 15 of the first-day box office in the North American market.

I have to say that the publicity of the eight major Hollywood studios is still powerful enough.

And they also rubbed off a wave of fame.

To be precise, it is not Fang Bei's fame, but the fame of Fang Bei's last movie "Superhero".

When many people hear that it is a movie made by an oriental director, their first reaction is "hmm?

Then I looked at the introduction and said that it was the director of "Superheroes", and then I was interested.

What did this director do? Why did the Hollywood Eight, who were originally crazy disses in his movies, actually help him promote and help him release movies?

So many young people who originally began to worship him because of Fang Bei's maverick spurned the sentence "embarrassment", and then went to the cinema to buy tickets.

So although the film's first-day box office was not as good as the previous "Superheroes", it was not bad.

So far, many domestic media have reported that Fang Bei has encountered Waterloo in Hollywood.

After this report, they had a ridiculously strange feeling.

When did a domestic movie go to North America and the box office exceeded 70 million in a single day, which was actually considered "Waterloo"?

It's like a striker scoring a dozen goals in the big five leagues, and then the media posts that he doesn't give up.

After all, everyone has been raised, but not everyone is at the peak, like Messi and Ronaldo, fifty or sixty goals a season is a routine operation......

Is 75 million dollars less? Of course it's a lot!

According to this trend, if the follow-up box office is stable and does not collapse, the North American box office of at least five or six billion US dollars can be reached when the movie is drawn.

How much did Tom Smith's previous transformation superhero movie grossing at the North American box office?

More than 500 million US dollars.

It's already too strong.

Maybe it's because this person's name is "Fang Bei", so they have an inexplicable sense of anticipation, feeling that every movie he makes should be taken for granted to shock the public.

Speaking of which, is the investment in this trilogy high?

Adding up to a billion old heads, of course, is a lot.

But there are many movies in which Hollywood invests more than 100 million dollars a year.

Fang Bei's investment in this film is less than 200 million.

And the trilogy adds up so much, it can be said that it is already explosive.

Of course, most of those other movies can also be earned, why do you say that?

Let's take the movies that everyone knew in Fang Bei's previous life.

The North American box office of "Avengers 4" is more than 800 million US dollars, but the total global box office is 2.79 billion US dollars.

"Captain Marvel" is 420 million in North America and 1.1 billion worldwide.

"Black Panther" is 700 million in North America and 134 million worldwide.

"Avengers 3" is 670 million in North America and 200 billion worldwide.

Add to that the income from other peripheral licenses and CDs, and it's certain that you'll make a lot of money.

Or to put it another way, the North American market alone has already recovered its costs and made a lot of money, and the overseas market is basically purely profitable.

This is also similar to the NBA in Fang Bei's previous life.

The NBA's annual income is 78 billion US dollars, of which about 1.2 billion yuan is contributed by the motherland in the previous life.

It doesn't seem like much, but it's important to keep in mind.

That's revenue, and with pure profit, the NBA earns less than a billion dollars a year.

And then the 1.2 billion in the motherland is basically pure profit.

However, there are also revenues such as copyright and endorsement advertising, and the cost is about zero.

Therefore, if the NBA loses the domestic market, it is conservatively estimated that the salary cap of each team will drop by about 20 million.

That is, from about 100 million to about 90 million.

And because of the previous sharp rise in the salary cap, the NBA has a lot of players with a salary of thirty or forty million a year.

What is the result of this?

Do you want players to earn less?

You must know that in the last collective bargaining agreement, for that one percent of the income, the players and the team owners fought until they stopped.

Now it's down so much......

Anyone who understands understands.

So this is also the reason why many Hollywood people look down on Chinese movies, but they still want to come to China for roadshows while sighing.

The money you picked up for nothing, do you say it doesn't smell good?

What about Chinese films?

He is his own one-third of an acre of land, at most counting a few little brothers in the East Asian circle.

But the film market of these little brothers is not very good.

So Fang Bei's movies are selling so well in North America, of course they are excited!

Because everyone sees hope.

What does this mean? This shows that either Chinese movies are not good! But the people who make movies are not good!

Otherwise, they are all Chinese, and they are at least twenty or thirty years younger than you, why are they selling two movies in a row in North America?

It means the same thing.

The cost of my trilogy is one billion, and on average, each part costs more than 300 million.

Then my domestic box office is 3.3 billion, which is basically back to the capital and extra money!

And what about North America? No matter what the share is, it's basically just money for nothing!

To be honest, as soon as the box office came out on the first day, many Hollywood companies began to contact directors and film and television companies in Huaguo.

Although we are not as good as the Eight Universities to get a relationship with Fang Bei, then we can buy other of you movies.

Anyway, it's only one or two million US dollars, at most a little more buyout fee.

I can't lose much if I lose, I admit it.

What if it is earned?

Don't ask to be so fierce as Fang Bei.

You just make tens of millions, or even millions of dollars, so I'm not making pure money?

This is what the domestic film industry wants to see.

They don't want to get such a high share ratio like Fang Bei now, and they have to beg him at the top of the hierarchy to be willing to give it.

What they want is a buyout.

One million is also money, and one million dollars is seven million old people's heads.

Compared to the past, this is the money that was picked up for nothing!

And what if it catches fire?

If you do well in Hollywood, and then the next time people come back to you, will you be able to talk about distribution?

............

"Is this the purpose of Lao Fang......" Wu Kai put down the phone number of another director who spurned him in the past, but now came to him for help and wanted to contact Fang Bei, and sighed, "Now the status of the Chinese film industry in Hollywood has indeed improved." ”

"You don't understand. Next to him, Liu Mang took a puff of cigarette and spit out an oval smoke ring leisurely, "This is not Lao Fang's purpose, his purpose...... Is it to make the Chinese film industry into the Hollywood of the East, or ......"

More than Hollywood!

The gamepad in Wu Kai's hand stopped moving, and he was stunned: "Is this really the old Fang's idea? I thought I was the only one who knew......

He always thought that as the number one general under Fang Bei, only he had insight into this.

Originally, he was still complacent, but he didn't expect Liu Mang, a dead fat man, to understand Lao Fang's heart so well......

"What if that's not the case?" Liu Mang said lazily: "Why didn't he go along with the Film Association? Why did he concentrate on his own films? Why didn't he attract more investors? Why did he keep saying good things for others? Even if you were working with him at the beginning, he didn't treat you well. and Xu Kuangfu, the old man, he was sour at the beginning, and the old man also said that he was his idol. What about now? Your prodigal son turned around, and Xu Kuangfu, the old man, heard that he also closed his door and precipitated himself. This is the charm of the old side......"

Otherwise, Luo Wei, Pan Xiaonie Fang, and their group of thorns, why are they so obedient?

It's not because Fang Don't care about their past at all, and trust them 100%, and at the same time give them all the respect they should give!

Wu Kai muttered, "Isn't it really because of the weirdness of yin and yang......

"What are you kidding!" Liu Mang scoffed, "What kind of person do you think Lao Fang will be like that bullshit paramecium? That kind of shady guy only dares to shrink in the shadows and make a big fuss! Do you really want him to come to the old side, isn't it Brother Fang's short licking in front of him?"

is the so-called dog behind the back, meet Brother Fang, this is the kind of person you are talking about!

Wu Kai: "......"

Aren't these two the same person?

That's right, there are only three people who now know that Fang Bei's Weibo is the "Great Onmyoji - the strongest paramecium".

Fang Bei, Su Murin, Wu Kai.

But he didn't dare to say.

He even thinks that Fang Bei is very good, because this shows that Fang Bei understands marketing!

A person who understands self-packaging and marketing, and at the same time has a talented and high-spirited person!

Shaking his head, he asked, "What about the old man, why don't you see others?"

"Who knows, I guess I'm upstairs thinking of a new script. Liu Mang stood up, "Let's go, pull him to watch a movie." He didn't watch the first part himself, so he can't miss the second part!"

That's right, the reason why they stayed in the company at 9:10 p.m. and stayed in suits to play games was because today was the release date of "League of Legends 2: Evil in the Universe"!

While the heat is still unabated, they have to pull up and don't go to the movies!

When they went up to the second floor and pushed the door open, they saw Fang Bie facing the computer screen, sometimes laughing and sometimes frowning.

"What's wrong, hurry up and change your clothes and watch a movie!"

Fang Bei raised his head: "Alas, it's too difficult for me. ”

He was watching the video just now.

A video website UP does the main translation of foreign website netizen comments video.

What he watched was the video that was the most popular video on the top video site yesterday, "How is Director Fang's new movie performing in North America? Let's see what netizens in Beacon Country say."

Don't go and see it.

There are those who praise and those who express dissatisfaction.

But more of a question is still being pondered - why is Fang Bei out of context in the movie?

So what is Ultraman Jack in the final easter egg?

Is Xiang Xiushu dead or not?

And who is stronger and who is weaker in the time system?

quarreled and quarreled, and netizens from all over the world joined the battle group.

Because in the superhero universe of Fang, there is more than one person with the ability of the time system.

Franklin's time slowed down, Michael's time accelerated, and Chen's stand-in ability was suspended.

Fang Bei is interesting to watch, but he also knows that this kind of UP translation is generally a selective translation.

So he clicked on the original video, and then found a very serious problem.

He basically couldn't read it.

What about the good English level 4? In fact, I have almost forgotten it.

And when those people from Hollywood came a few days ago, the intermediate translators all relied on Franklin.

Although Fang Bei trusts Xiaofu very much and thinks that he will not misinterpret the meaning of the two parties, he can't prevent others from doing this in the future!

What if someone misinterprets yourself and the other party when translating in the future?

The eldest lady is not by her side all the time.

So he wanted to learn a foreign language.

But foreign languages are not so easy to learn, he clicked on a video of learning English, and it only took five minutes to fall asleep.

Until Liu Mang and Wu Kai came to wake him up.

"It's too difficult, what are you so difficult?" Liu Mang didn't understand.

"I made too much money, but I found that I wanted to work hard and I didn't know how. Fang Bei sighed bitterly: "I don't feel like I'm worthy of Xiao Rin." ”

"My parents are gone, and I was left with an old house. But the title of her essay can be "My Richest Father". ”

"I made some money, but her family's money was just a number to her. The last time we had dinner, I silently counted three and said I made thousands. She also counted three by silent, and then said that she had earned several supercars. ”

"I thought I was better educated than her, but I graduated and she was still in college. Then she babbled on a bunch of strange things, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Latin. I'm all relying on the fourth level, and now I have almost forgotten about it......"

Liu Mang lit a cigarette: "And then?"

Fang Bei sighed and asked him for a cigarette and lit it: "I feel like I'm a waste, the scripts I write are all copied by scrape, the songs I write are all copied, and I have to rely on Xiao Rin to make up for it, I am less than 1.8 meters tall, and I look just handsome." I am so rich and handsome, I am so rich! It turns out that it is not enough for the eldest lady to fight, I am too difficult......"

Soft rice is hard to eat, and it is also toothy.

“...... I've never seen yourself touted like this, your symptoms are pretending, and the conclusion is that you are underbeaten. Liu Mang's face was expressionless, "So what is the final conclusion?"

Fang Bei exhaled a deep smoke ring: "I shut myself up, and then it rained outside, and I didn't want to go to the cinema." ”

Liu Mang: "......"

Wu Kai: "......"

Isn't this just lazy?!

Why do you make so many excuses!

If it weren't for you, I would have beaten you up a long time ago!

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and change your clothes and go to the premiere with us!" To be honest, Liu Mang was loaded, so he wanted to retaliate, "Old Fang, if you don't go, I'll report it to the eldest lady and say that you smoked your fourth cigarette today." ”

Farewell: "......"

"Damn, dead fatty, you count me!"

No wonder he deliberately lit a cigarette as soon as he entered the door just now to let himself see it! And when he asked for a cigarette, hesitating as the eldest lady's number one dogleg did not hesitate for a moment!

"Then are you going?" Liu Mang took out the phone, "I can dial it, don't blame me for the result when the time comes." If you want to go, I won't report it. ”

"Go, go!" Fang Bei waved his hand, "Fuck off!

When the two walked out, he quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed the eldest lady's number.

"Hey~~Xiao Rin~~What are you doing~~~"

“...... I'm going to watch a movie, but why don't you go to see it?"

"Go, let's go. ”

"Well, I'll fly back to see you when I'm off on the weekend in a few days, eat obediently, don't stay up late, smoke less, don't you hear. ”

"Uh-huh, by the way, I have something for you. Fang Bei's voice was disgusting, "Liu Mang, don't be gullible, don't believe anything he reports to you in private!"

“...... Well, I see. ”

"Bye-bye~~"

Hang up the phone, don't sneer: "Fatty, fatty, she is my girlfriend, you want to fight with me? This ancient minister can fight the pillow wind of the favorite concubine? hehehehe......"

............

Outside the company, Liu Mang pressed the cigarette butt: "Thin monkey, do me a favor." ”

Wu Kai was puzzled: "What?"

"Help me send a message to the eldest lady, saying that the old man smoked four cigarettes today. Liu Mang smiled evilly, "I only said that I don't make a report, but I didn't say that you don't fight." ”

He admitted that he had been pretended to be by Fang Bei, and now he wanted to take revenge.

"......" Wu Kai was speechless, "How can this minister report the emperor's favorite concubine to the emperor?"

"Then you don't understand, I'm not a minister!" Liu Mang said proudly: "We are the head of the inner house!"

Wu Kai: "......"

Isn't this a eunuch?