"The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is pre-cooled overseas, and the box office on the first day of its release in North America is only $250,000!"

"The overseas distribution of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" was not smooth, and it was released on a large scale in North America, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Russia yesterday, with a box office of only $320,000 on the first day of overseas!"

"Unexpected, reasonable - "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" North America suffered Waterloo!"

Zhang Yimou's latest blockbuster "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", which has attracted wide attention in the mainland, was officially released in North America on December 25, 2011.

But in strong contrast to the domestic scenery, this film, which was designated as Huaguo's application for the 2012 Oscars, has attracted bad reviews from many English-language media, and can even be called the worst review that Chinese films have received in the United States in recent years. ”

On the famous film review website "Rotten Tomatoes", the current professional praise rate of "Thirteen Hairpins" is only 30%, while foreign language films that participated in the Oscars in the past must have a praise rate of at least 80% or more to hope for the award. ”

The Hollywood Reporter criticized that only the dumbest filmmakers in Hollywood would inject sex into a disaster like the Southview Massacre, but that became the core element of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling." ”

"The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" failed in North America, can "The Martian" and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" make a name for themselves in the overseas film market?"

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Early in the morning of the 27th, the situation of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" in North America was transmitted back to China.

As the only two directors in the mainland who can enter the global film market, Zhang Yimou's Waterloo this time is a bit ruthless, which can be described as stunned.

$250,000 on the first day, and the media and filmmakers were a mess, and the attendance rate was outrageously low.

It is foreseeable that the North American box office drop of this film is five or six hundred thousand US dollars.

For domestic films, this is a normal number.

But for Zhang Yimou, it was a huge failure.

Not to mention these costume blockbusters, before the 20th century, "My Father and Mother" was $1.28 million in North America.

"No One Missing" $600,000 in North America.

"Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" $2.08 million in North America.

"Alive" North America $2.33 million.

"Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" in North America is $1.89 million.

"The Red Lantern Hangs High" $2.6 million.

"Ju Dou" $1.98 million in North America.

Looking at these literary films of the last century, the data of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is absolutely abnormal.

"Have you figured out what the situation is, is someone attacking "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling"?"

In the reception room of a movie theater in Jiangcheng, Tang An took the time to pay attention to the encounter of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", after all, they are all Chinese-language movies.

Judging from the media and film critics, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is about to be sprayed into a dog.

However, on IMBD, the score of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is nearly eight points, which is already a rare high score for commercial films.

Xiao He next to him immediately reported, "Chairman, it has been found out, it was Sony who made a move." ”

"Sony, that's no wonder. ”

Tang An nodded, Sony has two major film companies, Sony Classic and Columbia, and there are also several giants in Hollywood, and it is not easy to deal with a Chinese movie.

It was also Zhang Weiping who found a British distributor to be responsible for overseas distribution this time, and when he met a Hollywood giant, he was looking for death.

Xiao He continued, "At the beginning of the month, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was screened in many places in North America, and the screening hall was full of seats at that time, and there was a lot of praise everywhere. ”

"It is only in the past few days that many Mi media have promoted "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" as a patriotic theme movie invested by the government, and there will be such a big contrast. ”

After listening to Xiao He's report, Tang An understood.

"The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" has been banned in Japan, and Sony has not let go of North America.

Sony's publicity is not without basis, the film borrowed 150 million from Minsheng Bank, and the people of the United States believe that the banks in China are all state, so they are naturally filmed by the government.

The premiere was held in the auditorium of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and although it was not too difficult to hold the premiere and concert here, the North American audience was still misled by the media.

The media in the United States can completely affect the distribution of the movie, and when the media in the United States portrays the film from a political point of view, the box office will be directly affected.

Zhang Weiping is basically powerless, with a production cost of 200 million. Nearly 80 million publicity expenses, including 150 million Minsheng Bank loans, can recover the cost is good.

Although the new picture was a triumph of Huayi and Huayi at the beginning of the year, it was far from enough to rely on one Zhang Yimou.

In the past, there were only two or three blockbusters a year, and one new picture was enough.

But now that more than ten blockbusters are released a year, you make that one a year, what kind of giant.

A director can't support a company, and a superstar can't support a big company.

Even a top producer like Chen Guochang is difficult, he can produce two or three movies a year at most.

All the money for the new picture has been smashed into "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", if Zhang Yimou doesn't share it, he can barely save his capital.

But is it possible?

And after this time, it has also proved the overseas distribution ability of the new picture, and Zhang Yimou must go.

Is there any hope of pulling him over?

Tang An thought about it for a while, although there was no hope, it was impossible for him to work for himself, but Tang An still called Chen Guochang to get in touch.

All companies will basically contact Zhang Yimou, and Tang An will also give face, otherwise people will think that they look down on him.

Tang An didn't shy away from calling, and everyone around him heard it.

Yang Mi said curiously, "Brother An, do you want to invite Director Zhang to our company?"

Tang An smiled, "What, no?"

"Of course, but he's definitely not coming. ”

Tang An asked with interest, "Then why don't you come?"

Yang Mi pursed her lips, "You are also a director, and Director Zhang is also a director, so it's not clear." ”

Tang An smiled, "You are quite good at analysis, put more attention on filming, the heroine of "The Stolen Five Years" is for you, this film is more of a test of acting skills, perform well, don't let the director bombard it back." ”

Yang Mi said unconvinced, "What do you mean by letting the director bang back, Brother An, you look down on me too much." ”

"Okay, okay, you're amazing. ”

Tang An smiled and gave her a blow to the head.

When he turned around, he found that Wang Kai looked a little problematic, and asked out loud, "What's wrong?"

Wang Kai hesitated for a moment, but still spoke, "Director Tang, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" has been promoted as the main theme movie invested by the government in North America, and our "The Martian" also has bank loans and the support of the Space Agency.

Tang An shook his head and smiled, "You said this, it doesn't matter, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" involves the background of war, and we are a science fiction film." ”

And Zhang Weiping didn't know what medicine he took, so he found a British distribution company to be responsible for North American distribution. ”

"With 20th Century Fox in full swing, you don't have to worry if someone discredits it. ”

Wang Kai smiled embarrassedly, "Then I'm sorry Director Tang, it's me who thought too much." ”

"It's a good thing to think about it more, you will encounter all kinds of things when filming a scene or shooting an advertisement, difficulties in all aspects, and you can relax a little, especially if you take a film from another company. ”

Before Tang An finished speaking, Yang Mi immediately snorted imperceptibly.

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As Tang An guessed, Zhang Weiping was going to die of worry at this time.

According to his report, Wanda Songge and LeTV Zhang Zhao have gone to Zhang Yimou in private.

It was only the afternoon of the 27th, and it was only a day and a half since the news came back from the United States, and God knows how many people were eyeing Zhang Yimou at this time.

The conference room of the new picture company was gloomy, and as the parties concerned, they had already understood what had happened.

Zhang Weiping's face was full of gloom, and he invited Christian Bale to come for the overseas box office.

originally thought that he would star in "Batman: The Mystery of the Shadow" and "Batman: The Dark Knight" in a row, and won the Best Supporting Actor at this year's Oscars.

North America took $100 million is Zhang Weiping's boast, but his heart expects $40 million.

This is good, let alone 40 million US dollars, even 4 million is impossible.

Britain, Russia, and Spain, where Zhang Yimou is very open, are also bleak.

Japanese benzene, one of the largest ticket warehouses in Southeast Asia, was directly banned, and the entire overseas market was left to be counted on.

Zhang Weiping did a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect to be sniped by Sony!

His heart was bleeding at this time!

A meeting ended in nothing, and the British publisher was no match for Sony in North America, and they couldn't help it.

Zhang Weiping can only take care of the mainland first, and wait for a while to find Zhang Yimou to talk about the sharing, if he really wants to give Zhang Yimou so much money, then the new picture will have to die.

Zhang Weiping is waiting for the film to be painted, but other film companies are like sharks smelling blood, all of them are out of the news.

The nose of the media is also quite bright, and within a few days, there were reports of Song Ge, Zhang Zhao, Li Ming, and Wang Changtian poaching people.

Zhang Yimou has been in the new picture for more than ten years, and suddenly there are some rumors, which makes the entire entertainment industry shocked.

Tang An also asked Chen Guozhang to meet Zhang Yimou, and it had nothing to do with him.

The publicity continues, and the Chinese New Year list is still in full swing.

"The Martian" won 162 million again in the fourth week of its release, and the total box office reached 1.297 billion.

successfully surpassed "Transformers 3" and topped the annual box office at the end of 2011.

"Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" won 115 million and 103 million respectively in the third week, both of which showed a relatively large decline, with a total box office of 581 million and 530 million respectively.

It's been nearly 20 days since it was released, and this decline is also very normal.

The two films were hit by "The Martian", and the box office increased instead, which is also a good thing for them, at least it stimulates the market.

"The Martian" is getting closer and closer to the record of "Avatar", and Hantang Media has once again stepped up its offensive, focusing on promoting "Huaguo's record belongs to Huaguo film".

Under everyone's expectations, on December 31, the Saturday of the fifth week of the release of "The Martian", "The Martian" won a total of 46 million box office in the past five days, making the total box office reach 1.343 billion!

1.343 billion, 2 million more than the 1.341 billion in "Avatar"!

On December 31, 2011, the last day of this year, "The Martian" completed the overtake of "Avatar" and successfully regained the box office record in the history of the mainland film market!

After all, Huaguo's film records belong to Huaguo films!!

PS: October has passed, and this month is more salty, with 188,000 words updated, an average of 6,000 words per day.

I'm too busy to write about it in the second half of the month.

But I'm a little idle from today, and I'll refuel next month.

Originally, I was thinking that in October, I would work hard to write more and make more money for manuscripts, and I would empty the shopping carts of Jingdong and Dibao on Double 11.

Now don't think about it, it's piled up like in previous years, and the things in the shopping cart from last year, the year before last, and the year before the New Year haven't been cleared......

Start refueling tomorrow, ask for a wave of monthly passes and subscriptions, thank you for your support!!