Regardless of any industry, we all believe that those who succeed will always succeed.

The same is true in the film history industry, after a movie starring an actor explodes at the box office, the value of the whole person can instantly rise to a higher level.

The most typical ones are Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, and Zou Xun, since the film "Painted Skin", which has no big director, won a box office of 200 million, the three of them have reached the peak of their acting careers.

Zhao Wei and Zou Xun's salaries have skyrocketed to 8 million, not counting Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li, who have already gone to Hollywood to develop, they are already the only two actresses in the mainland who can get a salary of 8 million.

You must know that tens of millions of salaries are the threshold for superstars, and for so many years, no one has ever gotten this number except Donnie Yen.

Chen Kun is the same, when he filmed "Painted Skin", his salary was much lower than that of Zhao Wei and Zou Xun, but after "Mulan", he also got a premium salary of 8 million.

However, after "Painted Skin", the three of them have pounced on several big productions, and the salary is less than 8 million so far.

Even if Chen Kun took over the filming of "Longling Grotto", he only gave 9 million, no share, and no capital into the group.

Major companies still have very strict control over remuneration, and 10 million is a line that will not be given easily.

Now it is still filmmakers who make movies, unlike most of the later filmmakers who are capitalists, and the market has been spoiled by them.

The only exception is Guangxian Investment's "Chef Drama Ruffian", Liu Ye, Huang Bo, and Zhang Hanyu all bought shares with a salary of 10 million, because of the high risk, there is a premium.

However, 10 million is written in black and white on the contract, and the movie is a success, as long as the next movie does not fail, it is logical to take 10 million.

In this era, there is still an era of how much ability and how much money he makes, and Li Lianjie took 100 million yuan in "Casting Names", which is his ability.

Before he made "Vote for Fame," "Deadly Romeo" cost $25 million, $91 million worldwide, and nearly $100 million in revenue from videotapes and videotapes.

"Deadly Cradle" grossed $56 million worldwide, and the videotapes earned $45 million.

"Danny the Wolf Dog" and "Huo Yuanjia" were all global hits, the latter sold 30 million US dollars overseas as a Chinese-language film, and the income of videotapes and DVDs also exceeded 30 million US dollars.

Every movie has brought tens of millions of dollars in benefits to the filmmaker, and in terms of profitability, Li Lianjie is even higher than some Hollywood superstars, at least in Hollywood, Li Lianjie has almost never lost money.

It's the same abroad, once an actor is continuously successful, the salary will be one step a year, and he doesn't worry about the film contract at all.

The same is true for directors, otherwise the audience and producers would not be obsessed with big directors, and people are not stupid.

If there is a big director, there is a guarantee, and "Vote for Fame" only spent 100 million yuan to rush to invite Li Lian, but this is a typical Chen Kexin movie, which failed.

"The King of Kung Fu" Li Lianjie and Cheng Long each took 80 million yuan, the North American box office was 52 million US dollars, and the DVD, videotape, and TV rights added up to 65 million US dollars, making a lot of money.

Closer to life, no matter how bad Zhang Yimou's "Three Guns" is, it can be a big hit, and if you change the director, the box office will have to be reduced by 0.

Tang An's previous data determined that no matter how bad this "Interstellar" was, no matter how bad it was, it would be at least seven or eight hundred million.

As long as the quality is passable, at least one billion starts, and there is hope for fifteen billion.

Although he didn't say it, after the first week passed, Wang Zhongjun's expectation in his heart was 1.5 billion, which was already the highest estimate.

But now it broke 1.2 billion in 11 days, and it will be 1.5 billion in another week, and the box office is running for 18 or even 2 billion!

"Tang'an's signboard alone is worth at least 1 billion. Wang Zhongjun couldn't help but sigh.

On the other side, Wang Zhonglei did not refute, for ten consecutive years, the success of nine movies can even be said to have affected a generation, and most of the audience will walk into the cinema just by looking at Tang An's name written in the director's column.

If "1942" was filmed by Tang An, even if it was exactly the same, but with a different director's name, it should be able to sell one billion box office.

Wang Zhonglei even thought so.

The success of ten consecutive years has formed an inherent trust in the minds of the audience, not to mention a large number of die-hard fans.

But now there is no time to sigh how awesome Tang An is, and the top priority is how to deal with it.

"Tomb Robbery Notes" was released two weeks later than "Interstellar", and I originally expected that even if the trend was good, it would be close to 300 million in a single week in the third week.

300 million in seven days, and about 50 million on rest days, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" can completely exceed this number.

But last week, "Interstellar" actually got 692 million box office, and even if the drop is huge this week, even if it is a 50% decline, it will be 350 million.

Don't look at the difference of just 50 million, but the meaning is completely different.

The outburst was stronger than they expected, and the problems they faced were more difficult.

Wang Zhonglei thought for a while and said, "Big brother, otherwise, let's increase the ticket compensation and reduce the share of one or two points." ”

Wang Zhongjun asked, "How much is the first day of pre-sale?"

"7 million, it is estimated that there will be more than 20 million pre-sales on the first day before the release. Wang Zhonglei replied.

"Interstellar" pre-sold 31 million, a one-third difference, and the box office on the first day should be between 60 million and 80 million.

The first-day box office of 80 million is acceptable, and there is a great hope of breaking one billion.

Wang Zhongjun said, "The current ticket supplement is almost enough, in addition to the Taobao ticket and the 50 million we offered, Weiying Times and Maoyan also have some ticket compensation, wait for the first two weeks to see." ”

"What about the split, there are still three days to be released. ”

Wang Zhongjun hesitated, but still shook his head, "Wait, let's look at the box office of "Interstellar" at night, if it fluctuates greatly this Monday, it shouldn't have much impact on us." ”

One billion box office, even one point is tens of millions of yuan, who is willing to let it out.

Don't look at 10 million compared to 1 billion, it is a little bit of money, but the production cost of this film is 200 million, and the ticket supplement is 20 million, and there is a large amount of publicity and distribution fees, and the cost is not low.

Wang Zhongjun still decided to wait, in case "Interstellar" broke out in the first two weeks, and the box office potential has been almost exhausted.

After all, 1.2 billion in 11 days is really exciting.

"By the way, Zhonglei, there will be two blockbusters "Fast and Furious 6" and "Pacific Rim" to be released, pay more attention to it, don't make any extraneous branches. Wang Zhongjun admonished again.

"Don't worry, big brother, these two movies won't have any impact. Wang Zhonglei said with a relaxed face.

Most of Hollywood blockbusters are now rubbed on the ground by domestic films, not only the films of big directors, but even medium-budget movies such as "Small Times", "To Youth", and "Breakup Master" are also Hollywood blockbusters in the same period.

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile, "The last part of "Fast and Furious 5" is just over 200 million in China, and this series has been tepid, and this sixth part is like this." ”

"Pacific Rim" invested 200 million yuan, it was a complete fight, it took ten days to be released in North America to get 68 million US dollars, it is difficult to break 100 million, and the actor is not well-known in China, and it is estimated that it is more than 100 million or 200 million yuan in China. ”

There's no way to do it to Tang An, but Wang Zhonglei doesn't care about two obviously ordinary Hollywood movies.

"It's always right to be careful, it's all about the same time, don't go wrong. ”

Wang Zhongjun nodded, although many Hollywood movies have been sold in the past two years, they are all top series such as "Iron Man 3", "Mission Impossible 4", "Transformers", and "Pirates of the Caribbean 4".

or "The Avengers", which gathers many superheroes, and "Kung Fu Panda 2", which has oriental elements

Big IPs such as "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "Superman" also have a box office of more than 300 million, and they can't rush up no matter how much they can.

By the way, the publicity strategy can be changed, mainly for "Wolf Warrior" and "Tomb Robbery Notes" to resist the two major Hollywood blockbusters. ”

Wang Zhongjun is now a little glad that Tang An didn't have a fight with Lu Chuan at the beginning, and directly put "Notes on Tomb Robbery" on the same level as "Wolf Warrior".

If "Interstellar" and "Tomb Robbery Notes" really put together, with the current situation, it will definitely be bad for them.

But the object of comparison has become "Wolf Warrior", which is very different, "Tomb Robbery Notes" surpasses "Wolf Warrior" is nine out of ten, which just responds to Tang An's words.

As for the comparison?

That's impossible!

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has already stirred up this genre, and "Tomb Robbery Notes" is a comparable IP, no matter how it is, it will not be able to do a military film.

It is another gimmick to shape "Tomb Robbery Notes" into the vanguard of Chinese films against Hollywood movies.

When the time comes, it will overwhelm two Hollywood blockbusters, which will represent the victory of domestic films, and the meaning will be different.

Wang Zhongjun is preparing for the upcoming release, and he will also pay attention to the box office data of "Interstellar" every half hour, I am afraid that Tang An himself has not paid attention to his movies so diligently.

But after the afternoon, the smile on Wang Zhongjun's face became less and less.

At half past five in the afternoon, looking at the data on the computer screen, Wang Zhongjun knew that his idea had failed.

The box office trend is still strong, and there is not much decline.

Shaking his head, he cleaned up, rushed to a private club, and saw Zhang Wall and Ye Xuan.

After taking a sip of tea and greeting for a while, I went straight to the point.

Not only Wang Zhongjun is always paying attention to "Interstellar" and sending many actuaries to analyze it, but the other two are the same.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Now they know enough about Interstellar, but it doesn't end well.

exchanged their respective analyses, and without many considerations, they unanimously decided to appropriately reduce the share and give up part of the benefits to the theater chain, so as to strive for more films.

After all, with the current trend of "Interstellar", even if "Tomb Robbery Notes" is released, it will still be able to occupy 30% of the film schedule.

"Fast and Furious", which was released a day later, even if it has no big selling potential, will occupy a lot of the film schedule.

and "Shocking Crisis" released today, judging from the box office of the reappearance, there should be nearly 20 million on the first day, which will undoubtedly account for part of the film schedule.

Now the theater chain on Thursday will give 45% of the first day of "Tomb Robbery Notes", "Interstellar" 30, "Shocking Crisis" 15%, and wait until "Fast and Furious" is released on Friday, and it will have to be divided a little.

Scheduling is a must, and it is in vain not to have enough shows.

The specific plan, Wang Zhongjun proposed, "My opinion is that from the second week, two points will be conceded every week, and a maximum of three weeks. ”

Zhang Wall and Ye Twist weighed and nodded, it is indeed more cost-effective to use the time ladder than the box office, after all, not any commercial movie can be as strong as "Interstellar".

Their original score was two points higher than usual, 45% in the first week, which is also the share that many blockbusters with the potential to sell are eligible to get, and "Interstellar" is also this ratio.

In the case of profit, it is 43% in the second week, 41% in the third week, and 39% in the fourth week and beyond.

In the first week, there is the fame of "Tomb Robbery Notes" itself, coupled with a large number of pre-sales and ticket supplements, there must be no need to worry too much in the first week, and the follow-up theaters will have more benefits, and more films will be arranged.

After talking about business, it's time to eat and drink, and now step up publicity and wait for the next box office.

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