Chapter Eighty-Nine: The First Divide

At half past nine in the evening, Zhang Junsheng returned home.

Zhang's mother hasn't slept yet, sitting on the sofa and petting her daughter...

β€œβ€¦ Mom, you haven't slept yet?"

"Yo, our big director still knows how to go home!"

β€œβ€¦ I'm busy, when this time passes, I'll go to school honestly..."

"Come on, you go to school, your teacher must not die of embarrassment!"

Seeing her son return safely, Zhang's mother got up and hugged her daughter upstairs, and told her by the way: "Don't be too busy at night!"

β€œβ€¦ Got it!"

As a mother, even if she is a strong woman, the first place is always her family...

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After taking a shower, Zhang Junsheng turned on the computer and prepared to prepare for class...

After all, it is a seminar, and listening to Xu Wenjing's meaning, it should be about the strategy of Chinese films, and the person who presides over the meeting may be someone from the Ministry of Culture!

Zhang Junsheng hopes to take this opportunity to win the bulk of the aid - since the Ministry of Culture is ready to vigorously develop the film industry, materials and policies will definitely be available!

How easy it is to want the horses to run and not give the horses grazing!

For example, the Ministry of Culture has been calling for films to go out...

Where to go?

The North American market, of course!

"American films are the most powerful in the world, and if they can enter the American market, then our Chinese films will rise!"

"If we can't break into the U.S. market, then our going out strategy can't be considered a success. ”

Hehe, that's a nice thing to say!

You may not know that the North American market is the most difficult market in the world to enter!

Last year, the total box office in North America exceeded $11 billion, but what percentage of non-English films accounted for?

Less than one percent!

Five of them grossed over $100,000 at the box office...

This is already remarkable, it took more than ten years for Indian films to barely push their films into Hollywood, and in the United States, there are often Indian movies with box office breaks one million...

People rely on Indians to cultivate their habit of watching Indian movies!

Don't really look down on Ah Sanguo, in the North American box office list of foreign language films in 2017, among the top 30 films, a total of 20 Indian films are on the list

"Baahubali King 2", the box office directly reached 20 million US dollars, not only that, but among the top ten films, there are as many as 5 Indian films: "The Tiger is Alive", "The Hero", "The Prison Breaker", and "Happy Group 4", which can be said to occupy half of the country, accounting for 2/3.

What about Chinese-language films?

There are only two "Wolf Warrior 2", $6 million, and "Fanghua" is not bad, close to $2 million...

The sales of Indian films overseas have always been good, and there are loyal fans of Indian films in the Middle East, North America, Europe and other places, which has been going on for many years, but many Chinese people do not know about it.

On the other hand, the sales of Chinese-language films overseas...

It's hard to put it into words, in recent years, they have advocated enhancing soft power and becoming a cultural exporter, but most of the time the results are thunder and rain.

Since the film industry in Southeast Asian countries has gradually been established, people are not willing to give even $50,000!

Seriously, if it weren't for Lao Mei's interest in the Oriental world recently, "A Chinese Ghost Story" would not have succeeded!

Chinese films want to go out?

It's simple, give money, let me slowly retire the beauty of the movie-watching habits, and I should be able to raise a group of regular audiences in ten years!

Let's say a company, Huashi, he was established for the purpose of distributing Chinese-language films in North America.

At the beginning, the box office was only a few thousand or tens of thousands of dollars, which can only be described as bleak - the input and output were not proportional to the output in the first three years, and the three million dollars invested were lost in a short period of time.

This is what Jiang Yanming, the founder of Huashi, said!

It wasn't until 2015 that the situation improved, and many movies were able to make hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars!

"Lao Pao'er", "Hot Pot Hero" and "Monkey King: Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" together have a North American box office of more than 10 million US dollars!

It's a cake, but patience is required!

If it can be integrated, Zhang Junsheng doesn't mind taking a moment to take his time...

Also, A-shares need a group of film and television media companies to support the faΓ§ade...

Yuehua wants to be the first stock to be listed!

These need to be spoken by the people above!

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The first box office account of "Kung Fu Panda" has arrived.

Close to $200 million...

Among them, the box office share is 80 million, and the first peripheral share is 120 million...

Sounds like a lot of profits!

But compared to Disney's income, it is definitely pediatric!

According to Zhang Junsheng's understanding of a capitalist with no conscience like Disney, Disney has made at least one billion dollars, otherwise, it would be impossible to share the account so happily!

According to the information sent by Disney, the peripheral income of "Kung Fu Panda" is 450 million US dollars...

The global box office, the share of North America is 180 million, and the overseas share has not yet arrived, so the part of the box office share paid belongs to the advance payment - to show sincerity...

Sincerity, you are paralyzed!

Is it really that Zhang Junsheng doesn't know?

"Kung Fu Panda" sold at least $500 million around North America!

But even if Zhang Junsheng finds out about this thing, he can't confront Disney face to face!

Fortunately, Disney finally remembers that the sequel development rights for the next two episodes are shared by the two, and they didn't force it too hard...

Otherwise, Zhang Junsheng will directly get rid of Disney and cooperate with Universal!

What? You say copyright is common?

Rest assured, Universal will help Zhang Junsheng drag the lawsuit down...

It's about ten-figure earnings!

The bulk of Hollywood blockbuster revenue is not from the box office, but from peripherals such as DVDs and television...

Of course, DVDs are generally released about 6 months after the movie is released, and this part of the revenue from "Kung Fu Panda" will not come out until next year.

In addition, there are bills detailing the rights of pay TV and network TV in North America, as well as overseas TV rights...

You can't make fake accounts for this thing, it's reported in various countries, and you can find it by checking it casually!

Next year, the second split will definitely be higher than the first score.

In the first share, Yuehua received $202 million...

It's pure profit!

Nearly 1.5 billion yuan, plus some of the income received before, the later payment of product placement, tax rebates from special effects companies, etc., the first account of "Kung Fu Panda" is close to 1.8 billion yuan!

Based on the performance of "Kung Fu Panda", DVD can bring Yuehua at least $50 million or 60 million in revenue, plus TV rights, and the final income should be more than 2.5 billion yuan.

A movie that earned 2.5 billion...

If this data is released, I don't know how many film companies in China will go crazy.

Those who do media in the mainland, let alone 2.5 billion, are already very good if they can make money!

This money, in addition to taxes, and the company's arrears, Zhang Junsheng is ready to acquire Golden Harvest, yes, it is the Golden Harvest Cinema Line that was won by Huayang...

And this matter is very interesting, Li Mingze has been short of money recently, the investment in "Red Cliff" is as high as 800 million, Huayang has invested 500 million, and Li Mingze is short of cash!