Chapter 1059: Grand Start
On September 19, "Scorching Sun" was officially released in China after two months of release. "Scorching Sun" has reached a total box office of 3.1 billion yuan in China, making it the second film in China to break the 3 billion yuan mark.
Overseas, "Scorching Sun" has also taken off the production line, of which the box office in North America reached $126 million, surpassing "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and becoming the new champion of foreign language films in North America. In addition, the film has achieved great success in South Korea, Dongying, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the world, and has refreshed almost all Chinese film records everywhere.
In the end, "Sun Scorching" grossed $1.176 billion worldwide, becoming the first Chinese-language film in history to break the $1 billion mark, and the first non-English film in history to break the $1 billion mark.
The huge success of "Scorching Sun" at the box office brought Zhang Ran huge revenues, of which North America was able to receive a share of 69 million US dollars, a share of 1.395 billion yuan in China, and about 245 million yuan in other regions. Excluding the cost of the film of $150 million and the promotion of $180 million, the box office share of the movie is about $210 million. Of course, this is only the box office share, and it has not yet deducted the share of various distribution companies, such as Summit Entertainment, such as Golden Harvest, such as domestic distribution companies, and this part needs to be deducted by 15%. After deducting various other shares, the final income should be around $150 million.
In addition to this, movies earned $28 million on North American pay TV and network TV, and China and the rest of the world earned $63 million, for a total of $91 million. As for the DVD revenue, it will have to wait until 6 months later. DVDs are generally discovered 6 months after the release of the movie. However, now the DVD industry has declined significantly under the impact of the Internet, and it is estimated that it can bring 560 million in revenue.
The final revenue of "Sun Scorched" should be around $350 million, which should be in the top three of all the films in 2014. For a Chinese-language film, this is a miracle and an unprecedented success. However, what really excites Zhang Ran and Century Peak is not the box office success, but the rapid expansion of the global share of the Diting panoramic sound system, and the global sales of Diting holographic sound headphones.
On the morning of this day, the opening ceremony of the movie "Full Band Blocking Interference" was held in Lin'an Century Film Metropolis, in front of Studio 5 of Century Film Metropolis. There is a stage with a red carpet in front of the studio, and there is a horizontal link on the wall of the studio, on which it is written that the movie "Full Band Blocking Interference" is ready to start!
As a sequel to "Future Apocalypse", "Full Band Blocking Interference" has attracted great attention from the media and fans around the world since the day the project was announced. When it was learned that the film was going to hold a kick-off press conference, major media outlets around the world flocked to it. Many of these foreign media outlets do not have branches in China, so they flew directly to Lin'an. There were more than 1,000 Chinese and foreign reporters at the scene, and it looked like a large area of black and oppressive.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the main creative staff of "Full Band Blocking Interference" walked on the stage, including producer Zhang Ran, director Wu Ershan, screenwriter Liu Cixin, and starring Cheng Long, Li Xuejian, Chen Zhanzhan, Hu Jun and others, everyone lined up.
The reporter at the scene immediately turned on the camera and frantically pressed the shutter. While taking pictures, the reporters excitedly discussed: "I didn't expect Cheng Long to have in this play, but which role does he play? ”
"Who is that actress? she should play the heroine Lin Yun, she looks like a soldier, but she looks very unfamiliar, what kind of play has she played before?"
"I don't know, it looks like it should be from the army, maybe it was selected from the army's art troupe! The most likable character in "Full Band Blocking Interference" is Lin Yun, and she will definitely be a hit after the movie is released!"
"Which one plays Zhuang Yu? Hu Jun? Is he a little older, and his temperament doesn't match Zhuang Yu!"
The host of the scene took the topic and said loudly: "Girls and gentlemen, good morning, welcome to the opening ceremony of "Full-Band Blocking Interference", the film "Full-Band Blocking Interference" jointly invested and created by the Century Peak, China Film Group, and the Television Art Center of the Political Department of the Military Region of the Nanjing Military Region was officially launched today. First of all, I would like to introduce to you all the leaders and guests who came to our opening ceremony today......"
...... "Full Band Blocking Interference" is adapted from the famous writer Liu Cixin's name, co-adapted by Zhang Ran, Wu Ershan and Liu Cixin, and directed by Wu Ershan. This TV series has received strong support from all levels and departments, especially from our Zhijiang Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, and I will invite the Propaganda Department of the Zhijiang Provincial Party Committee to ...... next."
After the leaders of Zhijiang Province and the leaders of the General Administration spoke, the host invited Zhang Ran to the stage.
Zhang Ran took the microphone handed by the staff and said with a smile: "Thank you for coming!" September 19, 2014, a great day, a great movie will be born, and it will be a movie that will be remembered by history. For such a film, I hope that in the future work, all departments will unite sincerely and show their best. I hope that this film will bring more audiences into the cinema and let more foreign audiences get closer to Chinese films. That's all I have to say, thank you. ”
After Zhang Ran finished speaking, the scene immediately applauded.
Next, the leader of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region took the stage to speak. "All-Band Blocking Jamming" is military science fiction, and it is definitely inseparable from the support of the troops. The Nanjing Military Region is very supportive of "All-Band Blocking Interference", and they will not only provide some equipment for the film, but also provide personnel support. The leader of the Nanjing Military Region directly told Zhang Ran: I will transfer as many people as you want; as long as I can capture the spirit of the Chinese soldiers, it will not be a problem for me to transfer a division to you.
After the leader of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region finished speaking, Han Shanping of China Film also took the stage to deliver a brief speech, and then the start-up ceremony officially began.
Under everyone's attention, Zhang Ran, Wu Ershan, and Cheng Long, the three of them grabbed a corner of the red cloth and pulled it open vigorously, revealing a brand-new camera.
After the opening ceremony, the leading actors of the crew entered the News Center of the Century Film Metropolis and held a press conference.
There are thousands of reporters and photographers present today, and the press conference hall of the press center can only accommodate 500 people, so the top media and large media can enter the venue, and small media are not qualified to enter at all.
On the stage of the press center, a huge poster, three or four meters high and more than ten meters wide. On the poster, there are large portraits of Zhang Ran, Cheng Long, Li Xuejian and Chen Zhanzhan. In front of the poster, there is a row of tables where the main creators are sitting, and the nameplates of the main creators are placed on them.
When Zhang Ran and his entourage sat down in their respective positions, the long guns and short cannons in the audience suddenly erupted with great power, and the flash was so strong that it was like the sun exploding. Zhang Ran and the others were accustomed to this, smiling and not changing. It was the first time Chen Zhanzhan had seen this kind of scene, and the whole person fell into a temporary state of vertigo, and she felt as if she was blind.
After the host finished a brief opening remarks, Zhang Ran and the main creators began to introduce themselves. The reporters present were all taken aback when they heard that Zhang Ran would play Zhuang Yu in the movie, but when they came back to their senses and thought about it carefully, Zhang Ran was really suitable, both in terms of image and temperament.
After the creator introduced himself, the host asked each of them a question, guiding them to talk about their views on the play and all kinds of interesting facts about the play. Asked by the moderator ensures that each creator will be asked, so that everyone has the content of the interview. If it is the reporter who asks questions freely, then most of the questions are focused on Zhang Ran and Cheng Long, and some people face the embarrassing scene of no one cares.
After the moderator's questions, the eager reporters finally waited for the freedom to ask questions.
The reporter who was the first to ask the question threw the question to Wu Ershan: "I want to ask Director Wu Ershan, "Future Apocalypse" is particularly successful, do you have a lot of pressure to take over the sequel? Compared with "Future Apocalypse", what is the biggest attraction of "Full Band Blocking Interference"?"
Wu Ershan smiled and said: "You are not one question, but two questions! I will answer the first question first, there must be pressure, and it is very big, in order to reduce the pressure, I will pull Mr. Zhang to be the starring role." If the box office is not good, or the reputation is not good, I can push it on Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang, your box office appeal is too poor! Mr. Zhang, your performance is not qualified, which seriously affects the reputation of the movie!"
Now the audience burst into laughter, and Zhang Ran also laughed: "It turns out that you hit this idea!"
After the laughter stopped, Wu Ershan continued: "There are many highlights of "Full Band Blocking Interference", if "Future Apocalypse" is about fate and reincarnation, then "Full Band Blocking Interference" is about struggle and sacrifice. Spiritually, this movie may be closer to "The Scorching Sun". In addition to the actors, story, and special effects, another feature of our film is that VR technology will be introduced. However, the exact way to do it cannot be disclosed now. But I promise, when the movie comes out, you'll be amazed when you walk into it. ”
The second reporter threw the question to Zhang Ran: "May I ask Director Zhang Ran, at the opening ceremony, you said that "Future Apocalypse" will be a movie that will be remembered by history, why do you say that?"
Zhang Ran smiled and said: ""Future Apocalypse 2 years ago was very successful and the box office was also very good, but after all, it is a foreign language film, and many Chinese audiences, especially middle-aged and elderly audiences, are still reluctant to enter the cinema." Two years have passed, and now the number of Chinese film screens is close to 40,000, in this case, Chinese films need a stepping stone, to measure the depth and breadth of the market, to measure the ideal balance of the return on investment of domestic blockbusters? How much incremental space does it still have? Is its ceiling about to be touched? "Full Band Blocking and Interference" is a stepping stone, which can find out how deep the water is in today's Chinese film market. ”
A reporter immediately said: "Then how much box office do you think "Full Band Blocking Interference" can achieve in China?"
Zhang Ran smiled faintly: "I think the box office of "Full Band Blocking Interference" can exceed 6 billion!"
As soon as these words came out, the scene was in an uproar!
The reporters at the scene were shocked by the figures given by Zhang Ran. The current box office record in the mainland market is 3.53 billion for "Future Apocalypse", which is 2.5 billion more than "Future Apocalypse", almost double the box office record of "Future Apocalypse".
If this was said by other directors, it would definitely be considered arrogant or even ignorant, but this was said by Zhang Ran, and no one thought he was arrogant and ignorant. The reporters at the scene were thinking that Zhang Ran was so confident in the box office of the movie, it seems that "Full Band Blocking Interference" must be very good!