Since its release on October 26, the movie "Saw 2" produced and distributed by Ranfeng Group has been released for more than 20 days in North America and around the world.

This movie has not resonated with too many audiences in Hong Kong, and even in the film critics, everyone's evaluation of this movie has not been too high.

Even in the first week of the film's release, there was a lot of singing and declining in the Hong Kong media, and it was not until the film's success in North America was reported back to Hong Kong that this voice in the media began to weaken, and some positive reviews began to appear in the film critics.

It's a pity that in Hong Kong and even in the whole of Asia, extremely bloody thriller movies like "Saw 2" don't have much market after all.

After a short period of stimulation in the North American market, it was only a few days, and the film returned to a state of no one's interest, and in more than 20 days of release, it only achieved a box office result of more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong.

Fortunately, the film did not receive well in Hong Kong and even other parts of Asia except Japan, but "Saw 2" showed strong box office appeal in the Western market.

In North America, the film earned more than $19 million over the first weekend and over $24 million in the following seven full weeks.

In the next ten days, the film performed very steadily at the box office, achieving more than 16 million and 8 million dollars respectively for two consecutive weeks.

As of the 21st Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, the film has been in theaters for 25 days and has achieved a total of nearly $68 million at the box office in North America.

And this is not all the box office results of the film, except for North America, the film has achieved a total of more than 24 million dollars in other film markets such as Europe, in more than 20 days of release.

In Asia, although the results in Hong Kong and other places were not good, the film did quite well in Japan, and in the end, "Saw 2" was released in Asia for more than 20 days and achieved nearly 10 million US dollars.

In other words, after more than 20 days of screening, the movie "Saw 2" has achieved a total of more than $100 million at the global box office.

And that's not all, because although the film has begun to be released around the world, it still retains some box office potential in places such as North America and Europe.

According to the predictions of relevant institutions, in the coming period, these regions will continue to contribute a lot of money to the box office, and may eventually push the results of "Saw 2" to 110 million US dollars.

"Saw 2" has a box office score of more than 100 million US dollars, which is a very shocking thing for Ran Feng Group.

After "Chainsaw" was released in North America and other places last year, the final result was more than 40 million US dollars, which has made Ranfeng Group make a lot of money, and even caused Hong Kong media to report on it.

Not to mention that this time, the box office exceeded 100 million US dollars, more than double last year, and you can imagine the sensation caused by this news to Ranfeng Group and Hong Kong.

After all, the total annual box office of the entire Hong Kong film market is only more than 500 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office of a film of Ranfeng Group has reached 100 million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 800 million Hong Kong dollars.

Therefore, after the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, although Ranfeng Group did not have any achievements in this Golden Horse Awards.

However, on the second day after the results of "Chainsaw 2" were counted by Ranfeng Group, the entire Hong Kong media and newspapers were unanimously slaughtered by Ranfeng Group and "Chainsaw 2".

Even the Golden Horse Awards, a film award with great influence in the Chinese film industry, was inevitably stolen from the limelight.

"Ranfeng Group was disappointed at the Golden Horse Awards, and the global box office results were proud. The global box office of "Saw 2" exceeded 100 million US dollars, creating a precedent for the box office of discourse films. - Cinema Fortnight

"Hong Kong films have a total box office of 500 million Hong Kong dollars this year, and "Chainsaw 2" has a box office of nearly 800 million Hong Kong dollars. —Oriental Daily News

"Following last year's Ranfeng Group's huge profits from "Chainsaw" and standing proudly among Hong Kong's major film companies in terms of annual profits, this year Jiang Ran made persistent efforts and once again booked the most profitable Hong Kong film company this year with a bloody thriller in advance. ——"Industrial and Commercial Daily"

Yu Yunkang, one of the representatives of Hong Kong's New Wave cinema and one of Hong Kong's best thriller and horror directors, tested the global cult film market for the first time, that is, promoted to the rank of 100 million dollar directors. - "Daily Daily"

"The success of the Hong Kong film "Saw 2" in overseas markets has found a new and broader path for Hong Kong's thriving film industry. ——Ming Pao

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Hong Kong media reports are full of all kinds of news about "Chainsaw 2" and Ranfeng Group, and Jiang Ran, the owner of Ranfeng Group, and Yu Yunkang, the director of "Chainsaw 2", inevitably received all kinds of congratulations and invitations.

After the results of Ranfeng Group's "Chainsaw 2" were exposed by the media, Jiang Ran received many congratulatory and tentative calls, the congratulatory calls were okay, but the tentative calls made Jiang Ran extremely annoyed, because all the topics of these calls revolved around the follow-up production investment of "Chainsaw".

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen!" Jiang Ran stood in front of the desk, rubbing his head with one hand and holding the phone with the other, and said politely, "Our company currently has no plans to make a follow-up movie to "Chainsaw". ”

"Yes, yes! Our company has no plans for this right now. ”

"Of course, of course, we'll be sure to let you know the next time we need funding for a film. ”

"Alright, Mr. Chen, we'll talk next time. ”

Jiang Ran hung up the phone in his hand and sat heavily on the boss's chair, his body sunk deep in the chair, his hands constantly rubbing his temples.

Just yesterday, Miramax Films, another investor in "Saw 2", was dug up by the media, which surprised some film investors in Hong Kong, because they found that Ran Feng Group actually shared a delicious cake like "Saw 2" with others.

People always have some luck mentality, since Hollywood independent films like Miramax Films can become a collaborator of Burning Feng in "Saw 2", so why can't they themselves?

How can I say that I am also an insider in the Hong Kong film industry with Ranfeng Group, and I usually have some connections.

It is this kind of thinking that makes Jiang Ran stay in the rhythm of answering the phone all day today and constantly rejecting others. These people who can call Jiang Ran directly are all influential people in Hong Kong, and Jiang Ran can't offend them, so he can only refuse carefully, making him feel exhausted.

When Jiang Ran was busy dealing with various temptations, several other cinema companies in Hong Kong also had their own reactions, and within Golden Harvest Film Company, Zou Wenhuai summoned He Guanchang and even stars and directors like Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan for the first time.

"I believe everyone has seen the achievements of Ranfeng Group's "Chainsaw" series in overseas markets. After Zou Wenhuai saw that everyone had arrived, he glanced at everyone, and then said. "To be honest, I envy them a lot. ”

"I plan to learn from Ranfeng Group and test the thriller horror film market in overseas markets. I don't know if you have any opinions?" Zou Wenhuai looked at a room of people and asked.

"I think it's very doable, and it should be speeded up and take advantage of the current trend of Saw 2. He Guanchang was the first to stand up and respond.

"Movies like 'Chainsaw' are actually very simple to make and don't cost much, mostly to attract the audience visually in gore. Sammo Hung also nodded in agreement, "So, from a production point of view, making such a movie is not a big problem." ”

"Although the production of the film is not very difficult, the problems we face in publicity and distribution are more tricky. Cai Yongchang considered it from the perspective of publicity.

"Our Golden Harvest is not well-known in the cult film market, and there are no recognized actors and directors to support the film, so it is difficult to publicize it. ”

Zou Wenhuai nodded in agreement and said: "It's really a problem, Jiang Ran's success in "Chainsaw" has a lot of luck in it, and the success of the second part is based on the success of the first part. We're starting from scratch, and this aspect of the problem really needs to be taken into account in advance. ”

"I think we still have to start with the two movies "Chainsaw", whether it is an actor or Yu Yunkang, you can contact and fight for it. He Guanchang proposed.

"Hmm!" Zou Wenhuai nodded, "Then do it." ”

When Jiahe Zou Wenhuai and others were discussing, in the office of the golden princess Lei Juekun, Lei Juekun and several people at the helm of the new art city were also discussing this issue.

"The main goal we are fighting for is still Yu Yunkang, who has now proven his strength in thriller horror films with Saw 2. ”

Moreover, the two "Saw Horrors" have too many and miscellaneous actors, and there are no impressive actors, and the audience may not buy them. ”

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Throughout mid-to-late November, the media was chasing all the news related to Saw 2, movie investors were also chasing Ran Feng Group for opportunities to invest in films, and studios were starting to chase after those who had worked on the Saw franchise, both behind the scenes and in front of the stage.