Although box office performance is not the only factor that determines a director's level, ability and status, it is also one of the important factors, especially in this era of capital first and interests first, directors with a high rate of return will inevitably be more sought after, have more resources and the right to speak!

Zhao Zhenghao, who only has a box office of more than 5 billion films, can only be regarded as a rookie director, although there are also some capital who take the initiative to come to the door to invest, but his position in the circle is not stable, once the follow-up work fails, it will immediately fall into the dust, and everything can only start all over again.

And with three films with a box office of more than 2 billion, and the process is continuous, Zhao Zhenghao's status in the circle has been able to stabilize, although it cannot be compared with those battle-hardened and honorable directors, but it can be regarded as erecting a banner of its own!

What's more, Zhao Zhenghao, who came across the border, has the label of "director" on his body, and he is also confirmed by indisputable facts, which can tell the world that the cross-border has succeeded!

As a profession at the top of the pyramid in the entertainment industry, directors have a special status in the circle. From then on, when facing Zhao Zhenghao, insiders will respectfully call him "director".

The change of identity has also further improved Zhao Zhenghao's influence in the entertainment circle of Dragon Kingdom, breaking through the margins of the music circle, coming to a larger space and a bigger stage!

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The end of the Spring Festival file does not mean that the release journey of "Journey to the West: The Great Sage Marries" is over, because the first day after the Spring Festival holiday in 2016 is just in time for Valentine's Day in the West, so the total single-day box office on this day, compared with the previous day, although it has decreased a lot, but compared with previous years, it is the least decreased.

At this time, the name of "The Great Sage Marrying" has been really established in the repeated publicity offensives and the feedback from fans after watching the movie, and the essence of love hidden behind the comedy and fantasy colors has also been excavated, so on Valentine's Day on February 14, it is still widely sought after, and the single-day box office collects another 300 million!

In the following week, as the work gradually returned to normal after the Spring Festival, the single-day box office of "The Great Sage Marrying" also fell day after day, from 300 million to 200 million, and from 200 million to 100 million.

However, after a week, "The Great Sage Marrying" still accumulated nearly one billion box office, and raised the total box office to a height of 3.5 billion, and there is no problem in breaking through 4 billion.

In the next two weeks, "The Great Sage Marrying" received another 700 million and 300 million box office respectively, and when it was about to be released for 30 days, the cumulative box office had reached 4.5 billion, far exceeding the expectations of "Zhenghao Studio", "Nine Star Entertainment" and other investors in the film!

At this time, the time has entered March 2016, March is the traditional off-season in the Dragon Kingdom film market, there are no blockbuster films released, boosted by the good box office performance in the early stage, the major theaters have taken the initiative to adjust the release time of "The Great Sage Marrying", from the 35 days stipulated in the contract, initially extended to 45 days, and according to the follow-up box office feedback, there is still the possibility of continuing to extend.

Boosted by this good news, "Nine Star Entertainment" once again took out a sum of money to smash into the promotion of "The Great Sage's Marriage", helping the total box office of "The Great Sage's Marriage" hit the 5 billion mark!

In the current Dragon Kingdom film market, the box office of 5 billion is a very important level for all films!

Before the box office of 5 billion, whether the final box office is 4.9 billion or 2 billion, they are collectively called "hit movies", although the span between them is as high as 3 billion, but in terms of publicity, there is not much difference.

And once the box office exceeds 5 billion, then this film can be crowned with the title of "masterpiece"!

The span of the movie's "masterpiece" is actually very wide, because now the top of the total box office list of Dragon Kingdom movies has a cumulative box office of 8.3 billion, and the entry threshold for "God" is 5 billion, with a span of 3.3 billion.

In the current hot Dragon Kingdom film market, it is relatively easy to produce a hit movie than to produce a masterpiece.

Taking 2015 as an example, there were 31 films with a box office of more than 2 billion in the Dragon Country Film Market that year, of which only 6 had a box office of more than 5 billion, with a ratio of five to one.

Since 2010, after the first film with a single box office of more than 5 billion in the Dragon Country Film Market, as of the end of 2015, in six years, the number of films with a total box office of more than 5 billion in the Dragon Country Film Market has only accumulated to 32, of which the best year is 2014, a total of nine films have a box office of more than 5 billion in that year, and the current total box office champion of the Dragon Country Film Market was also born in that year.

And the past 2015, in terms of the number of "masterpieces", can only be regarded as a small year, only six films have a box office of more than 5 billion in the whole year, although the performance in the total annual box office is not bad, exceeding the record set in 2014, but the growth rate has slowed down a lot.

So, for the 2016 that has just begun, all the filmmakers in the Dragon Kingdom are looking forward to it, although there are also voices saying that there is a bubble in the Dragon Country Film Market now, and it is necessary to stabilize and consolidate the foundation, but more practitioners still hope that the market expansion can maintain a certain rate and make the cake bigger.

The market performance in January of the beginning of the year was not satisfactory, but the following February, it brought a surprise, not only the total box office during the Spring Festival achieved a historic breakthrough, but also the total monthly box office also hit a record high, not only making up for the lack of January, but also a fairly obvious improvement compared with the same period in previous years.

The box office in a single month reached 22 billion, an increase of 8 percentage points over the same period last year, of which "The Great Sage Marrying" is naturally indispensable, and popular films such as "Going Home for the New Year", "Crazy Paradise 2", and "Extreme Rescue" have also contributed a lot.

The performance of "The Great Sage's Marriage" is not an exception in the same period in previous years, in fact, in the first three years, there will be a masterpiece with a box office of more than 5 billion in the Spring Festival.

And this year's "The Great Sage Marrying", the current achievements are particularly valuable, because it is a battle out of a number of popular films, which is much more difficult than the situation of being a standout in previous years.

Therefore, at this time, not only the interests of "Nine Star Entertainment" and "Zhenghao Studio", but also those directly related to "The Great Sage's Marriage", want to make "The Great Sage's Marriage" hit the box office level of 5 billion, and many people, including theaters and regulators, also hope that "The Great Sage Marriage" can become the first "masterpiece" movie in 2016!

Boosted by this shareholder wind, the publicity work of "Nine Star Entertainment" has played a multiplier effect with half the effort, and the major theaters have even increased the scheduling rate of "The Great Sage Marrying" at this time, so that it can enjoy the same treatment as "Moonlight Treasure Box", and at the end of the screening, the scheduling rate has achieved reverse growth!

Although the goal of a box office of over 5 billion was not completed in the first screening extension period of the theater, in the middle of the second extension period of the screening, that is, on the 49th day of the release, the door of the box office of 5 billion was finally opened.

By the end of the second screening extension period, that is, when it was released for 55 days, the total box office of "The Great Sage's Marriage" reached 5.08 billion, ranking first in the total box office list of Dragon Kingdom films in 2016, and also ranked among the top 30 in the total box office list of Dragon Kingdom films in history, temporarily ranking 28th.

Not far in front of it is "A Chinese Ghost Story", which ranks 25th in the total box office list of Dragon Kingdom movies!

With two movies with a box office of more than 5 billion, Zhao Zhenghao is not the first person, but he is the youngest director to achieve this achievement - at this time, Zhao Zhenghao has not yet reached the age of twenty-nine!

Before the total box office of "The Great Sage Marries" settled, the total box office of "Moonlight Treasure Box" was closed one step ahead, and with the east wind of "The Great Sage Marrying", the release period of "Moonlight Treasure Box" was extended again and again, and finally reached 65 days, which is ten days longer than "The Great Sage Marry".

And with the help of such a long screening period, the final box office of "Moonlight Treasure Box" in the Dragon Kingdom also broke through the 2 billion mark, and when it was painted, it was fixed at 2 billion and 5 million!

At the same time, the overseas box office of "Moonlight Treasure Box" is also the same as the domestic box office, after the release of "The Great Sage's Marriage", there has been an upward curve, and many countries that have taken it offline have rearranged the release times for it under the strong demand of fans.

After the full drawing, "Moonlight Treasure Box" was released simultaneously in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and received a total box office of nearly 600 million Dragon Kingdom coins.

In Europe and the United States, "Moonlight Treasure Box" was not released as an independent film, but together with "The Great Sage's Marriage", it was edited and compressed into an ultra-long film with a duration of up to 160 minutes, which was distributed uniformly.

In the United States, "Journey to the West" won a total of 120 million US dollars, a total of 700 million dragon coins at the box office, in Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Central and South America and other countries, including sharing and feature film sales, "Journey to the West" has received a total of more than 200 million US dollars, a total of 1.2 billion dragon coins.

Coupled with the 800 million box office achieved by "The Great Sage Marrying" in East Asia and Southeast Asia, the entire "Journey to the West" has received a total of 10.4 billion global box office, surpassing the record set by "A Chinese Ghost Story".

However, in terms of production costs, "Journey to the West" is 2.5 times that of "A Chinese Ghost Story", so if you calculate the return on investment, "Journey to the West" is still inferior to "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Moreover, "Zhenghao Studio" only accounted for 55% of the investment ratio of "Journey to the West", and the other 45% share was shared by Zhao Zhenghao to "Nine Star Entertainment" and several other investors.

As a result, in the 7 billion box office in the Dragon Kingdom, "Zhenghao Studio" can only get less than 6% of the return, that is, less than 1.3 billion Dragon Kingdom coins, that is, plus the share of the overseas box office, "Zhenghao Studio" can only receive a return of 2.4 billion Dragon Kingdom coins through the investment of "Journey to the West", although the total income is not lower than that of "A Chinese Ghost Story", but the return on investment is a cut lower.

This is still in terms of overseas box office sharing, "Zhenghao Studio" has achieved results in the name of Zhao Zhenghao and the connections accumulated through "A Chinese Ghost Story".

However, Zhao Zhenghao is satisfied enough with this result, when he decided to introduce foreign funds for "Journey to the West", he was originally going to share a part of the profits to those collaborators to accumulate contacts for "Zhenghao Studio", and the current situation is completely consistent with his expectations.

Moreover, because the box office of "The Great Sage Marries" exceeded expectations, several other investors in the film made a lot of money, which made Zhao Zhenghao's plan to expand his contacts achieve better results, which can be described as a great joy!

To be honest, without the help of "Nine Star Entertainment" and several other investors, it would be very difficult for the "Zhenghao Studio", which has not been in the industry for a long time, to survive the suppression under the manipulation of "Qitian Film and Television".

Even if Zhao Zhenghao and "Zhenghao Studio" can still speak with their works in the end, the final box office of "The Great Sage's Marriage" and "Moonlight Treasure Box" will definitely not be as high as it is now!

Compared with the interests of sharing profits, Zhao Zhenghao values honor more!

The box office of "The Great Sage Marrying" exceeded 5 billion, making Zhao Zhenghao the youngest director in the history of Dragon Kingdom films to have two films with a box office of more than 5 billion, and also making Zhao Zhenghao the youngest director in the history of Dragon Kingdom films to have a cumulative box office of more than 10 billion, and also created a record for the shortest time to exceed 10 billion box office!

With this series of honors, Zhao Zhenghao has truly gained a firm foothold in the Dragon Kingdom film industry, erected his own banner, has a higher status and more right to speak, and has removed many obstacles to his career development, making his future in the film industry brighter!

As a newcomer who fights alone, without the support of his predecessors and lacks the support of large companies, how to gain a firm foothold in a new field as soon as possible is the first priority for Zhao Zhenghao.

In the more open music circle, Zhao Zhenghao reached this goal, and it took three years to bring dozens of classic songs from his previous life!

Switching to a film industry with more strict hierarchies, more fierce competition, and more difficult to obtain success, although there are also countless classic movies from the past life to learn from, it is more than ten times more difficult to replicate the successful trajectory in the music industry!

Making a movie is a hundred times more difficult than releasing an album! The same is true for Zhao Zhenghao, who had rich entertainment resources in his previous life!

Not to mention anything else, just from the comparison of the time spent, Zhao Zhenghao is now making a new album, in the extreme situation, it is possible to complete it in ten days, keep improving, twenty days is enough, and making a movie, from the project to the release, without two hundred days, it is impossible to complete!