Chapter 256: The Time of the Harvest
Marvel's pain and regret are beyond anyone's concern, there are more people and things in this world who are painful and regretful, who is in the mood to care about them one by one.
The same goes for the media, and after a burst of concentrated coverage, Marvel quickly disappeared from all media sight. Now everyone's attention is on the box office of Iron Man!
Iron Man continued to dominate the box office charts for the third week, earning 91 million at the box office! And in the fourth week, it still won $60 million at the box office, knocking out several newly released movies.
Iron Man's cumulative box office has exceeded the 400 million mark and is rushing towards the $500 million mark. And this movie has been the box office champion for four consecutive weeks, and it wasn't until the fifth week that the newly released National Superman appeared to break Iron Man's strength and squeeze Iron Man's box office to second place. Even so, Iron Man still won more than $40 million at the box office!
At this time, Iron Man had become a kind of phenomenal movie. Media attention, peer discussions, and high audience reputation.
All those associated with the film get a lot of attention. Robert Downey Jr., who starred in the lead, became one of the hottest. Downey has been mixed up in small-budget movies since he was released from prison, and many people think that Downey is finished and will never have a chance to turn over.
But as soon as Iron Man came out, Downey not only became popular instantly, but also jumped to the ranks of Hollywood's first-line stars in one fell swoop!
Although Scarlett plays Black Widow for a short time, she is very popular for her delicate face, charming figure and free and easy skills in the movie. And it's clear that this series has just begun. Scarlett's future is bright.
Hollywood is like that, it only takes one character to make a person go from hell to heaven. That's the beauty of Hollywood's huge vanity fair.
Both men and women are looking for a good role in Hollywood. Because everyone knows that all you need is a good role in Hollywood to be able to soar and live a life of drunken money. That's why so many men and women are willing to give everything in the big dye vat of Hollywood.
The rest of the cast and even the crew members are famous, and a successful movie creates a large number of lucky ones. Among them, Zhang Fan has received the most attention.
As a foreigner, he has achieved such brilliant achievements in Hollywood. Many media outlets promoting the American Dream took the initiative to promote Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan is now very popular in the United States, and many newspapers and magazines have invited Zhang Fan to do an exclusive interview. For these things, Li Ruhui naturally has to make arrangements. And Zhang Fan is busy filming the Hulk, striving to be released during the Christmas period.
At the same time, Frozen is also in full swing. And Zhang Fan has already begun preparations for the filming of Captain America.
After Iron Man won the box office championship for four consecutive weeks, although he gave up the position of champion, the box office is still growing rapidly. After surpassing the $500 million box office, the momentum of growth gradually slowed.
The temporary cinema line set up by Zhang Fan this time can be described as a bumper harvest. With such a high box office, any theater has made a lot of money. Coupled with a variety of peripheral products, it can really be said that the peers who make money are red-eyed.
Cinemas in this era are no longer simply dependent on box office revenues. Movie theaters that rely solely on box office revenues have long since closed their doors at a loss. Modern cinemas are more like large shopping malls that rely on people. Flow rate. Selling a variety of popcorn and beverages is enough to make enough money. But they also need to have very good movies to attract enough audiences.
After the success of Iron Man in North America, overseas releases are also on the agenda.
Due to the lack of overseas distribution capabilities, Zhang Fan handed over the overseas distribution rights to Sony Columbia. As a result, Sony Columbia was able to earn a distribution fee from Zhang Fan.
The first overseas region to be released was Japan, Zhang Fan has a strong influence in Japan, and Sony Columbia is also one of Japan's top snakes. It's only natural that this is a key distribution area.
Because of Zhang Fan's strong fame in Japan, coupled with Iron Man's super high results in North America. Iron Man, who has always admired the United States and will be able to make a lot of money in Japan if he succeeds in the United States, won nearly $40 million at the box office in his first week. After that, the box office results in Japan went all the way, and the final box office performance exceeded 150 million US dollars.
As Iron Man began to be released on a large scale around the world, this kind of movie, which can be seen and understood by all audiences around the world, has easily achieved super high box office revenues.
China, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and other countries have begun to release on a large scale.
As box office receipts continue to increase, media outlets around the world are watching to see if the film can break the billion-dollar box office mark!
Zhang Fan was also a little surprised, he didn't expect this movie to be so popular. Breaking a billion dollars at the global box office is a very high honor, and there are only a handful of films in the world that can do it.
In order to achieve this goal, Zhang Fan temporarily put down his work and took the crew members around the world to carry out the final publicity, striving to break through the $1 billion mark at the box office.
In the end, the film lived up to expectations and won more than $1 billion and 7 million at the global box office when it was fully offline. The total box office in North America is more than $580 million. Not only did he become a member of the Billion Dollar Club, but he also entered the top 10 positions in film history!
It was a hugely successful commercial film.
Wait until the movie starts to go offline, pay taxes, and share according to the proportion of the contract. The company's finance reported to Zhang Fan that the film's total box office revenue alone was about $550 million. If it weren't for the overseas distribution rights being handed over to Sony Colombia, this figure would have been even higher.
In addition to the box office, peripheral products have also begun to exert force.
The station's first-round broadcast rights were bought by Fox for $27 million. DVDs, on the other hand, sold for $40 million, and there was a share of the sales. Coupled with other incomes, these peripheral products alone have once again added nearly $200 million to Zhang Fan's revenue. And as long as the copyright is in hand, these are long-term incomes.
At this time, Zhang Fan's film company finally had a big-budget movie that could make people blush. His film company has also been commented by the media as a second-tier film company in Hollywood.
Hollywood's second-tier film companies are not leather bag companies that can be formed by a few people. This is a large company of the level of Miramax, Lionsgate. Hollywood's first-line studios are large studios such as DreamWorks and Lucasfilm, as well as studios that own many classics such as Star Wars.
As for Disney, Warner and several other giants, they are the top layer of Hollywood.
Zhang Fan's film company has only been open for a year, and it only has two works. In this case, it can become a second-tier film company in Hollywood, which is enough to see the strength of the Iron Man movie.
Zhang Fan and Lin Yueying went to Japan together. This time it's not to promote the movie, but to make a new album.
When Iron Man was released worldwide, the Japanese market contributed more than $150 million to the box office, which made Zhang Fan feel how rich the Japanese market is again. Therefore, Zhang Fan and Lin Yueying went to the Japanese market with the music works that had been prepared for a long time for release and promotion. It is used to maintain popularity in Japan.
Zhang Fan has used his time to the extreme. Shooting a few movies in a year is something that has never been done in Hollywood, and only with the help of a magical system like Zhang Fan, a movie only needs to shoot for more than 100 minutes but can be very popular with the audience.
But even so, Zhang Fan's time is still very tight.
Zhang Fan not only makes movies in Hollywood, he also wants to make TV series in China to maintain his fame, and release songs in Japan to maintain his fame. There are even people who fly all over the world to Europe and Asia to do various promotional activities to maintain their popularity around the world.
It is not easy to become the brightest star in the world.
"After making a movie and making hundreds of millions of dollars, you never thought about buying yourself a private jet?" In the first class cabin of an international flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, Lin Yueying, who was traveling with Zhang Fan, teased Zhang Fan with strange eyes. Li Ruhui stayed in the United States to be busy with the company's work, and the entourage of the two of them was in the business class at the back. At this time, the two sat together and chatted.
"It's really hundreds of millions of dollars." Zhang Fan nodded slightly, said hello to a flight attendant who looked a little excited and looked at him, and then turned his head to look at the charming and moving Lin Yueying on the side, "It's just that this money is not a one-time get, and there are still a lot of places to spend money." There's really no way to get a private jet in a short period of time. ”
"Isn't Iron Man offline?" Lin Yueying didn't know much about the film industry, so she asked curiously, "The audience should pay the bill on the spot when they buy tickets, right?" ”
"The audience did pay the bill on the spot." Zhang Fan explained: "But the money was paid to movie theaters everywhere. I'm a distribution company, not a movie theater that sells movie tickets. You have to wait for them to send the money according to the contract. ”
"Then why don't you just give it to you, and drag it out until now?" Lin Yueying still couldn't understand.
"That's a lot of money." Zhang Fan smiled, "Even if you put it in the bank, you can eat a lot of interest, and you can also make money by doing other things." Follow the potential of this trade. The rules are generally as long as they can be delayed. In North America, it is generally possible to receive the account in two or three months. If it is overseas, the procedures are cumbersome and complicated, and it is estimated that it will take more than half a year to get the money. ”
"I see." Lin Yueying nodded in understanding. But then he continued to ask: "But a Gulfstream plane is only tens of millions of dollars, right?" You can't afford that? ”
"Huh?" Zhang Fan looked at Lin Yueying with a strange expression: "What are you doing so much about my private jet?" Do you want to be a hostess? ”