Chapter 113: Good news
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During Xu Cun's period in Hollywood, good news came from Xiangjiang frequently!
The first to come with good news was "Pretty Girl".
After "Lucky Star Gaozhao" was painted, "Pretty Girl" was not released directly - Shi Nan was afraid that the audience in Xiangjiang would suffer from aesthetic fatigue, so he gave the audience in Xiangjiang a month to cool down, and then let "Pretty Girl" be released.
Different from any of DreamWorks' previous films, "Pretty Girl" is based on the West German film "Fallen Street", and completely portifies the background of its era and the mentality of its characters, so as to reflect how teenage Xiangjiang girls are depraved, depicting that they do not like to read, and are reduced to the place of wind and moon to make money by selling their hues.
Due to the bold exposure of the real social problems of Xiangjiang, this film immediately caused great controversy as soon as it was released.
In terms of cinematic orientation, the film is presented as a completely authentic documentary film, in order to give the audience a kind of empathetic shock, and "Pretty Girl" is shot in the form of live radio, and the interpretation skills, atmosphere brewing, actors' performances and technical tables are generally quite successful in all aspects, which can be called an excellent commercial film.
Therefore, while "Pretty Girl" has attracted widespread attention, it has also achieved an exaggerated local box office of 12 million Hong Kong dollars in Xiangjiang.
However, the good results of "Pretty Girl" are only limited to Xiangjiang.
In the Taiwan area, "Pretty Girl" only achieved a box office of 10.5 million Taiwan dollars.
And this is still the face of the audience in Taiwan that "Pretty Girl" is a DreamWorks movie, and it has achieved a box office of 12 million in the Xiangjiang area.
In the Nanyang region, "Pretty Girl" achieved a box office of $1.8 million.
There is also the reason why "Pretty Girl" is a DreamWorks film and has achieved a box office of 12 million in the Xiangjiang area.
In Japan, "Pretty Girl" achieved a box office of 230 million yen.
In South Korea, the number of viewers of "Pretty Girl" is 68,000.
In Japan and South Korea, "Pretty Girl" can achieve such results, which is also inseparable from the two factors that "Pretty Girl" is a DreamWorks movie and has achieved a box office of 12 million in the Xiangjiang area.
In total, the total box office of "Pretty Girl" is 35.8 million Hong Kong dollars.
The filming cost of "Pretty Girl" is 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars, the publicity cost is 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, the bottom fee of Xiangjiang Cinema is 3.7 million Hong Kong dollars, and the miscellaneous expenses such as copying are 70,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Excluding overseas theater fees, overseas theater fees, overseas distribution costs, and other miscellaneous expenses, "Pretty Girls" made a total profit of about 12 million Hong Kong dollars for DreamWorks.
The second piece of good news was "Pointing Soldiers".
The box office of "Pointing Soldiers" in Hong Kong is only 4.2 million Hong Kong dollars.
However, the overseas drifting house of "Pointing Soldiers" is stronger than "Pretty Girl" set in Xiangjiang.
In the Taiwan area, "Pointing Soldiers" has achieved a box office of 13 million Taiwan dollars.
In the Nanyang region, "Pointing Soldiers" achieved a box office of $2.1 million.
In Japan, "Pointing Soldiers" achieved a box office of 250 million yen.
In South Korea, the number of viewers of "Pointing Soldiers" is 93,000.
In total, the total box office of "Pointing Soldiers" is 31.7 million Hong Kong dollars.
The filming cost of "Pointing Soldiers" is 1.35 million Hong Kong dollars, the publicity fee is 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, the base fee is 2.1 million Hong Kong dollars, and the copy fee and other miscellaneous expenses are 65,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Excluding overseas theater fees, overseas theater fees, overseas distribution costs, and other miscellaneous expenses, "Pointing Soldiers" made a total profit of 9.1 million Hong Kong dollars for DreamWorks.
The third piece of good news was "Kicking the Gym".
The box office of "Kicking the Hall" in Hong Kong is only 2.4 million Hong Kong dollars.
In the Taiwan area, "Kicking the Hall" achieved a box office of NT$8.2 million.
In the Nanyang region, "Kicking the Gym" achieved a box office of $1.3 million.
In Japan, due to the participation of Michiko Nishikyo, "Kicking the Hall" was an upset and achieved a good result of 380 million yen.
In South Korea, the number of viewers of "Kicking the Hall" is 43,000.
In total, the total box office of "Kicking the Hall" is 26.55 million Hong Kong dollars.
The filming cost of "Kicking the Hall" is only 1.15 million Hong Kong dollars, the publicity fee is 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, the bottom fee is 2.3 million Hong Kong dollars, and the copy fee and other miscellaneous expenses are 65,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Excluding overseas theater fees, overseas theater fees, overseas distribution costs, and other miscellaneous expenses, "Kicking the Gym" made a profit of HK$6.3 million for DreamWorks.
Total: "Pretty Girl", "Pointing Soldiers", and "Kicking the Hall" earned a total of 27.4 million Hong Kong dollars for DreamWorks.
All in all, "Pretty Girl", "Finger Soldier" and "Kicking the Gym" have achieved better results than the previous one - mainly because the reputation of DreamWorks is so good, and Asian audiences have so high expectations for DreamWorks movies that they attract a large number of audiences to cinemas as soon as they are released. Of course, there is also a reason that before the release of "Pretty Girl", "Pointing Soldiers", and "Kicking the Hall", Shi Nansheng, who was in charge of publicity, advertised 300,000 Hong Kong dollars for them.
"Pretty Girl", "Pointing Soldiers" and "Kicking the Hall" not only earned 20 to 30 million Hong Kong dollars in profits for DreamWorks, but also made a lot of money for DreamWorks' partners Golden Princess Cinemas, Golden Harvest, Taiwan scholars and Long Xiang.
Watching the scholars of the Golden Princess Cinemas, Golden Harvest, Taiwan and Long Xiang make a lot of money, Shao Yifu really regretted parting ways with Xu Cun - he was going to wait for Xu Cun to come back from Hollywood, and then talk to Xu Cun.
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At present, the people who can be directors in DreamWorks are Chen Xunqi, Lin Zhengying, Yuan Kui, Zhong Zhiwen, Xu Anhua, Zhang Guoming, and Zeng Zhiwei.
The first four are currently following Xu Cun to fight in Hollywood, Xu Anhua is helping a friend shoot "Hit the Right", Zhang Guoming is thinking about the new movie is in the cooling time, and the energetic Zeng Zhiwei can start a new play.
And Zeng Zhiwei also lived up to expectations, and in only 12 days, he came up with a new script - "Thief and Stolen Goods".
After reading the script transmitted by the fax machine, Xu Cun only wrote two comments:
1. Let the screenwriting team use this script as a framework to re-examine the script.
2. Let the original cast of "Kicking the Hall" shoot "Thieves".
In addition to letting Zeng Zhiwei shoot "Thieves", Xu Cun also handpicked Gao Zhisen to create the script for the sequel to "Happy Ghost", and clearly told Sù Gao Zhisen that if he can come up with a decent script, he will be the director of the sequel to "Happy Ghost".
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