Literary films with a cost of 10 million belong to literary films with small investment, of course, this refers to the shooting cost, and the publicity and distribution are calculated separately. 10 million is enough for Zhang Tan to shoot the movie beautifully, because he has no expectations for the box office of the movie, so Zhang Tan does not attach much importance to publicity.

When he mentioned the movie to Li Yan, he began to cast and prepare for filming, and at this time, the investment had not been negotiated, and the script had not yet been reviewed by radio and television.

Anyway, it's only 10 million, and Zhang Tan's personal worth doesn't care about such a little money at all.

As long as you don't turn on the camera, it doesn't matter if you have a shooting permit or not, prepare it first, and when the review is passed, it is time to arrange to turn it on.

He is the type of person who says he will do it, and when the script is written and the sub-shots are knocked out, the person will work at full speed and devote himself to the work. His job is to prepare the crew, select the actors, and find the location.

The rest was handed over to Li Yan to be responsible.

Working with Zhang Tan is a very pleasant thing for Li Yan, and there is no pressure. When other film companies prepare a movie, they may have to be cautious and cautious, but in Luying, there is no concept of prudence at all.

"Sister Li, don't think about the box office of this "What Those Times Taught Me", I don't think there will be a few box offices, because it is a literary film." After Zhang Tan decided to shoot, he said this to Li Yan.

Li Yan nodded: "It seems that you are going to hit the art awards?" ”

"No, I guess it's hard to win awards with this movie." Zhang Tan shook his head undeniably, movies are more like a bowl of chicken soup for the soul, some life insights, as for the depth that those literary films should have, there are not many.

"Then I'll understand."

Li Yan actually doesn't understand what movie Zhang Tan wants to make. She has been studying for several years and is familiar with the film industry. But for film art, I still only know six tricks. There is nothing left to understand.

But that doesn't prevent her from running the film.

When the movie "What Those Times Taught Me" was put on the table, film companies that wanted to cooperate came to the door one after another. Among them, Huayi Brothers is the most enthusiastic, and it is the firm idea of the king to have meat to eat with the detective.

At the same time that film and television companies came to the door for cooperation, many advertisers also came to the door and sought to place advertisements one after another.

These advertisers, one by one, are extraordinary. Among them, Doll Ha Group wants to advertise for its very Coke, and directly offers a sky-high price of 5 million, just hoping that a close-up shot of no less than one second can appear in the movie.

And another Rejoicing shampoo also offered a high price of 3 million, and the request was also given a close-up.

Some other manufacturers, such as Chacha Melon Seeds, Nanfu Battery, Metersbonwe, etc., have opened millions of product placement prices.

"If you take all of the more than one million of them. There are a total of 19 million yuan, which means that before you make it, the movie starts to make money. Li Yan said in surprise.

Zhang Tan for this. is also smacking: "You told them, am I going to make a literary film?" ”

Li Yan said proudly: "If it weren't for a literary film, I wouldn't be able to look at this price." I really want to make a commercial film like "Source Code", a close-up. It's worth at least 10 million. ”

"It turns out that my movies are already so valuable." Zhang Tan also feels good. But he soon said, "Close-ups don't need to be discussed, I won't deliberately insert irrelevant shots in the movie, just for advertising." There can be a few natural shots, such as the heroine holding shampoo and seeing what brand it is...... I'll give you a list of ways to implant it, and then you can talk to them, implant it if you want, and pull it down if you don't want to. ”

However.

Zhang Tan still underestimated the enthusiasm of advertisers for his films, even if "What Those Times Taught Me" is a literary film, even if it does not give close-ups, there are still more than seven advertisers who have signed product placement agreements at an average price of 1.5 million for an advertising shot.

10.5 million, this is the book income that Lu Ying has earned before the movie has even chosen the hero and heroine.

Because it has been clearly recouped, the film did not continue to be filmed in a joint venture, but cooperated with Huayi Brothers and Orange Sky Entertainment by selling distribution rights.

Huayi Brothers purchased the distribution rights in the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, of which the mainland box office distribution was divided into shares, and Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia were bought out at a price of 8 million.

Orange Sky Entertainment purchased the distribution rights in Japan and South Korea and bought it out at a price of 7 million.

This buyout price only includes the box office and DVD release, and does not include other peripheral rights.

In this way, Luying earned 15 million again, and also retained the share of the mainland box office, plus the previous product placement, a total income of 25.5 million, as well as retained the TV broadcast rights, video broadcast rights and other peripheral copyrights.

"Sometimes it's really hard to lose money!"

Zhang Tan sighed.

……

The script was approved, and it was already a matter of March low.

During this period, the crew and staff have all been in place, most of them are the team of "Source Code", the original stone and racing team, under the leadership of Chen Li, drummed up another small script "People in Embarrassment" handed over to them by Zhang Tan, Zhang Tan served as the screenwriter and hung the title of producer.

Chen Li's imagination and creativity are not very good, but he has strong directing ability, which is very suitable for throwing him some movies that Zhang Tan himself can't see.

The cast of "What That Time Taught Me", most of the supporting roles, have already passed the audition and started training, but the three protagonists. The actor of the actor Li Lei, the actor of the heroine Han Meimei, and the actor of the actor's father Li Jun have not yet found a suitable actor.

Zhang Tan has been looking for familiar actors to audition since just after the New Year, Huang Daliang, Liu Anfeng, Zhou Xun, Li Jixiong and several other first-line stars have been found, but after the audition, Zhang Tan has never been satisfied.

In the original movie, the actor Zhang Tan didn't know who played it, anyway, he looked a little ugly, and the heroine was played by Rachel McAdams, a sweet sister, and Zhang Tan couldn't forget Rachel's smile in it.

So when he was looking for a heroine, the first thing he had to do was to smile to impress him, but whether it was Liu Anfeng or Zhou Xun, the smile lacked a little taste.

The protagonist can't be found. As a result, the crew could only drag.

Zhang Tan is not in a hurry.

His eyes were more on North America. "Source Code" was released in North America on Friday, March 26.

Because of the good reputation of the previous screenings at the Sundance Film Festival, many well-known film critics commented. Let the distribution work of Summit Entertainment be a lot easier.

In the first three days of the weekend, it opened in 2,408 theaters in North America and achieved a box office of $13.27 million, ranking third in the box office list. Especially the word-of-mouth of the movie, which has a rating of 7.8 on IMDb, as a non-Hollywood sci-fi. It's not easy to get such a rating.

On the Rotten Tomatoes website, 96 new film critic reviews were added, and the freshness remained above 92%. Cinemascore, another website that specializes in media ratings, has an overall score of 75, with the majority of media giving positive reviews. The Yahoo movie score is a B+ score, which represents excellence.

In the three days of the second weekend, the scale of the screening increased by ten theaters. It achieved a box office of 8.45 million US dollars, ranking seventh in the box office list, with a decrease of 36.3%, and performed well. General commercial film in North America. A drop of less than 50% in the first week is good, less than 40% is good, and Source Code is undoubtedly good.

Two weeks after its release. The box office has accumulated 24.68 million US dollars, making it the best Chinese film in North America in recent years this year. also surpassed many Chinese films, becoming second only to "Jing Ke Thorn Qin" (53.71 million) and "Sweet Potato Area" (32.33 million). Chinese-language films ranked third at the North American box office.

The news was transmitted back to China, and it immediately caused fans of Wu Zhang Tan, Huang Daliang, Zhou Taiping, Liu Anfeng and others to celebrate wildly.

It has always been Hollywood blockbusters that make money in China, and very few Chinese films can go to Hollywood to make money, and this concept is completely different. Chinese films won the box office championship in China, and many people will only think that it is caused by the stupidity of domestic people and more money, and think that only overseas box office can prove the quality.

Source Code has certainly proven itself.

"Congratulations to the detective, Lao Mei has conquered the detective!"

"China's most awesome director, Tan Zhang deserves it!"

"Finally, there is another director who can prove himself abroad, the detective is good, "Source Code" is super awesome!"

Seeing that the box office did not fail like other Chinese films, Robert Friedman, the general manager of Summit Entertainment, was even more determined to invite Zhang Tan to Hollywood to make a movie.

On the side of Huayi Brothers, the Wang brothers were even more excited for several days, this is the first time that Huayi Brothers has successfully operated a commercial film overseas, which undoubtedly has helped Huayi Brothers to take a big step forward in their overseas career and made a signboard.

Zhang Tan was equally excited.

I believe that with the release of "Source Code", his name must have entered the field of vision of American audiences. He used to write martial arts novels and became internationally famous, mainly among the Chinese, and the real foreigner rarely knew who he was. Now, there must be a lot of people who know him.

Just like the Chinese audience in the previous life saw "Source Code" and met director Duncan Jones.

With a good reputation and a good box office, "Source Code" really amazed the American audience.

In the third weekend of its release, the box office fell by only 28.2%, and it once again recorded $6.15 million, ranking eighth on the box office list. In the fourth weekend of its release, the box office fell by only 18.0%, earning $5.04 million. It wasn't until the fifth week that a Hollywood blockbuster was released, and "Source Code" was released in theaters drastically cut, and the box office plummeted by 50%, earning $2.52 million.

Since then, because of the good reputation, it has been released on a small scale for two months.

In the end, "Source Code" grossed $48.76 million in North America.

surpassed the Hong Kong film "Sweet Potato Zone", second only to the Chinese blockbuster "Jing Ke Thorn Qin", and ranked second in the North American box office of Chinese films.

With the strong appeal of North America, "Source Code" has been released in the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany and other countries one after another, and has achieved a decent box office.

So far.

"Source Code" has a box office of 340 million yuan in the mainland, $48.76 million in North America, and tens of thousands to millions of dollars in other regions, with a global total of $108 million, becoming another Chinese film that has broken $100 million worldwide.

At the same time, it is second only to the global box office of Chinese films after the global $177 million of "Jing Ke Assassination of Qin", the global $118 million of "The Battle of Red Cliff (Part I)", and the $112 million of "The Battle of Red Cliffs (Part II)".

Hollywood Entertainment Report, a well-known American media outlet, filmed a reporter in April and came to China to interview Zhang Tan.

And published an article entitled "Hollywood Welcomes You, a Talented Young Director from China". (To be continued.) )