Chapter 82: Lu Xiaofeng, which swept East Asia
The performance of "Lu Xiaofeng" on the first day in Chinese mainland, in addition to winning 15 million yuan at the box office, the most important thing is to win word of mouth, both the discerning media and film critics have given this film with a high degree of Chinese martial arts culture very high praise!
Of course, the most lively major Internet forums at that time, fans who liked Kagawa Yu were ecstatic, and those who didn't like him were constantly picking on him.
"What do I say, "Lu Xiaofeng's Battle at the Top of the Forbidden City" is definitely the best martial arts movie after "Hero", and the movie also incorporates 3D features that we have never felt before, in a way, this movie is better than "Hero"!"
"Don't talk nonsense, although I admit that this movie is really good, but to be honest, it can't be compared with "Hero" in terms of performance level, whether it is Tony Leung, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Chen Daoming, they are all actors, actresses, and each of them interprets their roles perfectly. Look at "Lu Xiaofeng" again, except for a few people such as Sakai Masato who plays Lu Xiaofeng, Masaharu Fukuyama and Hu Jun who play Ye Gucheng, everyone else basically sells tickets. The reason why this movie is excellent is because of the film's director Kagawa Yu and the use of 3D technology, without such an excellent screenwriter and the use of technology, the film drops at least two notches. But this is indeed the best martial arts movie in recent years! ”
"Upstairs makes a lot of sense, one of the best things about this film is that the script and the use of technology and costumes are among the best in the whole of Asia, and I dare say that the use of 3D technology alone. Hollywood probably can't compare to this movie. ”
"It's a very recommendable movie, and after watching it with my son yesterday, he said he liked it very much. Although he couldn't understand what the movie was saying. ”
"The plot of "Lu Xiaofeng" does seem profound to children, but they only watch the fighting action in the movie, and it is estimated that the plot has no effect on them."
Netizens and public opinion have also greatly increased the confidence of major theaters and Huayi Company, taking advantage of the whole opportunity to increase the number of films scheduled by major theaters, and Huayi Company also took this opportunity to carry out a new round of publicity for the movie, and the singer of the movie episode Hoshino Man has undoubtedly become the busiest person at this stage, and girls frequently appear at various promotional activities and major TV programs.
On July 7, the film was released simultaneously in RB and China for a week, and the box office in RB's first week reached a staggering 9.3 billion yen. It didn't break any records, but it was a very good box office performance! On the same day, the box office of the film in Chinese mainland reached a total of 89 million yuan, becoming a 100 million yuan movie just around the corner!
July 8th. "Lu Xiaofeng" was released in Taiwan. On the first day, the box office revenue reached an astonishing NT$75 million, becoming the box office champion of the day! Three days later, the box office had reached a staggering NT$320 million, and a week later, the film broke the Taiwanese box office record, and "Lu Xiaofeng" became the fastest film in Taiwan to break NT$500 million
On July 10, "Lu Xiaofeng" was released in Hong Kong and South Korea at the same time, and the film immediately swept the box office in both regions after its release, on the first day of release. The film has earned 10 billion won in South Korea, equivalent to about 55 million yuan. Hong Kong also reaped more than 23 million Hong Kong dollars in revenue on the first day!
July 12th. The film was released in Singapore and Malaysia, and the box office performance was also exceptionally good!
The wild performance of "Lu Xiaofeng" has made the entertainment media throughout Asia look sideways, and even the European and American media, which have always been above the top, have also focused on this movie that has set off a hurricane in the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia.
Yu Kagawa, the shareholder of Facebook and YouTube, the youngest president of RB Entertainment, a novelist, a musician, a screenwriter, and a director, can do anything!
When the reporters were brief about Kagawa Yu's life, everyone couldn't believe the authenticity of the information, no one had ever been able to achieve such good results in so many fields! Similarly, the Western entertainment media is most interested in Kagawa Yu, why this previously unknown young man has achieved such great success in a short period of time, many Western entertainment media took the initiative to send reporters to RB, hoping to interview this upstart in the RB entertainment industry, and these media include the very well-known "Time Magazine"!
It was July 25 fast.
At this time, Kagawa Yu didn't know that he had become the focus of great attention of the Western entertainment media, and he was now basically smiling at everyone he saw every day.
The company's finance department is accounting for the film's box office performance throughout Asia.
"Mr. Kagawa, it's been calculated. If you don't count today, the film's revenue in RB is 17.8 billion yen, which is very promising to surpass "Princess Mononoke" and rank in the top three in RB film history! The box office in China was 270 million yuan, the total box office in Taiwan was NT$1 billion, and the box office revenue in Hong Kong was 180 million Hong Kong dollars. The box office of South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia combined, which is equivalent to $90 million in US dollars! The company's financial manager said excitedly.
"So what does it add up to the box office and how much do we end up getting?" Kagawa has a confident smile on her face at all times.
"So far, the box office revenue of the film in Chinese mainland is $42 million, Taiwan is $39 million, Hong Kong is $37 million, RB is $143 million, and the total box office result is $330 million. After deducting dividends, taxes and other factors, the company will receive $140 million. The final film is expected to grossing $420 million worldwide, and we have a good chance of surpassing $200 million. ”
When Kagawa Yu heard this, he felt a pain in his heart for Lao Tzu's hard-earned money! However, he also felt extremely proud in his heart, because the global box office of "Lu Xiaofeng: The Battle of the Forbidden Peak" has set a new record, the previous global box office record of RB movies was 270 million US dollars for "Spirited Away", and the second place is also Miyazaki's film "Howl's Moving Castle", which received 20.3 billion US dollars worldwide, but "Lu Xiaofeng" earned 300 million US dollars in just one month! This is also because it was not released in the United States.
In fact, the reason why "Lu Xiaofeng" will gain so much box office in such a short period of time has a lot of luck! Now it is the summer file in Asia, but there are no big-budget movies this summer, and the quality of other movies is also very average, which gives Kagawa Yu a chance to take advantage of the situation, plus the production of "Lu Xiaofeng" is indeed very good, and it won a high reputation and great attention as soon as it was released, that is, in less than a month, Kagawa Yu cooperated with film and television companies in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and other places, and the movie was released in these regions in less than a week. After the release, major companies vigorously promoted the movie, which made the movie form a trend in a short period of time and achieved great success!
"I see, thank you."
"Mr. Kagawa, should the movie be released in the United States and Europe?" Suddenly, a staff member asked.
Kagawa Yu groaned slightly and nodded slightly.
"The United States can consider. Europe will forget for the time being. I will hand over this matter to the company's business department, and the headquarters has also started, so it will be hard for everyone these days. I'm going to China tomorrow, and I'm going to work hard here. ”
"This is what we should do, Kagawa-san!"
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During the period when "Lu Xiaofeng" swept the entire East Asian region, AKB48's new single "Bingo" was also released, and the single performed very well, ranking sixth on the public trust chart in the first week of release! This is the highest-ranked single released by AKB48! But so far, it has only sold a little more than 10,000 copies, which is not more than half of "Cherry Blossom Petals"!
Recently, the members didn't run to Kagawa Yu's office because they were busy with things, which made Kagawa Yu feel a little unaccustomed, so he went to the theater to visit a few girls before leaving.
When there are no performances, most of the members go home. However, people like Mariko Shinoda, Megumi Ohori and Yona Kojima basically don't go home, Megumi Ohori and Mariko Shinoda work when they have the opportunity, and Yona Kojima is purely lazy! There are those who don't go home and those who go home often, like Yuko Oshima and Minami Takahashi, two girls who often go home, and the reasons why both of them go home are similar, because the two girls are single-parent families, and they have to take care of their parents during the performance, so as long as there is nothing big about it, the two girls often go home.
But in the past few days, because the three captains of Minami Takahashi, Saika Akimoto and Kazumi Urano decided to hold a sorority party to enhance the feelings of the team, all the girls stayed here
Kagawa Yu saw the girls playing around at the door of the training hall.
"It's like a karaoke competition." Kagawa Yu smiled slightly, and the powerful singer who was singing was Yuka Masuda. Kagawa Yu originally wanted to go in and greet the girls, but in the end he didn't bother them!
You should have plenty of room for these girls! (To be continued......)
PS: This month, 3,000 words per chapter begins, and the first time I ask for a monthly pass!