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Bai Yuhan's movies have always been unpopular in Hong Kong, "People in Embarrassment" and "Hypnosis Master" have not been released at all, but some DVDs have been released, and sales are not good. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "33 Days of Broken Love" 1.94 million Hong Kong dollars, "Chinese Partner" 4.75 million Hong Kong dollars, are so shabby that they are embarrassing.

There are political factors in this, and there is also a taste of style wrong.

And this time, "You at the Same Table" was wrapped in the turbulent momentum of winning the championship in the mainland, coupled with the operation of Bigao Group, it was finally released in Hong Kong theaters on a large scale, opening 59 theaters, which is considered a top blockbuster treatment for Hong Kong, which has only more than 70 cinemas in total.

Subsequently, "You at the Same Table" won 10.5 million Hong Kong dollars in three days, and was fully worthy of this top treatment. The simple love between students told in the movie also quickly won the popularity of Hong Kong people, forming a wave of discussion. There are also some Hong Kong celebrities who have also taken screenshots on Weibo to show movie tickets.

Xu Ruyun, Gu Juji, Yang Caini and other Hong Kong first-line celebrities all praised and appreciated. Lin Qingxia, a generation of actresses, even said on Weibo that this is her "most touching movie I have seen in the past ten years".

And Yang Caini even claimed that in order to see the Hong Kong screening of "You at the Same Table" in advance, she ran to the cinema as soon as she got off the plane: "Stepping out of the theater, the cold wind blew on my face, I took a hard breath of cold air, I felt comfortable and sad, and I was happy to be able to enjoy such a good-looking movie." Just now the theater was full of laughter, and there was "←, ww@w, and tears in the laughter. ”

Musician Jin Peida and several other celebrities reposted Yang Caini's Weibo and left comments expressing their empathy.

This is not due to Bai Yuhan's reputation as a big name in mainland entertainment. and deliberately patted on the back, in fact, Bai Yuhan had no relationship with these stars at all. He is also not keen on participating in parties and socializing between celebrities. At least half of the compliments of these celebrities come from the heart. Because the movie really replicates the various reactions that occur in the mainland movie.

Laugh loudly and cry sadly.

The 10.5 million Hong Kong dollars in three days set a new box office record for a mainland director in Hong Kong, and it is also the first film released in Hong Kong this year to exceed 10 million Hong Kong dollars in the first weekend. As a domestic film, it is a miracle that it can achieve such brilliant results in Hong Kong.

Relying on the current win-win state of word-of-mouth, box office, and popularity, "You at the Same Table" broke "Hero" in Hong Kong with 26.67 million Hong Kong dollars, setting the best result for domestic films in Hong Kong. It's no longer a problem, the question is how much it can surpass this record. The question is, can "You at the Table" be able to wash away the bad luck and raise his eyebrows when Chinese films are weak in the Hong Kong film market year by year!

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February 14th is love. The human knot is also the Monday of the new week. "You at the Table" is still popular in the mainland, and the number of screens in Hong Kong has increased from 322 to 522, and in Taiwan. It also started to tour the screening area. It was also on this day that the four founding giants of Wanhe Tianyi.

Bai Yuhan, Wang Ziwen, Zhao Dafei, and Wang Yingying appeared in the small coastal city of Santa Monica, Los Angeles.

As a small city just a few minutes' drive from Hollywood, Santa Monica has always been a small Hollywood entertainment company. Loved the place to stay. Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment have taken root in this small city, with sun, sand and blue skies for visitors to Hollywood. A visit to Santa Monica is almost certainly a treat.

Today, in front of a three-story building of Summit Entertainment, less than a kilometer from the beach. Crowds and congestion of cameras and cameras. A grand press conference was held here.

In front of the rostrum, the four giants of Wanhe Tianyi, Bai Yuhan, Wang Ziwen, Zhao Dafei, Wang Yingying, and the two co-chairmen of Lionsgate, Rob. Friedman and Patrick. Woersberg, Summit Entertainment Chairman Robert Brown. Belize, as well as several other company executives, sat in a row.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of Chinese and foreign journalists, the three parties completed the signing ceremony and announced that starting today, Lionsgate and Wanhe Tianyi jointly acquired Summit Entertainment, and Wanhe Tianyi took a stake in Lionsgate, and the two companies also established a Wanhe Lionsgate distribution company in China.

The contract was signed in advance, and now it's just a show, so the signing is very fast.

After the signing is completed, the personnel plan is also announced at the same time.

Former Summit Entertainment Chairman Robert Brown. Belize was transferred to Lionsgate Co-Chairman, former Deputy General Manager of Wanhe Tianyi, Wang Yingying, former Lionsgate Co-Chairman, Patrick Brown. Woersberg, transferred to Summit Entertainment Co-Chair. Zhao Dafei, the former deputy general manager of Wanhe Tianyi, was transferred to the general manager of Wanhe Lionsgate.

There are also some other executive transfers, which are basically Wanhe Tianyi and Lionsgate Pictures, arranging their own lineage, arranging to take over Summit Entertainment, and forming Wanhe Lionsgate.

Bai Yuhan has two more positions, Lionsgate Creative Consultant and Summit Entertainment Creative Consultant, who will be involved in the film creation of both companies. At the press conference, the two new chairmen of Summit Entertainment, Wang Yingying and Patrick, announced a major strategy for the company.

The film of the same name, based on the best-selling novel The Hunger Games, will be released, and the film is almost ready. Directed by Ross, eldest cousin Jennifer. Lawrence plays the lead actress, and the first part will be released next summer. The goal of The Hunger Games is to succeed the soon-to-be-completed Twilight series.

After the news was announced, it was the turn of reporters to start asking questions.

For this time, the transnational cooperation between the two large film companies of the East and the West is also a strong cooperation between the largest film market in the East and the West, and there is too much content to be explored behind it. Although Hollywood studios have long had ambitions for the Chinese market, they are limited to rules and the scale of cooperation is very small.

There has never been a big deal between Lionsgate and Wanhe Tianyi like this time, which is not only a strategic cooperation, but almost equivalent to two companies tied together.

"May I ask you, does the cooperation between Lionsgate and Wanhe Tianyi mean that the two companies will open up a closer cooperation mechanism between China and the United States?"

The answer was Rob. Friedman: "The Hollywood market is all over the world, and the Chinese market has huge potential, and this cooperation between us is an in-depth exploration, and we are all full of confidence in this cooperation. It is also willing to take on more responsibilities and develop communication channels between the two large markets. ”

"Does Wanhe Tianyi have the ability to run Summit Entertainment well? You must know that although Summit Entertainment is only a ** film company, it has developed a lot of blockbuster movies. Wanhe Tianyi, on the other hand, is a small company with a little-known name. ”

Wang Ziwen replied unhurriedly: "Wanhe Tianyi was established in 2006, and in less than five years, we have become China's largest private entertainment company, the company is involved in the entire pan-entertainment industry chain, we have developed China's highest-grossing movies, highest-rated TV series and entertainment programs, and we have always been the vane of China's new entertainment." We're not listed, but we're now worth more than Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment combined. So. Wanhe Tianyi is not a small company. ”

After a pause, Wang Ziwen continued: "And our cooperation with Lionsgate this time to acquire Summit Entertainment is not an impulsive act, we have spent more than two years to lay out and enter Hollywood. The "Hunger Games" movie project announced by Summit Entertainment today is one of the advance layouts of Wanhe Tianyi, we have acquired a lot of potential movie scripts, and we have also completely investigated the Hollywood model process. It only takes an opportunity to turn it into a commercial project, and Summit Entertainment is our opportunity. ”

"I just saw that the management of Wanhe Tianyi is very young, and only one of the four founders, Wang Yingying, is now Chinese New Year's Eve. Lionsgate works with such a young team. Wouldn't it be very risky? ”

Rob. Friedman replied: "No, we're not worried at all, in fact we're happy." There are countless possibilities for being young. It is precisely because they are young, like the Chinese film market. Full of vibrancy, the polar opposite of Hollywood's lifelessness. Lionsgate loves working with energetic teams. They can help Lionsgate rejuvenate and we need to push to greater heights! ”

Lionsgate is known as the seventh largest film company in Hollywood and is the largest ** film company in Hollywood. But there is still a long way to go from the six major studios. In fact, since the beginning of the last century, Hollywood's six major studios have firmly occupied the top of the food chain. Although it has changed owners many times, it has never allowed other film companies to get their hands on it.

But who doesn't want to be at the top of the food chain, big studios mean absolute domination of the film industry, the temptation of film companies. Confused, no less than the temptation of a stripped beauty to a prisoner who can only masturbate on the wall. Confused, Lionsgate has such an attempt, and it is not a day or two.

"Director Bai Yuhan, there were many people speculating before, when will you come to Hollywood. Does this acquisition of Summit Entertainment mean that your directorial focus will shift to Hollywood? ”

The reporter asked a question in English, and Bai Yuhan listened to the translator's words, and then replied: "No, because I don't know English, which makes it very difficult for me to make movies." But I'm going to try to make some of them, and I think I still have plenty of time to think about what kind of films I'm going to make in the future. ”

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The day after the press conference, Hollywood headlines were dominated by Lionsgate's partnership with Wanhetianyi, a Chinese film company, which bought a Hollywood studio, which was definitely shocking news for Hollywood. The acquisition is nothing, after all, Columbia Pictures, one of the Big Six, was acquired by Japan's Sony.

The profit pattern behind the acquisition is worth paying attention to, at least, China's big fat meat, a big bite was bitten down by Lionsgate.

This is a major impact on major studios such as Warner Bros., Disney, Universal Pictures, and Paramount, which are still making small fuss in the Chinese market. In the foreseeable future, in order to seize the Chinese market, these big studios will definitely have to work hard.

In fact, not long after the news, Paramount announced that it would co-produce "Transformers 4" with a Chinese company. Through "Transformers 4", Paramount's cooperation with China was kicked off...... (Want to know more exciting developments in "Leading the Eighth Generation"?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "zhongwenwang", follow the official account, and never miss every update again! )

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