Chapter 771: A qualitative change
Starting with 2000's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", after ten years of screening, the little wizard wielding a magic wand is about to reach the end on the big screen, and Harry Potter will also usher in the final showdown with Voldemort. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
On the weekend before thanksgiving, London's Trafalgar Square was decorated with large LED screens and huge posters, and the unprecedented premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" attracted more than 30,000 fans around the world to make a collective "pilgrimage" with the original book and plaques.
Since this premiere event must rely on a special fan bracelet to enter the main venue, many Harbin fans are waiting in line overnight to exchange for wristbands.
After the premiere began, almost all the main creators stepped on the red carpet of the premiere.
Daniel? Radcliffe with Rupert? Green, Ralph? Fiennes and other male stars appeared handsomely in suits, Emma? Watson was very stunning in a sleeveless tulle dress, and when he stepped on the red carpet, he also gave a flying kiss to Harbin fans.
Joanna? Rowling appeared in a green wrap dress as the antagonist Bellatrix? Helena of Lestrange? Bang Han? Carter is still full of personality, not only has a big red heart on his handbag, but also the shape of the big pink flower on his head is even more impressive.
At the premiere, of course, there were a lot of promotional shows.
Emma? Watson praises Daniel? Radcliffe: "Harry? Potter is you", the latter said, "The story doesn't end tonight, Harry? Potter will be throughout his life, and the three leading actors will cry with emotional hugs.
And Joanna, who first embarked on this decade-long magical journey? Rowling, who has long been packaged by Warner Bros. and Harry Potter Studios as a media expert, has been waiting for Harry fans around the world, in addition to thanks, she seems to be very sad to say that several leading actors, Emma? Watson took the arms of his two companions and cried together......
Joanna? Rowling's last sentence, "Hogwarts will always welcome you home", moved the audience even more.
In any case, for Harbin fans who have been waiting for ten years, this premiere is a "tangled" experience for everyone, looking forward to its appearance and afraid of the final goodbye moment.
"It's finally over!"
When standing in the photo area and taking a group photo. Robin? Grande finally complained to Duke, "I sold you a whole decade!" ”
"Hey, Robin......" Duke whispered a hug in front of the camera lens. It's not over yet. ”
Thinking about those contracts with the actors, Robbie? Grande had no choice but to say, "It's really not over yet. ”
The contracts signed with actors involve a large percentage of box office revenue sharing, whether it is Duke or Warner Bros. Don't want to give these cakes to people who have no value anymore, such as Emma? An actor like Watson.
Of course, Joanna? Rowling wasn't one of them.
After coming to London yesterday, Duke and Joanna? Rowling interviewed once, and the famous female writer had no intention of stopping there, even though she already had a net worth that was the envy of countless people.
The box office of the Harry Potter series of films is surprising enough, but the box office accounts for only a small part of the revenue generated by the giant chain driven by "Harry Potter".
Previously, several specialized companies on Wall Street have investigated, and the scale of the giant industrial chain driven by "Harry Potter" has reached 200 billion US dollars. Joanna, the original author of Potter? Rowling has already become a billionaire, and the three protagonists in the film have also made a fortune.
As an investor and one of the biggest beneficiaries of this series. Duke knew that this was not an exaggeration.
Joanna? Rowling, a single mother who was once impoverished and even considered suicide, must not have imagined that one day she would become a super-rich woman who surpassed the Queen of England in wealth, and in less than five years after the Harry Potter series came out, she had become the first billionaire in human history to earn more than 100 million dollars from writing.
According to Duke's estimates, Joanna? Rowling has already raised at least $1 billion from the series.
According to the contract they signed, if "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" grossed more than $1 billion, the three of them together could take at least $60 million in box office revenue sharing......
Coupled with the amount that the other young actors were able to take more or less, Duke and Warner Bros. were completely in line with their contracts, and they all got a big slice of the pie from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Of course. Duke and Warner Bros. will certainly do it under a box office revenue share contract, but it's hard to say how much they will get.
Undoubtedly, among all the beneficiaries. Duke and Warner Bros. are the biggest beneficiaries of the series.
In addition to bringing huge income to the original author of the novel and several leading actors, the "Harry Potter" movie also made Duke and Time Warner a lot of money.
By the end of last year, the first six installments in the series had earned about $4.9 billion from DVD distribution and video rentals, $1.8 billion from television broadcasts, and the first six "Harry Potter's" DVDs sold more than 80 million copies in North America alone, making them one of the best-selling movie series DVDs since the new century.
Video games from the Harry Potter series. The well-known American company EA obtained the copyright, sold 42 million copies of the original game worldwide, and the game company's revenue from this project reached 1.9 billion US dollars.
In addition, Mattel, Lego and Hasbro bought the production rights to make pencil cases and magic hats at a price of more than 100 million US dollars, and the companies that obtained trademark registration rights from Warner's formal channels have accumulated $17 billion in revenue from peripheral products alone.
With these peripheral licenses alone, Duke and Warner were able to extract a huge amount of revenue.
The series has grown to the point where it now includes thousands of franchise merchandise including publishing, movies, DVDs, videotapes, beverages, toys, stationery, games, clothing, theme parks, and England's Harry? Potter tourism, "Harry Potter" has already become a giant industrial chain across many fields, driving the economy to reach 200 billion US dollars,
No matter what the world says, it can't be changed that this is the most successful book series of all time, and after the Bible and another special work, the Harry Potter series of novels is also the third best-selling book in the world.
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After taking a group photo, the three young actors came over to say hello to Duke, in fact, they are not stupid, they know that the benefits brought by the Harry Potter series are coming to an end, and the negative impact is about to begin, if they can catch up with Duke's crew, maybe the future transformation can be smoother.
Duke shook hands with the three of them one by one, but didn't say much, Emma? Watson was no longer of value to him, and the difficulty of their transformation was simply epic, at least he couldn't think of a good way.
Emma? Watson would be slightly better, first of all she has the fashion king Karl? Lagerfeld's Force; Secondly, his acting skills are really poor, and his talent is extremely limited, but he can always be a vase, and with the fans and popularity accumulated over the years, he can always get into a position in Hollywood.
The other two are difficult, especially the Harry Potter, which is a super poisonous existence for any commercial film, and the only suitable way is to go to the independent film industry to slowly boil through, maybe after more than ten years, it can wash off the mark of Harry Potter.
Walking into the theater, Duke didn't go to the screening room, but with Robin? Grande, Jamie? Johnson and Doug? Walter went straight into a break room, and the four of them exchanged their opinions, reuniting the strategy they had made at the beginning, and continuing to value Joanna? Rowling, squeezing Emma? The surplus value of the Watsons.
"Harry Potter Studios is an independent company with separate financial accounts and self-financing......"
Before leaving the lounge, Doug? Walter added, "We're perfectly legal under the laws of the United Kingdom and the laws of the United States. ”
With hundreds of millions of dollars in profits at stake, and Warner Bros. and even Time Warner's stock price, Duke and others will certainly make the best choice for themselves.
Out of the lounge, the four of them came to the screening hall, Duke sat relatively in the front position, he came at the right time, the film had just begun to show.
Frankly, Duke once wanted to put David? Yates replaced, his "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is definitely the worst work in the series, fortunately, there is Joanna? Rowling's efforts, Duke has some memories of the past, and still puts the final chapter of the series in his hands.
David? Yates did a great job, too.
The most successful aspect of this final chapter is that it overcomes the limitations and deficiencies of the written word. Rowling's portrayal of the final battle is not very successful, and the text and narrative are a bit messy, but David? Yates succeeded in transforming it into a tragic and grand picture.
The epilogue revolves around Horcruxes and Harry? The ultimate battle between Potter and Voldemort unfolded, and the action scenes were increased in the film, and there was a wonderful fight scene almost every ten minutes in the whole film, coupled with the Iron Triangle Gringotts escape, Hogwarts battle, ultimate showdown and other big scenes, which made the audience dizzy, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a "magical war epic".
The description of the ultimate battle in Rowling's book is confusing, while the movie is very well made.
In particular, Voldemort led the Death Eaters, giant spiders, and trolls to attack the school, and Professor McGonagall and others swore to defend the school to the death, and for the first time used the spell of "Stone Pier Dispatch" to summon stone warriors who had been guarding the castle for hundreds of years, the scene was magnificent and shocking.
And director David? In order to create a magnificent war effect, Yates specially built cliffs and courtyards, which were not in the original book.
This movie has changed qualitatively from the previous episode "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". (To be continued.) )
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