Chapter 178: Five Hundred Million!
Three consecutive box office wins, Source Code has become a miracle!!
With a box office of 420 million in three weeks, "Titanic" has become a historical !!!
Shao Yingying led Huayi to the top, a domestic film defeated a Hollywood blockbuster for the first time, Shao Yingxing's three-week box office of 420 million far exceeded the 280 million of "Transformers", and there are still four weeks before the next painting, can "Source Code" achieve another success?
When the news broke out in China, several companies that had a good relationship with Huayi sent congratulatory messages, and Zhao Benshan, who was busy recording the Spring Festival Gala, specially recorded a video on CCTV, these things Huayi planned to play at the celebration banquet of "Source Code", but Shao Yingying, as the boss, watched all these things first.
In these days, Shao Yingying has to be constantly interviewed by TV stations, and almost every reporter will ask the same question: "Boss Shao, breaking the record held by "Titanic", what are your moods now?" ”
Shao Yingying was not too cautious in the face of this problem: "I am very proud and excited, I am proud that I can have the whole Huayi by my side to work with me, and I am excited that our efforts have had an effect." ”
Next, many media will ask another must-ask question: "Source Code has not yet been painted, what do you expect to be the final box office?" Will there be a sequel to this movie? ”
"There will definitely be a sequel." Shao Yingying smiled: "I hope the higher the box office, the better." ”
He's very realistic, who doesn't want their company's movies to have a high box office?
After finishing the interview, Shao Yingying is worried about how to deal with the crisis of Hollywood technology fully occupying the domestic market in the future. Yes, "Transformers" did not sink "Titanic" in China, but the visual effects created by "Transformers" allowed "Transformers 2" to shatter the record of "Titanic" leading the history for more than ten years in only 19 days. What does this mean? It shows that people's appetites are tilting towards a visual feast. In the future, people will enjoy the impact of visual sensations more and more.
For example, on the domestic box office list in Shao Yingying's computer, the first place is "Transformers 4", with a box office of 1.98 billion; In second place is "Avatar", with a box office of 1.37 billion, followed by "Thai Embarrassment", "Journey to the West", "Heart Flower Road", "Change 3", and "Havoc in Heaven". After Paramount tasted the sweetness of "Transformers", he also brought "Iron Man" to the screen. Although the two movies are not related, the same steel texture will still make the audience feel intimate.
Even some big directors who are good at creating visual experiences have to wait for the development of technology to be in place before they can make a film like "Avatar", which can be seen. How strong is the preference of moviegoers in terms of visual experience.
So, since the two movies "Transformers" and "Avatar" are no longer plagiarized, how should I deal with the visual effects world in the future? Do you rely solely on domestic comedies? Will the deep-rooted oriental superhero movie "Havoc in Heaven" be a new way out?
At this time. Shao Yingying can only lament that there are too few superheroes in our country. Except for Sun Wukong, I really can't find a character who can jump on the big screen and shake the other party.
What should I do?
Shao Yingying has already begun to think about the future in advance, and he also wants to buy a Hollywood technology company as a special effects support for Huayi. It's just that in terms of subject matter, there are too many restrictions.
Subject matter......
This is the question that has been plaguing Shao Yingying for the next few weeks, and this problem has given Shao Yingying a headache.
What makes him even more troubled is that piracy has an increasing impact on the box office, and since the third week, he has won 80 million. made the total box office reach 420 million, and the fourth week actually suffered another box office slide. dropped directly from 80 million to 30 million, ending the fourth week of release with a total box office of 450 million, only 21 million in the fifth week, and directly dropping to 13 million in the sixth week, and the box office stuck at 484 million. There is not much time left, and it can be said that it has completely entered the overtime required by the theaters, in other words, how much the results of "Source Code" are finally fixed depends on how much the theater can still make from it.
In the following days, the theater chain also seemed to feel the sharp shrinkage of the box office of "Source Code", and they barely survived for two weeks after the sixth week, and in the end, when the box office entered the 500 million official, it really couldn't survive, and "Source Code" announced that it would go offline.
As soon as the movie came offline, Zhang Wan squeezed into Shao Yingying's office, and Zhang Wan, who was wearing a down jacket, took a calculator to calculate the remaining net profit of the domestic box office for Shao Yingying.
"Boss Shao, 500 million, we have a box office of 500 million, I can't wait to come over and calculate the profits."
Shao Yingying felt funny when he saw Zhang Wan's appearance, and deliberately teased him: "Okay, you count, if it is less, it will be deducted from your dividends." ”
Zhang Wan immediately raised his head and said: "Boss Shao, the joke is not like this, you deducted my dividends, then my plan to have a second child will be postponed, aren't you afraid that I will go to your house every day?" Sue you, when the time comes, I can drag my family with me. ”
"Okay, don't be poor, let's do it. You too, our company is not without accountants, why do you follow and sharpen your fingers. Shao Yingying smiled and despised Zhang Wan, now Huayi Company is in the most excited state from top to bottom, and the people below know that this year's year-end bonus will definitely not be low, and the core people above are for profit.
Zhang Wan was unconvinced: "How can they be considered enjoyable?" ”
"The total box office is 500 million, the special business tax is 15 million, and the special fund for the film industry is 25 million; The remaining 57 percent is theatrical retention, uh...... two hundred and sixty two million twenty million; Zhongying didn't give us any preferential policies this time, and took 13.8 million; There are still 184 million left, and the theater has a total of 20,000 in the early stage, which means that the amount of money we have received in our hands should be 178.48 million. The stratification of the actors is about 6 million, and the stratification of the crew such as Niu Wa and Cheng Long is less, and the entire crew has to be divided into about 2 million, and the cost is 70 million......"
Zhang Wan raised his head and looked at Shao Yingying, and suddenly shouted in surprise: "Boss Shao, we have earned 100 million yuan in one movie!!! ”
"You're going to scare me to death!"
Shao Yingying almost let Zhang Wan's voice shout tinnitus, this kid muttered to himself very quietly at first, and his focused appearance made people feel that he would never speak loudly in his life, and after suddenly coming to such a voice, Shao Yingying was yelled at while covering his ears and hiding back.
"Are you doing the math, is this account 100 million? Does the company need to pay taxes? The billions of loans owed do not need to be repaid with interest, the salaries of the personnel are not paid, and the artists are not given dividends at the end of the year, how much money Feng Xiaogang alone will get. ”
After Zhang Wan's extremely excited state was splashed down by Shao Yingying several basins of cold water in a row, the whole person piled up on the chair little by little, as if he had just moved from the haze to the sunny day and encountered a sunny and cloudy day.
"That's not right!"
Zhang Wan cupped his waist and said: "Boss Shao, our movie is not only supported by the mainland box office, but also the box office of Xiangjiang, Baodao, Europe, North America, and Asia has not come back, how can we say that we also won nearly 30 million box office in the first week of North America, even if the box office stratification finally leaves us with 30 million, it is also US dollars." ”
Shao Yingying looked at Zhang Wan's appearance and smiled back and forth: "Oops...... Brother Zhang, I, I'm kidding you. ”
"I tell you, "Source Code" is not only making money, but also making a lot of money, I want you to spend 10 million to create a top celebration banquet in China. Wait for ......" Zhang Wan was about to leave when he heard Shao Yingying's order, but Shao Yingying hurriedly stopped: "The 10 million I said includes the stratification of actors and staff, and these strata are cleaned, and how much money can be left in 10 million li to create a celebration banquet." ”
"That's only more than two million ......" Just finished calculating the amount of more than 100 million, Zhang Wan was obviously a little uninterested in the million-level figures.
"Two million is not enough? This is a celebration feast, should you gnaw on gold? How can I still learn to earn a hundred and not take eighty as money. ”
Shao Yingying counted down Zhang Wan and continued: "Have the results of Europe and Asia come out? ”
"It's out."
Zhang Wan hurriedly looked for it on the box office report and said: "The total box office of South Korea is 5897561 US dollars; island nations, 290 million yen; Hong Kong, 46503690 Hong Kong dollars; Treasure Island 78644200 Taiwan Dollar; UK 2398776 US dollars; Italy 2082430 dollars; France 3103250 dollars; Netherlands 1906060 dollars; Spain; 1402550 dollars. There is no too high box office, except that the North American box office has not been fully reported, and we can score more points when the box office in Xiangjiang is recorded, as for the treasure island, South Korea, island countries and European countries, they are all very stuck, and it is good to have one-third left in your hand. ”
"That's a lot, Brother Zhang, don't forget that Europe is all dollars, so many countries can leave us two million dollars, which is also called more than 14 million net profits, that is pure profits!"
Zhang Wan sighed and said: "Of course I know that these are pure profits, and the majority is still in North America, but Colombia is stuck in our report...... I guess if we don't sell them the rights to adapt the script, they'll even have to make the profit to us until the last day. ”
"Boss Shao, if you don't meet Chris, we can get the money even if it is slower to recover from abroad, but once this matter is negotiated, we can be regarded as having a hope, otherwise when will it be the head? We and Colombia can't go to court for the box office of a movie, and they didn't say no, not to mention that the contract remittance date has not yet arrived, and besides, this is not a bad relationship, isn't it ......"
Shao Yingying nodded and said, "It's time to talk about ......" (to be continued......)