Han Minzhong's idea of adding promotional funds was extinguished when he received the box office data the next day before he could report it to Stephen Zhao.

$50,000!

Yes, it's only $50,000!

At the first glance of the data, Han Minzhong's eyes hurt, and his eyes made of titanium alloy were almost blinded, and then a national scolding came out: "Niang Xipi!" ”

If the $50,000 box office is set on weekdays, it's nothing, after all, the number of moviegoers on weekdays is much smaller than the number of moviegoers on weekends and holidays. However, October 1st is a Sunday, the most watched day of the week, and there is no one.

Released on Sunday, although the number of theaters is only 50, the box office of only 50,000 still clearly illustrates the fact that the American imperialists are not interested in "The Sunflower Book of Smiling Proud Rivers and Lakes".

Han Minzhong wittily dismissed the idea of additional publicity funds.

Sure enough, the box office data on the second day of release fell sharply, directly from $50,000 to $15,000, and then there was no more, because the theater forcibly drew the film.

As a result, the journey of "Smiling Proud Jianghu: Sunflower Treasure Book" came to an end, and it was only released for two days, setting a shocking box office figure: 65,000 US dollars!

In the face of such a shocking data, Han Minzhong did not vomit blood, some were just helpless, and then he went home and returned to the magic capital by plane.

Of course, this shocking data was also sent to Zhao Xingchi for the first time.

There is no doubt that Stephen Zhao was also shocked: "What a, 65,000 US dollars, converted into Huaxia coins, just 400,000 yuan, and then remove the shares, costs, publicity, etc." I didn't make a penny and lost money. ”

"Master Xing, take a look at this, you should feel a little better after reading this." Han then sent him a text message, followed by links to two more web pages.

Stephen Zhao was depressed, but he still clicked on these two links curiously.

When the first link opens, it is the IMDB web page.

IMDB。 It is the abbreviation of "Internet Movie Database", an online database of movie actors, movies, TV shows, TV stars, video games and movie productions, which belongs to the US imperialists.

Then, Stephen Zhao saw the reputation of "The Sunflower Book of Smiling Proud Jianghu" in the United States.

The score is quite high, it actually got 8.0 points, and then all kinds of praise.

"It's a vibrant, playful work of art that perfectly constructs a variety of vegetables. Both the shooting techniques and the compilation of the plot are of a very high standard. And, of course, the amazing Chinese kung fu. ”

"The film's martial arts instructor undoubtedly has a lot of experience. All the fight scenes are designed and performed to be very spectacular. ”

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Among these praises, there is also a long review full of praise: "I had the pleasure of watching "Smiling Proud Jianghu" on the big screen in New York's Chinatown. I almost missed this movie because it was an ancient movie from China, and luckily my friend convinced me that it was worth spending $9 to see this movie...... The head of Huashan unsuccessfully tried to take advantage of his disciple's loyalty to the door rules to make Linghu Chong break his promise and tell the secret of the treasure book. The dialogue showed that Ling Hu Chong's understanding of the door rules was much deeper than that of his master. Essentially......"

Seeing this, Stephen Zhao's mood was a little better.

But. When he saw the number of comments, Stephen Zhao's mood became a little worse. Nima's, there are only 50 people commenting.

No wonder!

No wonder the ratings are so high!

No wonder the movie box office is so small!

Then, Stephen Zhao clicked on the second link, which was a webpage of Xinwolf.com, and the first thing that entered his eyes was a shocking line of black and bold font "The complete record of the Chinese blockbuster that failed miserably at the North American box office".

Just look at this title. Stephen Zhao was not calm, he was so depressed that he was crazy, and he wanted to burst into laughter.

is depressed because he is also a member of the Chinese film industry now, and he is also the one who is in the limelight. Chinese-speaking blockbusters failed miserably in North America. In fact, it is also a humiliation for him.

It's funny, that's an immoral mentality, basing his happiness on the pain of others, because he invested in the filming of "Sunflower Treasure Book" in North America.

Originally, he was a bad person, but now that he looks at it, it turns out that there are still difficult brothers and brothers, and he instantly feels that he is not bad.

This should also be a kind of Ah Q spirit!

At that time, the Chinese-American director Sun Ping won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with an original martial arts blockbuster "Chivalry", and after the North American box office successfully exceeded 100 million US dollars, Chinese filmmakers saw a hope of entering North America. Then, the North American box office of "Dragon and Tiger Hero" by national teacher Chen Shuluo exceeded 50 million, and the North American box office of "Love in a Fallen City" by the great director Wang Baogang exceeded 30 million. It's just that in the past few years, after the box office fiascos of "Heaven and Earth", "Loess Plain" and "Killing", influential distributors of the United States have gradually alienated Chinese films.

Whether it is Chen Shuluo's "Golden Armor", Zhang Yikai's "1945", or Lin Yun-fat's "The Great Pirate", they all cannot escape the fate of fiasco. Zhao Ziyi and international action superstar Cheng Jie's "Legend of Heaven and Earth" even only had a box office of 20,000 US dollars, while "Cold Wave", "Wind War", "Accident", "Big Magic City", "Beijing 100" and other domestic blockbusters with a box office of more than 100 million yuan could not be found on the boxofficemojo website, the most authoritative box office in North America. Why can't I find it? Because no one watched it, some of the box office was hundreds or thousands, and the American imperialists didn't bother to count them.

Now, let's take a look at the Chinese blockbusters that failed miserably at the North American box office last year~"

Seeing this, Zhao Xingchi was speechless.

Zhao Ziyi and Cheng Jie's "Legend of Heaven and Earth" is a blockbuster released the year before last, with a total investment of over 100 million, and the domestic box office is 500 million, but I didn't expect that in North America, it was only 20,000 US dollars, is this funny?

Although Zhao Ziyi is not an Oscar actress, she is also a nominated person no matter how she says it, and she has a certain reputation in North America.

As for Cheng Jie, not to mention, this is an international action superstar. He was once selected by the New York Times as the first of the 20 greatest action superstars in history, and starred in many action blockbusters that grossed more than 100 million US dollars at the US imperial.

For more than four years, Stephen Zhao has been thriving in the entertainment industry, but he has never had contact with Cheng Jie, but he has also heard Cheng Jie's name. Know the history of his majesty.

In the words of a superstar in China, Cheng Jie is Saturn's Jackie Chan!

Stephen Zhao is really hard to imagine, because this is the same as imagining Jackie Chan's movie to sell 20,000 US dollars.

Of course, speechless is speechless, and Stephen Zhao's mood is still inexplicably better.

"The Golden Armor, which caused huge controversy in China by the national teacher Chen Shuluo, suffered a humiliating fiasco, with a box office of only $5 million."

"National teacher Chen Shuluo's bad film "Shooting Surprise" in China has a box office of 200,000 in North America!"

"Young director Huang Chuan's "Jingnan! won the best film in Spain, with a box office of 100,000 in North America! ”

""Legend of Heaven and Earth" is such a blockbuster. The North American box office is 20,000, is this funny? No, it's not funny, because our superstar Cheng Jie also hit the street this time, which should be his lowest record in the United States, setting a history. ”

"The Legend of Sword and Heaven" failed miserably at the domestic box office to "Painted Skin", and it also failed miserably in the North American box office market, only earning a meagre $210,000. Originally. In the eyes of American imperialists, this film is better than "Shooting Surprise". ”

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"In the end. The editor wants to pick up the star master, why? Because "Painted Skin" was not qualified to be released in North America at all. As for "East Becomes West" and "Huashan on the Sword", there is also none. It turns out that beyond our imagination, the talented national demon star is not omnipotent, and in the eyes of the American imperialists, there is no such thing as him at all. ”

Read them all. Stephen Zhao should have been numb, but the last words of this news made him laugh angrily: "I'll rub, new wolf, you are looking for death, even I dare to arrange it?" ”

The last words can be regarded as touching Zhao Xingchi's embarrassment.

Embarrassed. It is because films such as "Painted Skin" and "East Becomes West" can be released in various Asian countries and regions, and the copyright can also be sold to Europe, Africa and other countries, but they just can't enter the market of US imperialism.

There are two reasons, one is that he is not famous, whether it is a director, producer, producer, or actor, he is unknown in the United States; The second is that the subject matter is not pleasing and the culture is estranged.

The problem of cultural estrangement has always been a pain, because the Chinese people can easily accept the culture of the American imperialists, but the American imperialists and the Westerners represented by the American imperialists have difficulty accepting the Chinese culture.

Discourse hegemony!

The hegemony of discourse, which has been accumulated by developed science and technology, super military, leading economy, and so on, is the core factor that makes it difficult for Chinese culture to be accepted by Westerners.

Of course, those who oppose this will give an example of the Wa Kingdom, because the culture of the Wa Kingdom has accompanied their animation industry to conquer cities around the world and have done relatively successfully.

However, if you think about it, you also know that the Japanese State is just a dog raised by the US imperialists, and the US imperialists want him to contain Huaxia, so they naturally want to cultivate him in some aspects.

"Forget it, it's also self-inflicted troubles to think about this, let's take a look at the good news of "God of Gamblers". Stephen Zhao then put aside his troubles and turned his attention to the box office of "God of Gamblers".

After setting a box office record of 3 million in Xiangjiang on October 1, on October 2, "God of Gamblers" went to the next city and got a box office result of 2.8 million.

At first glance, the box office is declining, but remember that October 1st is a Sunday, and October 2nd is a Monday. There's no doubt that weekday box office is much lower than rest day box office, unless it's the kind of movie that has a good reputation. From this direction, the 2.8 million on the second day of "God of Gamblers" is actually more shocking than the 3 million on the first day.

In the days since, the box office has been up and down, and has been fluctuating between 2.5 million and 3 million.

It didn't take until a week later that the box office fell below the 2.5 million line.

On October 16, "God of Gamblers" was released for two weeks, with a box office of more than 22 million, and a single-day box office of more than one million. It can be expected that the final box office of "God of Gamblers" will exceed 30 million. (To be continued......)