A few years ago, "Lao Bai's summer vacation" once set off a box office frenzy in China, North America, and even Europe, with a box office of two billion US dollars in one summer, Lao Bai and Laobai climbed to the top of the tower in the East and West at the same time.

And this summer, the number of movies released by Lao Bai has changed from three to four!

And these four films alone cost as much as $800 million...... Even if the water is squeezed out, it should not be less than 700 million US dollars, so what will they be at the box office?

Since the end of April, predicting the box office of the four films has become a popular entertainment for many people.

"If you don't want to lose money, you need at least two billion dollars at the box office!"

After a careful analysis, Xia Qingqing said seriously: "For example, our "Mulan" claims that the production fee plus publicity and distribution costs are as high as 220 million US dollars, but the actual investment is 190000000000 million...... If you want to recoup the cost of the movie box office alone, the world cannot be less than 550 million US dollars! ”

Regarding Xia Qingqing's judgment, Chen Muchen shook his head disapprovingly: "No, no, we just recalculated, if you want to ensure the return of the cost, we only consider that the box office must be at least more than 600 million US dollars!" In addition, if you count on the surrounding area, the cycle will be very long......"

When he said these words, Chen Muchen's expression was excited and a little worried.

This time, they played just too big.

If DreamWorks was under the full control of Chen Muchen, he would never approve a project like "Mulan". With an investment of nearly 200 million US dollars, in addition to DreamWorks itself, there are also the four major animation companies in Huaxia, as well as more than a dozen outsourcing agencies, and all the people who have contributed to this animation add up, nearly 1,100 people!

The final cast alone was five minutes long.

How can such an investment recover the cost?

However, after Xia Qingqing successfully cooperated with Japan and Hollywood several times in a row, his confidence once swelled to the limit, and Sun Peng, the boss of DreamWorks, was so arrogant that he said many times in DreamWorks that even if 200 million US dollars is a full loss, "Mulan" must continue to do the best within everyone's ability......

And because of Lao Bai's influence, "Mulan" has been released in nearly 40 countries so far.

In addition to Huaxia, North America and Japan, which have the greatest influence on Lao Bai's animated films, were the first to be determined, followed by Southeast Asia, the traditional sphere of influence of Huaxia, and Europe, where Lao Bai's strength gradually expanded, and seven countries joined the first batch of screens......

The only pity is that DreamWorks does not have the ability to distribute overseas. In fact, they even lack domestic distribution strength, so for a larger release scale and film scheduling rate, they can only hand it over to Lotus Pictures. As a result, other distributors also have to deduct part of the box office revenue, so the domestic box office dream factory can only get 30% of 7, and the overseas box office share is only about 25%!

Even if the distribution company bears part of the publicity and distribution costs, if DreamWorks wants to protect its capital, "Mulan" must reach the box office of $600 million......

Yes at least!

With such a target number, who would believe that there is no pressure?

And as DreamWorks' first animated film to carry its own beams, or should it be said that it is a real cinematic animation work, "Mulan" takes on too many things.

After all, the previous Slam Dunk theater was also shown in theaters. But in the final analysis, DreamWorks at that time was actually a TV-level work, but this time "Mulan" is a real movie-level work, and it is also a Hollywood-level animated movie!

Although there is still a big gap compared to "Frozen" a few years ago, it has Xia Qingqing and Chen Muchen's deepest expectations.

So for the anxiety of the two, Sun Peng knew very well in his heart, smiled and waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I've watched the film several times, no problem...... At least this kind of theme will be released in our Huaxia, and it will definitely be no problem! And I'm pretty sure that this is the best animated film we've ever made in China, and that's the box office of two billion for that alone...... No, a box office of 2.5 billion is no problem! ”

When he said these words, Sun Peng was very confident.

Compared with Hollywood, "Mulan" is definitely not too backward in terms of picture, at least compared with "Frozen" a few years ago - after all, just in production, DreamWorks has smashed at least 100 million US dollars! Moreover, the technology of several major animation companies in China has not lagged behind in recent years, and their joining has also brought the production technology of "Mulan" to keep up with the times.

The difference is in the design of the lens and some details.

And in Sun Peng's view, these differences are not necessarily all gaps, and may even be surpassed!

Because of the progress of technology and Sun Peng's investment regardless of blood costs, after all, there is a very big difference between "Mulan" and the original version in Sun Peng's memory. For example, the war scenes in the animation, as well as the scale and design of the Forbidden City, etc., the new version is many times better than "Mulan" on the earth!

After all, Huaxia's costume giants have been popular for so many years, and the accumulated experience is not a joke.

And the grander scenes and more sophisticated productions, the result is that in many places, Sun Peng can only give one suggestion, and the rest is mainly handed over to the directors and planners of the animation. Where Xia Qingqing can't do it, there will be assistant directors or consultants who shoot costume blockbusters to help, such as Wei Xiaolin, etc., to make these scenes even better!

So in Sun Peng's view, there must be a gap, but it is not as big as he expected.

Such an animation can even be called a milestone in China.

Think about it, when Chinese audiences are accustomed to watching those local animations of average quality, and suddenly find that there is a domestic animation that is great, even reaching the ordinary level of Hollywood productions, what kind of reaction will they have?

Think about "The Return of the Great Sage" on Earth, and think about when "Big Fish and Begonia" was first released!

At least because of the huge amount of investment, the quality of "Mulan" in Sun Peng's eyes is much stronger than those two cartoons, plus the film market in this world is two or three times bigger than that of China......

Two and a half billion, is it hard?

As long as the box office can reach 2.5 billion, then DreamWorks can get a share of almost 900 million Chinese dollars, that is, about 130 million US dollars, plus the overseas box office share, it is not hopeless to return to the capital.

And don't forget, there's the periphery.

In addition to DreamWorks' own team, the design and development of the peripherals of "Mulan" also brought in teams from Hollywood and Japan through bidding, and invested huge manpower and material resources, and the design cost alone exceeded 6 million US dollars!

So in the hearts of Chen Muchen and Xia Qingqing, the box office of "Mulan" can only win, not lose!

Not only because if it fails, DreamWorks may usher in huge losses, making them animators lose face in front of the generous boss, but more importantly, "Kung Fu Panda", which has begun to enter the production stage, no one is sure whether Sun Peng will continue to spend a lot of money on "Kung Fu Panda" after losing a lot of money......

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