Shen Xudong is very busy, not busy spreading art, nor participating in the dispute between Hollywood blockbusters and domestic films...

He's busy dividing the cake – The Hunger Games

"The Hunger Games" was released on March 23 and Warners released it with the help of the whole company — winning 4,375 theaters to open the film.

And then...

The midnight show was $20.35 million, ranking sixth in film history.

Friday's box office was 72.25 million, ranking third in film history. The weekend box office was $162 million, even surpassing "Spider-Man 3" and "Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight", ranking second in film history!

Second only to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - $168 million in the opening weekend, and "Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight" opened with $158 million in the opening weekend...

Of course, "The Hunger Games" is a typical fan movie, and the follow-up trend is definitely not as good as "Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight", but it is more than one and a half stars better than "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"!

——Four weeks after its release, it won four consecutive box office championships, and the North American box office champion for four consecutive weeks beat 3D "Titanic", the first film to win four consecutive championships in North America since "Avatar".

It's just a middling production that costs $55 million.

The domestic side didn't care at first - it's no surprise that Hollywood has a few small and big productions every year!

Then it was revealed that Shen Xudong was the producer of "The Hunger Games" and one of the original authors, and even the entire "Hunger Games" was his team, and the heroine and actor were all the roles he designated, so Chen Hao could play a big supporting role...

even arranged for Zhang Hanyun to play Lulu - the tool man, the tool man awakened by the protagonist, the kind that has a bonding relationship...

The circle is numb, the "Twilight" series is not enough to raise $3.3 billion worldwide, and you have made "The Hunger Games", the key "The Hunger Games", you are still one of the original authors?

And... Golden Harvest is also one of the investors...

Judging from the news released by Golden Harvest, the company invested 20 million US dollars, accounting for one-third of the investment...

It has to be announced—it has to be accountable to shareholders.

After the big sale of "The Hunger Games", Golden Harvest's stock price came to a wave of daily limits, directly bringing the total market value to 30 billion Hong Kong dollars, and even the market value of Tianmei Media ushered in a wave of increases...

Tsk, no wonder there are movies +XX...

This thing is too profitable, and the big sales of a movie directly pull the stock price of related companies...

If you make the box office of the movie...

Ahem...

Shen Xudong is chatting with Chen Xi - talking about why "The Hunger Games" can't be a Sino-American co-production.

"The proportion of Chinese investment is generally not less than one-third; There must be a Chinese actor in the main role; Need to shoot in China..."

"A regulation is a regulation, but the specific implementation is not so complicated..."

Chen Xi's "Cloud Atlas" and "Ring Messenger" are examples: "These two films are only played by mainland actors, and mainland investors participate in the investment..."

Shen Xudong rolled his eyes: "Then did they get the status of a co-production?" ”

“… Get it, I'll look at the publicity..."

"Propaganda is propaganda, I publicized yesterday that I will go all out to fight for the third import film license, have I fought for it?"

"License..."

When Chen Xi heard this, he immediately asked, "Is there a chance?" ”

"There is a chance for yarn, it is simply impossible!"

“… Isn't it like Hollywood is pressing? ”

"They talk nonsense, they are in a hurry, and they tear their faces directly..."

Hearing Shen Xudong say this, Chen Xi understood - many things, not that you can get them if you fight for them! Rumors may not be true!

“… How many "Hunger Games" are you going to make? ”

"Four... In fact, there are only three original works, and the third part is divided into two parts..."

"That's... Part 2: Is it okay for our company to invest directly? ”

“… Yes, but it's not necessary..."

"Why?"

"Because Golden Harvest is already a co-producer..."After a pause, Shen Xudong explained by the way: "And the movie "The Hunger Games" will not be a big hit in China!" ”

Chen Xi immediately understood: "... Similar to "Twilight"? ”

“… No, "Twilight" is mainly bloody love, and "The Hunger Games" is a battle royale-like setting, with a dystopian structure... But no matter how you say it, the domestic audience will not be too interested! ”

The "Hunger Games" series is really not a big hit in China...

In fact, American teen movies generally have little influence in China, such as the "Twilight" series, the "Percy Jackson" series, and the "Chronicles of Narnia" series, all of which can be classified as youth series movies.

The general feature of these movies is that their themes are not very popular in China, the vampire werewolf in "Twilight", the Greek mythology in "Percy Jackson", and the Western magic in "Narnia" are not things that we have been exposed to since childhood...

It's normal not to sell out!

It's like domestic youth films can't go abroad...

……

On April 12th, "Search" premiered...

Let's not talk about this matter for now, because a big event happened yesterday: Wanda Group announced the acquisition of AMC Cinemas...

The news sparked a global debate.

AMC Cinemas is the second largest cinema chain in the world and one of the largest cinema operators in North America, with more than 340 theaters and more than 5,000 screens.

The transaction makes Wanda Group one of the world's largest cinema operators and one of the most important examples of outbound investment in China's cultural industry.

A lot of people discussed the purpose of Wanda's move.

Many people say that Wanda wants to transform – an important step in the transformation of a commercial real estate empire into a cultural empire.

Some people also analyzed that to speed up the integration of the value chain - Wanda Cinema Line, a subsidiary of Wanda Group, itself is the largest cinema company in Asia, and if it wants to develop and grow, it must integrate the value chain in the industry, and "mergers and acquisitions" is an effective way. Although AMC's business is dismal, it still has a high appeal and popularity in the North American film market, and has incomparable location advantages. The merger of Wanda Cinemas and AMC is a key part of the value chain integration for the cultural industry sector of Wanda Group.

Actually, you have to watch the news to know, Wang Jianlin also said in the interview, "At present, the two imported film licenses (China Film and Huaxia Group) are state-owned, if you look at it from the perspective of fairness, we should be given one, and we have also submitted relevant applications, but whether this incident will get extra points should be judged by the competent authorities." ”

That's right, he wants to get a third license.

According to normal expectations, Hollywood is invincible!

And judging by the latest situation of Sino-US trade: the information previously disclosed by the US side that increasing the openness of imported films will become an important part of the negotiations.

In the face of international pressure and the voice of domestic capital, combined with the background of the reform of state-owned enterprises and the determination of the central government to further deepen, the liberalization of the distribution rights of imported films will be the general trend in the coming period.

That... China's huge film market will inevitably be occupied by Hollywood, and having an import film license means that Wanda can bring Hollywood to order the subordinate!

And... Hollywood has also been urging China to issue more licenses for the distribution of imported films in order to gain greater rights and interests in negotiations.

Now the question is, does TiMi have any ideas?

Shen Xudong said publicly: "We are also trying our best to fight, although we have no money to buy overseas cinemas, but we have a fixed cooperative relationship with Warner and Lionsgate, I don't think we are worse than Wanda, if there is a third license, I think we should consider content-led film and television companies..."

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