Chapter 254 A bunch of small-cost high-grossing films with an amazing rate of return
$21.7 million in the first weekend, beating "The Expendables 2" starring Stallone and Li Lian, the weekend box office champion in North America!
Zhen Dan couldn't help but feel complicated after seeing the relevant reports.
In fact, as early as when it was rumored that Huashang had prepared an action movie for Wu Jing, friends in the circle suggested that he also go to Li Mu's path.
It is recognized in the circle that Li Mu's vision of watching movies is unparalleled in the world!
How many billion-dollar movies have been made at the global box office? Li Mu even accumulated the global box office of his personal works to more than 5 billion US dollars in just six or seven years, ranking third in the world! And it looks like it's about to surpass the legendary director Cameron.
Therefore, no matter who it is, if it is recognized by Li Mu, the future is absolutely bright!
Zhen Bullet intends to show his strength in the international film industry, so how can he not want to try his best to have a good relationship with Li Mu? With his kung fu foundation, if Li Mu's appalling talent in the film industry is added, then maybe after Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, the third Chinese international kung fu superstar will be born!
Originally, Zhen Dan was the most promising seed player to become an international kung fu superstar after Cheng Long and Li Lian, but now Wu Jing is bound to Hua Shang and Li Mu in advance, so will he be the third Chinese kung fu superstar in the future?
So what are you waiting for?
To tell the truth, after listening to the persuasion of his friends, Zhen Dan was indeed tempted. You can inquire a little, and you have to got! Wu Jing's new movie was exchanged for a six-year deed of sale, and it is said that the terms of the contract are quite harsh. signed such a harsh contract, in exchange for such a film - it is said that the investment is only more than 10 million US dollars, which is a small number of B-grade films, what is there to envy?!
I took the initiative to find Li Mumao and recommended myself, first without considering the situation that people ignore you, even if I ignore you, and then throw out such a small-budget movie, then will you accept it or not?
Don't pick it up, right?
You took the initiative to ask for help.
Pick it up, right?
It's really not very interesting.
Of course, a movie of this level is a treasure for Wu Jing, but for the current Zhen Bullet, it is okay to have it, and it will not be a pity if it is not.
Let's wait and see!
As a result, I am waiting for a North American weekly box office champion!
is such a small-budget B-grade film with an investment of only more than 10 million, and it is the North American box office champion? !
Is he Li Mu really just throwing out a script to create stars and box office myths?
Also, the overlord clause signed by Wu Jing and Hua Shang seems to stipulate how many movies Hua Shang will prepare for him in six years, if all the films in these agreements are action movies, and then the results are not weaker than the current "Fast Pursuit", then, good guy, Wu Jing really has a chance to catch up with himself in the field of action movies!
A "Rapid Pursuit" made Zhen Dan instantly burst with a sense of crisis.
As for the leading actor Wu Jing, in fact, when he first signed the six-year contract, he also muttered in his heart, feeling that the contract was too restrictive to himself, and it was not completely different if there were too many restrictions, there were many companies with more restrictions, and there were still artists who signed it, but I was afraid that people would limit you but not provide you with high-quality resources.
Wu Jing was also worried about this when he muttered, but now the first film arranged by the company for him has been released, good guys, the North American weekend box office champion!
Even if the North American champion is the champion, the runner-up just happens to be Li Lian's "The Expendables 2", which makes him more and more confident in his future and in creating his own kung fu movie era!
When the film was released on the seventh day, its domestic box office officially exceeded the 400 million yuan mark, while the North American box office reached a total of 31.5 million US dollars, a cumulative overseas box office of 54 million US dollars, and a cumulative global box office of 774 million yuan.
In seven days of release, the global box office accumulated 774 million, with an average daily box office of more than 100 million yuan!
This number may not be a big deal for Li Mu's other films, but for the films starring Wu Jing, this is already an unprecedented huge success.
At the same time, "Shark Beach", which was released on the 20th of last month, also began to be released around the world at this time.
In the end, the film achieved a total box office of 793 million yuan in China, a total box office of 187 million US dollars overseas, and a total global box office of 303 million US dollars - Yang Mi became famous!
Speaking of Yang Mi, she is usually quite free and easy, and she generally doesn't bother with other people's opinions and what has happened. What others want to see is someone else's business, accept what has happened, and don't get entangled, in short, the mentality is very good.
For example, during the release of "Shark Beach", in addition to paying attention to the box office for the first few days, she basically did what she should do in the later stage, and all the scolding or praise on the Internet was left behind.
She didn't even pay much attention to how much the box office of the follow-up "Shark Beach" was, until she saw someone on the Internet that the global box office of "Shark Beach" officially broke the $300 million mark, and she suddenly realized that "Shark Beach" was so good!
The box office of 300 million US dollars is nearly 2 billion when converted into RMB!
She Yang Mi actually played the heroine of a 2 billion-level film by herself? I couldn't even think about it before, it's really incredible!
Yang Mi is really free and easy, but not every minute and every second is free and easy. For example, on the day when the box office of "Shark Beach" officially exceeded the $300 million mark, she couldn't help but send Li Mu a WeChat message.
"Mr. Li, the global box office of "Shark Beach" has exceeded 300 million US dollars!"
So what is Li Mu doing at this time?
It would be more than nine o'clock in the evening, and Li Mu was already asleep, not asleep, but asleep!
To put it simply, he was playing Arhat with Liu Yifei, and then the mobile phone at the bedside lit up.
At this time, how could Li Mu still be in the mood to look at his phone? As a result, Liu Yifei picked it up casually, and then looked at it, okay, Yang Mi!
She handed the phone to Li Mu.
"Someone is looking for you!"
"Who?"
"A big beauty!"
"No work!"
"Don't, maybe people are looking for you for something very important?"
Li Mu was still too lazy to watch, and then Liu kept pestering him to watch, so it's good!
"300 million? Not bad! ”
As a result, Yang Mi replied: "It's not 300 million, it's 300 million US dollars!" ”
Li Mu: "Is there a difference?" ”
Yang Mi: "Of course there is a difference! ”
Li Mu asked again: "What's the difference?" ”
Yang Mi: "One is very ordinary, and the other is very powerful!" ”
"Well, is there anything else? If not, I won't say it. Li Mu said.
"You're busy right now?" Yang Mi sent a message to ask.
Li Mu: "Busy." ”
"What are you busy with?"
"Laundry!"
After speaking, Li Mu put down his mobile phone and ignored Yang Mi, but Liu Yifei picked up Li Mu's mobile phone casually again.
To be honest, she thinks Li Mu is a straight man, and he really replied if she asked him to reply to WeChat? Can't you just turn off your phone and ignore her? Didn't he really know that he was about to get angry now?
Hey?
Wash clothes?
"What does this mean?" Liu Yifei asked Li Mu.
"That's what you say!" Li Mu leaned into Liu Yifei's ear and explained with a smile, "It is said that there was a couple in the past, and when they were doing husband and wife, the two of them set a code, that is, to wash clothes." The two even occasionally let the child pass the word from the middle. Once the husband just made his wife angry, he asked the child to say that he wanted to wash clothes, but the wife was still angry, so she said that the washing machine was broken and could not be washed. Later, the woman's anger was gone, so she asked the child to spread the word that the washing machine was repaired and could be washed, but the child brought back the man's reply: 'No need for the washing machine, he has already washed it by hand!' ’”
Liu Yifei reacted for a while after listening to it, and then laughed directly, slapping Li Mu's shoulder while laughing, and after a while, she asked, "Do many people know about this joke?" ”
"You should know everything, right? It seems to be quite widespread. ”
On the other side, Yang Mi is still wondering.
"Does he still do his own laundry? He is so rich and so busy, managing so many businesses and preparing so many film and television dramas, why does he still do his own laundry? Isn't that a waste of time? ”
Yang Mi obviously hadn't heard that joke.
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In August, Huashang Media has two films that are being filmed intensively, including "Send You a Little Red Flower" directed by Li Mu himself, and "To Our Dying Youth" directed by Shen Junsheng, which collects the new four little flowers and the four golden flowers of Huashang.
In addition, the company also has a TV series being filmed, that is, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" starring Sun Li, Jiang Xin, Chen Jianbin, etc., and another TV series is still in the preliminary preparation stage, that is, "The Promotion of the Crown Princess" starring Zhang Tianai has been confirmed.
Also in August, "Fast Pursuit", directed by Lin Chaoxian and starring Wu Jing, continued to achieve good box office results at home and abroad.
In China, the box office of the film broke the 400 million yuan mark on the seventh day of its release, and officially broke through the 600 million yuan mark on the 17th day.
In the international market, when the film was released worldwide for 20 days, its cumulative overseas box office has reached 97.3 million US dollars.
As a result, its global box office has reached $186 million.
Then many netizens and even insiders are invariably comparing the two films together.
In fact, the two films have a lot of similarities.
For example, the investment scale of the two films is about the same, both of which are more than 10 million US dollars.
For example, the protagonists of both films have almost no international influence.
For example, the overseas box office of the two films was good.
In fact, not only these two films, but also "Time and Space Traveler", which was released on Valentine's Day this year, netizens are almost invariably comparing these three films together.
"It's kind of scary!"
"Indeed!"
"The scale of investment in the three films is not large, and as a result, whether it is in the domestic or overseas markets, the box office has exploded!"
"If it just exploded at the domestic box office, it would be a big hit, but even overseas ......"
Bai Bing of "Time and Space Love Traveler", Yang Mi of "Shark Beach", and Wu Jing of "Fast Pursuit", three actors who have no overseas fame at all, as a result, the global box office of "Time and Space Love Traveler" and "Shark Beach" all broke the $300 million mark! "Fast Pursuit" may be a little worse, but $240 million shouldn't be a big problem, and it can really be sold casually! ”
"The combined cost of the three films is only more than 2,000 and less than the total cost of 30 million US dollars, and the total global box office is at least 850 million US dollars, this return on investment is indeed very amazing!"
"It's really better to make a movie than anything, you look at Huashang's project, it's a huge profit!"
In short, whether it is netizens or in the circle, the more you study the film and television dramas that Huashang Media has invested in over the years, the more terrible you feel. Film and television dramas have always been extremely risky investment projects, and the incident of a movie collapsing a large film and television company is not uncommon whether it is domestic or international.
How does Li Mu judge whether a project can be recognized by the market?
It's really speechless, it can't really be just intuition, right?
Some film and television company bosses even said in private:
"Since he Li Mu is so good, then just give him half of the shares of all domestic film and television companies, we don't need him to do anything, just use his vision, he said that the project can be invested, then the company will invest in that project, he said that the project can't be invested, then no matter how good the script looks, we won't vote! Wouldn't our company be able to make a profit or lose money? Even if we give him half of the income for nothing, we will still earn it! ”
The boss just complained at the wine table, but as a result, a film and television company really came to the door, and he really wanted to give Li Mu one-third of the shares for nothing, and they just asked for a request, we will consult you which film can be voted on, which one can't be voted, you give a letter of approval, and you don't have to take care of the rest, you just wait to collect the money.
Li Mu thought it was funny when he heard Liu Siying mention this, and he couldn't help but wonder if he really wanted to make one or two street movies to neutralize it?
If you continue like this, you don't feel like a normal person anymore!
The box office hit the street movie in advance, but the film and television drama with word-of-mouth hit the street can be started first.
For example, the "Palace 2" project, although the word of mouth is fluttering, the ratings and copyright price of the original time and space are really high! This kind of project that is destined to make a lot of money should be filmed or filmed.
"Step by Step Horror 2", that is, "Step by Step Horror", forget it, the box office reputation is very average.
Whether it's the box office or word of mouth, you have to account for one, otherwise what is Li Mutu?
……
The time entered September, and the "Promotion of the Crown Princess", which had just been prepared for a short time, was launched in a low-key manner, and the all-exclusive iQiyi, which had been booked in advance, couldn't help but worry about whether he was cheated by Huashang this time when he heard the news.
Because no matter what aspect you look at, Huashang Media is a bit too perfunctory this time.
Even if the investment amount is low, if the investment amount is high, you can't buy the exclusive copyright with your own 90 million, but it's a bit too much for all the actors to use tricks.
That's right, "The Promotion of the Crown Princess" is indeed just an online drama, but at least the quality still has to be there, right?
But it's not good to question directly, after all, Huashang really hasn't missed, he can't be so unlucky, Huashang's only time he hit the street happened to be caught up by himself, right?
Now that the contracts have been signed, I can only choose to trust Huashang and Li Mu.
In addition, another new film of Huashang Company has also started the preliminary preparations, that is, "Space Traveler", which will be directed by Guo Fan and played by Li Lianhua and Duan Yihong.
However, compared with other films, the preparation time for a sci-fi movie like this must be longer, and according to Guo Fan, it would be good to be ready for four months to start.
In addition, as this year's National Day is approaching, another film of Huashang Media "Huaxia Partner" has also opened the large-scale publicity stage before the national release.
(End of chapter)