Chapter 362: It's all a pot for the theater
Xu Nan would pay attention to the domestic news, but he didn't take it to heart.
He is now in the United States, and the domestic turmoil will not affect him.
The company's peak film and television is running well, and it lives a very moist life by shooting porcelain pieces.
You can't make a lot of money, but it's okay to make a little money.
There is also a female star Shi Shi, who asked him when he would go back to make movies.
Xu Nan answered perfunctorily.
He's having fun in the United States, there's no need to go back so soon.
"Three days later, it's the celebration banquet of "Titanic 2", remember to come and attend."
Lin Ziyi made a phone call, which made Xu Nan extremely helpless.
Is there any mistake, I, the director, didn't plan to hold a celebration banquet, and your theater actually arranged it for me.
It's too "good" for me.
Just kidding, of course, the theater chain didn't hold a celebration banquet because of Xu Nan's face.
The real reason is that the theater chain wants to demonstrate and show its strength.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Xu Nan's fake movie is inseparable from the theater chain.
Let's not talk about the name of the legally registered movie, let's talk about the release, if it weren't for the strong support of the three major theaters, why would Xu Nan's fake movie be released in a grand manner, and why would it continue to be released in the three major theaters after it was revealed to be a fake movie.
I really thought it was a mistake in the work of the three major theater chains.
In fact, they did it on purpose, deliberately to give Cameron a color to see.
They want to take this opportunity to announce one thing to all directors in the circle, that is, the entertainment industry and the theater chain are in charge.
No matter how big a director you are or how famous you are, you are not qualified to negotiate terms with the theater, let alone adjust the share of the movie.
Therefore, they not only continued to release Xu Nan's movies under the pretext of work mistakes, but also held a celebration banquet for Xu Nan and invited many people in the circle to participate.
This is completely to put Xu Nan on the fire.
In fact, Xu Nan didn't want to be so high-profile at all.
He is a foreigner, and he is still the director of copycat porcelain films, and he made a fake movie, which is when he needs to keep a low profile.
But the theater didn't want him to be low-key, so he directly prepared the celebration banquet, and he couldn't go if he didn't go.
People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves.
This celebration banquet, Xu Nan must go.
And the theater chain does have a reason to hold this celebration banquet.
So far, Xu Nan's "Titanic 2" has a cumulative box office of 450 million US dollars, according to the current box office trend, it is unlikely to break 500 million, but 4780 million is still no problem.
The reason why this is so is because this movie is so popular.
Who wouldn't want to see such an interesting thing as a fake movie, especially in the first few days, when the theaters were full.
The three major theater chains have strong support and high-standard film scheduling, which has led to such a high box office for this movie.
In contrast, Cameron's "Titanic 2" only had a box office of $310 million, which can be said to have hit his grandmother's house.
In fact, Cameron is already very strong, and when only 20% of theaters release his movies, there are still more than 300 million box office, which fully explains the quality of his films and box office appeal.
But it still lost money.
Cameron was depressed.
In fact, if the quality of his second movie is as high as the first one, even if only 20% of the theaters are released, he can still crush Xu Nan and complete the anti-heaven killing.
But unfortunately, it didn't.
The quality of Cameron's "Titanic 2" can only be described as excellent, not as flawless as the first part.
Many people are not optimistic about "Titanic", but it is full of stamina and has been released for a long time, which broke the record.
"Titanic 2" does not have the stamina of "Titanic", and if it weren't for the real and fake movie incident, the box office of this movie might have been lower.
Cameron's experience reveals a cruel truth.
Without the support of the three major theater chains, even if you claim to be the world's No. 1 director, you still won't get the box office.
So, don't put the score in front of the theaters, if you want to do it, take a look at Cameron's end.
There is a saying called killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, Cameron is the chicken that was killed, and the directors in the circle who are ready to renegotiate with the theater are the monkeys who were warned.
Xu Nan is a knife, a knife that kills chickens.
On the surface, he did this alone, but in fact, the theater chain was the mastermind.
But what makes people speechless is that whether it is Cameron or the director, it is Xu Nan who holds a grudge in the end, not the theater.
Cameron sued Xu Nan and did not sue the theater.
The director in the circle scolded Xu Nan, and he didn't scold the theater.
There's no way, who calls Xu Nan weak, the theater is a big daddy who doesn't dare to offend, so everyone can only sprinkle the fire on Xu Nan, a weak foreign chicken.
And Xu Nan doesn't make as much money as the theater chain, with a box office of more than 400 million, only 15% of the box office he can really get his hands on, but the theater chain has 85%.
Part of the reason why the theater chain gives Xu Nan's movies such a high schedule is in this box office share.
In general, the theater chain is actually a loss, but it is not a big loss.
With Cameron's fame and the quality of the movie, there may be no chance for more than one billion, but eight or nine billion box office is still very possible.
With a 50% share, the theater chain can also share four or five billion, but Xu Nan's movie, they can only share three or four billion, which is a small loss.
But the accounts can't be counted like that.
The theater chain suffered a small loss at the box office, but it successfully shocked everyone in the circle, declared their unique monopoly position, and prevented anyone from daring to negotiate with them for box office sharing in the future.
From this point of view, the theater chain is profitable, and it is a big profit.
Xu Nan actually earned, with a box office of more than 400 million, even if he only had 15% of the box office, he could get 50 or 60 million US dollars.
This is the money he earns by doing dirty work for the theater.
The film cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the box office was hundreds of millions, which can be said to have created a small and large record.
And this record is hard to break.
To have this box office, Cameron's appeal, the full support of the theater chain, and the audience's enthusiastic viewing are all indispensable.
The right time and place are all there, so as to create such a small and broad miracle.
Miracles are called miracles because they are difficult to replicate.
I believe that no one has been able to break this record for a long time.
And Xu Nan, who created this miracle on the surface, naturally became the focus of attention, and he was in the limelight.
Lin Ziyi invited him to participate in the celebration banquet, which was also a matter of course.
After all, the movie was made by him, and it was also his suggestion, and most of the trouble was his pot.
Now it's late to pretend to be a white lotus.
Even if it's useless for you to pretend to be a white lotus, everyone still thinks that you did it, so it's better to participate in this celebration banquet and pretend to have a good relationship with the theater chain, so that others know that you are not easy to mess with.
(End of chapter)