Chapter 760 Harry Potter Crowns the King: Sony's Stock Soars
The lively Christmas season has ended, and the final box office figures of the three blockbusters during the Christmas season have also been officially released.
"Harry Potter" raked in a massive $703 million in the North American box office in just one week.
To have achieved such a terrifying box office in just one week shows how awesome "Harry Potter" is.
"Magic Knight" was slightly inferior, with only $637 million at the box office, but this is also an amazing achievement.
"Space Rescue" performed a bit worse, but still earned $344 million at the box office in one week.
The box office of these three blockbusters in North America can only be described as horrific. This is definitely the most terrifying Christmas season in history, and the combined box office also broke the North American Christmas season box office record.
In the global market, "Harry Potter" has surpassed "The Magic Knight" in all aspects, and not just a little bit.
In just one week, "Harry Potter" grossed a whopping $1.522 billion worldwide.
However, "Magic Knight" only earned $1.164 billion in box office worldwide in one week.
"Space Rescue" grossed $622 million worldwide.
Obviously, "Harry Potter" is more popular worldwide.
This isn't the end of the story. With the Christmas season behind us, the box office for all three films has plummeted. But the box office for "Magic Knight Rider" and "Space Rescue" is so drastically cut that it's hard to describe them as being halved. They've been slashed right from the bottom.
On the first day after the Christmas season, "Magic Knight"'s single-day box office performance in North America was only 11 million US dollars, and "Space Rescue" was even worse, with only 4.32 million US dollars.
Although "Harry Potter" was cut short, it still grossed $38.75 million at the box office.
This is not only true in the North American market, but also in the global market.
Such box office results show the huge potential of "Harry Potter".
In just one week, the box office figures for "Magic Knight Rider" and "Space Rescue" have been basically confirmed. However, the box office for "Harry Potter" is still going strong, and at this rate, it will be no problem for the global box office to exceed $2 billion.
For "Harry Potter", which only cost 100 million US dollars to invest, this is definitely great news.
"Harry Potter became a masterpiece, while Magic Knight and Space Rescue were completely defeated..."
"Qingyao Group has won a complete victory, and both Disney and Universal have surrendered..."
"Using magic to defeat magic, Disney's "Magic Knight" is a big defeat..."
"Qingyao Group has become a global giant, while Hollywood is gradually declining..."
Many media outlets were reporting on the news online, even in the United States. This achievement and the news directly spurred some American investors to take action.
They voted with their money, and Disney and Universal's stocks fell again. However, Sony's stock, which had been falling for a long time, rose, and the increase was significant.
"We at Sony will continue to produce the Harry Potter film series with Qingyao Group, and we expect to release one every Christmas. At the same time, we will further strengthen our cooperation with Qingyao Group..."
Sony also held a press conference as soon as possible to announce its next plans.
A "Harry Potter" movie will be released every year in the future. Not only that, Sony will also increase its cooperation with Qingyao Group.
Sony has been deeply rooted in North America for so many years that it can be considered a local tyrant. It couldn't compete with Disney before, but now with the help of Qingyao Group, it may be able to fight back.
Even if they can't take down Disney, at least the company's performance will improve. Qingyao Group's strength is now obvious to all around the world.
The film and television industry became lively again, and Qingyao Group once again stole the limelight.
Meanwhile, Qingyao Group's cooperation with Sony has further deepened. There's no other way, as the US subsidiary is now under pressure from all sides in the US.
If you don't choose a local company to cooperate with, the films produced by the American subsidiary will have very few screenings in Europe and the United States.
"Harry Potter" caused a lot of noise in the outside world, but for Qingyao Group, it was just a small ripple.
At the animation subsidiary, everyone is very busy during this period.
The subsidiary's supercomputing center has been completed. The subsidiary is now using the supercomputing power of the supercomputer to reprocess and remake many films.
The sheer number of remakes this time around exceeded anyone's imagination.
During this period, Qingyao Group spent money all over the world and bought the copyrights of many classic animations.
At first they just remade these animations in 3D, but now they have carried out secondary intelligent production based on the 3D remake.
The goal of this production was simple: to create a 3D effect. It simply involved transforming the original 3D animation into an animation with a 3D effect. While both are 3D, the meanings are different.
This level of effect is the most demanding, and now AI rendering technology has been further optimized. It doesn't require much human intervention at all, as the intelligent program can automatically convert a film into a source with a very strong 3D effect.
Qingyao Group now produces not only animations, but also remakes movies and TV series.
The principle of remake is the same, that is, the intelligent system takes everything apart and then rebuilds it.
For example, for an old TV series, the intelligent system can directly disassemble the film and automatically re-produce a TV series according to the program. It looks like the same TV series, but it is actually completely different.
It is equivalent to an intelligent system using computer technology to re-produce the movie, including the real people, which are also produced using intelligent technology.
To put it bluntly, the remade movie is essentially a realistic animation.
But because the technology is so advanced, you can't tell that it's a special effect.
Su Yang came to the huge screening room today.
However, the screen in the cinema has been replaced with a naked-eye 3D screen.
After replacing the new screen, I don’t need to wear glasses and the effect is much better than before.
At this moment, Su Yang was watching a TV series, and the TV series was none other than the first part of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" which was just completed some time ago.
This film was made in the same way as a blockbuster from the very beginning.
Now after secondary processing, it has directly become a 3D film source.
Su Yang was smiling as the TV series played in the theater. The scenes were grand and the special effects were amazing.
The first season of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City" has a total of 26 episodes, and each episode lasts about an hour and a half.
The production is grand and perfectly presents the plot of the novel. Moreover, the actors in it are all talented actors, and the lineup is an all-star lineup.
Of course, the production cost of this TV series is indeed very high. The production cost of each episode is as high as 100 million yuan. Only Qingyao Group in China dares to do such a big thing.
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