In late March, after more than a month of release, the box office of "Detective Chinatown" had reached 2.18 billion yuan.
The film has successfully obtained the extension key, and is expected to be released in mid-to-late April. If there is still box office revenue by then, it will probably be further extended.
What makes Wei Yang a little regretful is that according to the current box office trend of "Detective Chinatown 3".
It is certain to break the 2.3 billion box office.
2.4 billion, there is still hope.
But if you want to hit 2.5 billion, it will be quite difficult and will require a lot of luck, and it also depends on the movie schedule in April.
Many people still have high expectations, but Wei Yang has basically given up hope.
Because there will be Hollywood movies released in April, including the well-known "Fast and Furious 7".
Wei Yang had an impression of this movie. It seemed to be one of the highest-grossing movies in the "Fast and Furious" series in the mainland.
It just so happened that one of the main creators, Paul Walker, died in a car accident. This movie happened to be his posthumous work, which added a certain amount of glory to it.
Wei Yang didn't remember the exact box office figures as he didn't pay much attention to foreign film data, but it should have exceeded 2 billion, and it was the first film in the mainland film market to exceed 2 billion in box office revenue.
Because of this, during the summer season, "Monster Hunt", which also broke the 2 billion mark, had a promotional focus on returning the film history champion to a domestic film, and it finally came true, and the final gap seemed very small.
At this time in his previous life, Wei Yang was already considered an insider in the industry, he remembered it clearly.
Perhaps for this reason, the performance of "Monster Hunt" was once suspected to be not glorious, and there were also many news reports about fake box office or inflated data.
At that time, Wei Yang had no connections in the circle, was not aware of the inside story, and did not pay attention to this matter.
But Wei Yang is different now. Having lived two lifetimes combined, especially now that he is a giant in the industry, he knows all the twists and turns in the circle very well.
He is not sure whether the box office of "Monster Hunt" is fake or not because there is no substantial evidence, but in his opinion, the suspicion is indeed strong.
The champion in film history is not important, but whether the champion in film history is a domestic film is very important.
"Titanic" and "Avatar" have suppressed domestic films for many years, and I don't know how many films and film companies want to break their records.
"Titanic" accomplished this task under the impact of successive attacks.
As for "Avatar", it was not until the release of "Detective Chinatown" that a Chinese-language film surpassed "Avatar" for the first time.
That’s right, Wei Yang originally thought that "Avatar" was a thing of the past. When "Detective Chinatown 3" began to challenge the championship in film history, he suddenly realized that this movie was still standing in the way of all Chinese-language films.
In 2012, "Lost in Thailand" was released. Thanks to Wei Yang's attention, the box office was about to exceed 1.3 billion, but it did not exceed Avatar's 1.34 billion.
In 2013, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" performed well at the box office and became the second Chinese-language film to gross over 1 billion yuan, but it still failed to break this record.
In 2014, the box office of "Lost in Thailand" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" both exceeded 1 billion, but there is still a gap for "Avatar".
It was not until the beginning of this year that the unstoppable popularity of "Detective Chinatown 3" truly swept this embarrassing record into the trash.
This topic was widely reported by the media at the time, but was soon ignored. Instead, what was associated with "Detective Chinatown" was "Transformers 4", which had a box office of nearly 2 billion yuan and was the number one in film history at that time.
Wei Yang does not want to take all the credit for himself. He has made a great contribution to the popularity of "Detective Chinatown", but it is inseparable from the contributions of many aspects.
This is undeniable!
As the domestic economy continues to rise and national self-confidence continues to grow, some lists have become more annoying.
Whether it is the relevant units, industry insiders, or even the general public, they all want to watch Chinese-language films.
In the previous life, "Monster Hunt" took advantage of this momentum, and in this life, "Detective Chinatown 3" took the lead in becoming the [representative of public opinion].
But what makes Wei Yang stand up straight is that although he has gained some advantages, they are all local protection policies, and Hollywood is no exception.
Moreover, "Detective Chinatown 3" did not have the so-called "narrow victory" like "Monster Hunt". The margin of overtaking was huge and the data were all real.
Precisely because he had gained this advantage, Wei Yang also knew the pressure. If he disappointed the outside world, the consequences would be very serious. It was normal to take some measures out of desperation. What's more, the producer of "Monster Hunt" was Huayi, and Boss Wei had never overestimated the integrity of the Wang brothers.
But regardless of whether Huayi cheated in the previous life, the promising future of "Fast and Furious 7" is here.
With a movie like this coming out, how could "Detective Chinatown 3," which is already at the end of its release period, create a miracle?
Wei Yang did not have too high hopes, but what he was considering was whether "Detective Chinatown 3" would cause a certain butterfly effect.
He hasn't enjoyed enough of being the champion in film history!
Not to mention the hidden benefits this title can bring to the company and him personally, but this takes time to ferment. If he is overtaken by others in the short term, the effect will be greatly reduced.
So Wei Yang has been analyzing the two major rivals, "Fast and Furious 7" and "Monster Hunt" recently.
Things in the world are not static. After being reborn for many years, Wei Yang has long been accustomed to the changes brought about by the butterfly effect.
Not to mention anything else, just the movies released during the Spring Festival had good box office results in their original time and space, but now there are some happy and some sad ones.
If the box office of these movies can change, then the box office of "Monster Hunt" and "Fast and Furious 7" can also change.
The first is "Fast and Furious 7", which is confirmed to be released on April 12.
In the previous life, there was a gap of nearly two months between the Spring Festival period and the aftermath of the Spring Festival period was almost calm, so there was a huge sell-out after the release, but the current situation is different.
Even though the box office data of movies like "The Man from Macau 2" in this life have dropped compared to the previous life, these box office figures are not enough to support the box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" of more than 2 billion.
In other words, due to the sudden emergence of "Detective Chinatown 3", the total box office data of the Spring Festival in this time and space is much higher than that in the previous life.
To put it more bluntly, the huge popularity of the Spring Festival movie season has left many movie fans' wallets empty.
As mentioned before, ordinary audiences have a budget for watching movies, and they may only watch them a few times a year. After watching a movie during the Spring Festival, they may not watch other movies again, especially within a short period of time.
Therefore, the popularity of the Spring Festival period will inevitably have an impact on the box office of "Fast and Furious 7".
Even if the impact is not fatal or even harmful, as long as there is a fluctuation of one or two hundred million, it is very likely that it will not pose a threat to the position of "Detective Chinatown 3" as the champion of film history.
In this regard, Wei Yang will probably also be able to lend a hand.
Others may have other concerns, such as offending Hollywood, which would affect many collaborations and European and American markets, etc.
But Wei Yang, who was aware of future developments, understood very well what the future would be like. As long as he had no plans to make major overseas expansions in the next ten years.
In this case, why would we care about the other party's impression? Besides, Hollywood is not a monolithic entity. If we offend one company, we can just find another one to cooperate with.
As long as the box office of "Fast and Furious 7" is affected and cannot surpass "Detective Chinatown 3", "Monster Hunt" will not be able to become a "representative of public opinion".
If you make Hollywood movies and bring honor to Chinese-language films, everyone will support you.
But if there is infighting within the Chinese-language film industry, then it all depends on your own abilities.
Wei Yang believes that without this important publicity point, the threat posed by "Monster Hunt" to "Detective Chinatown 3" will plummet.
If "Monster Hunt" continues to inflate data and fake box office, Boss Wei will not be easily messed with.
This kind of tactic only bullies people from other places, and they don't care about the reputation of "China's No. 1 Film and Television", so they don't say anything.
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But Wei Yang is different. If Huayi dares to play tricks, Boss Wei will give him a big show.
This is not a dispute of arrogance! It is about whose movie is the best in film history. It is of great benefit to the company. Huayi wants to maintain its leading position, and Blue Whale wants to seize power. Both need this signboard.
Boss Wei is determined to take down Huayi and make Blue Whale the industry leader. It was not easy for "Detective Chinatown 3" to win honor for the company, and Wei Yang will never let anyone destroy it easily.
Therefore, Wei Yang not only guarded against Hollywood and Huayi's disruption of his plans, but also made a big publicity of the achievements of "Detective Chinatown 3" to verify the success of "Blue Whale".
In the past, Blue Whale was most praised for its TV series and variety shows, while movies were relatively weak, so much so that some people jokingly called it walking with a limp.
This time, "Detective Chinatown 3" won the championship in Chinese film history. Previously, there were also "Lost in Thailand" and "Lost in Thailand" with a box office of over 1 billion yuan in which Blue Whale participated.
Among the top five Chinese-language films at the box office, two were produced by Blue Whale and one was co-produced by Blue Whale.
Lame? Show me how you limp like this! ? Wei Yang used to be a little bit lacking in confidence, because although Blue Whale was deeply involved in "Lost in Thailand" and "Lost in Thailand", they were both half-way projects.
But "Detective Chinatown" is the most authentic of the authentic.
From the script to the project establishment, shooting, post-production, and publicity were all handled by Blue Whale, and Wei Yang personally starred in and supervised the production. This movie became the first in film history, which can definitely prove Blue Whale's achievements in the film industry.
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Shanghai, Shangri-La Hotel Wei Yang, Shanghai Film Group CEO Ren Dong, Blue Whale CEO Xia Cong, and two other investor representatives, producer and director Peng Damo Yan Fei, Gao Yuanyuan, and Wang Baoqiang smashed the ice sculpture symbolizing 2.222 billion.
Although this number is a bit silly, no one would make fun of it. In fact, many people's eyes turned red with envy when they saw this number.
How much money will Wei make this time? According to the producer's 38% share, the crew of "Detective Chinatown" can get nearly 850 million yuan from the current box office.
No one knows exactly how much of the share Blue Whale holds, but it is certainly the lion's share. After factoring in costs, taxes and commissions, Boss Wei can easily pocket hundreds of millions.
And this is just the box office revenue of theaters, and the revenue from various copyrights will probably not be low.
Let’s just talk about the copyright of video websites. With the vigorous development of the websites in the past two years, the copyright of TV dramas has been rising steadily, and the copyright of movies has also been increasing.
The methods of selling copyrights on movie websites vary, and there are many ways to play. Please analyze the specific situation.
Some negotiate contracts based on the cost of the film, some look at the revenue prospects, some consider the market, and they also have their own opinions on films that have been released and those that have not, and domestic and overseas films.
Cinema chains generally look at the market, and there are two main ways of cooperation: one is to conduct box office valuation before the release, and the other is to look at the actual box office performance after the release.
The price differentiation is similar. For movies with a box office of over 1 billion or extremely high attention, the copyright price is no less than 30 million.
For films with a box office of over 100 million but less than 1 billion, the copyright price ranges from 5 million to 25 million. For films with a box office of over 50 million, the copyright price ranges from 2 million to 10 million depending on the specific circumstances.
It sounds a bit like gambling on stones. Movies are like stones, and the release is the cutting machine. It depends on whether the buyer and seller choose to take over before or after cutting.
The vast majority of movies are definitely chosen before they are released.
After all, movies are like gambling on stones, there is a lot of uncertainty, and no one dares to bet on a box office hit. This method is undoubtedly a guarantee from the website, and it is time to stop while the going is good.
Of course, if the box office performs well, that is, the price goes up and the website gets the advantage, it still has to accept the loss.
Therefore, there are often some stubborn film producers who think that a certain movie has good prospects and insist on negotiating after it is released. As a result, the box office performance fails, the stone cracks and there are flowers, and the copyright price is also cut in various ways.
So this can be considered a kind of game. The people in charge of acquiring movie copyrights for many websites have a sharper eye than those in charge of purchasing TV series.
"Detective Chinatown" is one of the few stubborn ones that has kept the copyright unsold. Some people thought it was a pity, while others were just watching the fun.
As it turned out, Boss Wei was the smartest one and won the bet again.
If the copyright was sold before the release, according to the estimates of various websites, the box office of "Detective Chinatown" would be around 1 billion, and the price offered by various companies would be 30 to 35 million, with the highest price being less than 40 million.
As a result, the box office of "Detective Chinatown" has exceeded 2 billion! The box office has doubled, and the copyright price is not as simple as doubling. It is the first in the film and television industry and the only one in the 2 billion box office club. Don't ask for it if you don't have 80 million.
If a website wants exclusive copyright, it is not impossible to negotiate a price of over 100 million. As long as there is traffic and gimmicks, the website is willing to spend the money.
If the copyright of the website was really sold for 100 million, Boss Wei would have easily earned tens of millions. This amount of money is simply insane.
However, what is even more outrageous is that someone soon discovered the highlight.
Theoretically, Wei Yang can sell "Detective Chinatown" to PPTV.
In this way, he makes money from the film revenue, the website gets the copyright, and then he makes another money from various operations, advertising traffic, market value increase, etc.
Wow, now everyone is not just jealous, they are simply angry. It is really unsportsmanlike to play like this.
Wei Yang had no idea what everyone was thinking, otherwise he would have told them that, in addition to what they had discussed earlier, as the screenwriter, producer, and leading actor of the film, he himself also received a very generous personal salary and dividends, which was another sum of money.
One fish can be eaten in at least four or five ways!
(End of this chapter)