Chapter 212

Since the big ship was released in the country in 1998, it has always been the holder of the domestic box office record. Until now, it has held this record for more than six years, and no film has been able to break it.

Columbia, of course, also wants to break this record. This film was invested by 20th Century Fox and Paramount, and Columbia definitely wants to overturn them.

Contrary to Han Zong's expectation, Columbia not only let Depp and Charlize Theron come to promote the film, but also let "Gandalf" Ian McKellen and "Bald Egg" Samuel L. Jackson come along.

Han Zong was not particularly surprised.

In the country, when it comes to box office drawing power and attention, it still requires international superstars.

Depp and Charlize Theron, because they are the newly promoted Oscar-winning Best Actor and Best Actress, have very good attention and influence. As for the remaining two, it can only be said that it is better than nothing.

Han Zong's spirit is much higher now. He doesn't even look at "Gandalf" and "Magneto," and even Samuel L. Jackson, who won Best Actor in Berlin, has become someone who is better than nothing in his mouth.

Since they are here, Han Zong thought, can we do something big?

For example, a 20-city tour for "District 9"?

The four actors refused at first. Are you kidding, a 20-city tour? How is that possible? Do you still want your life?

Then Han Zong moved with emotion and reason: our film is going to break the record. Do you understand breaking the record?

The reason why Leonardo DiCaprio is so famous in China and can enter the 20 million club in Hollywood is because of his influence abroad.

Especially his influence in China is unparalleled.

Do you, an Oscar-winning Best Actor, the sexiest man in Hollywood, Depp, think you are not as good as Leonardo DiCaprio? Come on, now there is a chance to surpass him in front of you.

And you, Oscar-winning Best Actress, Hollywood's sexy goddess, Ms. Theron, do you think you are not sexier and more charming than Kate Winslet?

Kate Winslet doesn't have the title of Fat Winslet yet, and she is still very sexy.

Alright, regardless of whether what Han Zong said is true or false, he moved several actors, including the talent agencies behind them.

Talent agencies were actually more moved than the actors earlier.

Breaking the record in the most populous country in the world, this influence will definitely not be small.

Consequently, Han Zong gathered domestic actors again, Duan Duan Yihong, Wu Wu Qihua, and even the guest star Dong Xuan were called over.

This action is called the Seven-Day Twenty-City Plan.

Han Zong wanted to pile the box office to 300 million this week, and then see if there is a chance to collect more than 60 million in box office in the remaining ten days or so.

What if it can't be collected?

What else can be done? Delay it.

According to the current box office trend and heat, it is still possible to reach about 350 million in a month.

Just delay it and break the record.

Of course, it is better to break the record without delaying it.

In fact, the big ship was also delayed for three months before it got a box office of 360 million.

The box office of the big ship in the first month of release under normal circumstances was 260 million.

Cao Yang's good reputation and success in Hollywood have become the most resounding signboard in the country, and the box office drawing power is simply unprecedented.

Han Zong's Seven-Day Twenty-City Plan is too awesome. He didn't let the actors act separately, but concentrated them. Every time they arrived in a city, they all appeared together, causing a sensation that was simply empty streets.

Except for the actors being tired, everyone was very happy.

Expressed in the box office, it shows the power of Hollywood superstars even more.

In seven days, the box office revenue was 113 million, more than 60% of which were second or even third brushes, just to see the Oscar-winning Best Actor and Best Actress.

For those audience members who couldn't buy tickets in the first and second weeks and could only book tickets for the third week, it was simply a joy from heaven.

Well, actually, most little girls went for Depp, who is known as the sexiest man in Hollywood. The male compatriots were either pulled by their girlfriends or went for the "sexy flower" Charlize Theron.

Of course, there are also those who went for other actors, but they definitely can't compare to Depp and Theron.

"District 9" was released for seventeen days, and the box office exceeded 300 million, successfully reaching 317 million, not far from the big ship's record.

In fact, after Han Zong saw the amazing box office in the third week, he really wanted to forcibly keep several Hollywood actors and hold another Seven-Day Twenty-City Plan.

Helplessly, even if the other party's talent agency was very moved, several actors wouldn't do it.

This is simply not a job for humans.

In Depp's words, this week, when I open my eyes, I am either on the plane or in the cinema. When I close my eyes, I am either on the plane or in the cinema. It is simply a nightmare!

He swore that he would never participate in such inhumane promotional work again.

Moreover, Theron was only a guest star. Being able to go abroad for promotion was already giving Cao Yang and Columbia a lot of face.

Of course, Cao Yang also entertained her warmly when Theron first came to the country.

This time, he didn't let her support the sofa.

However, when a gunfight was about to happen, he asked Theron a meaningful question.

"Honey, haven't you broken up with your boyfriend yet?"

"Hmm... why do you ask this question at this time? We have a very good relationship... ah..."

Since you have a very good relationship, what are we now?

Can't understand how foreigners think?

Cao Yang almost wanted to ask her, does your boyfriend know about us like this?

But in the end, he didn't ask, fearing that asking would spoil the fun. It's pretty good like this now.

In North America, the box office of "District 9" dropped a bit in the third week, reaching more than 40%, only getting 26.92 million USD.

However, as the third week of release, this drop was still within a good range. Many films dropped directly by 60% or more in the third week.

Coupled with the box office on weekdays, the total box office of "District 9" also successfully exceeded 200 million, reaching 206.3 million USD.

However, on the weekly box office list, "Meet the Parents 2" successfully counterattacked in the third week. The box office for the three days of the weekend reached 28.5 million USD, and the box office drop was only a little over 30%, which was smaller than the drop of most films in the second week.

"Meet the Parents 2" is simply against the sky, and it is rare to see such a film with such a drop in Hollywood.

The box office of this film also successfully exceeded 200 million, and the total box office reached 204.3 million USD, only a little less than "District 9."

For Columbia, the current box office has already made them very satisfied. Calculated according to the law, when the film is off the screen, there should be a box office of 20 or 30 million. This is an explosion, okay.

For this reason, Columbia also specially held two celebration parties and invited a lot of media, just wanting to promote the film one last time to see if it could rush the box office again.

One was in North America. Cao Yang, the director and producer, was invited, but Cao Yang felt it was too far and was too lazy to toss, so he didn't go.

Another celebration party was in the country, jointly held by China Film Group and Columbia. The scale was very large, and the theme was very awesome. It was called celebrating the global box office of "District 9" exceeding 2.8 billion. The global box office of "District 9" excluding the mainland has exceeded 300 million USD. According to the current exchange rate, it is almost 2.5 billion, plus the 300 million in the country, it has exceeded 2.8 billion.

Han Zong is also very interesting. For the celebration party of "District 9," he sent invitations to almost all famous film directors in the country, let alone Xiao Xiao Gangpao, Old Old Mouzi, and Chen Kaige.

Even, he specially sent an invitation to Zhou Zhou Xingxing in Xiangjiang—you were long-winded about adjusting the release slot, now can you distinguish between big and small kings?

In fact, Han Zong's meaning is similar to Columbia's, to see if he can use this heat to make those who are not interested in "District 9" interested, impact the box office, and break the record as soon as possible.

Barbara Luo Binxun, president of the Asia branch of Columbia Pictures, has been paying attention to the box office information of "District 9" during this period.

As the president of the Asia branch, she has done a lot of research on market information in the mainland and Xiangjiang and Taiwan, and has a lot of data to support it.

In her mind, if placed in the world, Zhou Zhou Xingxing definitely cannot compare to Cao Yang, whether it is fame or influence, it is a big cut worse than Cao Yang.

But in Xiangjiang, and even in the mainland, Zhou Zhou Xingxing has extremely terrifying audience affinity.

In Barbara Luo Binxun's mind, on this land of China, only Zhou Zhou Xingxing has the possibility of fighting Cao Yang at the box office.

However, sometimes bare data is not reliable, and reality gave her a hard lesson.

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With the current market situation in the mainland, let alone breaking 300 million in box office, even Zhou Zhou Xingxing finds it difficult to break 200 million.

Cao Yang's film can break 300 million, and it is even possible to break the record.

In fact, it is not possible. "District 9" will definitely be able to break the record. It just depends on whether it is a natural record-breaking or an artificially intervened record-breaking.

If "District 9" can naturally break the record, there will never be artificial intervention. If "District 9" cannot naturally break the record, then there will definitely be artificial intervention.

This sentence sounds very convoluted, but the situation is just this situation, and this is also a philosophical category.

Old Chen is working on his costume blockbuster "The Promise," and I heard he is very busy, building cities and customizing special armor, swearing to create a big scene that is unique.

But he still came to the celebration party of "District 9."

Cao Yang can see that Old Chen is indeed very busy during this period, and he is a bit haggard, looking under great pressure.

"It's good that you can walk your own path. I specially took time to watch 'District 9.' It has artistry, but the commercial atmosphere..."

Old Chen originally wanted to say that the commercial atmosphere was a bit much, but thinking of his "The Promise," which also compromised on artistry and commerce, he was speechless for a while.

After a while, Old Chen patted Cao Yang on the shoulder and said listlessly: "Work hard. Your 'District 9' is already very good, two grades higher than that 'Nine-Tailed Fox.' That film... didn't combine well."

"Brother is right, I will continue to work hard." Cao Yang replied with a smile.

Old Chen is just a bit arrogant, but he doesn't have many bad intentions. Since marrying Sister Hong, he has been successfully grasped and hasn't had any scandals.

It can only be said that Sister Hong is capable.

You know, the temptation faced by a famous director is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Old Chen, to put it bluntly, has a strong scholarly spirit, considers himself a cultural person and an artist, and disdains to explain and argue about many things.

"Also, don't passively compromise on box office. Artistry still needs to be maintained... The teacher is old, so go see him more when you have time."

Old Chen exhorted again at the end.

"Brother is right, I have remembered everything."

Old Old Mouzi also came. The first sentence he said to Cao Yang was a bit beyond Cao Yang's expectation.

"Is the alien in your 'District 9' all CG synthesis? But I see that the investment announced for this film is only 70 million USD, and there are Hollywood best actors joining. If it is all CG synthesis, is the budget enough?"

"It's not all CG synthesis. We specially invited several art designers and art designers to draw satisfactory concept maps first, and then mold and make detailed hand-painting..."

Cao Yang gestured to Old Old Mouzi and finally said: "In this way, not only can we save expenses, but we can also shorten the cycle of doing special effects."

Old Old Mouzi pondered for a while and said:

"I watched your 'District 9.' There are not many complicated movements, nor many close-up shots. This is probably the limitation of molding, right? Full CG can indeed make many incredible movements, which is impossible to complete by molding."

"That's right, 'District 9' is all small scenes, and molding is okay. If it is a big scene and more complicated movement design, molding will appear too stiff and will not be as natural as full CG."

Cao Yang explained.

Old Old Mouzi nodded thoughtfully and walked towards his seat.

Cao Yang wanted to laugh a little. If Old Chen is a scholarly spirit, the impression Old Old Mouzi gives is that he doesn't talk much, a bit like a technical nerd.

However, Cao Yang doesn't have much contact with Old Old Mouzi, so he doesn't know much about his character, and it's not certain what he is like.

Xiao Xiao Gangpao came a bit later. Originally, he didn't want to come. The impact of "District 9" on "A World Without Thieves" was too great, and he wasn't a very generous person, so he definitely couldn't swallow this breath.

But thinking about it, rather than being sullen, it's better to face Cao Yang, this grandson, and satirize him, which is more enjoyable, so he came.

He came, but when he saw the big characters of 2.8 billion, Xiao Xiao Gangpao almost couldn't help it. He really wanted to go up and tear them down.

Or, if "District 9" was replaced by "A World Without Thieves," and celebrating the box office of "A World Without Thieves" exceeding 2.8 billion, that would also be excellent.

Sigh, damn Cao Yang, it would be great if you plowed in your art-house film market and took your international awards. You are a world-famous art-house director, what do you want so much box office for?

Aren't you afraid of being criticized by others?

How many art-house directors have you seen who are so awesome at the box office?

Truly incomprehensible!

When can I fucking have a film's box office exceed 2.8 billion?

Damn Cao Yang, don't let people live. The box office of one film is more than the box office of all my fucking films combined.

Alright, this is praising myself.

That is 2.8 billion. How much can my total box office add up to?

Sigh, forget it, boring.

Xiao Xiao Gangpao didn't want to satirize Cao Yang at this moment, nor did he want to scold Cao Yang, just feeling that life is fucking boring.

Cao Yang saw that Xiao Xiao Gangpao didn't come over, just bypassed and walked towards the venue from a distance, with a serious face, not knowing what it meant.

He waved to Xiao Xiao Gangpao and shouted: "Director Feng?"

Xiao Xiao Gangpao waved his hand arrogantly, then put his hands in his pockets, seemingly whistling, with an arrogant expression that he didn't care about anything.

(End of chapter)