After setting a single-day box office record in mainland China on the first day, on Sunday, July 8, Kung Fu's single-day box office hit a new high, reaching 51 million yuan. On the following Sunday, although the box office declined, it still reached a figure of 43 million that is difficult to reach for many mainland films.
It was not until the working day that the fierce momentum slowed down. However, the single-day box office on Monday was still as high as 27 million.
In the midst of nationwide public attention, Kung Fu grossed 236 million yuan in box office in its first seven days. It also set a new record. The cumulative box office in one week has surpassed most films in the history of Chinese films.
Not only that, Kung Fu has also set new record-level box office results in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, where it opened at the same time.
Among them is Hong Kong. In the same first week of seven days, the box office reached 18 million Hong Kong dollars. It is expected that the total box office of the film in Hong Kong will reach more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars. This is not only the best box office record for Zhou Xingxing himself, but also a local film. The highest box office record in Hong Kong.
With the efforts of Jinshu Media, the box office success of Kung Fu almost created a national spectacle, and the news spread back to North America immediately.
Only in mainland China, the revenue was 46 million yuan, equivalent to 5 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the local market in North America, it seemed not much, but it also allowed many people to see the huge potential of China's film market at a glance. After all, many people who pay attention to related industries know it. , Mainland China’s film market has only just recovered a few years ago.
On the other hand, Kung Fu's North American release date is July 28, which is for the August schedule, which is not far away.
The news that the film first opened in China and set a record-breaking box office has also become an important publicity point for Daenerys. When the news came back, the company quickly followed up and launched the last wave of publicity before the film was released.
In addition to box office data, it also re-hyped the film's media reputation when it premiered in Cannes.
Daenerys also released the latest trailer for the movie.
Although it was just a small marketing package within the budget, as Chinese-language films had already accumulated considerable reputation among North American audiences in the past few years, Kung Fu's attention also increased significantly.
However, compared to Kung Fu, during the same period, the movie that North American audiences paid the most attention to was undoubtedly 300.
Even if the media reputation is only relatively mediocre, with its novel shooting techniques, this classic war movie transformed from comics still shows signs of being a dark horse.
On its first day of release on July 7, which coincided with Kung Fu, 300 earned a box office of US$25.1 million, equivalent to five times that of Kung Fu in the same period. After all, it is the world's largest movie market.
After the first day, 300 sang all the way, and finally the first-week box office reached an astonishing US$96.28 million, not only surpassing The Hangover 2 the previous week, but even directly crushing the blockbuster Charlie's Angels 2, which had a considerable popularity base. And passed.
This summer season, the opening week’s data is second only to the US$107.22 million of the 3D animated blockbuster Finding Nemo, ranking second in the year.
With such a bright start, there is not much suspense that 300 will be the first to lock in the local box office of 200 million. The question now is whether it can hit 300 million.
You know, after the box office week on July 7, in the following two weeks, Daenerys' main releases were Magic Mike 2 and The Black Dahlia, both of which were not very competitive films. Even if there are blockbuster releases from other film companies, after all, it is no longer too much of an internal trade-off, and 300 has considerable room for box office development.
Los Angeles, Daenerys Studios.
This is July 14th.
Friday.
In the last part of the afternoon, we arranged another video call with Chen Qing on the other side of the ocean, about Clinton's visit to Vietnam next month and CNOOC's upcoming overseas IPO attack.
Chen Qing once again digressed and started chatting with her boss about trivial matters: "Boss, did you receive Li's cupping photo set? How do you feel about it?"
It's about a set of photos taken by Dame Li specifically for Kung Fu promotion.
Still because of Simon.
Previously, when he saw Miss Li's beautiful back at a manor in San Lucas, Mexico, Simon thought it would be a pity not to cup her for such a beautiful woman, and then of course he got excited.
At that time, the woman looked aggrieved and allowed Simon to do whatever she wanted.
Unexpectedly, after returning to China, the cupping scars were obviously not going to fade away in a short time. She also had to promote Kung Fu. Jinshu Media arranged for her to be the cover of a mainland movie magazine that was directly affiliated with Radio and Television. This woman also had great ideas. , I simply took a set of backless photos.
Of course it's the kind with cupping marks.
This caused a small sensation in the entire Chinese-speaking area. After all, Li Damei's beauty is well known to everyone, but two strings of cupping marks suddenly appeared on her supposedly flawless back. Even though the publicity was for the purpose of promoting Chinese culture, However, despite the strong contrast, it still triggered widespread heated discussion.
Especially in the open Hong Kong Island, a TV station invited an old Chinese medicine practitioner to comment on each one. The final conclusion was that this cupping was very, very unprofessional.
In any case, it has become a very successful marketing.
It's just this set of photos that has made Li Damei's personal popularity rise to a higher level with the trend of this movie's popularity.
Simon can only say that he is a very smart beauty.
He chatted with the girl across from him for a few words, and even expressed his intention to help her pull out a suit next time, which provoked a moment of jealousy and resentment, and then the conversation turned to business.
The exact date of Clinton's visit to Vietnam is August 10, and he plans to stay in Vietnam for four days, which shows that he attaches great importance to it.
As Simon's personal representative in Asia, Chen Qing will also join in the fun and reach some cooperation by the way. The project has been discussed in advance.
However, considering the reaction from China, this time it was mainly Korean capital, and the investment amount was only more than 200 million US dollars.
It's considered a preliminary contact with the front station.
The follow-up is the big deal.
Then there is CNOOC’s second IPO.
CNOOC's second overseas IPO was completed in early 2001. This time, it was completed in October this year.
Mainly the opinions given by the consulting team here.
The federal government has officially entered a new round of interest rate hike cycles. The two major North American stock indexes are at high levels. As the time is delayed until next year, it is difficult to say whether there will be another bear market, so it is ahead of schedule.
Furthermore, what concerns Simon the most is the financing scale and valuation level of this IPO.
Compared with the last estimated price-to-earnings ratio of more than 20 times, after reinvesting more high-quality assets, CNOOC only dared to quote a valuation price-to-earnings ratio of 4 to 5 times this time, which is simply a big deal.
At the same time, the financing amount has also been adjusted from the last level of HK$20 billion to about HK$8 billion this time.
Frankly speaking, Simon was a little blind.
Even if he is bitten by a snake once, he will not be so afraid of the well rope.
However, Simon didn't say anything in the end. After all, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, and he probably understands that this time he only wants one result and doesn't care too much about anything else.
Chen Qing was in high spirits. After talking about the main business, she continued to go off topic: "Boss, Zheng and Yang who just came back from the United States a few days ago are here, and the movie star Chen is also here this time. , saying that he hopes to sign an agency agreement with Jinshu and consider opening up some businesses in the country. Let's have breakfast together later, do you have anything to explain? "
Simon was surprised that Qiong Chen could let go of his arrogance and return to China to develop his career. However, he did not have any further opinions. He just said: "Yang's high-end interview idea can be tried. China is currently lacking this kind of program. However, we must also choose It’s a good platform, after all, ordinary people are often not very interested in similar interviews, and more attention is paid to the elite group.”
Chen Qing nodded: "I have already seen the plan she gave. It is planned to be produced by Jinshu and placed in Beijing and Taiwan or Shanghai and Taiwan. In addition, it will cooperate with some Chinese-language media in Southeast Asia. Boss, is this the idea?"
"That's right."
After receiving the compliment, Chen Qing chuckled and suddenly said, "The boss still prefers women like us."
Simon also laughed: "What kind are you?"
Chen Qing's tone was slightly coquettish on purpose, and she also made a pun: "The kind who is very capable."
If he continues to talk, he will start racing. Simon hits the brakes in time: "Kung Fu is another opportunity to bring Chinese movies to a higher level. Please operate it carefully and don't waste it."
Hearing this, Chen Qing calmed down her expression and said, "It's already being done. Starting from Kung Fu this month, there will be new movies every week. Yesterday, Lin Lang, the King of Sunglasses, was released. Although it is a literary film, because there are so many people watching movies recently, The box office is also good, at least 30 million, which is great. Next, there is Jet Lee's Rescue 2, which will premiere at the end of the month. Tsk, it is not easy for this project to pass the review. For China Film, Mr. Han I personally went to the film bureau several times, but finally someone from above personally spoke and let me go."
Simon nodded in satisfaction.
In the past few years, China’s Lunar New Year movies have been developed and movie-watching habits have been formed.
This time, with a month of continuous fanfare, the summer schedule will basically take shape. The key is to maintain continuity in the future. There will be several major movies every summer to strengthen consumption habits.
Unconsciously, the conversation lasted for an hour, and after a few more words at the end, the two of them ended the call.
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When I ended the video call with my boss, it was still 7 o'clock in the morning.
The time is Saturday, July 15th.
After leaving her room in the west courtyard, Chen Qing went to the Hushang House in the garden next door to have breakfast as usual.
Walking into the boat building, there were already three women waiting here. They were Zheng, Yang and Chen whom Chen Qing had just mentioned to her boss.
The three girls were chatting and flipping through newspapers. When they saw Chen Qing come in, they quickly stood up to say hello.
Chen Qing also greeted with a smile. After everyone sat down again, they looked at the newspaper in Miss Yang's hand: "Is there any important news today?"
"It's still kung fu." Compared to the other two women, Miss Yang understood Chen Qing's identity better. After hearing this, she leaned forward slightly and said with a bit of humility: "I got another 37 million yesterday. It seems that the final box office It may exceed 500 million yuan, which is hard to believe."
Chen Qing had actually seen the information prepared by Jiangshan Wu in advance when she had a video call with her boss.
Another 37 million yuan was collected on the next Friday. It is expected that another 180 million yuan will be collected in the second week of release. Counting the 230 million yuan in the first week, the total will be 410 million yuan. According to this trend, even if the box office shrinks rapidly in the future, another 100 million yuan will be collected. It’s not a big problem, it will definitely create a new record in the end.
Listening to Miss Yang's words, Chen Qing also nodded, but said: "This is called a phenomenon-level film in the West. It is good to have such a hit movie every two years. In most cases, such as the one released yesterday Wang's Lin Lang is expected to have a box office of 30 million, which is normal."
Da Shuangzi also interjected at this time: "Piracy is still too rampant in China. I just saw that pirated copies of Kung Fu have begun to leak out. It's a pity. Otherwise, this movie will have no problem reaching 600 million, and other movies will also have box office A big improvement.”
Big Movie Star Chen echoed: "So, Chinese films should pay more attention to developing the international market. After all, the Western film industry is very standardized, and there is also the value-added advantage of the exchange rate."
Chen Qing listened with a smile and did not refute.
However, she remembered that her boss had told her in private that she had a completely opposite concept to that of Movie Star Chen.
For example, Zhang Guoshi's Chu-Han Trilogy is already in the late stages. According to his boss, this series should focus more on the Chinese market itself rather than overseas.
The boss’s private attitude is that he hopes that the Chu-Han series can recover its costs just from the Chinese market.
It now seems that the total investment in the Chu-Han Trilogy is 500 million yuan. Even including future publicity expenses, if it can reach the ticket price level of Kung Fu and just rely on the domestic market to recover all the investment and achieve profitability, there is indeed great hope. .
Of course, Chen Qing is not that optimistic either.
According to the current situation, Kung Fu is really a phenomenal work. It combines a variety of factors to create a 500 million box office movie. The next Chu Han, in fact, as long as each one can stabilize the mainland box office of 300 million , even if it is very successful, after all, Zhang Guoshi's international reputation is there. There are so many overseas markets, and he can make a lot of money just by using it.
Although it was Saturday, I had breakfast with the three women and helped them make arrangements. For the rest of the day, Chen Qing also arranged a full work schedule for herself.
First of all, I just had breakfast and before I left the house, I had already dealt with one thing.
Regarding the other three women, the trio of Da Bingbing sisters and Ma Meimei.
Ren Jingxi mentioned something to her last time, and Chen Qing asked Jiang Shanwu to find out about it, only to find out that in the name of her boss, and Jinshu happened to have assigned a very 'motivated' agent, For a moment, the three girls were simply running rampant in the circle.
After all, Simon Westeros's backer is as big as heaven.
It doesn't matter if you can eat it or not.
The result of Chen Qing's solution was to wipe out all the resources that the three girls had grabbed during this period, and then sent them to Suzhou to study at Jinshu Performing Arts School for a year first, without thinking about anything else.
However, Chen Qing admires the young female manager named Tong Yuelin of the three girls.
After all, it’s not wrong to be motivated.
Although he didn't have a good grasp of the standards, with some training, he would be a very capable assistant, so he simply transferred him from Jinshu and placed him in his own assistant team with the intention of cultivating him.