Chapter 845: Breaking 50 billion! Little Breaker’s domestic trump card project!
"The Wandering Earth" dominated the Spring Festival the tide receded, news of Zhou Xingchi's failure in the bet gradually spread.
The failure of "The New King of Comedy" was extremely tragic.
Zhou Xingchi’s repeated calls for his talent to run out were finally verified this time.
But it made a group of anti-Zhou people happy as if it were Chinese New Year, and what was even better was that it happened to be Chinese New Year.
It wasn’t until 24 days after its release that “The Wandering Earth” officially broke the 50 billion box office.
Chen An also attended the celebration banquet. As a joint project, no matter what, Berna and Guangxian were very happy even though they purchased it at a premium.
Of course there is profit, but unfortunately the share is not big.
"Boss La should understand that since Guangnian is in charge of the project, I will definitely take 50%."
At the celebration banquet, everyone couldn't wait to talk about the subsequent production.
Everyone knows that this is a series, and Lightyear Pictures has already made it public.
At least it's a five-part series. The first part is so successful that the production of the second part will definitely not be bad, let alone the subsequent series.
We couldn't wait to talk about this issue at the celebration party.
Chen An did not explain too much. He said he would definitely eat half of the meal here. The price has been the same for many years, and it would be the same even if Han Sanping came.
Eat it if you want to, forget it if you don’t want to.
Then he patted Guo Fan, the main contributor of today, who was sitting next to him.
As a core figure, his share must be significant.
And the share held by the space agency cannot be touched.
Although the conditions are rather harsh, everyone is still very interested.
According to conservative estimates, the box office for the five-part series will be at least 20 billion yuan, possibly even higher.
Lightyear Pictures’ ace project, there is no possibility of giving up.
Everyone started talking, one after another.
Finally, Director La stopped them and said, "Let's not rush about this situation today. Why don't we all come to my office to discuss it later?"
He still had enough weight, so Director Ren didn't say anything, and the others nodded in agreement.
Chen An picked up the wine and said with a smile: "Today is for celebration, let's not talk about this for now."
They raised the cup and took a sip together.
He patted Guo Fan on the shoulder and said, "We must not forget the biggest contributor. He used to be a little fat boy, but now he has worked hard."
Wang Changtian and Guo Fan were still somewhat close friends, and he said with a smile, "You have lost weight visibly. It is not easy to make such a popular movie."
Guo Fan smiled awkwardly and touched the back of his head sheepishly: "It's all in the past. The preparations for the first part were too complicated, so the filming of the second part was much easier."
"Is the script out?" Director Ren asked calmly.
Guo Fan smiled bitterly: "I did come out, but my senior brother denied it."
"You cram so much into one work, and more than two hours is not enough for you to show it all. Serious procrastination can easily make the characters appear flat and the plot connection is not smooth."
Chen An did not hide his feelings and complained directly: "At least it should be filmed in two parts, and then released in two parts, so that the characters can be more full-bodied."
They can be filmed together, but they certainly cannot be screened together, as the story rhythm is too crowded, and no matter how the films are edited, the time will not be shortened enough to affect the screening time.
It's too long and not conducive to watching movies in theaters.
Yu Dong immediately said, "Director Chen is right. We still can't be too hasty. There is still a long way to go."
It would definitely be better to shoot it together and release it in two parts. You can make money twice, he thinks it's a good idea.
After a while of chatting, Yu Dong saw that the situation was almost settled, so he glanced at La Dong and said:
"Director Chen, I have received a task from my superiors. Are you interested?"
"I'm afraid I don't have time."
Chen An roughly guessed what it was, "My Motherland and I" was probably right. The main theme is quite popular now, so naturally there are more ideas.
Yu Dong was unwilling to give up and continued talking, explaining the details of the project and wanting to invite Chen An.
After listening to it, the latter became more certain that it was "My Motherland and I".
Chen An still shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "I really don't have time. Mr. La should know that."
Mr. La nodded. Since Chen An had said it, he understood.
The other party really doesn't want to take over, otherwise they would definitely have found time, but they do have legitimate reasons.
"Brother Chen will be in charge of the Golden Rooster this time, but he doesn't have that much time."
The news has never been made public and not many people knew about it. When everyone heard it, except Mr. Ren, they were quite surprised.
Taking over Golden Rooster was not a surprise to Chen An, but what was a little surprising to them was that
Such a thing just happened at the Golden Horse Awards, so it would be quite interesting to ask Chen An to host the Golden Rooster Awards.
Chen An smiled and explained, "It's mainly because of the old leader who is in charge. I just help a little. Otherwise, how can I be qualified?"
"If you are not qualified, who is?" Director Ren sneered.
"Do your best this time and don't let anyone down."
Director Ren knew more and gave Chen An some instructions.
This time the boss is really angry. He is not made of clay. Besides, even clay figures can get angry.
I usually take good care of him, but he still does something like this. It would be a lie to say that I'm not infuriating.
The more this happens, the angrier I get.
Chen An moved his index finger slightly, knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "I plan to compete with the Oscars this time. The influence is definitely not comparable, but there must be someone to take the lead."
"I guess I'll have to go out more often in the future, invite some people, and at least make the place bigger!"
"If there are any shortcomings, please give us your support."
Yu Dong looked like a gangster. He patted the table and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha with narrowed eyes. "It's a small matter. Director Chen, let me know. I promise to support you fully!"
“The same goes for light, it’s all for everyone.”
Wang Changtian looked calm and said there was nothing wrong.
Everyone chatted with each other, raised their glasses and began to drink with great interest.
Anyway, it is the off-season in the North American market, so there is no rush for "The Wandering Earth" to be released.
It was not released in North America until it became a hit in the Chinese market.
The film was also released in overseas markets.
The performance of the East Asian and Southeast Asian markets is acceptable, and the box office is good except for the small day movies.
But relying solely on the domestic Chinese market, "The Wandering Earth" is currently ranked second in the annual box office, second only to "Captain Marvel"!
Unfortunately, it couldn't last long. "Avengers 4" is scheduled to be released in late April, and this movie is aiming to break the box office record of "Avatar".
As Chen An expected, "The Wandering Earth" had basically reached its box office ceiling in the North American market with 4 million US dollars before the release of "Avengers 3840".
The difference in ideology made the film not very popular, the creative team was not well-known, and the language was also a drawback.
To achieve this result only proves that the movie is good enough.
The overseas box office plus the domestic box office eventually exceeded 51 billion, and the global box office reached million US dollars.
Much better than the previous life.
With just this one move, Guo Fan became the most watched top-tier director in China thanks to "The Wandering Earth" series!
With the "The Wandering Earth" series in his hands, he is far more popular than Wen Muye, who became a legend with "Dying to Survive"!
He is a rare talent in the country who can make good science fiction films.
On April 4, "Avengers 24: End Game" was unprecedentedly released in China two days ahead of North America, attracting a lot of attention!
It left North American audiences confused, but deeply moved Chinese audiences.
Marvel's move has really boosted the popularity of the movie.
Chinese audiences rushed into theaters in droves to watch movies, and Marvel easily captured a Chinese market that is no less impressive than that of North America!
(End of this chapter)
