At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 842 Another Explosion and License
Shen Xudong is quite busy, not busy spreading art, nor participating in any dispute between Hollywood blockbusters and domestic films...

He is busy dividing the cake - "The Hunger Games"

"The Hunger Games" was released on March 3, and Warner released it with the strength of the whole company-struggling for 23 theaters to start painting.

then…

The midnight show was 2035 million US dollars, ranking sixth in film history.

The box office on Friday was 7225 million, ranking third in film history.The weekend box office was 1.62 million US dollars, even surpassing "Spiderman 3" and "Batman: The Dark Knight", ranking second in film history!

Second only to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - which opened with US$1.68 million in its first weekend, and "Batman Begins: The Dark Knight" which opened with US$1.58 million in its first weekend...

Of course, "The Hunger Games" is a typical fan movie, and its follow-up trend is definitely not as good as "Batman: The Dark Knight", but it is more than a little bit better than "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"!
——After four weeks of release, it won four consecutive box office championships. It beat the 3D "Titanic" at the North American box office for four consecutive weeks. It is the first North American film to win four consecutive championships since "Avatar".

It's a middling $5500 million production.

The domestic side didn't care at first-it's not surprising that Hollywood will have several works that are small and big every year!
Then it broke the news that Shen Xudong is the producer and one of the original authors of "The Hunger Games", and even the entire "The Hunger Games" is his group, and the heroine and heroine are the roles designated by him. Therefore, Chen Hao can Starring in a supporting role…

Zhang Hanyun was even arranged to play the role of Lulu—a tool man, the tool man awakened by the protagonist, the kind with bondage...

The circle is numb. The "Twilight Saga" series raked in $33 billion worldwide. It wasn't enough, and "The Hunger Games" was made again. The key "The Hunger Games", are you still one of the original authors?

And... Golden Harvest is one of the investors...

Judging from the news announced by Jiahe, the company invested US$2000 million, accounting for one-third of the investment...

It must be announced—you have to be responsible to the shareholders.

After the big sale of "The Hunger Games", Golden Harvest's stock price went up and down, directly bringing the total market value to 300 billion Hong Kong dollars, and even the market value of Tianmei Media ushered in a wave of growth...

Tsk tsk, no wonder there will be a movie + XX...

This thing is also very profitable. The big sale of a movie directly drives up the stock price of related companies...

Then if you increase the movie box office...

Ahem...

Shen Xudong is chatting with Chen Xi - about why "The Hunger Games" cannot be a Sino-US co-production.

"The proportion of Chinese investment is generally no less than one-third; Chinese actors must play the main roles; the scene needs to be filmed in China..."

"Regulations are regulations, but the specific implementation is not that complicated..."

Chen Xina's "Cloud Atlas" and "Looper" gave examples: "These two films are only played by mainland actors, and mainland investors participated in the investment..."

Shen Xudong rolled his eyes: "Then they got the co-production status?"

"...I got it, I read the promotion..."

"Propaganda is propaganda. Yesterday I announced that I would try my best to win the third imported film license. Did I win it?"

"license…"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xi immediately asked, "Is there a chance?"

"There is a chance for wool, it is impossible!"

"...Didn't you say that Hollywood is putting pressure on you?"

"They don't care what they say, they are in a hurry, and they tear their faces..."

Hearing what Shen Xudong said, Chen Xi finally understood - many things are not something you can win by just fighting for them!Rumors may not be true!
"...How many "Hunger Games" are you going to make?"

"Four parts... In fact, there are only three parts in the original book, and we have divided the third part into two parts..."

"Then... can our company directly invest in the second part?"

"...you can, but you don't have to..."

"why?"

"Because Golden Harvest is already a co-producer..." After a pause, Shen Xudong explained: "And the movie "The Hunger Games" will not be a big hit in China!"

Chen Xi understood immediately: "...Is it similar to "The Twilight Saga"?"

"...No, "Twilight Saga" is mainly dog-blood love, "The Hunger Games" is a setting similar to battle royale, adding a dystopian structure...But no matter how you say it, domestic audiences will not be too interested of!"

The "Hunger Games" series is really not very popular in China...

In fact, American youth movies generally have little influence in China, such as the "Twilight" series, the "Percy Jackson" series, and the "Chronicles of Narnia" series, which can all be classified as teen series.

The common feature of these movies is that their themes are not very popular in China. The vampires and werewolves in "Twilight", the Greek mythology in "Percy Jackson", and the Western magic in "Narnia" are not things we have been exposed to since childhood...

It's normal not to sell out!

It's like domestic youth films can't go abroad...

……

On April 4, "Search" premiered...

Let's not talk about this matter, because a big event happened yesterday: Wanda Group announced the acquisition of AMC theaters...

The news sparked a big discussion around the world.

——AMC Theaters is the second largest theater chain in the world and one of the largest movie theater operators in North America, with more than 340 theaters and more than 5000 screens.

This transaction makes Wanda Group one of the largest movie theater operators in the world, and it is also one of the important cases of foreign investment in China's cultural industry.

Many people discussed the purpose of Wanda's move.

Many people say that Wanda wants to transform - an important step on the road to transforming a commercial real estate empire into a cultural empire.

Some people also analyzed that to speed up the integration of the value chain—Wanda Cinemas under the Wanda Group itself is the largest theater company in Asia. proven way. Although AMC's business is bleak, it still has high appeal and popularity in the North American film market, and has an unparalleled location advantage.The merger of Wanda Cinemas and AMC is a key link in the value chain integration for Wanda Group’s cultural industry sector.

In fact, you will know it if you read the news. Wang Jianlin also said in an interview, "Currently, the two imported film licenses (China Film and Huaxia Group) are state-owned. From the perspective of fairness, we should give us one, and We have also submitted relevant applications, but whether this incident will get extra points should be judged by the competent authority.”

Yes, he wanted to get the third license plate.

According to normal expectations, Hollywood is invincible!
And judging by the latest Sino-US trade situation: the information disclosed by the US side before, increasing the degree of openness to imported films will become an important part of the negotiations.

China is facing international pressure and the voice of domestic capital, combined with the background of state-owned enterprise reform and the determination of the central government to further deepen, the liberalization of imported film distribution rights will be the general trend in the future.

Then... China's huge film market will be occupied by Hollywood, and having a license to import films means that Wanda can bring Hollywood to court!

And...Hollywood has also been urging China to issue more distribution licenses for imported films so that it can gain greater rights in negotiations.

The question now is, does Tianmei Media have any ideas?

Shen Xudong publicly stated: "We are also striving for it with all our strength. Although we have no money to acquire overseas theaters, we have fixed cooperative relationships with Warner Bros. and Lions Gate. I don't think we are any worse than Wanda. If there is a third License, I think content-oriented film and television companies should be considered..."

(End of this chapter)