Zou Wenhuai was not mistaken.

He Guanchang was not wrong.

Cheng Long was not wrong.

At the box office on Tuesday's first day, "Red Fan Zone" became the eighth box office in North America on the day with a single-day box office of $1.7 million.

The box office on Wednesday was 2.1 million, Thursday's box office was 2.8 million, and Friday's box office went straight to 3.8 million!

With such a result, it suddenly jumped to the fifth place at the box office of the week.

Movie theaters in North America are very sensitive, and Disney, United Arts and Lei Shidong immediately contacted new movie theaters, adding more than 600 screens on Saturdays and Sundays, and the total number of screens reached almost 2,000 in one go!

Under such circumstances, "Red Fan Zone" also withstood the pressure and doubts, cutting 6.9 million on Saturday, 6 million on Sunday, and 16.7 million US dollars in three days on the weekend, with a total of 23.3 million US dollars in the first week, becoming the third place in North America this week!

Boy!

A Xiangjiang movie with such a low publicity cost and the protagonist is still from Xiangjiang, at most, the supporting roles are more Americans, can it get such a high box office?

For a while, everyone was more interested in "Red Fan District".

Especially the critics.

"I heard that there was a very good Xiangjiang movie recently, which was written by that genius boy from the Kirin Group. I went to watch it, and sure enough, this film has a smooth plot, clean action scenes, and fierce fights mixed with hilarious plots, it is indeed a good popcorn movie, and you can still watch it when you have time. ”

It is said that the young man who bought Disney and United Arts Films is the No. 1 screenwriter in Asia, and as long as he shoots the script, he is invincible. I didn't believe it at first, but now that I've watched "Red Fan Zone" again, I have to admit that Yin Jun's grasp of the audience's psychology is very good, and he knows what plot movies the audience likes to watch!"

"Why is "Red Fan Zone" popular? The script written by the 19-year-old super-rich, the joining of the world's super-first-class female singer Talissa Deng, and the Brigittelin who looks exactly like my idol Laura, such a luxurious combination, who wouldn't like it? plus those funny and interesting fight plots, I can give it a score of 80!"

"Good-looking is good-looking, but the actor is too short and ugly, if it weren't for his agility, I think he would be a failure here. ”

"Theresa Deng's performance is just a cameo, but Laura has two fights that I watched, and she has a bit of a taste of her in Tomb Raider. I wondered if Yin Jun was paving the way for Tomb Raider, and if that was the case, I promised that I would give Brigitlin another movie ticket, and I wanted to scream at the thought of Tomb Raider on the big screen. ”

"I don't know what kind of movie this is, the plot is chaotic, I don't know what it calls funny, the male protagonist is like a harlequin, the heroine is good enough, but it's also a vase, I don't like Yin Jun's works!"

"There is still a gap between the appreciation level of Easterners and Westerners. At least I can't express my love for "Red Fan Zone", the only thing I think is the highlight is the cameo appearance of Teresa Deng. To be honest, she is really much better than the hero and heroine!"

“……”

The opinions of film critics are still very representative in this time period.

Because of the recent sudden popularity of "Red Fan District", some people naturally seek after it and some people step on the ground.

Cheng Long read the newspaper for a long time, and the more he read it, the more depressed he became, because there were almost no people who praised him.

Even Lin Qingxia and Deng Lijun are more popular than him.

He Guanchang originally wanted to comfort him, but was stopped by Zou Wenhuai.

If Cheng Long can't even get out of this psychological threshold, then what else does he have to do? It's better to hide in Xiangjiang and call the king x!

Zou Wenhuai is thinking more about it now, or at the box office this week.

Now the box office in the first week is 23.3 million US dollars, so the goal cannot be placed on 30 million US dollars, 40 million US dollars is even a bit low, it is better to reach 50 million US dollars, that is called perfect!

As for the higher ......

Zou Wenhuai told himself that if he was not too greedy, he could fight steadily and win an unprecedented victory, which would already be the success of Jiahe.

If the box office can stabilize at $15 million the next week, that is, a 40% decline, it will also be a second-step victory, so that the remaining two weeks with another $12 million box office can reach the goal of $50 million.

After deducting miscellaneous tax rates, Golden Harvest can return all its investments in the United States.

If the box office in the United States is good, then the videotapes, television broadcasts, and so on, can also have at least three to five million buyout income.

The key is that Europe and other places will definitely be willing to buy films that are good at the box office in the United States, and 15 million US dollars can be expected.

That's it.

Boy!

Europe and the United States alone can net more than $18 million!

It's almost 90 million when converted into Hong Kong dollars!

Coupled with the overall market of Golden Harvest's Laochao Asia, the movie "Red Fan Zone" is at least a net profit of 120 million Hong Kong dollars!

Or if you want to make money, you have to come to the United States?

This is equivalent to the net profit of Golden Harvest following Yin Jun last time and investing in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"!

At first glance, this one isn't a good deal.

Because Golden Harvest only paid $5 million, it got a net profit of $25 million from "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and now you have invested close to $15 million to get a profit of $25 million, and the return on investment is different!

But if you think about it carefully, as long as you are not a stupid person, you will be willing to choose "Red Fan Zone".

It is impossible for a film company to develop by investing in other people's films.

It's a very simple example, let's take "Raiders of the Lost Ark" as an example, the first part of the house is so popular, and the second part of Lucas can still let others intervene to make money? Don't dream! Even Yin Jun, his friend, is out, let alone you, Golden Harvest!

If it's another movie, you can vote for it, but the danger is unknowable, for example, if you invest in "Heaven's Gate", wouldn't you cry?

After coming so many times, Hollywood giants can't bear it, let alone such a shallow foundation as Golden Harvest.

Therefore, only by cultivating their own superstars, cultivating their own directors, and creating their own blockbuster movie copyrights is a long-term solution.

Don't look at this time, he "only" "earned" 25 million US dollars, but Cheng Long continues to become popular, constantly has good books, and continues to make European and American audiences familiar with and accept Golden Harvest's movies, so in the long run, Golden Harvest will make more and more money, and the foundation will become thicker and thicker, and it will naturally become stronger and stronger.

This kind of strength is the real strength, and it is the edifice with foundation, not the rootless.

……

Yin Jun's side also got the news for the first time.

But compared to Yu Zheng's joy, Yin Jun behaved calmly, not even surprised.

Yu Zheng certainly has reason to be happy.

Although "Red Fan Zone" is not the first film of Kirin Films, it is the first script written by Yin Jun for the global film market and made out.

From the success of "Red Fan Zone", it can be known that Yin Jun not only has a firm grasp of Asian hobbies, but also has a good grasp of the preferences of European and American fans.

It is no exaggeration to say that if "Red Fan Zone" is replaced by European and American movie stars, it will not be a problem to double the box office.

It's just that Yu Zheng also knows Jiahe's persistence, and he also knows that Yin Jun gave them the script precisely because of this reason, otherwise why did Shao Liuye ask Yin Jun to get the script at the same price, but Yin Jun didn't give it?

Yu Zheng actually appreciates Yin Jun's stubbornness of "letting Chinese films go to the world", only such a pure and idealistic person can achieve success and be worthy of working for him.

And the success of "Red Fan Zone" has given Yu Zheng a further grasp of the fate of "Speed of Life and Death".

A pioneering work of a unicorn movie.

A film that has exceeded the investment of 120 million Hong Kong dollars before it is included in the publicity and distribution costs.

A pure Xiangjiang movie with an almost all-Chinese cast and even the filming venue is in Xiangjiang.

Such a movie, if you want to say that you are not worried about its global box office, it is definitely fake.

It's just that Yu Zheng didn't say it before.

But now the popularity of "Red Fan Zone" at least proves that Yin Jun's book is no problem.

As long as you are good at telling stories, then the plot of the story is naturally far more important than other external things.

Of course, Yu Zheng understands this.

Therefore, at least Yu Zheng is no longer worried about whether he can return to his original cost.

But she was still a little strange, so she asked Yin Jun: "Jun Shao, why do you still seem to be very dissatisfied?

"If I told you that I expected "Red Fan Zone" to win $30 million at the box office in the first week, would you believe it or not?" Yin Jun asked her rhetorically.

"Huh?!"

After Yu Zheng was surprised, he shook his head directly: "I don't believe it!"

"This film, in my opinion, is a classic action movie that transcends this era. Yin Jun smiled slightly, "But Jiahe still followed their old path, I went to see the film before." They put too much emphasis on Cheng Long's performance alone, and did not knead the overall strength. For example, Teresa Teng and Lin Qingxia are very famous in Europe and the United States, and if they can give full play to their characteristics, they will definitely have better achievements!"

"But, aren't all Cheng Long's movies like this?" Yu Zheng said.

"Yes, he's always been like this," Yin Jun smiled and shook his head, "This kind ......of movie model is okay in Asia, but in Hollywood, it can't last long, after all, he is not an American! What Harrison Ford and Stallone can do, he may not be able to do." ”

"Actually, this is not bad, at least Cheng Long has the hope of becoming a kung fu superstar. Yu Zheng said, "Besides, isn't this our Kirin movie? We will definitely be able to represent Xiangjiang movies more in the future and go to Hollywood!"

Yin Jun nodded and didn't say anything more.

In the previous life, there was no second person who could represent Chinese movies outside.

When Cheng Long goes to a small European country, he can meet the treatment of a hero, this is the popularity he has worked hard for 40 years, and he can't do it if he changes to any other person.

But why is there only one Cheng Long?

Isn't it because Golden Harvest only created him alone?

This is certainly a great opportunity for Cheng Long, but it is not a good thing for Xiangjiang Movies.

Because Cheng Long will always grow old one day, when he is old, but there is no successor, then the influence of Chinese films abroad will soon weaken.

Although Li Lianjie can barely be compared with Cheng Long, he ages faster than Cheng Long and retires earlier than Cheng Long, so it is still useless.

If you look at Hollywood, batches of superstars are constantly being created and promoted to the world.

The emergence of a steady stream of superstars is one of the biggest reasons why Hollywood movies remain vibrant!