Chapter 238 High Box Office
The United States is undoubtedly the highest box office in these dozen countries and regions, followed by island countries and European and American countries.
By the time "Home Imperial" ended, the box office in the United States reached 230 million US dollars, although not as high as in history, it was not much different. It won the second place in the total annual box office of the United States, and the first place was "ET Alien"!
Perhaps benefiting from Zhao Chen's massive fame and fans in Asia, various countries and regions in Asia have achieved remarkable box office.
Among them, the island country is the most amazing, with the box office exceeding the theatrical version of "Dragon Ball" in the summer, reaching an astonishing 4 billion yen, becoming the top three in the island country's annual box office, making many well-known directors in the island country very helpless.
The movie box office of the island country is quite special. The movies that occupy the top ten of the year's total box office are often movies from other countries. This is what makes the directors of this country most helpless. I feel that they have no face at all.
In addition, in Hong Kong, although "The Little Owner" cannot be regarded as a trend-breaking trend, thanks to Zhao Chen's fame, massive fans, and Shaw Yifu's persistence, it was broadcast on Shaw Brothers Theater for nearly two months, and the final box office exceeded 30 million Hong Kong dollars, becoming the first movie in Hong Kong to have a box office of over 30 million, causing an uproar in the industry. Zhao Chen's appeal can be imagined.
The total box office in Asia alone is close to 100 million US dollars, of which island countries contributed nearly half of the box office. Although not even half of the United States has reached, it is also a very rare high box office. Such box office is often only achieved by such blockbusters.
In addition to Asia's amazing box office, Europe's box office is not low. Among them, the countries with the highest box office in Europe are France, the United Kingdom and Italy. France, as the largest box office country in Europe, has contributed more than 10 million US dollars. It is enough to become the top five movies in France's annual box office.
In addition to these, the rest of Europe also contributed a lot of box office, with a total of more than 70 million US dollars.
When the global screening ended, it was already March 1983. In addition to these countries and regions, the rest of the countries also contributed nearly 60 million US dollars in box office, making the global box office of "Home Imperial" reach 450 million US dollars.
Although this box office is not as good as history, it is only a difference of less than 100 million US dollars. According to inflation, this box office is actually more than history.
In addition to Zhao Chen's fame, the most important thing is to his deep connections. This allows "Home Imperial" to be broadcast jointly in many countries during Christmas. After all, this video is quite special. If it is not played on Christmas, the box office will be lost a lot.
The superb box office of "Home Imperial" shocked people in the industry. In addition to its superb box office, the most important thing is that the cost of "Home Imperial" is only more than 5 million US dollars, which is so huge profit.
So the starring actors of these people focused on Zhao Chen, not director James Cameron. Because they knew in their hearts that a good script was the most important, and directors and actors were the second. After all, James Cameron was not the international director who called the wind and rain in later generations.
But even so, James Cameron also entered the ranks of billions of directors with "Home Imperials", and became a popular celebrity for many film companies.
Unfortunately, James Cameron had long been signed by Zhao Chen to his empty shell film company in the United States. After all, Zhao Chen is not a fool, so how could he train James Cameron in vain and then be poached by other companies? This is simply inconsistent with his interests.
In addition to these, something happened that made Zhao Chen laugh and cry. That was when "Home Imperial" was played, many children began to imitate the protagonist Kevin in it, making traps everywhere, making those parents miserable.
Many media have become jokes and reported on this matter. They often condemn Zhao Chen, but they believe that Zhao Chen has left a very deep impression on the children and their parents.
Zhao Chen did not conduct an interview explanation, but returned to the island country.
It is now 1983. According to convention, several authoritative media in the island country have cooperated to list a ranking of comics. Among them, Zhao Chen and Tianxia Society have once again made a big splash.
In the ranking of comic magazines, this time, there were three comic magazines in the World Club that finally entered the ranking. Among them, "Young SORA" won the second place after Shueisha's "Young JUMP". In addition, the girl's bimonthly "angelwings" successfully squeezed out "Flowers and Dreams" of Baiquan Club to become fifth, and it is also the highest ranking of the girl's comic magazine.
In addition to these two comic magazines, the Bimonthly magazine of Tianxia Society's "Youth Gallop" also entered the list and won the ninth place.
These are nothing, the most important thing is that on the single-line list, people feel a little dazed when they look at it. This time, Zhao Chen's works finally ranked first, that is "Dragon Ball"!
After the summoning of the Dragon, the world's No. 1 Martial Arts Association and the Big Demon King of Pick, the average single-line version exceeded 3 million. This year, "Dragon Ball" released a total of five single-line versions, and the astonishing total sales made it firmly ranked first.
The second place is also Zhao Chen, to be precise, Zhao Chen and Anda Chong's work "Baseball Heroes"!
In addition to the first two, there are also "Pokemon", "Football Player", "Three Sisters of Cat Eyes", "Sailor Moon" and "Magic Card Girl Sakura" that occupies the top ten places, and it can be said that most of them are works by Zhao Chen.
In addition to these, there are also some works that may be included in this list next year, namely "Mad Kojiro", "City Hunter", "Delicious Challenge", "JoJo Wonderful Adventure" and "Death Notes"! It can be said that this list is just prepared for Zhao Chen. Most of them look like Zhao Chen's name and works, which makes people feel dazzled.
The three "surviving" works on this list are Akira Toriyama's "Alarei", Rumiko Takahashi's "Fukuo Star Boy" and the stinky and long-lasting "Oolong Police Station". The other masterpieces are all excluded from the top ten.
The total sales of works that were able to enter the top ten last year exceeded 5 million copies. The highest was "Dragon Ball", which reached more than 16 million copies. This is just the total sales of last year in the island country, which makes people feel numb when they see it.
Below is the total turnover of the comic club. This year, Tianxia Club is also developing rapidly. This year, it has created several new semi-monthly and monthly comic magazines. With the strong sales channels of Tianxia Club, although these comic magazines are far less than those of the three major comic magazines in Tianxia Club, they have also brought considerable profits to Tianxia Club.
In addition, Tianxia Society has also founded two novels and magazines to serialize novels. Although almost all of them are newcomers, their development has gradually stabilized and may become one of the sources of profits for Tianxia Society in the future.
As a result, the World Club received a total of more than 80 billion yen in sales this year, ranking fourth among many comic clubs, including Shiraki Club below, and Shueizhe, Primary School Pavilion and Kotanshe. Among them, Kotanshe is the highest, but it is mainly because Kotanshe is the largest comprehensive publishing house in the island country, and the sales of novels have given it a great bonus.
Finally, the cartoonist’s personal income tax, which continues last year. The first place still belongs to Zhao Chen, and the second place is Akira Toriyama, but Akira Toriyama does not want to enter this list at all. Due to the high ratings of "Alarey" and the hot sale of single-line books, Akira Toriyama's personal income tax is actually quite high, but it is undoubtedly pale in comparison with Zhao Chen, with a gap of nearly ten times. It looks like there is a zero missing behind. The second place is not an honor, but a humiliation! After all, when readers see it, they often point to the personal income tax behind Zhao Chen and Akira Toriyama, and maybe they will laugh at it. This is what Akira Toriyama most willing.
Zhao Chen's personal income tax last year was higher than the previous year, so he once again broke the personal income tax records of cartoonists in the island country, which made cartoonists helpless, and he also admired Zhao Chen's ability to make money.
Chapter completed!