Chapter 223
Faguo Bali grand hotel.
It was 10 o'clock in the evening, and Li Lian ran to Zhang Ran's room and asked: "Have you called yet?"
Zhang Ran scratched his head and was about to say something, but he didn't know where to start. In the end, he could only say embarrassedly: "Maybe it was a waste of time!"
This time, Zhang Ran and Li Lian came to participate in the Cannes Film Festival with "Tsunami Miracle". "Tsunami Miracle" was shortlisted for the main competition unit and was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival.
As usual, Qunying Film and Television has paid no less for public relations awards, but it has not received a call from the Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee.
In this way, there is basically no show.
In fact, one or two hours ago, Zhang Ran vaguely noticed that he should have called, and he should have called long ago.
"It's not a waste of time to go there. "Tsunami Miracle" has received a lot of attention here. I can only say that if I didn't win the award, I wouldn't be so satisfied!"
Li Lian got the answer. Although it did not satisfy him, he comforted Zhang Ran at this time.
"You are right, and we are not in vain! Since there is no hope for winning the award, I have no intention of sleeping tonight, so let's talk to the film merchants in Europe and sell "Tsunami Miracle" as soon as possible!"
Zhang Ran said with a smile, Li Lian frowned at first, and then laughed.
"Tsunami Miracle" did not win the award in Cannes, and Zhang Ran didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
After all, it is one of the three major film festivals in Europe. How can you win awards every time you participate in it or win a big prize?
There are no Chinese judges at this Cannes Film Festival, so it is normal that there is not even a consolation prize.
Although "Tsunami Miracle" has a lot of artistic nature, it is mainly a disaster film. This is an absolute commercial film.
In recent years, the Cannes Film Festival has been a bit against the trend, the more commercial the film, the less popular it is.
In fact, Zhang Ran chose the wrong award a little. If it was changed to the Berlin Film Festival, it might be a little better.
But participating in the Cannes Film Festival was originally intended to cooperate with the summer vacation and promote it before the release.
Now that the award has not been received, Qunying Film and Television has also posted a public relations fee, which is a bit disgusting to Zhang Ran.
Fortunately, Zhang Ran did not come in vain. The role of the Cannes Film Festival is far more than winning awards, but more than promoting film copyright transactions.
As a disaster film, "Tsunami Miracle" still has many markets in Europe "Sadness and Compassion".
Before Zhang Ran and others left Faguo, "Tsunami Miracle" sold the copyrights of 7 countries.
As a result, the previous promotional expenses and public relations expenses at the Cannes Film Festival were paid back, and I also made more than 4 million euros.
Soon, Zhang Ran and others ended the Cannes Film Festival and returned to China.
Because the Cannes Film Festival failed to win the award, "Tsunami Miracle" used the award promotion effect to greatly reduce. "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Garyby Pirates 4" will be released soon, and "The Founding of the Party" will be released later, so "Tsunami Miracle" has slightly postponed its release time.
Before it was released, Zhang Ran took "Tsunami Miracle" to participate in this year's Magic City Film Festival.
Of course, there were also participations in the TV Festival. Qunying Film and Television announced the new year's TV series production plan, and some of the projects of Qunying Film and Television were also blatantly listed under Qunying Film and Television's name.
However, no matter how good the Magic City TV Festival is held, it is not as well-known as the Magic City International Film Festival.
Zhang Ran won the Golden Gate Award for Best Picture this year by carrying a sedan chair by his own family at the doorstep.
After "Tsunami Miracle" won the Golden Gogh Award for Best Film at the Magic City Film Festival, "Tsunami Miracle" also began to promote it on a large scale.
By mid-July, when "Kung Fu Panda 2", "Garyby Pirates 4" and "The Founding of the Party" were unable to succeed, "Tsunami Miracle" was officially released nationwide.
However, this time it is not as exaggerated as more than 2,400 screens. Even with the full support of Qunying Cinema, "Tsunami Miracle" has only 1,866 screens just released.
After all, there are many movies released during the summer vacation. In recent years, with the launch of Qunying Film and Television, Qunying Film and Television has also moved a lot less frequently with the movie.
Although Qunying Film and Television maintains a good cooperative relationship with Shanghai Film and Television, it lacks the strong support of the United Cinemas. Sometimes Qunying Film and Television strives to schedule films according to industry rules.
Back to the point, "Tsunami Miracle" has a good box office performance. It achieved a box office of 18.02 million on 212 screens in three days of pre-screening, and its reputation is not bad. After it was officially released, it achieved a box office of 37.59 million on the first day.
This is actually not much worse than Qunying Film and Television's previous movies.
"The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: The Great Desert" is a complete accident, and of course it is also the result of the peers' confrontation.
Nowadays, there are many good movies during this summer, and "Tsunami Miracle" does not have the right time, place, people and support from all parties. It is actually understandable that the box office on the first day is less than 40 million.
As the screening increases, the box office of "Tsunami Miracle" should still be strong for a long time, which is a normal judgment given by industry insiders.
Indeed, "Tsunami Miracle" has a good reputation and excellent quality. Most viewers gave a better evaluation after watching the video by "Tangshan Earthquake".
The story of "Tsunami Miracle" is not something that the people in China have personally experienced, so it will not touch the pain points of the people.
Everyone watches the movie and listens to the story. The audience will only be shocked by the disaster scene presented by the movie and deeply moved by the warmth revealed by the story.
People are always compassionate.
With the help of Li Lian's personal experience, Zhang Ran did not film the story of "Tsunami Miracle".
Therefore, the subsequent box office trend of "Tsunami Miracle" has always been very steady.
The box office was 170 million in the first week, the box office was 190 million in the second week, the box office was 130 million in the third week, and the box office was 80 million in the fourth week.
"Tsunami Miracle" achieved a box office of 570 million in less than a month, and it was still very easy to achieve a box office of 100 million in the next screening time.
Compared with the movie "Tangshan Earthquake" of the same type, "Tsunami Miracle" is better than the former in terms of box office and reputation.
During this summer vacation, Qunying Film and Television's first movie was successful.
In the last month of the summer vacation, "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: The Thrush" was released soon.
The power of the sequel movie is unimaginable at the moment. "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: Thrush" achieved a box office of 430 million yuan in the first week.
However, because of the departure of the Four Beauties of Fairy Sword and the audience's aesthetic fatigue, the subsequent box office trend of "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: The Thrush" did not show too strongly.
"The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: Thrush" only achieved a box office of 310 million in the second week of its release. If it were other movies, the box office decline was so severe, it would basically be determined to be a bad movie.
Fortunately, "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: The Thrush" is a sequel movie. The first few movies have accumulated a lot of fans, and the effects presented in the third movie "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" are not much lower than those of the previous two movies, so the reputation has not dropped much.
As for the final box office results, it did not drop much due to schedule and schedule.
In the third and fourth week, "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: Thrush" achieved a box office of 180 million and 90 million.
After the cumulative box office of the first month of release exceeded 1 billion, Qunying Film and Television naturally applied for a secret key to "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: The Thrush".
In this way, digital screens and film screens will continue to be screened, and in the next month, it will be no problem for "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: The Thrush" to achieve another 100 million or 200 million box office.
Overall, it is indeed not much different from "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: The Great Desert".
Chapter completed!