The Dou Po animation will be released on October 1st, and it will be released simultaneously around the world.

Movies shot domestically are usually released domestically first. If they do well, foreign theaters may introduce them and use a small part of the screen to test the waters.

If the test results are good, arrange more screens.

If the water test results are not good, of course it will be removed from the shelves immediately.

Doupo physical books are not only popular in the United States and European countries, but also in other countries.

Needless to say, this is mainly due to Goldfinger.

Of course, the English version of Dou Po International is of high quality. Otherwise, even if the physical book is sold, the content of the story will not appeal to Wai Guoren, and he will not read it if he buys it.

Speaking of the sales of the physical English version of Dou Po International, 150 million copies were sold in just a few days on September 10th.

If the printing factory's production capacity hadn't been able to keep up, Chen Shi would have wanted to continue cheating and sell more during the period before the National Day.

Shenshi Group and foreign publishing houses placed a new wave of large orders. The entrusted printing factory added more people and worked overtime, and quickly completed the task of 150 million copies.

When the Dou Po Animation is released, Chen Shi will join forces with foreign publishing houses to launch another wave of global promotions.

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Ten days before National Day.

Chengdu Times Financial Center, 30th floor, Chairman's Office.

"I'm sorry, boss, we have tried our best in the past two months, but there are only a thousand screens lined up in the United States. There are not many in other countries. The total number is less than 3,000 screens."

Yang Hanwen felt a little guilty. No less than 500 million yuan had been invested in this Dou Po animation. It had undergone several major revisions, and two times the boss asked for direct re-production.

The Dou Po animation is about to be released. On the show page of the movie, during the pre-heating stage, the number of people who want to watch Dou Po has reached a terrifying 20 million people.

Generally speaking, if the number of people who want to see a certain movie reaches 3 million, it definitely has the potential to be a hit, and it will not be a problem if it sells 1.5 billion at the box office.

The number of people who wanted to see it reached 20 million, which shocked people across the country. The expectations were so high!

With such an exaggerated desire to see the data, domestic distributors and theaters are looking forward to the release of Dou Po Animation. Even if it is produced by Shenshi Group, which has no previous works, after watching the promotional video, they are actively arranging films and arranging enough for Dou Po Animation.

The screen and the number of shows affect the film schedule of the same period.

Generally speaking, during the year, the National Day period and the Spring Festival period are the times when movie sales are at their peak, and films are scheduled at this time. There are fourteen movies in total, and the competition is very high.

There are more studios arranged for this movie, but much less for other movies. The actors and producers of other movies are not willing.

But there's nothing we can do about it. The theaters will arrange which one to show if they think it's good.

Needless to say, Dou Po has the highest number of people looking forward to it, and it is so popular that it makes movie industry bosses jealous.

This has not yet been developed for pre-sale. If it is really open, it is estimated to be one billion.

Others, such as "Youth", directed by director Feng Da, tell the story of an art troupe.

Comedy "The Shameful Iron Fist", Cheng Long's "The Battle of England", Mou Bing's "Sky Hunter", Chao Ge's "Psychological Crime: City Lights", etc., are all very much anticipated.

Even Chen Shi is planning which one to watch.

Yes, Chen Shi released his own movie, but wanted to watch other movies.

If you really want to be discovered by the media, you will be helping others to promote it.

Nowadays, various media outlets are gossiping and speculating about the box office revenue of Dou Po Animation in China.

2000000000?

It's definitely not a problem anymore.

3 billion?

Probably not a problem either.

This was in 2017, 18 or 19 years before the box office was easily over 2 to 3 billion.

4 billion?

That's really unthinkable.

As for foreign box office, domestic people also have very high expectations.

In the past, mainland movies could sell tens of millions of dollars overseas and we would be shocked.

Well, it seems that no movie is lucky.

It's already good if it can be released, and it can also hope to be a hit at the box office.

But now, there is hope for Dou Po Animation.

However, Yang Hanwen's team's overseas operations are not going very smoothly.

It's one thing to sell physical books well, but it's another thing to be recognized by theater owners.

"Hey, that's okay too."

Chen Shi looked at Yang Hanwen's troubled face and sighed, not surprised by the result.

After listening to Yang Hanwen's reports many times, Chen Shi knew the specific situation.

The domestic battlefield is very important. Needless to say, the filming went smoothly and he was very satisfied.

The group has entered the film industry, and he also has some knowledge of domestic theater chains and the number of screens.

Last year, there were 37 theater chains recognized by the General Administration of Electricity and Television, but there were actually 48 urban theater chains and more than 300 rural digital theater chains.

Among them, the largest theater chains include Yida Cinemas, United Cinemas, New Film Alliance Cinemas, Grand Guangming Cinemas, China Film Southern Film Shinkansen, China Film Star Cinemas, Tianhe Cinemas, Pacific Film Network, Century Global Online, etc.

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Among them, Yida dominates the list and stands out.

In 2015, the annual box office revenue of Yida Cinema reached 3.161 billion yuan, which is almost equivalent to the box office revenue of Lianhe Cinema and SMI.

All theaters are very excited about the release of Dou Po. There are a total of 8,051 theaters nationwide, with 41,000 screens across the country. Each theater chain has arranged a film schedule for Dou Po. A total of nearly 10,000 screens have been arranged, and the time is also during prime time.

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Other movies that are preparing to be released have all planned their release dates to avoid this time period, fearing to hit the crater.

Some movies are scheduled during the National Day period, so there is really no way to avoid them, so you can only hope for the best.

During the National Day period in 2017 in the previous life, Iron Fist was the most popular at the box office, with sales of more than 2 billion.

I don’t know how much this world will eventually sell under the influence of Dou Po.

The Dou Po animation is so popular in China, but the situation abroad is not optimistic.

Even though the English version of Dou Po International sold very well, the filming was not smooth. I am not very optimistic about Chinese films and I am not optimistic about the animation production level of Shenshi Group.

Some Waiguoren netizens also complained that Doupo made it for their own company and were worried about the quality.

But at the same time, these loyal fans of Dou Po are also looking forward to the release of Dou Po.

When I see the quality of the two-minute trailer, most people are praising and looking forward to it, but they are worried that the quality of the entire film is not good.

Shenshi Group claimed that it spent 200 million US dollars, which is considered a large-scale production.

In fact, there is no US$200 million, but there is still more than US$100 million.

But Shenshi Group, including the cost of the script, said it was US$200 million and there was no false advertising.

Chen Shi thought about the difficulties in arranging films overseas and said, "I really want to buy a theater chain and run it myself."

There are rare moments of sadness on his handsome face.

Foreigners' discrimination against Chinese films is also justified. Who said that Chinese films are basically sold out overseas?

"Boss, there's no rush to acquire it, and the other party may not sell it." Yang Hanwen shook his head and introduced the situation of overseas theater chains to the boss.

Regal, AMemark USA and Carmike are the four largest theater chains in the United States in terms of revenue, with total annual revenue of US$10 billion.

Regal is already the largest theater operator in the United States. In 2013, the company owned 580 theaters and 7,394 screens in 42 states, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa and the District of Columbia.

This is a movie boss, and his shares are in the hands of various consortiums, so it is not easy to acquire.

AMC, which ranks second, has 4,959 screens, while emark, which ranks third, has about half as many screens as AMC.

Domestic readers are no stranger to AMC. In 2012, Yida acquired the second largest theater operator in the United States for US$2.9 billion.

As of December 30, 2013, AMC had 344 theaters and 4,959 screens across the United States.

But this acquisition also took Yida Group two years from the beginning to the final completion.

There are only ten days until the release, so the acquisition is in no hurry.

And it was impossible to postpone the release plan. During this period of time, it was heavily promoted and a lot of money was spent.

In addition to the publicity expenses, it is not a good thing to let fans down.

The film distributor helped Shenshi Group find a thousand screens for cooperation and distributed them across the United States, but there were still many theaters that had not scheduled films.

The vast majority of them are still scheduled for AMC.

The film has been scheduled, but it is possible that it will be implemented in the end, or the film schedule may be temporarily modified.

The person in charge of each theater chain has the right to schedule films based on sales performance. If the films are sold well, the number of screenings may be increased.
To be continued...