A good movie and a good reputation have made "Avatar" a huge success since its release.
Some people were originally laughing at the fact that Cameron no longer had the confidence to premiere the movie at 12pm on Monday night, instead of following the rules of blockbuster movies.
As a result, the dazzling results of "Avatar" made their faces swollen.
On the first day, the global box office reached 1. There was a lot of discussion on the Internet, almost overwhelming all news.
Naturally, the investors and the theaters that screened it made a lot of money.
With a box office of US$970 million in the first week, excluding box office share, taxes, etc., 2 Century Fox can get at least US$300 million, and their production cost is only US$230 million.
This means that not only did they get their money back in the first week, but they also made a net profit of US$70,000!
Don't look at a movie that can easily earn two to three to three to five billion US dollars at the box office. In fact, a blockbuster movie with a box office profit of US$7 is considered pretty good! More blockbusters even lose money when they are screened.
In the end, it can be considered profitable only by making money from peripheral rights and interests such as DVDs.
Now in the first week alone, 2 Century Fox has already made 70,000 yuan. Every day from now on will be pure profit. Why don't they be happy?
Today's most conservative estimate is that the global box office of "Avatar" will exceed 200 million U.S. dollars. Calculated, 2 Century Fox's profits will definitely exceed 300 million U.S. dollars! Including peripheral rights and so on, the profit should be at least 600 million U.S. dollars.
between.
So, after the first week's box office results came out, 2 Century Fox directly sent Cameron a cash check of US$50,000 as a reward for his hard work.
This is just a reward, Cameron's director and producer's share. That will have to be settled slowly.
Of course, there is also a reason for 2 Century Fox to repair their relationship.
After all, when Cameron was fighting for the number of screens "Avatar" could be released on, 2nd Century Fox didn't do much to help, and was generally not very optimistic about "Avatar."
The results now prove that "Avatar" is a super money-attracting weapon, and Cameron is still the "King of the Movie World." For the future "Avatar" trilogy, in order to have the title of the world's number one box office record, 2 Century Fox
Of course, I have to spend a lot of money to express my apology.
Cameron naturally likes money, and he also knows what 2 Century Fox means, so he naturally accepts it.
But at the same time, he also lamented that Xiao Qi was not only unparalleled in his talent in finance, but also had an outstanding vision in the film industry.
You only need to look at the $10,000 he spent to buy out the rights to the Kiwi Huaguo Cinema Line to know what a bargain it was.
According to the collected information, the box office of the Kiwi Cinema Line exceeded 40,000 US dollars in one week, accounting for 70% of the box office of "Avatar" in Chinese theaters during the same period.
The main reason is of course that % of the 3D and IMAX screens of Huaguo Cinema are in the Kiwi Cinema Line, and of course the largest part of the revenue goes to them.
Think about it, they bought out the copyright for US$10,000, and their profits doubled in the first week, which is really even more exaggerated than 2 Century Fox.
Similarly, their reaction in the future can last for two or three months, and the profit may exceed 200 million US dollars!
Before the release of "Avatar", who could have imagined that the Kiwi Cinema Line would earn so much revenue in China? At the time, 2 Century Fox thought that the $10,000 copyright fee was a good deal!
This is just for the Kiwi Cinemas in China. Because of its full support for "Avatar", Kiwi's North American and European cinemas also had frighteningly high attendance rates during this week.
According to statistics from a research company, if the box office of "Avatar" can exceed 200 million U.S. dollars, the global theater chain's revenue from "Avatar" this time will be at least 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, and at least one-third of this will be from
From Kiwi Cinema.
A movie can earn 400 million U.S. dollars, which really makes people feel that the movie money is so profitable!
But others are not envious of visiting the Kiwi Cinema Line.
Because firstly, it gave "Avatar" the greatest support for filming, and secondly, they have the most 3D and IMAX screens in the world. They are the most prepared, and of course they earn the most.
While "Avatar" is making rapid progress, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Committee on Foreign Investment in Foreign Affairs, and the Nasdaq Exchange jointly issued a communiqué. Fairyland's acquisition of Disney's business activities complies with U.S. laws and regulations, and is privatized.
The plan has been approved by 9% of the minority shareholders, allowing Fairy to officially privatize and delist Disney from now on.
This announcement caused a strong response all over the world, and the Chinese people even celebrated it like a holiday. Major newspapers praised Xiao Qi's prowess.
The Japanese media is a bit sour, because from now on, among the six giants in Hollywood, they are not only an Asian company, but also a more powerful Fairy Company.
Moreover, Disney is much larger in terms of profitability and influence than Columbia and MGM, especially it owns Disneyland, one of the three major theme parks in the world, which is something that no child can resist.
Paradise, with this, you have a treasure that will never be exhausted!
Since the government announcement, Disney has officially begun various privatization and delisting efforts.
In a legal sense, Fairy Company is not the sole owner of Disney, but in fact, Disney is Xiao Qi's private property.
As a result, Disney's management directly gave several big gifts to fans.
"Disney has reached an agreement with Marvel to launch at least ten hero movies in the next five years, including Thor, Captain America, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Hawkeye, The Flash, The Avengers, etc.
The heroes and teams will appear on the big screen!"
"Disney Pictures has reached a preliminary agreement with director James Cameron, who will direct a trilogy of youth science fiction action movies, with a total initial budget of US$500 million!"
"Disneyland has been actively negotiating with China and plans to open four Disney theme parks in China in the next ten years, so that fans in the East can better experience Disney's animation culture!"
As soon as such news was released, it spread all over the world, second only to the recent popularity of "Avatar".
Comic fans were naturally delighted and rushed to tell each other.
Seeing characters such as "Spider-Man", "Superman", "Fantastic Four", "Iron Man" and so on being put on the screen, but more and better heroes are still far away, which makes comic fans
I felt unspeakably anxious.
They have grown up watching these comics, who wouldn’t want their idols to appear on the big screen?
But in the past, due to various technologies, it was impossible to make live-action movies of these comic characters, and Marvel did not have that much strength, often spending hundreds of millions of dollars to shoot these movies.
Well now, with the investment of a super rich man like Xiao Qi, these heroes can finally meet everyone on the big screen as soon as possible. Just thinking about it makes me feel happy.
If the first news was good news to many comic book fans, then the second news caused even greater waves among movie fans around the world.
After "Titanic", Cameron almost stopped making movies. Everyone thought he had entered semi-retirement. Unexpectedly, such a "Avatar" suddenly came out, making everyone interested in it.
The movie king is full of expectations again.
It's just that Cameron's efficiency is too low. He only filmed one "Avatar" in one year, and I don't know if he will have to wait ten years for the next one.
Now Disney and Cameron have reached an agreement. Since it is a trilogy, one can be released in two or three years at most, so the wait won't be too long!
As for the question of whether the film is good or not, would it be bad if the script impressed Cameron? How could Cameron ruin his own brand?!
The third piece of good news is more targeted. Of course, most of the happy people are only Chinese people.
Before, there were only five Disney parks, two in the United States, one in Japan, one in Paris, and one in Hong Kong.
Leaving aside other places, if fans from China want to go to Disneyland, they have to go to Hong Kong. This consumes a lot of energy, money and time, and it feels like a waste of people and money.
Moreover, the reception capacity of Hong Kong Disneyland is too small. It is only 126 hectares, which is basically only one percent of the size of Disneyland in Florida. The overcrowded Disneyland makes many people feel unhappy when they go there.
Now that four Disney parks are being built in China at one go, China’s Disney fans are in luck. And although there are four, China’s population of 1.5 billion can completely absorb them!
Thinking about being able to go to Disneyland every once in a while, the satisfaction in the hearts of Chinese fans cannot be mentioned! (To be continued.)