Chapter 181 A new version of Ip Man

Home Alone was released on Christmas Day and lasted until December 31. It grossed more than 30 million U.S. dollars at the box office in North America in eight days, and the horror figures are catching up (never compromise)!

But (Never Compromise) it is the movie that is brought into reality, and that is why it has such a linkage and sensational effect. The prologue of the 30 million blockbuster movie "Home Alone" is so family-friendly, and it is the best for this movie.

It was released on the same schedule, which is why it has this crazy record.

North America exceeded 30 million U.S. dollars in eight days, Europe exceeded 27 million U.S. dollars in eight days, Hong Kong Island grossed nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars in eight days, Wanwan took more than 60 million new dollars in eight days, and the box office in Japan was 1.8 billion yen in eight days.

It was sold outright in other places by Li Guoxing. At that time, Lao Li planned to pay 50 million, and Zhao Donghuai said whether it should be 50 million or 100 million. Wait until you get it working and look at the box office data in various places to discuss it.

Li Guoxing agreed.

After all, at this stage, if he makes Zhao Donghuai dissatisfied, this second-hand dealer who thrived on the sales of Hong Kong films will no longer be able to enjoy this job in the future.

As for Home Alone’s box office performance in the island countries, which averages more than 200 million yen per day, it is still the same as "Never Compromise". If it continues, it will be able to pocket more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars in just one island market.

With a buyout of 100 million Hong Kong dollars, Li Guoxing can make a small profit in the island country market, and all the profits will be made in Stars, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea!

Christmas has started, and the first to the fifth is still the holiday time in Europe and the United States. Home Alone once again made 25 million U.S. dollars at the box office in North America and more than 21 million U.S. dollars in Europe in five days.

Hong Kong has accumulated a total box office of 33 million Hong Kong dollars, Wanwan has accumulated more than 80 million new dollars, and the island country has accumulated a total of 3.3 billion yen.

As the long holiday comes to an end, this holiday comedy blockbuster is really making money every day.

On January 6, Zhao Donghuai met Bruce Willis, Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock, including (Pretty Woman) directors Ann Hui and Simon Kwan at the Zhao Financial Building.

After being served tea to several people, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "Everyone, please fly to North America to promote the film. You can still look forward to the box office performance of (Pretty Woman)."

"This blockbuster focuses on Bruce. After all, Bruce is already famous in the film industry. We can also ask Brother Gai to help promote it."

"Last year, Brother Gai and his father announced the release of Police Story 2, which was still very successful!"

Police Story 2 continues to this day and has really made more than 60 million U.S. dollars at the box office in North America. Is this because of Brother Gaifa’s strong promotion? No, that is affected by multiple factors.

The first is the peak period of the explosion effect of (Never Compromise). William II helped the townspeople of Hinckley win the lawsuit and received US$360 million in compensation. When the world paid the most attention to him, he conveniently announced the release of Police Story 2

, which made the movie suddenly famous all over the world.

That was the great east wind that borrowed (never compromise) the effect of bringing movies into reality.

The next one is (Police Story 1), which grossed a total of 27 million US dollars in box office in North America. It has a certain audience base, along with the theater sales, and the video tape has conquered the market.

Even in the dimension before Zhao Donghuai traveled, Hong Kong kung fu movies have always had a large audience in the North American and European video tape markets. At this stage (Police Story 1) has cultivated a wave of fans in large theaters, as well as fans cultivated by new gun action movies.

Kung Fu fans…

By the time Police Part 2 was released, the market was already very popular.

Therefore, the third major reason why Cheng Long's second film was able to sell for US$60 million is because of the publicity hot spot effect promoted by Bill Guy, a dropout who became a billionaire in just nine years.

With 60 million U.S. dollars in North America, Cheng Long is considered a big hit. He has completely left behind Hong Yanbao and Yuan Biao and his brothers, and truly squeezed into the ranks of global kung fu superstars such as Liu Dehua and Lin Zhengying.

It can only be said that he dared to spend 80 million Hong Kong dollars to promote the first film in the North American market in 1985. If he spent real money on it, even if he lost money on the first film, he would make a huge profit on the second one.

Having said this, Zhao Donghuai re-explained, "You don't have to keep Gai Li too busy, just let him brag about it in the media. To really make a big announcement, you still have to invite Adjani, Naomi Watts, Ni

Can Kidman and the others interact to promote it."

"Including Cameron Diaz, who is currently famous."

"With the joint promotion of these celebrities and the cooperation of AMC theaters, it will be released in a few days of promotion."

Today is the 6th, and it has been announced that it will be released until January 11th, and it will be available in theaters on the 12th to start a new romantic comedy blockbuster that will hit the streets.

In China, January 28th is New Year's Eve, and January 29th is the first day of the Lunar New Year... But in fact, the serious Spring Festival period also has a very impressive box office. In recent years, with the bombardment of blockbusters, this period has attracted a lot of attention.

The effect, the family-watching movie model, is also beginning to show its signs.

After deciding on the promotion plan for "Pretty Woman", Zhao Donghuai flew to Tung Chung to film the movie.

It’s January 6th.

When Zhao Donghuai arrived in Tung Chung by helicopter, he looked down from the sky at the resort villas outside the theme park, which were lined with 20 or 30 villas by the sea. They were all in good shape.

Construction started in early August, and it took four months. The holiday villa, which has only two floors at the top, was built very quickly, much faster than Wanjia's comprehensive shopping mall.

There are also several planned 30-story resort hotels that are rising from the ground and are five or six stories high.

On the other hand, looking at Tung Chung from the sky, it is obviously much more prosperous than before August last year. There are not only villagers from more than a dozen natural villages in Tung Chung area, but also many people who come here to make a living, including Tai O and South Lantau.

, Mui Wo and other village gathering areas, many residents also come here to develop.

After all, New World Passenger Transport's stable daily flights connect all parts of Lantau Island.

………………

Time flies by.

After New Year's Day comes the Spring Festival, and then the Lantern Festival after the Spring Festival.

Not only the citizens of Hong Kong's Haowan experienced a perfect festival with constant blockbusters and good films, but also the European and American film circles were bombarded by Zhao's Pictures and gained countless fans.

Among them, "Pretty Woman" has a strong performance, but Asia still has to watch "The New Mr. Zombie" and "One Man 2". Ah Ying and Andy Lau not only relied on these two movies to reach new heights in the field of action movies.

(New Mr. Zombie) This kind of time-travel variant movie has amazed countless movie fans. Goo Jai, who was only 17 years old after the Spring Festival, immediately became a popular fried chicken.

Goo Jai, who was relatively unknown, suddenly became a sensation in the film industry, catching up with the popularity and intensity of F4, mainly because the character he played in "The New Mr. Zombie" was so cool and lovable.

As for Goo Jai himself... Who dares to say that he is worse than a certain handsome guy in F4?

F4's first appearance in the film industry was Johnnie To's Underworld, which was also released after the Spring Festival. The four's acting skills also began to be recognized and praised by film critics, who all praised them as better than the idol drama Meteor Garden.

His acting skills have improved a lot.

But in comparison, a large number of media directly put F4's acting skills on par with Louis Koo, and some media even started shouting that Louis Koo should be ranked fifth in F4.

Around this Spring Festival, from Cai Shaofen, Cameron Diaz to Louis Koo, they really belong to Hong Kong stars and are the latest benchmark for the rise of the new generation!

Comparing these little guys, Zhou Runfa, Zhang Guorong, and Lin Qingxia are really actors at the level of uncles and aunties.

If I want to talk about regrets, it would be (Forrest Gump).

Although the movie (Forrest Gump) has an amazing reputation in the media circle, the box office... is really mediocre, a big production of 20 million U.S. dollars. Forrest Gump only made more than 11 million U.S. dollars in its first week in North America.

Just looking at the results, it's a complete mess. Of course, with more than 11 million dollars in the first week, amazing word-of-mouth, and constant praise, it's impossible for this movie to lose money. It took in more than 50 million dollars at the box office within two months of its release.

Still confident.

It can only be said that if a Chinese is replaced to star in Forrest Gump, his original trajectory of global box office figures of nearly 680 million U.S. dollars, it is difficult to say whether it can break 100 million U.S. dollars now.

But Zhao Donghuai never expected how much money this movie would make. It is his business to win awards. With this reputation, if Zhao Donghuai gets stuck with the principal profits of the North American Academy Chairman Jury Jack, Sam and other big guys, it will be stuck to 1988

Oscar year.

Zunlong relied on Forrest Gump to win an Oscar, which is a solid achievement.

Do you want to be stuck for a year and a half? When the other party paid the money, he was begging to get on the bus. The profit so far is really gratifying, but the money is in the account of Zhao Donghuai's company. When to pay back the money is not his decision.

After the Lantern Festival, it was already February 13, 1987.

The North American Golden Globe Awards have ended long ago. There is no doubt that Zhao Donghuai won the Golden Globe Best Director trophy with "Never Compromise".

Adjani's Golden Globe Best Actress trophy, (Juno) Best Picture trophy, (Good Will Hunting) gave Al Pacino the Golden Globe Best Actor, and Tsui Jin-jiang won the Best Supporting Actor.

After winning the Golden Globe, Hong Kong Pictures went crazy.

These blockbusters were also nominated for the 59th Oscars in 1987. As long as they wait until the end of March, all the trophies they deserve will be picked up one after another.

Around the same time, the Hong Kong Island Film Awards also started to operate. A group of award committee members were invited from Cannes, Berlin and Hollywood in North America to form a committee to select some films from the films released in Europe and the United States last year to accompany the competition.

This year's Hong Kong Film Awards, Shao Yifu is the first to serve as the chairman of the jury.

At noon on the 13th, Zhao Donghuai was still eating on the 32nd floor of the Financial Building when he received a report that Isabel Adjani was visiting.

When he saw Adjani, the new Golden Globe Award-winning actress gave Director Zhao a deep hug again, and then smiled and said, "Zhao, Sidney and Charles wanted to ask me, if they

Can we withdraw our investment now?"

Zhao Donghuai laughed dumbly, "Of course. Up to now, this wave of financial war to speculate on Japanese currency foreign exchange is almost coming to an end. Not to mention their funds, even the funds entrusted to me by the citizens of Haowan, Hong Kong to hold on their behalf, should also

The sales have been settled one after another.”

"Even if there is still profit in the coming years, compared with the profit for the whole year of 1986, it will not be much."

This was February 13, 1987.

It’s really not that far away from when the Japanese yen appreciated to 120 yen, which is equal to one U.S. dollar. The specific time is... well, the specific time was the global stock market crash in 1987, the world-famous Black Monday, when the yen appreciated to 120 yen and became equal to one U.S. dollar.

Beautiful knife.

That was after October 19, 1987.

From now on, the settlement will be completed one after another, and the withdrawal will definitely be stable and safe. The operation of withdrawing all the money can be carried out step by step within a period of up to eight months.

Sidney was the chairman of the Cannes jury last year, and Charles was the judge. Without them, how could (Juno) be nominated for Best Actress at Cannes? How could Zhang Yimou win the Cannes Best Director trophy?

Now the two people tactfully invited Adjani to inquire and test the tone. They must have heard the news that the chairman of the North American Jury Committee, Old Jack, wanted to withdraw funds on the phone last time, but was rejected by Zhao Donghuai, and they were frightened.

If Zhao Donghuai hadn't been carrying a simulator, even if he was a time traveler, he would have been hammered to death if he dared to go against American, British, German, etc. investors in the foreign exchange market.

Then it would be impossible to develop to what it is today. Without such a big thing as an emulator, if he dared to play like that, it would be a Ponzi scheme.

"You can tell them that the settlement will be made within a week, and the principal profit, after deducting the due handling fees, will go into their designated bank account."
To be continued...