This is indeed the case. "The Fault in Our Stars" was a box office hit, creating a miracle of using a small amount to achieve great things!

On June 17, local time, the weekly box office data was released, and the number one ranking is undoubtedly "Superman: Man of Steel"...

This local IP has detonated the North American box office since its opening, breaking the June opening record in film history with a weekend box office of 100 million U.S. dollars, and reaching the top of the list without any suspense.

"The Fault in Our Stars", produced and distributed by Columbia, had an opening price of 49 million US dollars. Judging from the plot of the film, it is nothing more than the love of two young men with cancer, or even a girl's simple and innocent love diary.

However, "The Star" is not afraid of the simplicity of the story, but impresses the audience with sincerity. Countless people said that the theater burst into tears when watching the movie. Audiences of all races and cultural backgrounds are "not immune"!

The bad boy comedy "Armageddon" ranked third with a weekend revenue of US$20.5 million, and has a good audience.

The other two parts have nothing to do with Shen Changlin and do not require special attention.

"The Fault in Our Stars"…

The cost was less than 20 million, and it sold like crazy!

Definitely Sony Columbia’s project with the highest return on investment in recent years…

In fact, there is no need for Yang Fan to make a special call. There are a lot of announcements on the Internet about the box office success of "The Fault in Our Stars"...

Nonsense, it shows Changlin Film and Television’s outstanding vision!

The draft is probably very similar, that is, Shen Changlin took a fancy to "The Incomparable Pain" at first glance, won the adaptation rights for US$2 million, and then co-produced it with Columbia, released it in the summer, and created a box office miracle in one fell swoop...

He didn’t talk about the investment split, but mainly praised Shen Changlin’s vision.

The biggest impact of this incident is that it adds some spice to the promotion of "The Band of Thieves"!

After all, "The Fault in Our Stars" is not included in the category of imported films - even if it is approved for release, it will have to wait until the end of August or September...

It must be said that Hollywood at this stage has a kind of magic. Even with Huayuwen’s upgrade routine, the ultimate destination is Hollywood - conquering Hollywood means conquering the whole world!

I remember the ecstatic ending of "The New King of Comedy" where Chu Yue won the Oscar...

This is the routine of all Chinese entertainment movies, let alone reality!

When Fan Xiaopang was interviewed by "Times" as the mainland's number one female star, she made a big wish: "Within ten years, I will definitely become the heroine in the X-Men series."

That was 2017!

The first female star in mainland China is also the number one female star in the Chinese film industry. Her big ambition is to "become the heroine in the X-Men series"!

From this we can also see the attraction of Hollywood to Chinese actors!

Now Shen Changlin has invested in "The Fault in Our Stars" and it is a box office hit.

Does it mean that Chinese filmmakers have conquered Hollywood?

…

"If you conquer an IP, it is usually destined to be a big hit. Hollywood cannot let outsiders get involved!"

"For example, Disney's Marvel series, Warner's Harry Potter, DC, and Sony's X-Men series..."

"Let me tell you something, Hollywood is very good at stealing money, especially projects that stars are passionate about but studios are not optimistic about. They are most likely to find foreign investors to act as cannon fodder in the market.

Some big stars are in the sunset stage in the United States, but people overseas still only know their worth five or ten years ago, so these stars who were already priceless have been given opportunities to make comebacks again and again.

The most typical one is probably Stallone. It should be around 2000 years ago. He wanted to make a movie "Eyes on You", but the major Hollywood studios saw the script and were not interested at all. Fortunately, thousands of Germans enthusiastically paid for it and easily raised the money. The film's budget of 60 million was exceeded. When the film was completed, Universal executives saw it and did not even have the courage to send it to theaters for distribution. They sold it directly to the video rental store Blockbuster after a year. The film was renamed "d -tox", the Chinese translation of the film "Sniper Killer" has earned a total revenue of only 6 million in 30 markets around the world.

In other words, all the money of those Germans was lost and they won’t be able to get back a penny!”

"We can invest in Hollywood, but we must keep our eyes open!"

At the Shanghai International Film Festival, Shen Changlin appeared in the film forum section and answered some questions about Sino-US cooperation...

The title of this unit is ‘Producing and Financing Films for World Audiences’!

Host Yin Hong was surprised: "Then why did Iron Man 3 allow Yinji Media to invest?"

"...Do you want to tell the truth?"

"Want to hear the details!"

Shen Changlin shrugged: "The truth is that they spent 30 million US dollars to buy only the mainland rights... Disney estimated that even if "Iron Man 3" had a mainland box office of 1 billion yuan, their share of 25% would only be 3,000 yuan at most. It was about 10,000 US dollars, and there was a possibility of being owed, so we simply sold the mainland copyright to Yinji Media. Yinji Media bought a few drafts and became a co-producer in an instant!"

"There is evidence for what I say. The overseas version of "Iron Man 3" does not have Yinji Media's logo at all, including their names in the subsequent subtitles!"

"Why do you do this? Isn't it because the movie market is booming? Just borrow a shell and you can go on the market and cut leeks!"

"I'm not speculating. In fact, many people who are involved in finance suggested that I do the same thing, but I refused, not because I am noble, but because I just think it is meaningless."

"Can you talk about "The Thieves"? I heard that this drama is valued by Colombia and is likely to appear on the North American summer schedule?"

"It's true that they bought the overseas rights for US$12 million, but when you talk about a global release, I don't think it's very likely!"

Shen Changlin explained: "Let me explain, overseas markets are divided into three categories, Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe. The North American market is actually the least likely market. Hollywood films will always account for more than 97% of the North American market, and imported films will account for up to 3%, and Most of them are in niche art theaters. Three-quarters of the 3% are British films."

"I think it would be good if the overseas box office of "The Band of Thieves" could reach US$5 million. If it goes long, it will only be around US$12 million. The upper limit is obvious. So how much money do you think Colombia will spend to promote this movie?"

Before Yin Hong could answer, Shen Changlin asked and answered himself: "They should release it on a small scale. If the reputation is good, they will directly remake it, and then spend 50 million US dollars to promote it and release it worldwide!"

"They always say that borrowing a boat to go to sea doesn't bring enough benefits. Why should someone lend you a boat?"

A reporter next to him asked: "But "The Fault in Our Stars" has a very good box office reputation!"

"That's because I started early!" Shen Changlin explained with a smile: "...The original book of "The Fault in Our Stars" is called "The Incredible Pain", which itself is a bestseller..."

"In fact, these days there are more and more adaptations of best-selling works, but there are fewer and fewer box office hits, because book fans understand that movie adaptations are another art genre after all, and they are not equivalent to the feeling when reading!"

"But when I read "The Incomparable Pain", I felt that the story was so great. I originally wanted to adapt it into a Chinese-language film, but when I found out that the rights to adapt it were still available, I bought it and then found Columbia to co-produce and distribute it.

…The reason Columbia agreed to co-produce is because their producers are also very optimistic about this project. They even want to kick us out of the production team!”
Chapter completed!