On January 20, 1981, "Hit the Wrong Car", which was released in Taiwan for nearly two months, was still released in major theaters in Taiwan.
There are indeed no good movies in Taiwan this year. An American movie that was screened twice in Taiwan 20 or 30 years ago. It can be screened for five months in Taiwan for the third time. "The Wrong Car" is a good movie that is close to Taiwanese people's lives. It will be more reasonable if it is screened for five or six months.
As for "The Royal Sister", the attendance rate in Japan and Hong Kong has dropped to a certain data, and Princess Jin and Songzhu films are gradually reducing the number of screenings.
So far, "The Royal Sister" has won more than 19.3 million yuan in Hong Kong, and its box office in Japan is even more than 1.4 billion yen (equivalent to about 45 million Hong Kong dollars).
The box office situation in Japan has been circulating back to Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong film industry is in full swing. Jackie Chan's movies are less than 1.2 billion yen Ah at the most in Japan.
The horrifying box office of "The Royal Sister" in Japan once again attracted many Hong Kong filmmakers to join Oriental DreamWorks, or independent directors took the script to invest in DreamWorks.
"The Original Landscape of Hometown" also sold well in the United States, reaching 200,000 copies in just half a month.
Compared with other popular records, this number can only be considered a minor meaning. The top few record sales list in the US are sold by millions of copies.
But "The Original Scenery of Hometown" is a pure music record, and the sales of 200,000 copies are already a very good result.
Kang Jianfei, who was selling well in the record, was sitting at Tang Shuxuan's house, playing with a Tao Wu and laughing and crying.
This pottery was bought from an American musical instrument store, and it also comes with a record "The Original Scenery of Hometown" and a simple pottery blowing textbook.
Tang Shuxuan brought a cup of coffee to Kang Jianfei and said: The review of "The Royal Sister" has been passed, and the movie rating is R-level (it is recommended to watch it over 17 years old).
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: Haha, fortunately he is not a brain-dead level 17 (NC17, no viewing under 17 years old).
Tang Shuxuan flirted with boredly looking through Tao Wu’s simple textbook and asked: Did you write this book?
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said bitterly: "American, I said, how could Columbia Records spare no effort to help me promote records, and it turned out that it also sold musical instruments and textbooks.The pottery jar in my hand is produced by an American factory that used to specialize in the production of ocarina.It is estimated that before the record is released, they have studied the structure of the pottery, mass-produced it by using the ocarina method, and then compiled basic textbooks and sold it together with the record.
Tang Shuxuan said: Taowu is our Chinese musical instrument, and it is good that Americans can promote it.
Kang Jianfei sighed: I heard that Columbia had just negotiated with several conservatory schools in the United States to supply pottery and records for music research and teaching.I can't get the pottery and textbooks they sell, and I can only share the profit if the record is sold.
Kang Jianfei is really depressed. If Columbia Records can promote instruments like Taoxia in the United States, selling musical instruments will make more money than selling records.
But Kang Jianfei had no choice. Even if he found a pottery factory now, he would not be able to compete with Colombia for business. Their sales channel in the United States was the trump card.
Dingdong, Dingdong... The doorbell rang.
Tang Shuxuan got up and opened the door, but Jiang Zhiqiang came.
After Jiang Zhiqiang sat down, Kang Jianfei hurriedly asked: Brother Jiang, how is the matter of forming a temporary theater?
There are some difficulties, Jiang Zhiqiang analyzed that the total cost of screening a movie in large cinemas in the United States is about US$500.Because of the low operating and management costs of cinemas in those Chinese communities, the cost of screening a movie is about $50 to $200.Based on the ticket price of a movie of $2, an average of 70 viewers will be required to recover the money for a movie.But these cinemas are too small, with the largest number of seats of only about 500, and the smallest of cinemas is only 200.After deducting various tax and fee expenses, we can earn up to $500 in a 500-seat theater even if the audience is full.
How to negotiate the rent of the theater?Kang Jianfei asked.
The rental of theaters is related to whether temporary theaters make or lose money, because even if Kang Jianfei only shares the 30% production share of the $500 box office, he will only have $350 left.
In order to establish temporary theaters, they have to pay rent to these theaters. After paying the rent, what is left is the money earned by theaters and theaters.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: The monthly rent for two is between $60,000 and $100,000 per cinema.For 500 theaters, the daily rent is more than US$1,600, and each game is $350, and it is exactly $1,750 for 5 games a day. I just earned 150 yuan.
That means you have to lose money?Kang Jianfei smiled bitterly.
It is said that each theater can earn 150 yuan a day, but in fact, it is calculated that every game is full, and every game is full for two months.
Is this possible?
Obviously impossible.
Only by considering the cost of compression and reducing the rent.
Jiang Zhiqiang took out a small notebook and said, "I calculated it repeatedly. Since we are temporarily operating, the cost of film screening can be reduced by about 30%.The operating conditions of cinemas in those Chinese communities are also relatively poor. If we continue to talk, the rent should be reduced by 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.If you calculate this way, each cinema can earn $700 a day based on the best situation, and you can earn $300 a day in ordinary situations.
Kang Jianfei took the notebook in Jiang Zhiqiang's hand and saw that it was written on it with various expenses and also marked it with a red pen to indicate how to save expenses, etc.
After looking at it, the semi-illiterate bitch Fei was overwhelmed and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Some things need professionals to do Ah. If the directors Tang Shuxuan and the other two directors came to run the theater, they would have to lose all their underwear.
Kang Jianfei asked: How many cinemas have you contacted now?
Jiang Zhiqiang said: I have contacted 47 companies in total, but excluding some of the ones that are not conducive to the establishment of theaters or are bound to lose money, only 31 theaters are left.
For 31 cinemas, each cinema earns $200 a day, and the revenue of cinemas and theaters alone is 6,200 yuan, which is a net profit of $370,000 in two months.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: Judging from the audience base of Chinese community theaters, I think our temporary theater chains should be maintained within one month.After one month, basically no one watched the same movie, and the two-month rental period was really wasteful.In this way, daily income will increase significantly.
I only have 25% of the box office revenue.Kang Jianfei took the initiative to reduce his production share.
If the American distribution company is asked to help the issuance, the issuing company alone will have to share 30% of the box office, and then deduct the sharing of theaters and theaters and pay taxes. It is considered a conscientious price to be able to get 17%.
Kang Jianfei has contacted some major Hollywood companies these days, and 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. are both willing to distribute "Sister Royal".
But Kang Jianfei has no foundation in the American film industry. These grandsons must pay Kang Jianfei, and even the publicity fee is required. All kinds of expenses are deducted, and they can get up to 10% of the box office.
Kang Jianfei didn't expect the temporary theater chain he and Jiang Zhiqiang to make a box office. He just wanted to use this to make the reputation of "Sister Royal", so that American distribution companies and theater companies can see the box office strength of the movie, and then negotiate with the other party based on this.
Kang Jianfei voluntarily gave up his 5% box office share, but Jiang Zhiqiang did not refuse, but said: A Fei, I contacted Martin Theater Company, and they are a little interested in your film.
Is there a Martin Cinema company?Kang Jianfei has never heard of it.
Jiang Zhiqiang smiled and said: There are many cinema chains in the United States, and it is normal that you have never heard of them.This Martin Cinema Company is unusual, with a total of 119 cinemas under the Cinema Company having 233 canvases.Just in terms of the number of theaters, Martin Cinemas can rank seventh in the United States.However, its cinemas are mostly small communities with less than 200,000 people, and their profits are very low and generally not valued.
Kang Jianfei didn't know that the Martin Cinema Company at this time was the predecessor of Carmake Cinema, the fourth largest cinema company in the United States in the future.
Kang Jianfei asked: What conditions are they willing to give?
Jiang Zhiqiang said: The Fuka Group where Martin Theater is located has its own film distribution company. If your movie is favored by them, then they are willing to give you 10% of the distribution fee.By roughly speaking, you can get at least 25% of the box office revenue.
Kang Jianfei said strangely: This Martin Cinema Company and Fuka Group also gave me these discounts?
Jiang Zhiqiang smiled and said: Because their theaters are all in small communities, these communities don’t have many choices to watch movies, so they can only go to the theaters under Martin Theater, so they can save a lot of publicity expenses.Moreover, in order to survive and develop, Martin Cinemas has always adopted the means of small profits but quick turnover, which is their company strategy.
When Kang Jianfei heard that there was such a good thing, he hurriedly asked: Where is the headquarters of Martin Cinemas?I immediately took the movie to find them.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: In Georgia.
Kang Jianfei thought in his mind that the temporary theater they formed was screened in the Chinese community, the Martin theater was screened in the small community, and the quality of "The Royal Sister" would definitely make him famous.
At that time, when you go to mainstream theaters to discuss the second screening, you should take the opportunity to ask for a box office share of more than 20%.
Alas, it is too hard for a small company to release movies overseas, and it has to be petty for a little profit to share Chengdu.
Some time ago, Kang Jianfei was dissatisfied with Lei Juekun and felt that "Happy Ghost" was sold in Japan for more than half a year before it was sold, and the talks broke down several times.
Now he realized Lei Juekun’s difficulties. It is really not that easy to publish overseas.
There are indeed no good movies in Taiwan this year. An American movie that was screened twice in Taiwan 20 or 30 years ago. It can be screened for five months in Taiwan for the third time. "The Wrong Car" is a good movie that is close to Taiwanese people's lives. It will be more reasonable if it is screened for five or six months.
As for "The Royal Sister", the attendance rate in Japan and Hong Kong has dropped to a certain data, and Princess Jin and Songzhu films are gradually reducing the number of screenings.
So far, "The Royal Sister" has won more than 19.3 million yuan in Hong Kong, and its box office in Japan is even more than 1.4 billion yen (equivalent to about 45 million Hong Kong dollars).
The box office situation in Japan has been circulating back to Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong film industry is in full swing. Jackie Chan's movies are less than 1.2 billion yen Ah at the most in Japan.
The horrifying box office of "The Royal Sister" in Japan once again attracted many Hong Kong filmmakers to join Oriental DreamWorks, or independent directors took the script to invest in DreamWorks.
"The Original Landscape of Hometown" also sold well in the United States, reaching 200,000 copies in just half a month.
Compared with other popular records, this number can only be considered a minor meaning. The top few record sales list in the US are sold by millions of copies.
But "The Original Scenery of Hometown" is a pure music record, and the sales of 200,000 copies are already a very good result.
Kang Jianfei, who was selling well in the record, was sitting at Tang Shuxuan's house, playing with a Tao Wu and laughing and crying.
This pottery was bought from an American musical instrument store, and it also comes with a record "The Original Scenery of Hometown" and a simple pottery blowing textbook.
Tang Shuxuan brought a cup of coffee to Kang Jianfei and said: The review of "The Royal Sister" has been passed, and the movie rating is R-level (it is recommended to watch it over 17 years old).
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: Haha, fortunately he is not a brain-dead level 17 (NC17, no viewing under 17 years old).
Tang Shuxuan flirted with boredly looking through Tao Wu’s simple textbook and asked: Did you write this book?
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said bitterly: "American, I said, how could Columbia Records spare no effort to help me promote records, and it turned out that it also sold musical instruments and textbooks.The pottery jar in my hand is produced by an American factory that used to specialize in the production of ocarina.It is estimated that before the record is released, they have studied the structure of the pottery, mass-produced it by using the ocarina method, and then compiled basic textbooks and sold it together with the record.
Tang Shuxuan said: Taowu is our Chinese musical instrument, and it is good that Americans can promote it.
Kang Jianfei sighed: I heard that Columbia had just negotiated with several conservatory schools in the United States to supply pottery and records for music research and teaching.I can't get the pottery and textbooks they sell, and I can only share the profit if the record is sold.
Kang Jianfei is really depressed. If Columbia Records can promote instruments like Taoxia in the United States, selling musical instruments will make more money than selling records.
But Kang Jianfei had no choice. Even if he found a pottery factory now, he would not be able to compete with Colombia for business. Their sales channel in the United States was the trump card.
Dingdong, Dingdong... The doorbell rang.
Tang Shuxuan got up and opened the door, but Jiang Zhiqiang came.
After Jiang Zhiqiang sat down, Kang Jianfei hurriedly asked: Brother Jiang, how is the matter of forming a temporary theater?
There are some difficulties, Jiang Zhiqiang analyzed that the total cost of screening a movie in large cinemas in the United States is about US$500.Because of the low operating and management costs of cinemas in those Chinese communities, the cost of screening a movie is about $50 to $200.Based on the ticket price of a movie of $2, an average of 70 viewers will be required to recover the money for a movie.But these cinemas are too small, with the largest number of seats of only about 500, and the smallest of cinemas is only 200.After deducting various tax and fee expenses, we can earn up to $500 in a 500-seat theater even if the audience is full.
How to negotiate the rent of the theater?Kang Jianfei asked.
The rental of theaters is related to whether temporary theaters make or lose money, because even if Kang Jianfei only shares the 30% production share of the $500 box office, he will only have $350 left.
In order to establish temporary theaters, they have to pay rent to these theaters. After paying the rent, what is left is the money earned by theaters and theaters.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: The monthly rent for two is between $60,000 and $100,000 per cinema.For 500 theaters, the daily rent is more than US$1,600, and each game is $350, and it is exactly $1,750 for 5 games a day. I just earned 150 yuan.
That means you have to lose money?Kang Jianfei smiled bitterly.
It is said that each theater can earn 150 yuan a day, but in fact, it is calculated that every game is full, and every game is full for two months.
Is this possible?
Obviously impossible.
Only by considering the cost of compression and reducing the rent.
Jiang Zhiqiang took out a small notebook and said, "I calculated it repeatedly. Since we are temporarily operating, the cost of film screening can be reduced by about 30%.The operating conditions of cinemas in those Chinese communities are also relatively poor. If we continue to talk, the rent should be reduced by 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.If you calculate this way, each cinema can earn $700 a day based on the best situation, and you can earn $300 a day in ordinary situations.
Kang Jianfei took the notebook in Jiang Zhiqiang's hand and saw that it was written on it with various expenses and also marked it with a red pen to indicate how to save expenses, etc.
After looking at it, the semi-illiterate bitch Fei was overwhelmed and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Some things need professionals to do Ah. If the directors Tang Shuxuan and the other two directors came to run the theater, they would have to lose all their underwear.
Kang Jianfei asked: How many cinemas have you contacted now?
Jiang Zhiqiang said: I have contacted 47 companies in total, but excluding some of the ones that are not conducive to the establishment of theaters or are bound to lose money, only 31 theaters are left.
For 31 cinemas, each cinema earns $200 a day, and the revenue of cinemas and theaters alone is 6,200 yuan, which is a net profit of $370,000 in two months.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: Judging from the audience base of Chinese community theaters, I think our temporary theater chains should be maintained within one month.After one month, basically no one watched the same movie, and the two-month rental period was really wasteful.In this way, daily income will increase significantly.
I only have 25% of the box office revenue.Kang Jianfei took the initiative to reduce his production share.
If the American distribution company is asked to help the issuance, the issuing company alone will have to share 30% of the box office, and then deduct the sharing of theaters and theaters and pay taxes. It is considered a conscientious price to be able to get 17%.
Kang Jianfei has contacted some major Hollywood companies these days, and 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. are both willing to distribute "Sister Royal".
But Kang Jianfei has no foundation in the American film industry. These grandsons must pay Kang Jianfei, and even the publicity fee is required. All kinds of expenses are deducted, and they can get up to 10% of the box office.
Kang Jianfei didn't expect the temporary theater chain he and Jiang Zhiqiang to make a box office. He just wanted to use this to make the reputation of "Sister Royal", so that American distribution companies and theater companies can see the box office strength of the movie, and then negotiate with the other party based on this.
Kang Jianfei voluntarily gave up his 5% box office share, but Jiang Zhiqiang did not refuse, but said: A Fei, I contacted Martin Theater Company, and they are a little interested in your film.
Is there a Martin Cinema company?Kang Jianfei has never heard of it.
Jiang Zhiqiang smiled and said: There are many cinema chains in the United States, and it is normal that you have never heard of them.This Martin Cinema Company is unusual, with a total of 119 cinemas under the Cinema Company having 233 canvases.Just in terms of the number of theaters, Martin Cinemas can rank seventh in the United States.However, its cinemas are mostly small communities with less than 200,000 people, and their profits are very low and generally not valued.
Kang Jianfei didn't know that the Martin Cinema Company at this time was the predecessor of Carmake Cinema, the fourth largest cinema company in the United States in the future.
Kang Jianfei asked: What conditions are they willing to give?
Jiang Zhiqiang said: The Fuka Group where Martin Theater is located has its own film distribution company. If your movie is favored by them, then they are willing to give you 10% of the distribution fee.By roughly speaking, you can get at least 25% of the box office revenue.
Kang Jianfei said strangely: This Martin Cinema Company and Fuka Group also gave me these discounts?
Jiang Zhiqiang smiled and said: Because their theaters are all in small communities, these communities don’t have many choices to watch movies, so they can only go to the theaters under Martin Theater, so they can save a lot of publicity expenses.Moreover, in order to survive and develop, Martin Cinemas has always adopted the means of small profits but quick turnover, which is their company strategy.
When Kang Jianfei heard that there was such a good thing, he hurriedly asked: Where is the headquarters of Martin Cinemas?I immediately took the movie to find them.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: In Georgia.
Kang Jianfei thought in his mind that the temporary theater they formed was screened in the Chinese community, the Martin theater was screened in the small community, and the quality of "The Royal Sister" would definitely make him famous.
At that time, when you go to mainstream theaters to discuss the second screening, you should take the opportunity to ask for a box office share of more than 20%.
Alas, it is too hard for a small company to release movies overseas, and it has to be petty for a little profit to share Chengdu.
Some time ago, Kang Jianfei was dissatisfied with Lei Juekun and felt that "Happy Ghost" was sold in Japan for more than half a year before it was sold, and the talks broke down several times.
Now he realized Lei Juekun’s difficulties. It is really not that easy to publish overseas.
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