yournovel Chapter 39 Innocence
Chapter 39 Innocence
This shows that the film did indeed encounter some resistance, and its upward momentum was abruptly interrupted.
Many people originally predicted that the box office revenue on the ninth day should exceed 40 million!
But now it seems there's no chance anymore.
Especially the next day, when the crew went to the cinemas for a promotional tour, Wang Xiaoshuang was attacked and hit in the face with a rotten egg, leaving her in a sorry state.
The footage was captured and quickly went viral online.
Coupled with the various true and false scandals that surfaced during this period, Wang Xiaoshuang completely broke down and refused to continue her promotional tours.
No matter how Huang Anzhong tried to persuade them, it was no use, and the two almost got into a fight.
Their argument was extremely heated, but fortunately it wasn't recorded and leaked.
The two argued about the film's funding sources and disagreed on how to divide the profits.
And Huang Anzhong just pulled another crazy stunt!
He urgently asked the investors for another 30 million, saying it was for further publicity and distribution costs for the film.
They also said that since the movie is doing so well, we must increase the publicity and not let the promotion drag us down.
As a result, not a single penny of this money was used for publicity; it all went into his own pocket!
In other words, the movie hasn't even finished its run, and the box office revenue hasn't been settled yet. Huang Anzhong has already made over 50 million yuan from the investors!
Once the box office revenue is split, nobody knows exactly how much money Huang Anzhong will make from this movie!
Wang Xiaoshuang was originally quite satisfied with the 15 million yuan she earned, and given her rising popularity, she didn't clash with Huang Anzhong.
But today's attack on Wang Xiaoshuang acted as a fuse, causing her to vent all her grievances at once.
She believes that if Huang Anzhong had spent some of the money on publicity and media, she wouldn't have suffered so much negative publicity!
Huang Anzhong then cursed Wang Xiaoshuang, saying, "If I hadn't made you famous, you'd probably still be some guy's lapdog. Now that you've grown up, you want to turn against me? I'll make sure you're dead," and so on.
Then Wang Xiaoshuang pounced on her and almost blinded her.
Enraged, Huang An tried to retaliate by hitting someone, but Wang Xiaohao and his men rushed over and pulled him away!
The crew was thoroughly privy to the drama, but faced with such a production company, everyone was helpless and completely disheartened! No one brought up the idea of doing promotional tours anymore.
The film's box office began to stagnate due to the impact of numerous scandals.
Once the upward momentum is interrupted, it will be very difficult for the box office to recover!
However, at this point, Wang Xiaohao was no longer there to share his anxiety.
Even with the current box office performance, he has already succeeded!
The box office on the tenth day was 36.78 million, a slight increase of over 100,000.
But it's pointless now.
Box office performance is like rowing against the current; if you can't keep pushing forward, it will gradually decline.
Most importantly, the movie has been in theaters for ten days, and pirated copies are about to appear!
It has to be said that there's a reason why everyone likes to shoot blockbusters at this time.
It's a drama film after all; watching it at home on your computer is pretty much the same. After all, movie tickets are so expensive!
Only those blockbuster movies that emphasize spectacle and special effects are not as satisfying to watch on a small screen; they are much more enjoyable to watch in a movie theater.
Therefore, blockbuster movies are relatively less affected by piracy!
On the eleventh day, the movie's box office suddenly plummeted, dropping to just over ten million.
Of course, even though it was a Monday, a workday, this also shows that the box office potential was already exhausted!
Wang Xiaohao was completely relieved and no longer had high expectations for the film's box office performance!
Moreover, regardless of the circumstances, by this eleventh day, the film's box office had already exceeded 200 million.
However, the results were much better than Wang Xiaohao had anticipated before the film's release.
With a box office of 200 million, it would have ranked in the top ten of the annual box office charts last year.
Moreover, this list includes both imported and domestic films in the top ten.
Such box office success is enough to make Wang Xiaohao a dark horse in this year's film market!
He can be said to have become famous overnight!
Not to mention, there are still at least two or three weeks before the film is taken off the screens, so it might actually break 300 million at the box office.
In short, Wang Xiaohao will have no shortage of investment for his second film!
At this point, whether the box office is one or two hundred million more or less makes absolutely no difference to him!
No matter how much the box office is, he won't get a single penny!
At this point, with the proliferation of negative information online, continuing the publicity campaign was pointless.
Wang Xiaohao simply packed up and left.
I'm not going to associate with Huang Anzhong and his ilk anymore!
With the sudden popularity of "My Sassy Girl", not only some bosses he had met recently have been contacting him.
Even some quick-reacting film companies have already started contacting him.
Huang Anzhong publicly stated that the film had a budget of 50 million yuan, plus 30 million yuan for marketing and distribution.
Total cost: 80 million!
The break-even point is around 240 million.
Based on the current box office performance, it's 100% guaranteed to break even!
They might even make a small profit!
However, anyone in the industry can see through the tricks at a glance!
This lousy movie probably didn't cost more than 20 million!
It's hard to say about the marketing and promotion, because the fluctuations are too great.
However, industry insiders estimate that the filming cost should not exceed 20 million.
In other words, the maximum cost of this terrible film is 30 million!
Even with an additional 10 million for marketing and promotion, the total cost would only be 30 million.
The box office of 90 million is enough to break even!
A box office of two or three hundred million is already considered a huge profit!
Which film company wouldn't be envious of a movie like this?
Don't you want to bring a director like Wang Xiaohao under your wing?
To be honest, Wang Xiaohao was also getting tired of Huang Anzhong's makeshift team!
Publicity and promotion are ineffective, as are anti-black campaigns.
If this movie is distributed and promoted by a major company, its box office will likely be no less than 500 million!
So Wang Xiaohao really does want to cooperate with big companies!
Of course, some people might ask, Director Wang, what's going on with you?
How unambitious!
Other time travelers who became directors all started their own companies.
You've already helped someone else make a movie for free, and now you're planning to work for them!
However, this is where the film industry is rife with problems.
You only see that movies are easy money. Wang Xiaohao basically only spent over ten million yuan and produced a movie with a box office of two or three hundred million yuan.
But who knows how many hardships and obstacles they went through?
From project initiation to approval, this is not a process that ordinary people like Wang Xiaohao can easily navigate.
Then the publicity and release process can completely block you.
Now that the movie has been released and the box office is doing well, you think you'll be able to make money, right?
too naive!