assistirfilmes Chapter 85 Childishness
Chapter 85 Childishness
Chapter 84 Childishness
November is here, and the busiest Lunar New Year film season is just around the corner.
After holding its own in theaters for three months, "About Time" finally pulled from theaters, with its final box office takings of 9510 million.
This result is incredibly good. Although it didn't break 100 million, a low-to-medium budget film with a budget of 12 million has earned more than 95 million in box office revenue, which is already amazing.
However, the next moment is the one that the producers care about most: revenue sharing.
As is generally the case, the net income that the production company ultimately receives is about 33% of the total box office revenue.
Based on this ratio, with a box office of 95.1 million, the production company would ultimately receive 3135.3 million, which seems to be not much profit compared to the production cost of 12 million.
However, the box office revenue sharing for "About Time" was relatively high. As the distributor and investor who advanced the publicity and distribution costs, China Film Group only took the cost price.
So "About Time" ultimately earned 3706 million yuan, and then the investors split the profits from this box office revenue according to their respective proportions.
Guanzhi Pictures and China Film Group each invested 5 million yuan, each holding a 41.67% share, and thus each took 1544.3 million yuan in box office revenue.
Zhang Jun's personal director studio and several small investors each invested one million yuan, accounting for 8.33% of the share, so each of them took 308.7 million yuan of the box office. (The decimal places are negligible.)
An investment of one million yielded an income of over three million, which doesn't seem like a very high return.
However, this is only part of the revenue; subsequent copyright revenue will not be shared with theaters and will belong to the production company itself.
So far, the copyright for "About Time" has sold for a total of 3000 million, and this is only in Asia, which is already close to the box office revenue share.
China Film Group is actively promoting the film to distributors in North America and Europe, and it is expected that it will not be a problem to sell another 10 to 20 million copies.
In addition to television broadcasting rights in the mainland market, there will also be copyright revenue from online video platforms in the future.
If the copyright ultimately sells for 5000 million, Zhang Jun's personal director studio can receive an additional 416.5 million in revenue, which, combined with the box office revenue share, would be quite substantial.
Moreover, copyright revenue is a long-term income stream, capable of generating a continuous flow of income. Although subsequent income may be smaller, every little bit helps.
No wonder everyone wants to get involved. Not only is the box office profitable, but overseas copyrights are also selling particularly well these days, plus long-term copyright revenue.
As long as the movie is good, it is indeed a stable business.
Unfortunately, in another seven or eight years, this golden age of copyright sales will be gone forever.
At that time, the mainland film market also experienced a major boom, and video websites sprang up like mushrooms after rain. It was a mixed bag of gains and losses!
"Crazy Stone" performed well, perhaps because it was produced by Zhang Jun, and it achieved higher box office results than its predecessor.
By the time "About Time" was taken off the screens, "Crazy Stone" had grossed 3200 million yuan, and it was expected to surpass 3500 million yuan before its final screening.
The media is buzzing again. Ning Hao, the director who had wasted two art-house films, has finally gained attention with "Crazy Stone".
Zhang Jun's keen eye for talent is also widely praised; Ning Hao became a thoroughbred horse, and he became the discerning judge of talent.
The entertainment section of the Beijing Youth Daily wrote: "It is worth noting that the box office success of 'Crazy Stone' is inseparable from the help of young director Zhang Jun."
In an interview, Ning Hao said that without Zhang Jun, there would be no film.
This fully demonstrates Zhang Jun's unparalleled talent and vision in film, proving that he is not a flash in the pan.
Ning Hao has also attracted attention from people in the industry. There is a lot of capital that wants to enter the film industry, and there are quite a few people like Boss Wang.
Many companies wanted to poach him and offered him lucrative contracts. However, Ning Hao, grateful for Zhang Jun's recognition and support, ultimately signed a three-film contract with Guanzhi Pictures.
Another noteworthy point is the matter of various awards. Although Zhang Jun stated that he was not interested in awards, Guanzhi Pictures would not miss the opportunity to win honors for its star director.
The Golden Rooster Awards only nominated one directorial debut. Although Zhang Jun didn't want to go, Han Sanping persuaded him to go anyway.
After all, if Zhang Jun doesn't give the Golden Rooster Awards face, he won't be able to talk to the Golden Rooster Awards organizing committee when he tries to win honors in the future!
But once he arrived, Zhang Jun sat in the audience all night, with the cameras constantly focusing on him, and he had to smile and applaud.
When being interviewed, you have to say nice things, otherwise people will think you are impolite and don't know manners.
As a mature and rational person, Zhang Jun lacked the impulsiveness typical of young people. Although he disliked the situation, he still maintained a high level of decorum in this setting.
But what annoyed him the most was that Lu Chuan deliberately waved the Best Feature Film trophy in front of him, seemingly mocking his lack of success.
"Looks like you still have a long way to go! You haven't even won an award for your directorial debut yet." Lu Chuan's arrogance was obvious.
Zhang Jun shrugged: "Really? I don't think so. It's enough that the audience likes it. Awards are nice to have, but it doesn't really matter if we don't."
"I can tell you're just jealous!"
"Jealousy? With twenty-three judges voting, there's no way you'll end up with a tie. Your 'Kekexili' film has been out for so long, why haven't I seen you make a new movie yet?"
Zhang Jun's words were pointed.
"you----"
Lu Chuan recalled Zhang Jun's previous comment that his film "Kekexili" was a plagiarism of a documentary, which inexplicably touched on something he couldn't tell outsiders.
Arguing with Zhang Jun on this issue would obviously not do me any good.
Lu Chuan maintained her arrogant expression: "I'm too lazy to argue with you. I'll show you what a good movie is."
After saying that, Lu Chuan turned and left.
Zhang Jun was initially a bit annoyed, but Lu Chuan's childish tantrum really amused him. Anyone who didn't know better would think Lu Chuan was a primary school student.
But then again, isn't the person arguing with him just another elementary school student? — It's a bit of dark humor.
The Best Actor award at this year's Golden Rooster Awards went to Jackie Chan. He had a friendly conversation with Zhang Jun and encouraged him to continue contributing to Chinese-language films.
Given Jackie Chan's status in the film industry, it was understandable that he would lecture Zhang Jun, and he even expressed his fondness for Jackie Chan's movies.
Cheng Long was very pleased and patted Zhang Jun on the shoulder: "If you have any good projects, please collaborate more with actors from Hong Kong Island. Many of our young actors are quite good."
Zhang Jun said, "Given the opportunity, I would naturally be happy to collaborate with outstanding actors from Hong Kong."
Taking this opportunity, Zhang Jun made a request: "Actually, I do have a play in hand, and I'd like to ask you, brother, to help me introduce a few actors."
Cheng Long was surprised; he hadn't expected Zhang Jun to actually propose a collaboration.
He didn't refuse, but instead asked, "Who would you like to invite?"
"Andy Lau would be best, Tony Leung would also be fine, and if neither of them comes, Louis Koo would also be okay," Zhang Jun said, stating his choice.
Cheng Long nodded: "Okay, I'll act as your go-between. As for whether they want to cooperate or not, that's up to them."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Cheng Long!"
Although Jackie Chan is old enough to be Zhang Jun's uncle, he doesn't want to be called "uncle" because it makes him feel old.
So Zhang Jun just followed the crowd.
This year's Golden Rooster Awards have indeed sparked controversy.
After the Golden Rooster Awards concluded, Sina Entertainment wrote: "The results of this year's Golden Rooster Awards have been finalized, and the Golden Rooster is still the same Golden Rooster."
On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Chinese cinema, the 25-year-old gave birth to two children.
Unless someone abstains, no matter how many votes are cast by the 23 judges, "Kekexili" and "Taihang Mountain" will not be tied for first place.
The legend of the "double yolk" award continues, and the "you're good, I'm good" situation will likely lead outstanding filmmakers and audiences to continue questioning the fairness of China's highest film honor.
The China Film Report stated in its program: "The most commendable aspect is that films co-produced by Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and the mainland can also be selected for this year's Golden Rooster Awards, which makes many excellent co-productions no longer foreign language films."
In an increasingly market-oriented environment, this behavior is entirely beneficial for promoting cultural exchange across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.
Some media outlets also expressed their indignation on Zhang Jun's behalf: "Looking at the directors and works of this year's nominated directorial debuts, Zhang Jun should have received this award in terms of both box office performance and cultural influence."
In fact, Zhang Jun should have received more award nominations, but in the end he only received one nomination for Best Directorial Debut, which he has yet to win.
This raises serious questions about the Golden Rooster Awards' judges and their judgment—whether they are too unique and detached from the general public.
But no matter what, this year's Golden Rooster Awards have come to an end, and after it's all over, Zhang Jun doesn't feel much regret.
Following closely behind, the 42nd Golden Horse Awards ceremony was held on November 13th.
Because "Little Miss Sunshine" was released last December, Guanzhi Pictures also submitted the film to this year's Golden Horse Awards, but it only received a nomination for Best New Performer, which was given to Qi Ruyi.
"About Time" won Best Original Screenplay (Zhang Jun) and Best Actress (Gao Yuanyuan).
Three nominations for Best Cinematography (Li Dahui).
Before that incident, the Golden Horse Awards were actually the most prestigious film awards in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, much more authoritative than the Golden Rooster Awards.
Lu Chuan's "Kekexili" already won an award at last year's Golden Horse Awards, and he doesn't have any new films this year, so there's nothing for him to do this year.
After arguing with Zhang Jun, he returned to his home in Beijing and took out a war film script that he had been planning for a long time, intending to polish it properly.
Lu Chuan was proud and arrogant, but also very petty.
He was actually quite jealous of Zhang Jun's achievements, even though he was clearly the best among the younger generation of directors. But the media paid no attention to him; all their attention was focused on Zhang Jun.
Yes, his movies do have high box office returns, but that's because foolish audiences don't understand what cinematic art is.
Lu Chuan decided to show these foolish viewers what a truly good movie is.
We usually describe Lu Chuan as a spoiled child. She's different from someone like Chen Gezi, who, no matter what, at least has something Zhang Jun can learn from.
But Lu Chuan is better than Zhang Jun in his strengths, and better in his weaknesses.
Lu Chuan inherited her father's intellectual nature, being narrow-minded and even getting angry when she realized she couldn't beat Zhang Jun.
Now all we can do is talk about awards.
But with the commercialization of film, everyone's focus has shifted to box office performance. For example, hardly anyone knows who won Best Director at this year's Golden Rooster Awards.
But when it comes to which movies performed well at the box office this year, most people who know a little about movies and have read media reports would say "About Time".
This fully proves one thing: the era of business as king has truly arrived, and the era of awards is over.
Unless you're aiming for one of the three major European awards or an Oscar, other awards become insignificant compared to box office success.