Chapter 949: Ferocious Box Office

Picking up the phone, Rodriguez called Shen Le, and after only three rings, the other party picked it up.

Rodriguez said, "Hello, Mr. Shen, I'm going to disturb you again."

Shen Le seemed to be in a good mood and said, "Mr. Rodriguez, if you have anything, just ask."

Rodriguez said with a smile: "I am sitting next to dozens of bosses of small and medium-sized Hollywood film companies. They are very interested in the battle between you and the theater chain. I wonder if you can introduce the situation to you?"

Shen Le said in fluent English: "It turned out to be a colleague from Hollywood, then I will briefly explain the current situation. We have more than 60 in China, no, now there are more than 100 large and small film and television. The company, requesting an increase in our share of box office profits. If the theaters do not agree, we will not provide them with even a single movie. Four hours ago, the heads of the eight major theater chains in China held a press conference and rejected us. Now, the war between film companies and theaters has completely started. If your side responds at the same time, our chances of success will undoubtedly increase a lot. "

Harvey asked: "Mr. Shen, listen to Rodriguez, your success rate is over 90%, right?"

Shen Le laughed and said: "It should be said to be 100%. Because our government also sees that the distribution system is unreasonable, which limits the current and future development of Huaxia Films. Therefore, on this issue, they also support us. Only However, it cannot be stated explicitly. And all of our film companies in China have set up a disciplinary committee, with the company executives who have reached the top ten in comprehensive strength as the chairman. Before the theaters agree to the new sharing conditions, no matter which film company dares to privately Cinemas provide films, and we will all unite to deal a devastating blow to them and drive them out of the Chinese entertainment circle. I heard that the new Huaxia Cinema with 18,000 screens can only support one month’s worth of movies. Time. At that point, they won't have any movies to put on, they'll lose money every day, and within a month, they should compromise."

Harvey said in high spirits: "You are amazing, much stronger than us. I wish you great success."

After the conversation, Rodriguez looked at the excited people and said, "Everyone just heard what Mr. Shen said, what do you think?"

Harvey was the first to speak: "What do you need to say? Done.

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"Yes. This opportunity is unprecedented and we must seize it."

"For the future of the movie, we fought hard."

"Hollywood has always been the vane of the world's entertainment industry. We can't let our Chinese counterparts see our jokes. Done."

Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, without exception, all asking for changes in the distribution of profits.

Rodriguez stood up and said with a smile: "That's great. Everyone, let me tell you another good news, colleagues in Europe, Asia and other countries and regions are also preparing to wage war on the cinema. For the future of the film, How about we go to hold a press conference tomorrow and ask the theaters to change the box office distribution ratio?"

Everyone shouted in unison, "Okay."

The next morning, the bosses of more than 70 Hollywood studios, in front of hundreds of reporters, demanded that the cinema chain change the box-office quota system, otherwise the cinemas would no longer be offered movies.

Coincidentally, in less than two hours, major film and television companies in Europe and Asia also held a press conference, demanding an increase in their profit distribution ratio.

No one thought that it was originally just a matter of Huaxia, but in less than three days, it turned into a decisive battle between film companies and theaters all over the world.

The entire movie market is in chaos, and the entertainment industry stocks are falling madly.

In particular, Xiao Yunhai's New Huaxia theater chain fell the most miserably. In less than three days, the market value plummeted from 930 billion to 720 billion.

Other theaters were not much better, with varying degrees of decline.

And although those film and television companies in Huaxia have also been affected, they are much lighter than these theater chains.

Because theaters can only show movies, while film and television companies can produce TV series.

As if after some discussion, they announced that they would suspend the filming plan of the movie and concentrate on filming the TV series until the theater agreed to their request.

On March 6 alone, more than a dozen TV dramas were approved by the Ministry of Culture.

Seeing that the film and television company seemed determined to fight against them, the theater owners were so angry that they almost smoked.

Li Rongguang threw the cup directly and scolded: "It's all a bunch of bastards."

Film and television companies can eat TV series, but movie theaters can only eat movies. Without the film source, it is equivalent to the tree without roots, and it will not take long to die.

Film and television companies can afford it, but they really can't.

Several major theater chains originally wanted to import movies from abroad, and things were almost connected, but when it came to the Ministry of Culture, they couldn't get through.

It's not that the movie shot is inappropriate, or the storyline is wrong. Anyway, as long as the movie is imported from outside the theater, the review department will always have countless reasons to wait for them, just not let it pass.

Even if they knew that what the film and television bureau did was illegal, they didn't dare to take it to court if they had ten courage.

Even if it wins in the end, it is estimated that it is not far from death.

Just when the theater owners were in a great crisis, "Battle of Chibi" became popular throughout China.

From its premiere on February 27th to March 7th, "Battle of Chibi" has won 3.6 billion Huaxia coins in China.

On the 3rd and 2nd, "Battle of Chibi" landed in Asian theaters. From the first day, it has been on the throne of the daily box office champion of various countries, and no film can stop it. In just five days, it broke through the three billion mark.

Estimate, there is no problem at the 8 billion box office in Asia.

"Battle of Chibi" is divided into two parts, only the first part, which has not yet been screened in Europe and America, Xiao Yunhai has already received 2.8 billion, not only recovered the investment, but also made a fortune.

If the film can also achieve good results in Europe and the United States, then the two "Battle of Chibi" are likely to bring billions of dollars to Xiao Yunhai.

Although Xue Tianhua, the CEO of Tianhua Film and Television Media Company only accounted for 30%, he still made a lot of money. He was so happy that he called Xiao Yunhai countless times, and also discussed when it would be released in Europe and the United States.

Today is an extraordinary period, and the war between film companies and theater chains is in full swing. Film production companies in Europe and the United States no longer send films to theater chains. If "Battle of the Red Cliff" runs at this time, it will definitely cause public anger, Xiao Yunhai Not worth the loss.

Besides, if the film company really wins, so that the film's first-week box office share reaches 55%, Xiao Yunhai can also benefit greatly.

Although he also has shares in the North American theater chain, but after all, it is not much, far less than the 12% profit that he made in the first week.

If it were normal, a score like "Battle of Chibi" would have been on the entertainment headlines for at least a week, but with the battle between the film company and the theater chain, it has never made headlines even once.

However, Xiao Yunhai was not dissatisfied, and making a fortune in a low voice was more suitable for his character.

"Battle of Chibi" was born, and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" originally scheduled for global release on March 4 was changed to only be released in Europe and the United States, and major regions in Asia were postponed to March 9.

With the foundation of the first "Harry Potter" and the absence of a blockbuster during this time period, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" won in major European and American theaters in less than a week. With a box office of 2.8 billion US dollars, MGM was ecstatic.

Because according to this trend, as long as Asia and other regions can do more, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is likely to be in the top ten of the world box office, which is definitely a heavy honor for a film company.

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