Chapter 449 - FlyingStar Journey (1/2)
Pei Qian clicked on the movie’s promotional page to check it hurriedly.
Flying Star Journey
Action/Sci-Fi/Fantasy 3D IMAX
United States/134 minutes
Released 12th March 2011.
Description:
The traumatized former military officer Tim (played by John Stanton) inadvertently traveled to a mysterious planet on the eve of World War I and became involved in the disputes of multiple forces on the planet. These forces regarded him as the key figure in ending the dispute. He even won the love of the beautiful princess Lynn (Deca Morton); however, could he really leave the past and reverse the fate of this planet?
Pei Qian’s cheerful mood was instantly spoilt after reading this summary. This story did not seem very attractive!
However… it seemed as though most films made in the United States were of this style. Wasn’t the very popular Avatar also transmigrating to another planet and falling madly in love with the indigenous girl?
Well, it’s almost the same.
The director and investment were key to this! If the director was reliable and the investment was high, then it wuld definitely drive Tomorrow is Beautiful to the ground!
Pei Qian checked for more information about this movie hurriedly. After closer inspection, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief.
It’s set!
Director Darryl directed his first animated short film as early as 1988. He had directed many films and received multiple Oscar nominations to date. In 2005, his animated film obtained 600 million US dollars in the global box office and won the Oscar Award for Best Animated Feature Film. His science fiction animation film won this award again in 2008.
Moreover, the film ‘Flying Star Journey’ was based on a classic science fiction novel published in 1911 in the United States. This year marked the 100th anniversary of the original novel. The total investment in the film exceeded 170 million US dollars. Well-known celebrities were cast in the show.
The male protagonist John Stanton worked hard to complete very rigorous physical training during the filming. He lost a full 25 pounds while enduring the pain of injury to complete the filming. He was a role model of professionalism.
In short, Pei Qian felt instant relief as he looked at the information of this film thoroughly.
That was the standard United States blockbuster template model!
Look at this luxurious line-up, the generous investment, famous director, top actors, and the great script. It would probably make 600 to 700 million US dollars with no problem at all once it broadcasts all over the world?
Getting a box office of 500 to 600 million yuan in China would also be easy for them.
Moreover, Pei Qian estimated it very pessimistically. Based on the investment of 170 million US dollars, a global box office of 500 to 600 million US dollars would only break even.
It should have at least 1 billion US dollars if it was popular!
When the time comes, the major theaters will be struggling to line up this movie and squeeze out Tomorrow is Beautiful. Wouldn’t this be a piece of cake?
At present, 31.4% of the theater space was scheduled for its launch date. This line-up would definitely rise if this trend were to continue!
Moreover, the schedule for Tomorrow is Beautiful had fallen to less than 15%.
The only pity Pei Qian felt was that this film did not release half a month earlier. It would have been the best if it was released together with Tomorrow is Beautiful!
However, it was never too late, it could at least help Pei Qian earn less money afterward!
Pei Qian was elated as he thought of this scenario.
March 12th, Saturday…
It was the weekend, and there was no need to go to work. However, Pei Qian had a very heavy task every weekend starting from today!
He checked the latest updates with OTTO E1 while eating his Fish-Catching Take-Out. As expected, the pre-order did not reach 5,000 units. They could at least reduce 4,000 units this time. The numbers were about the same as Pei Qian’s estimates.
This number had caused a lot of ridicule online as well.
That was because the news conference for the launch of OTTO E1 was very lively. The video website showed the digital list of Aili Island. Chang You’s crosstalk attracted many imitators.
The 1,000 units were instantly sold out on the day of the news conference, creating an illusion of high popularity.
Many people had questioned if this was hunger marketing previously. Now that there was an appointment by deposit scheme and yet the number of appointments was less than 5,000, it was very far off from the other larger cell phone manufacturing brands whose order books were in the 10,000 units.
As a result, everyone’s focus naturally changed. “Otto Technologies really made a bad move. They should continue engaging in hunger marketing so that the popularity of the cell phone could be maintained. Everyone knows how many phones are sold now that they made it public. Isn’t it shameful that only 5,000 people had pre-ordered?”
“What if they just faked the data? They might have just added one more digit behind the pre-orders. How shameful!”
“Hehe, I think Vice President Chang must have grown arrogant. The 3,000 units sold previously gave him an illusion that this phone is very popular so he increased the reservation numbers and instantly fell from his high horse!”