Chapter 1167 (1/2)
It was evening in Europe when Simon was in Greenwich to greet the eleventh child of the Westeros.
Venice, Italy.
The 54th Venice Film Festival in 1997 is drawing to a close.
Just like the 50th Cannes Film Festival, which produced films such as ”the six heroes of the pig” and ”the soul shifting girl” in May, the Venice Film Festival also has a lot of topics.
The reason starts with Cannes in May.
Under the strong public relations of danielis entertainment, the 50th Cannes British film ”the six heroes of the pig” won the golden palm. Relying on the aura of this award, coupled with the social hot debate caused by the film itself, the box office has been booming since it opened in Britain on August 8, becoming the biggest box office black horse in Britain in 1997.
Just in the past box office week ending September 11, the cumulative box office of ”six heroes of pigs” in the UK has reached 50.41 million pounds, equivalent to about 77 million US dollars, which has set the box office record of 15 + rated films in the UK.
The production cost of ”six heroes of the pig” is only 2 million pounds.
Considering that the box office volume of the film in the latest week still reaches 4.62 million pounds, and there will be at least 10 million pounds in the future, it is estimated that the total box office volume in the UK will exceed 60 million pounds, which will be close to 100 million US dollars.
Influenced by the aura of golden palm and the phenomenal sales in the UK, ”the six heroes of the light pig” has reached the highest expectations in many countries and regions around the world. In North America, it's September 12 that the painting starts today, with 1435 screens. It's just the feedback from some cinemas in the daytime on the first day that the film's sales at least 50 million can be expected in North America. Moreover, in the eyes of many film critics, the film is basically locked in an Oscar nomination for best picture in 1998.
According to feedback from the UK and North America, this low-cost feature film with an investment of only 2 million pounds worldwide is expected to reach 300 million US dollars at the global box office.
The cost return ratio of box office is close to 100 times.
No one will deny that the beginning of all this is a golden palm in Cannes.
Golden Palm's award aura has at least saved tens of millions of pounds of advertising expenses for the publicity of ”six heroes of the pig” in Britain, making the film's reputation reach its peak without fermentation.
The same is true.
In Simon's memory, the British box office of ”six heroes of the pig” was about 52 million pounds. This time, it is estimated that it will be 10 million pounds more than in the original time and space. This is the gain brought by the golden palm.
Moreover, the value of palms of gold is more outside the UK.
After all, it's a very regional film, such as the rotten boy gang film in the United States, the art film in France and so on.
Without the aura of Palme d'Or, even overseas, the phenomenal box office in the UK will also sell well, which will eventually be greatly limited. With the phenomenal box office in the UK and the Golden Palm aura which has strong recognition worldwide, compared with the global 257 million data in history, the global box office volume of ”six heroes of the pig” this time, the estimate of $300 million level is still conservative.
On the other hand, this year's Cannes Film Festival not only created ”six heroes of the light pig”, Cannes premiered ”Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon”, but also created an overseas box office record for Chinese films.
There is also ”soul shifting girl”, which won the best actress of MIA koshner and Angelina Jolie in Cannes. It was released in North America on August 22. As of the past three weeks, the cumulative box office has reached US $34.16 million. It is estimated that the box office in North America is about us $50 million, and the global box office can reach US $100 million at least.
The production cost of the film is 20 million US dollars. Only in North America, it has already started to make profits. The overseas distribution in succession will also bring more generous returns.
It can be said that once in Cannes, the total cost of the three films ”six heroes of the light pig”, ”Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon” and ”soul shifting girl” is 40 million US dollars, which is expected to bring danilisi entertainment 600 million box office in the world, equivalent to the size of a ”tornado” super blockbuster.
So, what about Venice this time?
You know, the upcoming 54th Venice Film Festival, danielis Entertainment's film lineup and Cannes are almost the same.
There are two short listed films in the main competition, one is Giuseppe tonadore's new work ”pianist on the sea”, and the other is Roberto benini's ”beautiful life”, which is similar to the Cannes Film Festival's ”six heroes of the pig” and ”soul moving girl”.
Moreover, both films have won wide acclaim after their premiere in the film festival. The premiere of ”beautiful life” not only won the audience's standing ovation for a long time, but also made many people cry for this touching story.
Then, similar to crouching tiger, hidden dragon, the long delayed $200 million blockbuster ”Titanic” of danielis entertainment chose to make its global premiere at this Venice Film Festival.
It's today.
Whether it's film and television related media, fans who pay more attention to the dynamic of the industry, or even the Organizing Committee of Venice Film Festival, the perception of danelis entertainment is very complex.On the one hand, if danielis entertainment can copy the success of the previous three Cannes films, it can highlight the value of the festival to a great extent.
On the other hand, if daenerys entertainment is a great success again, it will inevitably give people a feeling that daenerys entertainment is the only one in the major film festivals. Then, do other people still play? In such a huge film festival market, even if danielis entertainment is large enough, this one alone will not be able to sustain.
The world premiere of Titanic begins at 5 p.m. local time in Venice.
First of all, the red carpet ceremony.
Under the strong appeal of danielis entertainment, the jury and people headed by Jane Campion of the film festival attended by famous film makers from all continents of Venice, as well as film critics and media reporters from all over the world. Because of the commercial location of Titanic,
also invited a large number of lucky fans to watch the movie together. The official also sent questionnaires to the fans who got the viewing opportunity in advance, so as to make possible final adjustments to the film according to the public screening.
The red carpet ceremony lasted an hour.
Near six o'clock, James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio and Rachel Vichy appeared on the red carpet, announcing the climax of the red carpet ceremony.
Unlike Li Zi and Rachel, who are relatively relaxed, James Cameron, who has been suffering for more than a year, is now basically in a broken mood.
In any case, it's a relief.
With the leading actor and heroine all the way through the red carpet, he politely interacted with the fans and took photos cooperatively. Cameron did not hear the hoarse questions from the reporters in the media area. After all, from last year when the project got out of control, even with Denise Entertainment's control, he saw too many negative comments on the project in the media.
What's the point now? It works?
Not at all.