Chapter 58 Happy Ghost Released
"Ah, ah... I'm dead, I'm going to die..."
Chung Chuhong, who rolled her eyes, breathed a long sigh in the afterglow, and then she felt like she was coming back to life.
Click, lit a cigarette with a lighter, took a deep breath, Qiao Feng spitted out the smoke ring with satisfaction, stroked Zhong Chuhong's smooth back with one hand, enjoying the comfort of a cigarette afterwards.
Zhong Chuhong, who had recovered from his energy, lay on Qiao Feng's chest, gasping slightly, rubbing his cheeks.
"I heard that the movie Cheng Long filmed in Hollywood called the cannonball Speed had a good box office." Zhong Chuhong asked gasped.
"Yes." Qiao Feng took another breath of cigarette and nodded slightly.
After the shell speed was released in the United States, the box office was indeed very gratifying. This film was full of stars. Of course, for Americans, they are all American stars, Peter Fonda, Roger Moore, etc. Roger Moore was replaced by Sean Connery as 007 Bond in 1971 years.
These Hollywood stars alone can attract a large number of American audiences to watch this movie, so the box office has been high for several days after its release, and it has won nearly 20 million in just over ten days. There is no problem with recovering the $10 million investment.
What you make in the future is pure profit. The film invested by Jiahe can be said to be a great success. It is better than last year's killer, and I don't know how many levels it is.
It is estimated that it is not a problem to earn $20 million with this film. If it is exchanged for Hong Kong dollars, it will be about 100 million. This is only in the United States. If other parts of the world, such as Germany and France will be included, it will be more.
In a word, Jiahe posted this time.
After receiving affirmative nodding from Qiao Feng, Zhong Chuhong said with some envy: "It seems that Jiahe's plan to get Cheng Long into Hollywood this time is to be realized. When talking about Cheng Long in the future, he will not be a Hong Kong movie star, but a world movie star."
"Haha." Qiao Feng smiled and shook his head: "You're thinking too much. Jiahe did make a lot of money this time. It's not like a process dragon, but it won't be worth much. Maybe he'll have to be scolded by Hong Kong audiences because of this movie."
"What does it mean?" Zhong Chuhong looked up in confusion.
"This movie has a very good box office, but its reputation is really average, and it has a very average reputation in the United States. Think about it, there is no technical content fighting, and Americans who are used to watching the fights straight towards you and punch you and kick you, they are all very average movies. When you get it in Hong Kong and into Southeast Asia, the circles that are deeply influenced by martial arts culture, can you get a good reputation? Do you think you can watch two muscular men who hit me and punch you back? " Qiao Feng asked with a sneer.
"No." Thinking of the scene described by Qiao Feng in the end, Zhong Chuhong couldn't help but shake his head. That kind of fighting is too ugly. It is far inferior to the fighting in Hong Kong movies, and it is completely out of the same level as the world.
"Yes, you don't think you can't watch it. Most of the audiences in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are not able to watch it. In this film, Cheng Long is a supporting role with few scenes, and Americans don't know him, and no one will comment on him. But in Hong Kong, who knows Peter Fonda and Roger Moore? Everyone is watching this movie based on his name Cheng Long. You said that at that time, these people who went to watch found that they bought tickets but watched such an ugly fighting movie. Cheng Long is just a small supporting role. Can these people have something to say about him? " Qiao Feng explained.
"There must be nothing good." Zhong Chuhong shook his head and said.
"So, Cheng Long's film was very poor. No matter how big the box office was in the United States, he was just a supporting role. No one would care about him, and he would not be able to make it into Hollywood. In Hong Kong, he would be scolded to death by the audience who watched bad movies. He was purely a fish that he didn't eat and was even a slut." Qiao Feng shrugged and smiled.
The subsequent development of the matter is indeed as Qiao Feng said. In the US shell speeding, the box office was finally worth more than 72 million yuan. It can be expected that this box office can steadily rank in the top ten on the US movie box office list in 1981 and may enter the top five.
However, the box office is high and the reputation is very bad. If it weren't for the average reputation, this movie might have had a higher box office.
The poor reputation has led to the actors in the movie not receiving any good reviews. Cheng Long and Xu Guanwen, who participated in this film, have basically not reported by the American media, as if a drop of water fell into the sea without splashing any waves.
Cheng Long, who was initially surprised and disappointed, left the United States with a shattered dream and returned to Hong Kong to take pictures of his plan.
At this time, the summer season was already in full swing.
Jiliangou Fresh Milk, which was released on July 1, has a good box office result, but the Golden Princess Theater, which was the first to cancel the bottom-up system, is coming in full force and blocking Jiahe with the release of the videos.
One week after Jiahe released Jiliangou Fresh Milk, Princess Jin released Tianzhen Youya to compete with Jiahe. However, the film level was a little worse. Even if Jiliangou Fresh Milk was released for a week, it still couldn't beat it. Jiahe's Jiliangou Fresh Milk received a box office of more than 4.8 million when she painted Jiliangou Fresh Milk.
Just when Jiahe and Princess Jin were fighting fiercely, another theater giant, Shaw Brothers, also joined the battle, and Shaw Brothers directly used its ultimate move.
On July 20, written by Qiao Feng and directed by Wang Jing, the actor who played Dongfang Shuo's popular Liang Jiahui, as well as Li Saifeng and Li Lizhen, starring Happy Ghost, was released in all the theaters under Shaw Brothers.
With the high reputation and box office of the God of Gamblers and the Best Bad Friends, Qiao Feng's screenwriter and Wang Jing's director have become synonymous with good movies in the hearts of the audience, so Happy Ghost showed a soaring momentum as soon as it was released.
The box office on the first day exceeded 1.2 million, and the innocence of Princess Jin, who was about to be drawn, was suppressed by the final stage, and only received more than 40,000 yuan on the same day. When Princess Jin saw that the situation was not good, she had made a lot of money and had not lost much. What else would it be released? Hurry up and draw it.
The next day, I really had teeth and drew from the theater. The film, which I could stay for two more days, ended its screening early, and finally got a box office of less than 3.6 million yuan.
On this day, Happy Ghost's box office hit a new high, reaching 1.3 million, which was even more powerful than the gambling god last year.
But it is normal and different types. After all, the God of Gamblers is not a pure comedy film. You should know that the Hong Kong comedy film is the easiest to get box office.
And Happy Ghost is a campus-themed comedy, and now it is the summer vacation, which is the most suitable time for release and the most targeted crowd.
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Chapter completed!