998: The new king of Hollywood, The Phantom?!
July soon entered, and half of 2012 had passed. Phantom gained a lot. The French annual champion movie "Unt Touch" released last year only received 60 million yuan in North America, but in the end, it earned a total of 420 million yuan in the world. Of course, the big head is still in France. Excluding film purchase fees and promotional fees, the Phantom did not receive much box office revenue. If you want to make a lot of money, you have to look at the feedback from the DVD market.
The movie "Super Power Out of Control" produced and released by himself has a cumulative global total of more than US$180 million, and mainland China contributed 350 million yuan.
"The Story of Old Reis" won 245 million US dollars when North America completely painted. In the end, relying on the box office explosion in China, it successfully reached the global box office of 600 million US dollars and won 603 million US dollars.
"The Hunger Games" received a huge US$420 million in North America, and its overseas box office barely exceeded 403 million. The global box office accumulated 823 million US dollars. It became the first most popular series of movies so far this year.
It was Li Donglai, the owner of the Phantom’s biggest brand, who took the lead in person. "Teddy Bear" has so far reached 223 million in North America and 250 million in overseas US dollars. Combined with all the results, the Phantom became the first Hollywood film company to break the billion mark in 2012. It led Disney, Warner, Paramount, Fox, and looked up to the entire Hollywood.
The 1 billion box office in the United States is an important indicator, not a giant's leisure involvement.
Last year, the Phantom had already shown strong competitive potential for the annual box office rankings. They released not many movies. But each one sold a big sale, which was simply a monster. This year, it won multiple weekend box office championships at the beginning of the year, and it was even ahead of all Hollywood companies. The first company to break the $1 billion mark was reached. This record was reached in mid-June, which is a brand new record for the Phantom.
Disney and the Phantom have been strong contenders for the championship over the past month. Sony and Universal have been competing for third place, and Sony is currently leading the domestic box office by nearly 20 million. Both companies are expected to exceed 900 million this week. Warner and Lions Gate tied for fifth place, with 650 million respectively, followed by 20th Century Fox (580 million) and Paramount (540 million).
As a new entertainment brand that has just been established for five years, Phantom is as legendary as his boss. Every step of growth has been questioning and criticizing, but it has counterattacked and successfully established a great reputation worldwide. Even when facing powerful competitors such as Disney, Warner, Fox, and Paramount, it does not affect its box office appeal of "only producing high-quality products and never losing money", the result this time is the best proof.
"Hollywood's new king, Phantom?!"
The New York Times uses question marks and exclamation marks as titles and talks about this possibility with great fanfare.
"In 2008, a former small documentary distribution company in Hollywood was on the verge of bankruptcy. At that time, not many people remembered the name. A Chinese who was ignorant of the world bought it with all the funds, changed its name to Phantom, and filmed the first Hollywood movie, which was Li Donglai."
"The first movie is called "Source Code". The movie is of good quality, but it has no fame. How can they make the film sell well and make money with the Phantom promotion funds? Li Donglai used his fists and made the American Professional Wrestling League unable to raise his head. Chinese Kung Fu once again sensationalized the world with practical results. It also created his unique publicity method. But the audience was deceived. There were not many action scenes in the movie, but it could not hide the fact that this was a classic science fiction film. The movie was successful, and the global sales of $300 million were sold, giving this young man who was gambled had the capital to rise..."
"In the following years, the Phantom achieved a triple jump, making it bigger every year. But he is still in the ranks of independent film companies. He can only produce a few movies and publish his own movies every year. The distribution channels are limited and the production costs are limited. However, he maintained a record that makes all independent film companies envious. All movies have never lost money, and each movie is more and more popular."
"In 2011, with the emergence of the box office blockbuster "Inception 3D", the Phantom once ranked among the top ten in Hollywood's annual box office. It allowed people to see the strong potential of this independent film company's competition list... Until the company completed its listing task in 2012, the stock doubled, and the company's assets expanded instantly. So everyone saw the strong ambition and strong self-confidence of this Chinese. A few days ago, the plan for more than 20 new movies was proof of it."
"Now the Phantom has quickly completed the process of rising and accumulating, transforming rapidly, and becoming a powerful entertainment brand. In the first year of its listing, it completed the box office counterattack against the seven major Hollywood players, and was the first to complete the US dollar 1 billion mark in the US, shocking a group of people who were afraid of the former."
"All Li Donglai's achievements are a legend! It is said that several companies have already made their own films and screened on the big screen. I personally think that this is a good idea. His Hollywood experience, including slander, strong counterattack, indomitable, and success again and again... This must be a wonderful story."
This large report from the New York Times caused a great shock. A number of large Hollywood companies were criticized by a group of patriotic American youths and were quite unscrupulous. No one would underestimate Li Dong's arrival, but his development was still beyond expectations.
"I actually defeated Disney?! It's incredible." Robert Downey Jr. shook his head, staring at the boss, expressing his disbelief.
More people are more interested in making Li Donglai's story into a movie. As the newspaper said, there is slander, there is a stage, stubbornness, and unyielding, and then it explodes one by one. Every explosion makes the detractors feel thrilled... Isn't this story rhythm the selling point of a blockbuster film?
There are many people who are interested. They don’t know who the competitor is, but they also launched Yu Phantom’s contact activities.
The news reached Sean, and he was very interested. It would be better to give it to himself than to do it to others. He is one of the few old employees in the company who has been staying since the documentary company. Compared to asking others to play Li Donglai, he was very worried. He didn't think that no one in Hollywood or even the whole world could play Li Donglai well. He was unique.
Compared to shooting a live-action movie, he hopes to make a documentary.
Today's documentaries are no longer as good as before, and they can make hundreds of millions of dollars under the fan effect of Justin Bieber. The recently released British Irish one-way band documentary also sold at a high box office, which is the charm of idols.
Will Li Donglai have fewer documentaries than them?
When he thought of the possibility, he couldn't help it. But in the end, Li Donglai had to approve this matter.
"My documentary? Don't joke about Sean. Do you have that much information?" Li Donglai was putting on makeup on the crew. When he heard Sean's proposal, he was a little ridiculous.
"In fact, we have a lot, all thanks to Rodro! As long as you agree, we can finish the work quickly and will not delay you too much. Of course, if you can provide some exclusive information, such as asking your master to interview you, to find out some things from childhood, to provide some photos, lenses and other materials... Don't rush to refuse, okay, Li!" Sean was afraid that Li Donglai would refuse, so he didn't even give him the chance to speak, and kept talking, "Li, you know, Li. You know I started out as a documentary, and the predecessor of the Phantom was also a documentary. Our old employees include the deceased old James... Oh, it's my former boss, who has always had a wish, which is to shoot a surprising documentary and then release it on a large scale. And your story is the best material."
He used the wishes of his employees to block Li Donglai's opposition, and even brought out all the deceased bosses, which really made Li Donglai embarrassed. After hesitating for a long time, he was still unsure of his mind. Seeing the makeup artist in the makeup mirror paying attention, even Angelababy and Liu Jialing who were wearing makeup beside him listened. He simply asked, "If you shoot a documentary of mine, will you be interested?"
"Of course!" Liu Jialing said first, "Maybe it will be a big deal. This is the first Chinese actor to have a documentary release in Hollywood. Bruce Lee does not have this honor. I don't think you should give up."
Let’s look at the ab on the other side... Forget it, I won’t look at her anymore. The little girl has been conquered by him for a long time, so how could she give her objections?
"Okay, I agree. You guys can do it. I have only one request, don't add extra work to me."
"yes!" Sean waved his fist hard.
"..." Li Donglai's head was full of black lines, but he was quite happy to let the old man help him make money. Recently, the old man deducted more than 50 million from him, famously known as archaeological excavations, and took away his junior brother Zhang Zhengyang. To put it nicely, he was not going to rob the tomb. He had done this several times when he was young. I really don't know how the old man spent money, and he could spend more than him. Suddenly he thought of something and quickly added: "Let Rodro go to the matter when he was looking for my master. He will drive you out if someone else goes."
“Ok.”
The Phantom has become the number one in Hollywood silently. This incident has also received a lot of response in China and Asia. The Japanese acquired Columbia Company and took many years to stabilize. But they have never dominated. Li Donglai actually developed from a bankrupt small company to a Hollywood giant, which is incredible.
Chapter completed!