932. The Doubts of Lin Husheng
Although "Mad Max: The Furious Road" cannot be said to be perfect, it is indeed difficult to surpass.
Don’t you know about this, Mina Group and Matsumoto Universal? Of course they know.
But they still want to make this movie a series.
It’s not possible to surpass it, but they are still very sure of making money.
After all, the first Mad Max Furious Road was so successful.
Wang Yifan didn't want to shoot sequels, and they were not surprised, because many directors were like this. Most directors would not want to shoot sequels, especially when the first movie was extremely successful. Unless they were really at a loss or were really short of money, they would not shoot sequels of their own series of movies most of the time.
However, they also know that it is impossible for them to not bleed much if they want to serialize "Mad Max Furious Road".
You know, although "Mad Max: The Furious Road" has only been released for less than two weeks, its box office performance has caused box office forecasting agencies to change their prediction numbers repeatedly.
After the first weekend, in the next four working days, although the box office of "Mad Max: The Furious Road" inevitably fell, the box office declined very healthily, with a drop of less than 50%. On the first working day, it closed at 13.2 million, while in four working days it received US$56.68 million. The box office in North America easily crossed the threshold of US$100 million, reaching as much as US$136.74 million.
At the same time, although "Mad Max: The Furious Road" has not been released in China, the world's second largest market, the movie has been released in Europe, Asia and other regions, and its performance is even more popular than North America. It has been released for a week for overseas box office, and the box office exceeded the North American box office and won 180 million US dollars, directly pushing the total box office through the 300 million US dollars!
And this is only the first week.
Previous institutions predicted that the box office of "Mad Max Furious Road" in North America should be around 250 million, but now, obviously, 250 million is definitely not the limit of this movie.
Sure enough, the next second weekend.
"Mad Max Furious Road" has been almost crushed because of its huge audience reputation, excellent promotion and promotion, and movies of the same period, and it can be said that there is no movie to fight. Therefore, even if "Mad Max Furious Road" is an R-level film or not a family-friendly movie, the decline this weekend also surprised countless people.
Three days after the next weekend, "Mad Max: The Furious Road" actually won 58.66 million yuan in box office, and the year-on-year decline was less than 40%!
The North American box office of "Mad Max Furious Road" for ten days of release in North America actually approached the 200 million mark!
In terms of global box office, the same performance was quite good. It is almost the local box office champion in Europe and Asia, and this was actually created by an R-level film.
It was released worldwide for ten days, with a total box office of more than 450 million yuan.
Many people are jealous of it!
This is also why, Matsumoto Universal and Mina Group are eager to sequel this movie!
Because, it's so profitable!
And the key is that this movie not only has a great box office, but also has the same strong peripheral sales.
Wang Yifan is not interested in the sequel, and he even intends to directly sell the copyright of the sequel.
But Lin Husheng couldn't sit still at once.
In his opinion, Wang Yifan was completely giving up someone who could lay golden eggs.
Where can this work? So, Lin Husheng hurriedly flew to North America, hoping to avoid a talk with Wang Yifan, and at least extinguish Wang Yifan's idea of selling the serialized copyright of "Crazy Max: The Road of Furious".
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Wang Yifan also bought a manor in North America, which is not a top-notch manor. After all, Wang Yifan couldn't stay here for a long time.
Moreover, to be honest, Wang Yifan is quite uncomfortable with the habits of people in the United States.
Lin Husheng ran to see Wang Yifan without stopping as soon as he got off the plane.
"Yifan, what do you think? The first part of "Mad Max: The Furious Road" is so popular, and the second part is definitely a business that is stable and profitable. Even if you are not interested in directing the second part, there is no need to give up this series, right?" Lin Husheng was really puzzled.
Especially now, "Mad Max: The Furious Road" is not only popular in North America, but also has a thrilling reputation. It is also a global market. Such a movie is definitely a perfect chicken that lays golden eggs. It is a gold mine. He really doesn't understand why Wang Yifan is not optimistic about it?
"Come on, have tea." Wang Yifan calmly poured Lin Husheng a cup of tea.
Well, there are servants in the manor. In North America, many of their wealthy people are used to being served, but to be honest, Wang Yifan is not used to it.
Although there are also nannies in China, most of the time, nannies do things like renting a house, cleaning and other things.
Wang Yifan thought it was more interesting to do things like making tea by himself.
Seeing Wang Yifan like this, Lin Husheng had no choice but to do anything. After taking a sip of tea, he continued to ask, "What do you think?"
Wang Yifan smiled and said, "Dr. Lin, what do you think of "Mad Max: The Road to Furious"?"
Lin Husheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Excellent! This is well-known. This movie is awesome!"
Wang Yifan smiled and said, "Do you think the second part may surpass the first part?"
Lin Husheng pondered for a moment and shook his head and said, "It's unlikely, but even so, it won't prevent the second part from making money. With the first part as the base, the box office of the second part will not be bad, right?"
Wang Yifan shook his head and said, "That may not be the case, there are also some movies that fail."
"Of course, the main reason is that the gain is not worth the loss. First of all, the story of the first movie "Mad Max Furious Road" has actually been told. How to continue this story in the second part? According to the meaning of Mina Group and Matsumoto Universal, continue to tell the story of Ferosa. After all, Ferosa is the most popular character in this movie.
But have you ever thought that in the first part, Ferosa has actually achieved the ultimate goal. How can she break through the second part? If she can't break through, will this character still be so popular? I'm afraid it will backfire?"
Lin Husheng nodded, shook his head and said, "Even if that's the case, at least two movies can be filmed, right?"
Wang Yifan ignored it, poured another cup of tea, took a sip and said, "Yes, at least two movies can be filmed. This is true. Even if the second movie has a bad reputation, the box office should not be too bad."
Chapter completed!