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The first movie out of the circle in the summer file is, of course, "Catching the Doll" starring Shen Teng, which became a hit as soon as the movie was launched, and the combination of Shen Teng and Ma Li has become an eye-catching configuration.
Judging from the quality of "Catching the Doll", this movie is really the highest-quality movie produced by "Happy Twist" in recent years.
According to the Douban score, the first wave score of "Catching the Doll" has stabilized at 7.4 points, and the excellent word-of-mouth results are enough to prove the performance of "Catching the Doll" at the follow-up box office.
Combined with word-of-mouth and the current box office data, the official also gave a more specific forecast box office, and if nothing else, "Catching the Doll" will win 3.7 billion at the box office.
Such box office performance is directly related to the quality of the movie.
The movie "Catching the Doll" not only has excellent actors, but also has a plot content full of laughs, a lot of comedy baggage in the movie, a lot of plot foreshadowing is fresh and funny, and the movie-watching atmosphere in the movie theater is even more hilarious and full of laughter.
More importantly, the core of the movie "Catching the Doll" truly interprets what it means to be called "the core of comedy is tragedy".
The movie exaggerates and entertains most East Asian family education methods, and Ma Chenggang and Chunlan in the play, in order to train their son Ma Jiye and let him live in the "world of Truman", everything around him is fictional.
In order to sharpen him, they create difficulties, create difficulties, completely ignore the child's self-needs, and bind the child's growth with self-moving dedication. At the end of the movie, Ma Chenggang and Chunlan did not apologize seriously, just like many parents in East Asian families, they never communicate properly with their children.
What's even more tragic is that Ma Chenggang has an eldest son who has not been educated well, and a younger son who deviates from his design, but at the end of the movie, Ma Chenggang jokingly proposed to have another child.
The movie "Catching the Doll" is constantly hilarious because of the interpretation of Shen Teng, Ma Li and Teacher Sarina, but after watching the movie, most young people can taste mixed emotions in the movie.
This is a fictional story, but it is really repeated in life, for children from East Asian families, the self-motivated dedication of parents, "in the name of love" intervention is like a wet coat, it will be cold when taken off, and it is not warm to wear.
The core of the movie makes "Catching the Doll" another comedy worth remembering after laughing. With a box office of 3.7 billion, "Catching a Doll" deserves its name.
Obviously, this time Shen Teng won the bet again, and the audience has more trust in the comedy starring Shen Teng, and now Shen Teng has also become the top 1 box office celebrity of mainland filmmakers, and even Wu Jing was left behind by Shen Teng.
So how much real "dividends" can "Catching Dolls" bring to Shen Teng?
First of all, the combination of Shen Teng + Ma Li is a must-hit configuration before the movie is released, so in terms of investors and producers, there is absolutely no shortage of investment in "Catching the Doll".
There are ten producers of the movie "Catching Dolls" alone. Among them, in addition to Wanda, Maoyan, Alibaba, and Khorgos, as long as the configuration is high, they will basically join the production of limited companies.
Haikou Xihong Hutong Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., Xihong Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Happy Twist Co., Ltd. are the three big households.
The predecessor of Happy Twist was the grass stage team composed of Shen Teng, Ma Li and other twist actors in the early days, and the early Happy Twist was actually a 300,000 yuan company, but now Happy Twist has grown into a large company with a market value of billions.
As for Xihong Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., which is also in the producer, the major shareholder of 15% is Happy Twist.
At the same time, Haikou Xihong Hutong Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., which appeared in the producer, is a company 100% invested by Xihong Pictures.
After all the calculations, in fact, Happy Twist is the biggest winner.
Happy Twist became popular with Shen Teng, a box office big name of 10 billion yuan, and Shen Teng should get a higher salary after the movie was a big hit, but in fact, the relationship between Shen Teng and Happy Twist has always been awkward.
In the early days, Shen Teng did not have shares, he could only be regarded as an actor signed under Happy Twist, and after he became famous, he also did not get shares of Happy Twist, so he did not participate in the film's additional profit sharing at all.
Generally speaking, at least 45% of the box office share of movies will be distributed to theaters, and some movies can even have as much as 50% of the theater share.
If the closing box office of the movie "Catching the Doll" reaches 3.7 billion, the producer can share up to 2 billion, and Xihong Pictures, which occupies the majority of the market, will get more. Shen Teng, who can sign a contract under Happy Twist, actually only takes the remuneration negotiated by the movie.
To put it bluntly, whether the movie is good or bad has nothing to do with Shen Teng. But then again, no one can guarantee that every movie will make money, and Happy Twist has suffered losses before.
According to the previous financial report, Happy Twist got a net profit of only 110 million in 18 years, but Shen Teng personally took 92.49 million, the high risk of the film and television business is self-evident, and not taking shares may be the most rational choice.
Moreover, compared to Shen Teng's need for Happy Twist, in fact, Happy Twist needs Shen Teng more, from the movie publicity strategy produced by Happy Twist for many years, it can be found that Shen Teng has almost become the signboard of all bad movies to attract audiences into the cinema.
Many movies don't even have Shen Teng's role, and they have to add Shen Teng's name to the starring list, Shen Teng is the box office guarantee of comedy movies, but Happy Twist is not.
Moreover, after "Catching the Doll", Shen Teng's box office gold content is still soaring, if Happy Twist can't get paid at a high price, Shen Teng doesn't stay in the company, after all, he doesn't hold it at all, and he is relaxed.
According to netizens, when the salary limit order is still there, Shen Teng's salary on the movie "Catching the Doll" is as high as 60 million, which is still under the condition that the script and team are worthy of Shen Teng's trust, it is hard to imagine how high Shen Teng, who is drifting away from Happy Twist, can get in some follow-up film shootings.
So don't look at the explosion of the movie "Catch the Doll", it seems to present a situation in which Shen Teng suffers a loss, in fact, Shen Teng won a high salary and got rid of high risks, and now Shen Teng, who is free to advance and retreat, has more freedom.
Including breaking away from Happy Twist, and cooperating with directors Zhang Yimou and Han Han, they don't have to be restricted by the company.
Finally, what do you think of the movie "Catching the Doll"? What do you think of Shen Teng's high salary? Participate in the discussion in the comment area, talk about your evaluation of the movie or Shen Teng, and predict the final box office performance of the movie "Catching the Doll".