As of press time, the box office of "Catching the Doll", which was released for 12 days, exceeded the 2 billion mark, and the filmmaker's account share reached 710 million, making a lot of money.
It is rumored in the industry that the production cost of "Catching the Doll" is as high as 300 million, but the audience who has seen it knows in their hearts that the movie has no big scenes and no special effects shots that burn a lot of money, and the shooting cycle is not long, so it is difficult to spend 300 million to the director.
Of course, the current way of playing in the film industry has changed, taking "Mr. Red Carpet", which is also not a big production, as an example, the production schedule given by the producer shows that the production cost of the film is as high as 260 million, of which Andy Lau took 60 million, the director took 24 million, plus miscellaneous expenses, it increased to 260 million. "Catching the Doll" gathers Shen Teng and Ma Li, the two "Wang Bang", if you count the director fees of Yan Fei and Peng Damo, it is not impossible that the production cost can be increased to such a high level. So squeeze out the water, let's count the cost of the movie of 250 million, then the current profit amount of the film has reached 450 million, and every ticket sold next is a net profit on the capital side.
With such a big project, it was decided to have a huge capital plate, with 10 producers and 11 co-producers behind it, the box office of "Catching the Doll" is expected to reach 3.7 billion, and the box office will exceed 1.4 billion at that time, and these 22 producers will share more than 1 billion profits, this is a grand capital carnival, and now you can prepare to open champagne.
It is worth mentioning that in this capital carnival, the biggest profitees are directors Yan Fei and Peng Damo.
Yan Fei and Peng Damo, who created the universe of "Xihong City", no longer need to rely on the big tree of Happy Twist to enjoy the shade, so the project "Catching Dolls", the Xihong City Film and Television established by the two is in charge of the project alone, and Happy Twist is placed in a relatively secondary position - the fourth place of the producer. The second and third are Wanda Film and Television and Maoyan.
In addition to being a veteran large company and mastering the largest cinema chain in the country, Chen Zhixi, who is currently at the helm, is also a very powerful producer, which determines that Wanda can bring great help to "Catching Dolls"; Maoyan doesn't need too much introduction, it has mastered half of the online ticket purchase, and it is very powerful in both the fields of distribution and publicity.
Looking at the more than 20 production companies of "Catching the Doll", it is not an exaggeration to say that the head big companies have all entered the game, China Film, Lianrui, Ruyi, Alibaba, and even Xinli, Hengdian, Tencent These big companies can only stay in the joint production.
Now let's talk about it, why are the two directors the biggest profiteers?
The answer is very simple, first of all, according to the current mainstream of the industry, a project is taken to the market to raise funds, pay production fees, remuneration, director fees, etc., which means that regardless of the box office, Yan Fei Peng Damo first got the screenwriter fee and director fee, based on the previous movie box office was very successful, the remuneration of the two people will not be low, but the investors believe that because in the universe of Xihong City, with the blessing of the "Shenma Combination", no matter how much money is invested, it will definitely be able to earn back.
Secondly, as the person who operates this project, followed by nearly 20 large companies, the movie has not yet been released, I believe that Xihong Film and Television has already recovered its investment, and as the first producer, the future box office profit dividends can also take the lion's share, so the two directors are the biggest profiteers.
The next step is very simple, the major producers line up to eat fruits, and in the future, they will share more than 1 billion box office profits according to the investment share. And among these companies, there are already companies that have earned almost 900 million.
This company is Maoyan Entertainment, which is listed on the Hong Kong stock market, "Catching Dolls" landed on the big screen, Maoyan Entertainment's share price rose in response, rough statistics, it has risen by almost 10% in a few days, and Maoyan Entertainment's total market value is 9.719 billion, is it equivalent to earning 900 million? At present, the share price of Maoyan Entertainment is HK$8.39, and the target price given by Morgan Stanley reaches HK$11.6, indicating that the stock price is expected to continue to climb during the release of "Catching the Doll".
It can be seen that in the eyes of the people, film directors and stars have made a lot of money, but in the capital plate of "Catching the Doll", getting paid and taking the director's fee is actually hard money and small money, and these capital parties behind it make more and easier, but at the level of listed companies, it is even more powerful, in the eyes of listed companies, the significance of the movie box office is more to boost the stock price rise.