Hank Herman has been happy these days, and the good performance of "Inception" in the Chinese market is simply beyond his expectations.Now Hank Herman falls asleep every day with box office reports.Warner Pictures' stock also rose against the market with the success of "Inception", making it unique in a green stock market and becoming one of the few stocks that were red.In such a favorable situation, the group company personally inquired and asked Warner Pictures to arrange the release of "Inception" in North America.At the same time, I am also very happy that Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred in "Inception" out of salary and affection, has actually become his lifesaver this year.In the latest list of Hollywood's powerful people, Xiao Lizi ranked second with the big sale of "Inception", and the first was Li He.In the eyes of North American filmmakers, although the director is Chinese, the film attributes are actually Hollywood.It is very strange that among the best domestic movies of 2020 recently announced by Big Scissors, "Inception" ranks first.A reporter interviewed a director of a big scissors to mention this problem, the director of big scissors said a set of words, which roughly means: the movie is still domestic, although there are Hollywood actors involved, but the production team is all Chinese.If it were not made in China, in the special schedule of the National Day file, "Inception" would not be released.Not many people care about the question of whether it is a domestic movie, what everyone is concerned about is that after the overseas release of "Inception", can it still achieve the same results as the Chinese market?
On October 9, "Inception" officially exceeded 3.5 billion box office in the Chinese market, hitting 4 billion, and the film also officially landed in North American theaters.The situation in North America has not been good for most of the year, because of the impact of the epidemic, many blockbusters have been withdrawn, resulting in an unusually weak schedule.The best-grossing film was Universal's "The Fantastic Adventures of Dortri", a mediocre film that only earned more than $70 million, and the global box office of $283 million made Universal Pictures unable to recover its costs.When other film companies saw "Dotri's Fantastic Adventure", they were even more afraid to release the film."
Top Gun 2", which Li He has been looking forward to, has also been withdrawn, which is a pity.However, this situation seems to be changing now, and "Inception" earned $9.235 million in the North American Midnight Show, which must have been a rarity in previous years, but this year it was the highest-grossing film in North America at the Midnight Show.Warner Pictures was very pleased with the results of the midnight show and continued to increase its efforts to promote it.At this time, the publicity is undoubtedly easy and pleasant, because there is not even a competitor."
Inception" easily became the daily box office champion, scoring $21.156 million in a single day on October 9, which can only be said to be average if this result is placed on the current summer weekend.But now in a special period, and it is still the box office off-season in October, this result can be said to be very strong.Warner Pictures is almost happy to have a celebration party, or Hank Herman will stabilize it and wait for the box office to come out in the first week."
Inception" is on the rise, coupled with the influence of word of mouth, on Saturday the 10th, it won another $28.649 million at the box office, and on the 11th, it fell slightly, achieving a box office of $23.152 million, and a box office of 8219.2 in the first weekend, successfully winning the weekly box office champion and officially becoming the annual box office champion in North America.You must know that this is the first week of box office, and it is certain that there is no suspense about this year's box office champion.Professional box office forecasting agencies in North America predict that the final box office of "Inception" in North America will exceed $250 million, and Warner Pictures' internal analysis report is similar.This achievement caused other studios to be envious and jealous, and they were speechless for a while about Warner Pictures' shit luck.At the same time, these companies can't help but think again, is this year's box office slump about to pass?
Is it time to arrange for your own film to be released?
Large companies are still waiting, but small and medium-sized film companies with little capital can't help it anymore and have arranged their own movies to be released.For a while, the North American film market was much more lively, but no one could threaten the status of "Inception".North America has achieved good results, and Warner Pictures is in full swing to prepare to release "Inception" in Europe and Australia, but because the epidemic prevention policies of various countries are different, the regions that can be released are really limited.However, with the box office of the Chinese market, it is enough for the film to recover its costs and make a profit.In the case of the global film market recession, "Inception" has driven the market recovery to a certain extent, and many experts believe that "Inception" is a rescue work this year.Many movies took the opportunity to be released one after another, but the good times were short-lived, and as the epidemic worsened, many films were hit again."
Inception" is no exception, following the box office of 82.192 million in the first week, with the aggravation of the epidemic in North America, the box office fell off a cliff, and only achieved 26.965 million box office in the second week.Although the diving is serious, the film has also become the first film to break 100 million at the North American box office this year.On the contrary, the epidemic situation in China is basically stable, and "Inception" can contribute steadily to the box office every day.Because of the lack of competitive works, the film has remained in the position of box office champion and has never moved.As of October 18, the box office of the film exceeded 4 billion, reaching 4.006 billion.The daily box office has been stable at more than 10 million.Although the performance in North America and other regions is average, with the strong domestic box office performance in China, "Inception" has also achieved a big hit.The three main producers and a dozen small and medium-sized investors were all happy, and only Li He's films could make huge profits during this period.These profiteers selectively ignore the two blockbuster films "Eight Hundred" and "My Hometown and Me", which are not as famous as "Inception" but still make a lot of money.Especially Huayi Brothers, the producer of "Eight Hundred", Huayi Brothers has gradually lost its reputation as the No. 1 private entertainment company in the mainland since a large number of its stars left in 2013, and has fallen into a tax evasion storm in recent years.Now the big sale of "Eight Hundred" has not only relieved Huayi Brothers, but also regained the confidence of investors.It is worth mentioning that Penguin Pictures and Light Pictures also participated in this film, and it was Li He's suggestion.But no matter what, this year's film market is like this, and all major domestic film companies are waiting for the next schedule, that is, the Spring Festival schedule.The Marché du Film market is gradually calming down, but another market is surging.The era report drama "Together", which was originally scheduled to be broadcast during the National Day, was delayed until October 23, and finally met the audience.This drama has attracted a lot of attention, in addition to keeping up with current affairs in this bureau, it is the first time that Li He has directed a TV series.When "Inception" was still galloping in theaters, the broadcast of this TV series undoubtedly attracted the attention of the audience.