Chapter 82 The world's first IMAX blockbuster (first order required)

"Congratulations, Director Jiang, for making another groundbreaking film!"

After thunderous applause from the audience, Han Sanping spoke first, expressing his gratitude that China Film Group Corporation could participate in the investment.

In fact, China Film Group is not the only company that Jiang Heng can cooperate with in China.

The famous Shanghai Film Group has sent people to contact Jiang Heng many times and even proposed the idea of ​​jointly building a movie park.

The general idea is that Jiang Heng provides the IP and funds, while Shanghai Film Group is responsible for the land and various procedures, and they jointly develop and benefit.

Jiang Heng was very excited about these proposals.

The land and amusement parks in Shanghai will be a treasure trove and a cash cow in the future.

It was only because he took into account that the domestic consumer economy has not yet developed and he does not have enough film and television IPs under his name that he resisted the urge to invest.

However, it also gave Jiang Heng the idea of ​​setting up an animation company. Apart from anything else, as long as he could produce "Kung Fu Panda", he could make a fortune.

It's just that we are still in the accumulation and development stage, and there are too many things to do and we are unable to spare time, so we put the proposal of Shanghai Film on hold, but we did not completely reject it.

Han Sanping knew all this, but it was not easy for him to say anything. All he could do was to develop more extensive cooperation and make the relationship between the two companies closer.

As for "Pacific Rim", which was jointly produced by China Film, iQiyi, Tencent Video and Columbia, they naturally spared no effort to protect it and promote it widely.

In terms of passing the review, it can be said that there are no obstacles.

The only objection was that a censor felt that the monster in the film wreaked havoc in Japan, destroyed countless buildings in Tokyo, and killed so many people, which might hurt the feelings of the Japanese people.

Fortunately, most censors believe that Japanese audiences already like movies about monsters wreaking havoc on their island country. Since you filmed the monsters so well, people might find it thrilling and should thank you!

At this point, Pacific Rim has successfully passed the review and obtained the Dragon Mark. Global distribution is also officially on the agenda.

In North America, Columbia is naturally responsible for distribution, and Columbia is also responsible for distribution in many South American countries.

In other regions, China Film Group and Bona Film Group are leading the way and expanding the number of countries with which they share box office revenue.

Japan adopted a profit-sharing model when "Lion Camel Ridge" was released, and this time is no exception.

And because it is a film about mechas fighting monsters, several large Japanese film companies were very optimistic about "Pacific Rim" and competed with each other. In the end, Toho Co., Ltd. obtained the distribution rights.

In South Korea, the split-revenue distribution model was adopted for the first time.

This country's film market was dominated by Hong Kong films in the early years, but in recent years, Hong Kong films have declined and have been taken over by Hollywood.

As for the rise, some believe it started with 1999's "Life and Death", while others believe it started with 2003's "Memories of Murder".

But no matter where we start counting, it proves that the current Korean local film industry is extremely weak, unable to fight back against ordinary Hollywood blockbusters, let alone the blockbuster "Pacific Rim".

Other countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Australia, etc. also all adopt the split-account distribution model.

There are two other box office giants that, due to special circumstances, still use the buyout model, namely India and Mexico.

Although the former claims to be a unified country, it is rather divided in the film market. There are many reasons for this, such as the 22 official languages, each with its own unique cultural background and market positioning.

Therefore, Indian films are shot and released in different languages ​​in different regions to meet the viewing needs of different regions.

Relying on such an innate market "barrier", Hollywood movies have not been able to capture the Indian market in the era when they were conquering the world, let alone Chinese-language films.

But this market has a large population and cannot be completely ignored.

The only thing you can do is to increase the buyout price as much as possible and gain a little more profit.

Another box office powerhouse with a special situation is Mexico. Here, the government is not the real ruler of the country. Can we still expect a unified film market?
It is still bought out at a high price, allowing local film producers in Mexico to distribute the films themselves.

In other countries and regions, they are all bought out and distributed.

And because of the great reputation won by the first three films, the world's first mecha special effects blockbuster has the gimmick of mechas fighting monsters.

Film producers from all over the world flocked to Hong Kong to purchase copyrights, and the final copyright sales price reached a huge amount of 30 million US dollars, directly recovering one-third of the cost.

Including the split distribution, "Pacific Rim" will be released in more than 120 countries and regions around the world, an unprecedented event!

After the news was reported, even the Hollywood film producers were shocked.

Especially the "Transformers" crew. Although they tried to catch up again and again, Paramount and DreamWorks found that there were too many problems to be solved during the entire filming process.

Sometimes I even get halfway through and have to start over again.

For example, the appearance design and transformation design of Autobots such as Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron.

The previous animation version did have a rough outline, but it was too simple and crude to be used directly.

Just these renderings and storyboards took up a lot of time for the preparation team.

Not to mention the script, actors, and models for filming. Despite all the hassle, the crew was able to start filming just before Pacific Rim was released.

Neither producer Spielberg, director Michael Bay, nor project initiator Don Murphy could understand how Jiang Heng could prepare so quickly, as if all the images were already in his mind.

Several producers from the Transformers crew discussed whether to send someone to attend the mainland premiere of Pacific Rim. According to news from China, Jiang Heng will hold an advance screening after the premiere, and has successfully negotiated with IMAX to temporarily build an IMAX screen in a sports stadium.

This will also be the world's first IMAX preview, full of hype.

Spielberg looked serious and said, "We should go and have a look. Seeing how his films turned out can be an inspiration to us."

The chubby Don Murphy said with a smile, "I'm not that busy right now, so I'll just go take a look. I never thought that China, which is so backward, could actually make high-tech films and use high-tech equipment. IAMX is the first in the world, and it's actually cooperating with the Chinese!"

Another producer, Bryce, said, "IMAX also wants to use Jiang Heng's film to make a name for itself. If it is successful this time, I'm afraid we will also look for him to cooperate with us!"

"Yeah, I'm really not willing to let a Chinese kid take over the initiative!"

Several foreigners gathered together to complain, but after discussion, they still decided to go to China to see what the charm of the world's first IMAX commercial blockbuster is!
(End of this chapter)