Chapter 426 The Overseas Market of "Harry Potter" Has Exploded!

December 4.

The "Harry Potter" crew held a grand world premiere ceremony in London, England.

On the day of the premiere, even though Zucker was not present, the popularity of the scene was enthusiastic.

Well-known actors and actresses from the British Isles, and even those veteran actors who don't often attend the event, were also present. For a time, the entire premiere scene was star-studded.

J.K. Rowling, author of the "Harry Potter" series, also appeared on the scene in person.

Her arrival caused a burst of screams from many book fans on the scene.

At present, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", as the first and second parts of the series, have been promoted by Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, and have set off a storm of fantasy magic in the market. .

The live-action movie has not yet been released, and the books are already very popular!

Even if the popularity of book sales is certainly far less than the popularity of the movie after the release, Zucker's strength is not small.

Spending publicity funds, not to mention a few.

As of December 2020, the single book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has been on sale for 19 months, with global sales reaching 12 million copies;

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", on the market for 13 months, sold 10.3 million copies worldwide;

The first and second volumes of the entire series have sold more than 22 million copies. This data is enough to make it famous and included in the best-selling book list.

Especially in the British Isles, J.K. Rowling now has a great reputation as a book author.

Of course, the biggest beneficiary is Zucker.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" book, priced at $19.50;

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" book, priced at $28;

In other words, book sales alone have generated more than $500 million in revenue.

Excluding various expenditure costs, channel dealer fees, listing fees for bookstores around the world, etc., in just over a year,

Zhu Ke's Jin Shuguang Publishing received revenue of 290 million US dollars, and its net profit was definitely more than 150 million US dollars.

Jin Shuguang Publishing has made a lot of money!

The entire publishing industry colleagues are about to be jealous!

"Is this still the unreleased revenue of the live-action Harry Potter movies? My god, once the live-action movies are released, I can't imagine how much they will make?!" Billy King, president of Random House He said in an interview with the media.

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December 8.

Friday.

Shortly after the successful premiere of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", it was finally officially released across the UK on this day.

On the day of the premiere, the number of theaters opened was as high as 620.

"sure!"

"I can't believe that Wald Pictures can now have such a strong distribution capability in the British film market."

"The number of open cinemas is as high as 620 cinemas, which is not comparable to the American film market, but in the UK, it has accounted for more than 35% of the day's release."

Many filmmakers were amazed by it!

No way, the UK is an island country after all, and its movie market is just that small.

Paramount Pictures.

President Shirley Lansing gave Jordan another order.

"Be sure to keep an eye out for the UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone!"

She knew very well that once the "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" film achieved quite good box office results in the British film market, it would inevitably affect the American film market in the near future, and greatly affect the American film market. Fragmentation situation.

"They are gambling!"

President Shirley Lansing said with a solemn expression: "If the "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" movie fails to meet expectations in the British film market, or even fails at the box office, then the 1920 film finalized by Wald Pictures The number of North American movie theaters is also bound to be cut.”

"But, once it succeeds..."

"Then our interests will be greatly damaged."

At this moment, Shirley Lansing was intentional, and even wanted to make a bad move.

But she can't!

First, the British film market is not the American domestic market after all. Paramount, as one of the six major Hollywood companies, fights overseas, and its strength and power will be greatly weakened;

Second, Zucker is not easy to mess with!

......

Paramount is paying attention to the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in the UK, and similarly, Universal Pictures, Sony Columbus, Warner, 20th Century Fox, Disney and other studios are also paying attention its box office status.

Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks Movies, Dimen Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment...  

These studios are also watching.

"Dude, the Christmas season has been reserved for the Big Six in Hollywood for generations!"

"So far, there have been many up-and-coming stars who want to challenge the hegemony of the Big Six in this period, but... all of them have fallen into the sand. Can he succeed as Zucker Wald?"

Many people can't help but ask this question in their minds.

Someone is waiting.

Likewise, there are people waiting to see the joke.

There will never be a shortage of "bad-hearted" and "bad-hearted" people in the world, and such people will never see others better than him.

"Wait to die!"

"Hollywood's six are like emperors, ruling the entire movie market."

"That's right, even though Warner Bros. killed itself due to internal struggles this time around, and was the first to get out of the game, but the other Hollywood Big Six are not easy to bully."

"Hehe, Wald Pictures wants to be hard on the head once, and I can't say that this time it will blow my head and bleed!"

Shay, the boss of New Line Pictures, has been behind his back more than once, sneering at Zucker himself and Wald Pictures.

"Look, take a good look!"

Shea said: "This Christmas period is the beginning of the decline of Wald Pictures."

As for the brilliant achievements that Wald Pictures had achieved before, he consciously ignored it.

Especially the "Spider-Man" movie released not long ago.

Up to now, the "Spider-Man" movie, which has been released for more than 3 months, has achieved more than 320 million US dollars at the box office in North America, and the cumulative global box office is as high as 810 million. Even if it didn't make more than $900 million at the final box office, it was good enough to drive many filmmakers crazy.

Shay was of course upset.

"Humph!"

Shay snorted coldly: "Next year! When my "Lord of the Rings" movie comes out tomorrow, I don't think anyone will say I'm not as good as that damn Zucker."

To be honest, there is really no contradiction between Zucker and Shay. When the two talked face to face, they were talking and laughing, but... Shay just couldn't stand Zucker's high-spiritedness.

the next day.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" British box office results were released, and the entire British film industry exploded.

The major Hollywood film companies were also shocked and lost their voices.

The movie box office exploded!

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