Shadow queen development plan

Qiye remembers that in 2019, "Dragon Ball" had the highest total revenue among all IPs in Bandai Namco, reaching 129 billion yen.

And the second place "Gundam" is only 79.3 billion yen, a difference of 50 billion yen.

What is this concept?

The third place "Pirate" is 30.4 billion yen, and the fourth place "Kamen Rider" is 29.3 billion yen.

In other words, Bandai’s IP needs two, three, four together to surpass the number one "Dragon Ball".

Among them, "Dragon Ball" naturally has the light of the 2019 theatrical version of "Browley".

But in 2018, Bandai's IP with the highest IP revenue is still "Dragon Ball", but the gap is not as big as in 2019.

More importantly, "Dragon Ball" is a rare Japanese comic IP that is also popular in Europe and America.

Not only the comics are explosive in Europe and America, even the "Dragon Ball" derivative fighting game is also a frequent guest item in the world's largest fighting game EVO.

Europeans and Americans like "Dragon Ball" for many reasons, but the most important thing is the distinctive fighting of "Dragon Ball".

In particular, the fighting scene in the "Dragon Ball" comic takes into account the sense of power and speed.

When people are watching, there is an illusion that the characters are really moving.

The influence of "Dragon Ball" in Europe and the United States can be said to be far-reaching. After that, many European and American cartoonists have borrowed Dragon Ball from the fighting scene.

It can be said that Fox's vision for selecting IP is still very good.

In order to get a good start in the summer file, Fokster intended to create a grand premiere for this film.

Not only did they invite many Hollywood stars to help out, they even invited Akira Toriyama, the original author of "Dragon Ball" to help out.

But watching Uncle Bird's face look worse than dead on TV, Qiye always thought he was very pitiful.

"If it wasn't because of the previous promotion agreement, I guess Uncle Bird would not come to the premiere, right?"

"Of course, I don't even recognize Uncle Bird himself. Is this okay?"

Regarding Ryan's question, Qiye gave a positive answer.

Toriyama is affirmative of his dissatisfaction with Fox's live-action "Dragon Ball".

Although he had to come to the film premiere out of agreement, it was impossible for him to stand as his platform.

As a cartoonist, Uncle Bird has long been fed up by big companies.

When "Dragon Ball" was still serialized, Shueisha never wanted to let "Dragon Ball" end because of the popularity of the comics.

Not only forcibly prolonged the life of the manga, but also squeezed Toriyama himself almost crazy.

Eventually, Toriyama developed a very serious occupational disease.

So that after the end of "Dragon Ball", Uncle Bird never published a long comic, only doing short stories and game characters.

But as a cartoonist, the "Dragon Ball" series is enough for him to eat for a lifetime.

But this creative process is undoubtedly painful for Uncle Bird.

"Dragon Ball: Evolution" is neither Dragon Ball nor evolution.

Such a nonsense movie naturally irritated Toriyama.

Others may care about News Corp and Fox's attitude, but Toriyama doesn't care at all.

If the film can really be as real and touching as the Fate series...

No, even if there is half the level of "Transformers" in the action scene, Uncle Bird doesn't mind singing praises for the film.

But what exactly is this shot?!

Kung Fu Bridge Section has no relationship with Dragon Ball, and "Turtle Qigong" only borrowed a name.

Forget it, Fox actually used a large number of main plots to describe the love story of high school students?!

There is obviously something wrong with the heads of all members of the crew!

This group of people is either a red deer, a Baga, or a Baga!

In an interview, Uncle Bird said directly: "Is this "Dragon Ball"? Why can't I feel it."

"This is clearly a love comedy movie about high school students, "Dragon Ball" is just a foil. The film is shot in this way, it is disrespectful to my work!"

Although Uncle Bird is extremely dissatisfied, under Fox's public relations, it is difficult for his remarks to appear in the mainstream media.

Even in newspapers owned by News Corporation, the whole story is Uncle Bird’s hymn to the movie.

In large-scale commercial projects, the original author seems to be very important, but in the face of capital, it appears very weak.

In the face of the huge news corporation, Toriyama couldn't make his own voice after all.

It's just that mere publicity can hardly have much meaning for movies.

After all, the audience has always voted with their feet.

The only reason they would buy tickets for admission is that the movie suits their taste.

However, the production cost of "Dragon Ball" is as high as 100 million US dollars (to the outside world), and the publicity and hype in advance are also in place.

The director James Huang was well-known in the field of horror films before, and the "Reaper is Coming" trilogy horror film fans are quite popular.

Coupled with the blessing of the IP "Dragon Ball", the attendance rate for the first three days of the film is pretty good.

History diverges here.

When Qiye was in his first life, because the crew did not pay much attention to it because of the anti-external announcement.

At that time, "Dragon Ball: Evolution" only had 2,200 theaters.

Because it was released in the off-season, the first weekend score was only 4.65 million US dollars.

Then... there is no more.

Anyway, the North American box office of this movie stopped at $9.3 million, and it didn't even reach the $10 million line.

This time, because of Fox's efforts in public relations, "Dragon Ball: Evolution" was screened in 2,714 theaters.

And the time of the show is much better than another time and space.

In the end, "Dragon Ball" successfully won the box office championship of the week with a box office of 45.07 million US dollars.