Chapter 814 Leading

After the box office results for the first week of the Spring Festival came out, major news media quickly reported on the matter.

""Southern Entertainment": The box office results for the first week of the New Year are released. "Infernal Affairs" ranks first at the box office with a total of 3.325 billion, followed by "Dark Forest" with a cumulative box office of 3.18 billion. Nine million.”

""Modu Entertainment Morning News": The cumulative box office in the first week of the Spring Festival is 3.325 billion! Congratulations to "Infernal Affairs"! Congratulations to Tan Yue!"

""Beijing Entertainment": The competition between "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest" is still fierce. "Infernal Affairs" is temporarily ahead of "The Dark Forest" with a box office of 3.325 billion."

"Movie Consulting: The first-week box office results of the two most watched movies, "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest," did not disappoint the audience, ranking first and second in the Spring Festival box office rankings respectively."

After the official website of the General Administration of Culture announced the latest box office data, the Internet immediately became lively, and related hot words were directly searched on Weibo.

"The competition between "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest" is too fierce. They are taking turns to be number one! I feel sorry for the directors of the other nine films."

"I knew that "Infernal Affairs" would definitely surpass "The Dark Forest". I hope it can keep doing so and win the box office championship during this year's Spring Festival."

"The box office gap between the two movies "Infernal Affairs" and "In the Dark" has not widened too much. It is still unknown who will win the Spring Festival slot."

"As a domestic science fiction film, "The Dark Forest" is already very good at the box office, but "Infernal Affairs" can only be said to be even better."

"The box office of "Infernal Affairs" is also very good. Teacher Tan Yue is really amazing, really awesome!"

Beijing.

Siheyuan.

"Old Ding, your contact person will coordinate with all parties to expand publicity efforts." Sun Daohao's eyebrows showed a bit of solemnity.

The box office performance of the two movies was evenly matched, with "Infernal Affairs" slightly ahead. Until seeing today's box office data, Son Do-ho felt the need to expand publicity.

The other end of the phone paused for a few seconds: "Understood, Director Sun, I'll make arrangements now."

When a movie is released, the promotion plan will be adjusted in a timely manner based on the box office results.

Now that the box office of "Dark Forest" has been surpassed for the first time, Son Do-ho directly expanded the promotion, which was a bit surprising to Lao Ding. He did not expect it to be carried out so quickly.

"As soon as possible." The film market is changing all the time. Promotion should be done sooner rather than later. If the limelight is completely overshadowed, the opportunity will be completely lost. Sun Daohao can't help but be a little anxious.

Putting down his mobile phone, Sun Daohao sighed and whispered: "I really think I still underestimate this young man."

He has been working in the film industry for thirty years. Looking at the box office results of "Infernal Affairs" every day in its first week, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. The box office growth and stability of "Infernal Affairs" were much better than those of "The Dark Forest" .

I have been looking forward to a head-to-head confrontation with Tan Yue, but this time I really felt the pressure, not to mention "Infernal Affairs" is a police film.

If it is a popular movie theme on the market, the box office may be even more terrifying.

Sun Daohao took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. This guy, tsk tsk, is really the leader of the new generation of directors!"

Although the two people are now in a competitive relationship, he is still very pleased to see a young director making movies to this point. In the future, someone will finally take over the development of Chinese movies.

After Son Do-ho's expanded publicity, "The Dark Forest" once again overtook "Infernal Affairs" at the box office. However, in just two days, "Infernal Affairs" became number one at the box office that day.

As time goes by, the online discussions about "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest" have also undergone obvious changes.

Discussions about "Infernal Affairs" on Weibo are often among the top trending searches. On the other hand, "Dark Forest" is discussed less and less frequently by netizens.

Publicity programs can increase box office to a certain extent, but they only have a supporting role.

If you want a movie's box office to truly and steadily increase, you have to look at the movie itself.

With the popularity of "Infernal Affairs", many parts of the movie have been used as memes by netizens and have been played online, such as: I want to be a good person, but there is a mole who terminates the transaction.

Audiences who have never watched the movie are attracted by these memes and naturally want to go to the cinema to watch it.

With mutual promotion, the popularity of "Infernal Affairs" is getting higher and higher, and the box office is getting higher and higher.

Now that the movie has been released for four weeks, the box office of "Infernal Affairs" has exceeded 5 billion, and the cumulative box office has reached 5.3 billion. "The Dark Forest" has a cumulative box office of 4.7 billion, and there is a difference of 600 million between the two movies.

If it were the early stage of the movie's release, the 600 million box office gap would be relatively easy to catch up with.

However, in the past four weeks, the single-day box office has been in the tens of millions, and the two movies are about to be removed from the shelves without considering postponement.

It is already impossible for "The Dark Forest" to surpass the box office of "Infernal Affairs".

And if it is delayed, "Infernal Affairs" will still be in the leading position at the single-day box office. As time goes by, the box office gap between the two movies will only get wider and wider.

Without any surprises, the two films have already competed at the box office.

Seeing the new box office data, the happiest people were the employees of Cuican Entertainment, and the chat group became lively.

"Oh my god, Mr. Tan has another movie with a box office of over 5 billion."

"Infernal Affairs" is so hot. Who would have thought that an outdated police and gangster movie would have a box office of 5.3 billion, leading the box office of this year's Spring Festival."

"I think the sentence 'Mr. Tan's production must be a masterpiece' should be changed to 'Mr. Tan's production must be top-notch'!"

"Don't underestimate the enemy. The opponent is Sun Daohao. You can't let your guard down until the end."

"Infernal Affairs" is a hot box office, and the actors in the play are of course hotly discussed by the audience. Among them, the most discussed is Ma Guoliang, who disappeared from the audience's sight for a while.

During the release of the movie, Ma Guoliang gained a lot of fans on Weibo, and netizens left messages in the comment area every day.

"I am impressed by Mr. Ma's acting skills once again. The role of Chen Yongren is interpreted so perfectly."

"My favorite part is the scene where Huang Zhicheng is thrown down from the building. Mr. Ma's eyes are definitely at the level of an actor."

"My favorite part of this movie is still Mr. Ma's Chen Yongren. He is very interesting. I hope Mr. Ma can take more roles like this."

"I can describe Mr. Ma's acting skills in two words - amazing."

"Mr. Ma is so handsome in "Infernal Affairs". I have become a fan."

"He has good looks and good acting skills. I love this actor. Hahaha."

At this time, Tan Yue, who was sitting in the office, picked up the massager at hand and hung it around his neck to start massaging and relaxing. The screen on the computer in front of him was still on the official website of the General Administration of Culture.

Tan Yue has been paying attention to the trend of online discussions about "Infernal Affairs". "Dark Forest" is the strongest opponent it has encountered so far, and he dare not relax at all. Since seeing some plots in the movie being spread by netizens as memes, the worries in his heart have been slowly put down.

Now that the box office of the two movies has completely opened up, who will be the box office champion of today's Spring Festival has become a foregone conclusion. The next step is to see how much box office "Infernal Affairs" can finally earn.

This movie has a high position in Tan Yue's heart and has been popular on the earth for a long time. He also hopes that "Infernal Affairs" can achieve such an achievement in this world.

The cup of water next to the computer wafted with the fragrance of tea, and Tan Yue picked up the cup and tasted it carefully.

The phone rang.

Tan Yue answered the phone and said, "Fatty, what's the matter?"

"Are you busy?"

"Not much."

"Go play billiards, my shoulders are a little sore recently." Xu Nuo held his neck and turned it with difficulty. I don't know what happened in the past few days, but my shoulders are often uncomfortable.

Tan Yue said mercilessly: "You should lose weight."

After the Chinese New Year, Xu Nuo's weight increased as expected, and he gained another 15 pounds. Although he still has no motivation to lose weight, he firmly believes that he will lose weight after a while.

"Don't mention this matter. Do you want to play billiard?"

"I'll take a look at the remaining documents." Tan Yue began to look through the documents that were not urgent and said, "Let's go."

"Okay." Xu Nuo quickly hung up the phone, told his assistant at the door, and went directly to the gym on the first floor.

When Tan Yue arrived, Xu Nuo had already placed the ball: "The club for you is ready for you."

"Who do you think will win today?" Tan Yue looked at Xu Nuo with a smile. Recently, when the two of them played against each other, Xu Nuo ended up losing most of the time.

Xu Nuo spread his hands and said confidently, "Your question is redundant."

Because the two often played billiards in the gym, people gradually gathered around and heard what Xu Nuo said.

Tan Yue joked, "Look, the eyes of the masses are sharp."

"It's not easy to say more. I'll start first and let them see my billiard skills." As soon as the voice fell, Xu Nuo swung out.

More than an hour passed unknowingly.

Xu Nuo was standing by the pool table with a droopy face, looking listless.

"How is it? Are you convinced today?"

The two played five games, and Xu Nuo only won one game.

Xu Nuo's mind was spinning rapidly to find excuses for himself, and when he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the discussion around him.

"Deputy Director Xu is no match for Mr. Tan at all."

"Yes, Mr. Tan's skills have improved too fast, and I was not his opponent in the past."

"Mr. Tan is simply a talented player!"

Xu Nuo frowned and became depressed. He felt that he had taught his apprentice to starve his master to death. He thought that Tan Yue's skills were learned from him, but now he was not his opponent. He regretted teaching him so many skills.

Tan Yue looked at the time: "It's time to go back and deal with the documents. We will play again another day."

"Let's go, I have to go back to work too."

The two put the cue back to its original position, cleaned up the pool table, and went back to the office to continue working.

The next day.

The official website of the General Administration of Culture updated the data of the public figures list.

The two leading actors in the most popular movie "Infernal Affairs" have improved their rankings.

Especially Ma Guoliang, who has gained a large number of fans with his amazing acting skills and entered the top ten in the first-line public figures list, rising to eighth place, and his career has reached a new height.

Zhang Wenhua has risen to eleventh place in the first-line public figures list. From an idol singer to the current singing, filming, and television, he has made outstanding achievements and contributions, which is also a rare existence in the entertainment industry.

What's more, Zhang Wenhua is still young and has a lot of room for improvement.

Two days later.

The official blog of the Brilliant Entertainment Company, which has been silent for a long time, released a dynamic:

"Since the release of Infernal Affairs, it has received support from a large number of fans and friends. The current achievements are inseparable from everyone's support."

"According to the notice of the General Administration of Culture, Infernal Affairs will be postponed for one month."

"Friends who have not watched the movie or feel that they have not seen enough, remember to go to the cinema to support it!"

Even if Infernal Affairs did not achieve the current results, it is a police and gangster film after all. In the plan supported by the General Administration of Culture, the postponement of the release of small-scale films is a foregone conclusion.

"Dark Forest" also announced the news of a one-month postponement at almost the same time.

There are eleven movies in the entire Spring Festival, and only "Infernal Affairs" and "Dark Forest" announced the postponement.

General Administration of Culture.

Director's Office.

Ye Wen looked at the data of "Infernal Affairs" and "Dark Forest" in her hand with satisfaction.

Tan Yue did not disappoint her this time. A police and gangster film that has long been classified as a small-scale film directly locked in the box office champion of the Spring Festival. Who would have dared to believe it before? Only Tan Yue has this strength.

Police and gangster films do not require actors as much as martial arts action films. Seeing the popularity of "Infernal Affairs", many directors have announced that they will reshoot police and gangster films.

This is exactly what Ye Wen wants to see.

Although "Dark Forest" lags behind in box office, its significance and impact are not bad.

Science fiction films have always been the pain point of domestic films. The success of "Dark Forest" this time proves that China can also make good science fiction films and has taken up the banner for domestic science fiction films.

Ye Wen has always wanted the domestic film market to flourish, and now it has finally achieved initial results.

Beijing, Sun Daohao's home.

Sun Daohao no longer has extravagant hopes for the Spring Festival box office champion. With the increase in publicity efforts, the box office of "Dark Forest" on the same day was overtaken so quickly. From that moment on, he knew that he had no chance to be the box office champion of this year's Spring Festival.

He couldn't help but sigh: "After all, I am old. Now it is the world of young people."

"Dark Forest", which was highly expected at the beginning, still lost to "Infernal Affairs".

Sun Daohao just sighed, without too much sadness, but looking forward to Tan Yue's future development.

People of his age have a longer-term vision. Sun Daohao has always hoped that Huayu can go global. At this moment, he seemed to see hope.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I can't wait to meet this young man and have a good talk. Maybe I can learn a lot from him."