Chapter 779 Conferred God!
During the summer vacation of 1999, "Legend of the New White Snake" produced by Minghu Culture hit the air in one fell swoop, representing Minghu Culture's first success in film and television works.
At the end of that year, that is, in the annual awards selection in 1999, "Legend of the New White Snake" gained a lot.
In 2000, Minghu Culture produced the movie "On the Road", which did not achieve much at the box office and awards. Although the TV series "Meteor Garden" was popular, it also got nothing in the awards at the end of the year.
But this year, Minghu Culture first released the film "My Sassy Girl" with a box office of more than 150 million and a good reputation, and then released the phenomenon-level drama "Princess Returning the Pearl" that caused a sensation in China. Therefore, Both inside and outside the industry have expectations for Minghu Culture's awards at the end of this year.
On December 28, 2001, the National Film and TV Drama Great Wall Awards took the lead in announcing the shortlist. "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "Princess Returning the Pearl" both received many nominations.
Especially the best newcomer, the best male and female newcomer in the film category, Zhou Zhiyu and He Yingyu, the best male and female newcomer in the TV drama category, Liu Yan, Zhao Qing and Xu Mengshan, Minghu Culture and Family, received five nominations.
Bai Yujing and Zhao Mingqi were shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress in TV Series at the same time, Kang Xiaolou was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor in TV Series, Liu Yan was shortlisted for Best Actress in TV Series, and He Yingyu and Zhou Zhiyu continued to be shortlisted for Best Actor and Actress in Movies.
In addition, in "My Sassy Girl", even though he only appeared in a few short shots, and it was just a random addition when he signed up, Feng Shaocheng's role as the hotel owner was also shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor in the Movie Category !
In terms of performance awards, at least judging from the nominations, they have gained a lot, but it is still an old problem of Minghu culture that women are strong and men are weak. Nor does it seem likely that the situation will improve in the foreseeable future.
In terms of non-performance awards, Li Qian received two nominations for Best Director and two Best Screenplays in both film and TV series, and then there were also nominations for Best Movie and Best TV Series.
An absolute bumper harvest!
As a purely commercial production, whether it is "My Sassy Girlfriend" or "Princess Returning the Pearl", Li Qian is already very content to make it this far.
For example, Yang Jie unexpectedly got the nomination for Best Cinematography in TV series. It was purely a surprise. Firstly, in TV series, Best Cinematography is a bit tasteless. Secondly, it is probably just a nomination!
On January 1, 2002, New Year's Day, the National TV Drama Feitian Awards announced the nomination list.
"Princess Returning the Pearl" has another bumper harvest.
Best Drama Li Qian, Best Director Li Qian Drama, Best Screenplay Li Qian, Best Actress Liu Yan, Best Supporting Actress Zhao Mingqi and Bai Yujing, Best Newcomer Liu Yan, Best TV Song Li Qian , Best soundtrack for a TV series by Li Qian and He Wei - Li Qian and He Wei's best soundtrack is counted as one, so together, "Princess Returning the Pearl" got a total of nine nominations, leading the entire Feitian Awards.
On January 3, 2002, the National Film Huabiao Awards announced the nomination list.
"My Sassy Girl"...was a little pathetic, but overall it was to be expected.
Best Actor for Zhou Zhiyu, Best Actress for He Yingyu, and Best Newcomer for both, Best Theme Song and Best Soundtrack for Li Qian, and Best Supporting Actor for Feng Shaocheng who continues to surprise— — With roles that add up to less than three minutes of scenes, he got two nominations, Feng Shaocheng is considered evil!
Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that the current domestic awards basically do not have any rigid requirements and regulations on the playing time of supporting roles and the length of departure. Film critics, professors from Shuntian Film Academy and Huaxia Academy of Drama, etc., are all fans of his plays, and many bigwigs in the industry who have the right to speak highly praise his performances.
And, um, that's all. As a commercial film, it is already flattering to receive as many as seven nominations in the Huabiao Awards, which has always been extremely partial to art films!
Although the two nominations in the music category must have something to do with Li Qian's super fame in the music circle, and the performance nominations that Zhou Zhiyu and He Yingyu received probably also took into account their popularity—— Still the same sentence, no matter how good the Huabiao Award is, the ratings still have to be taken into account.
Then, this is just a nomination. The specific awards ceremony, these three awards, have to go to the middle and late January. Among them, the Great Wall Award is the earliest on January 18, and the Feitian Award is second on January 25. The Huabiao Award is the highest and the ceremony is the most solemn, and it is January 31.
Therefore, even in previous years, as the nominations were announced one after another, the entire domestic media would warm up for the upcoming awards. Then, everyone discussed and discussed, and before you knew it, the awards ceremony was here.
The announcement of the nominations for the three domestic film and television awards was naturally considered a major event, but this year, they were clearly overwhelmed—on January 5, movie ticket prices were officially raised nationwide!
It was clearly stipulated in the meeting that the price was increased by 50%. It is said that the starting price of many third- and fourth-tier cities and some disadvantaged theaters with relatively low prices should be 22.5 yuan, but the price increase opportunity is finally expected. , obviously no one wants to let it go, so within the stipulated range of no more than 30 yuan per ticket and no less than 22.5 yuan per ticket, everyone started to have fun!
According to the final statistics and announcements given by the Film Industry Association, the pricing reported by the final statistical reports of the major theater chain operators and ordinary theaters, even the theater chains in the most backward places, directly set a ticket of 25 yuan a ticket!
Of the 9,000 yuan canvases nationwide, the final price of the canvases is less than 25 yuan, which is less than 4%! And the canvas higher than 28 yuan is as high as 31.5%!
As soon as the results of the symposium were announced, the media from all over the country, as well as netizens on the Internet, had already launched a big discussion and criticism. When the statistical data of the Film Industry Association was released on January 7, even more The whole country is full of curses!
At the same time, many people launched a call on the Internet, calling on everyone to unify their steps, resolutely not to go to the cinema, not to buy tickets, and to boycott such high-priced movie tickets.
On January 5th, the first day of the movie ticket price increase, the attendance rate of theaters across the country dropped by 17% compared to the same period last year! As soon as the data from the Film Industry Association was released, people on the Internet began to issue calls. In the next few days, the attendance rate of major theaters continued to drop, and at one point fell to only 65%-70% of the same period last year. Attendance!
It can be said that the pain of movie ticket price increase is really a bit painful.
However, Zhao Meicheng, who rushed to this stall and was treated as a swordsman, might not want to cry without tears.
"My Name Is Auspicious" will be released on Tuesday, December 29th. First, it is in time for the New Year's Day holiday, which is a good time for the box office to explode. Second, as the movie ticket price increase day is approaching, many people who know the news may choose to watch it in advance. Price went to watch the movie he wanted to see, so, with this double stimulus, coupled with Zhao Meicheng's reputation as the king of Lunar New Year files accumulated over the years, and the good film quality of "My Name Is Auspicious", this movie Immediately after it was released, it exploded!
From December 29th to January 3rd, in the first week of release for six days, "My Name Is Auspicious" actually cut an astonishing box office of 102.64 million in one fell swoop - an expected but unexpected box office record, so caught off guard , before the opening of the movie ticket price increase day, it was suddenly broken by Zhao Meicheng!
100 million at the box office in the first week!
One hundred million in six days!
Zhao Meicheng is simply arrogant to the world!
Prior to this, in the history of the box office of domestic movies, there was only one movie that earned more than 100 million yuan in the first week of its release, and that was James Cameron's "Titanic". That movie first exploded in the United States, and then was released in China with the double support of Li Qian and Liao Liao. It directly detonated the box office of the whole country in the first week, and directly won a single-week box office of 163.07 million!
Moreover, in the second week of its release, this movie, which directly stunned countless Chinese movie fans and also shocked and moved countless Chinese movie fans, also continued to explode, winning a single-week box office of 110.84 million in one fell swoop!
It was such a two-week super explosion that laid the foundation for the movie to finally get 620 million box office (about 310 million US dollars) from China in one fell swoop!
Therefore, the domestic film market has developed to the present, and it has the highest box office in a single week, it is it! No. 1 at the box office in the first week, it is it! The box office exceeded 100 million in a single week, twice, it was it!
And now, although ticket prices are about to increase, both inside and outside the industry can predict that whether it is domestic films or imported Hollywood blockbusters, the number of films with a single-week box office of over 100 million will gradually increase in the future, at least within a year. There should be three or five films - if calculated according to the new ticket prices, the first week of "Sword Immortal" was 71.31 million, and the first week of "Assassin Qin" was 66.48 million, both of which are qualified to hit the first week of 100 million!
Therefore, the industry is looking forward to whether Zhao Meicheng's "My Name Is Auspicious" can achieve a single-week box office of over 100 million in the second week of its release, that is, from January 4th to January 10th.
After all, the price will be raised nationwide on January 5th!
If his film is not good, next time I will watch Li Qian's "Huang Feihong", which is scheduled for April--what's more, it may be in May and June, and the specific time depends on Qin Wei and Guo Guo. The specific files of Yulong He Yingyu's "The Gate of Life and Death" and Zheng Yuan's "Plan B".
But who would have expected that "My Name Is Auspicious" broke this record beautifully before the price of movie tickets increased! At the same time, it also convincingly broke the box office record ceiling that has been pressing on top of domestic films in the past few years!
Before the price increase, the box office exceeded 100 million in a single week!
The third in history and the first domestically produced single-week box office record!
It is also the first time in history that Chinese filmmakers finally see the hope of catching up with the astonishing box office of "Titanic"!
So, how could Zhao Meicheng cry?
With such a beautiful first week, his past worries about the box office and the impact of price increases were kicked out of the sky!
100 million in the first week, he can directly become a god!
With this 100 million box office record in the first week, and the word-of-mouth reviews of "My Name Is Auspicious" in the film critic circle and netizens are quite good, even if it is still due to the price increase incident, there are some concerns about the attendance rate. influence, but it has basically not affected his "My Name is Jixiang"!
Instead of crying, he should laugh out loud!
This record needs to be broken by filmmakers in the future with 150 million in the first week, but it seems that domestic films are still far away from that record.
And even if it is finally broken one day, he, Zhao Meicheng, will always be engraved in the history of Chinese film development!