Chapter 917 Give Him a Blow!
Since the beginning of July, various media in China have begun to focus on "Once Upon a Time in China: A Man Should Be Self-improvement". After the premiere ceremony was held here, there were various reports about this movie in various media, Interpretation and analysis are overwhelming.
Well now, on Wednesday, July 16, the movie actually comes.
It is conceivable that countless media are paying close attention to its box office, the real-time viewing feedback on the Internet, and at the same time, the crew who are running publicity outside the venue.
At least hundreds of media had made various predictions about the movie's box office in advance, and when the first day's box office came out, it turned out that at least 90% of the media's predictions were correct.
On its first day in theaters across the country, "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" broke through 30 million at the box office!
33.58 million!
Successful first day!
This score is high, but not excessively high.
Considering that this day is on Wednesday, which is a working day, the box office on the first day makes people look forward to the performance of this movie this weekend.
A side note: The 33.58 million box office of the day is still the same as that of "Big Wrist" not long ago, and it was achieved in the absence of the Oriental Cinema, which occupies a considerable market share in the domestic theater market.
It is said that Dongfang Media Group held a meeting for more than an hour on the issue of whether to release "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant". Xiong Chengchao, who was in charge of the cinema, blushed with excitement, and rarely slapped the table in front of Zhou Yanghua, but It was useless, and in the end Zhou Yanghua decided not to schedule this movie.
Of course, he has the final say on his theaters.
As a result, when the box office came out on the first day, it was said that Xiong Chengchao's face was terribly gloomy!
The next day, following the various media reports on the first day of "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant", such as Box Office, Zhou Baoshan, Thirteen Aunts, and hundreds of audiences from all over the country were present at the screening The chorus of "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" was sung in unison in the hall, and so on. It seemed that even the film and television market, which was a little tepid before and did not conform to the basic rules of the July schedule, began to be pulled up by this movie. up.
On July 17, Thursday, "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" had a box office of 31.44 million that day!
Countless people are eagerly waiting.
Although the first weekend may not really determine the life or death of a movie, in most cases, it can indeed determine the loss or profit of a movie.
On Friday, July 18th, the two-and-a-half-day prime time weekend has arrived.
On that day, "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" reported a box office receipt of 39.19 million.
July 19, Saturday, 47.21 million!
Sunday, July 20, 42.23 million!
In the first week of release, five days, the box office was 193.65 million!
All kinds of media, as well as the entire domestic entertainment circle, became excited in an instant!
The sequel to "Once Upon a Time" is really strong enough!
Better than the first one!
Because Li Qian had already poured cold water on the crew and the company beforehand, so fortunately, seeing the box office in the first week, everyone was very happy, but it was not impulsive to give a higher price. Expectations-although looking at the entire history of Chinese movie box office, this is already the second highest single-week box office record in history! It is higher than the 182.59 million created in the second week of the release of "Big Wrist" not long ago, and it far exceeds the first part of "Red Sorghum" and "Huang Feihong". It is currently second only to the 213.42 million created by Qin Wei's "The Gate of Life and Death" in the first week of its release!
But even so, when interviewed during the promotion, from the director Zhao He, to the leading actors Zhou Baoshan and Lu Lingxi, when talking about their expectations for the next box office, on the one hand they are full of confidence, on the other hand they pay special attention to their own words and deeds.
But at this time, even if Minghu Culture didn't brag, the domestic media also helped to blow it out!
"The box office of the sequel of "Once Upon a Time" surpassed that of the first film. It is almost a foregone conclusion!"
"China's first successful commercial blockbuster sequel!"
"The box office in the first week was close to 200 million, and "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" had a stunning start!"
"'Huang Feihong' and Thirteenth Aunt laughed and said: 300 million is the start, hope to exceed 500 million! Expert: at least 500 million, hopefully 800 million!"
This is just one of the aspects, and more importantly, a few days after the sequel movie was released, whether it is a professional film critic or an ordinary audience, their film reviews and after-view impressions have been published in newspapers. More than 90% of them are posted on the Internet or published on the Internet, all of which are praises and praises for "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-improving"-and this is what the experts pay close attention to!
As we all know, coming under the title of "Huang Feihong" sequel, with the support of Li Qian's producer and screenwriter, and the return of all the original cast, the box office of this movie in the first week will definitely not be lowered.
But as the old saying goes, you will know if it is a mule or a horse that is brought out for a walk.
It's not uncommon for a movie to have a high box office in the first week, but a big dive in the second week, not to mention Hollywood, but in China, there have been one after another in the past few years.
A movie can only be called really popular if it continues to sell well!
And what is the reason for continuing to sell well?
There is no doubt about the quality of the film itself!
Audience comments and film reviews, to a certain extent, represent everyone’s feedback on quality, and this feedback will be reflected in the next box office very directly-it’s useless for filmmakers to think they understand movies, but the audience says yes , is really good! If the audience says yes, the box office will be high!
Therefore, the box office is a typical layman judges an expert!
And "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" was released for a week, and his various word-of-mouth summaries are——
"This sequel did not disappoint me. It perfectly continues the style of the leader. Five stars for fighting, five stars for the master, five stars for Pork Rong, five stars plus five stars for Aunt Thirteen, all five-star recommendations! Must see this year!"
"In my opinion, this is a sequel movie with innovation in the inheritance! The selling points presented in the first movie include kung fu, wonderful fighting, patriotism, a certain amount of jokes, and of course, thirteen Auntie's absolute beauty, in this sequel, is in place one after another, and none of them are absent! Very beautiful!"
"A slightly underwhelming sequel. Of course, if you're just rushing to the theater to enjoy a hundred minutes, then it's fine. It's a good commercial kung fu movie, but if you expect the movie to give you something profound Thinking, I advise you to save it! Although the director (it is said that the screenwriter is the leader himself?) is trying hard to talk about patriotism, but in my opinion, it is a bit superficial. If I recommend it... I should give it five stars , the extra star is for Aunt Thirteen, she is so beautiful!"
Of course, there are not no critical opinions, but there is no one in a hundred.
It can be said that the online reviews of this movie are almost unanimously positive.
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Jinghua Film Company, General Manager's Office.
Holding a stack of last week's box office summary in his hand, as well as various word-of-mouth summaries of "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" on the Internet and newspapers, Yuan Ke looked a little envious and a little helpless.
After looking at it for a long time, he shook the materials in his hand, threw them on the table, sighed, and said, "It looks like it's going to be a big sale! No one can stop it!"
Zhao Meicheng crossed his legs beautifully, and was looking at the sixth draft of the script in his hand, with a cigarette in his mouth, and the smoke rushed up, making him squint his eyes. At this moment when he heard the words, he raised his head, he smiled, stretched out his hand to take away the cigarette, and then said, "It's almost 200 million in the first week, I really can't accept it!"
But after a pause, he smiled mischievously, "But, didn't you mean that even the old boy Zhou Yanghua would stand by Qin Wei's side this time? Think about it, how rare it is, Zhou Yanghua and Hu Fei pinched more than a dozen times It's been twenty years since I was a kid, and I'm actually going to hold hands for this "Once Upon a Time in Huang", idiot!"
Yuan Ke smiled and shook his head.
""Lonely Smoke in the Desert" was a disaster. Lao Du has been embarrassed to come out to meet people recently, and it is said that from the time of "Red Sorghum", the theaters under Zhou Yanghua's hands have continuously gone wrong, and they have trouble with Minghu. Minghu culture is also tough enough, Qi Jie was stupefied and refused to give an inch, because of this, "Big Wrist" was not shown on the Oriental Theater, nor was the sequel to "Once Upon a Time". Come to think of it, the most popular movie, The Oriental Cinemas didn’t even have a mouthful of soup, how much is it! Otherwise, Zhou Yanghua’s stomach must be full of fire!”
Zhao Meicheng shook the cigarette ash, flicked it off, reached out and patted the one that fell on his pants, and laughed when he heard this, "That's right! This fire is so suffocated! So of course I am looking forward to this week's "Golden Terrace". Go ahead and kill "Once Upon a Time" immediately! Just for this, he can't even take care of Hu Fei who has been annoying him for more than ten years!"
Yuan Ke laughed when he heard the words, "Yes! Although we hate each other and have been fighting for so many years, we have come together after all. Although we are old enemies, we are also old acquaintances! At critical times, it is normal to join hands!"
Zhao Meicheng puffed out his cigarette and said nothing.
For a while, he looked a little out of his mind.
A sentence that has been debated for more than ten years seems to have aroused many thoughts in him at once.
Now that I think about it, I have come all these years, although I hate each other, but it is really like what Lao Yuan said, although they are old enemies, they are old acquaintances after all.
At that time, everyone was equally good at each game, and they were known as the top three directors in China for a while, but looking at it now, his mother's Du Weiyun just fell, Qin Wei became popular, and he was a step too late, and everyone else started to grow up. After making money, I am still worrying about the script!
And now, the so-called three major directors have become a thing of the past!
In the past few years, with the vigorous development of the domestic film market, since the recovery after the market crash that year, a lot of cutting-edge directors have emerged one after another, and each of them has become famous and sold well.
What about Wu Han, Mu Yuanqing, Lu Ping, of course, Minghu Culture is the best, Li Qian is one, Feng Bicheng is one, and now, Zhao He is probably going to be one soon.
The most irritating thing is that he is known as the master of comedy in China, and everyone praises him in various ways when the films come out, but the first few films of his mother didn't even have a box office of over 300 million, but this Feng Bicheng just came out, unexpectedly A small 600 million came directly!
Times seem to have changed!
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Thinking about it, he couldn't help but sighed.
A feeling of powerlessness suddenly appeared in his heart—suddenly, he had an epiphany, and he couldn't help but have a thought in his heart: Am I getting old?
Damn it, I'm just over fifty, it's still too early to be old!
In the next film, fuck him mother!
Don't talk too much, let's spend 500 million first!
These days, there are several 500 million films, but none of them belong to me. It would be embarrassing to stand up and say that I am a great director in the future!
…………
"Hey, Old Zhao, why are you still sighing?"
"ah?"
Zhao Meicheng turned around abruptly, and smiled mischievously, "I sigh? Is there any? Oh, I mean this script, shit, where did you say that Li Qian's full of stories came from? Why are there so many screenwriters? A good story, but it’s so difficult? This, this, all his mother’s writing is a fart!”
While speaking, he angrily threw the unfinished script on the coffee table.
Yuan Ke smiled when he heard this, but didn't answer.
Anyway, he listened to Zhao Meicheng for everything about the movie, from script to shooting to editing, and never interfered. Lao Zhao is not satisfied, so let the screenwriting department write another draft.
Anyway, there is Lao Zhao guarding the gate, so he can rest assured.
So, after a pause, he still said with some concern: "The premiere of "Golden Terrace" will be in the afternoon, will you go?"
Zhao Meicheng turned her head when she heard the words, "Me? Of course I won't go!"
After a pause, Erlang raised his legs, "Old Qin is so fierce, no one can say whether his "Golden Terrace" will reach a higher level, anyway, from last year, domestic audiences still love his big scenes." Yes! At this time, I'm going to stand up and cheer for him? Fuck him, mother!"
Yuan Ke smiled when he heard this, and said, "Didn't you say it last time, you estimated that "Golden Terrace" would reach the peak of 500 million? Why do you say that again now?"
Zhao Meicheng waved her hand nonchalantly, "Do you believe what Li Qian and the others say? The first day you met me?" Then he thought for a while and said, "No! You can't go! Not only can you not go!... Hey, I told you You said, Hu Fei definitely has no good intentions in sending us invitations! This is clearly a stance of abandoning the past and fighting the enemy together! But now Lao Qin is strong enough, we can't give him any more weight!"
After a pause, he rolled his eyes thoughtfully, and said, "No, you don't want to go either, and instead of going, I have to find a way to accept an interview in the afternoon and give "Once Upon a Time" a boost!"
Yuan Ke was stunned when he heard the words, and then smiled wryly.
At this time, he couldn't help but got up from behind the desk and walked over, waving his hands as he walked, "Don't, don't! Lao Zhao, at this time, you just shoot the film honestly, let's not cause trouble! They fight theirs. , It’s good to play with a dog’s brain, but let’s make movies and make money in a down-to-earth manner, we don’t get involved in that!”
Zhao Meicheng glanced at him when he heard the words, "You! You are too timid!"
Yuan Ke laughed, "Be careful to make the Ten Thousand Years Ship!"
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