Chapter 231 A Blessing in Disguise?

Bi Gan had wrapped himself up with a blanket, not wanting to see the cruel data, but the box office on the first day was 300,000 yuan.

The box office on the second day doubled to 600,000 yuan!

He was shocked.

When the publicity and distribution company saw that the attendance rate could reach 80% during the peak period, they immediately contacted the theater and started operations!

"You don't promote such a good movie? Don't want the money delivered to your door? Are you crazy?!"

However, the data of one day was not enough to change the views of theaters across the country.

Three days later.

"The Man from Earth" was hard to get a ticket!

The low number of screenings directly aroused the anger of the audience, and they started to curse!

Especially adults, they don't need to watch children's movies at all!

During the Children's Day, they couldn't find an excuse to ask their babies out to get a room, so they cursed the theater!

They were so angry that they gave bad reviews to Pleasant Goat and Bears!

Fortunately, the very courageous producer had already made a hard drive to copy the film before the theater placed an order.

Just waiting for the theater to speak!

Cinemas are not stupid. They schedule more movies that make money.

They directly expanded the number of screenings of "The Man from Earth" by 4 times!

From 2,553 screenings nationwide, they directly increased it to 10,451 screenings!

On June 4, the screening schedule changed greatly!

"The Man from Earth" became the third most scheduled movie in the theater in June!

It is second only to the crosstalk movie and the Boonie Bears movie.

There is no way, the former is a traffic movie, and the latter is the leader of Children's Day.

But at least it was given a reasonable treatment.

In this way, many audiences who could not buy tickets or were not in a good time were instantly comfortable!

There are screenings in the morning, afternoon, and evening, and you can watch it at any time.

The box office soared on the same day!

It reached 2 million!

The media in Shanghai first reported that it became a small hit in this city.

Later, because of the fermentation of word-of-mouth, the number of screenings increased, and more and more people went to the theater to watch it.

In this month that is not a good month for watching movies, the box office of "The Man from Earth" has been rising steadily.

It started low and ended high!

It made Bi Gan laugh to death.

Originally, he didn't have high expectations, just hoping to recover the cost in China, then sell it to foreign theaters to make some money, and then take it out to win an award.

As a result, the domestic box office actually made money!

One week after the release.

The single-day box office reached its peak: 5.02 million!

The total weekly box office reached 17.41 million!

After a series of sharing and taxation, Bi Gan can get 17% of the total box office, Pu Jie and Wang Xiang get 10%, and Chen Mingdao gets 3%.

In other words, in the first week, Bi Gan can get nearly 3 million in box office share! Excluding the cost of more than 1 million, he can still have nearly 2 million in profit.

Pu Jie and Wang Xiang get 1.74 million, and according to the proportion of script creation, Pu Jie gets 60%, which is 1.04 million!

Chen Mingdao joined because he had a low salary, and Bi Gan felt bad about it, so he promised to give him 3% of the box office share, which is also 520,000. Although it can't be compared with the appearance fees of the young actors, this income can at least slowly make up for their salaries. This film does not reduce the salary too much.

"Hiss - bloody profit!"

Pu Jie was so happy when he learned about the share he was going to get!

"So making movies is so profitable?"

He smacked his lips. He really didn't expect that this movie could make so much money. You know, this is only the box office of the first week. There are still 3 weeks to go, and the box office will definitely not be low.

Because the reputation of "That Man From Earth" is so good!

It completely crushes any movie of the same period, so the attendance rate remains high.

Although the movies this month are not very popular, but in the absence of tigers in the mountains, the monkeys are king!

Although "That Man From Earth" cannot beat domestic blockbusters and Hollywood blockbusters, it happened not to hit this time, making it the most powerful movie in June.

Even if the total box office of domestic movies this month is not high, it is enough for them to eat well.

Bi Gan couldn't help but sigh at the wonder of fate.

"A blessing in disguise? If it had been released on May 1 last month, it would have collided with those two domestic films. The main theme films made by big directors are so good, and we have to give way to them in terms of the number of screenings. We might have really suffered a lot."

"Tsk tsk~ fate is unpredictable, and the big intestines are wrapped in the small intestines."

The main creative staff went to several cities this week.

Originally, they didn't have so many interviews and stage walks.

But when the publicity and distribution company saw the dark horse posture of "The Man from Earth", they immediately put the publicity resources in place.

The heat is so strong!

So, although the publicity and distribution and operation took a lot of the film's share, they are indeed responsible.

Pu Jie is leaving today.

Bi Gan and the others still have a few cities to go.

Pu Jie sighed: "Indeed, I thought we were going to fail, but there was another big reversal."

"Huh? Wait. Why does this operation seem familiar?"

Bi Gan asked: "What do you mean by familiar?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter. Our movie is a success! Although it is far from the hundreds of millions or even billions of blockbusters, this time is already very good."

Bi Gan: "That's right. The bulk of the box office every year is actually at a specific time. During the important holidays such as the Spring Festival, National Day, and May Day, the traffic in one day may be higher than ours in a month. There is no comparison."

"Besides, we have already made 17.41 million at the box office after only one week of release. Even if there is a decline in the next three weeks, I estimate that the total box office can reach 60 million. I am very satisfied!"

Wang Xiang smiled and said, "Xiao Bi's analysis is very objective, which is similar to my estimate. For a movie that is aiming for awards, I think it is a success if it can recover the cost. Now, it is a pleasant surprise."

"Xiao Bi, next, Pu Jie and I will go back to school. You should take care of the Golden Rooster Award and Golden Horse Award in the second half of the year. If you have any difficulties, call me. Some old friends can talk."

"Don't worry, Wang, we are aiming for the best screenwriter this time!"

"Hahaha~"

This is the main purpose of Wang Xiang's participation in this script.

During this week, Pu Jie saw a lot of things and gained a lot of people's contact information. Some film and television companies threw him an olive branch, hoping that his next script can consider them.

On the contrary, Bi Gan was not paid much attention by everyone, because the most prominent thing in the whole story was this line and Chen Mingdao's performance.

There is nothing to praise about the director.

Uh. Better than letting a dog direct it?

Is this considered a compliment?

During this week, Bi Gan has let things slide.

His goal has been achieved, proving that low-budget movies are still viable in the current Chinese market.

A good film can break everything.

Just like writing online articles, don’t ask what themes, routines, or developments will be popular, just four words: good writing can break.

On June 8, Pu Jie and Zhang Yang flew back to Kyoto.

No other reason, no more drafts.

“Let me see how Infinite Time and Space has failed recently.”

Styx.

As Xiao Xing’s successor, Pu Dingle’s editor.

He is also very concerned about the movies he wrote, and went to see them on the first day of the release.

Very shocking!

As a writer, he is more sensitive to lines than others, so he can naturally see some of the online properties of this movie.

“Isn’t this just... an advanced version of playing the pig to eat the tiger, pretending to be awesome and getting slapped in the face!”

The protagonist has a hidden identity, which others don’t know.

When the protagonist revealed his true identity, the crowd was puzzled, questioned, and laughed at him, and then he slapped them in the face with his knowledge and experience.

Especially, the people he slapped were all teachers and professors in various disciplines.

It was so satisfying!

After all, no reader likes to see the protagonist slap a beggar on the street, that's not satisfying at all.

Then, as the protagonist gradually revealed his identity, the supporting characters began to react.

Doubt, surprise, shock.

Then they got angry and called a psychiatrist to give the protagonist a fatal blow.

As a result, the helper was persuaded and directly turned against him.

It was so satisfying!

"Pu Dingle is indeed a master of online writing. His script is so interesting and he no longer hides his overflowing literary talent. Looking at his line skills, his writing style can directly reach the top of Qidian.com!"

"If you can write and write, who will sell the copyright if you don't?"

"I'll give you a best-selling recommendation to cheer for your new movie. You're welcome!"

"I really look forward to how happy Pu Dingle will be after he knows how to operate the copyright of his "Infinite Time and Space"!"

"Bu Xiaoxing said that if you think you can shock Pu Dingle, you must reflect on yourself, because this may have been within his calculations."