Chapter 425: Global Hit
Anti-fans are making a lot of noise on the Internet, giving negative reviews to "Prehistoric: Fall of Heaven" and calling on parents to report it and boycott this film that promotes violence.
The reality is that these "public opinions" have a negligible impact on the box office, about zero.
On the 12th, "China Film Report" took the lead in revealing the first-day box office of "The Great Desolation", which was RMB 247 million, significantly breaking the first-day box office record in the Chinese film market.
Yu Dong was very upset when he got the news, because he felt that if there were zero screenings, the film's first-day box office would not only exceed 250 million, but maybe 270 million or 280 million. In external reports, he could claim that the film's single-day box office was approaching. The 300 million mark is reached.
For this reason, he even made a special trip to the crew of "Black Myth: Wukong" to complain to Jiang Heng that it would be a big loss not to have a zero-hour show.
Jiang Heng said that the zero-hour screening was just a gimmick. It only made the first-day box office results better, but it caused many people to work overtime and watch movies in the middle of the night. It was really unnecessary.
Yu Dong knew this rhetoric, and he actually came here just to complain.
Finally, he smiled and said, "It's really rare for people of your status to think about problems from this perspective!"
Jiang Heng said: "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. Anyway, I don't want to stay up until midnight watching new movies. It's really unnecessary!"
Yu Dong nodded slightly and did not argue about this.
He came here to "complain" on the surface, but in fact he still wanted to take credit.
After all, the film can break the single-day box office record. In addition to its excellent quality, he is also responsible for the publicity and distribution work!
"According to this box office trend, it will definitely exceed 800 million in the first three days of the weekend. It's really awesome!" Yu Dong sighed.
When Jiang Heng heard this, his expression was a little dull, because it was not what he expected, and instead he asked about the situation overseas.
"News from overseas spreads a bit slowly. Currently, the only countries that have obtained data are North America, Japan and South Korea!"
Seeing that Jiang Heng was listening seriously, Yu Dong started to explain in detail.
"Prehistoric: Fallen" took in US$32 million at the box office on its first day of release in the North American market, which is considered a good result.
According to estimates by Hollywood media, there will be more than 90 million viewers in the first three days.
As for the total box office in the North American market, it’s hard to say.
For example, "Avatar", which earned more than $700 million in the North American market, only made more than $73 million in its first three days.
Of course, this is not because the film was not well publicized, but because the film was released just in time for the blizzard that swept across North America.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)", which won the championship this summer, was released on more than 11,000 screens in 4,375 theaters in North America and more than 20,000 screens in 20 countries and regions overseas during its first weekend.
The North American market grossed 169 million US dollars in the first three days, and the overseas market grossed 307 million US dollars at the same time.
Regardless of North America, overseas, or the global premiere of 476 million US dollars, it has set the first place in the history of human movies, breaking more than 20 world records.
But the final box office of this film was 380 million in North America and 1.32 billion globally. To be honest, I was a little sorry for the incredible results at the opening.
Therefore, it’s really hard to say what the final results of “Prehistoric: Heaven’s Fall” will be in North America, at least it’s been very good since it started.
The reputation is also good. Some viewers think the scene is spectacular and feels like "The Hobbit"!
Some believe that the film is more grand and spectacular than "The Hobbit". The landslide and the earth are shattering, the continent has collapsed!
A top-notch disaster movie like "2012" seems to be nothing compared to "Prehistoric: Fall of Heaven".
Some viewers also believe that the moon was actually split from the ancient continent, which is very imaginative and has certain scientific basis.
After all, among the theories about the origin of the moon, there is the theory of "splitting of the earth". Of course, some people believe that the moon was "captured" by the earth.
On the contrary, the ancient continent was divided into four parts, which caused some North American viewers to wonder, isn't there seven continents and four oceans in this world? Why is the continent here divided into four parts?
Some people who know more about Chinese culture popularized the setting of the Four Continents in "Journey to the West" to their friends, and the people around them were amazed.
But what shocked these people the most was the true form of Pangu that was condensed from the "Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods Formation". It was tall and mighty, and its combat power was off the charts.
In comparison, Superman and the Hulk are weak.
The single-day box office of "Prehistoric: Fall of Heaven" continued to rise in the North American market. It actually exceeded US$100 million in the first three days of the weekend, and finally achieved excellent results of US$116 million.
Major Hollywood media have reported on it, and the reviews published are basically positive.
The "Hollywood Reporter" published an article saying: The visual effects of Jiang Heng's special effects blockbusters are becoming more and more outstanding, surpassing most Hollywood movies, and Chinese-language movies are catching up with Hollywood...
The editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times said that the epic masterpiece created by Jiang Heng presents unique grand scenes, spectacular vision, and exciting narrative, which will surely set off a movie-watching craze in the global film market.
A well-known film critic spoke highly of the film's action scenes: Jiang Heng used all the visual tools at his disposal to lead the audience like a strategic master, showing everyone every turn and change in the battle. The death of the warriors and the expressions of the cowards during the course of the story... In addition, the soundtrack of the film is also masterful.
In addition, the British "Times" also gave a positive evaluation of "The Great Desolation: The Fall of Heaven", believing that no film event can surpass it. No matter from which angle, it is magnificent. The struggle between the two tribes of witches and liches is epic, and their ending of both losses also inspires today's people.
It can be said that "The Great Desolation: The Fall of Heaven" has achieved good box office results and reviews in the global film market, and its reputation is slightly lower in South Korea, India and other places.
Needless to say, South Korea still has the same reasons as before.
The Indian market is mainly different in aesthetics. First, they are used to musicals. A good movie is when the actors sing and dance halfway through the plot.
Secondly, they think that Indian mythology is more grand, and it will definitely be better than "The Great Desolation".
Therefore, the film's reputation in India is not high, and the box office is not good.
Of course, "The Great Desolation: Hou Yi Shoots the Sun" is not distributed in India by splitting the revenue, but directly buying out the copyright, and the box office has nothing to do with iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures.
Three days passed in a flash, and the first weekend box office of "Hong Huang: Hou Yi Shoots the Sun" was also released, with 860 million in the mainland market, which once again made Yu Dong very upset.
If this is a midnight show on the first day of the release, it will be over 900 million!
Old Yu Yin called Jiang Heng again and said that "Battle Through the Heavens" on the Spring Festival must be a midnight show no matter what.
Seeing how persistent he was, Jiang Heng agreed and said with a smile: "You, you care too much about records. It seems very meaningful now, but it will be a very ordinary number in two years!" (End of this chapter)