Chapter 417 Big Blast, Record-Breaking (4K)
With long-lasting and warm applause, the lights of the theater brightened, and a wonderful journey ended.
David Manning thought about what he had just seen.
As a film critic, you should not be immersed in the plot of a movie easily.
But I have to say that Chen has worked hard on the narrative rhythm and editing.
While watching, he unknowingly ignored his professional habits.
Taylor Swift looked at Chen Linfeng with bright eyes, fully realizing the level of genius she is in the film industry just like she is in the music field.
She would pay attention to her guest appearance in the movie at the beginning, but from the middle on, she almost devoted herself to the plot.
During the applause, Taylor Swift came close to Chen Linfeng’s right ear and said, “Chen, you are indeed a genius just like me.”
“What did you say? "Chen Linfeng asked in a louder voice.
"Nothing." Taylor shook his head.
“Let’s go, it’s time to go on stage and accept the cheers from the audience.”
Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian stood up in tacit understanding, and then he reminded Taylor to come on stage together.
"No, no, I'll forget it, I only made a cameo for a few minutes." Taylor said modestly.
“This is not like you.” Chen Linfeng took her arm decisively, “You performed very well, let’s come together.”
Tyler's previously determined thoughts softened and he stood up.
In addition, Famke Janssen, who plays Sissi’s mother, and Frank Grillo, who plays the villain, are also on stage as main creators.
This is the territory of Hollywood, and Western actors are the mainstream and sought after center.
But tonight is a little different.
Jackie Chan and Chen are both influential figures in Europe and the United States.
In addition to the guests, a large number of movie fans came specifically for these two people.
Speaking of which, the "Chan" in Jackie Chan and the "chen" in Chen Linfeng's English are actually the same word in Chinese.
But these movie fans abroad can just distinguish between the two.
Some of the pronunciations in the past were inaccurate, and the European and American habitual pronunciation seemed to not exist at all.
It can only be said that foreigners are also ordinary people. Things that don't care about can easily go wrong, but when they encounter things that they care about, it will be different.
That's too far.
In addition to the core protagonist and director, the beautiful Chinese audience is paying attention to "Phoenix Queen Jean Gray" (Sissi's mother) and "Crossbones" (the villain).
Although Famke Janssen became famous very early, her prices are very affordable.
But after all, he is a veteran star who has been famous before and is very popular among movie fans.
Frank Grillo has yet to make a name for himself with his role as Crossbones in Captain America.
However, his performance in the film was very good. Although there were no action scenes, his arrogant and bloodthirsty energy was clearly revealed.
The audience obviously appreciated his performance. When he came on stage, there were endless cheers and whistles from the audience.
"Frank, your performance was great."
"I love the look in your eyes."
"It's a pity that Jackie Chan knocked him down twice."
"..."
Of course, Taylor, a new singer who has become popular in the past two years, is not bad at all.
Someone in the audience shouted loudly, praising her acting skills. I wonder if it was a fan pretending to be a movie fan.
After the premiere, the guests and the audience had left.
Taylor gave Chen Linfeng a hug in front of Liu Qianqian.
"Thank you, chen. This is the first time I have experienced the joy of being an actor."
Chen Linfeng didn't make any extra moves, he just said, "It's nothing, as long as you are happy."
" But this is just a guest appearance after all, it’s better for you to focus on your music.”
Taylor looked at him with a smile, “I know.”
Liu Qianqian feels like something is wrong, but she’s beautiful. Many Chinese people communicate in this way, and she feels that she is overthinking it.
...
After returning to the hotel, there was no time to rest, and everyone began to discuss the follow-up plan.
Chen Linfeng looked at everyone, "Brother Fanglong, you, Famke, Frank and others will stay in Ailiken for now. After doing a few days of road shows here, you will quickly return to China. I still need your help.”
Fanglong, Famke and Frank.
They are European and American actors, so they are more accustomed to doing promotions here.
"Mark, everything here is left to you."
Mark patted his chest, "Don't worry, leave it all to me."
Chen Linfeng nodded and looked at Liu Qianqian again, " The two of us will be responsible for the domestic road show first. In the first few days, you and Katie will be in a group. You will lead the team, and I will be in a group with Cao Yu and Lu Yang.
After a few days, Brother Fang Long will come. They're back, let's go on a roadshow together."
Liu Qianqian nodded.
This Katie is the actor who plays Sissi’s best friend Amanda in the movie.
Now she is just an unknown young actor, but she later played the heroine of "Arrow".
So Chen Linfeng is familiar with her, so he doesn't mind taking her on more promotional trips.
For actors like them, they are not afraid of hard work, but they are afraid of not being exposed.
Subsequently, Chen Linfeng reviewed the itinerary with everyone and confirmed the timetable and precautions.
Everyone dispersed.
Chen Linfeng, Liu Qianqian, Mei Jie and other people who needed to return home went directly to the airport without stopping.
Since the premiere in China, I have never touched the bed. I can only deal with it on the plane.
Fortunately, after returning to China, it was evening and there were no tasks, so I could rest for a night.
Early the next morning.
Everyone had gotten up early and prepared to participate in the new day's activities.
Liu Qianqian looked around and asked strangely, "Isn't Sister Mei here yet?"
"She must have been delayed by other things."
Chen Linfeng thought about the premiere held the night before yesterday, so it stands to reason that there should be first-day box office data today.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, Sister Mei appeared with a smile on her face.
"Xiao Feng, the box office data for the first day in China came out yesterday."
"How much?"
Sister Mei said with a little excitement, "40.85 million, a record-breaking, far away It exceeded the first-day box office of "Transformers 2" of 33.71 million and "Avatar" of 33.03 million."
"Wow, we won the first-day box office championship!" Liu Qianqian reacted immediately.
Although Chen Linfeng has experienced the first-day box office that frequently exceeded 100 million in later generations, and is not very sensitive to tens of millions of figures, he also understands that breaking records by a large margin is always a good thing.
He smiled and said, "That's good news. Sister Mei, have you informed Fang Long of the news?"
"I just made a call."
"That's good,"
Chen Linfeng clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention,
"There is good news early in the morning. The next trip will be tiring, but it will definitely help our box office results. Keep up the good work everyone.”
Everyone was overjoyed. Before starting work, they received such good news and everyone was full of energy.
"Amanda", who originally didn't understand what they were talking about, looked happy after listening to Liu Qianqian's explanation in a low voice.
40 million RMB, 5 million US dollars, although it doesn’t sound high, it is a record-breaking amount.
And the objects of comparison, "Transformers" and "Avatar", are both famous.
Katie immediately understood that this was very good news. It broke the record in China, which at least meant that it was a good film.
She has begun to look forward to good news from the beautiful country. Soon, everyone divided into two convoys and rushed to different places for road shows.
At the same time, the media has also learned that "Taken" broke the box office record on the first day.
They immediately started editing reports, preparing for a big one.
However, what was faster than them was Chen Linfeng’s Weibo.
While he was in the car, he sent a message on his mobile phone and uploaded it.
“Good news, the domestic first-day box office of "Taken" was 40.85 million, and it won the historical first-day box office championship. Take one, bang bang bang (clap hands emoticon)."
Chen Linfeng's micro-note Bo, someone lives here 24 hours a day.
Within two seconds, someone responded.
“Fuck, Fengshen is awesome.”
Then there were more and more comments.
“Is this a record-breaker? It won’t only count domestic films, right?” Some people are still not confident.
“I just checked, the previous highest was 33.71 million for “Transformers 2”, and more than 33 million for “Avatar”. Fengshen suddenly exceeded 6 million.”
"That's really awesome."
"Hey, I also contributed a ticket yesterday, and I have to say, the movie is really good."
"I originally planned to see it, but I just wanted to wait until there were fewer people before going. I didn't expect that so many people couldn't wait to see it."
"The record was broken on the first day, and we must not break it all the way next. In the end It breaks the domestic box office record of "Avatar"."
"This is still too far away, close to 1.4 billion, which is too difficult. Domestic movies are still around 400 million yuan."
"Yeah, it's just desperate. I'm afraid that like "Titanic", it will continue to suppress domestic films for more than ten years."
"Don't think too far ahead, Fengshen will first come to the domestic box office." Just one, I think it’s very promising.”
"I also think it's time for the God of Wind to rise."
"..."
Chen Linfeng read the comments for a while and was not dissatisfied because fans thought it was better than "Avatar". It was indeed very satisfying. Hard to surpass.
After all, there are differences between phenomenal movies and ordinary blockbuster movies.
Although he doesn’t think the record of “Avatar” is that difficult.
But at this point in time, the domestic film market, with its normal limit of about 600 million, is still unlikely to double.
Besides, doubling it will not be enough to reach 1.4 billion.
The fans on Weibo are much less confident than him.
Judging from their comments, although the situation of "Taken" is very good, it would be very good to reach 500 million.
The media don't care about this, and the headlines of their reports are whatever they are.
"The Rescue surpasses Avatar and is bound to become the No. 1 box office in China"
"A movie that is not even comparable to Transformers 2, Chen Linfeng adds Fansaurus, setting a new record high"
"The Rescue Super Avatar, setting another record"
Without looking at the specific reports, I would have thought that the overall box office exceeded it.
Of course, except for these headlines.
There are also many media outlets that have reported the good news of "Taken" as normal. They not only report the first-day box office results, but also include brief movie reviews after watching the movie on the first day.
“Wonderful movie, the plot rhythm is very tight, and the whole process keeps people in a state of tension.
There are many changes in the action scenes and the previous Fanglong style, with some Chen style The feeling of an action movie.
The kind of action that is decisive and unobstructed. The style is similar to that of "Police Incident". The two different styles blend well and there seems to be no sense of inconsistency.
In addition, I have to mention Chen Linfeng's script, which is interlocking and well-shaped. The image of the master protagonist is really too stable.
Although I always encounter difficulties, it always makes me feel at ease, as if no problem can trouble the protagonist..."
"This may be the best commercial action movie in China so far, not just because of the actors. not only the personal charm, but also the plot is attractive enough.
I have every reason to believe that even if this movie does not star Fang Long, it will be good enough to watch, just like "Police Incident".
This is a mature commercial genre film, which is what the domestic film market lacks. "
"What I like most about Chen Linfeng is that he always clearly distinguishes between literary films and commercial films.
Literary films strive for depth and art, while commercial films try their best to make the audience happy and never engage in frivolous films. ”
These film critics no longer bother to predict whether the movie will be successful, but directly analyze the excellence of the movie on the premise of success.
Whether it is from the media Reports and reviews of the movie on the Internet all show that this is a good enough movie.
Many viewers who are still watching are relieved, and a steady stream of people are pouring into the cinema. < br>
“It’s a pity that we can’t see real-time box office data. "Sister Mei sighed.
Zheng Zhihao therefore thought that if his cat's eye could be more detailed and record real-time changes in box office data, it would be very popular.
He wrote down the matter and planned to report it to Mr. Chen and include it in new development content in the future.
Roadshows alone are actually not tiring. The main reason is that constantly traveling to various places will be very tiring, and constantly talking about the same topics will also make people feel tired.
But the good news that keeps coming will reduce the fatigue in the heart.
At around 7 p.m., Chen Linfeng received the North American first-day box office data from Hollywood Mark.
"19.24 million U.S. dollars?"
"Yes, it's a little short, but I advertised it as 21 million U.S. dollars."
"Yes, with such data, there should be hope for North American Weekly The box office champion.”
“If we can maintain normal conditions in the next two days, we have great hope.” Mark said cautiously.
“Okay, okay, this will be better for publicity.”
Chen Linfeng couldn't hide his joy in his words, "You have heard about the first-day box office here in China, and Emily Kendall can also use a little promotion.
Don't put too much emphasis on the numbers, it can be said to surpass "Avatar" The box office of both parties is good, so they can be used as promotional materials for each other. "I understand, we have already done this during the day." As an old producer, Mark naturally knows what to do.
Even if Chinese audiences don’t pay much attention to China’s box office, the record-breaking first-day box office is more or less a gimmick.
What's more, there is also the comparison group "Avatar", so truck drivers will inevitably be popular.
Yanjing, Jingang, Changshan, Zhengshi...
In the constant road shows, time flies by.
Fans everywhere will be pleasantly surprised when they see Chen Linfeng or Liu Qianqian.
As the frequency of their road shows gradually increased, their short-term schedules appeared online, and some fans even began to follow them everywhere.
In theaters in various places, any theater where the two of them have appeared will have a much higher flow of people in those days, and their reputation will be well-known in the local area.
The early roadshows still had a considerable promoting effect.
This is also the reason why local theater chains are willing to schedule more films.
It is precisely with the blessing of film schedule, publicity and word-of-mouth that the box office in the next few days is higher than that on the first day.
Saturday was the most exaggerated day, with more than 60 million, and Sunday 52 million.
Sunday’s box office alone exceeded the domestic single-day box office record.
The box office in the first weekend was 150 million, which is an unprecedented achievement.
The media went crazy instantly, and the entire network was in an uproar.
Can it be said?
“There is no way.”
Chen Linfeng categorically emphasized that he is currently having a remote video chat with Liu Qianqian, Fang Long and others.
"It's definitely not as good as "Avatar", it's far behind, so we can't expand the scope of subsequent publicity, otherwise it will be ugly to be slapped in the face in the end."
Everyone else listened to him, During the road show, he acted very modestly.
However, soon after, the US$53 million first-weekend result in North America spread back to China, which further increased public opinion.
I went home today and am still on the high-speed rail. I will release 4k first and will resume normal updates tomorrow. Then I will try my best to make up for what I missed today
(End of this chapter)