Chapter 503 Eighty million, is there any hope?
The day after Celine Dion's concert at Radio City, several media outlets reported on the grand event that night, so it was inevitable to report on the new song.
Tomson also seized the opportunity, collected these reports, and reported them to the domestic media.
Some newspapers' headlines were highly exaggerated.
[Zhou Yan's new movie "Space Traveler" was performed passionately in Radio City, New York! 】
【Can’t wait any longer! Listen to the song first! 】
[A song by Zhou Yan keeps Americans awake! 】
【I'm here, I'm conquering! 】
[Zhou Yan appears on "Billboard" again! 】
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Just by looking at the headlines of these news, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand what is going on.
When Nariko Ida saw the news, she also looked confused.
She felt that her Chinese proficiency was pretty good and she shouldn't have any problem reading news headlines, but she couldn't understand these news headlines at all.
In recent years, whether it’s China or Neon, news headlines seem to be getting weirder and weirder.
In the past, news headlines were very general. For many news, you could know what happened just by looking at the headline. If the news was more important, the content might not be much longer than the headline.
But now, news headlines are becoming less and less general, and it is increasingly difficult for people to understand what the news is actually saying.
She had no choice but to skip the title and read the content inside.
After reading the content of the news, she realized that it was Celine Dion who sang an interlude in Zhou Yan's new movie "Space Traveler".
Two days ago, Celine Dion sang this song at the end of her concert.
This song is now very much discussed in the United States, but because the movie has not yet been released in the United States and the song has not been released as a single, most of them are just discussions and have not heard of the song.
"Billboard" reports that "All of Me" is a song that will definitely be on the charts and will undoubtedly be welcomed by fans.
In fact, the audience will not be surprised by "Billboard"'s report, because the songs written by Zhou Yan before have dominated the charts, and it is normal for new songs to be on the charts.
And the person who sang this song was Celine Dion, and the singer herself is very popular.
However, it is precisely because the media's reports on this song are very positive, which has made the fans have expectations for this song, and now they can't hear the song, so they are very uncomfortable.
Seeing these reports, Ida Nariko couldn't help but nod. Sure enough, it was Teacher Zhou who took the initiative and would not miss at all.
She had already heard Akina Nakamori talk about Zhou Yan's promise to write a new song, so she was in a good mood these days.
The more famous Zhou Yan becomes, the better it will be for Ming Cai.
Nariko Ida has been accompanying Nakamori Akina to activities in Shanghai these days, so she saw these reports in Shanghai, which shows that the news has spread widely in China.
Originally, due to CCTV's report, the popularity of "Space Traveler" increased against the trend, and the box office also increased accordingly.
The popularity has just subsided in the past two days, and the box office has slowly declined. Suddenly, there has been a lot of news about "Space Traveler" and Celine Dion, and the popularity has increased slightly against the trend.
Although the box office did not rise much, it basically stabilized the box office that had fallen back
As of January 20, the single-day box office of "Space Traveler" will still exceed 1.5 million.
By this time, the movie's total box office had exceeded 65 million.
It has been exactly one month since the premiere of "Space Traveler", and it only took 65 million at the box office in one month. This achievement is completely crazy.
The current situation is a bit interesting, because there is only one movie at the top of the domestic box office rankings.
China's box office rankings this year are different from last year. There are no super hits like "True Lies" and "Red Zone". The best box office performer is "Police Story: Simple Mission" with 80 million.
Before the release of "Space Traveler", "A Simple Mission" was followed by "Twister" with a box office of 54 million, and the third place was "Broken Arrow" with a box office of 50.5 million.
In other words, the difference between first place and second place is close to 30 million, and "Simple Mission" is leading by a cliff.
After "Space Traveler" was released, it took a short time to exceed 33 million, edging out "Toy Story" and "Panic" two movies, and ranked among the top ten in the mainland box office rankings this year.
After that, it didn’t take long to surpass movies such as "Future Water World", "Mission: Impossible", and "The Island", ranking fourth with a box office of 50 million.
When the box office of "Space Traveler" reached 50 million, it attracted a lot of attention, because if it took one step further, it would surpass "Broken Arrow" and "Tornado" and rank second.
Of course, after breaking through 50 million box office, it didn't take long to leave these two movies behind.
At this time, most people felt that "Space Traveler" should be ranked second, because just above that is "Simple Mission" with 80 million, which is really far away.
But what people didn't expect is that "Space Traveler" performed so well in the future. It exceeded 65 million in one month, and now it is still making hundreds of thousands of box office every day.
If it can maintain this status for more than ten days, it will be able to beat the box office of "Simple Mission" and successfully reach the top.
Therefore, everyone is now paying attention to whether this movie can catch up and become this year's box office champion.
The most nervous person now may be Han Sanping.
He has always been a person with a stable mentality, otherwise he would not be able to reach this position at this age.
However, his expectations have been raised to the peak step by step.
Initially, his goal was to exceed the box office of 3,500 yuan. In that case, "Time Traveler" would become the highest-grossing mainland film this year.
But the goal of 35 million was achieved so quickly that he didn't even feel anything, and the next goal was automatically generated in his heart - 40 million.
Then not long after, this goal became 50 million, 60 million...
Later, his goals were updated almost every two days.
Now, his goal has become 80 million, yes, it is to complete "Simple Mission".
If the box office can reach 1.5 million every day, it will only take ten days to reach this goal. But it is simply impossible to maintain 1.5 million. According to the rules, it will definitely decline.
If it drops by one hundred thousand every day, down to zero, there will be no fifteen hundred.
However, even if it drops, it is impossible for the box office to return to zero after fifteen days. There must still be some box office every day...
Han Sanping found that calculating box office is really difficult, as there are too many factors to consider.
If according to conventional calculations, the box office of "Space Traveler" would not even reach 65 million. But it got there, and it keeps going.
After thinking for a long time, Han Sanping called Xu Feng.
After receiving a call from Han Sanping, Xu Feng was in a good mood and asked with a smile, "Director Han, are you calling me now to discuss the celebration banquet?"
"Of course we have to hold a celebration party. Mr. Xu can decide the time. But I'm calling you to ask, according to your prediction, can the box office of "Space Traveler" exceed 80 million?"
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As soon as he heard Han Sanping mention the number 80 million, Xu Feng knew what he was thinking.
In fact, it's not just Han Sanping who is thinking about it, many people outside are also paying attention to this matter.
"It's hard to say, let's give it a 50-50 shot." Xu Feng told Han Sanping their predictions.
In fact, Tomson's internal predictions are not ideal. According to the current situation, it is difficult for "Space Traveler" to exceed the 80 million box office.
Now it is 65 million, and the gap is 15 million. In the early and mid-term, this 15 million is still relatively easy to get, but now a month has passed, the potential of the ticket warehouse has been almost tapped. It is difficult to maintain the current single-day box office.
According to Tomson's prediction, the single-day box office should drop below 300,000 within ten days, and then stabilize between 100,000 and 200,000 for a period of time.
After that, it stabilized at around 50,000 for a period of time.
By this time, the movie will be finished.
According to this situation, there is no way to get 15 million in the next period of time.
"What about the Chinese New Year period? Can the box office be pushed up?" Han Sanping asked again.
"Difficult." Xu Feng replied.
It is indeed difficult. Not many people go to cinemas to watch movies during the Chinese New Year, and most of the target audience have already seen the movie. Unless a large number of viewers choose to watch movies two or three times in the future, it will be difficult to increase the box office.
Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian have quite a few fans, but not many crazy ones. There aren't many people who go to the cinema to watch the movie a dozen times just to chase the stars.
Hearing Xu Feng's answer, Han Sanping pondered for a while, and then said, "Mr. Xu, if, I mean if, we intervene now, can we improve the movie box office?"
Xu Feng on the other end of the phone frowned and said, "Director Han, I don't quite understand what you mean. Do you want to do it for the box office? How to do it? Do you want the cinema to cooperate in doing the data?"
In fact, it is very easy for movie theaters to falsify data. Instead of directly changing the world, they just need to create some ghost shows. It just requires some effort to smooth out the books.
"I'm not saying we need to make fake data, but we need to make real data. We can invite people to watch the movie. If the box office of "Space Traveler" is not far away from 80 million in the end, we can invest a little money ourselves to hire people. Watch movies and make money at the box office.”
Inviting people to watch movies is also easy to do. There are many cases like this in the mainland. If you find some units and schools to cooperate and book a movie theater for them, the box office will quickly increase.
For many domestic movies with very high box office, units and schools often organize groups to watch the movies, otherwise it will be difficult to keep up with the box office.
Xu Feng thought for a while and said, "If the difference is hundreds of thousands, you can give it a try like this."
"I think if the difference is within five million, we can consider it."
"Isn't this...the cost too high?"
In fact, if you earn five million at the box office, you may need to spend three million, which is not a low cost.
Of course Xu Feng also wants "Space Traveler" to surpass "A Simple Mission" at the box office and become this year's overall champion, but her desire is not that strong, so naturally she is not willing to spend three million to do this.
But Han Sanping is different. Whether "Space Traveler" can become the number one box office hit this year is a big gap for him.
If "Space Traveler" can really win the first place, then the Lunar New Year movie he created this year will completely make him famous. This is a real achievement.
With these achievements beside him, his future development will be much smoother.
In addition, the reason why the attitudes of the two parties are different is also related to whether they pay for it.
If it really hits the box office, Tomson will definitely pay for it, or at least the bulk of it.
"I still think we can give it a try. This is an opportunity to make history. It would be a pity not to give it a try. We have failed in our efforts, Mr. Xu. Are you willing to do so?" Han Sanping tried to persuade Xu Feng.
Of course he is willing to do so, Xu Feng thought in his heart.
She does movies not mainly to make money or to gain fame, she just likes movies.
Otherwise, we would not have spent so much money to invest in "Farewell My Concubine", nor would we have invested in "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", a newcomer who had never made a feature film before. Those are not things that everyone recognizes as profitable. project.
Now she is asked to spend millions to boost the box office just for the title of box office champion. Of course she doesn't agree with it in her heart.
Not only did she not want to spend money, but she also felt that it was a bit disgraceful and was contrary to her pursuit.
However, she did not express her thoughts directly to Han Sanping. Instead, she smiled and said, "Let's see the box office performance later and then decide. During this period, we will also do more publicity and strive to maximize the single-day box office." Hold on.”
Hearing what Xu Feng said, Han Sanping stopped pressing, "Okay, let's see the situation first."
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After hanging up the phone, Xu Feng sighed. People's hearts were indeed dissatisfied. At that time, Han Sanping said very freely that he only hoped that the box office of "Time Traveler" would reach 3,500.
Now that the box office is almost doubling its target, Han Sanping is still determined to win the championship.
If the box office of "Space Traveler" today is not 65 million, but more than 80 million, surpassing "A Simple Mission", maybe Han Sanping has higher requirements, such as becoming the first movie after the split to have a box office of over 100 million. domestic film, and then accidentally surpassed "True Lies" to become the box office champion since the split.
Xu Feng still thought that if he had money, it would be better to promote it. Even if the box office didn't reach the final box office, it wouldn't matter.
Or, you can spend money to engage in activities, such as buying Zhou Yan’s album and giving away movie tickets. Anyway, it’s a more positive approach than paying the box office.
And she believed that if Zhou Yan knew about this, he would definitely not agree to it.
(End of chapter)