Chapter 333 Let’s Make a Bet
On the 18th, the fantasy adventure production [The Secret of the Dragon] directed by the great director Wu Ershan and starring Chen Kun, Huang Bo, Shu Qi and others will be officially released.
This movie has the popularity of the IP brought by "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and the blessing of famous directors and first-line stars. It achieved a high box office of 160 million on the first day of its release on Friday.
The following two weekends, it received a box office of 226 million and 203 million respectively, with a box office of 689 million in the first week, becoming the first blockbuster movie in this year's Lunar New Year period.
What is even more difficult is that, as a film adapted from "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "The Secret of the Dragon" has a very high degree of restoration of the original work, especially in terms of casting, Chen Kun, Huang Bo and Shu Qi look like the Hu Bayi trio in the book, which is completely different from a movie like "Nine-Storey Demon Tower".
The good reputation has given "The Secret of the Dragon" greater box office potential, and its subsequent results are favored by everyone.
The comedy movie [Unexpectedly], which was released on the same day, did not have such good luck.
The box office on the first day was only 49.95 million, and it only achieved 58.41 million and 47.72 million in the two weekend days.
The reputation is terrible.
The producer [Wanhe Tianyi] saw that Dapeng made a lot of money by making a movie [Pancake Man] based on the popularity of [Diaosi Man].
So they followed suit. Their company happened to have a short series that was very popular on the Internet [Unexpectedly]. This led to the Internet celebrity director Yi Xiaoxing to shoot a big movie with the same name, thinking that it had the same story. The fan base has not yet made a lot of money.
Who would have thought that poor publicity and distribution, coupled with the poor quality of the film, would lead to [Unexpectedly] a complete failure at the box office.
Three days after it was released in the first week, the movie was drowned out by the complaints from netizens. In the second week, the box office dropped to just over 10 million, completely destroying the market.
Gu Wei, who had just finished a movie conference for [Xiu Chun Knife 2], was looking at his phone in the car.
Yang Mi, who was sitting next to him, looked over.
"What are you looking at?"
Gu Wei smiled.
“I took a look at the box office results of [The Secret of the Dragon] these days. This movie is very popular recently. Brother Lu, are you feeling any pressure?”
Lu Yang on the other side was confused.
"What does it have to do with me if it continues to be popular? Our movie will not be released until the end of the month, and there are still three weeks to go. By then, the box office of "The Secret of the Dragon" will no longer be a concern."
"Brother, this is because you have lost your ambition. I didn't ask you to compete head-on with [Xunlong Jue]. What I meant was that for this year's Lunar New Year championship, can we compete with [Xunlong Jue]?"
Lu Yang touched his chin.
“It’s difficult!
Although our movies are extremely popular like You and Mi Mi, martial arts movies are declining after all.
[Xiuchungdao] Part 1 With a box office of just over 200 million, how much is the total box office of [Xunlong Jue] today?”
Gu Wei lowered his head and glanced at his phone.
“730 million.”
“Yes, the second week has just begun. According to this trend, [Xunlong Jue] will have no difficulty breaking 1 billion.
If it’s good, it’s not impossible to exceed 1.5 billion.
I’ll be satisfied if our [Xiu Chun Dao 2] can reach 1 billion. I’ll laugh even in my dreams!”
Lu Yang said it very honestly.
"Sister Mi, how much box office do you think our movie can have?"
Gu Wei turned to ask Yang Mi again.
"How do I know? Anyway, no matter how much the box office is, it is a new record for me.
As the director said, 500 million is already very good."
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The movie "I Am a Witness" that she released at the end of last month only cost over RMB 200 million. Many people inside and outside the industry still think that it was Lu Han who attracted traffic to get that much box office.
Yang Mi has never had confidence in his box office appeal.
“Are you two, a director and a heroine so unsure of your own work? Anyway, I am very optimistic about [Xiu Chun Knife 2]’s box office exceeding 1 billion.”
Gu Wei He said with confidence.
“Where do you get such confidence?”
Yang Mi asked.
Lu Yang also looked at Gu Wei, listening to what he had to say, and whether he could tell that there was a big selling point in the movie that even he, the director, didn't know about.
“Because I’m the leading role, the movie I’m starring in must be over one billion. After all, [Monster Hunt] is over two billion!”
Gu Wei said matter-of-factly .
“Cut~stinky fart!”
Yang Mi rolled his eyes and expressed contempt for Gu Wei's confident and arrogant speech.
Lu Yang also smiled and said:
"I thought you had some great ideas. Gu Wei, your popularity in domestic entertainment is indeed unmatched by anyone now, but our subject matter is not good, even if you are a fan If you support it, I estimate that it will reach 700 million or 800 million.
And the one you shot before, "Monster Hunt", was a large-scale fantasy-themed production, and the cost alone was more than 300 million.
< br>We are less than 100 million, how can we compare with others?”
"This is what a director calls a reasonable and well-founded prediction of the box office. It's not like you slapping your forehead, because my shot will definitely exceed one billion. It's just a blast."
Yang Mi also echoed from the side.
Gu Wei turned to look at her.
“Sister Mi, do you want to bet with me?”
“What are you betting on?”
"Let's bet on whether the box office of our movie [Xiu Chun Dao 2] can exceed one billion!"
Yang Mi thought for a while.
"Okay, tell me what you want to bet on?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. If it breaks one billion, you must agree to a condition."
Gu Wei said.
"Then what if it can't exceed one billion?"
"Sister Mi, please make a request~"
Yang Mi's beautiful eyes like a little fox turned around. "If the box office of [Xiu Chun Knife 2] does not exceed one billion, you will compensate me for another movie with a female protagonist!"
She thought very well, even if she lost. The heroine with a box office of 1 billion, if she wins, she will have more resources for a movie, and she will not lose no matter what.
"No problem!"
Gu Wei readily agreed.
According to the plan of the promotion company, the crew of [Xiu Chun Knife 2] will conduct road shows in major cities across the country before the movie is released to meet as many fans as possible to increase the exposure of the movie. quantity.
Roadshows have now become an important means of film promotion. For this year’s hit movie "Pancake Man", director Da Peng took the crew to 31 cities and 188 stores across the country in one month. Cinema, relying on the continued popularity brought by the road show, finally achieved a box office success of 1.163 billion yuan, becoming the most classic case of movie road shows.
While Gu Wei and the others are promoting, the promotion of two other movies has also reached its hottest stage, namely [Old Paoer] and [Villain Angel], which will be released this Thursday.
On December 20, [Lao Pao Er] held its premiere at the Water Cube in Beijing. 4,000 people were invited to watch the movie together, and the tickets were sold out.
A grandstand ticket that night has been sold by scalpers for 600 yuan each, and the venue ticket has exceeded 1,000 yuan, which is enough to show the enthusiasm of the fans.
Relying on the background of [Huayi Brothers] and Feng Xiaogang's reputation, nearly half of the entertainment industry's stars were invited to attend this premiere, and the scene was star-studded.
When he came on stage, Li Jiaheng was standing next to Feng Xiaogang. At this time, he was very proud.
At the beginning of this month, his starring role in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has just been completed, and "Lao Pao'er", in which he plays a supporting role, will be released soon. If you don't consider Gu Wei, who has always been suppressing him, everything will be over. Everything seemed so smooth!
Glancing at the other young actor standing next to Feng Xiaogang, Li Jiaheng frowned slightly.
After stepping down.
"Who is that Li Yifeng? I feel like he has been gaining momentum recently?"
Li Jiaheng asked his agent in a low voice.
Huang Bin looked up.
"He is the first brother of [Huanrui Film and Television], and he is the target of their high praise. He starred in the very popular online drama [Tomb Raiders Notes] this year.
Don't worry, he doesn't have many film resources. He is far behind you in terms of popularity now."
"Why should I worry about him? Apart from Gu Wei, there is no other young star in the domestic entertainment industry that I pay attention to."
< br>Li Jiaheng's tone was very arrogant, but it matched his somewhat arrogant attire.
“Your former teammate Lu Han cannot be underestimated. His movie last month did well at the box office and has a good reputation.
It has proven its ability to resist the box office alone.
You two still have some competition in terms of film and television resources and endorsements. "
Manager Huang Bin gave him a beating.
"Lu Han and Huang Zitao were so confused that they got together with Gu Wei and forgot how they made people on the Internet. Did you apologize? "
Li Jiaheng said bitterly.
"It is said that your idiot teammate messed up the fashion show and was going to be banned by the brand. Gu Wei used his own connections to help him solve the problem."
"Haha, that guy Huang Zitao is always like this, how can he make a fool of himself? I’m not even surprised.”
The premiere of [Lao Pao’er] was very successful, and the movie was well received by the audience after it was played.
The celebrity guests present also praised Feng Xiaogang's acting skills.
At the same time, Deng Chao and his wife Sun Li held a press conference for the movie in Shanghai with all the creators of "Villain Angel".
Different from the grand event of "Lao Pao'er", the movie press conference of "Villain Angel" was relatively simple. There were no other stars involved, only the cast and crew of the movie.
However, due to the popularity of Deng Chao in the past two years, the popularity of "Running Man" has exploded, and the last film "The Breakup Master" that he directed and starred in has won him many fans. .
So although the scale of the press conference was small, [Villain Angel] attracted no less attention than [Lao Paoer].
What’s more, this is the first movie that the husband-and-wife team of Deng Chao and Sun Li have collaborated on, and the audience is looking forward to it.
On Thursday, the two movies "Old Paoer" and "Bad Angel" were released at the same time.
If you look at the film schedule and box office alone, "Villain Angel" beats "Lao Pao Er".
Deng Chao's comedy film received 42% of the film schedules nationwide on the first day, while "Lao Pao'er" on the same day only had 20%.
The theater chain is the most realistic. In their view, although Feng Xiaogang is a great director, he is just an actor in "Lao Pao'er", and this is a feature film. Whether he can win the love of the audience is still unclear. Unknown.
Deng Chao's side is different. "Villain Angel" continues his previous comedy style. This time, "Empress" Sun Li joins the cast, and the husband-wife collaboration is full of gimmicks.
It’s not surprising that the film ranking is so high.
The box office results the day before were pretty much what the theaters expected.
[Villain Angel] took in 150 million at the box office, and [Lao Pao'er] only had one-third of that, a little over 50 million.
In the next week, the schedule of the two movies did not change much. [Villain Angel] took a total of 500 million at the box office in the first four days, while [Lao Paoer] only had 240 million.
It seems that Deng Chao won, but in fact, after a week of screenings, the reputation of "Villain Angel" completely collapsed.
It can only be said that no matter how hard you promote it, you will be scolded by the audience at this time.
Countless netizens who have watched the movie have left negative reviews, and the Internet is full of negative comments about "Villain Angel".
[My comment on this movie is: Villain, my God! It's poisonous! 】
【This film breaks the new lower limit for domestic films in 2015! 】
【Deng Chao, why don't you go and act in a movie like the scorching sun? Why do you have to act in a movie that is so embarrassing that it's not funny at all? Are you going to drag your empress into the water? ? 】
【It's quite vulgar, and it also seems to ruin the popularity of passers-by. You can obviously be an actor, but you insist on messing around. I don't know what you are filming! 】
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Compared with [Villain Angel], [Lao Pao'er] has a much better reputation. Although some bad reviews are unavoidable, generally speaking, more people like it.
On Monday of the second week, [Villain Angel] dropped from a single-day box office of over 100 million to just over 30 million, and has been in decline ever since.
[Lao Pao'er] Due to its good reputation, the box office did not fall but rose in the second week. The single-day box office performance was stable at more than 50 million.
(End of this chapter)