Chapter 156 Foreign New Year
In China, "A World Without Thieves" successively held premiere tour celebrations in Shanghai, BJ, Hong Kong, Singapore, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, bringing the film's attention to its peak.
Feng Xiaogang, as the producer of "A World Without Thieves", officially announced that "A World Without Thieves" will be released at 0:00 on December 9 in 35 theaters across the country and all theaters in Yunnan and XJ Film Company. Release, no advance screening.
This is very confident in the quality of the film.
At the same time, Feng Xiaogang also announced that the people of Taihe will learn from Xingchen Entertainment and launch a reward for the piracy of "A World Without Thieves".
The reward amount is the same as for "Shark Beach". Each seized set of "A World Without Thieves" will be rewarded with a price of 0.5 yuan, and the pirated production line will be worth 300,000 yuan.
The box office success of "Shark Beach" is obvious to all, and of course Feng Xiaogang wants to copy it.
Besides, he doesn't think his "A World Without Thieves" is any worse than "Shark Beach".
The cast, investment scale, schedule, story, in all aspects, "A World Without Thieves" is only strong, not weak.
Originally when he made this film, his target was Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers".
Later, "Shark Beach" surpassed "House of Flying Daggers" and became the annual box office champion, so the target of "A World Without Thieves" naturally became "Shark Beach".
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On December 9th, Thursday, "A World Without Thieves" was finally officially released under the long-awaited calls of movie fans, and the first shot of the Lunar New Year movie was fired. .
Because of the good previous publicity and the fact that it was the Spring Festival, many people were already on holiday, and "A World Without Thieves" was a sold-out movie once it was released.
There are long queues in front of movie theaters in many popular areas.
The Spring Festival stall shows its powerful power.
Because it is approaching the Spring Festival, the movie's release date is not chosen on Friday in the conventional sense, but on Thursday.
That is to say, the box office of the first weekend is not the box office of three days, but the box office of four days.
In the early morning of the 13th, that is, Monday, the box office for the first weekend was released.
"A World Without Thieves" grossed 40.1 million in four days, far exceeding "Mobile Phone" released in the same period last year, setting Feng Xiaogang's highest box office record in history. .
40.1 million in four days, including 13 million on the first day.
Breaking 10 million on the first day is already a very proud achievement. Currently, only Lao Mouzi and Zhang Chen can achieve this, and he, Feng Xiaogang, is the third one.
In major theaters across the country, "A World Without Thieves" has performed very well.
The Beijing area has always been Feng Xiaogang’s home base, and the New Film Alliance supports him very much. In Beijing alone, the box office of "A World Without Thieves" exceeded 8 million in four days.
In Shanghai, Feng Xiaogang finally felt proud. The box office in four days exceeded 5 million, while the box office of "Mobile Phone" in the same period last year was less than 1 million.
In other southern theater chains such as Sichuan Pacific Cinema, Wuhan Tianhe, and Emei Cinema, "A World Without Thieves" also showed a strong box office growth trend.
Compared with last year's "Mobile Phone", the box office has increased several times, and it does not have the dilemma of "not being able to cross the Yangtze River" in previous years.
Feng Xiaogang is very proud, he was very injured before.
Originally, I have always been the most popular director in the Mainland, but then a movie "Hero" and a "House of Flying Daggers" directly pushed him to the ground and rubbed him.
Before he could do anything, another Zhang Chen was born.
The first movie reached an astonishing box office of 60 million, which was higher than any of Feng Xiaogang's own movies.
Then the second part was even more outrageous, directly knocking Zhang Yimou off the altar, and even won the annual box office championship.
Well now, although "A World Without Thieves" has only been released for four days, it is a sure thing that it will break 100 million yuan, and I will soon become the third member of the 100 million yuan club in the mainland.
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Huayi Brothers
Brothers Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei felt very uncomfortable looking at the box office data in their hands.
It is said that winning is not terrible, but it is embarrassing to miss someone.
"A World Without Thieves" was Feng Xiaogang's first project after leaving Huayi, but it was a big hit. What would people think?
Although they also have investment in this area, the majority are Taihe people, and they only account for a small part.
The distribution has nothing to do with them, it is done by China Film.
Of course, they can also explain that there are many reasons for the explosion. The story of "A World Without Thieves" is a novel. It has a mass base and the subject matter is very suitable for the situation. It happens to be a story about the Spring Festival travel rush. There are many stars. Feng Xiaogang also specifically targeted the northern and southern audiences. Modifications have been made...
But ordinary people will definitely not think so.
What the hell, how can you play with this?
Feng Xiaogang is gone, and Wang Jinghua is also arguing for independence. If Wang Jinghua also prospers after leaving, what will happen to Huayi?
Shallow water trapping a real dragon?
It would be really embarrassing to be thrown into grandma's house.
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At this time, the crew of "Lake Eden" is filming in an orderly manner.
The role of script reading is obvious. The filming went smoothly from the beginning. If it were in China, it would definitely take a while to adjust, but here, this time is shortened to the shortest.
Today is New Year’s Eve, but the filming is still going on.
The United States does not celebrate the Lunar New Year, and it may celebrate it, but only in some places such as Chinatown. It is far from the point where the whole world will celebrate the Lunar New Year in later generations.
But the New Year still needs to be celebrated.
Zhang Chen asked the crew to order a large number of dumplings from a Chinatown restaurant, and everyone celebrated New Year's Eve together at noon.
It was supposed to be at night, but conditions didn’t allow it. Some actors didn’t stay at the hotel where the crew stayed at night, and they had to go home at night.
In the morning, he first called his grandfather to say New Year greetings. There was a lot of excitement over there. Uncles, aunts, and the whole family were all together.
He gave New Year greetings to everyone one by one, and this greeting lasted half an hour. The dumplings were finally delivered.
Dumplings, of course, must be eaten hot. The dumplings packaged are all raw, and the chef hired by the crew will cook the dumplings on the spot.
Three pots were boiling at the same time, but there was still some shortage.
The steaming dumplings come out of the pot and are placed on a plate, steaming hot.
A popular meal-sharing system is popular in the United States. Each person gets a few dumplings. Although they still sit together, everyone eats their own.
The dumplings are a bit hot, but they taste best at this time.
When you take a bite, the aroma of the dough mixed with the fillings fills the air, making you salivate from the smell.
This made those who didn’t eat it hungry.
In fact, Chinese restaurants and Japanese restaurants sell dumplings, but they are too troublesome to make and the price is naturally not cheap, so many people have never eaten them.
But Zhang Chen felt that anyone who had eaten it would probably never forget it in their lifetime.
Of course the creative staff like Zhang Chen were the first to eat the dumplings, and the four Chinese people ate them with great joy.
The dumpling flavors are all the most classic, including pork and leek, pork and three delicacies, and to accommodate some vegetarians, there are also leek and egg.
Zhang Chen originally wanted to order pork and fennel, but unfortunately we don’t have that here.
I don’t know if these allergy-loving foreigners are allergic to leeks, but judging from how delicious they eat them, I guess not.
Zhang Chen and the others had a great time eating. The only drawback was that the vinegar here was not aged vinegar.
Peter and Jason also enjoyed eating, but they couldn't use chopsticks and had to make do with forks.
Di An knows how to use chopsticks and is very proficient in using them.
Even while eating, I was discussing with Zhang Chen why Chinese chefs who cook dumplings don’t need a timer to know whether the dumplings are done or not. Why do they pour water three times for pork fillings and twice for vegetarian fillings? All over the water.
Zhang Chen doesn’t know why, the older generation taught him this way, maybe this is cultural inheritance.
In the middle of eating, the video phone rang.
Dong Jianqiang has communicated with him before. This is the Spring Festival special program of "China Entertainment Report", with a live video connection with him.
QQ video function came out in 2001, but mobile QQ was only launched last year.
Unfortunately, the wireless transmission rate of mobile phones is too slow and cannot support video chats at all.
So Zhang Chen is using a laptop.
"Hello, Director Zhang Chen, can you hear me?"
Zhang Chen looked at the host in the camera. Li Chengyuan, Liu Tong, Fang Ling, and Zhou Yun were all familiar faces.
This is also a bunch of unlucky kids who have to work overtime to record the show on New Year's Eve.
“Hello, hello to the four hosts, and hello to viewers of China Entertainment Report.”
“Wow, Director Zhang, are there many people near you?” Zhou Yun was in charge. Liven up the atmosphere.
"Haha, today is New Year's Eve, we are eating dumplings, let you take a look..."
The New Year special is still a recording, but the reason why I chose it today is because I want to see Zhang Chen. The way people celebrate the New Year in a foreign country.
In the camera, a room full of foreigners were eating dumplings, grinning like they were burned but still reluctant to spit them out, amusing the hosts and the audience at the other end.
"It seems they love our dumplings~" Seeing that their country's delicacies are loved by foreigners, the hosts sounded proud.
“Yeah, did you see that line? Some people have already eaten their second plate.”
Zhang Chen's words immediately aroused laughter from the other side.
He continued: "Look, who is this?"
Then Fan Binbin appeared in the camera, and Fan Binbin waved to greet everyone.
“Hello everyone, I’m Fan Binbin. I wish you all New Year greetings in advance.”
Zhang Chen also followed suit.
The host asked on the other end: "Director Zhang, Binbin, will the "Lake of Eden" you are filming be released in China?"
Zhang Chen smiled: "I guess not, this The film is a cult film. It is too bloody and will definitely not pass the censorship. If you want to watch it, you have to find the source yourself. "
There was laughter again, and they didn't expect Zhang Chen to even ' I also said something like "finding resources". Maybe this sentence will be edited out in the later stage.
The host quickly changed the topic: "A World Without Thieves directed by Feng Xiaogang received 40 million at the box office in its first weekend. Many people are saying that your prediction is accurate. Do you have any response to this? ”
“Oh, 40 million?”
Zhang Chen remembers that the first weekend box office of "A World Without Thieves" in the original time and space seemed to be 33 million, but now it has become 40 million. It seems to be the flapping of butterfly wings.
“I have been busy filming these days and have not paid attention to domestic news. First of all, congratulations to Director Feng, "A World Without Thieves" will definitely break 100 million, and I also have to congratulate myself. It seems that I am the one who made the bet. Win, Director Feng, you promised me to guest star in a play, so don’t break your promise..."
Zhang Chen shouted from the air, and the host and the audience laughed again.
(End of this chapter)