Chapter 304: Breaking 100 Million in Five Days
October 1st is the first day of the National Day holiday. In fact, it is not considered a long holiday. The holiday is as long as the Chinese New Year.
Today is the official release date of "Taken", and there are long queues in front of movie theaters in popular areas.
The marketing of "Hurricane" is very good, and "Supergirl" is also recommended.
"Supergirl" is really popular, the kind of fire that doesn't give others a way to survive.
It may have ended at the end of August, but Supergirl's popularity has not diminished at all.
No wonder other TV stations are jealous, and no wonder CCTV wants to deal with him.
In 2008, during the 100-day countdown to the Olympic Games in the Ancestral Temple, all the singers sang "BJ Welcomes You". Each singer had a fixed camera to show their face, except the super girls. They all switched as soon as they arrived. It became a long shot.
No one will believe you if you are not a professional. It is a mistake for a super girl to do this. All super girls are treated like this, which speaks volumes.
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Wudaokou Cinema is one of the best-performing cinemas in Beijing because it is surrounded by several universities and young people are the main moviegoers.
Every time a blockbuster movie is released, there will be a long queue here in Wudaokou, and today is no exception. There is a long queue winding in front of the cinema.
Many of the long queues are young couples.
Boys: "What are we watching today?"
Girls: ""The Myth"."
Boy: "Ah, but I want to watch "Taken"."
Girl: "No, I want to watch "Myth". If you don't watch it, you don't love me..."
"Okay," the boy agreed readily, and turned to the waiter and said: "Hello, two recent copies of "Hurricane Rescue"~"
The girl was surprised: "Ah, you really don't love me..."
The boy touched his head and coaxed: "Be good, I will fall in love with you after watching "The Rescue"..."
Of course not many couples do this. Most couples, even girls, want to watch "Taken".
After all, their spring, Bibi and Yingying have strongly recommended this movie among their fans, and Zhang Chen is quite famous among young people, so everyone still recognizes him.
"Two copies of "Hurricane Rescue", thank you~"
"One piece of "Hurricane Rescue"~"
"Two copies of "Myth"~"
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"I want two copies of the latest "Taken"~"
There was an endless stream of people buying tickets, and the ticket printing machine was almost smoking.
After the last two copies of "Taken" were sold, the staff poked their heads out of the ticket window and shouted to the back of the queue: "There are no more tickets for "Taken". I want to watch "Turned" later. Stop waiting in line..."
There was a commotion behind the crowd, and then the unluckiest guy in front of the window yelled: "Are there no more tonight's ones?"
"No. Yes, all the sessions are sold out today.”
The boy looked speechless and looked at his girlfriend next to him: "Then I'll buy two copies of "Hurricane Rescue" for tomorrow."
The conductor looked impatient: "Tomorrow's can only be bought tomorrow, today." The only thing left is "Myth", do you want to watch it?"
The boy shook his head, "Myth" has been released for a week, and he watched it last week.
Then he remembered something and immediately turned around and chased the person who bought the ticket before: "Brother, can you give me the ticket for "Hurricane" and I will pay more~"
"No, I still want to see it."
"Can I double it? Can you help me, buddy~"
"You can't even add more money." The boy was rejected again.
But someone immediately came up to me and said, "Brother, do you want tickets for "Taken"? I have them here, plus 100 for each ticket~"
Don't think that scalpers don't watch movies. Tickets, there are a lot of them here in Wudaokou.
This thing gradually disappeared after the emergence of online ticketing platforms, and tertiary hospitals were the hardest hit.
...
The same scene continues to be played out across the country, and "Hurricane Rescue" is sold out.
Especially today is the first day of the holiday. People have been bombarded by propaganda for many days, and their curiosity has long been filled. After finally taking a holiday, they all want to take a look.
At this time, "The Myth" has been released for two weeks, and the popularity has long passed, so there are particularly many people buying "The Rescue".
The box office statistics for the second day were calculated and the results were very good.
"Taken" grossed 19 million at the box office on its first day.
19 million, the total box office of many movies may not be 19 million.
Zhang Chen and others continued their efforts and started road shows. During the National Day, they visited an average of three theaters a day, with the maximum being five.
Chen Daoming followed him symbolically to two families and then rested. He was a supporting role and he was older.
The remaining four people have no reason to quit.
Jing Tian was quite excited at first. Every time he went to a movie theater, he was warmly welcomed by movie fans, and his self-esteem was greatly satisfied.
But I regretted it after running for a day.
But the road show cannot be stopped, because the effect is really very good.
On October 4th, the first weekend box office of "Taken" was released, with 71 million. Not only is it the best result among all Zhang Chen's works so far, but it also breaks the record in film history.
Prior to this, the domestic first-weekend box office record holder was "House of Flying Daggers" with 55 million, and the previous record was also held by Zhang Yimou, with "Hero" with 52.4 million.
Now "Hurricane Rescue" has finally broken Zhang Yimou's monopoly.
The media is reporting wildly, and everyone knows that this is not over yet. I am afraid that "Hurricane Rescue" will set another record, breaking the 100 million record at the fastest time.
The main creators of "Hurricane" are also working hard at this time. Everyone knows that they are making history.
Beijing, Magic City, Guangzhou...
They are either on the road show or on the road showing every day.
In the cinema, I saw them all in high spirits interacting with movie fans, but as soon as they got back to the car, they all raised their necks to catch up on their sleep.
Finally, a new record for the fastest box office to exceed 100 million in film history was born - after five days of release, it successfully exceeded 100 million.
As of the early morning of October 6, the box office of "Taken" was 110 million.
Everyone was surprised by this incredible result.
Five days. So far, no one has achieved more than 100 million in five days, not even Zhang Yimou.
In comparison, "Myth" is much inferior.
Originally, the box office of "Myth" was 26 million in the first weekend and 58 million in two weeks. The results were not bad. Even Brother Cheng Long thought it was pretty good.
If this trend continues, it is possible to exceed 100 million.
But who knew that "Taken", which was released in the same period as him, was a monster, with a box office that was unbelievable.
The traffic has been snatched away by it, no matter how hard Cheng Long promotes it, it will not work.
On the phone, Dong Jianqiang was smug: ""The Myth" has been far behind us. Before "Hurricane" was released, it already had a box office of 26 million. "Hurricane" was released for three days, with a box office of 71 million. "Myth" only has 58 million, which is no match for us..."
No wonder Dong Jianqiang is so proud. The box office of "Hurricane" in three days is higher than that of "Myth" in ten days. "Myth" But it is also a masterpiece with an investment of 140 million Hong Kong dollars.
Cheng Long was very depressed.
"Myth" is his transformational work. In the past few years, his works in Hollywood have been a hit on the street. After returning to Hong Kong, "New Police Story" was still acceptable at the box office among Hong Kong films, but it was Going to the mainland is nothing at all.
This time I tried a costume theme, thinking that I could regain my popularity through changes, but I didn't expect to encounter the unexpected "Hurricane Rescue".
When he was in Venice, he knew that "Hurricane" would be a strong rival, but it was impossible to withdraw because he was Cheng Long.
If you don’t cancel the file, you still won’t save your face.
If you want to say I am annoyed, I am definitely annoyed, but I am not angry at all. On the contrary, I am happy for my good friend Liang Jiahui.
It seems that the last time Liang Jiahui acted in an action scene was in "New Dragon Inn".
He didn't expect that "Taken", which was his second major role, would be so successful. To be honest, he didn't expect it either.
"Beautiful boy, you are going to be prosperous~"
Liang Jiahui was also very happy after receiving a call from Cheng Long, "I thought you would be so petty and angry that you wouldn't call me~"
The two have been friends for many years, so naturally they can talk about anything.
“Hey, how come, am I such a stingy person?”
"Of course not, you are Brother Cheng Long~"
The two were joking casually, and no one took the movie's box office too seriously.
"I really envy you. You can break records with just one movie. Now you want awards and awards, box office and box office, so you can show off~"
"Haha, Win a prize, win a prize~"
"If I had known I would have changed the schedule, instead of being on the show with a monster like you, maybe the box office would have been higher..."
The box office of "Myth" has been growing slowly these days, reaching several million per day. Cheng Long himself estimates that it is unlikely to exceed 100 million.
After saying this, he sighed and lamented his bad luck.
The Hong Kong actors in the same group as him, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, and now even Tony Leung Ka Fai have exceeded 100 million. He is the only one who has been stuck at the 100 million threshold. Up, but can't get past it.
"Speaking of this, I had a phone call with Director Zhang Chen two days ago and analyzed the problems of "The Myth". Do you want to listen?"
Cheng Long was shocked when he heard this, he knew Liang Jiahui definitely didn't mean to ridicule him when he said this, that is, he actually talked to Zhang Chen about the reason why "Myth" could not break 100 million, and he couldn't help but become curious.
"What did you say?"
Liang Jiahui didn't sell it either: "Zhang Chen said that in addition to the competition from "Hurricane Rescue", "The Myth" itself has two problems."
"Which two places?"
"First of all, the story of "Myth" switches between ancient and modern times, which can easily cause emotional incoherence in the audience. It might be better if it was directly time-traveled to the Qin Dynasty or something like that. One point, and the transformation will be more successful..."
After hearing this, Cheng Long felt that it made sense, and couldn't help looking forward to the second point in Liang Jiahui's mouth.
Liang Jiahui continued: "Another point is that the theme song is too popular. "The Myth of Eternity" has versions by Sun Nan and Han Hong in the Mainland, and you and Kim Hee Sun in Hong Kong. It has raised people's expectations too much. The song is a good song. , the movie is also a good movie, but in the end I feel that the movie is not as good as the song, and the audience will inevitably be disappointed...",
Cheng Long thought about it, and there may be a reason for this.
“It seems that next time I need to get the script for my new movie to Xingchen Entertainment and let them help me check it...” Cheng Long said.
(End of this chapter)