Chapter 338: Box office stealing scandal, expensive straw hat
The box office of "Painted Skin 2" continued to surge, with a revenue of 43.8 million on the third day.
Han Sanping has accepted the reality.
"The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party" can be reserved, but it cannot prevent theaters from making spontaneous adjustments to the film schedule due to market behavior.
The daily box office these days has barely been able to maintain at three or four million, and will only continue to decline from now on.
At this time, "Martial Arts", directed by Chen Kexin and with an investment of 145 million, was officially released.
In the eyes of many production companies, the next month will be a battle between these two blockbusters!
The rest of the domestic films can only be eaten on the side with scraps.
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Liu Yifei drove to visit Ban Shuchang and heard that the movie "Magic Phone 2" was stumbling and finally finished.
On the other side, Lin Nan arrived at the China Film Digital Production Base alone.
In the super large studio of 5,000 square meters, the "interior of the spaceship" building is being built, which looks very spectacular.
"Director Lin." Guo Fan walked to the door wearing a safety helmet.
“It didn’t say how long it will take to complete?”
“It will probably look like the end of this month, I can’t be sure.”
Lin Nan nodded. He originally wanted to start the production in mid-August at the latest.
If this is the case, then the boot time can be advanced.
"The movie "Martial Arts" was released today. Didn't Director Lin pay attention to it?"
Guo Fan thought of something and suddenly asked.
“No rush, you can read movie information tomorrow, or read online reviews this evening.”
In Lin Nan's view, Chen Kexin is an award-winning director at heart. In the field of commercial films, he is actually not particularly good.
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In the outside world, the creators of "Martial Arts" were still working hard to promote the movie on the first day of its release.
""Martial Arts" is a real 'martial arts'. I hope everyone can go into the theater and experience 'Zhen Kung Fu'!"
"Director Chen Kexin's ingenious work, not to be missed... …”
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In the evening, many movie reviews appeared on the Internet.
“The title of the movie is too big, too empty, and the routine is too old!”
“‘Martial’ and ‘Xia’ are seriously separated, the plot is completely inconsistent, and the whole film is divided. ..."
"Well, this is a detective movie disguised as a martial arts film, the story of the Republic of China version of Conan! The key is that the plot is too bad and too messy."
"It's still the same common problem. Is it really that difficult to tell a story well?"
After reading the comments of netizens for a while, Lin Nan had a general understanding of the movie. As for the film critics, it can be completely ignored.
The next day, the first-day box office of "Martial Arts" was reported, 15 million.
At the same time, the box office of "Painted Skin 2" reached a new high on the fourth day, with a revenue of 45 million.
The data difference of 30 million yuan is unacceptable to many people in the industry, but it is somewhat expected.
"Commercial films are all about telling stories. If the story is good, it will not be bad no matter what.
"Martial Arts" obviously deviates from the theme of commercial films, so I can only say that it is barely adequate."
Many mainland directors posted similar comments.
This is a popular summer show.
A commercial film with an investment of 145 million, the box office on the first day was only 15 million!
Putting aside the previous rhetoric of guaranteeing a minimum of 500 million and sprinting towards a box office of 700 million, now it may be a big question whether it can even recover the money!
"Painted Skin 2" and "Martial Arts" have once again become the focus of discussion in the industry and online.
"Director Wu Ershan said at the premiere that "Painted Skin 2" will beat "Martial Arts" at the box office, and it turned out to be true, awesome!"
"This movie is also We haven’t seen any big battles. Why did it cost 145 million?
The props and costumes are so simple, but it cost 15 million more than "Painted Skin 2", which has a lot of special effects shots. ”
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In the outside world, several movies continue to be released.
The film crew and crew of "Martial Arts" have not given up and are still working hard to promote and "explain" the word-of-mouth problem.
Lin Nan was busy working on the shots at home.
Wearing slippers, Liu Yifei comes to help from time to time, followed by several cats and dogs.
"The sun is so bright outside. If you walk back and forth a few times, you will definitely get a tan."
Looking at the fruit plate that Miss Liu brought from another villa, Lin Nan couldn't help but remind her. , although only a few dozen meters away.
“You are so stupid, I put on sunscreen.” Liu Yifei complained with a smile.
Okay, Lin Nan has forgotten about this.
At this moment, the phone on the table vibrated.
"I'll pick it up."
Liu Yifei walked over first, "Hey, Brother Yue..."
In less than ten seconds, the phone was handed to Lin Nan, "Here. , it’s business.”
“What’s wrong, are you making a call?” Lin Nan took the phone and asked.
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Some people are really shameless!
The daily box office of "Painted Skin 2" successively reported 46 million and 44 million, reaching 250 million in 6 days. The film industry cheered and the market was completely ignited.
On the contrary, the daily box office of "Martial Arts" was far from what the film studio expected.
The data did not rise as they thought, exceeding 20 million, 30 million or even higher.
But it still remains at 10 million, 15.3 million, 14.5 million...
At this time, the moth came out.
“There is definitely a problem with this data. Extrapolating from Star America’s theater data nationwide, the difference is too big...”
“We cannot rule out the occurrence of ‘stealing’ box office, and we have already We have a certain situation under control."
"There is a high probability that we are the only victims, and they are all making a lot of money..."
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Chen Kexin and Xingmei spoke out one after another, and they were weird in front of the media.
Subsequently, a bunch of movie ticket stubs were posted online by "well-meaning netizens". The movie tickets printed by the machine were either "Painted Skin 2" or "The Founding of the Party", but someone had crossed out the name with a pen and changed it to "Martial Arts"...
As for the ticketing system, Only recognize the movie name printed by the machine on the movie ticket!
“Are you obviously looking for trouble?”
Lin Nan began to contact Han Sanping, Ye Ning, Xiying and Ningying.
Apart from anything else, he wanted to make sure there was no problem on his side.
After all, it is easier for theaters to handle the matter of "stealing box office".
"Director Lin, this thing absolutely does not exist. Does Wanda need to 'steal'? I can definitely improve the film schedule!"
Han Sanping is also very popular, "The Great Cause of Party Building" All were affected.
"Oh! If that's the case, it means they are looking for trouble, or are trying to create hype!"
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Not to mention, after Xingmei's operation, " "Martial Arts" has attracted a lot of attention, and the daily box office has really increased.
But some things, now that they have happened, cannot go away so easily.
China Film, on behalf of the five producers, rebutted in front of the media.
"If your movie has a bad response or receives negative reviews, don't try to bully others. We don't like those guys either. If you still have problems, you can report them directly to the General Administration. We will be with you..."
< br>The people below are very efficient in doing things, and there is no delay at all. We have to fight back!
An "enthusiastic netizen" posted online and shared some of the purchasing details of the "Martial Arts" crew.
The most eye-catching thing is a straw hat made from Merrill Lynch, the one on Kim Sung-wu’s head in the movie.
Customized price: 6,000 US dollars, postage and value preservation fees are expensive.
And because of this hat, the crew also purchased a safe and hired people to keep it under watch 24 hours a day when not filming.
Subsequently, many netizens who played small roles on the set of "Martial Arts" also confirmed the safe and dedicated personnel to guard it.
This kind of fantasy is simply outrageous!
Producers in the industry all feel that Chen Kexin is too greedy this time, and the crew and crew are all his!
The Internet is even more noisy.
"How many of us can't afford that straw hat with the money we earn in a year!"
"This is the world of the rich? Straw hats made of gold wire, right?"
"They Is there something wrong with your brain? The ten-dollar straw hat on the street is no different!”
“This way of paying money...”
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Lin Nan updated Weibo.
"Money, indeed, the more you spend, the more you spend! It's so strange that one dares to spend and the other dares to give..."
After this Weibo was posted, it became lively.
There are many people in the industry who are silent and talking.
The next day, Xingmei made an announcement.
"The matter of 'stealing the box office' has been investigated clearly. Some staff were not familiar with the operation of the machine and printed the wrong tickets.
In order not to affect other people in the queue, the ticket stubs were temporarily changed and later on the computer I refunded the ticket and re-registered the ticketing record..."
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"Director Lin, I asked someone over there to deliver the message. I want to treat you to a meal, and I also invited you. Director Han and the others said it was a misunderstanding before..."
Hearing Yue Jun's words, Lin Nan wanted to laugh a little.
They were the ones looking for trouble, and they were the ones who gave in first.
Chan Kexin is really greedy, and Xingmei is most likely pretending to be confused, or even acquiescing.
The water inside may be a bit deep...
"You can go on my behalf, I'm busy with "Passengers"."
"Yeah , then I will go.”
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At the end of the first week, the box office of "Painted Skin 2" reached 300 million, and it has great staying power.
Looking back at "The Great Cause of Party Building", growth has been slow during these days, with only an increase of 30 million in one week, with a revenue of 330 million.
"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" has been forced to be released, and "The God of Wealth Inn" is struggling at more than 5,000.
"Martial Arts" has begun to struggle again, with a daily box office of just over 10 million.
There is still a chance that this movie's box office will exceed 100 million, but 200 million is absolutely impossible, and even 150 million is very high.
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"Director Wu Ershan, you don't seem to be a contracted director of Lin Nan Pictures, right?"
"Yes, Guo Fan and I, Lu Yang and the others are different, they didn’t sign a contract.”
Wu Ershan didn’t expect that someone would come to poach him so soon, and it would be Wang Zhonglei himself.
"Then you can consider Huayi. We are a listed group and the leader among private film companies in the industry..."
Wang Zhonglei talked eloquently and was full of confidence in recruiting Wu Ershan.
Huayi's box office forecast for "Painted Skin 2" has come out, and it will definitely be over 600 million.
New commercial film directors like Wu Ershan who work alone are Hua Yi's goals.
What's more, Wang Zhonglei became more and more interested in leveraging Lin Nan's corner!
While Wang Zhonglei was waiting for the other party's affirmative answer with a smile on his face, Wu Ershan shook his head.
"Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, I don't sign with the company. If I wanted to sign, I would have signed it with Director Lin."
"Then we can sign a cooperation agreement..."
Before Wang Zhonglei finished speaking, the other party shook his head again.
“I have a contract with Director Lin and will make several more films for Lin Nan Pictures in the future, so I appreciate Mr. Wang’s kindness.”
At this time, Wang Zhonglei was already cursing in his heart, but he was really out of touch!
Then he took out a business card and handed it over with a smile.
"Even so, Hua Yi hopes to have the opportunity to cooperate with director Wu Ershan in the future. If necessary, you can contact him at any time..."
Wu Ershan was stunned at first, because of his emotions It’s hard to refuse in person.
“Well, thank you Mr. Wang for your kindness.”
(End of this chapter)