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Chapter 855 Film Diversity

According to the latest statistics from relevant departments, in the past 17 years, the number of screens in the country has exceeded 50000.

It means that the mainland has surpassed the United States and become the single market with the largest number of screens.

With the number of screens of this magnitude, more than 8 films can be accommodated in the same period.

This is why "Detective Tang 2" and "Operation Red Sea" can be put together.

This year's Spring Festival stalls are hailed by the media as "the strongest Spring Festival stalls in history". The number seems to be small, only 5, but each one has a big background and is full of highlights.

《捉妖记2》首日凭借35.7%的超高排片位居榜首，5.4亿的单日票房不仅打破了国产电影纪录，也超过No.2《唐人街探案2》足足2亿元——宣发真不是白砸的。

However, the attendance rate of "Tang Detective 2" was as high as 76.1%, ranking first among the five films.

"Journey to the West: Daughter Country" followed closely, earning 1.8 million yuan on the first day - as a gift from the company to Zhao Liying, this achievement is worthy of her.

The performance of "Operation Red Sea" was slightly lower, reporting 1.28 million.

But to say that it is miserable, the 1600 million on the first day of "The Nineteenth Generation of Ancestors" is really miserable.

Seeing this result, Lao Guo decided not to mention making movies anymore.

I don't know what he said on stage, it doesn't matter if you can pay back a ticket for Deyun Society with the ticket stub of "The Nineteen Generations of Ancestors".

"Monster Hunt 2" collapsed faster than Cheng Yu'an thought.

On the second day of junior high school, "Monster Hunt 2" reported 3.7 million, a drop of 31.5%, while "Tang Detective 2" reported 3.2 million, which is a negligible drop compared to the first day's 3.4 million.

Other movies performed equally well.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Cheng Yu'an and Liu Yifei took their daughters out to play. There were too many people in the cinema, and the family didn't watch a movie.

In the early morning of the second day of junior high school, grandma arrived at the hotel to pick Cheng Mufan home.

"You have to listen to grandma, you know, remember to pay New Year's greetings to grandma and the others." Before going out, Liu Yifei was still telling her daughter, and then said to her mother, "Yesterday my dad called me and said that he would pick me up on July [-]th in the third day of junior high school."

"I see." Liu Xiaoli said.

Cheng Mufan is her granddaughter, as well as An Shaokang's granddaughter. Although An has reorganized the family, there is no reason why he should not be allowed to see his granddaughter.

After sending her daughter away, Cheng Yu'an let out a sigh of relief: "Finally sent her away, I've been tossing about these two days."

Last year, Cheng Mufan was only one and a half years old, and he didn't understand anything, so he passed the New Year in a daze.

She is two and a half years old this year, and already knows something. She has been tossing about for the couple for the past two days. She thinks about it every time she thinks about it. Except for eating three meals indoors, she can't stay at all other times.

The crew of the second year of junior high school resumed work, and the couple came to the set. The staff was already preparing, but they were still talking about a few movies on schedule.

There are praises and criticisms, but the overall evaluation of this year's Spring Festival stalls is very good.

"No wonder people say that this year is the best. The overall quality is indeed far better than previous years."

"Director, which film do you think will win the first place this year?"

"OPERATION RED SEA." Cheng Yu'an said, "Actually, during the 7 days during the Spring Festival, it should be "Tang Detective 2", but the total box office champion of these films should be "OPERATION RED SEA"."

"Director, are commercial films with the main theme coming up?" Cheng Yu'an's assistant director asked.

"Why do you say that?" Cheng Yu'an wanted to hear what the other party thought.

"I won't talk about the initials. You see, "Wolf Warrior" has 5 million, "Operation Mekong" has 10 billion, "Wolf Warrior 2" has 56 billion, and "Space Hunter" has 3 million although its performance is not good. , Now that the box office of "Operation Red Sea" exceeds [-] million every day, you think it can win the championship. In recent years, many main theme movies have achieved good results."

"It's also possible that the market is getting bigger and there are more screens, so the starting point of the box office is higher?" Cheng Yu'an asked a question.

"Then "The Nineteenth Generation of Ancestors" is a hit. According to what you said, the market has a high starting point and is easy to make money. Then "The Nineteenth Generations of Ancestors" will not achieve this result. So I think the subject matter is a very important influence." Factors, the audience suddenly likes to watch blockbuster movies with the main theme.”

Cheng Yuan smiled and said: "We can't say whether the audience likes it or not, but there is another reason why the main theme blockbuster has sold well in the past two years. We have grasped the narrative rules of the main theme blockbuster, that is to say, we know how to shoot the main theme. important."

"Is there a theme behind the company?"

"Yes," Cheng Yu'an said, "the company has always been the main theme since its establishment, from "Bright Sword", "Latent" to "Operation Red Sea", basically every year. Next year's 70th Daqing, the company will definitely present gifts, and some movies will be given to you shoot."

If there are jobs, this group of people will make money.

Liu Yifei, who was touching up her makeup, raised her own concerns: "Will this make the film market a main theme store?"

"Why do you say that?" Cheng Yu'an asked Liu Yifei with a smile.

""Hero" opened the era of blockbuster movies. In those few years, all the blockbuster movies were made. In the first five or six years, youth movies were the same. Now it's the turn of the main theme. But I feel that because of the particularity of the main theme movies, this wind will blow It is more intense than all previous themes."

To be honest, Cheng Yu'an couldn't answer Liu Yifei's question, because he didn't know when the wind of the main theme would blow, but he was sure of one thing: "The diversity of the film market must not be destroyed. Once the market is invaded by a certain theme, It will bring a devastating blow to the market, and one subject matter is to shoot flowers, and the audience will get tired of watching it in three to five years."

"Then Hollywood is full of superheroes now." Liu Yifei doesn't think the problem will be as serious as he said.

"Hollywood can harvest box office all over the world, but we basically only have the local market. Compared with the whole world, our market is still too small. A single market is occupied by one theme. Think about it, the movies released in three or five days are the same theme. Will you get bored?" There is no overseas market for domestic films, so there is no way to release the pressure.

Cheng Yu'an said before that domestic filmmakers have found a way to shoot the main theme.

What Cheng Yu'an didn't say is that the method he masters now is still very single, and there are many ways to shoot the main theme, but the methods he masters in China are very elementary-chance slogans to arouse emotions, and forcefully drop eye drops into the eyes of the audience.

The diversity of themes needs to be preserved, and the diversity of shooting methods also needs to be explored.

"So, leave it to time." Cheng Yu'an thought of the future film market, and smiled bitterly, "The wave of blockbuster movies has passed, the wave of youth films has passed, and the wave of other themes will pass. The root of the flourishing of movie themes is human beings. A wild imagination."

Cheng Yu'an believes in time and movies.

But as a bedside person, Liu Yifei clearly felt her husband's worries about the uncertainty of the market's future.

Cheng Yu'an looked at Liu Yifei, he knew she knew his worries.

"Put on your makeup and go there, we'll start shooting," Cheng Yu'an said.

(End of this chapter)