The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 190 Chen Jingxing Is My Nemesis
September 5th, 2am.

Fu Sheng, the boss of Beijing Film Studio, was circling back and forth in his office. His palms were dripping with sticky sweat. He turned his hands behind his back and rubbed them on his trousers. Then he picked up a cup of tea and dabbed it on his lips. Throw it on the table.

He had called just now and scolded Zhang Weiping, the producer of "Why Shengxiaomo", but this still couldn't relieve his dizzying feeling.

The box office market on May 5 set a new record: 1 million!
This is even higher than the box office market on November last year, second only to the first day of the new year and the premiere of "Young Avengers".

But he couldn't feel any joy, even though Jingying's highlight - "Why Shengxiaomo" was released on May 5st.

Because of the 2.8 million market, "Source Code" directly took away 1.7 million, and this box office has already surpassed its first-day performance.

However, the three new films that were released on May 5 only took in a total of more than 1 million at the box office, and "Why Shengxiaomo" only got more than 8000 million of it.

This is simply unreasonable. "Source Code" performed very fiercely in late April, but May 4st is also a key schedule that major film companies cannot give up, so three new films were put on this schedule at the same time.

Fu Sheng also backed down a bit at first. The publicity and distribution department told him that the performance of "Source Code" was too strong, and suggested that "Why Shengxiaomo" can avoid its edge and postpone its release.

Fu Sheng even discussed this matter with the producers of the other two new films. Everyone agreed that "Source Code" is not that scary. up to this point.

Usually half of a film's box office, at least close to half, is obtained in the first week, and the same is true of Chen Jingxing's previous film "Signal". Most domestic films also follow this rule.

Even if you hit the [-]st gear and can get another shot, the explosive power is definitely not as good as the first week.

Moreover, the three new films were released, and behind them were big studios, which were able to compress the film schedule of "Source Code" to the minimum. In fact, the film schedule of "Source Code" on May 5 was indeed reduced to 1%.

Major film companies don't want to miss out on the movie-watching craze brought about by "Young Avengers" and "Source Code," and they don't plan to change their schedules for it.

But I didn't expect that "Source Code" is really a man-eating tiger, and it can grab 35% of the box office with 60% of the film schedule, and it is foreseeable that under such a disparity in attendance, including "Why Shengxiaomo ", including the three new films, will soon spit out the lineup. It can really be said that the first day is the peak, which can be described as violent death.

And unlike the last time "White-haired Witch" and "Signal" faced off in a fiasco, this time the same routine, "Why Shengxiaomo" was completely crushed by "Source Code" without even blinking an eye. It was swept by the tail of the typhoon in this movie.

Chen Jingxing is simply Jingying's nemesis... No, Zhang Weiping is his nemesis!

If Zhang Weiping was not reconciled to the failure of "The White-haired Witch", he dragged Huang Xiaoming and Yang Mi to another game, and kept saying that this time was blessed by the IP of the popular TV series, and it was impossible to fail again. He trusted Zhang Weiping again.

But this time the defeat was worse than "The White-haired Witch". The box office on the premiere day was 3200 million, and the film schedule will continue to be cut. In the end, the box office may not even exceed [-] million.

Zhang Weiping missed me! !

Regarding the box office data on May 5, all film and television companies were shocked except for the disappointment and anger of the boss of Jingying. Of course, as the co-producers of "Source Code", Tianrun Pictures and Penguin Video were shocked Joy, while other film and television companies are shocked and jealous.

不仅在网络上《少年英雄者》的粉丝与陈景行的影迷对于票房成绩争论的风向发生了明显的转变，猫眼也将《源代码》的最终票房预测从13亿——这是4月下旬《源代码》上映首周末后就已经从8亿提升到了13亿——再一次提升到了18亿。

At the same time, news from North America also spread. May 5st is also the premiere day of "Source Code" in North America. Immediately afterwards, the news that more than 1 theaters started painting also came.

This broke the opening record of a foreign film in North America, which gave many people the feeling that "Source Code" was not only popular in China, but also on the other side of the ocean.

Under the impact of such good news from both sides, "Source Code" has become a worldwide science fiction blockbuster.

5月2号和5月3号，《源代码》也继续延续着强势的表现，三天假期在五一档总计拿到了4.2亿的票房，上映9天半累计12亿票房！
At this point, it has been determined that it is no longer possible for "Source Code" to challenge the box office record of 19 billion that "Young Avengers" just created.

In addition, the North American market also submitted an impressive answer sheet. The film received 970 million on the first day of its release, 2 million on Saturday the 1560nd, 3 million on the 1350rd, and 3980 million at the box office in three days.

This kind of achievement not only shocked the domestic media and netizens through the Internet, but also surprised the American media. According to this kind of first-week box office, the final box office will reach more than 7000 million.

And if there is still a good reputation, it is possible to approach [-] million.

In the evaluation of Firefly and Universal, according to the current word of mouth, the box office of "Source Code" is expected to exceed 9000 million. The reason why I dare not predict too high is that there will be a second-tier super-English movie " Batgirl joins the fray.

Although the appeal of this super-English movie is not so strong, it is also an A-level production, and there have been animations and TV dramas as the foreshadowing before, and it will definitely eat up most of the filming. It's already a very good schedule. In the crowded film market in North America, most of the A-level films produced by non-big factories only have a week at the top.

The excellent word-of-mouth of "Source Code" is enough to make a lot of money in these 12 days.

After the premiere day, major Hollywood media and famous film critics released their evaluations of the film one after another.

"I think "Source Code" is a philosophical science fiction film, not just science fiction. There are some things about consciousness and existence that need to be carefully chewed" - "Variety Show".

"A movie that shakes our brains, and the larger philosophical musings lurking beneath the surface leave us with plenty to think about when we leave the theater" - The Hollywood Reporter

"Source Code is a remarkable Hitchcockian sci-fi thriller with a unique imagination, which once again proves that the young director from China has a different brain and his narrative for high-concept films Has a talent that sets him apart from all other filmmakers, and that's what we're sorely lacking." - Empire

(End of this chapter)