Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1062 Suspension of Zombie Films

Although Lin Daoqiu and Lin Zhengying are not very optimistic about the box office of "Mr. Zombie".

However, Xiangjiang Cinemas did not pull off any of the publicity that should be done.

On the day of the premiere, "Mr. Zombie" was screened in all theaters under Xiangjiang Cinemas.

Apart from the films directed by Lin Daoqiu in Xiangjiang Cinemas, only the films "Best Partner" and "Mr. Zombie" can do this kind of treatment.

But this time "Mr. Zombie" did not have a premiere, which is something that makes people wonder.

During the Spring Festival this year, Lin Daoqiu and Mai Jia discussed the single-day box office limit of Xiangjiang Cinemas.

At that time they said 500 million in a single day, but a serious estimate should be around 600 million.

However, even in such a good time during the Spring Festival, "Best Partner" failed to get the highest single-day box office of 500 million, let alone the real box office ceiling.

So there is a small group of people who pin their hopes on the movie "Mr. Zombie", hoping that "Mr. Zombie" can break the record of 450 million single-day highest box office held by "Best Partner".

On the day of the premiere, Lin Zhengying brought a group of leading actors to the Xintiandi Theater and held an extremely simple premiere.

Everyone thought it was very strange that "Mr. Zombie" was released this time with such a low profile, which was a bit different from New Oriental's previous style.

The reporters at the scene all had the same question. When they wanted to get some clues from Lin Zhengying, Lin Zhengying didn't make any response.

After the interview, Lin Zhengying led a group of leading actors into the Xintiandi Theater.

When the lights in the theater slowly dimmed, "Mr. Zombie 3" officially started broadcasting.

The plot of "Mr. Zombie" was written by Lin Zhengying for the main creative team.

Lin Zhengying, Xu Guanying, He Jiajin, Lou Nanguang, Chen You, the heroine is looking for Zheng Wenya, and the female ghost is looking for Wang Xiaofeng.

At this time, Wang Xiaofeng was an artist who had just entered ATV not long ago. She came to play this female ghost, and by chance, she was recommended to play the female ghost in "Mr. Zombie".

From the perspective of the plot, this "Mr. Zombie" is almost the same as the previous two.

They are all stories about Lin Zhengying as the main character, and then surrendering the zombies.

Although there is not much innovation in the plot, "Mr. Zombie" still puts a lot of effort into the special effects.

As the technology of Magic Studio became more and more mature, the performance of "Mr. Zombie" in special effects became more and more eye-catching.

The most intuitive manifestation of special effects technology is the presentation of Taoism.

It can be said that the special effects of this "Mr. Zombie" surpassed almost all the films released in Xiangjiang this year, only "Best Partner" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" can compare with it.

When the movie ended, thunderous applause came from the scene, which somewhat allowed Lin Zhengying to breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

At least the audience's evaluation of "Mr. Zombie" is still very good.

However, due to the subject matter, some viewers who are afraid to watch zombie movies and ghost movies will still be restricted from entering the theater.

When the box office of "Mr. Zombie" was released on the first day, Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa felt New Oriental early on.

I didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to be here today. It seems that he also made a special trip to see the first-day box office of "Mr. Zombie".

"Mr. Lin, the audience's response to the drama "Mr. Zombie" was extremely enthusiastic. I think you and Ah Ying's prediction may be wrong this time."

It seems that Zhong Fa is very optimistic about the box office of "Mr. Zombie". Judging from the feedback from the audience, everyone still approves of this movie.

However, Lin Daoqiu just laughed and said nothing to what Zhong Fa said. He doesn't know how much "Mr. Zombie" will get at the box office on the first day, but he can probably see the clue from the previous attendance rate.

44 theaters were screened at the same time, and several leading theaters were full on the day of the release, while other ordinary theaters also got about [-]% of the attendance rate.

As for those theaters in remote places or not very high-grade, the attendance rate is only about [-]%.

According to such statistics, the single-day box office of 600 million on the first day is definitely impossible, and around 400 million should be almost the limit of "Mr. Zombie".

When Li Maowen opened the door and walked into the conference room, what he was holding in his hand was the first-day box office of "Mr. Zombie".

"380."

Lin Daoqiu took a look at it, and then handed the box office statistics to Lin Zhengying.

"Only 380 million? This...how is this possible."

Zhong Fa was stunned. He thought that "Mr. Zombie" would at least get the same box office revenue as "Best Partner" this time, but he didn't expect it to be only 380 million.

"Actually, "Mr. Zombie" can get this box office is already very good."

Compared to Zhong Fa's shock, Lin Zhengying was very open-minded. He felt that getting this box office was already very good.

Based on the previous "Happy Ghost Over Summer Vacation" which also got 300 million 80 box office on the first day, "Mr. Zombie" should be able to break through 3000 million box office in the end, but 4000 million is definitely not possible.

And if you are a little bit less lucky, I am afraid that you will not be able to break 3000 million by then, which will be really embarrassing.

If it weren't for the large investment in this movie, it would have been pretty good to get a box office of 2000 million. After all, there are not many Xiangjiang movies that can break 2000 million at the box office this year.

But for the great success of "Mr. Zombie" before, and being regarded as New Oriental's most successful movie, the box office couldn't even break 3000 million, which is a shame.

"In fact, you don't need to be surprised. "Best Partner" also faces the same problems as you, so next year "Best Partner" will not continue to make a fourth part this year."

Maijia did not make "Best Partner" this year, but chose to make a movie with another theme.

The protagonists of this play are Mai Jia and Leslie Cheung, and the queen of the song, Xu Xiaofeng, is also invited to star.

The other characters are Chen Baiqiang, Li Lizhen, and even Yuan Heping also played a cameo role in it. This drama will be released a week before Christmas.

Even Maijia has made changes, of course Lin Zhengying is not to be outdone.

But Lin Zhengying doesn't know what he wants to shoot next, so he plans to settle for a while and think about it slowly.

If someone else got the box office of 380 million on the first day, they would have laughed like crazy.

But Lin Zhengying obviously has higher standards for himself, and he doesn't want to only make one type of movie.

The next box office trend of "Mr. Zombie" is similar to Lin Daoqiu and Lin Zhengying's predictions.

After earning 380 million at the box office on the first day, it went down all the way. After two weeks of release, it only got 800 million at the box office, making it the least box office of the three "Mr. Zombies".

Lin Zhengying also officially announced that he will suspend shooting zombie movies.

(End of this chapter)