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Chapter 632 The real king of summer season

Fifteen days after the summer movie was released, "Crazy Stone" took in a box office of 15 billion, officially surpassing "Flame Walker" and ranking first in the summer box office.

At this time, the strong box office period of "Fire Walker" has passed, with a box office of more than 1000 million per day on weekdays.

Maoyan platform predicts that the final box office of "Fire Walker" will be 16 billion, and it has lost the possibility of competing for the summer box office crown.

The total box office of "Married Halfway" in 15 days has reached 10 billion, and the Maoyan platform predicts that the final box office will be 11 billion.

In comparison, the potential of "Crazy Stone" is quite terrifying.

As the score from Douya.com came out, the super high score of 8.7 points added to the popularity of this movie.

Originally, the high praise from film critics had already given "Crazy Stone" a good reputation.

Now that Douya.com’s ratings have been released, they use numbers to give this movie a standardized evaluation.

8.7 points, a score worthy of being recorded in film history.

Even in the world's century-old film history, this score can be ranked among the Top 200.

After this score came out, it once again confirmed Zhou Chengxiang's professionalism in the film criticism industry.

This movie can indeed compete with the top five in mainland comedies.

With such a movie and two other movies of the same period, how can we compare it?
Ratings for "Firewalker" and "Married Halfway" have been shown.

The former scored 6.9 points and the latter scored 7.3 points.

Just looking at the ratings of these two movies, they are actually not low, with a passing score of 6 and a score of 7 considered good.

According to the rating standard of Douya.com, a movie with a score of 7 is definitely a movie that can be watched.

Therefore, there is no problem with the quality of "Married Halfway".

Although it is not Lee Koshin's best movie, it is still within his normal level.

This summer, the problem is not "Married Halfway", but "Crazy Stone".

It's not that "Married Halfway" was poorly filmed, but "Crazy Stone" was filmed so well.

Due to the word-of-mouth effect, "Crazy Stone" only reached its peak single-day box office on the ninth day of its release, doubling its opponents.

Prior to this, Fanfan Entertainment was desperately trying to promote and boost the box office of "Married Halfway", competing for film schedules, and trying to reverse the decline.

But, of course, "Crazy Stone" took in a single-day box office of 1.51 million.

Fanfan Entertainment knows that there is nothing left to fight for.

If the gap is within 20%, you can still spend money to promote it and mobilize PUA fans to buy tickets. But when the gap is doubled, it can no longer be solved by spending money.

Therefore, starting from the ninth day, Fanfan Entertainment withdrew its publicity funds and gave up on this box office battle.

Because there is nothing to compare with, the gap will only get bigger and bigger, and there is no way to recover it.

of course.

Fanfan Entertainment did not lose money on the movie "Married Halfway".

With an investment of 1.5 million, the money can be recovered as long as the box office reaches 4.5 million.

The final box office of "Married Halfway" will be around 11 billion.

If you don't look at the competition, this movie is clearly a success.

therefore.

When the total box office of "Married Halfway" exceeded 10 billion, Li Kexin's crew also held a celebration event to celebrate the movie's box office exceeding 10 billion and thank the audience for their support.

on activities.

Li Kexin, who had a little gray hair, came on stage and, together with the two leading actors, used a hammer to smash the glass prop with a box office of 10 billion written on it.

The audience applauded and congratulated.

Then, Li Kexin took the microphone and started to speak:
“Thank you to the fans and media friends present, and thank you all for coming.

"Today is the celebration of the 10 billion box office of "Married Halfway"..."

After finishing speaking.

The reporter began to ask: "Director Li, are you satisfied with the results of "Married Halfway"?"

Li Kexin: "Of course I am satisfied. The box office results are in line with my expectations."

In fact, industry insiders were right in their predictions about this movie.

Before its release, industry insiders generally believed that the box office of this movie would start at 10 billion. Looking at the current box office trend, the final box office was indeed 11 billion.

It can be seen that the industry’s predictions for this movie are accurate.

Not only "Married Halfway", in fact, the predictions of industry insiders for "Flame Walker" are also similar.

It is generally believed that the final box office of "Fire Walker" will be between 15 billion and 20 billion.

The final box office of "Flame Walker" was indeed 16 billion.

In the entire summer season, the only abnormal movie was actually "Crazy Stone".

With an investment of RMB 8000 million, he dared to sign a box office guarantee of RMB 20 billion, and his early box office results were only ranked third. There was even a plan to lower the film schedule of "Crazy Stone".

Fortunately, Penguin Video was tied up by the contract and had no other movies to promote, so it was determined to keep the film scheduled.

As a result, the lowest ranking of "Crazy Stone" only dropped to 22%, and then it continued to rise.

It is now released for 15 days.

The film schedule of "Fire Walker" has dropped to 12%, with a single-day box office of about 1500 million.

The film schedule of "Married Halfway" dropped to 9%, with a single-day box office of only 1000 million.

The box office of "Crazy Stone" increased by 30%, and the single-day box office on weekdays still maintained 4000 million.

The combined schedule of the three movies has dropped a lot.

Because the second batch of summer movies will be released one after another, most of the scheduled films will need to be eaten up.

On the Maoyan platform, it is predicted that the final box office of "Crazy Stone" has become 23 billion.

If it had been postponed one month after its release, the final box office would have been even higher.

In comparison, "Married Halfway" has no ability to compete with "Crazy Stone", not at all.

Li Kexin has been working in the film industry for more than thirty years and has participated in [-] to [-] films.

Therefore, he is actually very open-minded.

Moreover, "Married Halfway" itself is a success.

However, reporters want to make big news, so when asking questions, they always turn to tricky questions:
"Director Li, there is another comedy film in the summer. The box office is much higher than "Married Halfway". What do you think of this?"

Li Kexin: "It doesn't matter, just say it's "Crazy Stone". I like this movie very much. My children at home were on summer vacation, and I went to see it with them."

Reporter: "How do you evaluate "Crazy Stone"?"

Li Kexin: "It's an excellent comedy movie. I appreciate it very much. I also recommend that viewers who like comedy movies watch it. You won't be disappointed."

Reporter: "Director Li is indeed an old artist with both virtue and skill. However, "Married Halfway" and "Crazy Stone" have always been competitors before they were released, and there were even many comments that criticized each other. What do you think about this? What do you think?"

Li Kexin: "I'm just a director. It's my job to film the show well. Other tasks are not my responsibility."

What he actually meant was that he had no control over the announcement, but he didn't want to be too straightforward.

Reporter: "So, which one do you think is better, "Married Halfway" or "Crazy Stone"?" This question is very tricky, and it was asked to the director of one of the movies.

A more grumpy director might have dropped the microphone on the spot.

However, Li Kexin laughed and said: "You guys always want to make some big news. Since you insist on asking, I can honestly admit that from the audience's perspective, "Crazy Stone" is better."

If he had heard this question 10 days ago, he would not have dared to answer it like this.

Because at that time, the box office performance of "Married Halfway" had not yet settled.

Now that the box office is a foregone conclusion, admitting it won't affect the outcome.

When the reporter heard this answer, his eyes began to light up:
"So, do you admit that you are not as good as Fang Xing in terms of directing?"

Li Kexin chuckled: "After competing in movies, do we still need to compete with people? Do you have to force me into a corner? However, I don't have much ability, but I have an open-minded temperament.

"But how do you compare people? Even if it is the same director, works from different periods will have different ratings and styles. What standards should be used to compare?"

The reporter put it another way: "What do you think of director Fang Xing?"

Li Kexin: "He is very talented. He can switch from TV series to movies and be so successful. I admire him very much. I hope Fang Xing can make more movies, make more good movies, and strive to become a leading figure in the new generation of directors."

While answering reporters' questions.

Kossin Lee almost threw in the towel on "Crazy Stone."

This made many Zhu Yiting fans in the audience very dissatisfied.

Because the director admits that "Married Halfway" is not as good as "Crazy Stone", it is equivalent to indirectly admitting that Zhu Yiting is not as good as Fang Xing.

If we compare the male protagonists with each other, Zhu Yiting is not as good as Guo Shi.

This group of fans, when they think of their idol, Zhu Yiting, one of the top twin stars in the film industry, is actually not as good as the middle-aged greasy fool Guo Shi.

This allowed them to break the defense on the spot and even booed the stage several times.

If security hadn't stopped them, fans might have thrown mineral water bottles on the stage.

Subsequently.

The reporter asked another question about the two leading actors, Zhu Yiting and Liu Wenwen.

Reporter: "Yiting, do you agree with Director Li's view?"

The director said so.

As the male protagonist, Zhu Yiting has no way to refute.

If he refuted it, it would prove that he and the director had differences.

There is a disagreement between the actor and the director, which is not a good impression on the actor.

If this impression becomes the consensus of the film industry, then which director will dare to use such an actor in the future.

Therefore, Zhu Yiting could only bite the bullet and admit: "I trust Director Li very much, and I will continue to work hard to improve my acting skills and give better answers to the audience and fans."

This answer was very official, leaving reporters unable to find any flaws.

However, everyone except the fans could tell that Zhu Yiting was speaking out of character and did not mean what he said.

……

Since "Crazy Stone" was released for 15 days, the box office in a single day was still 4000 million.

This box office trend is very good.

Moreover, Penguin Pictures plans to fight for an extension of the film, so promotions will continue.

The road show never stopped.

Li Kexin answered the reporter's interview and became a hot search topic that night.

the next day.

Fang Xing was also asked by reporters about the interview content of Director Lee Ke-sin.

Reporter: "Fang Xing, have you watched the news interview with Director Li Kexin?"

Fang Xing shook his head: "I don't have time to watch, the road show never stops."

Reporter: "Director Lee Ke-sin said in an interview that "Crazy Stone" is better than "Married Halfway". What do you think of this?"

Fang Xing was stunned for a moment and did not dare to answer directly: "Is there any news about this? I don't know."

Since I haven’t read Li Kexin’s interview, I am worried that the reporter may have tricked him.

What if Li Kexin didn't say that at all and the reporter used this sentence to fish, and if he answered it directly, he might be fooled.

Reporter: "It's true. Director Li Kexin also said that he admires you very much and thinks you can become a leader of the new generation of directors."

Fang Xing waved his hand quickly: "Don't dare, I'm not that good."

Reporter: “What do you think of Director Lee Ke-sin?”

Fang Xing: "I like Director Li's works very much. I have watched many of his movies, including "Once Upon a Time in a Small Town", "I Will Marry You Tomorrow", "A Love Letter" and so on."

Reporter: "Are you satisfied with the box office performance of "Crazy Stone"?"

Fang Xing: "Satisfied, thank you to the audience for their support."

Reporter: "It is rumored that you signed a 20 billion guaranteed box office contract with Penguin Pictures. Is it true?"

Fang Xing: "It's not convenient to say this."

Reporter: ""Crazy Stone" is so successful, will you choose to make more movies or TV series in the future?"

Fang Xing: "This is not yet certain. There are no new projects in preparation at the moment."

Reporter: "You are so busy at work, do you still have time to spend with your daughter?"

Fang Xing nodded and replied: "I try to go home as early as possible every day. However, sometimes if I go out for promotions, Qian Qian may have already fallen asleep when I get home."

Reporter: "Will you put work first in the future? Or family first?"

Fang Xing: "Pay equal attention to both ends. Try to concentrate all the work in one city, so that you can go home after work every day."

Reporter: "When you were making TV series in the past, you directed and acted yourself, but this time you didn't play an important role in the movie. If you continue to make movies in the future, will you only be the director?"

Fang Xing: "This depends on the specific situation."

Reporter: "Do you want to create a character in the movie?"

Fang Xing nodded: "Of course, if there is a suitable role, I will try it."

Reporter: "Fang Xing, since your debut, you have achieved good results in the three fields of film, television and singing. However, your fans are very divided.

"Some fans want you to sing more, drama fans want you to make more TV series, and movie fans want you to make more movies. How do you balance these three things?"

Fang Xing thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know. It mainly depends on my mood. When I decide to do something, I try my best to do it well. I don't think about other things."

Reporter: "The end of this year is the Jinhua Awards, the three major film award ceremonies. Will you take "Crazy Stone" to participate in the selection of the Golden Tong Awards?"

Fang Xing: "We haven't considered this yet. After the film promotion work is over, the crew will hold a meeting to discuss it."

Participating in the competition for film awards is not something Fang Xing does alone.

Because of film awards, from art to photography, from actors to dubbing, all film-related work has related awards.

Therefore, if you want to participate in the Jinhua Awards, you need to make a decision after discussion with the crew and creators.

(End of this chapter)