Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 615: 10 billion in three days, a massacre of the Spring Festival

As of 12:00 a.m. on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the box office statistics for the first day of the Spring Festival have ended.

"Detective Chinatown 2" grossed 3.81 million yuan on the first day!
This data set a new record for the first-day box office and single-day box office in the Chinese entertainment industry, and there are countless miscellaneous detailed records.

The industry is shocked!

Perhaps it’s not particularly shocking, because everyone had expected it long before the movie was released.

Wei Yang regards the main task of "Detective Chinatown 2" to break the 30 billion+ box office mark, which is actually considered extremely conservative.

Others are much crazier than him, and many people think that this movie has a great chance of breaking 30 billion.

According to the estimates made by authoritative box office prediction agencies, the total box office of "Detective Chinatown 2" will not be less than 25 billion yuan. More than half of it is believed to be over 30 billion yuan, and nearly one-third of it is believed to exceed "The Mermaid" and set a record in film history.

What's worse, some have already started clamoring for a goal of 50 billion. Of course, it's hard to say whether these are Wei Yang's brainless fans or just people who want to praise him to death.

Let’s just say that Boss Wei was almost driven to despair by these people.

After all, Murphy's Law is no joke. Wei Yang usually believes in the saying that "the favorite is doomed to fail" because he has seen too much.

But fortunately, Murphy's Law and the inevitable death of the favorite are just probabilistic events.

The reason why the favorite is the favorite is that it still has some merits, just like Real Madrid is always the king of the Champions League and Sancho failed to successfully slap Manchester United in the face.

"Detective Chinatown 2" had the right time, place and people, and ultimately lived up to expectations.

Even before the first day's box office was released, many people knew that "Detective Chinatown 2" was a sure win.

With the convenience of online ticket booking, pre-sale box office figures are no longer a secret, and Hualuo.com has also kept up with the times and launched relevant data displays.

The first-day pre-sale box office of "Detective Chinatown 2" was 1.5 million.

In the same period, "Kung Fu Yoga" had less than 5000 million, and "The Mermaid" had even less, less than 2500 million, and the other two movies had even less.

In other words, during the entire Spring Festival period, the pre-sale box office of several other movies combined was less than two-thirds of that of "Detective Chinatown 2".

Although pre-sale box office does not represent everything, some media outlets have made arbitrary conclusions:

Lost before the battle, this year's Spring Festival movie will be dominated by "Detective Chinatown 2"!
And judging from the performance of the first day's box office, these people's judgment is not wrong.

The movie "Detective Chinatown" occupied 40% of the screenings and accounted for nearly 65% ​​of the box office.

"Kung Fu Yoga" grossed 1.2 million yuan on its first day, while the highly anticipated "The Mermaid" grossed less than 7000 million yuan.

It's not a crushing defeat because we were no match for them. Losing is not shameful, but it just makes all the bundling marketing efforts useless.

Before the war started, it was understandable that they were competing with each other on the same level, but now that the situation has been divided, if they still want to force their way up, they will only bring humiliation upon themselves and become a joke.

Topics such as the competition between Wei and Han as talented scholars, the battle between Wei and Deng for the box office crown, and Han Zheng versus the big devil quickly collapsed and disappeared after the first day box office of "Detective Chinatown 2", and online publicity and marketing also tended to focus on the movie itself.

But "Detective Chinatown 2" is different!

The entertainment industry sometimes emphasizes confrontation, with people coming and going, which makes it more lively, but it never excludes the winner-takes-all situation. As long as "Detective Chinatown 2" is popular enough to support all the traffic, the movie will be praised to the sky.

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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Wei Yang and other main creators including Wang Baoqiang, Li Jiahang, Da Mimi, and Nazha appeared in the Shanghai roadshow.

In less than four hours, it was on eleven related roadshow hot searches. If other hot searches for the movie itself were counted, the traffic directly surpassed that of the Spring Festival Gala.

This is not only reflected in Weibo, but also in other platforms.

Among the top ten hot questions on Zhihu, three are related to "Detective Chinatown 2", and the number of answers and interactions even crushes the Spring Festival Gala. Baidu search index and Tieba popularity are also led by many artists from Spring Festival movie. On short video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou, more people discuss the movie than complain about the Spring Festival Gala.

In a trance, many people realized that the popularity of the Spring Festival Gala during the Spring Festival has become a thing of the past.

Perhaps the Spring Festival Gala still has its own attention, but it can no longer compete with these Spring Festival movies.

Not only in terms of traffic, but also in terms of popularity, the Spring Festival movies are more prominent.

At least Da Mimi, Li Jiahang and Nazha had a huge increase in exposure during the Spring Festival thanks to "Detective Chinatown 2", while the artists participating in the Spring Festival Gala had almost no one to compete with them.

Of course, this is also related to the explosive popularity of "Detective Chinatown 2", which is even more popular than the previous life.

After all, in his previous life, there was also a "Operation Red Sea" that stole the limelight at the same time. In this time and space, not only is there a killing spree at the same time, but it is also an enhanced version of Wei Yang.

The popularity is unprecedented and the box office is also killing it!

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, "Detective Chinatown 2" grossed 3.6 million yuan.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, 3.2 million!
It broke 10 billion in three days, breaking the mainland box office record again and leaving all the audience stunned.

Everyone knew that this movie would have a huge box office, but no one expected it to be so huge. The data that countless crews have been striving for was broken in just three days?
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year, 3.1 million!
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, 3.02 million!
Everyone was stunned. Over 3 million for five consecutive days. Is this still the film market they know?

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the box office finally fell below the 3 million mark, but the figure of 2.8 million still made many people crazy.

During the six days of the Spring Festival, the box office revenue was nearly 20 billion yuan. Who can say that this is not a box office miracle?

Although on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the single-day box office of "Detective Chinatown 2" dropped directly to 2.1 million yuan, and the downward trend became faster, not many people care about it anymore.

It is normal for the box office to shrink after the Spring Festival holiday. The pie is so big. The crazy performance in the past few days inevitably overdraws some potential, and the lack of stamina is understandable.

Up to now, the overall reputation of "Detective Chinatown 2" is still relatively stable.

It is certain that it will break through 30 billion, and the possibility of surpassing "The Mermaid" is very high, and even 40 billion is not impossible to expect.

It has been a while since the mainland has encountered a phenomenal movie of this level. The last one was the first "Detective Chinatown 3" which broke the record in film history.

As for "The Mermaid", its box office was impeccable and it made a big splash, but its reputation was polarized, which inevitably led to a serious drop in ratings.

"Detective Chinatown 2" is not without negative controversies. For example, many people feel that it has too many comedy elements and seems noisy, and the suspense elements are not as stunning as the first one, and the answers are easy to guess, etc. But overall, most of the audience's reviews are still good, and it is an above-standard commercial film.

Again, no work can satisfy everyone.

Whether it's "The Shawshank Redemption" or "Farewell My Concubine", when you put it on Douban and Zhihu to ask for comments, there will be a group of people who will give it an X.

The Dream of the Red Chamber is a mediocre work, Li Bai is just so-so, Wang Xizhi is just average, and Zhuge Liang is just a dog guarding the house...

The Internet is so vast and full of wonders that it often gives people a refreshing feeling.

People with fragile hearts cannot make a living in the entertainment industry. Boss Wei often reads negative reviews to warn himself, but he will not be led into the ditch by them.

The most important factor in evaluating a movie, especially a commercial movie, is the public. If the public recognizes it, the movie will be a real hit and a real success.

Wei Yang didn't need to look at any specific data. The dense comments asking him to quickly shoot the third part said it all.

However, Wei Yang is not sure when the third part will be filmed.

The "Detective Chinatown" series has become Blue Whale's signature product, and can even be said to be a banner of the Chinese-language film industry.

This brought great benefits to Wei Yang and Blue Whale, but naturally they were also burdened by their fame.

Fortunately, Boss Wei has no shortage of money-making projects now, and he has plenty of time to slowly work on them, strive to be cautious, and do his best to ensure that the "Detective Chinatown Detective" series has a good beginning and a good end.

...

The roadshow of "Detective Chinatown 2" went smoother than expected.

In other words, with the momentum of the movie, there is no need for a roadshow at all. Rather than promoting the movie, the actors are taking advantage of the momentum to gain exposure and popularity, and have made a big splash. All the main creators are very happy.

Da Mimi was the most unconcealed and was simply overjoyed.

She has no reason to be unhappy. She is already one of the top actresses in the commercial box office and has few rivals.

Now, with the success of "Detective Chinatown 2", it is expected to rake in over 30 billion yuan at the box office, surely topping the list.

In addition, last year's "Dear Translator" was a huge hit, gaining both fame and fortune, and he was also successful behind the scenes, winning many Golden Eagle Awards. "Ode to Joy 2" at the beginning of the year was also a big hit, with a surge in popularity, and "Detective Chinatown 2" killed off the Spring Festival schedule.

Check the cards in your hand. You still have "Eternal Love". In addition, "Ode to Joy 2" may also win the Magnolia Award for Best Actress.

Da Mimi suddenly looked back and found that her foundation was already so strong that she was just short of shouting.

If the two women with the surnames Liu and Zhao can be the queen, why can't I, with the surname Yang, be the queen?

Naza is not as proud as Da Mimi, but she is also very happy and grateful for the support of Boss Wei.

Over the past year, Boss Wei has been flying with Na Za in "Day and Night", "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" and "Detective Chinatown 2".

Even if Nazha is not the biggest beneficiary of each work, unlike Rouba who can get all he wants from the drama "Love O2O", but with the addition of multiple dramas, he is not much inferior.

At least when it is listed as the second most beautiful thing in Xinjiang Province together with Rouba, it may lag behind and be inferior in some aspects, but it is not lagging behind.

Even Rouba envied her in some ways. After all, Rouba has not performed in any movies yet, while Nazha is already a reserve member of the 30 billion box office actress club.

And if nothing unexpected happens, she will also star in "Detective Chinatown 3", and maybe even in the fourth part, and she will join the club of actresses with a box office of over billion yuan.

This may be the case of fools having good fortune...

Another "fool" is Wang Baoqiang. He is certainly not stupid, but his image is too deeply rooted in people's hearts.

This time, "Detective Chinatown 2" is a hit, and Wang Baoqiang has made a comeback after his divorce storm, and it is possible that he and Wei Yang will become the "Mr. Billion Box Office".

The divorce gained enough sympathy points, and "Detective Chinatown 2" gained enough favorability.

Wei Yang felt that even if his later movie "A Chinese Odyssey: Part Two: India" flopped, as long as he didn't mess up, it wouldn't hurt him at all.

And this is exactly Wang Baoqiang's strong point, he treats people with sincerity.

Wei Yang was quite amazed when he thought about going to the Golden Broom to receive the award in person.

Some people believe that it is a conspiracy theory and a public relations trick, while others think that he is sincerely admitting his mistakes and accepting them humbly. But no matter what, this move is indeed a plus, and many people buy into the idea of ​​"dare to act and take responsibility, and start over again."

Compared with the above people, Li Jiahang is just average.

He seems to have always been like this, no matter what drama or movie he starred in, he had exposure and traffic, climbing up step by step, but he never had a particularly popular moment.

He is a steady artist who may seem quiet, but actually has a solid foundation and all-round development. He may not be in the most glorious position, but no one will ignore him.

Among the male actors born in the 80s, Li Jiahang is firmly in the first echelon, and few can surpass him.

However, the person who really benefited the most from "Detective Chinatown 2" is Boss Wei.

[King of Ratings] is one of Boss Wei’s nicknames, and his confidence comes from winning the national ratings championship for five consecutive times.

And now, Wei Yang's title of "Box Office King" is about to fall on his head.

The confidence comes from the fact that he has broken the box office record in film history twice and is about to receive the honor of "Mr. 10 Billion Box Office".

As mentioned earlier, Wei Yang's previous box office cumulatively has exceeded 68 billion. Once "Detective Chinatown 2" exceeds 32 billion, he will become the first mainland "Mr. billion box office".

As for Wang Baoqiang, it is hard to say whether he can break 10 billion now.

Because his previous best-grossing films were "Lost in Thailand" and "Lost in Hong Kong", which together grossed nearly 30 billion yuan.

The performance of other films was average. The best one was "The Monk Comes Down the Mountain", which only grossed over 4 million yuan. The other films combined would hardly reach 5 million yuan.

In other words, whether he can become the billion-dollar box office man actually depends on the box office performance of "Detective Chinatown 2".

Wei Yang’s 32 billion is definitely not enough!

It will have to reach at least 36 to 38 billion to have hope, and 40 billion to be considered safe. Otherwise, we can only wait for the upcoming "A Chinese Odyssey: Part Two: India".

However, even if Wang Baoqiang became the billion-dollar box office man, his value would still be lower than Wei Yang's.

In the "Detective Chinatown Detective" series and "Lost" series, he played the supporting role, with Wei Yang and Xu Zheng as the core.

Based on this point, even if his box office data surpassed Boss Wei, in the eyes of many people he cannot be compared with Wei Yang.

After all, Wei Yang's box office data are all about male protagonists, and most of them are the core, with irreplaceable qualities.

However, for Boss Wei, after achieving the achievement of being the 10 billion box office man, other disputes no longer matter to him.

The first and second roles, supporting roles, etc., are of little significance to him. Now he does not need these things to prove himself.

Even his fans don't bother to pay attention, it's too low-level

What's the point of bullying actors in the same crew by arguing about the ranking? If you want to do something, do it big. My favorite thing is to compete for awards and point at the judges' noses and scold them, such as the Golden Eagle, Magnolia, Golden Horse, and Golden Rooster. If you don't accept it, just criticize them.

As long as the goal is right, Wei Yang will not stop them and will even support their fans. He has the confidence to do so.

No way, there won’t be anyone who cries out that they are wronged but dares not confront the real person, and takes it out on a colleague who obviously has no power to cause trouble…

(End of this chapter)