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Chapter 264 World First Day Box Office and North American Reviews

Chapter 264 World First Day Box Office and North American Reviews

"After watching the movie, I cried so much, it was really touching. Fan Bingbing's White Snake is my favorite. The key is He Fang's Xu Xuan is more my favorite. If there is a man who treats me like this, I can really do it for him. Anything. Yes, anything."

"You women, really... don't you have a licking dog around you? There is a licking dog who is willing to give everything for you, but you pretend to not see it, and then feel sad why no man treats you as well... The world is so cold..."

"I'll go, upstairs, you are just a licking dog, you didn't lick it, so you are sad here?"

"What I saw in the first 100 minutes was how Xu Xuan acted like a dog, and even paid the price with his life. This is a shame for us men. I hated it so much. But when I finally saw the white snake say No matter what happens to Xu Xuan, when she wants to find him, my unbalanced heart is too slightly balanced. If there is a beautiful woman like Fan Bingbing who treats me like this, I am willing to die for her, I can, Master Fan , I really can."

"Oh, another crazy one."

"It's really touching, but I'm just a fan of the flesh. What if I drool when I look at Fan Bingbing? I don't care about love, as long as... I am willing to die."

"Bah, shameless, embarrassing us men. If Fan Bingbing is willing to do this, it will be your turn. I have died many times already."

"I don't want to scold people for the New Year's Eve, but I have to scold He Fang. Do you know how much harm you make such a movie do to a person like me who married a short and poor man? When I think about the New Year's Eve I regret this, where is my Xu Xuan?"

"I found a way, that is to watch "The Origin of the White Snake" first, and then watch "Lost in Thailand" after watching it.

"I watched "Lost in Thailand" first and then "The Origin of the White Snake". I just thought it would be better to laugh and then be moved."

……

This year, He Fang lived with his family. He was not at home for the promotion of "Pacific Rim" last year, so this year he simply didn't do any promotion on New Year's Eve.

So I spent a day posting Spring Festival couplets, helping Mother He cook New Year's dinner, watching the Spring Festival Gala together in the evening, eating New Year's dinner, and watching the year.After twelve o'clock, both He Fang and He Ben received a text message, it was box office information.

It's a pity that the current Maoyan still can't update the box office in real time, and a lot of data has not yet been connected to the theaters, and the data of the electricity resource management office is not willing to open to Maoyan.

Their app has just been launched recently, and they are taking advantage of the Spring Festival stalls to catch up with the popularity of "The Origin of the White Snake" and "Tai囧", so that young people will follow the trend more.

On February 2th, "The Origin of the White Snake" had a box office of 9 million, accounting for 9243% of the film schedule, an average of 38.5 people per game, and 71 shows...

On February 2th, "People on the Journey: Lost in Thailand" had a box office of 9 million, accounting for 3909% of the film schedule, with an average of 33.4 people per game and 56 film screenings...

On February 2th, "Better and Better Village Evening"...

On February 2th, "Love is not NG"...

On February 2th, "The Rascals in Paris"...

……

"Son, congratulations, the movie box office is not bad." He Ben smiled and congratulated He Fang.

"Ha, as expected." He Fang smiled.

"What's the matter, how much is the box office of our son's movie?" Zeng Jinghua asked excitedly.

"9243 million, it's about to explode again, and it's estimated that the box office can take 15 billion." He Ben laughed.

"Wow, this is a good start to the new year, son, mother wishes you a prosperous new year." Zeng Jinghua said happily.

"Okay, I also wish my mother younger and more beautiful, forever."

"Haha...well, forever."

……

Around one o'clock, He Fang went out with his suitcase.

He's father and mother are also very reluctant, but at least they are still at home for a year.

He Fang didn't let Tong Weidong follow him, but asked him to go back to his hometown for the New Year, so he drove to the airport alone, and then boarded a commercial plane chartered by them that could seat 13 people and flew directly to the capital, where the others would wait. .

Why rent a plane?Appear rich?

Of course not, because there are no regular flights at this point, but there is no such luxury if there are regular flights.

About two and a half hours later, they landed at the Capital Airport, picked up everyone, and then flew directly to Seoul.

"Director He, Happy New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai." Yan Ran and Pan Zhilin were the most aggressive, and they were about to reach out for red envelopes when they came up.

"Happy New Year, get rich, get rich, come, red envelopes. I wish you two children are still so young and beautiful in the new year, forever."

"Thank you, thank you director, and I wish the director a lot of money and everything goes well in the new year."

He Fang hugged the two of them one by one, and then handed out red envelopes to the others one by one.

Although the plane only has 13 seats, it is enough to accommodate their crew.

He Fang was thinking, should he also buy one?Forget it, I can’t afford it. The purchase of an airplane costs tens of millions of dollars, the decoration starts at $1000 million, and the aircraft needs to be handed over to a trustee company for a year of $1000 million. There is also a bottomless pit of operating expenses, such as take-off and landing fees, fuel Fees, wages... a bunch of messy expenses, if there are tens of millions of RMB a year, it is impossible to explain.

It's better to rent, like the small business jet they rented this time, from Changsha to Beijing and then to Seoul, the total cost is not more than 30, which is very affordable.

This is still the Spring Festival, and the labor cost has tripled. If it is usually 4 an hour, it will cost 10 to 15 per hour for a top-level business jet.The hours mentioned here are flight hours.

In other words, the cost of renting an airplane is hundreds of thousands, how many times a year?Renting ten times is only 200 million to 400 million yuan, and renting one hundred times is less than 5000 million. Besides, in such a situation, it is necessary to rent a plane one hundred times a year?He is not Wang Jianlin, and he flies several songs several times a week.Therefore, for He Fang, leasing is worth tens of millions more than maintaining an airplane a year.

After another two hours, they landed at Seoul Gimpo International Airport.Then they got into the car and continued to sleep, and arrived at the hotel more than half an hour later. It was not yet six o'clock. Of course, it was dawn in Seoul, but the city hadn't woken up yet.

So, I went to the hotel and continued to sleep. I can’t do without sleep. The next ten days will be a very physical test of ten days.

In this line of work, laymen look glamorous, but in fact, it is really tiring, and it is all hard work.

The hottest and coldest days may be filming outdoors, and then you have to wear thick costumes in summer and thin costumes to act in winter.

Then, when we start filming, we often stay up all night, and go on and on for a month or two. This is all energy-consuming.

Like usual makeup, it takes an hour or two to sit motionless, and ordinary urban makeup takes four to 10 minutes, and there are fittings and the like.

What event, you have to wait in line to go on stage, and you have to work hard on stage, how can you not waste your energy?
For example, when they came out to do movie promotion, everyone was happy to celebrate the new year at home. They flew overnight, then bumped, and finally arrived at the hotel and could only rest for three hours. Face the fans with a full and positive appearance, and then there are various activities throughout the day. Do you want to sleep well at night?
No way, fly to Tokyo overnight, let's talk when we arrive in Tokyo.

When he arrived at the hotel, He Fang slept for two hours and woke up at a little after eight o'clock.

In fact, he slept quite a lot. He slept from Changsha to Beijing, then from Beijing to Seoul, and then slept for two hours in a hotel in Seoul. In total, he slept for six hours, which is enough for him now. .

After waking up, he went to wash up, then went to the restaurant to have breakfast, and went back to his room to watch the screening of the movie.

At present, the box office on the first day of the whole world has been released. Needless to say, in mainland China, the first day was 9243 million yuan, or 1467 million US dollars.

Then there is the North American box office that He Fang is most concerned about, because it is Saturday... the box office is 1037 million US dollars, and this is only the box office for a 2800-yuan screen. He Fang is really speechless. It seems that his audience in North America is really good If he wants to break through, the only way to make a Hollywood blockbuster is to make new audiences like him.

That's it for the box office in North America, let's look at the rest of the world.The total box office of other regions was 2592 million US dollars, of which East Asia and Southeast Asia contributed 1149 million US dollars.

The box office of "The Origin of the White Snake" on the first day of Japan was 5.348 million yen, with a gross of 621 million US dollars.

The first day in Hong Kong was 786 million Hong Kong dollars, about 103 million US dollars.

South Korea is 13.34 billion won, or about 123 million U.S. dollars.

Taiwan Province is 3651 million Taiwan dollars, about 125 million US dollars.

Singapore's is 187654 Singapore dollars, about 14.6 US dollars.

Thailand's is 256 million baht, about 8.6 U.S. dollars.

Vietnam's is 51 billion VND, or about 2490 U.S. dollars.

Malaysia is 34 Magit, 11 US dollars.

For the Philippines, it is 103 million pesos and 2.28 U.S. dollars.

Indonesia has a total of 41 passengers and US$119 million.

Other countries such as Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Brunei are ignored. Even countries like Thailand only have a box office of tens of thousands of dollars... The development of Southeast Asia is not balanced, and the demand for movies in various countries is inconsistent.

Over the past year, Zhang Qian has made some achievements in activities in Vietnam. He mobilized Vietnamese netizens to carry Chinese songs and Chinese movies every day, which made Vietnamese people more and more accepting of Chinese pop culture. Unexpectedly, it could still get a box office of 22 US dollars in Vietnam.

Including Indonesia, the box office is more than 100 million US dollars. I heard that the movie ticket in Indonesia is 2.9 US dollars a piece. It is not easy to get more than 100 million US dollars in the box office a day.

The global box office on the first day was 5096 million US dollars, which is not bad. This figure is not bad and relatively stable. Compared with the previous two "Pacific Rim" and "Three Dozens of Bones", it is stable.

Stability is good, everything needs to be done step by step.

After watching the box office, He Fang continued to read comments from various countries.

First of all, it is also North America. The IMDb website in North America gives quite high ratings. Nearly 1000 people rated it at 8.6 points, with the most people scoring 7 points, the second most with 8 points, the third most with 9 points, and the third most with 6 points. Fourth, the order is 5 points, 4 points, 3 points, 2 points, 1 point, and there are 1 people who rated 7 point.

After reading the IMDb rating, look at Rotten Tomatoes.

The popcorn index of Rotten Tomatoes is 88%, and the tomato freshness has reached 79%, which is a very high score.

Check out the reviews, they are very good.

"Los Angeles Times" Charles Solomon: "He Fang has become more and more proficient in CG production. He has integrated Chinese calligraphy, painting and animation into the film. I personally think it is the best special effects film he has made. The scenes in it are really beautiful. Yes. The long-lost He Fang himself played the role. The plot is great. I basically understand it. I heard that this is one of the most touching love stories in Chinese history. The story of Xu Xuan falling in love with the white snake. Wow, it’s so cool and touching. Give your life for the one you love."

"Film Weekly" Justin Berg: "This is a movie with more stories than "Alice in Wonderland". CG is not inferior to "Alice in Wonderland", but the story is stronger and the love is more touching. I am very happy I like the actor's sentence in the movie, "There are many villains with two legs in the world. What's wrong with a tail?" To kill a demon and become a demon, just to be of the same kind as the white snake, so that we can be together... What a touching love story..."

"Washington Post" Pat Padua: "Even if you are not familiar with traditional Chinese stories, you will definitely like this wonderful picture and this touching love story. Although some of our social critics don't like He, but you I have to admit that the stories he brought to the audience from different cultures are really wonderful, the last time was "Three Fighting Bones", this time it is "The Origin of the White Snake", such a movie is really refreshing."

"Hollywood Reporter" Frank Schek: "We saw enthusiastic audiences on our west coast, they were attracted by He's new film, and they empathized with each other. Some people even cried because of love life and death in the theater, and finally they Encounter on the Stone Bridge got some excited cheers from the audience. Apparently, audiences enjoyed Ho's film."

Simon Abrams, "Rog Robb Website": "Everyone has different opinions on this kind of oriental calligraphy and painting comics. At least I think there is less blood. I don't see anything in this kind of love story except sensationalism. I'm sorry. , I don't like it."

"The New York Times" Christine King: "The picture of the movie looks beautiful, and the love seems to be very touching. But it can't cover up the shortcomings of being unable to empathize, because such pictures are too unreal. I believe that even in ancient China Does not exist, and man and snake god are in love, oh my god, well, this is just a fairy tale, too far away from our reality..."

……

There are also many different comments. He Fang watched quietly. Generally speaking, they are positive, but some criticize because they don't understand or don't like Chinese culture.Although they are stubborn, they all admit two points, one is that the picture is very oriental and beautiful, and the other is that the love is very touching.

After reading the comments in North America, He Fang started to look at the Asian ones. This time he wanted to see how Korean netizens commented.

Where is playing a Korean theqoo...

(End of this chapter)

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