China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 161 The box office is released, a new record

"Hello, six recent episodes of Gravity."

"What version do you want?"

The six people discussed it. Since the biggest selling point of this movie was the 3D effect when it was promoted, of course, if you want to buy it, you should buy the 3D version.

"3D version."

"The latest show for the normal 3D version is tomorrow afternoon at 2:40." The conductor looked at the computer and said.

"tomorrow?"

All six of them were stunned. All the tickets for the whole day were sold out just at noon?
Xiao Ding asked: "What about the IMAX 3D version? Are there any tickets for today?"

The six people really couldn't believe it. The IMAX 3D version of "Gravity" is priced at 110 in the gold market and 80 in the daytime market. It is so expensive that it can be sold!

At this time, the conductor looked at the computer again and said, "The IMAX 3D version is the closest at 15:30 the day after tomorrow, the ticket price is 80, six tickets, do you want it?"

"Then it's better to buy the normal 3D version for tomorrow afternoon's show."

……

After buying the tickets, the six discussed it, and finally decided to go to an Internet cafe to play CS for half a day. There was an Internet cafe about 100 meters away from the theater, and the six walked directly to it, muttering while walking.

"It seems that the filming of "Gravity" may be really good this time."

"It should be a good movie, but the person who called just now said that the audience in the theater stood up and applauded spontaneously. A ghost palm, a bladder full of urine waiting to be released!"

"Men, they all love to brag. You kid Zha Jinhua wins a thousand, you dare to brag about ten thousand, scare away others, and scare away people and leopards."

"That's right, haha."

The six of them came to the Internet cafe to choose a good machine, and searched the word-of-mouth of "Gravity" on the Internet before officially playing the game.

"When everyone is saying that Li Mu is the most promising Chinese director to catch up with Hollywood movies, Li Mu just sits in a dark corner and sneers, and then throws out such a movie that makes the whole world stand up and shout 'fuck it' , really fucking awesome' movie."

"I beg you, don't say that Li Mu is launching an impact on Hollywood special effects blockbusters, okay? Feng Shui turns, and Hollywood will catch up with director Li Mu's film technology in the future!"

"It's no longer watching a movie, but comparing the number of "I'm sloppy" and the number of blinks less."

""2012 Doomsday"? The reality of the scarcity of 3D screens saved you!"

"After watching "2012", I was sweating for Li Mu. The disaster scene in the movie was extremely grand, and the audience screamed incessantly when watching the movie; after watching "Gravity", I was sweating for "2012". An excellent disaster blockbuster has just met a movie that can be called a milestone in the history of human movies!"

"I just finished watching it, and I have goosebumps all over my body. I strongly recommend watching the IMAX 3D version!"

After reading the comments, the six people didn't even rush to play CS. It's hard to imagine that the netizens' evaluation of "Gravity" is so high.

Even "Inception", which swept the world film circles at the beginning of the year and once reached the top five in film history with an idmb score, has not been praised to such a degree.

"Is "Gravity" really so wonderful?"

The six people couldn't help muttering in doubt, and at the same time looked forward to tomorrow's movie even more.

"Why don't you find out if there are any famous directors, film critics, etc. who commented on this movie? I always feel that the word-of-mouth of this movie seems to be abnormal."

Xiao Zhou nodded in agreement.

After a few minutes.

"After watching the movie, I suddenly felt that the history of movies should be described as before and after "Gravity"—Jiang Wen."

"I went to see "Gravity" today. Without the main creator and actors on stage, this is the first time in my life that I heard applause when I heard the subtitles when watching a movie in a movie theater-Han Han."

"Watched Gravity with a few directors and producers in the middle of the night last night. After the show, the atmosphere was weird, silent, and shocked. Almost no one talked about the movie. They were all stunned—the God of Wealth."

"I just finished watching "Gravity" with my friends, and the picture is shocking. Just looking at the filming technology and industrialization level, Huaxia is already ahead of the United States. To be more precise, it is Li Mu who leads the United States—Shi Yuzhu."

……

After reading these celebrity comments, the six people were all silent, especially Han Han's comments impressed the six people the most.

When I was in the theater just now, I met more than one person who said that there was a large number of spontaneous applause from the audience in the theater. Now that Han Han actually said the same thing, it seems that the large number of spontaneous applause in the theater should be true.

This is very scary.

The six people are all senior movie fans, but the six people have never stood up and applauded a movie in the theater for so many years, and they have never seen other audiences applaud a movie spontaneously, even if the movie is not good!

It's just a movie, so what's the point of being hypocritical?
But now there are so many people saying that this phenomenon has occurred, what does this mean?
The next afternoon, the six of them came to the theater early.

After the staff began to check the tickets, each of the six people received a pair of 3D glasses.

"It's a novelty to wear glasses when watching a movie."

"It feels a bit like a combination of presbyopic glasses and sunglasses. When I wear them, there are double images, and the light is very dark. Can I really feel like watching a movie with this thing?"

The six people poured into the No. 3 screening hall with the crowd while complaining.

The movie started shortly after we were seated.

When the big screen was turned on and a blue earth appeared instantly, everyone in the theater, including the six old classmates who came together, almost all involuntarily let out an "ah".

"It turns out that this is a 3D movie, amazing! Awesome!"

The vast universe seems to be immersive.

Before coming here, everyone knew that the movie had a very good reputation, so everyone thought that the special effects scenes in this movie must be so grand that they exploded.

Who knew that this movie was not what I had imagined before, the special effects of this movie were not even noticeable, and you would even really think that everything happened in space, and everything was so real.

Special effects seem to be everywhere, and it seems that they don't exist at all.

The six people were full of shock, and at the same time they finally understood why so many netizens and even so many social celebrities would highly praise this movie.

It turns out that this is the highest level of special effects!
When the space debris was approaching rapidly, at least [-]% of the people in the theater exclaimed, and at least one-third of the people instinctively stretched out their hands to cover it.

Shocking, unparalleled!
All six were dumbfounded, as were the rest of the theater.

It turns out that movies can do this!
Everyone has seen the visual wonders brought by 3D movies, and finally know how three-dimensional the three-dimensional effect can be, but these flying space debris still shocked everyone.

At this time, the six people couldn't help but think of director Jiang Wen's evaluation of the film that they saw yesterday: "After watching the movie, I suddenly felt that the history of movies should be described as before and after "Gravity."

How apt!

Gong Li took off her spacesuit, closed her eyes and "floated" in the space capsule, just like a baby curled up in a womb.

This shot does not win with special effects, but the shock it brings to people's hearts is enough to match the flying satellite fragments.

When Gong Li managed to escape from Tiangong to the International Space Station at the last moment with all kinds of hardships, everyone was sweating for her. Fortunately, there was no danger in the end.

"Space Command Center, whether you can hear it or not, I am Gong Li reporting to you from the International Space Station. I will leave the space station soon. I have an ominous premonition about this mission. It reminds me of a story, the command center... "

The sudden violent jolt forced Gong Li to stop telling that story.

"I'd better stop talking, it's getting hotter and hotter here, OK, it's okay, it's okay, in my opinion, there are only two outcomes, either... or... I will bring back a legendary story and return to Earth safely, It's either going to be ashes in 10 minutes, whichever it is, I'm open to it... whatever it turns out to be, it's been a phenomenal journey."

Finally, Gong Li said in an unusually calm tone: "I'm ready!"

……

What is acting?

That's it!

Gong Li's performance is very expressive, without hysteria, without staring and shouting, but it portrays the character's heart very vividly.

When Gong Li finally said the phrase "I'm ready" and put on the space helmet, many audience members in the theater couldn't help but burst into tears.

With a bang.

The International Space Station was also completely destroyed.

Together, the spaceship and countless space station fragments are like countless burning meteors in the universe.Accompanied by the magnificent background music, the movie brought the ultimate shock to the audience.

In the violent turbulence, Gong Li pressed the start button.

The scene of the spacecraft returning to Earth is the biggest climax of the whole movie, but at this time the theater suddenly became silent.

The spacecraft successfully returned to Earth, but ended up in the water.

Gong Li struggled to untie the cable of the parachute and swam ashore. She lay on the dirt and turned over. In the sky, there were countless space debris, which was beautiful but also deadly.Gong Li showed the smile of the rest of her life, she got up with difficulty, and walked towards the depths of the land like a baby toddler.

At this time, the big screen suddenly became dark, and at the same time, a line of words appeared in front of the audience:
"Director: Li Mu."

The movie is over.

……

When Fatty, Tall, Xiaoding, and Xiaoli were still immersed in the world of the movie just now, there was sudden warm applause in the theater.

The six people came back to their senses at this time, and then, like most other audience members, they also stood up and applauded the movie.

It wasn't until this time that the six people completely believed that it turned out that those phone calls saying that the audience would spontaneously stand up and applaud were true, and it turned out that it was also true that Han Han said that this was the first time he saw an audience applauding.

It's a really great movie, "2012" is certainly stunning, but it's still just a decent Hollywood VFX blockbuster, and "Gravity" is a great movie beyond Hollywood.

……

When the movie was officially released, Li Mu and Gong Li had already returned from the United States.On the day of the film's official global release, many people, including Gong Li and other crew members, were asking Li Mu about his box office forecast.

Everyone has seen the long queues of ticket-buying audiences in theaters all over the country.

This is not the case in a certain theater in one city or one place, but has become a very common phenomenon.

The word-of-mouth of the film is so good that it is unbelievable that there are even countless leading directors in the industry saying that Li Mu has completely left Hollywood, which has always been known for its film industry.

Ordinary netizens rated the movie even more ridiculously high.

Countless netizens on the Internet said that they watched the ordinary 3D version, which was very enjoyable, but if they watched the IMAX 3D version, it would be even more enjoyable. These netizens even showed their newly purchased "Gravity" IMAX 3D version of the movie ticket.

Everyone is announcing in a high profile that they want a second brush.

This unprecedented popularity even surpassed the miracle "Inception" that just created a miracle at the beginning of the year!
"Director, this time it will definitely exceed the first-day box office record created by "Inception", right?"

On November 11th, the film's assistant director and others asked Li Mudao this way.

Li Mu was not as optimistic as everyone else.

"It's not realistic. "Inception" can be played in all screening halls. The most attractive thing about "Gravity" is always the 3D version and IMAX3D version of the movie. At present, there are less than 8000 screens in the country. 3D screens But only 1400 yuan, it is almost impossible to sell "Inception" mainly relying on 1400 yuan 3D screen, but the stamina of this movie should be stronger."

"Oh."

The person who asked was somewhat disappointed.

Everyone is waiting for "Gravity" to break the box office record, and it seems difficult at present.

At this moment, Li Mu couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

I remember that at this time in the previous life, the number of screens in the country seemed to be less than 5000 yuan. I didn’t expect that in this life, it went straight to nearly 8000 yuan, which is already close to the level of 12 years ago in the previous life!The development is really fast. In 02, there were only 1600 screens nationwide.

Speaking of which, Li Mu must be responsible for the rapid growth of the number of national screens in this life.

In the previous life, more than 4000 yuan was less than 5000 yuan. The only variable in the two worlds is Li Mu. In this life, the screen has grown to nearly 8000 yuan.

The continuous big sales of Li Mu's films have made the market more confident in this industry, and the expansion of the number of screens will naturally be faster.

Similarly, there are the number of 3D screens in China.

记得前世09年初时全国就只有80块左右3D银幕，但是为了迎接电影《阿凡达》的到来，在短短的几个月时间里全国的3D银幕数就一路狂奔到了近800块。

The stimulating effect of blockbusters on the film market is indeed very powerful.

In this life, the domestic market will welcome the arrival of two 3D blockbusters, "Gravity" and "Avatar". In addition, Li Mu invited the directors of domestic theaters to watch the movies in advance, so that everyone can see the charm of real 3D movies in advance, so in this life The introduction of China's 3D screens is much faster than in the previous life, and 1400 3D screens were directly produced before the movie was officially released.

Thinking of this at the time, Li Mu suddenly had an idea. The single-day box office of "Avatar" in the previous life was actually not too high, but the stamina was really terrifying.The reason for this phenomenon must be related to the serious shortage of 3D screens and IMAX 3D halls. At least the domestic situation in this life is much better than the previous life.

Therefore, the box office stamina of his "Gravity" in this life may be far inferior to that of "Avatar", but the single-day box office performance is likely to far exceed that of "Avatar" in the previous life.

"That's right - the duration!"

At that time, Li Mu suddenly thought that the entire film of "Avatar" was as long as 162 minutes, and only 5 episodes could be played in a whole day.

The entire film of "Gravity" is only 91 minutes, and at least 8 episodes can be broadcast in a whole day-that is to say, the shorter duration of "Gravity" has relatively overcome the current shortage of 3D screens in the world to some extent. dilemma?

Soon the domestic box office results of "Gravity" will be released.

On the first day of release, Friday, 8000 million yuan.

The day after the release, Saturday, 10000 million yuan.

On the third day of release, Sunday, 11000 million yuan.

After three days of domestic release, the total box office broke the 3 million yuan mark?

As soon as the data came out, the entire industry was dumbfounded.

Box office record on the first day, single-day box office record, breaking the record of 3 million at the fastest,

3 million in 3 days? !
Has the Huaxia market developed to this extent?

"2012" is such an awesome film that the box office was less than 3000 million on the first day, but "Gravity" made 3 million in just 3 days?
Not to mention other people, even Li Mu himself was fooled.

Although the ticket price of "Gravity" is more expensive than ordinary movies, can the 1400 domestic 3D screens alone sell this box office?
Unless there are a large number of netizens watching the ordinary 2D version of "Gravity", what are these people trying to figure out?

really.

When the Internet was full of praise for the incomparable 3D effect of "Gravity", many netizens said in pain that the movie was very exciting, but: my sister, I watched the 2D version!

"Go and buy tickets, remember to buy the IMAX3D version, otherwise you will really regret it in the future!"

Some netizens advised.

(End of this chapter)