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Chapter 657 A box office hit
Saturday, April 6.

Qi Lei, who had a weekend off, asked his girlfriend out for shopping and dinner as usual.

They were college classmates. They were boyfriend and girlfriend when they were in school. After graduation, they both stayed in Harbin to work.

Now that I have met both parents, the next step is to talk about marriage, and my love life is very stable.

At noon, the two of them had dinner at a barbecue restaurant in CapitaLand Plaza.

"Husband, let's go watch a movie later."

"Okay, there happened to be a movie released recently, and I really want to see it." Qi Lei picked up a piece of grilled pork belly and nodded in agreement.

"What do you want to see?"

"[Jurassic World 2], starting from the first one [Jurassic Park], I haven't missed a single movie in this series."

"But, I want to watch [Cohabitation in Time and Space], a love movie between Gu Wei and Liu Yifei. I heard it's very good."

[Cohabitation in Time and Space] had a lot of laughs at the beginning, and laughter could be heard from time to time in the theater. Everyone was also curious about what two people who could travel between 99 and 18 would do.

"We are going to build a loft for both commercial and residential use. Our normal height is 3 meters, right? We will make it 2 meters, and the owners in the middle can add buildings freely."

After everything was ready, the two of them waited in the lobby for a while, then followed the flow of people to check in and enter.

Qi Lei first went to the automatic ticket machine to scan the code to get tickets, and then queued up to buy drinks and popcorn for the two of them.

"Since the director asked them to meet for the last time, of course it will be a happy ending. Lu Ming and Gu Xiaojiao will be together smoothly, and lovers will eventually get married."

Trailers for recently released movies were scrolling on the surrounding screens, and the screen above the ticket office showed the theater's movie schedule. At a glance, except for "Jurassic Park 2" and "Cohabitation in Time and Space", there were few movie schedules. Poor.

A black car drove slowly from a distance, with the windows slowly lowered, and a big boss in a suit and ties sat inside.

Gu Wei took a design drawing and promoted his design to the big boss inside through the car window.

Qi Lei was a little embarrassed when he heard his girlfriend's request and thought about it for a while.

Qi Lei did not hesitate, his girlfriend's request must be met first.

"This movie is so interesting. It's probably the first time for Gu Wei and Liu Yifei to play such characters."

At the end of the movie, the audience gradually stood up and left the scene after watching the Easter egg of earthy love stories.

As the dragon logo appeared, the theater became quiet, and "Cohabitation in Time and Space" officially began.

Jiang Li took her boyfriend's arm and walked out, asking uncertainly.

When the camera turned, Gu Wei was wearing khaki clothes, squatting in a field, munching corn. He changed his image of a handsome guy in the past and looked very rustic.

In the first scene of the movie, Liu Yifei dressed in professional attire and started her bizarre blind date, and the result goes without saying.

As Qi Lei said, the movie theater was almost full, and most of them were couples like them, with a few young girls coming together.

Gu Wei was washing vegetables in the kitchen, and a bunch of bean sprouts appeared in Liu Yifei's bathtub. Liu Yifei's facial cleanser couldn't be pressed out, but it kept spraying out of Gu Wei's shower head, which made Gu Wei wonder. It can't be washed either.

"Do you think Lu Ming and Gu Xiaojiao can still be together? Gu Xiaojiao doesn't even recognize him anymore."

"That's it
I’ll listen to you today. Let’s watch [Cohabitation in Time and Space] first. I happen to have a day off tomorrow, so we can go out and watch [Jurassic World 2].”

There was laughter in the theater one after another, and then two rooms in different time and space were spliced ​​together. After waking up in the morning, the two male and female protagonists, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei, met for the first time.

He has also heard of "Cohabitation in Time and Space", and he still trusts Gu Wei's movies. Besides, there is also Liu Yifei, so it would be good to support Tianxian.
"Husband, you are the best, okay?"

Gu Wei stood in the mud puddle, shouting at the top of his lungs, but he couldn't stop the big boss' car from driving away.

Later, as the relationship between the hero and heroine developed and some truths were slowly revealed, the movie also turned from a simple comedy to a sensational and life reflection. However, overall, the transition was relatively smooth and there were no major bugs.

"This is the trend of the future. In more than ten years, lofts will be everywhere in China.
Moreover, I have done some research and found out that this place will be the CBD in the future, and it is also connected to the subway, so the transportation is very convenient.
Mr. Li! Mr. Li!
This place will really be the CBD from now on”

The two walked to the entrance of the cinema. Jiang Li held her boyfriend's arm and looked at the crowd of people inside and said in surprise.

“Normally, today is the weekend, so there must be a lot of people watching movies.

When I just bought the tickets, I saw that our venue was almost fully booked.”

At the beginning of the movie, the lives of the male and female protagonists were not going well, and then something even more fantastic happened. The room where they lived was disrupted in time and space.

After lunch, Qi Lei booked the tickets on his mobile phone and took his girlfriend to the cinema on the top floor of CapitaLand Plaza.

"This is completely different from what we imagined. We can't do it."

Moreover, the performances of Gu Wei and Liu Yifei were very good, and there was a strong sense of connection between the two. The audience in the theater was having fun at the beginning and gradually became immersed in the relationship between the male and female protagonists.

"Wow, there are so many people!"

Five minutes into the movie, the male and female protagonists appeared respectively, and bursts of laughter rang out in the theater.

The two of them entered the theater and sat down. Within a few minutes, the lights dimmed and advertisements started playing on the big screen.

"Hehe, I think so too.
The Easter egg at the end is so sweet. Can you also say some earthy love words? "

"I am 9, you are 3"

"It is indeed quite different from the roles they usually play."

After Qi Lei finished speaking, he looked around and saw that the theater hall was bustling with people. Some people were queuing up to buy tickets and food, some were standing aside chatting, and some were queuing up to check in.

"This house was built in 96. It is transparent from north to south and has ample lighting. The suites on the first floor face north and the suites on the second floor face south."

With the appearance of Lu Shiyi in 18 years, Gu Xiaojiao was deceived into leaving Lu Ming. In the end, Lu Ming discovered that his boss was Gu Xiaojiao's father, and stopped the car accident, changing the outcome of the future death of Gu Xiaojiao's father.

"What do you mean?"

"Besides you, it's still you"

"Husband, you are so great!"

Qi Lei smiled, thinking that luckily he had seen similar jokes on Douyin before.

The two days of the first weekend passed quickly. Just as Xu Zheng guessed before the movie was released, "Cohabitation in Time and Space" failed to beat "Jurassic World 2" in the first week.

"Dinosaur" relied on a 42% film schedule and the popularity of classic IPs to earn a box office of 7.3 million in the first three days of the weekend.

"Cohabitation in Time and Space" followed closely, with a box office of over RMB 5 million in its first weekend, and a total box office of RMB 5.63 million including on-demand screenings.

Starting from its premiere on Friday, the box office of the two first movies accounted for more than 95% of the country's total single-day box office, and the remaining movies can only get some scraps between the fingers of the two movies. After the first week, the word-of-mouth of several popular movies gradually spread.

[Jurassic World 2] has a Douban score of 6.6, which is much lower than the 1 score of the previous film [Jurassic World 7.8].

The film's fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes in North America is 62% (21 fresh and 13 rotten), which is slightly lower than the 76% of the previous film.

Of course, as a sequel to the big IP "Jurassic", it is still good purely in terms of visual effects and entertainment. It is a qualified popcorn movie.

Relatively speaking, [Cohabitation in Time and Space] has a better reputation.

The movie received a high score of 7.2 on Douban, which is considered very good among romantic comedy movies.

In addition to fans, most passers-by also recognized this movie and considered "Cohabitation in Time and Space" to be a surprising romance movie in 2018.

Online reviews are even more one-sided, with few negative reviews.

[Funny and heartwarming, a fantasy romantic comedy that is both imaginative and unconventional. Gu Wei and Liu Yifei are really good-looking and worth the price of admission! 】

[This is the best romance movie I’ve seen this year. To be honest, it’s better than Gu Wei’s “Expedition 3” last year, and I think Liu Yifei is a better match than Ni Ni and Gu Wei! 】

[It is a rare domestic romantic comedy that is not embarrassing. The male and female protagonists are both funny and good-looking. The scene where Xu Zhengtong noodles made me laugh out loud, and I was moved at the end.
ps: What a great tribute to "Sweet Honey"! 】

[The story is very interesting, the immortal is still so beautiful, praise, praise, praise! Teacher Xu Zheng’s cameo is a very eye-catching performance, I want to play it again.]

[To be honest, Gu Wei's acting is really good, especially the two characters of Lu Shiyi and Lu Ming. They are obviously the same person. Through the changes in clothes, makeup and demeanor, there is no trace of the other character at all. I hope Gu Wei will go there. Make some in-depth movies and your acting skills will be fully mastered]

[The movie is good, but one thing is more realistic. Even if you know the winning numbers, it is completely impossible to make a fortune by buying lottery tickets. It's not that time and space do not allow it in the movie, but the "director" has already arranged for the winner to follow the number. It doesn’t matter much.]

[It is actually the best-looking theatrical movie this year so far. Logic is not important. The most important thing is... it’s so sweet, so sweet! 】

[I went to the theater to watch the movie alone. To be honest, it looked good, but what is the Easter egg at the end? Can you consider the feelings of us singles! 】

[Ugh. Gu Wei and Liu Yifei are so well matched. They are totally unwatchable. Can the two of them collaborate on a love TV series? The longer the episodes, the better.]

[This movie is too sweet. The earthy love story in the last Easter egg made me giggle all the time. I am a native dog, and I just love watching these two people having sex with each other! 】

【.】

"Cohabitation in Time and Space" received a pretty good reputation after its release. Although the movie's box office in its first week ranked second, its attendance exceeded "Jurassic World 2" and ranked first.

On Monday of the second week, theaters adjusted their film schedule ratios, with "Cohabitation" increasing to 41%, while "Jurassic World 2" dropped to 36%.

The single-day box office of both movies has declined. "Cohabitation" with a weekday box office of 1.15 million surpassed "Jurassic World 2" with a box office of 8724 million. It successfully counterattacked and won the single-day national box office championship.

Beijing, [Zhenledao] Company.

Xu Zheng looked at the box office results of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" in the past few days and smiled from ear to ear.

The film's production budget was 1.2 million, and after the release, Xuanfa invested another 5000 million, for a total cost of 1.7 million.

It has only been four days since its release, and the total box office has already reached close to RMB 4 million. It has not only recovered its capital but also made a net profit close to a small target.

“According to the current box office trend, our movie will definitely exceed 10 billion.

Maoyan platform’s box office forecast is 16 billion yuan.

Su Lun, your first independently directed film has such a high box office, it seems I will have to call you Director Su from now on."

Xu Zheng's face was red and he was joking with Su Lun, who was tall and short-haired next to him.

“To be honest, from the first day the movie was released, I felt like I was in a dream.

I thought our film was good before, but I didn’t expect the box office trend to be so good. It grossed more than 5 million in the first three days, and the box office exceeded million on weekdays.”

"Haha, the most important thing is that the movie has a good reputation. By the end of this week, you will firmly enter the 10 billion box office director club.

Tsk tsk, when "囧囧" was released, I was in the same state as you. I didn't expect that my movie would be such a hit. I was completely confused.

But now it’s no better than before. The general environment is getting better and better. The domestic film market is developing year by year. Now it’s much easier for a movie to break 10 billion than before.”

Su Lun nodded.

“That’s what I say, but in fact there are only a few big-selling movies every year, and it would be good for most of the movies to make back their money.

This time [Cohabitation in Time and Space] has achieved such good results, I feel it is because of everyone’s support in many aspects.

Director Xu You helped control the filming, and the actors were joined by Gu Wei and Liu Yifei.

Mr. Gu's box office appeal is truly amazing, and he is indeed recognized as the "King of Box Office" in the industry!
I also feel something from this cooperation.”

It was rare that Su was sober now, and did not forget about it just because the movie he directed was a box office hit.

"This movie is the right place at the right time. If I were to make another movie without such good conditions, I would probably have to go back to my original shape."

"No~
You are still good at it, but judging from the current box office, the popularity that "Cohabitation in Time and Space" has achieved after its release is indeed a reflection of Gu Wei's box office appeal.

We took this into consideration when we recruited him to join the partnership, otherwise we would not have given him such a high investment share.
Last month, the movie "The Player Behind the Scenes" that I produced and starred in had a final box office of just over 3 million. Although there are restrictions on the subject matter, the gap in box office appeal can also be seen."

Xu Zheng touched his chin.

"Unfortunately, I'm good at comedies. In fact, I don't fit in well with Gu Wei. It will be difficult for us to have the opportunity to work together in the future."

As happy as Xu Zheng is Wang Changtian of [Enlight Media].

The three producers of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" are [Zhen Le Dao], [Wei Tian Xia], and [Enlight Media].

Moreover, the company is also one of the promoters of the film.

Now that the film is a hit, Guangguang is naturally making a lot of money.

When Xu Zheng recommended Su Lun to make this movie, Wang Changtian didn't really care. It was just a small-budget movie with an investment of 4000 million, and he didn't think about making much money. He just wanted to save Xu's face.

Who would have thought that things would turn around later and this project would actually be chosen by Gu Wei.

As a result, Wang Changtian also became energetic. After re-dividing investment shares and making additional investments in the later period, he was very much looking forward to the final results of the film.

Now it was exactly what he expected.

Judging from the current trend of movies, this movie can bring at least a net profit of more than 100 million to Raytheon.

"Mr. Gu, congratulations on the box office success
I have long said that the results of Mr. Gu’s project will definitely be the same.
When we have time to have dinner together later, I will call Director Xu and Director Su.
Okay, work is important, let’s make an appointment later.”

(End of this chapter)