Actor: My Entertainment Era

For so many years, Zhang Yuanjun has underestimated his box office appeal.

It's not that he is hypocritically modest, but that he lacks confidence in something as mysterious as "box office appeal."

Audiences buy tickets when they see your name. Is your name so useful?

If you are a fan, it's okay. Zhang Yuanjun understands part of the fans' psychology - as long as it is an idol's work, they will spend money to support it.

But box office sales rely on a larger audience of passers-by than fans.

This is also where Zhang Yuanjun lacks confidence in his box office appeal - if passers-by and audiences don't follow you, they won't buy tickets when they see your name.

However, Zhang Yuanjun just lacks confidence in his box office appeal, which does not mean that he does not know that he has box office appeal.

He knows that he is very popular with the public and his national reputation is not bad.

However, Zhang Yuanjun was really surprised by a first-day sales of 4700 million for one approved film, which even beat Disney's princess films.

The next day, Saturday, "John Wick" sold 8300 million, giving the unpopular March release a shot in the arm.

On Sunday, it fell back to 5800 million.

"John Wick" reported a high domestic box office of 1.88 million in its first weekend, firmly occupying the top spot for the week.

When bosses, producers and directors in the industry saw this result, they couldn't help but sigh: "The audience just recognizes him, and he just makes money. It doesn't make sense."

The popularity of "John Wick" proves that even if production is reduced, Zhang Yuanjun is still the highest-grossing actor in the country. What makes him stand out from other actors with box office appeal, such as Huang Bo and Ge You, is that Zhang Yuanjun's appeal is not limited. For a certain type of film, he can handle romance films, he can handle suspense films, and he can also handle action films such as "The Last Man" and "John Wick".

Huang Bo and Ge You can only exert their greatest appeal in comedies.

Xu Shanzheng is even more so. His box office appeal is currently limited to the "囧" series. If he changes his film, the audience will not recognize him.

Many people tend to ignore Bao Qiang when talking about box office appeal. In fact, the industry rates Bao Qiang very highly, and many producers like him even more than Huang Bo.

Not only can this guy handle comedies, he can also handle action movies. Feng Yuxiu's performance in last year's "One Man's Martial Arts" was very impressive.

Of course, Zhang Yuanjun has never been able to prove his ability in comedies.

Zhang Yuanjun has publicly said more than once that he wants to act in a comedy, but strangely, no crew handed him a comedy script.

It sold 1.88 million in the first week. Zhang Yuanjun recorded a video in the United States and posted it on Weibo to thank the audience for their support.

It sold 1.88 million in the first week, making the introducer Maoyan a huge profit, and also making some companies and some people jealous.

If you are jealous, you will find trouble.

The fault with "John Wick" was too easy to find. They said that the movie was too violent and bloody, and the scale was too large, so it was not suitable for release, and asked the General Administration to release the film.

However, most of the replies received by such reports are: "We are already aware of the situation you reported back. We will have a dedicated person to verify the situation you reported back. We will notify you of the verification situation."

Then the reported news fell into the sea, and there was no news.

Jealous people wanted to spread public opinion online, but "Rapid Chase is Too Bloody" was removed from Weibo as soon as it became a hot search topic, and the topic was blocked ten minutes later.

The next day, the movie channel reported on the popularity of "John Wick" in China. In interviews, film scholars spoke highly of the performance of "John Wick": ""John Wick" is the best movie since "The King of Kung Fu". Later, Chinese actors once again played the absolute leading role in Hollywood action films. The significance of this is very great. The popularity of "John Wick" has also heated up the originally deserted March schedule. Some people are worried about the scale issue, but I don't think so. On the contrary, I feel that we should not underestimate our audience and market. The introduction of "John Wick" just shows that our country's film market is open and tolerant, and it is a healthy market that can accommodate all types of good films. "

Seeing this, many people realized that "John Wick" has official endorsement. The General Administration is interested in Zhang Yuanjun's international influence, and the General Administration is also aware of Zhang Yuanjun's appeal in the market, and just wants him to bring enthusiasm. The next March file.

"John Wick" did not disappoint. According to the current trend, the total box office of "John Wick" will be at least 4 million, and 3 million is not impossible. It will probably beat "Northwest" and become The film history champion in March. For those in the know, after seeing the movie channel's coverage of "John Wick", they don't plan to continue fussing with it.

"John Wick" is already gaining momentum at the box office, and just for the sake of the market, China Film and Television Corporation and the General Administration will not let the issue of scale of "John Wick" become an issue.

Zhang Yuanjun enjoyed watching "John Wick" in the United States. The domestic box office is increasing day by day.

Colleagues from the crew also sent their congratulations on the success.

Wu Jingdu told him on WeChat that it was fortunate that "Wolf Warrior" had changed its schedule, otherwise "John Wick" would be released a week later and "Wolf Warrior" would be crushed.

It’s actually hard to say.

Zhang Yuanjun has a higher appeal than Wu Jing, but "Wolf Warrior" was able to sell over 5 million even without a big name. If the two movies really meet at the same time, it is not certain who will win and who will lose. Both sides will suffer losses.

"You don't seem happy at all to be able to sell for 400 to 500 million yuan." Huang Bo teased Zhang Yuanjun.

Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said: "Four to five billion, just average."

"People like you deserve to be beaten." Liu Yifei could hardly stand it anymore.

Zhang Yuanjun said: "Brother Bo's movie "囧" is 12.7 billion, and his movie "Journey to the West" is 12.4 billion. My four to five billion is nothing."

"Yes." Liu Yifei agreed, looking at Huang Bo with a smile.

Huang Bo said: "No, no, no, I'm embarrassed to praise you." But looking at his expression, he didn't feel embarrassed at all, "I don't have anything, it's just a dry box office of 5 billion. Oh~" He also sighed Angry.

Huang Bo's personal total box office exceeded the 50 billion mark after the National Day last year, and it was even in the news at the time.

Sorry, only counting domestic results, Zhang Yuanjun's total box office is not as high as Huang Bo's.

"You guys, be careful of getting slapped when you go out at night." Zhang Yuanjun was shocked by this wave of trouble.

Huang Bo said coquettishly: "I didn't want to mention the box office. It was you who insisted on releasing "囧囧" and "Journey to the West", so don't blame me."

During the break, Huang Bo took the initiative to talk about his upcoming itinerary: "The filming of "The Secret of the Dragon" was so boring for me. I will find a reality show later to have fun."

"You still do reality shows?"

"Shoot, it's so popular, it's fun to see them, let's give it a try," said Huang Bo.

In fact, it's quite good. Reality shows are easy and make a lot of money. If you don't film and are invited by reality shows, it won't hurt to go.

But Huang Bo asked Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei why they did not participate in the reality show. Zhang Yuanjun said directly: "I am not used to this kind of program format."

Liu Yifei said: "No one invited me." She is fun and enjoys watching reality shows on TV, but she doesn't know if she is suitable for reality shows. .

"That's not easy. When the recording of our program starts, I invite you to come. The program team will definitely be happy." Huang Bo said.

"Okay, haha." Liu Yifei said politely. She likes to watch celebrities play in reality shows, but that doesn't mean she also wants to record them.

At least she has no thoughts of recording a reality show now. Her mind is still on acting. When she is not acting, she will accompany her husband and mother to take care of the family, which is enough for her to keep busy.

Huang Bo also knew that Liu Yifei was just being polite and didn't take it to heart. (End of chapter)