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Once the siphon effect starts, it will be like a snowball and it will be difficult to stop it.

Just like "The Mermaid" and "The Wandering Earth", "War of Demons" exploded at the box office in the first three days of its premiere, overwhelming other films of the same period, and then the box office continued to rise in the following week.

As I said, this year's Spring Festival movie schedule is really not a good one.

If it were next year, with a big rival like "The Mermaid", no matter how good the quality of "War of Demon Tide" is or how great its visual impact is, it would not be able to stand out like it does now.

In just one week, the box office of "War of Demon Tide" in mainland China exceeded 8 million yuan, and it was heading for a box office of 10 billion yuan.

It’s not that domestic movie fans are ignorant, but the gimmick of China’s first “superhero” special effects blockbuster is really too attractive.

Even though there are still a lot of people mocking the film online, thinking that the cliché of a Chinese hero saving the world is lame, and that "War on Tides" is simply a copycat of the Hollywood "spirit", it still cannot affect the box office of this movie.

at the same time.

Just one week after "Battle of Demon Tide" was released in mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia also began to release this movie!
As a member of the Greater China cultural circle, movie fans and audiences in the above-mentioned regions and countries can fully understand and follow the story of "Battle of the Demonic Tides".

Whether it is the "immortals" and "demons" in the story, or the gorgeous spells and the mythological background involved, movie fans in these regions are all familiar with them.

Even though it was just the original audio plus subtitles version, the premiere performance of "War of the Demon Tides" in the above-mentioned regions was still very good.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the distribution company spent a lot of money on publicity and promotion.

Different from the past, this time, Light and Shadow Times has made great efforts in the overseas release of the movie "War of the Demon Tide".

Not only do they require the co-distributors to shell out a considerable amount of money for publicity and promotion, but they also require the leading actors to appear on television programs in these regions to promote the film in person.

All of this is to pave the way for and practice the large-scale release of Wu Yuan's "Ready Player One" movie in Asia.

Guangying Times has relatively little experience in overseas film releases and promotions, especially in recent years, when it has focused more on the domestic market and paid less attention to overseas box office.

But the situation is different now. Wu Yuan's "Ready Player One" is targeting the whole of Asia, mainly the East Asian market.

The era of light and shadow must have the necessary capabilities in this regard.

Coincidentally, taking advantage of the release of "War of Demon Tide", Guangying Times conducted an "exercise" and familiarized itself with the overseas promotion process in advance.

You know what, the effect is really good.

Perhaps the story background and content of "War on Tides of Devil" are more in line with the aesthetic tastes of East Asian audiences. The release of this movie in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and other places has achieved an effect almost comparable to that of Marvel movies!
The film grossed 5 million yen in Japan in its first week, over 80 viewers in South Korea in its first week, and also grossed 800 million U.S. dollars in Malaysia and Singapore in its first week.

Although it cannot be compared with the domestic market, it is already a very good result in the domestic markets of various countries.

This was also the week when "Battle of Demon Tide" was released in various East Asian countries. In the second week of its release in mainland China, the box office of "Battle of Demon Tide" exceeded 12 billion RMB!

The mainland box office record for Chinese-language films is right in front of us!
"It's so exciting and cool. It's the first time I've seen such a great mainland special effects blockbuster. It's just as good as Hollywood blockbusters!" "If you don't go to the cinema to watch it, you will really regret it for the rest of your life. Fortunately, I didn't listen to those people. This is not a movie that imitates others. It's a fairy tale special effects blockbuster that is more in line with our Chinese cultural aesthetics!"

"Master Chunyang is so handsome. From Li Xiaoyao to Jingtian and then to Lu Dongbin, Hu Ge is indeed the only designated swordsman in the domestic entertainment industry!"

"No way, there really aren't any people who haven't gone to the cinema to watch "War on the Demon Tide"?"

"It is not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters at all. Director Wu Yuan is worthy of being the top commercial director in Hollywood. Although there is still a big gap between mainland movies and Hollywood movies, Director Wu's movies are an exception!"

There are many voices supporting "War of the Demon Tide" on the Internet.

After all, this movie is not as popular as "Wolf Warrior 2". It is just a very commercial fantasy special effects blockbuster, which does not involve any national or political content.

So even if some Hollywood people want to discredit and criticize this movie and promote Hollywood blockbusters, they can only find one flaw, which is that the structure and storyline of this movie are similar to most Hollywood superhero movies.
But is this a black spot?
Of course not.

Commercial films around the world have the same core and structure.

Whether it is a spy film like "Mission Impossible", a Marvel superhero movie, "Transformers", or a monster movie like "Pacific Rim", the story structure and main line are all the same.

It's nothing more than a crisis suddenly occurs in a harmonious world, and then the male protagonist and several friends go through various conflicts, and finally unite and work together to save the world.

This typical "Dragon Quest" routine has been a common story template in cultures around the world for thousands of years.

Using this point to criticize "War of the Demon Tides" is not even enough to tickle the surface.

This is what commercial movies are like!

There are only a few fixed routines used over and over again, but the audience still enjoys watching it.

The same is true for commercial comics and commercial novels. Everyone makes a living by following "routines."

The routine of "War on the Tides of Devil" is as normal as that of Hollywood blockbusters, not surprising at all!

What really excites and thrills mainland movie fans is the overwhelming box office performance of this preview!

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a day of national reunion, the box office of "War of Demon Tide" in mainland China easily broke 17 billion yuan, and was on its way to a box office of 20 billion yuan.

The box office revenue of 17 billion has broken the record and become the number one box office in the history of mainland Chinese-language films!
Since its release, "War on the Demon Tide" has broken many film and television records.

On the day of its premiere, it set the record for the highest first-day box office and the highest single-day box office in the country!
Later, it even broke the Chinese film box office record!
It ended the record of Chinese-language films failing to achieve the highest box office since the market opened!

(Lost in Thailand did not break the box office record of Avatar)!
Starting from "The Devil's Wrath", the box office record holder in the Chinese market is no longer a foreign language film from Hollywood, but a Chinese language film shot and produced entirely by a Chinese film company and actors!
Such an achievement is of great significance in the history of mainland film and has also brought great encouragement to the Chinese-language film industry!
At the end of the first month of the lunar year when the festive atmosphere was fading, "War of Demon Tide" successfully became the focus of discussion both online and offline in China.

Including CCTV-1! (End of this chapter)