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Chapter 171 [172] Box Office!

"It's so scary. The pre-sale box office of "Hero" has already reached 2420 million, and it has only been released for one day!"

Lu Xuechang, who had just finished a road show in several theaters in Jinling, Jiangnan, was just about to go upstairs to rest when he received a message from Wang Zhongjun, and he was shocked.

2420 million!

What is this concept? "Hedong Lion Roar", which ranked tenth at the box office in China this year, had a box office of 2200 million.

The ninth "Wushuang" is 2300 million!

In other words, "Hero" was only released for one day, and including the pre-sale box office, it was already ranked ninth in the year.

It only took one day.

"Maybe, this movie will break 100 million!"

"It is possible to surpass "Decision of Life and Death" and set a new box office record for domestic movies!"

Lu Xuechang sighed there, but Chen Yu had a question mark on his face.

1 million?

Are you underestimating Lao Mouzi's level?

After investing 3000 million U.S. dollars, if Mainland China only gets 1 million in the end, Lao Mouzi will definitely not agree!

"At least 2 million!"

Feng Xiaogang still understands the market, so he raised a pair of scissor hands. Ge You next to him also showed an extremely exaggerated expression: "2 million, my God, it has set a new box office record for domestic movies!"

"What is the choice between life and death?"

"1.16 million!"

Feng Pants remembers the box office very clearly.

After all, he also relies on box office records to make a living. "Big Shot" and "See You or Be Parted" both broke the annual commercial film record.

As for the movie "Life and Death", it not only has the highest box office since theaters began to collect box office statistics, but is also the only movie with a box office of over 2000 million. It was released in . This record has not been broken by any movie until now.

For example, "Shaolin Temple", which earned 1 cents and reached a box office of 1.6 million, was all hyped up by self-media in later generations; in fact, there were no box office statistics at that time, so how could we talk about box office?

And it’s not the highest in terms of people or moviegoers.

There are records of screening statistics. Mr. Hu Jian, the top leader of China Film Group in the 80s, personally said in the meeting report that "Mom Love Me Again" was the highest-grossing film in domestic distribution since the founding of the People's Republic of China, reaching 4700 million yuan.

At that time, it was not called box office, but distribution revenue.

It is self-evident how many "Shaolin Temple" there are.

How popular was "Mom Love Me Again" back then? The theme song "Only Mom is Good in the World" can be sung by basically even 5 or 6-year-old children, let alone adults. It is definitely a household name, surpassing some ancient poems. of recitation.

Although "Shaolin Temple" was also very explosive, it was still weaker compared to this movie.

Therefore, after the new millennium, the film bureau unanimously believes that the box office record is 1.16 million set by "Life and Death".

Now, Lao Mouzi is about to collapse.

"2 million...I can't even think about it in this life!"

Lu Xuechang shook his head there, but Chen Yu really wanted to tell him that 2 million was nothing, but in future generations the total box office would be 20 billion a day.

There are not only 2 but also 100 movies that have exceeded 50 million in a single day.

Where are you now?

In fact, not to mention Lu Xuechang, even Feng Xiaogang would not have thought that the Chinese film market would develop at a triple-leap level every year, towards a level that even Hollywood could not even imagine.

"Director Lu, how many box office did our "Kara" have on the first day yesterday?"

Yesterday was December 12th, which was also the national premiere day of "Cara is a Dog".

"It's not out yet, the theater chains are summarizing it!"

The current box office statistics are summarized by region. For example, how many theaters there are in the Imperial City today will be reported to the local film bureau, and then reported layer by layer. In the end, the China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association is responsible for the total calculation.

After 2007, box office statistics became much simpler and were reviewed directly by the Radio, Television and Film Special Fund Office, which was connected to the theater's computerized ticketing system.

Nowadays, many county and city cinemas are still very dilapidated. Obviously, computerized ticket sales have not yet been used, so manual statistics are still used. There are still errors, but the discrepancies will not be too big.

But the corresponding statistics will become much slower, far from the real-time level of later generations.

They had to wait until the next afternoon to receive a rough number.

"57 million!"

After waiting for about 15 minutes, Lu Xuechang finally received a message from Wang Zhonglei. In fact, he had just been asking relevant personnel of the Film Bureau.

Now, when the first day's premiere box office came out, even Feng Xiaogang had a smile on his face.

57 on the first day. If you don’t watch the film schedule, it must be a very disappointing figure.

However, if it is in the case of 5% film arrangement, then this becomes very interesting.

"The attendance rate should be very high!"

Feng Xiaogang made some calculations and came up with the answer.

At present, the total number of screens in the country is only 1851, and 5% of the film schedule is equivalent to more than 90 screens showing continuous broadcasts.

Based on 12 shows and 50 seats a day, the average price of a 16-yuan movie ticket for all seats is more than 86.

66% attendance.

Definitely a very bright first day.

"Keep it up, we will definitely exceed 10 million in 500 days!"

"'Hero' can't always be such a high-profile film, it has to be spit out!"

"That's when our chance comes!"

Feng Xiaogang said to Lu Xuechang: "There is no need to pay attention to the box office now, just look at the word-of-mouth and film reviews online!"

"If the reviews are good, then our movie will be a success!"

Feng Xiaogang still believes in word-of-mouth. After all, his previous movies relied on word-of-mouth to achieve box office success. Unlike later generations, he directly scolded the audience for being rubbish and not appreciating it.

"Okay, I'll check out some movie forums later!"

Of course Lu Xuechang also knew the sections of Rear Window and NetEase Entertainment; and at this time, there were many film critics and fans, which was very helpful in increasing the box office.

Unlike later generations, they all charge money to do things, and the price-performance ratio is extremely low.

It is far less useful than buying hot search traffic promotion.

"Let's go to Changcheng first, and then we'll talk at the hotel after the road show!"

The next stop of the road show for the crew of "Kara" is the three cities of Suzhou, Xicheng and Changcheng. It has to be completed in two days. The time is still very tight. In the evening, it will be the theater in Changcheng; then stay one night and rush to Xicheng early tomorrow morning. Go to Sioux City again in the evening.

The day after tomorrow is the magic city, and then Zhejiang Province.

Several developed areas along the coast are currently the main ticket warehouse bases for movies and are also the main itineraries for road shows.

However, after Chen Yu arrived in the Magic City, he had to rush to Dali, Yunnan, where the filming of the last location of the Tianlong crew had already begun.

He said the road show would last for one week.

After arriving in Changcheng, Lu Xuechang and Feng Xiaogang studied the box office and movie reviews in the room. Chen Yu also turned on the computer and connected to the hotel's network. This time, he specially booked a room with Internet access.

But the internet speed is extremely slow.

This was the first time for Chen Yu to watch the film criticism forum of this era. Different from the trolls flying all over the place in later generations, the posting atmosphere of Rear Window and NetEase Entertainment was very good; Tieba did not exist at this time, so the environment of the forum was still quite good.

After all, watching movies in 02 was still a very difficult thing to do.

The quality of netizens is generally very high.

After registering an account, Chen Yu casually logged in and started browsing there; the entire discussion of "Hero" made Chen Yu almost think that Lao Mouzi had bought the manuscript. The popularity was too high.

There are more than 30 items on one screen, more than 20 of which are related to "Heroes", and others are discussions about some movies.

Chen Yu browsed for a long time and finally saw a post about "Kara is a Dog". He was still asking, where can I watch this movie? Why is it not released in their city?

It's so miserable. Is there any such thing?

5% of the film schedule is destined to be seen only in large theaters; at this time, the small theaters must be fully booked with "Hero". After all, you have to rely on this movie to make money, and your "Kara is a Dog" can be linked to sales Popcorn, drinks, etc.?

Obviously it's unrealistic.

So of course theaters are not philanthropists. If a movie is popular, the small theater chain will definitely want to be fully booked 24 hours a day.

Finally, after Chen Yu read through many posts about Kara, he saw a relatively popular movie review.

After reading the title - "Kara is a Dog", I gave a routine report to my brothers.

“The headlines from film critics these days are so plain!”

Chen Yu was a little moved when he read the title. It was unlike the later generations who always used all the bells and whistles to make themselves look so different and unique.

"More than 300 views and more than replies!"

“This forum has good traffic!”

Chen Yu was really surprised when he read this film review.

He subconsciously clicked on it and saw that the author of the post actually had many titles. At first glance, he was a "big V" on the site!

"In the era before Douban, this forum could be regarded as a gathering place for filmmakers!"

Chen Yu subconsciously read the movie reviews.

The first sentence made him laugh.

——"I am also a dog in this movie!"

"Haha, that's not the case!"

"This is a small citizen's movie..."

Chen Yu looked at the post, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this guy had over-interpreted it; or that Chen Yu failed to understand the original intention of Lu Xuechang's shooting?

"The residents showed the police the dog license hanging around their necks, just like a dog obeying its owner's orders!"

"The second brother and the dog dealers are very much like dogs that were caught and locked in the same iron cage!"

……

"No, is it so sharp?"

Chen Yu felt that this film critic had a sense of déjà vu as he did when he was reading Lu Xun's articles. Although Lu Xuechang may really want to express something through the film, it is definitely not that dark.

At most, this movie reflects some of the bottom reality of society, but it is definitely not as outrageous as this film critic said.

But, netizens still like to read this kind of "in-depth" posts, so the response to this film review was very good.

As for Chen Yu, he actually saw a special compliment for him.

[There is also a very eye-catching actor - Chen Yu! 】

[I personally think he is the best actor in the film, even surpassing Uncle Ge and Xia Yu! 】

[Jin Ji owes him a Best Supporting Actor...]

He felt a little embarrassed when he said it.

Is your acting in this movie really as good as this person says?

More than Ge You and Xia Yu?

Don't be ridiculous, Chen Yu doesn't dare to say such big words, only the film critics do; however, Chen Yu still enjoyed watching it, which shows that his acting skills have been recognized by the audience, especially these picky film critics. people’s approval.

"Okay, it seems he thinks the movie is pretty good..."

Chen Yu read the replies, and found that many expressed their desire to see it, and some gave feedback after reading it. It was indeed very good.

Of course, there are also shortcomings.

"The ending is too abrupt!"

"Does a dog license really cost 5000 yuan?"

"Is there such a father in real life? Who would give up his son for a dog?"

"..."

Of course these are not trolls, they are indeed normal questions.

Chen Yu felt relieved after watching it. Although the ratings of this movie in his previous life were indeed quite high, Douban's score of 7.4 was definitely low, and it was still around 8.

But this time it was his turn to act, and he still wanted to see the feedback.

Seeing so many good replies, Chen Yu only has one thing at the moment, and that is the box office.

“Oh, and there’s a film festival!”

In the previous life, "Kara is a Dog" was played by Huayi. This is why Lu Xuechang never cooperated with Huayi again.

In Huayi's previous life, he did indeed engage in a lot of saucy operations.

Originally, this film could be very popular. It will be screened at the Berlin Film Festival in February next year, and it will be screened for 2 times, and all the venues will be full.

Many countries wanted to purchase the broadcast rights of this film, but Huayi rejected them all.

To be honest, "The Blind Shaft" is not as popular as this movie.

To be honest, foreigners at that time liked to see this kind of reaction to China’s “scandal”!

"The Blind Shaft" and "Kala is a Dog" were the two most popular Chinese films at the Berlin Film Festival. Of course "Hero" also went, but the response was average; but, at that time, the Berlin Film Festival stipulated that the participating films , China can only have one.

Li Yang was very smart and directly hired a German editor, so the film became a Sino-German co-production and is not included in this list.

As for "Hero" and "Kara is a Dog", Huayi finally gave up her spot in the competition to Lao Mouzi. She thought Zhang Yimou could win the Golden Bear in one fell swoop with "Hero", but unexpectedly he got a consolation prize - —Alfred Bolt Silver Bear.

"The Blind Shaft" became a big hit in Berlin at that time. It almost won the Golden Bear, and in one fell swoop won the Silver Bear Jury Award, which was second only to the Golden Bear. Its gold content was not comparable to "Heroes".

The failure of "Kara" in Berlin was a sore point in Lu Xuechang's life.

He could have become the leader of the sixth generation of directors, like several of his classmates, but in the end due to physical reasons, he could no longer make classic films such as "Grown Up", "A Very Summer" and "Kara" .

This has to be said, it is a pity.

"No, let Li Yang think of a way when the time comes!"

This guy is a master of Germany. He was able to exploit Berlin's loopholes in his previous life. There should be no problem in this life.

Lu Xuechang was kind to Chen Yu. Although the role was due to Chang Li and Xia Yu, Chen Yu didn't want to be a good director and ended up in depression. At least, he should have been highlighted and recognized by the world. Remember!

Director Lu Xuechang deserves what Chen Yu does!

(End of this chapter)