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Chapter 322 Spider-Man 3
The box office of 2103 million on the first day is indeed not enough to hit the total box office of 3 million for the next release, especially since "Spider-Man 3" will be released soon. This is why Han Sanping called to discuss it in detail.

As the third installment in the superhero Spider-Man series, "Spider-Man 3" did not have a good reputation after its release due to the addition of too many characters and too rigid emotional transitions.

Of course, this is not the fault of the screenwriter and director, but Sony's fault.

The first part of the original Spider-Man trilogy was a big hit when it was released, and the second part was also a big hit right after.

For the second part, Sony sold the DVD rights alone for US$1.8 million.

After making too much money, Sony started thinking about other things and wanted to start other Marvel superhero character projects to replicate the box office myth of the Spider-Man series.

As a result, the Green Goblin, Sandman, Venom, and Gwen appeared in the movie "Spider-Man 3".
There are too many characters, and the short plot simply cannot stand up to the characters.

Originally, the screenwriter had the idea to make it into two parts, but Sony rejected it.

What was finally presented was a "Spider-Man 3" with a serious decline in reputation.

It can only be said that the reputation accumulated by the first and second parts is really good. Despite Sony's various productions, "Spider-Man 3" also achieved a box office of 3.36 million US dollars in North America and 8.9 million US dollars globally.

"Gong Li's 5-member team appears again, exactly like the first scene!"

These two movies were released after "Spider-Man 3", so "Spider-Man 3" first ranked 12th at the global box office, and then fell to 14th due to these two movies.

It is true that whether it is "Avatar" or "Avengers", its box office performance is higher than that of "Spider-Man 3"

Wang Shu knew that this "Spider-Man 3" had a very poor reputation compared to the first two films in the Toby Spider series, so he had the confidence to compete with it.

"This is the best suspense science fiction film I have ever seen. For the sake of rigor, I added one. A cyclic world, the world of Sisyphus. After watching it, it reminds people that we always say, if you give me If I get another chance, I will definitely do what I want, but is this really the case? The movie gives us a good answer. In the end, people who understand this movie will raise their eyebrows without hesitation. Thumb! Wang Shu, God!”

Wang Shu decisively logged into his account and published a post.

"Zhou Xun, Jiang Wu, and Liang Jiahui were killed one after another by the mysterious masked killer."

It even ranks 14th on the global movie box office list.

I chatted with Han Sanping on the phone for more than ten minutes, basically talking about stabilizing the box office and reputation.

"Let's start with the five-person team and their sailboat 'Delta' in the movie."

After ending the call, Wang Shu sat at his desk and turned on his computer, seeing numerous posts about "Terror Cruise".

It’s just that these movies haven’t been released yet.

"Here, to promote the excellent character of a kind moviegoer, let us reorganize the ins and outs of this movie."

If it were "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", it would be different.

"4. Who injured Jiang Wu? Why was he covered in blood? Why did he attack Gong Li?"

"3. Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun have never been to a room with the word 'go to the theater' written in blood on the mirror."

"Isn't it a bit cliche? Don't worry, we will analyze it slowly."

"The 5-man team (new) yelled 'There's someone over there' (it was Gong Li they saw)."

"If the film ended like this, it would be a garbage film in which both humans and gods are angry. Fortunately, it is not."

"1. How did the heroine Gong Li pick up the key to her home (it is emphasized in the beginning of the film that the key is indeed the one on the table at Gong Li's home)."

"After defeating the mysterious masked man, Gong Li noticed the jammed gramophone music in the cockpit. She walked into the cockpit and readjusted the gramophone's track, which also turned the gears of her destiny."

"After receiving a strange distress signal, the heroine Gong Li, her boyfriend-to-be Liang Jiahui and several other characters suddenly encountered a storm, and the ship was destroyed and everyone died."

Act One: Underworld or God’s Prophecy
"At the beginning, the plot development seemed simple and linear, much like a shoddy B-level movie."

"This movie may give you a headache because it is very logical. Because of this, it is likely to mess up the audience's logical thinking and limited patience."

"The music on the gramophone returned to normal, but a cry for help came from afar (the voice was very familiar)."

In 2007, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" surpassed "Spider-Man 3" at the global box office.

"Act II: The Gears of Destiny."

It seems that more people have not understood the movie and want to question it, but because they are the first to say that not understanding it means they have low IQ, those people dare not say it directly even if they don't understand it.

When Xiao Ma was promoting QQ, he even pretended to be a woman on the other side of the Internet to fool men with gold bugs on their brains.

By this time, there had been many film review posts and analysis posts on the Internet, but he discovered a problem while looking at them.

"This won't work."

"Yes, don't doubt it, this is it, the best suspenseful science fiction movie of the year will no longer have any suspense!"

Wang Shu is just bragging, far from being as good as Brother Ma.

"(The plot below starts to get complicated. In order to better identify us, we will call them Gong Li No. 1 and Gong Li No. 2. This change is passive. When a new Gong Li team of five people boarded the cruise ship, the original characters on the ship changed. Automatic +1).

"If this continues, even if the reputation does not collapse, it will be difficult to attract more viewers into the theater."

"The beautiful Zhou Haiwei was unfortunately killed. When the storm subsided, a large cruise ship happened to drift in. Five people boarded the ship. Unexpectedly, what awaited them was a massacre."

"Gong Li walked to the deck, and a scene that surprised the audience and Gong Li appeared."

After posting this post, he felt that it was not enough and needed to come up with more useful information.

"So, who told them to go to the theater?"

"2. The name of the cruise ship (its name appears repeatedly later)"

"In this scene, there are four small puzzles."

"The frightened Gong Li (here Gong Li was upgraded to No. 1, Gong Li No. 2 has already embarked on the cruise ship), involuntarily returned to the cockpit, accidentally touched the gramophone, and the gears of the gramophone moved again (it can also be said that the first times) was knocked crooked.”

"The sound of the music turned back into a continuous loop. It can also be said that it was the first time that Gong Li touched the gear that determines her destiny."

"Puzzle 1 was solved at the beginning of the second act. The key was dropped by Gong Li (No. 1) on the deck and was picked up by Gong Li (No. 2) who had just boarded the ship (the key is in this small loop , keeps repeating and cannot be carried to the next scene).”

"Immediately after puzzle 5 occurred, Gong Li (No. 1) returned to the deck and saw Zhang Hanyu's body in the sea."

"Zhang Hanyu should have died in the theater. Why is his body in the sea? There are even blood stains on the railing of the boat."

"At this time, Jiang Wu (No. 2) walked onto the deck (the shot of Jiang Wu walking to the door of the deck disappeared in the first scene, and is continued here)."

"Gong Li was having a conversation with Jiang Wu. During the dispute, Gong Li accidentally hit Jiang Wu's head, and Jiang Wu (No. 2) was bleeding profusely."

"(Puzzle 4 revealed)."

"Many viewers were confused when they saw this, including Gong Li (No. 1) herself."

"She came to the dressing room to calm herself down."

"What happened?"

"A voice kept ringing in Jess's head."

"She found a bunch of identical little pieces of paper on the floor that said, 'If they get on the boat, kill everyone.'"

"She imitated and wrote one, and when she compared it, she found that it was exactly the same (obviously the other paper balls were also written by herself)."

"She accidentally saw a necklace with a photo of herself and her son hanging on the sewer railing. When she looked closer, the necklace around her neck fell in. When she looked again, there were countless identical necklaces inside."

"If the note with the same handwriting can still be explained, then these necklaces cannot be explained at all."

"(Gong Li doesn't have a necklace at this time, how come Gong Li wears a necklace later, there is a foreshadowing here)"

"Gong Li continues her unstoppable footsteps."

"At this time, all five important scenes on the cruise ship have appeared once, namely the corridor, deck, restaurant, theater, and dressing room."

"At the restaurant, Gong Li No. 1 and Gong Li No. 2, who were holding shotguns, actually met!"

"Gong Li No. 2 was frightened, covered her face and ran away."

"Attention, this is the first time that the plot between Gong Li No. 1 and Gong Li No. 2 is different! Many viewers also mistakenly thought it was a bug in the movie."

"We should reinforce a concept here: Gong Li No. 1 is No. 1, No. 2 is No. 2, and their plots are completely separate."

(The plot of No. 3 will be added later!!!)
"This concept is similar to a set of loops in a function, with small loops contained within large loops."

"The plot of Gong Li No. 2 is just a factor that affects the plot of Gong Li No. 1 and exists independently (itself is also a continuous cycle)."

"Anyway, the two Gong Li met in the restaurant (Jiang Wu is the only person in the entire cruise world who has met two Gong Li at the same time)."

"Then the same gun battle as last time, but due to the slight change in plot 2, this time Gong Li rescued Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun (temporarily, imagine if Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun died in the theater in the end, what would happen? What’s the criticism? )”

"Puzzle 4 was revealed. It turned out to be the theater where Gong Li told Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun (No. 1) to let them go." "And the blood stains Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun saw along the way were actually their own."

"Gong Li held a shotgun in her hand, silently saying 'I can change the mode', and started a fierce gun battle with 'Masked Gong Li' (note that she is not completely Gong Li No. 3, her existence only affects Gong Li No. 2), He also hit “Masked Gong Li” on the head.”

"For those who think it's a bug, I can tell you that Gong Li here is "immortal"."

"The 'masked Gong Li' who was shot introduced Zhang Hanyu and Zhou Xun into the room that was originally written 'Going to the theater', killed Zhang Hanyu and seriously injured Gong Li (Zhang Hanyu was killed under different scripts) twice.)."

"Zhang Hanyu left a death message of 'Gong Li' on the mirror before she died."

(Another foreshadowing!)

"Zhou Xun, who was seriously injured, escaped all the way to the top of the boat (a radio distress signal was sent out midway. Do you remember the distress signal Liang Jiahui received at the beginning?)."

"Gong Li (No. 1) chasing after her was another shocking scene. A room full of people."

"Gong Li left her coffee jacket to Zhou Xun before she died (this setting is very good, and creates objective conditions for the already dizzy audience to identify the appearance of Gong Li's number x at the same time)."

"Then on the top of the ship, Gong Li No. 1 witnessed how Gong Li No. 2 killed the masked Gong Li!"

(There are differences in details from when she killed the masked Gong Li)

"End of Act Two."

"Act Three: Renewed."

"Gong Li No. 1 and No. 2 saw Gong Li No. 3 boarding the cruise ship at the same time, and a new cycle began."

"At this time, the situation on the ship became very complicated. Let's briefly sort it out. There are three 'Gong Li's at this time."

"Gong Li No. 1 (the Gong Li we have always followed, the protagonist, now wearing a T-shirt with short sleeves and no jacket)."

"Gong Li No. 2 (just killed the masked man and entered the second act cycle, still wearing a coffee jacket)."

"Gong Li No. 3 has just boarded the ship and is still a mass of people who don't know the truth."

"Other people on board"

"Gong Li's 5-person team (new), Jessie's 5-person team corpses (old)..."

"Liang Jiahui died in the theater, Jiang Wu died in the sea (changed), and Zhou Xun died on the top of the boat (changed)."

"Zhang Hanyu died in the room where the bloody message was left (changed)."

"Zhou Xun's body does not need to be disposed of (Gong Li knows that no one will show up except herself)."

"The bodies of Zhang Hanyu and Liang Jiahui need to be disposed of by Gong Li. Those who are thrown into the sea are thrown into the sea, and those who are hidden are hidden (after all, there is love)."

"(Puzzle 5 Zhang Hanyu's floating corpse has been solved)."

"At this time, Jesse's goal is very determined to recruit the new 5 people without leaving any doubts.

"The bloody word on Gong Li left by Downey was changed to 'go to the theater' by her."

"For the first time, Liang Jiahui's death was described positively, and by the way, why Gong Li had to 'wear a hood' was explained."

Wang Shu used his pen and ink to write an explanation of many settings in the movie, but he did not tell them all.

Because this movie has an open ending, everyone has different opinions. Even if he knows what is going on, he should not write it clearly.

He couldn't help but write this article because he saw many voices claiming BUG.

Obviously, there are still too few domestic audiences who have watched this type of movie, and many people cannot understand the information presented in the movie in a short period of time.

Without the aid of detailed explanations, it is difficult to quickly understand the content of the movie.

What Wang Shu is doing now is to let a clearer explanation of the setting of "Terror Cruise" appear on the Internet, so as to continue to stabilize its reputation.

After all, if too many people don't understand the movie, it will eventually lead to a collapse in word-of-mouth.

When this happens, continue to make patches and let the audience understand that their inability to understand is a problem with their own IQ, not the movie's.

In turn, the audience has a perception of "although it is unclear, it is powerful".

In this way, it will not only stabilize the reputation, but also increase the box office.

Because as long as the movie is famous enough and not black and red, people can attract people to buy tickets and go to the cinema.

On May 5, the May 3 box office results of "Terror Cruise" were released.

2230W.

For a box office that wants to exceed 3 million, this figure is still not high.

However, the movie's box office has stabilized since its opening.

Moreover, it is theoretically possible to earn 3 million box office.

After all, it was only released for two days.

While Wang Shu breathed a sigh of relief, Han Sanping was not very calm.

Because on this day, the Hollywood superhero blockbuster "Spider-Man 3" officially landed in mainland cinemas.

"Look, "Spider-Man" is released, and the box office of "Terror Cruise" is absolutely cut in half." Chen Kaige is preparing for "Mei Lanfang". After learning the second day's box office data of "Terror Cruise" from Chen Hong, he chuckled There was a sound.

He clearly knows the results of the first and second parts of the Spider-Man series, especially the second one which is better than the first one.

Now that this third film is created by the original team, it must be good.

Coupled with the reputation accumulation of the first two films, it will definitely dominate the theaters.

眼下，《蜘蛛侠3》只是于4月中旬在日本公映，到了5月3日才在中国及港岛地区上映，至5月4日才于美国公映。

Its reputation will have to wait until after May 5 to begin to occupy the right to speak.

After all, no matter whether the reputation in Japan is good or bad, it will not affect either China or the United States.

Only if "Spider-Man 3"'s reputation collapses after it is released in the United States, or if its reputation collapses after it is released in China, will it have an impact on the box office.

In fact, Han Sanping is not calm. In addition to "Spider-Man 3" itself being a famous superhero movie series, "Spider-Man 3" also had its world premiere in a movie theater in the Shanghai area yesterday.

Its box office is 227.7W.

This box office data is only for one area of ​​Shanghai, not the whole country.

Moreover, a total of 3 copies of "Spider-Man 480" were sold nationwide, breaking the record of 007 copies for an imported film set by "Casino Royale".

In addition, the film was released simultaneously around the world, avoiding the impact of piracy.

Also, "Spider-Man 3" was released in China nearly two days earlier than in the United States.

The US premiere in New York will be on April 4, only in the New York area, and the nationwide release will be on May 30

Even though it was just two days early due to the time difference, in the eyes of many people in China, this was an American film showing respect for mainland China. They were all proud of it and bought tickets and went to the cinema one after another.

The combination of these makes Han Sanping quite uneasy, fearing that the release of "Spider-Man 3" will have a huge impact on "Terror Cruise".

In fact, in the original timeline, because "Spider-Man 3" is the sequel to a well-known high-grossing superhero movie, mainland theaters have long been looking forward to this movie.

As far as movie theaters are concerned, whether they are imported films or Chinese-language films, they all sit there and collect money, so it doesn't matter. They only care about whether the movie is a hit or not.

The "Spider-Man" series has proven to be a blockbuster movie, with as many as 530 copies.

Now, there is another movie called "Terror Cruise", a movie that Han Sanping personally led and participated in the investment and production of China Film.

After some operations, the number of copies dropped from the original 530 to 480.

On the day "Spider-Man 3" was released in mainland China, a reporter interviewed a Columbia executive.

This movie is jointly produced by Marvel, Columbia, and Laura Ziskin Productions. Sony, Columbia, and many other companies are responsible for distribution in various regions around the world.

Columbia's director Xin Zhang spoke eloquently in the face of reporters' questions, and specifically mentioned that "Spider-Man 3" was released in mainland China two days earlier than in the United States.

Then, the reporter mentioned "Terror Cruise" directed by Wang Shu.

Director Zhang from Columbia said seriously: "Director Wang is a very young director. He is very young and very talented. I heard that he has prepared an art film and is preparing to participate in this year's Venice Film Festival."

When a reporter asked about the horror cruise ship, the man not only answered the question incorrectly, but also changed the topic to "A Crowd of People."

(End of this chapter)