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Chapter 319 Breaking the record of "Avatar"

Indeed, the honor Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is not only unexpected by other filmmakers, but also unexpected by Chen Xi.

In the original world, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons had a much better start than that of Thai囧, and it made everyone feel pretty good, opening a new era of Chinese-language films. The total box office was surpassed by Thai Jiong.

But this time Journey to the West, Conquering the Demons not only had a better start, but also the film’s box office continuation is just right, and its stamina is good. So far, the box office has exceeded 13 billion. This is an astonishing number, and now everyone is most looking forward to it. It can be seen that the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" will eventually exceed the 13.79 billion of "Avatar", reaching a new height.

Although it is said that Avatar’s box office can’t be faked because it has really reached that number, even if the film is bluntly stated, it is still a foreign language film, and many people still hope that the final result will be a Chinese-language film.

Among such ideas, the daily box office of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is now attracting attention.

Chen Xi himself feels that his Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons can have the current energy. First of all, it is naturally the names of him and Master Xing that really affected movie fans. After all, whether it is Chen Xi or Master Xing, their appeal in the Chinese film market is pretty amazing.

Secondly, the hilarious things in this movie and the compact plot full of commercial temperament make Journey to the West Conquer the Demons very commercially valuable. Everyone thinks this is a really good movie, so they will feel good when watching this movie.

Another point is also very important, that is, Ye Ling supervised the later stage of the film.Added a lot of 3D screen-out effects and other things that make the audience feel awesome. With a three-pronged approach, obviously, the box office results of this movie will also come out.

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is now attracting more and more attention, and everyone's eyes are almost fixed on it. Everyone is very concerned and hopes to see the day when the box office of this film breaks records.

The current movie is actually not far from the record of 13.79 billion. It only got 20 billion in just over 13 days after its release. It is conceivable that this number will increase in the next time.

In the midst of such attention, after a week, when "Journey to the West Conquering the Demons" was released for 28 days, the cumulative box office reached 13.88 billion, which is only one step away from 14 billion. It completely shattered the box office figure of 13.79 billion maintained by "Avatar", and now everyone is expecting only 14 billion for Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons.

Of course, no matter what, Journey to the West Conquering the Demons broke the record number of Avatar. This is a big event, and it is also a big event that makes many people feel proud.

The impact of this film on the Chinese film circle is also very strong, and the morale of many people has also been raised! After all, when Avatar swept the world before, many people felt that after this battle, Chinese films would never succeed On that day, after all, it was one billion, and it still increased the terrifying number from 13 million to [-] billion!
At that time, it was no exaggeration to describe Chinese filmmakers as dark clouds overwhelming the city. Many people felt heavy, thinking that Chinese-language films might not be able to get a billion box office in another ten years.

But how long?
People on an embarrassing journey in Thailand, Journey to the West Conquering the Demons!

Two movies smashed some concepts to pieces!It can also be said that Chinese-language movies are now at the pinnacle of the mainland movie box office market...

After all, although many people always like to use the domestic film protection month as an example, "Lost in Thailand" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" basically broke out from many movies. The gold content itself is quite high.

At this time, the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is still growing.

At this time, Chen Xi and the others once again faced a choice, that is, whether to let the key of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" be postponed. After all, if this movie is stopped now, the box office left every day will always make people feel uncomfortable. Some regret.

After all, movies like "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" have already recovered their cost. Among the remaining things, if a little bit more box office is added, most of them can fall into the pocket of Deep Space Film and Television and become Deep Space Films owns its own funds.

Under such circumstances, many people in Deep Space Film and Television do not want "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" to be released directly. In fact, many movie fans also do not want this movie to be released just like that. Still feel pretty good.

Chen Xi herself was also a little tangled...

In fact, it would be very good if the release could be postponed, and it would bring about 2000 million extra profits to Deep Space Films and even more... Chen Xi considered that he was mainly worried that someone would take this matter one day Come out to talk about things, after all, this postponement of the release will cause some people to feel disgusted with the feeling of being so box office.

Chen Xi is really a person who cherishes feathers now, and he is like that from beginning to end... The main reason is that Chen Xi thinks about a lot of things, and he actually wants a lot of things, so on the surface he doesn't want some things about himself What's wrong with it.

Postponed!

There are pros and cons to this thing!

If it is really not released, the extra box office is really a pity. This is not only a problem that can break the record and extend the record of Chinese films by a large amount, but also can make Deep Space Film and Television achieve a higher level. A lot of profit.

After all, such a profit of 2000 million, compared with the previous big movies such as "Source Code" and "Lost in Thailand", makes people think that such money is relatively small, but in fact, many movies watch It seems that the box office is good, but it may not be able to bring such profits to the film and television company...

A movie with a profit of 2000 million yuan can easily bring something very good to a film and television company, and may increase the market value by a large amount in an instant.

After careful consideration, Chen Xi decided to postpone the release of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" for 15 days, which is half a month. In this half a month, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" should also be able to get a higher box office. Let Deep Space Film and Television expand their previous profit scale.

...Finally, after 39 days of release, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was finally released at the end of March. "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" finally won a box office of 14.67 billion yuan in mainland China, which broke the box office record. The previous record held by "Avatar" has become the overall champion of the movie box office market in mainland China, and it is also the first movie in the movie box office market in mainland China to achieve the goal of 14 billion per film.

After all, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has two people, Chen Xi and Master Xing... So although Chen Xi did not launch a large-scale release plan abroad, it still attracted the attention of many foreigners after all, and the foreign copyrights were also sold. Quite a few, the overseas box office of this movie has also increased.

The box office performance of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" in other parts of the world is not very good. In the end, the whole Southeast Asia only got 300 million US dollars at the box office. The region should actually have a pretty good influence, but now...

The final box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" in Xiangjiang was only 2750 million Hong Kong dollars. Of course, this figure is already very good compared to other movies.

After all, Hong Kong is such a small place with a small population. When the golden age of Hong Kong movies passed, Chinese films basically lost their dominance in the Hong Kong film market, and the ones born could only survive. A Chinese-language movie worth 2000 million Hong Kong dollars is not bad...

However, such a number is somewhat embarrassing for Master Xing, who has created countless box office miracles of Hong Kong movies.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was not released in North America. Chen Xi was mainly waiting for "Gravity", otherwise he was also worried that too many of his films would overdraw his popularity in the United States, and such films are American I may not like it, and it is very likely that the distribution fee in the United States has not yet been recovered, so "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" only sold the DVD copyright in the United States and the copyright fees for some TV stations.

This film still has a feeling of welcome in Europe. Europeans seem to like this kind of dark tone, which can be regarded as a small highlight of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"!

In the end, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" earned a total of 540 million US dollars at the box office in all parts of the world except mainland China. Of course, it is far behind "Source Code", and compared to the last "Kung Fu" of Master Xing Of course, the movie is far worse, but some things are like this, it is difficult for you to control.

The domestic box office share of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" allowed Deep Space Film and Television to earn nearly 4 million yuan after deducting the distribution costs. , but now the appearance of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" still allows Deep Space Film and Television to get a lot of guarantees at once, at least in terms of funding issues, it has the ability to continue because of the appearance of this movie.

... So far, Chen Xi's troika plan has basically completed two films, and the box office of these two films has been carried out according to Chen Xi's idea. Speaking of it, it has exceeded Chen Xi's expectations. What is the prospect of the next "Gravity"?This is a question that many people care about. In fact, this movie is still favored by many people so far.

Now Chen Xi is preparing for a big event: to participate in the 2012th Cannes International Film Festival in France in 65.

This will be Chen Xi's first film to participate in this award.

In fact, Chen Xi was lucky in this aspect. His "Raid" won an award at the Toronto International Film Festival that Chinese films had never made their mark before.

Chen Xi didn't care much about his other films, otherwise, "Source Code" would have won the award at China's own Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Awards!It's just that the influence of Chinese films is too small after all. Although the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards are said to be one of the three major film awards of the Chinese Film Festival, compared to the other two, the international popularity of this film festival is just that. up.

The Cannes Film Festival that Chen Xi is going to attend now is different.

Founded in 1939, this film festival is one of the most influential and top international film festivals in the world today. It is also known as the three major international film festivals in Europe together with Venice International Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival. The highest award is "Golden Film Festival". Palme d'Or".Currently, the Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to be held in mid-May every year for about 12 days, usually opening on Wednesdays and closing on Sundays every other week.In addition to the film competition, the market exhibition was also held at the same time...

Chen Xi's current goal is to make "Gravity" appear in the main competition, which is the most important film list at the Cannes International Film Festival.

In fact, Chinese film festivals have always been very popular in Europe. Cannes, Berlin, etc., can always get some good awards and have always attracted attention.

Chen Xi feels that her "Gravity" still has a certain degree of competitiveness in this kind of film festival, but there is a problem that the film may be biased towards commercialization in some places.

In fact, although places like the Cannes Film Festival have become more and more commercialized with the growth of the global economy in recent years, they still have a bit of the literary tone of the French petty bourgeoisie, and many films that can win awards It is mainly a film that is relatively outstanding in terms of artistry.

This is like the film "Assassin Nie Yinniang", which won the highest award in 2015. Ordinary people are basically confused about this film, and feel that they have no idea what it is talking about.This kind of movie is actually exploring a new form of movie expression, using some relatively new movie language to narrate, so as to make the movie more attractive.

"Assassin Nie Yinniang" from a commercial point of view... Well, forget it.

But this movie itself does not serve for storytelling, which is completely different from real mainstream movies. In fact, this movie, its own story background, only serves for the form of the movie itself. Most movies The thing is to leave a blank space, which is to let people use their thoughts to uncover a Datang world through the tip of the iceberg displayed.

Therefore, the judging criteria of this kind of film can make people feel something unique in Cannes.

At the end of March, good news came that "Gravity" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, and was shortlisted for the most important awards.

Unfortunately, due to various reasons, the film did not become the opening film of the main competition unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival. The opening film was won by the American film "The Kingdom of the Moon Rising". However, being shortlisted for this award also means Movies are possible.

(End of this chapter)