Depressive Screenwriter

After ten o'clock, film fans online began to express their opinions, and posts about the plot of 'Your Name' appeared like crazy.

"The best movie of the year!"

"Second time watching in the cinema, cried again."

"Su Yan, you old thief, this is your best movie, bar none!"

"My girlfriend and I both felt like crying after leaving the cinema! This movie is really amazing!"

"Brought me to tears. So that's what Su Yan, you old thief, meant by filling the regret of '5 Centimeters Per Second' in 'Your Name'. This time, the old thief didn't let Mitsuha and Taki forget each other in the sea of people like the protagonists of '5 Centimeters Per Second'!"

"After watching the movie, I feel so empty inside! So sad!"

"Why didn't the old thief make this movie two minutes longer and film more of the later plot!"

"Exploding with praise for this movie, I used to be a hater of Su Yan, but today I've converted! I took the girl I like to see the movie, and after hating Su Yan for three years, the girl agreed to my confession after watching this movie. I solemnly promise that I will never hate Su Yan again!"

In the evening, all kinds of people were active online.

Just after midnight on July 26th.

The first-day box office data for the movies released today was released.

'Your Name' unsurprisingly took the single-day box office champion, cutting down 39% of the total box office for the day, with a first-day box office of 251 million.

The comedy movie 'Trio' had a single-day box office of 96 million.

The horror movie 'Bone Temple' had a first-day box office of 75 million.

The romance movie 'Summer Night' had a first-day box office of 71 million.

As for the rest of the movies released in previous schedules,

compared to their respective investment and pre-release box office expectations from all parties, the first-day box office of the latter three movies was quite satisfactory.

Not bad, but definitely not good.

Only 'Your Name', this first-day box office has a leading edge over other movies.

Of course, Su Yan only won the Spring Festival档 box office champion half a year ago. He is now extremely famous in the film industry. Regardless of whether these casual viewers like 'Rurouni Kenshin', they definitely know that this movie exists, and they definitely know Su Yan's name.

But the first-day box office of 251 million still exceeded the imagination of many film industry practitioners.

This is not the Spring Festival档, where a bunch of people have nothing to do.

Moreover, the movie 'Your Name' is not just about its high first-day box office.

Its word-of-mouth is even more outrageous than its box office.

The 9.8 rating given by millions of moviegoers that night directly blinded a group of film critics.

It's even more outrageous than the word-of-mouth of 'Rurouni Kenshin' during the Spring Festival档.

The next morning, a group of people in the film industry spread the word in their circles.

"Something's wrong. 'Your Name' had a first-day box office of 251 million, and today's Saturday's screening ratio has risen to 55%."

"This is outrageous. How perverted is this Su Yan? How can every one of his movies do so well?"

"He understands the market, right? His works have plots, themes, and production standards all online. Summer Country movie fans aren't blind! When there are works on the market that are significantly better than the average market level, everyone will definitely go to see them!"

"I watched the premiere of 'Your Name' last night, and it was really well-made! It's been many years since I've been so invested in watching a work."

"Su Yan's 'Rurouni Kenshin' is good, but I'm not interested in martial arts movies and don't feel much, but 'Your Name' is real. When I left the cinema, I thought of my first love twenty years ago. I'm a middle-aged man like this, so I don't know how deeply those teenagers in puberty will feel."

"I feel that the box office for this movie on Saturday will be even more outrageous!"

"That's for sure! Movies released on the weekend generally have higher box office results on Saturday and Sunday than on Friday, not to mention that the screening of 'Your Name' has increased again. Breaking 300 million in total box office today on Saturday is a certainty."

"It's a pity that this movie is released during the summer档. If it were released during the Spring Festival档, then 'Rurouni Kenshin' might not have won the Spring Festival档 championship."

"That's true. The Spring Festival档 has a golden release time of a week's holiday. After the seven days of the Spring Festival档, there is also a second wave of moviegoers who return to the city from the countryside to work. Movies have a strong momentum after being released during the Spring Festival档. But the summer档... that group of students only has a strong outbreak for the first few days of the premiere. When office workers go to work after Monday, the box office will drop sharply."

"Not necessarily. There have been cases before where movies released in the summer档 won the annual box office champion, surpassing Spring Festival档 works!"

"Before? If I remember correctly, the last time this happened was nine years ago, right? Don't treat occasional examples as the norm. I think the plot of 'Your Name' is much more interesting than Su Yan's 'Rurouni Kenshin' movie, but the schedule is not well chosen. According to the current situation, it will break 2 billion box office at most!"

"The way you say it, breaking 2 billion at most, you really don't take money seriously! If the box office of 'Your Name' breaks 2 billion, then Su Yan's total box office for movies invested in and written this year will break 5 billion. This is an amount that many famous Summer Country directors and screenwriters can't accumulate in their entire careers!"

"That does seem a bit exaggerated."

"You are all saying that the schedule of 'Your Name' is a bit of a pity, and the box office will not exceed 'Rurouni Kenshin', but I think that when this movie has only been released for one day and has already created this kind of mentality in you, this movie has already won."

"Am I the only one who thinks this movie is not right? Nine years ago, the Spring Festival档 movie lost to the summer档 movie, so this year, this situation may not be repeated!"

"Hehe, don't think too much. It doesn't matter how high the box office of 'Your Name' is on Saturday and Sunday. It only has a chance if it has momentum from Monday to Friday. If this movie can really surpass 'Rurouni Kenshin' at the box office, then Su Yan will really be a god!"

"Don't think too much, let's see how much the box office of this movie is today first."

The heated discussion in the film industry and the fans' pursuit made 'Your Name' a unique existence in the Saturday movie market, an absolute center of public opinion.

Before the release of 'Your Name', everyone would still think that the summer档 box office champion might be suspenseful, but now, this suspense has been eliminated.

In Tokyo, Su Yan will definitely pay attention to the box office performance of 'Your Name' with the company's staff outside of filming.

Having worked with Su Yan for so many years, Xiaozaki Ikumi originally thought that she could face any achievements of her works with equanimity, but today she is frantically refreshing the box office on her mobile phone and computer.

Saturday, 7 p.m.

When the day's box office of 'Your Name' broke 300 million, Xiaozaki Ikumi suddenly stood up from her seat in the company office and clapped frantically.

"Okay, okay, I know, don't be too excited," Su Yan quickly stopped her.

"You're already this old, and you're still like a child."

"I'm only 27 years old, am I very old? Isn't it normal to be like a child?" Xiaozaki Ikumi rolled her eyes at Su Yan.

Su Yan was stunned when he heard this. After thinking about it carefully, it was true that, including him, among the company's senior management, Xiaozaki Ikumi, Shen Liqian, Gu Qingyuan, and Zhuang Yuxin were all in their early twenties.

It's just that everyone basically started working early, so they have a sense of self-awareness as industry veterans.

But in reality, their age is also the age of many university graduate students.

"300 million! The single-day box office has broken 300 million... Su Yan, do you think 'Your Name' will surpass 'Rurouni Kenshin's single-day box office record this year tomorrow!"

"Single-day box office record, what is that? Do you even want to compete for this kind of thing?"

"Then what else?" Xiaozaki Ikumi said.

"The total box office definitely can't be surpassed, it's a progress if the single-day box office can be surpassed!"

"Who told you that the total box office can't be surpassed?" Su Yan paused when he heard the words, and said slowly.