Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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December 12, 1983.

"Back to the Future", which cost more than 50 million US dollars to produce, was screened in the Liberty Cinema and Shuangnan Cinema.

Due to Xu Cun's political attitude towards the mainland, seven theaters and movie theaters have left the free theater chain, and two medium-sized theaters have joined the free theater chain. Therefore, there are currently a total of 24 theaters and movie theaters in the free theater chain. However, although the number of theaters and movie theaters in the Liberty Cinema Line has decreased by five, the number of canvases has increased from 44 to 56. Of the seven theaters and movie theaters that have decreased, only one is a small movie theater with two canvases. , the rest are single-canvas cinemas, and Xu Cun's three cinemas in the New Territories and Lamma Island are now all seven-hall multiplex cinemas.

The Shuangnan Cinema Line has 13 theaters and cinemas and 21 canvases.

That is to say, a total of 37 theaters and 77 cinemas screened "Back to the Future" during the Christmas period.

The two opponents of "Back to the Future" are "Merry Christmas" in Xinyicheng (in the last life, "Merry Christmas" was directed by Gao Zhisen. Today's "Merry Christmas" is directed by Huang Baiming, and the cast also has Not a small change. For example, the actor of Ah Zhen was changed from Li Lizhen of the previous life to the current Luo Mingzhu, and the name was changed from Ah Zhen to Ah Zhu.) and Debao (currently using the Baohe brand ) of The Owl and Dumbo.

"Merry Christmas" was screened in 24 theaters, cinemas and 7 scattered theaters and 52 canvases in the Golden Princess Cinema Line.

"The Owl and Dumbo" was screened in 31 theaters and 56 canvases in the Golden Harvest Cinemas and Shaw Brothers Cinemas.

To explain, more canvases does not mean more seats - at this stage, there are more cinemas in Xiangjiang than cinemas, and many cinemas have more than a thousand seats with only one canvas.

Therefore, Back to the Future has some advantages over Merry Christmas and Owl and Dumbo in terms of seat count, but these advantages are not too large. Of course, in terms of the movie viewing environment, "Back to the Future", which is shown in eleven theaters and cinemas of DreamWorks, is definitely one level higher than "Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and Dumbo"!

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Looking at the comfortable and luxurious viewing environment, Yang Ziqiong, wearing big sunglasses and a peaked cap, said to Xu Cun in the same attire: "The cinema is so well decorated, can you make money back?"

Xu Cun smiled and said, "You don't understand that, wool always comes from sheep, and with these decorations, at least 10% of the audience can be increased. Coupled with the derivative income brought by the 10% higher box office, it will take only a few movies to earn back the money for decoration."

Yang Ziqiong looked at the popcorn and Coca-Cola in Xu Cun's hands and said, "Are they very profitable?"

"Uh……"

Xu Cun said stunned: "Don't you know that popcorn and Coke are a huge amount of income for theaters and movie theaters?"

Yang Ziqiong shook his head and said, "I really don't know."

Yang Ziqiong, who didn't want to continue this topic that seemed ignorant to her, changed the subject and said, "Claudia should have told you that you shouldn't hit me, why are you still asking me?"

Xu Cun smiled and said, "Because I think I have a chance."

Yang Ziqiong glanced at Xu Cun with her big eyes hidden behind her sunglasses, and said, "Have you always been so confident?"

Xu Cun put the popcorn and Coca-Cola on the chair, then stated the facts: "Before you, almost all the women I liked are now Xu." Then, Xu Cun looked directly at Yang Ziqiong and said, "You are the next one! "

Xu Cun's domineering makes Yang Ziqiong's heart tremble a little - Yang Ziqiong has a little secret in her heart, she likes more domineering men very much.

Yang Ziqiong secretly warned herself: "Twenty girlfriends are really too many, and he is also Claudia's boyfriend, I can't like him!"

After admonishing herself, Yang Ziqiong smiled and said: "I think we are more suitable to be friends, it's okay to be confidants, but it's okay to be boyfriends and girlfriends."

If a woman is willing to accompany you to the movies, it means that she is interested in you. How could Xu Cun, a veteran of Huacong, not understand such a simple truth?

Xu Cun smiled and said, "I've never been friends with the woman I like. That would be too hypocritical."

Facing Xu Cun's pressing step by step, Yang Ziqiong's heart beat faster and faster, and at the same time she didn't know how to respond to Xu Cun's words.

Just then, the lights in the movie theater were turned off—Back to the Future was about to start playing.

Today is the thirteenth, which means Back to the Future has wrapped its premiere, as are Merry Christmas and Owl and Dumbo.

In the Hong Kong region, "Back to the Future" had an average attendance rate of 91% on the first day, and the box office on the first day was 1.93 million Hong Kong dollars.

The average attendance of 91% and the first-day box office of 1.93 million Hong Kong dollars can be said to be a very good result - however, this is compared to other films directed by other directors. Compared with Xu Cun's previous achievements in Xiangjiang, this result is very general.

"Back to the Future" did not perform as well at the box office on the first day in Hong Kong as Xu Cun's previous film, not because "Back to the Future" was not well done, nor because "Back to the Future" did not get much publicity in Hong Kong, but It is because Xu Cun's political inclination displeased many pro-British elements, so many of them refused to watch "Back to the Future", and these people also accounted for a large proportion of the film consumer group.

In this regard, Xu Cun has no choice - Xu Cun knows that this is the pain that DreamWorks must endure for the future.

Fortunately—

Back to the Future grossed $9.2 million on its first day in North America. "Back to the Future" also performed surprisingly well in Japan, with a box office of 230 million yen on the first day. In addition, "Back to the Future" also performed well at the box office in other regions.

In Xiangjiang, because "Back to the Future" is not as powerful as Xu Cun's previous films, and "Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and Dumbo" are also well done, plus the support of pro-British elements, " Merry Christmas" and "Owl and Dumbo" also had good first-day box office results - "Merry Christmas" averaged 94% of its first-day attendance~www.readwn.com~first-day box office 1.74 million Hong Kong dollars. The average attendance rate of "The Owl and Dumbo" on the first day reached 92%, and the box office on the first day was 1.66 million Hong Kong dollars.

but--

Although there are not many bad box office results on the first day, but in terms of word of mouth, "Back to the Future" has completely exploded "Merry Christmas" and "Owl and Dumbo" - "Merry Christmas" and "Owl and Dumbo" The word of mouth is actually not bad, but they are completely compared with "Back to the Future" with a very novel story.

One of the reasons why Yang Ziqiong agreed to watch "Back to the Future" with Xu Cun was that she really wanted to see this well-received movie.

pity--

This idea of ​​Yang Ziqiong is probably difficult to realize today - because, as soon as the lights go out, Xu Cun is very natural, or it can be said that it is very shameless, and the building lives on Yang Ziqiong's waist.

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(To be continued.)

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