Chapter 225 Box Office, Domination
If you have money or not, go home for the New Year.
It turns out that I want to return my hometown.
If you have money or not, go home for the New Year.
There is always a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home.
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In a movie theater in the magic capital, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, "People in Embarrassment" is still on the roadshow.
As one of the largest cities in China, the magic capital has 4 million migrant workers, and a quarter of the people in the entire magic capital are people from all over the country who are struggling for a living.
Even after the Chinese New Year, these four million are still a large number of viewers who stayed in the magic capital for various reasons and couldn't go home.
On stage, Wang Baoqiang sang the song "Rich or Not Rich to Go Home for the New Year" sung by a group of returnees on the bus in the movie, which made some of the audience who did not go home for the New Year have an inexplicable feeling, and they couldn't help but sing along.
This song is not unfamiliar, and it is also the original song of Wang Baoqiang, and he has also released a mini album.
A well-known song is easy to resonate with the audience, especially when the time and place are right, and soon there will be a chorus in the cinema.
is a good comedy, and I watched it happily, but at this time I was a little sad.
Xu Zheng also sang along with him affectionately on stage, but there was another feeling in his heart, and he was about to blossom.
He himself is a Modu man, and now he is going home.
Moreover, the box office of 43.5 million in three days, 200% of which exceeded 100 million, and 200 million is not impossible to look forward to.
As a director for the first time, what is the concept of breaking 100 million yuan in his debut!
It's okay to make a big deal.
Even if it is to be publicized all over the country during the Chinese New Year, it cannot dissipate the joy in Xu Zheng's heart.
As for the original fear that Li Qian would open his mouth to be the goal of 200 million, now Xu Zheng has no burden, no matter which media asks, he can be confident.
Holding back the excitement in his heart, he made an affectionate look on his face and sang the song with the audience.
interacted with the audience for about ten minutes, and hurried to the next show with Wang Baoqiang.
Running around for the New Year, it didn't make them have the slightest impatience.
"Protect the wall, when will my brother and sister leave, this New Year didn't reunite the two of you, I'm really sorry. ”
Wang Baoqiang's wife is pregnant, but she has not announced it to the public, and plans to send it to the United States for the New Year and give birth there.
In these years, it is normal for the rich, famous, and powerful to go to the United States to have children.
However, any child born in the United States, except for the children born in the United States by the embassy staff of other countries, can automatically obtain the nationality of the United States, and when they become adults, they can choose between their home country and the United States.
Having a child in the United States must have a lot of benefits, otherwise not so many people would have gone to the United States to give birth, and a lot of intermediaries have been derived.
After the New Year, my wife has to go to the other side of the ocean, and I have to stay for a while after giving birth, and I can't see him for almost a year.
But from the grassroots to this point, it has been six years since he stepped into the entertainment industry, Wang Baoqiang also knows the importance of opportunity, "People in Embarrassment" is a big hit, and the significance to him is much stronger than "No Thieves in the World", no less than "Soldier Assault".
"Brother Zheng, you arrived at the door of the house, and you didn't go back, what do I have, she has my parents to take care of her, I don't worry. ”
Wang Baoqiang's swarthy face smiled brightly, revealing two rows of neat white teeth.
No matter how many difficulties and reluctance there are now, Wang Baoqiang feels that he is the happiest man in the world at this moment.
has a virtuous and beautiful wife, who is about to give birth to a big fat boy for himself, and his career has made new progress, opening up a new way of acting on the big screen.
I have a family and a career.
For a poor boy in the countryside, life is like this, what more can a husband ask for.
"That's right, work hard, give the child a better future, the child will come back when he is one year old, you have to call me then, I want to wrap a big red envelope for my little nephew." ”
Xu Zheng laughed, and was also happy for Wang Baoqiang.
Although the two worked together for the first time, no one disliked such a simple Wang Baoqiang, from the poor boy in the countryside to this point, the family and career were both harvested, except for a few people who would be jealous, everyone who knew him would be happy for him.
The two of them passed through the door without entering, and a wife who couldn't be by her side when she gave birth, which is actually the same as so many ordinary people across the country who can't go home, and the roles they play in the movie also have similarities.
But even so, keep a positive and optimistic attitude and do everything in the moment.
The big hit of the movie diluted other sad things, and the publicity along the way in the past two days was also spent with a smile.
However, on the evening of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, "People in Embarrassment", which was originally well received, suddenly ushered in a large number of negative comments.
"I watched "People in Embarrassment", and the embarrassing cancer came out, and the plots along the way were too blunt, and the conductor of a large number of cars would go all over the world to find the owner of a wallet on the night of the New Year? ”
"Where is this "People in Embarrassment", the conductor, and the teacher who deceived the children, it's too fake, it's simply "I met the top ten people who moved China on the way home". ”
"The top one, I wanted to say it for a long time, but I saw so many people boasting brainlessly, afraid that I would be sprayed for telling the truth, what kind of thing is this!"
"This film is simply ruined, Xu Zheng's kind of mercenary businessman, and cheating, there will be a good result in the end, is this a launder of the rich?"
"There is also the role of Wang Baoqiang, I used to really like the Hanhan Baoqiang, but the role of Niu Geng is really disgusting to me, stupid and stunned, and so self-righteous, I grabbed the photo in the person's wallet on the boat and took it out and didn't give it.
There is also the part where I insisted on driving after winning the prize, I wouldn't drive blindly, Xu Zheng didn't let go of the car when something happened, and then blamed Xu Zheng for saying that I don't let you talk, you have to talk, insist that you didn't fall asleep, I was upset to death, and I really wanted to slap the most annoying person like this. ”
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The sudden emergence of a large number of negative comments caught Xu Zheng, who was on the roadshow, a little unexpected.
As an actor, he has encountered many unexpected situations, but as a director, this is the first time.
During the roadshow, there was no shortage of audiences asking about these topics, and Xu Zheng could only explain seriously why these plots were designed like this, as well as the problem of character image.
The original good mood was not so good all of a sudden, especially the media and various programs, which made it difficult for him to cope.
The box office of the fourth and fifth days of the new year was also affected to a certain extent, and only 29.6 million was received in two days.
Although it didn't drop, at this time, it was not yet the last two days of the holiday, and the box office did not rise or it was a failure.
Li Qian, who was far away in Hongzhou, also received a call from Xu Zheng, and after some advice, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
In the end, there is no experience, and in the face of this obviously organized smear, reasoning is useless.
Reasoning is sometimes the most useless word.
called Du Yang again, they have also relaxed their publicity in the past two days, and it is the New Year, and the movie has a good reputation, so they are not nervous.
But Li Qian was not in a hurry, he was partying with Deng Chao and them, Deng Chao and Sun Li had received the certificate the year before last, and they hadn't had a wedding yet, so everyone had a meal together to celebrate.
The banquet dispersed, and Li Qian turned on the computer when he got home.
There are still a lot of negative reviews, after all, Guangxian, Bernard, and Huayang have all participated in this year's Spring Festival market competition.
But it's not too serious, after all, the movie itself has a good reputation.
After a rough look, it basically focuses on the supporting roles that are too fake in the movie plot.
There are also attacks on the two characters of Li Chenggong and Niu Geng, which makes sense at first glance.
Li Chenggong is a person who has completed redemption through this period of embarrassment, and he is not a good bird in itself.
Niu Geng, in fact, there are a lot of behaviors, from Li Chenggong's point of view, this person is really annoying.
If you put the facts and reason, it can be said that Li Chenggong is not so bad, Wang Baoqiang asked for directions at the beginning, and also pointed in the right direction, and the ridicule of 2B also waited for Wang Baoqiang to leave, and this 2B, normal people will find it funny.
After discovering that his ticket was a fake ticket, the train also took the initiative to give up his place to Niu Geng.
As a working boy, Niu Geng has never seen the world, his way of thinking is different from that of people in the city, and he is very casual, so he is so willful.
Wang Baoqiang himself is likable, and he weakens this willfulness, which is a good contrast with the brother-in-law in "Thai Embarrassment" in Li Qian's memory.
But there is no point in saying such things, it is enough to say them once.
After looking at it again, there is a well-known film critic on Weibo, and a movie review is popular.
"A science fiction story performed by a group of Chinese actors looks like it happened in China. ”
What is it called is like a science fiction story that happened in China.
Comedy is also associated with science fiction.
Take a look at the content.
"The whole movie is like a science fiction story, and a series of unbelievable things happen in a place that seems to be in China. In this story, the junior is not troublesome, the wife doesn't mind her husband's infidelity, the teacher is willing to beg on the street for the students, the conductor can run all the hotels to find the owner of the wallet, and the farmer doesn't want money after being hit......
I believe that every event here is possible in China, but it was put together by Xu Zhengsheng, as a movie, I suggest that the name of this film can be changed to "Moving China 2010 Essence Collection".
Huaguo's current public opinion policy is very strange, and people are completely confused. The dark side of society, the ugly phenomena, can be reported on the TV news, newspapers can be written, books can be bought in bookstores, but movies cannot be made.
Huaguo's movies must be positive, there must be good people in the movie, and the ending must be a good guy triumphing over a bad guy, even if there is an ugly phenomenon in the movie, it must be solved in the end...... Why should I spend dozens of dollars listening to you play bullshit for an hour and a half?"
Speaking of which, it comes to the government again.
But it works, but any criticism of the government's bad habits can attract a large number of people to applaud, as if this kind of person is a person with a conscience and is not afraid of power.
It's this kind of article that seems to make sense, but it doesn't make sense, but there are some people who eat this set, and follow behind to criticize the country, the government, optoelectronics, the film industry, and point the fingers.
Clicking on his Weibo, Li Qian went to wash his face first, and drank some wine at the party just now, and when the cold front blew, he was a little dizzy.
I pinched my fingers, and crackled on the keyboard.
"The most annoying thing is that some people are pretending to be here, as if they are pretending to be here, cynicism who worries about the country and the people, go and do something practical, don't go to the junior to prostitute again, help help people in need, pick up other people's wallets and return them to others, and accompany their parents during the New Year.
It's better than making a lot of nonsense on the Internet, the people who laugh at watching this movie won't have a deeper understanding of society than you, and the people who promote positive things in this society won't be less kind than you.
In a word, you are all sick.
Only people with dirty and dark thoughts will always want to see the dark side, but these people don't have long eyes, and they can't see the negative side of society in "People in Embarrassment", but where they take care of themselves.
The light can also see the hidden social darkness, such as the bankruptcy of farm enterprises under the problematic milk incident, the workers' wage bargaining, the lack of innovation in the animation industry, the Spring Festival transportation problem, the education problem at the bottom, the family ethics problem of the migratory bird people, and even the integrity crisis in the society.
These are all shown in "People in Embarrassment", the stubborn diseases of our society today, but why can't some people see it?
Everyone lives in this society, and their understanding of the darkness of this society is no less than that of those who can only type on the keyboard and flip through books, but there is still hope in the darkness, and the darkness without hope is so painful.
Do you know why everyone laughs, and why so many people like this movie?
It's not because of childcare, childcare doesn't have so much energy, it's because of life, many details are everyone's life, no matter how dark it is, life must go on.
No matter how dark it is, you always have to go home to see your parents during the New Year, and be a person!
Maybe some people are knowledgeable, maybe life is better, and your views on this society may be through words, not experience.
There are many dark sides in this world, but it is equally beautiful, let us remember this beauty, miss this beauty, and pass on the beauty to more people, so that our society becomes beautiful.
If you have any opinions, I suggest that you bring two knives to the door of the photoelectric to make trouble, it is much better than creating garbage on the Internet.
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The freshly baked Weibo was posted like this.
During the Chinese New Year, do you stay at home, you have nothing to do, as soon as Weibo was posted, it was immediately discovered by many netizens.
Although he did not defend the movie, he knew at a glance that he was supporting "People in Embarrassment".
"Haha, the last sentence made me laugh to death, there are so many opinions to talk to the optoelectronics, what is it better to talk to the movie"
"Li Qian said well, let's just watch a movie, there are always some coins to live in the tragic reality, so miserable and still come to the Internet, it really deserves it. ”
"It's really in your head to see that everything is, you are big, you see others are big, see the truth in the small, give people hope, this is the mission of art, if a movie will only tell you the ugliness of society, make you think that you are not guilty of evil, what will you think, will you scold the director for promoting violence when the time comes?"
"Why am I getting more and more awkward, co-authoring a Hollywood blockbuster is not the victory of justice over evil? Why is it that every time there is a good domestic movie, someone is nitpicking, this kind of person must be very unsatisfactory in life, and he can't see the good of others!"
"It's over if the movie looks good, don't think about reality when you watch the movie, don't think about the story in the movie in reality, "People in Embarrassment" is funny and it's over, and it's not tiring to be crooked. ”
"Except for the fact that it is a bit exaggerated to find the owner for a night, everything else is very good, don't compensate if you hit someone, that's because Wang Baoqiang saved people's lives, know how to be grateful, what's strange, begging for students, it seems that I have also seen it in the news. ”
"Anyway, our family was very happy and moved when we went to watch "People in Embarrassment". ”
"I changed trains all the way, went around and around in the third year of junior high school before I got home, and the movie I watched in the afternoon was so touching, this is the true portrayal of us working boys. ”
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It's not so easy to discredit a movie with a high reputation.
After Li Qian posted a long article, Xu Zheng also slowly calmed down and calmly coped with one question after another.
Then Deng Chao shared some interesting stories on his way home for the New Year on Weibo, followed by Huang Bo, Lei Jiayin, some of the actors they have worked with, and some of them posted their air tickets or high-speed rail tickets on Weibo, telling about what they saw and heard along the way, and the joy of going home for reunion.
Although they are not short of money, they have not encountered all kinds of unexpected situations, and they are not as tired as ordinary people, but there are always various things that happen during the journey.
And some actors also came to join in the fun, regardless of whether they knew Li Qian or not.
Within two days, an activity was set off on Weibo to share the Spring Festival journey, and netizens were happy to share their interesting experiences with everyone.
Negative reviews disappear immediately.
On the sixth and seventh days of the Lunar New Year, they still won 27 million box office.
Although it is nearly two million lower than the previous two days, the holiday is over, and the people who go to work are about to return, and the movie-going crowd is less than a part of the main force.
During the entire seven-day long holiday, "People in Embarrassment" won a super high box office of 99.3 million, becoming the biggest winner during the Spring Festival.
Although the box office is not as good as "Avatar", which has been released for more than a month, no one compares "Avatar" with other movies, and the comparison should be with other domestic movies.
On the eighth day of the first month, the first working day, after the long holiday, theoretically the box office will plummet, but "People in Embarrassment" has maintained a 50% decline.
The people who were going to work are gone, but the students are still there.
got 6.4 million in a single day, which is also second only to "Avatar" in a single day box office.
The total box office in eight days was 105.7 million, officially breaking 100 million.
Eight days, the first day of the new year is Sunday, which is considered two weeks to pass.
Other movies in the same period, "Big Soldier" followed 11 million on the first day, and also got a high box office of 71 million in the week from the second to the eighth day of the new year, with a total of 82 million in eight days.
Cheng Long also washed the failure of "Agent Next Door", proving that he is still the top superstar in the industry.
Two comedy films led the Spring Festival market.
"Jin Yiwei" got 27 million in the third week, and the box office reached 110 million in the three weeks of its release.
"Love in the City", which sold 10 million on the first day of the Lunar New Year, also got a box office of 45 million last week, and the total box office was as high as 80 million in 11 days of release.
"Happy Events in the Flower Field" was 23 million last week, and the total box office in eleven days also came to 40 million.
"Su Qier" was released for 13 days, with a total box office of nearly 30 million, which turned out to be the worst box office among several movies during the Spring Festival, which no one could have imagined before its release.
This February, even these domestic films have supported the entire Spring Festival market, which is not much worse than the popular schedule.
In the new week, "People in Embarrassment" relied on good word-of-mouth to continue to harvest the box office, getting 50.8 million in a single week.
It was released for 15 days and had a total box office of 156.5 million.
In the third week, 26 million in a single week.
13 million in the fourth week.
6 million in the fifth week, a drop of more than 50%.
The entire seven-day Spring Festival holiday has overdrawn the box office, and the trend behind it is very average.
However, even so, five weeks after its release, 36 days later, the total box office of "People in Embarrassment" also exceeded the 200 million mark.
201.5 million, a movie with a tight production cost of only eight million, handed over a perfect answer sheet in this New Year.
The box office of "Big Soldier and Little General" also stopped at 150 million.
"Jinyiwei" is 140 million, slightly inferior.
"Love in the City", a small-budget romantic comedy, also broke 100 million, and the box office of 130 million was a surprise to Huayang.
The box office of 60 million yuan of "Happy Events in the Flower Field" also made a good start for Guangxian in 2010.
It can be said that except for "Su Qier", which only got 45 million, this New Year, all companies are happy.
However, the biggest winner is still Li Qian, starting in November, three films, spanning the entire Lunar New Year file, a full four months.
If it weren't for "Avatar", I'm afraid that the film market in the past four months would have been ruled by Li Qian alone.
Three movies with a box office of 800 million, and its horror!
The sense of crisis in various companies in the industry is getting deeper and deeper, but before they can react, Li Qian's own new film, as well as the two films he produces, began to cast a wide range of films in the industry.