Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Early Morning Box Office
Judging from the audience's reaction, the press conference was relatively successful, and after the movie ended, there were fans looking for Yang Mi to sign autographs.
After that, Tang An invited Lin Sheng to have a supper at a nearby restaurant.
No way, there is not much money, and the hotel can't afford to go!
At the dinner table, Lin Sheng said half-jokingly, "Director Tang, you deceived me at the beginning!"
"What did Mr. Lin say about this?" Tang An looked at him innocently.
"From the director to the on-site affairs, you are all alone, isn't the cost of 500,000 yuan cheated?"
"Mr. Lin can't say that, didn't I still cut off 300,000 yuan by you, then I was a false man!" Tang An said with a smile.
"That's right, anyway, the box office in the mainland belongs to you, and it has nothing to do with China Film, even if the investment is not 500,000, it doesn't matter if there is only 50,000!"
"Hee-hee. Hearing this, Yang Mi couldn't help laughing, and when he saw Lin Sheng and Tang An looking at him, he covered his mouth embarrassedly.
"What is Miss Yang laughing at?" Lin Sheng was puzzled.
"No, no laughing at anything!" Yang Mi waved his hand and hurriedly lowered his head and took a sip of his drink.
"Mr. Lin, you can't say that, you still have a 10% issuance fee, how can you say that it doesn't matter!" Tang An hurriedly said.
If the other party is satisfied with the overseas copyright fee of 1.4 million yuan and doesn't care about the domestic box office, it will be difficult for "Shark Beach" to rely on word-of-mouth alone without film scheduling and publicity.
Now it's 2004, the Internet era is still early, and word-of-mouth is still in the hands of major media, so it's too unrealistic to expect the audience to spread the word-of-mouth.
"Crazy Stone" can become a dark horse in 06 is indispensable to the publicity of the media at that time, just imagine if the major media reports on the movie at that time were negative news, the audience would still enter the cinema?
Audiences have limited access to information, and whoever can master these channels will be the winner!
Lin Sheng also knew Tang An's worries, originally the distribution department would not spend too much resources on "Shark Beach", after all, Lu Chuan's "Ke Ke Xili" will also be released on October 1.
However, with the end of the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, "Ke Ke Xili" did not receive any grains, but "Shark Beach" won two awards, and the distribution department will naturally adjust its strategy and appropriately tilt some resources to Tang An.
So Lin Sheng laughed and said, "Don't worry about publicity, although I can't give you the treatment of blockbusters, but the resources that should be given will not be less, as long as the box office results are excellent, the company will also consider it at its discretion!"
"Then I'm relieved, thank you, Mr. Lin!"
After eating a supper for more than half an hour, he took Yang Mi and Xu Ruoyun back to the hotel.
The house rented by Tang An is still outside the Fifth Ring Road, and the money for a taxi back and forth is enough to live in a hotel, so he simply does not go back.
And the next time will be publicized in the city, in this era, the popularity of movie theaters outside the Third Ring Road is very low, let alone the Fifth Ring Road.
Dongcheng District, XC District, Haidian District, and Chaoyang District, in the first three days, you have to run through the four major districts of the city and at least 8 cinemas.
In this era, WIFI is not yet popular, computers are too expensive, and it is impossible for all rooms in hotels to be equipped.
But fortunately, Tang An changed to a domestic miscellaneous brand of straight board machine, which can access the Internet.
But when I opened professional websites such as Douban and Time, I didn't see a single comment, and the reports related to portals such as Xinlang and Tengxun were still yesterday.
"It's only been 04 years, it's not so fast, I guess I'll be able to see it when I get up tomorrow morning!" Tang An patted his head, and he had no choice but to wash and sleep.
slept until dawn, and Tang An got up on time at seven o'clock in the morning.
I didn't rush to watch the news, and I washed up very calmly, and then I took out the domestic straight board machine.
"The best horror film of the year, a model of small-budget thrillers!" - a long comment from Zheng Yi, a film critic in the Douban column.
Tang An read it word by word, although these film critics can't believe all the words, but people who can do this profession in this era really have real talent and learning.
Unlike later, it's simply the opening of a mouth series!
is roughly to the point, and analyzes the whole movie in detail from the aspects of narrative rhythm, detailed logic, lens language and sound effects, and plot design.
However, Tang An can see that this film critic has intentionally or unintentionally ignored some shortcomings of the movie, which is probably the result of China Film's public relations.
There are dozens of messages at the bottom, it seems that the popularity of this film critic is quite high, I hope to help him drive a little box office.
Then turn to the Tengxun news, although this era is the well-deserved boss of the portal.
There's no way, the later generations of Fuji Xun have already been spicy, and it is a habitual place to open Teng Xun.
There is also a long review in the middle of the homepage of the entertainment section, accompanied by a poster above.
However, this comment does find a different way, not talking about the rhythm, not about the picture, not about the special effects, it is completely about the language of film organization.
It's the equivalent of storytelling.
However, this film critic has a very good proportion, a sense of substitution and a sense of picture, and there are also dozens of messages underground.
"The movie that Sister An told today is so interesting, a girl met a shark at sea alone, and finally killed the shark!"
"I can even use earrings and necklaces to sew needles, I want to go to the cinema!"
"This movie looks good, it's much better than the "Drawing Birds" a few days ago, see if the nearby movie theater shows it at night!"
......
After reading Tang An, I was relieved, and the evaluation was not bad.
went out with Yang Mi and Xu Ruoyun to find a small shop downstairs for breakfast.
"Brother An, how is the box office now!" Yang Mi asked eagerly while eating.
"How can it come out so quickly, there are so many places across the country to be counted, and don't expect how high the box office is in the early morning!"
That being said, Tang An still couldn't help but call Lin Sheng and asked about the box office!
Lin Sheng on the other end of the phone seemed to have just gotten up, and kept complaining, "I said Director Tang, you are too anxious, what time is it!"
"Excuse me Mr. Lin, isn't this in a hurry, let's see if the box office is counted in the early morning!" Tang An smiled apologetically!
"You wait, I'll look at the mailbox, it should have been almost 5 rounds from early morning to now......"
Listening to the sound of tapping on the keyboard on the other side, Tang Anxin jumped a little fast.
"It just came out, and most cities across the country have counted it, and the box office as of now is 160,000, which is a good result, and if it continues, it should be able to have a box office of five or six hundred thousand today!"
Lin Sheng was also a little surprised, the original evaluation of this film was about 4 million, which was beyond expectations.
160,000!
Tang An quickly calculated an account in his heart.
Today, the number of domestic screens is about 2,000. That's almost 8,000 plays.
The film schedule of "Shark Beach" is 28%, which is lower than the 46% of "New Police Story" and higher than the 25% of "Zhang Side".
The former is Cheng Long's film, and the latter has many units chartered on the National Day, but fortunately, it has been screened for a while.
In other words, "Shark Beach" has been screened for a total of 2,240 performances, with an average box office of 70 yuan per show!
At this time, the ticket price of a movie in big cities is 10 yuan a piece, which is lower in second-tier cities and even lower in small cities.
To make a compromise, even if it costs 7 yuan a ticket, there are 10 spectators on average for a game.
The average movie theater has about 140-190 seats, and the attendance rate is about 6%!
It's not bad, on the first day, not many people have seen this movie except for the promotion two days ago, and it's early in the morning, it's good to have this data!
According to the normal trend, there should be about 350,000 before the afternoon and evening peak, and it can double again in the evening, and the box office of seven or eight hundred thousand is not a problem.
Although it is far from the 5 million results on the first day of "New Police Story" on the 24th, it should be able to get 7 million box office in the end, and if the follow-up response is good, 10 million is not a problem.
That way he has enough money to start the next movie!
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