Chapter 402: Box office runner-up
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8 p.m.
Magic City Tianyi Cinema City.
"Director Lin Lin Dao, will there be pressure in the face of "Red Cliff" this summer?"
"Do you think Director John Woo can tell this historical story well?"
"Compared with the all-star cast of "Red Cliff", what advantages do you think "Those Years" has?"
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Lin Xiaoguang, Jing Boran, and Cheng Yanxi were promoted from the theater, and a large number of reporters were ushered in.
In an instant, everything as far as the eye could see was empty, and they all crowded to Lin Xiaoguang's side.
In the face of these reporters rushing over, Lin Xiaoguang was Taishan collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, so he had to be careful of spitting on the stars, and took two steps back without a trace.
Obviously, these sharp questions mentioned by the reporter are nothing more than trying to stir up things and create topics to earn attention.
Lin Xiaoguang is not stunned, naturally he will not be fooled, he pays more attention to the quality of the movie in his heart, and disdains to use this kind of topic to hype up movie tricks.
In Lin Xiaoguang's heart, the content of the movie is the fundamental, the content is valuable, and everything else is floating clouds.
Lin Xiaoguang paused, and said with a straight face: "I think "Those Years" and "Red Cliff" are two completely different types of movies, and the audiences are not the same, there is nothing to compare, Luo Baiqing has his own love!"
"What does Director Lin think of the movie "Red Cliff"?"
What kind of journalists are these?
I'm the director of "Those Years", but you ask "Red Cliff" again and again!
Lin Xiaoguang held back his anger and said with a smile: "Because "Those Years" was just released today, I have been busy promoting, and I haven't seen the movie "Red Cliff", I don't know what it will look like, but Director Wu spent three or four years on this movie, I think it should be a good shot." ”
"Then how much does Director Lin think "Red Cliff" will get at the box office in the end?"
"This is going to be handed over to the audience, I don't count it, thank you. Lin Xiaoguang smiled.
After speaking, Lin Xiaoguang no longer paid attention to the reporters, and led Cheng Yanxi, Jing Boran and others to the next theater to continue the promotional activities of the movie "Those Years".
Ten o'clock in the evening.
"Red Cliff", known as the most expensive blockbuster in the history of Chinese films, held a grand celebration in Beijing to celebrate the box office of the movie "Red Cliff" exceeding the 25 million mark on the first day.
Many people may not know what kind of concept a movie has exceeded 25 million on the first day of the film market in the 2008 film market.
Let's put it this way, the box office of "Red Cliff" exceeded 25 million on the first day, which is already the highest record in the history of mainland films, 3 million more than the previous "Transformers" set a first-day mainland premiere box office record of 22.41 million yuan.
This is only the box office results as of 10 p.m., and there are still two hours to go, if it continues to sell well according to this situation, "Red Cliff" is likely to break through the 30 million mark on the same day.
"Cheers!"
“cheers!”
At the star-studded celebration banquet, Han Sanping took the initiative to clink glasses with John Woo, the director of "Red Cliff".
Han Sanping took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Director Wu, happy cooperation!"
Wu Yusen also smiled and complimented: "Mr. Handan has a happy cooperation, thanks to your care this time, without Mr. Hand, it is unknown whether "Red Cliff" can be filmed or not." ”
As John Woo said, the initial budget for the two parts of "Red Cliff" was $60 million, and it was added to $75 million after filming began.
But Han Sanping has no complaints, he believes that the story of "Three Kingdoms" is familiar to Asian audiences, especially those in China, Japan and South Korea, and the market is unimaginable.
This figure is unprecedented for today's Chinese films, but with Han Sanping at the helm leisurely behind the scenes, everything is not a problem.
Han Sanping waved his hand and said: "Eh, Director Wu, what are you talking about, they are all your own people, I invest in movies, you contribute to make movies, we are mutually beneficial, win-win!"
"Yes, win-win!" Wu Yusen nodded with a smile, and then said: "Mr. Hand, I heard that Hollywood's "The Mummy 3" is about to be released this month, and it won't have any impact on our "Red Cliff", right?"
Han Sanping said disapprerovingly: "Don't worry about this, as long as the box office results of "Red Cliff" can be maintained stably, I guarantee that what kind of mummy will definitely not be released in our mainland theaters this month!"
Knowing that Han Sanping has cleared all obstacles for the release of "Red Cliff", John Woo finally has no worries.
As for "Those Years" directed by Lin Xiaoguang, John Woo didn't pay attention to it at all.
Of course, not only did John Woo not take "Those Years" seriously, but even Han Sanping was not optimistic about this youth movie directed by Lin Xiaoguang, so he would be relieved to let him enter the schedule of "Red Cliff".
Otherwise, when Huang Zhonglei took the script of "Those Years" and wanted to invest in China Film Group, Han Sanping would not have refused.
In the final analysis, Han Sanping still prefers commercial blockbusters like "Red Cliff", which are big directors and big investments, and big productions, as long as he arranges the schedule properly, he can basically count the money while lying down.
Although there is no mention of a domestic film protection month during the release of "Red Cliff" this year, and the aftermath of "Kung Fu Panda" and "Superman for All" is still there, in fact, Han Sanping has already adjusted the schedule for the release of "Red Cliff".
Many people may not know that John Woo's "Red Cliff" and Zhang Yimou's "Ambush on All Sides" were both released on July 10, and "Ambush on All Sides" was released 25 days later, "Spider-Man 2" was late.
After the release of this year's "Red Cliff", the blockbusters that can compete with it are still in the fog, except for "Those Years" invested by Huayi Brothers, which won 24% of the film schedule, the other five films have no more than 10% of the film schedule.
Originally, "The Mummy 3", which was expected to be released simultaneously worldwide on July 20, should have been the main force to divert the box office of "Red Cliff", but Han Sanping was stunned to push "The Mummy 3" from the original release on July 20 to the beginning of August, and now "due to censorship issues, the schedule has been temporarily shelved", and the release of "The Mummy 3" has become particularly bumpy.
The reason is very simple, these are all things that Han Sanping, president of China Film, said in a word.
In fact, there are not many theaters in China Film, but the biggest power is the introduction, and Han Sanping uses the schedule of imported blockbusters to squeeze domestic films, which is well known in the circle.
If you don't cooperate with him, he will put two imported films in this schedule to fight with you, and let the dog bite you.
And "Red Cliff" directed by John Woo can get such a good schedule purely because "Red Cliff" is invested by Han Sanping's China Film Group.
On the surface, Han Sanping came up with this domestic protection month in order to support domestic films.
From a practical point of view, Han Sanping is just for his own selfish interests and filling his pockets.
Of course, the Huang Zhongjun and Huang Zhonglei brothers of the Huayi brothers are not vegetarians, especially in the promotion and distribution of the movie, the Huayi brothers are not far behind.
Even if "Those Years" directed by Lin Xiaoguang is not a star-studded and costly commercial blockbuster like "Red Cliff", Huayi Brothers can find another way to promote the movie "Those Years" from online and offline.
And the box office of "Those Years", with the fermentation of publicity and word-of-mouth, soared, and easily won the box office runner-up on July 10, only the champion movie "Red Cliff" on the first day.
Although Lin Xiaoguang, the runner-up, got a little water, it was better than nothing.
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