Chapter 341: The first day of the box office
The score of 8.8 did not make Lu Yang feel hidden, especially the fact that there were only 18 people participating in the rating, this number is too small, and people will feel that the score of 8.8 is too high and too accidental.
Lu Yang came to the Wenchou primitive group, told everyone about it, and asked everyone to help cast more 10 points! The book fans in the Wenchou primitive group, after several years of precipitation, almost more than eighty percent have become Lu Yang's hardcore book fans, Lu Yang said the matter, asked to mention, and immediately dozens of online and diving book fans popped up.
Everyone, you say a word to me, and no one says that they are not willing to help.
Big Love Wood = Rebirth: "That's it, little case! Brothers side by side!"
Lan Ren: "Is it finally our turn to play? 10 points, right? Wait!"
Thor's Group: "Brothers, it's time for the world to see the fighting power of our Wen Chou army! Count me in!"
Lychee Township: "Count me in!"
An old set of clothes: "Count me in too!"
Brother Yuan: "Brothers, bite him to death!"
The car on the asphalt road: "Brothers, take me one!"
Evil boy Liu Yidao: "Is there such a thing? How can this kind of thing be missing me?"
Lonely clouds: "Brothers quietly enter the village, don't shoot!"
High-energy warning: "Although this kind of thing is not as enjoyable as kicking the widow's door, it is better than nothing! Wenda's face must be given! Brothers, rush me!"
Suifengju: "Originally, I was going to move a small bench and quietly watch you pretend, but now! roll up your sleeves! gogogo!"
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Wen Chou: "There are Lao brothers!"
Thank you in the group. Lu Yang successively told this matter in six other book fan groups, 7 groups of 3,500 book fans, even if some of them are not online. There are several groups added at the same time, and there are those who are not very hardcore, together together, how can there be hundreds of book fans who responded to Lu Yang's call and went to Time.com to rate "The Gate of Rebirth".
Many people don't have accounts on Time.com, but can this little thing stop the enthusiasm of these enthusiastic book lovers?
So, it was just a night away. By the next morning, when Lu Yang turned on the computer and logged on to Time.com, the rating of "The Gate of Rebirth" had reached 9.7 points! The number of people participating in the rating was suddenly 1,200. Proper rhythm of a hit movie.
This is not over, Lu Yang immediately logged in to the background of the starting point author and released three new chapters in one go, and it was over. Another single chapter is opened at the end of the chapter. In a single chapter, I ask everyone to go to the cinema to buy tickets to watch the movie support, and at the same time, I also ask friends who have time to help me go to Time to cast a score of 10 points.
On the time network, the score of "The Gate of Rebirth" and the number of people participating in the rating have not only come up, but the number of film reviews has also exceeded 1,000, many fans who don't know who Wen Chou is and have little interest in "The Gate of Rebirth", when they accidentally noticed this new film with a score of 9.7, they clicked into this page. It was immediately shocked.
The score is 9.7, and the number of participants in the rating exceeds 1,002. More than 1,000 movie reviews were posted, and then look at the premiere date, February 1st, yesterday?
So fierce?
What about "007 Casino Royale"?
In the 3 days of its release, more than 700 people participated in the rating, and the number of movie reviews exceeded 500, but the score of "007 Casino Royale" was only 8.6 points!
This new film called "The Gate of Rebirth" has just been released for a day, and the number of people who participated in the rating and wrote reviews exceeded that of "007 Casino Royale"? Is there any mistake? The rating is as high as 9.7?
Anyway, as long as you see the score of "The Gate of Rebirth" on Time.com and the unanimous applause of the film reviews, you are shocked by this small-budget movie.
It's hard to forget about jì in a short period of time, and some fans who are not bad for money are already thinking about whether to watch this movie and see if it's really so good.
At about ten o'clock in the morning on February 2, Wang Lin and Dai Qingwa came together, knocked on Lu Yang's door, and held a pile of freshly baked newspapers in their hands, and there was a report on the top of the newspaper.
When he entered the door, Lu Yang noticed that the faces of the two were a little strange, and he couldn't tell whether they were happy or lost.
"Wenda! Yesterday's first-day box office statistics are out!
Wang Lin handed all the newspapers and reports in his hand to Lu Yang, Lu Yang glanced at the expressions of the two of them suspiciously, and invited the two of them to sit in the room, Cao Xue was already making tea for the two of them with a paper cup.
The three men sat down at the coffee table, Wang Lin and Dai Qingwa did not speak for the time being, and motioned to Lu Yang to read the report and the newspaper first, Lu Yang was puzzled, and first looked at the report on the top of the newspaper.
Film: "The Gate of Rebirth"
Release date: February 1
Number of theaters: 52
Number of screenings: 208
Ticket price: 30-45 yuan
Total box office on the first day: 546242 yuan
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Lu Yang is a complete layman for movies, and most of the insider understanding of movies in his memory is from those movie online novels in his previous life, in his memory, the protagonists of those novels who made movies, when the movie was released, there were hundreds of theaters at the same time, if the protagonist was mixed with Hollywood, a new movie was released, and two or three thousand theaters were released at the same time.
Now it's the turn of the movies they invest in to be released, and there are 52 theaters? Lianhe Cinemas is also one of the cinema giants in the country, just like that? There are 23 provinces, four municipalities directly under the central government, five autonomous regions, and two special administrative regions in the country, and 52 theaters are released, which is an average of two cinemas in each provincial-level administrative region!
With so few theaters released, can it sell high box office?
There were only 208 screenings in the country yesterday, is this playing stand-alone?
The ticket price is okay, and the total box office on the first day below is more than 540,000, which makes Lu Yang slightly satisfied, but ......
Looking at the ticket price of 30-45 yuan, Lu Yang had a question, and immediately asked Wang Lin: "Why is our ticket price still floating?
This obviously layman's words made Wang Lin laugh. Dai Qingwa, who was smoking, was also choked by the smoke. Wang Lin laughed, held back a smile and explained: "This is normal! Each theater has a different grade and scale, and the equipment and decoration are a little worse. Ticket prices are 30, and the better theaters sell 35, 38, 40, and 45!"
"How come the premiere is only 52 theaters?"
Lu Yang is most concerned about this problem now, 52 is too few, which city in the country does not have a dozen or so movie theaters? That is, the small county town in Lu Yang's hometown has a movie theater.
Those who are engaged in entertainment say that there is a market of more than one billion people in the mainland, but a movie is generally released for only one month. In a month's time, 52 theaters, even if the attendance rate reached 8%. How much box office can it sell?
Wang Lin: "You don't have to worry about this, a movie like ours with a small budget, director, screenwriter and starring is not famous, when it was first released. There can't be many theaters. The theater side needs to see the market's reaction, as long as the theater attendance rate is okay a few days ago, even if we don't communicate with the theater line, they will automatically increase the number of theaters themselves!"
Lu Yang: "Then when you came in just now, why did you have that kind of expression? The box office of 540,000 on the first day was okay, right? Even if the attendance rate drops in the later stage of the movie, there should be no problem in recovering the cost, right?"
It was Dai Qingwa who returned to Lu Yang's question, only to see Dai Qingwa shaking his head with a wry smile, and said, "It's not that easy! A new movie is released and has the highest box office on the first day. After that, it gradually decreased, according to the current trend, the final box office of our film may not be able to reach 10 million! Lu Yang, you may think that it doesn't matter if it is less than 10 million, as long as it exceeds 6 million, you can return to the original cost! In fact, this is not the case at all! After the box office comes out, first of all, the National Film Development Special Fund will take 5%, and the film business tax will take 3.3%, and the rest will be our share with the distributor, the theater chain, and the theater, and the contract we signed can only get 35% in the end Do your own calculations, how much can we get for the box office of 10 million? About 3 million! Only with the box office of 20 million can we get back to our capital!"
Speaking of this, Dai Qingwa continued to smoke a cigarette, Wang Lin also sighed lightly, and Cao Xue, who was already sitting next to him, frowned slightly.
Is this a rhythm that is going to lose more than three million?
Lu Yang's eyes narrowed slightly, and his shape was even stricter than he imagined.
It's no wonder that the giants of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are ultimately unsustainable, and investing in movies is too risky!
"Wang Lin, how is the navy looking?"
When Lu Yang asked this question, Wang Lin smiled a little, but he still didn't have any confidence, when Lu Yang just told him about the Internet water army yesterday, he heard it brightly, and felt that this trick was indeed very novel and should be very effective, but after going back, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had no bottom in his heart.
After all, this trick, I have heard that anyone has used it, no one has used it, so it is impossible to judge whether it will be useful in the end, what he is worried about now is the role of the mercenary army, whether he can earn back the cost of the mercenary army, don't lose more because of this.
"More than a thousand people have been found!"
"Then let's get started! I have already sent the posts that need to be used to your Q'Q mailbox, do it now! Strive to make our movie famous before the release of "Love Call Transfer"! 1,000 people are not enough! Add 2,000 people!"
Lu Yang's sharp eyes stared at Wang Lin and said his decision.
Wang Lin and Dai Qingwa were both surprised, and Cao Xue on the side also looked at Lu Yang in surprise.
Wang Lin hesitated and said: "Wenda! Add another 3,000 people, and you will need a lot of money! According to what you said, the top posts are all five cents a piece, and more than 2,000 people will already ask for a lot of money in a day! Add 3,000 people, have you calculated how much it will cost?"
Lu Yang: "Success and failure, in one fell swoop! 007, we will definitely not be able to do it! But "Love Call Transfer" and "Disciple", these two schedules are too close to us! We must make our fame out before they are released! Today is the first shot! The more the number of sailors, the better! In the next week, I want to see on the Internet, the most famous is our movie! After a week, it will be reduced to 1,000 people, and from the third week onwards, everyone who should know should be known, and it can be reduced to 500 people, which is the hottest week...... It depends on the situation!"
When Lu Yang said this, he looked very firm, Wang Lin and Dai Qingwa, and Cao Xue didn't dare to refute, and after Wang Lin and Dai Qingwa left, Cao Xue came over worriedly, and while pinching Lu Yang's shoulder, he said worriedly: "Lu Yang! You are like a gambler now! You may lose more and more!"
Lu Yang closed his eyes slightly, how could he not know in his heart that this was a gamble?
If he wins, he can say that if he loses, he will probably lose more than half of the four or five million that he smashes down! The decision to increase the number of sailors was made by him, and naturally Wang Lin could not be left alone to pay for it.
For an army of more than 3,000 sailors, even if one person only gives 50 yuan a day, the amount of money to be paid will exceed 150,000 yuan a day! If these navy troops are very diligent, I am afraid that they will have to double or triple the amount.
The water army alone has to spend so much money in one day, and the box office of "The Gate of Rebirth" yesterday was 540,000, and it was only about 150,000 if it could be distributed to them.
Gamblers?
Maybe!
didn't come to the last moment, Lu Yang didn't want to give up his efforts, this is the first film he wrote and invested, if it fails the first time, who will still have confidence in the movies he invested?
After thinking silently for a while, Lu Yang opened his eyes and began to read the newspapers that Wang Lin had brought.
Wang Lin bought seven or eight newspapers about movies, the top one was "China Film News", Lu Yang opened it and saw that the headline on the front page of the front page was "007 Royal Casino".
In the film review section, "007 Casino Royale" was touted to the sky, and the second place was "Twin Thieves" starring TWINS, Sammo Hung and Wu Jing, which was released on the 18th of last month.
turned to the second page, and only then did I see the registration of "The Gate of Rebirth" at the bottom of the newspaper, I don't know if Wang Lin stuffed money into this newspaper, but the film review praised it twice.
"After the death of the male protagonist, he actually returned to his youth, this idea is very novel! The heroine Zhang Li is also eye-catching, at present, the audience's response is okay, as for the final box office, we need to continue to pay attention!"
The next newspaper is the Shanghai-based China Film Times.
Perhaps Wang Lin has more influence on the local newspaper, and in this newspaper, "The Gate of Rebirth" is placed in the middle of the first page, and the film reviews are also relatively long, and there are a lot more beautiful words.
"Yesterday, a new movie called "The Gate of Rebirth" landed in 52 theaters across the country, and the director and starring of this film are all unknown, but the most famous is one of the screenwriters and investors of this film -- Wen Chou! According to this newspaper's understanding, Wen Chou himself started by writing online novels that have gradually emerged in recent years, and it is said that at present, he is already one of the top writers in the field of online novels! He has five or six works under his name, such as "Doomsday Wasteland" and "Magic Sword Eternal," "The Gate of Rebirth" This is the first time he has tried to write and invest in a film, and we can see a lot of new things in this movie that are different from other films! The reporter of this newspaper went to see the film yesterday, and the score of this reporter is 8 points! Therefore, I highly recommend this new movie with a very novel theme to everyone!" (To be continued......