Chapter 541: Never Fake
"Fast Pursuit" was released for 11 days, and the cumulative box office in the mainland exceeded 240 million, such a dazzling result shocked the entire film industry, although it has not yet reached the top of the box office champion of domestic films for the time being, but it is only a matter of time before the 280 million box office "Hero" is surpassed.
What's more terrible than 240 million in 11 days is that the box office decline of "Fast Pursuit" has always been within a healthy range, the box office on non-working days in the first week has slowly fallen from 20 million, and the weekend box office in the second week after the release can still accumulate more than 50 million, which is terrible, and in the third week, in the absence of strong rivals, it is not difficult to maintain a box office of about 10 million on non-working days.
In the third week of the release of "Fast Pursuit", the box office of the week was reported to be 87.4 million, and the cumulative box office came to 326 million, successfully surpassing "Hero" to top the box office champion of domestic films in the mainland, setting off a wave of enthusiasm again, when the box office record of "Titanic" is no longer out of reach, everyone is now looking forward to the day when this record is broken.
"I don't think it's a little bit of box office, after all, it's only more than 30 million from the record, if we invest money to buy some, it won't be a problem to break the record of "Titanic". As one of the investors, the Wang brothers are also very excited, and the more successful "Fast Pursuit" is, the more they can follow it.
Seeing that the box office record of "Titanic" is in sight, they are also extremely excited, after all, if "Fast Pursuit" finally succeeds in getting the box office champion in Chinese mainland, they are also beneficial.
"No, you can do the sharing and concessions, and you can also discount the ticket price, but it is absolutely not okay to buy the box office, this is fraud, I hope that "Fast Pursuit" is a dignified and upright domestic box office champion, instead of using fake means to get this record in hand, that would make no sense. ”
Zhou Bai did not hesitate to reject the offer, and he had no interest in winning the so-called domestic box office championship record in this way.
"It's not uncommon to buy the box office, how many people in the industry are buying, in order to make the box office beautiful, it is a common practice to spend some money to increase the box office, if we can break the record of "Titanic", there will inevitably be many people who are impressed by us, and the follow-up copyright of the film can also sell more money. Wang Zhonglei exchanged glances with his brother and persuaded him.
If the box office of "Fast Pursuit" can exceed "Titanic", then the copyright of the movie can definitely sell more money, and this gimmick alone is enough to make many people excited, even if it is only a box office record in Chinese mainland.
Not to mention anything else, at present, the DVD copyright of "Fast Pursuit" is still pinched in my hands and has not been sold, tens of millions of dollars cannot be run, and the money spent on the box office is returned, and the box office share is returned, and it doesn't cost too much money at all, at least the Wang brothers don't think there is any problem.
After running around the country, Zhou Bai has returned to the capital, and has a meeting with the Wang brothers and Zhang Weiping non-stop, and now what is being discussed is the next operation, seeing that the record is about to be broken, the new picture and Hua Yi can't sit still.
So today, not only the Wang brothers, but even Zhang Weiping, who has not shown up for a long time, also came over.
"Xiao Zhou, I think Xiao Wang's words are reasonable, now everyone who makes movies does this, the box office will be more or less water, some directors will pay for the box office in order to get by, not to mention that we are the producer, this is also for the sake of everyone's interests, the more expensive the copyright is sold, the more benefits we can get, this matter is not bad for you. ”
Is there really no harm? Zhou Bai didn't care about Zhang Weiping's statement at all, it was nothing more than that even if something happened, the fire would not burn him, and when the time came, Zhou Bai faced the criticism of the media, and everyone shouted and beat him, but Zhang Weiping could sit back and relax and throw the pot off neatly.
"How can there be no harm in this matter? This is a risky thing in itself, not to mention anything else, Mr. Zhang, can you guarantee that we will not be noticed by others when we spend money to buy the box office? The default rules are correct, but the number is not so much, it is nothing more than close to the record and adding fire, Xiao Wang's proposal is not, this is to pour gasoline directly, and it will explode if it is not good. ”
Zhou Bai shook his head, some things seem to have no risks, but in fact, the gains outweigh the losses, not to mention Zhou Bai's own value, just talking about the pros and cons is actually not worth it.
"It's not that we don't have competitors, do you think they will let go of such a good opportunity? The alliance between the three of us has made many people red-eyed, do you think how many people will jump out and pour more dirty water on us once the matter is exposed? They will question all the records, and they are eager to deny everything, and when the time comes, the yellow mud will fall on the crotch of the pants and it will be not but.
There are so many people who fanned the flames, and they must not let it go, do you think we can get it under the situation of public anger? What's even worse is that since then, our reputation in the hearts of the audience has been stinky, and when it comes to me in the future, Zhou Bai, everyone's first impression is that they buy box office fraud, and my movie may be spurned by the audience in the future, and I can't afford such serious consequences. ”
The Wang brothers and Zhang Weiping glanced at each other, and finally fell silent, indeed as Zhou Bai said, their alliance in this industry has caused many people to be angry, although this alliance seems to occupy half of the film industry, but there must be many people waiting to pull them off the horse so that they can be replaced.
"I'm definitely happy if "Fast Pursuit" can surpass the box office of "Titanic", but even if it can't be surpassed, I can accept it, if I set a new record by deception today, I can't do it. ”
In Zhou Bai's heart, ticket price discounts, profit sharing, and news hype are all normal business methods, whether it is to adopt topic marketing or negotiate with the theater party about box office sharing to improve the filming or launch entertainment hype scandals, everything is within the rules and reasonable, but spending money to buy the box office is different, this is fraud, and it is fundamentally two different things.
"So can "Fast Pursuit" surpass the mainland box office of "Titanic"? Now there are still 34 million, there will be a "Woman on the Construction Site" on August 2, and "Shrek" will be released on the 10th, and the rest is still a lot behind, and the film schedule will inevitably be squeezed. Wang Zhongjun sighed, and he couldn't tell the box office trend in his heart.
"It's hard to say, in fact, the box office potential has been almost tapped, 34 million doesn't seem like a lot, but it's still not easy to do, if there can be 5 million box office next Monday, then it's not a big problem, if not, it depends on how much box office can be rushed out on the weekend of the fourth week. Zhou Bai waved his hand and said, whether it can break the box office record of "Titanic" depends on Monday's decline, if the decline is ideal, it can be broken next week, if not, then it will depend on the water mill to slowly accumulate little by little.