Chapter 443: Hot box office
"A movie that moans without disease, that's all!"
"The love between the two heroes and heroines in the movie is contrived and disgusting, I have never seen such a perverted and alternative love!"
"Youth campus love movie?hehe, I think this one should be a work that sells dog meat on the head of a sheep!"
As one of the giants in the entertainment industry, Zhonghuang Entertainment Company has extraordinary capabilities, but they absolutely have no ability to block the mouths of those sharp-tongued filmmakers.
Especially when some film critics encounter someone who wants to say hello and ask them to write some good words, not only will they not write good words, but they will announce these things without any scruples, making some film companies embarrassed.
Therefore, for a long time, no film company wanted to find some way to win over the critics' who could call it a 'poisonous tongue'.
The same is true for Zhonghuang Entertainment Company, and now Bai Chongshi sees that many film critics in the media are merciless, and they don't give Zhonghuang Entertainment any face, and in the comments, they unanimously devalue "Campus Times" as useless.
Even some film critics, such as that Wu Linfan, directly said that this "Campus Times" and the kid's "My Sassy Girlfriend" are not even worthy of carrying shoes!
Seeing these comments, Bai Chongshi's face was pale, and his chest rose and fell one after another, he was really angry with these comments.
If he had a gun in his hand now, he would definitely surprise all those sharp-tongued film critics.
Compared with the disparagement and bad comments of professional film critics on "Campus Times", their evaluation of Yang Ming's "My Sassy Girlfriend" is quite high!
"A love movie with no kiss scenes, no bed scenes, and no ambiguous shots, it makes people see the ending between the male and female protagonists in the movie, and they are worried, this is definitely a rare classic movie!"
"The director, screenwriter, and starring are all Yang Ming, and I still want to know what else this amazing boy can't do?"
"I just want to know what the music is for the final soundtrack of this movie?" ......
The reports and comments in the media soon affected the public in society, especially those viewers who have watched these two films, and they reacted strongly, they used guò penguin chat, scarves, stickers, and various online channels to evaluate these two movies!
"Damn, fooled, Nima, I was disgusted to death by watching that "Campus Times", and I spent money to buy sin. ”
Upstairs, have you seen "Campus Times"?"
"That's right, you must know that Gu Weidong is the male god in my heart!"
"yes, yes, I'm still going to Taofen!"
"Don't go, a cuckold movie, nothing worth watching, a movie with a pit ticket. ”
"It's not comparable to "My Sassy Girlfriend" at all, after the appraisal is completed, take the points and leave!"
"Haha, I've watched both movies, as a person who has come over, I recommend that everyone don't watch "Campus Times" It's too disgusting, I love "My Sassy Girlfriend" very much, I love Hua Xiaoyue very much!"
"Yang Da will never let us down!"
"When did Yang Mingda disappoint us?"
"It's MM upstairs? Where is it? Let's go watch "My Sassy Girlfriend" together, shall I'll buy a ticket!"
"Don't be crooked, I just want to ask the two movies "Campus Times" and "My Sassy Girlfriend", which movie is worth watching!"
""My Sassy Girlfriend" doesn't explain!"
"Yang Da, don't explain!"
"Hua Xiaoyue, don't explain!" ......
Various discussions among netizens, especially those who have watched the two movies, even came forward to say that they should never watch "Campus Times", who regrets watching it, but as for "My Sassy Girlfriend", it was unanimously praised by netizens.
This kind of one-sided word-of-mouth comments, with the characteristics of rapid Internet spread, were soon known by countless young men and women in China.
The comments of the media, viewers, netizens, and fans quickly affected the box office on July 9.
July 9th!
The third day of the release of "My Sassy Girlfriend"!
The second day of the release of "Campus Times"!
However, when the box office came out on this day, it immediately shocked everyone in the entertainment industry.
The box office of "My Sassy Girlfriend" rose again today, reaching 45 million in a single day, while the box office of "Campus Times" actually declined a little, 2 million less than the box office on the first day, and the box office on the day was 30 million!
When this number was reported, everyone was dumbfounded, what kind of rhythm is this?
45 million a day? What kind of concept is this? This is definitely the rhythm of the blockbuster box office!
And is "My Sassy Girlfriend" a blockbuster? Apparently not!
The shooting fund of the entire film did not exceed 10 million, and it is estimated that in this schedule, it is almost the bottom investment amount, even if it is not, it is about the same.
Besides, this movie does not have a big-name movie star to participate, even some other supporting roles, and they are looking for some passerby A and passerby B and other actors, even if the two leading actors Yang Ming and Hua Xiaoyue, in addition to Yang Ming is quite famous in the entertainment industry, the other Hua Xiaoyue is simply a newcomer without any fame, let alone any fans.
It can be said that the movie "My Sassy Girlfriend" is simply outrageously shabby in terms of cast.
And the acting skills of this movie that attract the most attention of those professionals can only be said to be average, not brilliant.
Yang Ming's information and details have long been dug up by the media very clearly, although this kid is from the directing department of the film academy, but on the actor side, his acting skills are also remarkable, especially after he has been trained in several TV series, his acting skills were a little stiff before, and now he is in the house.
As for Hua Xiaoyue, the other heroine, in the eyes of those well-known people in the film industry, at first glance, she knows that she is a newcomer who has just emerged, and even the basic knowledge of some actors is not very skilled.
If it weren't for her true colors, the female newcomer's acting skills would be simply miserable.
But fortunately, after Yang Ming's training, Hua Xiaoyue gave full play to her own performance, covering up the shortcomings of other aspects of the performance.
Therefore, in terms of acting skills, this movie can only be regarded as passing.
However, it is precisely this movie that seems to have no scenes, no acting skills, and no big stars, and it is really shocking that the box office of 45 million in one day has been staggered.
If the box office of 45 million on the same day is put on those large-scale domestic movies with many well-known big-name stars joining the performance, no one will feel strange and surprised.
But when it comes to "My Sassy Girlfriend", it's really a little unbearable.
You must know that the investment in this movie is not more than 10 million!
And the table of another movie "Campus Times" is even more surprising, today's box office not only did not rise, but fell by 2 million, and only gained 30 million box office!
Maybe this number jù is a very good result if it is put in previous years and other movies.
However, at this time, the comparison between "Campus Times" and "My Sassy Girlfriend" makes people feel unbearable, and the box office of the two movies today is a full 15 million!
This is not only a failure for "Campus Times", but a complete failure, and a shame!
You must know that the movie "Campus Times" is a film with an investment of more than 30 million, and there are also the current fried chicken Gu Weidong and the well-known big-name star Tao Fen in the entertainment industry as the male and female protagonists respectively, especially Zhonghuang Entertainment In order to ensure the success of this movie, it also invited many well-known stars to make cameos in it.
It can be said that Emperor Entertainment has spent too much effort for this movie.
However, in the end, at the box office, it was completely crushed by a small budget movie.
This situation is difficult to accept not only by Zhonghuang Entertainment itself, but also by people in the entertainment industry!
But whether they accept it or not, the next development of the shape is even more dumbfounded for everyone.
July 10th
The box office of "My Sassy Girlfriend" was 42 million on the same day, a slight decline, but the box office has exceeded 100 million in four days, which is simply an unnatural achievement for Yang Ming's debut.
And the box office of "Campus Times" not only did not rise, but fell further, and the downward trend was greater than yesterday, with a box office of 24 million on the same day, and a box office of 6 million fell all of a sudden!
Two movies with very different inputs, two different results, but these two different results make it look as if it feels very ridiculous!
Because of the small investment, the easter eggs were obtained, and the huge investment in "Campus Times" was defeated again and again!
When Yang Ming received today's box office number, he was overjoyed, especially when he thought of the box office of Zhonghuang Entertainment's movie, his heart was even more refreshed, you must know that he was holding his breath in his heart, and he has been slapping a slap in the face by Zhonghuang Entertainment and Bai Chongshi before, which made his company's TV series blocked by many first-line TV stations, and he is angry!
Now this Liangzi, he finally got it back, out of the previous breath.
However, he still did not relax, and immediately told Liu Xinsheng to continue to expand the word-of-mouth publicity of "My Sassy Girlfriend" on the Internet.
However, at this time, several other theater companies contacted Oriental Dream Company and asked if the movie "My Sassy Girlfriend" could be released in their theaters!
A movie broke 100 million at the box office in four days, although it is not as good as a blockbuster, but this is definitely a sign of a big movie hit.
In the face of money, no one will go with money, and now letting their movie theaters show "My Sassy Girlfriend" can represent a lot of money, and several theater companies finally can't hold back and come to contact Oriental DreamWorks!
Yang Ming was naturally very happy to receive this news.
In fact, before the screening, Yang Ming arranged for someone to contact all the theater companies in Huaxia, but without exception, they were either rejected or proposed an unusually harsh sharing ratio, which Yang Ming absolutely could not accept.
Now Yang Ming and Oriental DreamWorks have just stepped into the film circle, once this kind of humiliating contract is signed, it will set the tone for future cooperation, which is very unfavorable to the development of future work.
Therefore, at that time, Yang Ming asked Liu Xinsheng to reject the contracts of those theater companies.
Of course, that is also because of the 1,000 screens promised by Oriental DreamWorks and Li Canghai in his hands, so he naturally doesn't have to worry.
Now, in the face of the crazy performance of the box office after the release of "My Sassy Girlfriend", not only the new cinema company arranged by Li Canghai has made the decision to increase the number of screens, but those cinema companies that have not signed a screening contract with Oriental DreamWorks have also begun to contact the company.
Of course, Yang Ming was very proud in his heart, and he immediately called the manager in charge of the distribution over.
"Mr. Yang!" A capable middle-aged man knocked on the door and came in, he did not have any disrespect in etiquette and demeanor because he was much older than Yang Ming, on the contrary, his eyes still had a little respect and admiration.
"Oh, it's Manager Li!" Yang Ming looked up and immediately asked this Manager Li to sit opposite him.
Oriental DreamWorks is now developing very well, and there is basically a staff expansion every day, and this Manager Li was just recruited by Liu Xinsheng a few days ago.
Yang Ming heard Liu Xinsheng introduce the information of the distribution manager, his name is Lear, he used to be the head of the distribution department in a film company, and Liu Xinsheng spent a lot of money to dig him up.
Therefore, Yang Ming didn't say anything else, and directly sent a few faxes to Lear, and arranged: "Manager Li, this is a fax from several cinema companies, take a look, pick out one of them to cooperate!"
Lear picked up a few faxes on the table and quickly browsed them, his face was happy, but he quickly said with a questioning face: "Mr. Yang, why don't we choose a few more cinema companies to cooperate, anyway, their bids are good now!"
In the face of the popularity of "My Sassy Girlfriend", these few companies couldn't hold back at first, and preemptively contacted several theater companies in Oriental DreamWorks, and the box office sharing conditions they proposed were quite good.
No wonder Lear is a little confused, Yang Ming will only choose a cinema company to cooperate.
"Manager Li, at present, we have cooperated with three cinema companies, among which the Academy Cinema Line can be ignored because of its particularity, Donghai Cinema Line and Xinlian Cinema Line are both relatively large cinema companies, and their cinemas have almost covered Huaxia!"
Speaking of this, Yang Ming paused for a moment, with a frank look on his face, "These two companies that first cooperated with us, we must take care of their interests!"
Yang Ming's words came to an end, but Lear, who has a wealth of experience in distribution, quickly figured out what Yang Ming meant.
Is there competition between cinema companies? There's no doubt about it, not only that, but it's very fierce.
Considering the interests of partners, especially Donghai Cinema Line, Yang Ming is still the largest shareholder in it, and the interests of Donghai Cinema Line, of course, he has to take care of it.
After Lear figured out what Yang Ming meant, he looked at the fax text again for a while, and said: "In that case, Yang Ming, then let's choose this Northwest Cinema Line, the theater distribution of this cinema company, calculated down, is the least in conflict with Donghai Cinema Line and Xinlian Cinema Line!"
Yang Ming thought for a moment, then nodded, agreed with Lear's opinion, and immediately said resolutely: "That's it, you go and contact this theater company!"
"Okay, Mr. Yang!" Lear replied, then picked up the fax and got up to leave.
Yang Ming looked at Lear's departing back, and continued to focus on the screen of the computer on the table, the casting of "I Am Special Forces"!
Seeing the many photos of various appearances on the screen, Yang Ming was dazzled, he rubbed his eyebrows, and thought in his heart, the requirements of the army were too much.
Originally, according to Yang Ming's meaning, he wrote the script, and then let other people in the company shoot it, and he was at most the producer, guiding the shooting style of this TV series, and it was fine!
But when Yang Ming mentioned his idea to Father Hua, the next day, he received a call from the army art troupe!
In the TV series "I Am Special Forces", the military senior management not only designated Yang Ming to shoot it himself, but also the actor "Xiaozhuang" must be played by him, that is to say, this TV series is directed and acted by him, or a screenwriter!
Originally, the army saw that "My Savage Girlfriend" was on the air, and it was mentioned that the heroine would continue to let Hua Xiaoyue play it, but this mention was immediately rejected by Yang Mingyi sternly!
Just kidding, he filmed "My Sassy Girlfriend" and let Hua Xiaoyue star, that's because Hua Xiaoyue is a true performance, and now let her play this heroine with affection and emotional drama, then he won't be crazy.
At least for now, Hua Xiaoyue's acting skills are definitely not up to par.
In the face of Yang Ming's tough request, the army did not force it, after all, Yang Ming's reputation as a genius director is still relatively big, especially since he is also the screenwriter of this TV series, and the requirements for the roles in it are naturally his own opinions.
However, the army still put forward a lot of requirements for Yang Ming, such as the actors in it, half of them must use their art troupe!
Yang Ming thought that if he wanted to shoot some large-scale war scenes in the future, he would definitely deal with the army, and when he heard this request from the top of the army, he gritted his teeth and agreed, but he also proposed that the actors of the army art troupe must be selected by him.
And the efficiency of the army is very fast, and the next day he sent photos of countless actors in the art troupe to Yang Ming.
Only now he is in the company and keeps looking at photos and choosing the right actors for the crew of "I Am Special Forces"!
Lear's work efficiency is very fast, and with Yang Ming's approval, he reached an agreement contract with the people of the Northwest Cinema Company on the same day, and signed a contract for the full release of "My Sassy Girlfriend" in the Northwest Cinema.
In the next few days, the box office of "My Sassy Girlfriend", after slowly sliding in, suddenly showed a rise again with the addition of the Northwest Cinema Line.
July 11th.
"My Sassy Girlfriend" had a box office of 33 million on the same day, and "Campus Times" had a box office of 22 million on the same day.
July 12th.
After a few days of popularity, the box office of "My Sassy Girlfriend" fell to 26 million on the same day, and the box office of "Campus Times" also fell to 20 million on the same day, and it is about to fall below the number of 20 million!
If this momentum continues, the box office of "My Sassy Girlfriend" should be around 150 million in the first week, which is definitely an unnatural number for a low-budget romance movie.
This year, in the summer file of Chinese movies, there are not many blockbusters released at all.
If you want to count, it's just a "Campus Times"!
But the box office of "Campus Times" can be said to be a complete failure for "My Sassy Girlfriend"!
Just when everyone thought that the box office of "My Sassy Girlfriend" would decline further.
When the box office statistics on July 13 came out, everyone was shocked again.
July 13th.
The box office of "My Sassy Girlfriend" on the same day: 41 million, and the box office of "Campus Times" on the same day: 18 million, officially falling below 20 million!