Lin Cheng was a little disappointed with this box office figure, you must know that "Jurassic Park 2" was released in the mainland for 30 days, and it achieved a box office of 72.1 million, and the box office on the opening day reached 5.26 million, and "Infernal Affairs" is nearly two million different from it, this is the gap, very cruel and very real.

Lin Cheng has realized that if he wants to beat Hollywood blockbusters in this era, it must also be a Hollywood blockbuster, but fortunately, Lin Cheng has taken precautions, drummed out the original script of "The Matrix", and registered the copyright in European and American countries.

Lin Cheng plans to enter Hollywood and acquire a Hollywood studio after filming several planned films this year and next, and shoot those classic Hollywood movies from his previous life, and "The Matrix" is his stepping stone to open the door to Hollywood.

In addition, Lin Cheng entrusted Li Chaoren to help him acquire the publishing house that distributed "Harry Potter", and signed an agreement with JK Rowling, the mother of Harry Potter, that all the film and television rights of "Harry Potter" will be sold to the publishing house, and after the film and television, JK Rowling will get more than 5% of the box office share of each film.

Now that JK Rowling's first "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is still in the ascendant, JK Rowling does not fully understand the value of "Harry Potter", which makes Lin Cheng take advantage of the loophole and pick up a big bargain.

With "The Matrix" and "Harry Potter" as the foundation, Lin Cheng can be said to be successful in Hollywood, as long as he gets his hands on Marvel and the amazing hero comics, the film industry of the new century will let him gallop.

Compared with Lin Cheng's disappointment with the box office figures, the company was cheering, and Zeng Zhiwei also proposed to Lin Cheng that as long as the box office of Xiangjiang and the mainland reached 30 million, a celebration banquet would be held.

Lin Cheng thought about it and agreed, the celebration banquet is also a way to promote the movie, and the films that can hold the celebration banquet show that the box office is very hot, plus the reporters who came to the celebration banquet after receiving red envelopes can blow it casually, and the box office will increase to a certain extent.

And if you think about it carefully, the box office of "Infernal Affairs" reached 3.54 million on the first day in the mainland, while the total box office in the previous life was only 8 million, which is already a huge improvement, isn't it?

Many people must be surprised to see this, in the previous life, "Infernal Affairs" is the culmination of the Xiangjiang police and bandit movies, the police, gangs fight openly and secretly, the plot is compact and ups and downs, Andy Lau , Liang Chaowei , Survival , Zeng Zhiwei , Chen Huilin , Zheng Xiuwen and many other stars co-starred, known as the lineup of 4 kings and 2 queens, the production cast can be described as unprecedentedly strong, and it competes with Zhang Guoshi's "Hero".

In terms of awards, the film also won the Best Film Award at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards, the Best Film Award at the 40th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, and Tony Leung won the Best Actor Award at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards and the 40th Golden Horse Awards for the film.

No matter from any point of view, this is a classic film work, which has given a shot in the arm to Hong Kong films that have gradually declined after 97, and is known as a work to save the city.

Even the original script was remade by Hollywood, with Xiao Lizi as the leading role, and the film later won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director and other awards, which greatly won a sigh of air for Xiangjiang Films.

Moreover, "Infernal Affairs" was released in Xiangjiang for two weeks, and the box office exceeded 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and finally "Infernal Affairs" became the annual box office champion of Xiangjiang films in 2002 with a box office score of 55.05 million Hong Kong dollars.

However, the box office of such a classic film in the mainland is only 8 million, which looks even worse than a bad film made at a small cost, why is the contrast so great.

The answer is very simple, "Infernal Affairs" was released in Xiangjiang in December 2002 and in the mainland in September 2003, with a difference of 9 months, which was fatal to the film in the mainland market where piracy was rampant that year.

After the film was released in Xiangjiang, there were pirated CDs in various disc markets in the mainland, and then the Internet was also downloaded, which was not very developed at that time.

The first time Lin Cheng watched "Infernal Affairs" that year, it was an 8 yuan pirated disc that he bought from Huaqiangbei. Therefore, when "Infernal Affairs" was released in mainland theaters 9 months after the screening of Xiangjiang, "Infernal Affairs 3" had already been filmed, and the publicity had swept all over the world, so naturally no one would watch the first part anymore.

But now, Lin Cheng has perfectly avoided the fate of "Infernal Affairs" in his previous life, and opened the checkpoint in advance, so that "Infernal Affairs" can be released in Xiangjiang and the mainland at the same time, so that pirates cannot burn the movie in the first time, which undoubtedly greatly improves the box office performance of "Infernal Affairs".

"Infernal Affairs" achieved a box office result of 3.54 million on the first day of screening, and achieved very satisfactory results in terms of word-of-mouth and attendance.

The total box office in the country on October 1 was 6.35 million yuan, and "Infernal Affairs" alone achieved 3.54 million, and "Infernal Affairs" achieved a box office ratio of 55% with a film scheduling rate of 38%.

When the news came out, the major theaters increased the film scheduling ratio of "Infernal Affairs" on the second day, from 38% on the first day to 50%, which is worse than the Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic Park 2".

Of course, "Infernal Affairs" is an imported film from Hong Kong, and it is not surprising that domestic distributors and cinema companies can get more box office, and the film scheduling rate exceeds 50%.

In fact, many Hollywood blockbusters generally have a high film scheduling rate, as long as they get a super high box office in North America, after the introduction of the mainland, their scheduling rate often exceeds 60 percent or 70 percent, and it is no wonder that Hollywood blockbusters often win the annual box office champion in the mainland.

On the other hand, for domestic films, due to the fierce competition of major film media companies, coupled with the fact that the film producer can get more account-sharing box office in the account-sharing agreement, theater companies generally do not give too much scheduling rate to domestic films, and often can get more than 40% of the scheduling rate, which is already called against the sky by the media.

"Infernal Affairs" has obviously been stained with the light of imported films, and after the film scheduling rate has been increased to 50%, the box office results of "Infernal Affairs" in the mainland have also risen all the way, with a box office of 4.16 million on the second day, 4.02 million on the third day, and a box office of 4.02 million on the fourth and fifth days Because it is a weekend holiday, the box office has risen sharply, achieving good results of 5.23 million and 5.45 million respectively.

To explain here, in 1997, there was no National Day film schedule in China, and the National Day was just a day off at that time, and the concept of National Day Golden Week only began in 2000.

On Monday, last week's box office statistics were released, and "Infernal Affairs" achieved a total of 22.4 million box office results in the first five days of release, becoming a well-deserved weekly box office champion, which was only ranked second in the box office of the year under the annual box office champion "Jurassic Park 2", ranking second in the first week of the year.

After the first-week box office figures of "Infernal Affairs" were released, entertainment newspapers across the country reported on the box office results of "Infernal Affairs" in a big way.

Huacheng Evening News: "At nine o'clock this morning, the National Association of Box Office Statistics released the latest weekly box office statistics, and "Infernal Affairs", which is currently popular all over the country, won last week's box office championship without any suspense. It is reported that "Infernal Affairs" won a total of 22.4 million box office in the first five days of its release, which is second only to the 28.3 million first-week box office result of the Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic Park 2" this year, ranking second in the year.

In this regard, a number of experts said that the star-studded "Infernal Affairs", high-quality film content, intensive publicity before the release, and accurate and clear positioning of the masses are the four major elements of its success. In addition, according to an investigation by this reporter, Lin Cheng, the director of "Infernal Affairs," is a well-known entrepreneur in Qingjiang, China, and his achievements in Xiangjiang show that our cause of reform and opening up is correct and wise......"

Modu Daily: "In response to the box office results achieved by "Infernal Affairs", the author visited Xiang Yang, the manager of Lianhe Cinema Company, Manager Fang said: Xiangjiang film "Infernal Affairs" can be regarded as a beacon of domestic film and television production, as long as the domestic first-line big names are gathered, with a strong production lineup, then domestic blockbusters are also possible to achieve such a beautiful box office as "Infernal Affairs", the success of "Infernal Affairs" undoubtedly opened the 'blockbuster mode' for the domestic film market, indicating that we Chinese can also make blockbusters. ”

Beijing Evening News: "The October box office has always been the off-season for the domestic box office, but the birth of "Infernal Affairs" obviously broke the shackles of the off-season, following the Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic Park 2" in July after the domestic film market was raging, "Infernal Affairs" has become a classic film that does not lose to the big dinosaurs, Andy Lau's appeal is amazing, and Chen Yongren's superb acting skills of Leung Chaowei are even more unforgettable, it is reported that Leung Chaowei is a famous acting school in Xiangjiang, and has won the honor of Golden Statue Actor and Golden Horse Actor......"

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After the box office on the first day was 3.16 million, 3.71 million on the second day, 3.63 million on the third day, and the fourth and fifth days were weekends, and the box office also broke out in these two days, winning 4.63 million and 4.52 million respectively, and the box office reached 19.65 million in the first week, which was far better than the box office results in the previous life.

In Lin Cheng's view, the box office of Xiangjiang reached nearly 20 million within five days of release, and the results are already very stable, and there should be no suspense in the future to exceed the box office record of 55 million in the previous life, and the box office results in the mainland are still very likely to rush up, and the domestic box office potential is huge, maybe the box office performance of "Infernal Affairs" in the mainland will exceed the box office results of Xiangjiang.