Chapter 404: Box Office War

The Chinese New Year film is happy, and "Kung Fu" is just right for the audience's needs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info In addition, Stephen Chow's previous works have rarely been able to meet the audience on the big screen in the mainland, and it is the first time for Stephen Chow's works to be released simultaneously in China with such a big move this time, so there is no reason not to be popular.

However, the first-day box office of "Kung Fu" is not particularly high, only 13 million, which is not even as good as the first-day box office of "No Thieves in the World". Of course, "No Thieves in the World" had no opponents at all on the first day, with nearly 70% of the film scheduled, while "Kung Fu" only 45% of the film schedule on the first day. Only 45% of the scheduled films can get a box office of 13 million, which is almost a miracle.

After the box office was released, there was no joy in Huayi's office, but Feng Xiaogang's angry roar came out: "Shameless, so shameless!

The reason for Feng Xiaogang's anger is that tonight is Christmas Eve, and Christmas Eve is the craziest night at the box office of the year. Feng Xiaogang thought that "No Thieves in the World" would get at least 15% of the film schedule, but he didn't expect the film schedule of "No Thieves in the World" to plummet to 5%, and what was even more depressing was that there was almost no film schedule in the evening.

If the attendance rate of "No Thieves in the World" is not good, then Feng Xiaogang can only pinch his nose and admit it, but this is not the case, the attendance rate of "No Thieves in the World" is quite good, similar to "The Aviator". The film schedule has been reduced so much, entirely because "The Aviator" has reduced the score by five percentage points to change the film schedule!

Feng Xiaogang was naturally furious!

Wang Zhonglei's face is also a little ugly, according to the normal state of the box office of "No Thieves in the World" should be about 140 million, but according to the current schedule of the film "No Thieves in the World" The box office is just over 120 million, and there are 20 million less.

A cold light flashed in Wang Zhongjun's eyes: "I have a suggestion! Our "No Thieves in the World" will also be reduced by 5 points!"

Wang Zhonglei shook his head and said: "It doesn't make sense, even if we reduce the score, the schedule of "No Thieves in the World" will not be able to get up!"

Wang Zhongjun coughed and lowered his voice: "It's true that our film schedule can't get up, but if we give the theater chain a little hint and let them transfer part of the box office of "Kung Fu" to "No Thieves in the World", what do you think?"

Wang Zhonglei was stunned, and then slapped his hands on the table: "Second brother, you are simply a genius!"

Feng Xiaogang was dumbfounded: "Isn't this stealing the box office of "Kung Fu", isn't it good?"

Wang Zhongjun said with a smile: "Xiaogang, you and Stephen Chow are friends, but friends are friends, and business is business." This film is mainly invested by Colombia, and our shares are very small, and "No Thieves in the World" is our main movie.

Feng Xiaogang gritted his teeth and said: "Then just steal twenty or thirty million, don't steal too much!"

Wang Zhongjun pointed at Feng Xiaogang and laughed, I was going to steal one or two hundred million, but you actually wanted to steal twenty or thirty million, this heart is much more ruthless than me!

On the evening of the 24th, the halls of major cinemas across the country were already crowded, and there were long queues of audiences who bought tickets. As far as the eye can see, it looks like the ticket hall of the railway station during the Spring Festival.

The conductor mechanically issued the tickets, and the shock in their hearts was beyond measure, and Christmas Eve in previous years was also very popular, but it was not so popular.

"Two 8 o'clock 'Aviators'. ”

"Sorry, tickets for 8 o'clock are sold out. ”

"Sold out, what's the movie at 8 o'clock?"

"None of them. Only tickets after 10 o'clock!"

"This, that's two 10-o'clock "Aviators"!"

Almost all major theaters across the country are in a similar situation, with prime-time movie tickets snapped up.

Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu finished their roadshow, and it was already eleven o'clock. Six roadshows were done today, and both of them were tired. But when she came out of the theater, Zhang Jingchu looked at the pedestrians on the street, held Zhang Ran's hand and said, "Today's Christmas Eve, let's go shopping!"

Zhang Ran dismissed the staff, took Zhang Jingchu's hand, and walked slowly on the street. Because it was a roadshow in Wuxi, unlike so many reporters and paparazzi in Beiping, no one recognized them on the road, and the two walked very leisurely.

Pedestrians on the road are accompanied by twos and threes, snuggling together, feeling the beautiful atmosphere of the festival. The whole city was in a state of jubilation, and even the air was filled with joy.

Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu didn't speak, just held hands and walked quietly. There are not so many skyscrapers in Beiping City, and there is no shining that attracts the attention of thousands of people, only this strange city, or the lovers around you, accompany you and move forward all the way.

This feeling makes them feel very happy.

After walking for a while, they saw that there were a lot of people coming and going in the park, so Zhang Ran and they walked in. Finally they sat down on a bench by the woods. Zhang Ran asked, "Jingchu, are you tired?"

Zhang Jingchu said: "There is a little!" After speaking, she lay down and rested her head on Zhang Ran's lap.

Zhang Ran straightened her hair, ran his fingers across her cheeks, and said softly: "Blame me this time, otherwise it wouldn't have been so hard!"

Zhang Jingchu smiled and said: "With you, no matter how tired I am, I won't feel hard!"

Zhang Ran smiled: "You are so stupid!"

Zhang Jingchu sat up, slowly stretched her head over, and kissed Zhang Ran's lips. Zhang Ran hugged her tightly, and wanted to rub her into his body forever......

At the same time, the offices of Huayi and Century Summit are brightly lit, and everyone is waiting for box office data.

Not only them, but also many people are paying attention to this showdown, which is a three-king competition that all Chinese filmmakers are watching.

It's a box office war, and it's up to the audience to vote on the winner.

At three o'clock in the morning, the data of various theaters came out. "Kung Fu" won 18 million at the box office, "The Aviator" won 11 million at the box office, and "No Thieves in the World" won 4 million at the box office.

In the office of the peak of the century, Wu Ruide and the others laughed, and in Huayi's office, Feng Xiaogang and the others also laughed.

Many media reporters can't figure out that the box office performance of "The Aviator" has been mediocre since its release, why did it suddenly hit the chicken?

The reason is simple, the cinemas are overcrowded during Christmas, and tickets for the prime show in the evening are even more difficult to grab. As long as there are shows, they are all full. For movie theaters, the revenue brought by the row of movies is almost the same, but now that "The Aviator" has dropped by 5 points, "The Aviator" can get more income, so the number of prime-time shows of "The Aviator" is very large, and it is not surprising that it finally won this box office.

The 25th is Christmas, and it is Saturday, and the domestic box office continues to explode. The box office of "Kung Fu" reached 19 million, the box office of "The Aviator" rose slightly to 12 million, and "No Thieves in the World" unexpectedly got 5 million.

The 26th was Sunday, a full-day holiday, and the movie-watching boom of "Kung Fu" in the cinema had declined, achieving a box office of 13 million on the same day, "The Aviator" fell sharply, only achieving a box office of 5 million, and "No Thieves in the World" achieved a box office of 3 million.

This week, "Kung Fu" topped the list with 63 million at the box office, "The Aviator" ranked second with 41 million, with a total of 79 million, and "No Thieves in the World" ranked third with 21 million, with a total of 122 million.

This result stunned everyone!

"Kung Fu" faced the attack of "No Thieves in the World" and "Aviator", and actually achieved a box office of 63 million!

Fans of Stephen Transit on the Internet fell into a carnival last week.

"Punch Zhang Ran, kick Xiaogang, ask about the box office, Xing Ye is the king!"

"It's worthy of being a star master, it's so awesome!"

"What is the king of the Chinese New Year stalls, what is the king of the mainland box office, that is the star master did not come. Now Master Xing is here, and he will teach you how to be a man in minutes!"

Almost everyone thinks that the champion of the Lunar New Year file is "Kung Fu", and even the media has played the title of "Three Kings Compete for Hegemony, Star Lord is King"!

Zhang Ran didn't read the comments of the media, he didn't have time at all. In the past two days, he has been frantically conducting roadshows, one city a day, each city has to walk 6 to 8 movie theaters, and he doesn't even have time to drink water and eat, how can he read the newspaper.

It was already one o'clock in the morning when I returned to the hotel, Zhang Ran lay on the bed for a few minutes, then turned on the computer, clicked on mojo, and watched the release of "The Aviator" in North America.

The situation is not bad!

Last Friday, "The Aviator" was officially released in North America, with 34 museums open, 14,361 single museums, and a weekly box office of 480,000. This result is negligible for Hollywood films, but for foreign language films, it is good, at least Zhang Ran is more satisfied.

The media's evaluation of "The Aviator" is quite high, after all, "Sight and Sound" and "Movie Manual" have given super high evaluations, and if you give a bad review, it will seem very unstandard. Film critics in North America received almost one-sided positive reviews, with a freshness rating of 96 on Rotten Tomatoes and an overall rating of 86 on MTC!

Turning off mojo, Zhang Ran looked at the domestic box office news last week, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Wu Ruide's phone: "Mr. Wu, the data of "No Thieves in the World" is a bit abnormal, they have so few films, but the box office is so good, it is completely abnormal, it should be a false report of the box office, right?"

Wu Ruide sighed and said, "When I saw the data in the morning, I felt that it was wrong, so I secretly inquired. It's not a false report at the box office, they moved nearly 5 million box office from "Kung Fu" last week!

Zhang Ran was stunned, "No Thieves in the World" stole the box office of "Kung Fu"? He remembered that Feng Xiaogang had a verbal fight with others because of this incident, but he didn't expect it to be true: "It's so shameless, this matter is stabbed to the media!"

Wu Ruide immediately said: "You can't do this, stealing the box office is an unspoken rule, everyone is competing in secret, if we stab the media, then we will become the public enemy of the theater chain, I'm afraid that even the Chinese movie star Mei and the Southern Shinkansen will not support us, and even our future films may be wearing small shoes!"

When "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was released, Zhang Weiping wanted to increase the share ratio to 45%, but was boycotted by the six major theaters. When the movie was released, the number of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" seemed to be a lot, but unfortunately there were many early and evening shows, and there were few prime-time shows, and finally the box office of "Thirteen Hairpins" was unsatisfactory.

If this matter is poked out now, it will definitely cause the wrath of the theater chain, and it will definitely deal with "The Aviator" like it did with "Thirteen Hairpins".

Stealing the box office is a cancer attached to Chinese films, many people have suffered losses, but the theater chain is relatively strong, and most filmmakers can only choose to be silent, steal it, you always have to spit out some box office to me.

Zhang Ran looked up at the sky, he could see the stars in the sky, gritted his teeth, and said: "There are some things that someone must do! Stealing the box office has existed for many years, but it has always been a matter in the circle, and outsiders don't know." I think it's better to poke it open, and after it is stabbed, fans and fans know what stealing the box office is, and they can help supervise the movie. Even if there is no cure, it can at least be curbed to a certain extent. ”

Wu Ruide smiled bitterly: "Although there are thousands of people, do I want to go?"

Zhang Ran took a breath and said slowly: "I'm not that stupid. We're not in a hurry to stab and we'll do it next week after the box office is announced on Monday, and when this thing is in full swing, our bomb will almost detonate!" )