Chapter 595: Crazy Box Office
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Early in the morning, Zhang Ran received a call from Ning Hao, but after the phone was connected, the first thing that came over was Ning Hao's extremely lewd laughter. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Hearing Ning Hao laugh like this, Zhang Ran knew that it must be "Crazy Travel" that exploded at the box office, and joked: "Okay, don't laugh! If you are laughing, I will call the mental hospital and say that a patient has come out over the wall!"
Ning Hao laughed several times before holding back his laughter and said, "Do you guess how much "Crazy Travel" box office was yesterday?"
Zhang Ran is very optimistic about "Crazy Travel", the good quality, coupled with Zhou Xingchi's appeal, will definitely explode. However, with "Golden Armor", "Crazy Travel" is not dominant, and the film schedule is only 45%. He thought for a moment and said, "15 million?"
Ning Hao laughed twice: "You guess again!"
Zhang Ran said with suspicion: "20 million?"
Ning Hao said proudly: "21.5 million!"
Zhang Ran was taken aback, "Crazy Travel" only had 45% of the films, and he really didn't expect the box office to explode like this. And today is Friday, and the next weekend is the weekend, plus Sunday night or Christmas Eve, it will be a lot crazier than the regular Sunday box office, so this weekend's box office is definitely expected.
"Crazy Travel" not only did well at the box office, but also had a big reputation, with overwhelming praise from the media, with the famous film critic Zhou Liming claiming that "this is a new height of Chinese road movies" and Wei Junzi believing that "this is a perfect fusion of Hong Kong films and mainland films".
Of course, mainland film critics have never been disciplined, and film critics were also full of praise when "Wu Ji" and "Golden Armor" were first released. However, "Crazy Travel" is different from "Golden Armor" and "Wuji", and the audience is also full of praise.
"This film is so funny, my stomach hurts from laughing. Especially at the end of the movie, Zhou Xingchi and they went to attend the premiere of "Time and Space Warrior 2", on the red carpet Zhou Xingchi accidentally stepped on Zhang Ziyi's skirt, Zhang Ziyi stood on the red carpet wearing a pair of underwear, and Zhang Ziyi was still wearing a pair of red underwear, and the reporters on both sides of the red carpet were shooting at her, I really laughed crazy at that scene!"
"That paragraph is really funny, I don't know how Ning Hao persuaded Zhang Ziyi, it's just a cameo, do you want to fight so hard? But my favorite is that Zhou Xingchi lost his wallet, and the part where he made money with the little girl on the street was very funny. That little girl is so cute, like a doll!"
"I think this movie is a bit like "Kikujiro's Summer", it's all road movies, it's all warm, but "Crazy Trip" is even funnier, I'm going crazy with laughter, the funny of this movie is achieved through cultural differences, it's not vulgar, Liu Zhenwei should learn from Ning Hao, what have you been shooting in the last few days!"
"Crazy Travel" has a high level of attention, but now the audience is one-sided praise, and they are all shouting and laughing, which naturally attracts more audiences into the cinema. The halls of cinemas around the country are crowded with audiences, and the audience who buys tickets has a long queue, and the popularity is catching up with the Spring Festival train tickets.
Many netizens posted ticket stubs on the Internet to record the difficult process of buying "Crazy Travel", and a fan in Peking said that he went to the cinema four times before and after, and it took a total of 14 hours to queue up to buy a movie ticket. And his post sparked a wider discussion, many viewers used their mobile phones to take pictures of the crowds in the cinema rushing to buy "Crazy Trip", and fans "second-hand men should be self-reliant" claimed: "Yesterday I went to see "Crazy Trip" with my husband, it really didn't blow it out, I have never seen so many people in Nandu Cinema, and the hall is full of people queuing up to buy tickets." ā
In fact, the reason why "Crazy Travel" is so popular, in addition to the hilarious content and the superb performances of many stars, is that this movie is very different from other films, the movie is fictional on the basis of reality.
The movie is about Zhou Xingchi, an older young man and movie lover who is a bit of a home, participates in the event organized by "Time and Space Warrior 2" for fans to watch movies in Cannes and gets the opportunity to go to Cannes. However, after Zhou Xingchi arrived in Paris, he was separated from the tour group by mistake. On the way to Cannes, he meets a little Lori, an actress who wants to go to Cannes in search of opportunities, and the three of them travel together, triggering a series of ridiculous stories.
It is true that "Time and Space Warrior" organized fans to watch the movie in Cannes, and the activity of "Time Soldier 2" to organize fans to watch the movie in Cannes has also been launched, and many netizens are participating in this activity, so many viewers feel that the whole story is very close to themselves after watching "Crazy Travel". Many male viewers even began to fantasize after watching the movie, if I was drawn by "Time and Space Warrior 2", would I be able to have this kind of affair in France, able to have Lori in my left hand and a beauty in my right hand?
In the next few days, with a good reputation and a super high attendance rate, the proportion of films scheduled continued to rise, and soon reached 58%.
By Monday, countless people were eagerly awaiting the box office, and everyone wanted to know if the box office weekly winner this week would be "Golden Armor" or "Crazy Trip". "Golden Armor" is seven days this week, but the word of mouth is not good, while "Crazy Travel" is only four days, but the attendance is better and the word of mouth is better, and it is really hard to say who will win or lose.
Fans across the country are waiting for the box office to come out!
When the final data appeared in front of everyone, everyone was stunned, feeling that the world had gone crazy, and "Crazy Travel" topped the list with 112 million, and it only took a week to break the record set by "Golden Armor".
However, although "Golden Armor" lost to "Crazy Travel", it still achieved a box office of 90 million, breaking 200 million in two weeks, creating a new record for domestic films. However, everyone is not optimistic about the next performance of "Golden Armor", the reputation of the movie is too poor, the attendance rate is falling sharply, and the theater chain is slashing the film schedule of "Golden Armor".
"Wounded City" has very few films scheduled this week, but it finally made a fortune on weekends and Christmas, ranking third with 6 million, with a total of 71 million.
Zhang Weiping really felt the pressure, and in a telephone interview with Shancheng Daily, he responded to Jia Zhangke's criticism of himself two weeks ago: "Jia Zhangke is enough to win the Golden Lion, because "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" is the investment of Marco Muller, chairman of the Venice Film Festival. ā
Jia Zhangke's film has always been invested by Takeshi Kitano, who has nothing to do with Marco Muller, who feels that his personality has been insulted, and immediately launched a harshly worded counterattack, and a scolding war begins.
Zhang Ran did not participate in this matter, knowing that this was Zhang Weiping's usual hype method. He really hates Zhang Weiping, but at the same time, he has to admit this person's contribution to Chinese films, Zhang Weiping not only kicked off the prelude to China's commercial blockbusters, but more importantly, he has increased the box office share several times, which has contributed to the development of the film industry.
Before 2002, domestic films could only get 35% of the share, and 2% had to be returned to theaters. Until "Hero" came out, Zhang Weiping strongly increased the account sharing ratio to 40%. In "Ambush on All Sides", Zhang Weiping increased the proportion of account sharing to 41%.
Originally, according to the historical trend, when "Golden Armor" was released, Zhang Weiping would increase the share ratio to 43%, but this time Zhang Weiping did not do so, because the opponent of "Golden Armor" this time was "Crazy Travel". Although Zhang Weiping is very confident in "Golden Armor", he really doesn't dare to say that he can win "Crazy Travel". In this case, if the score is raised, the theater chain will definitely arrange "Crazy Travel" on a large scale, which is very unfavorable to "Golden Armor", so he did not dare to ask for an increase in the share.
In fact, as long as Zhang Weiping increases his share, Zhang Ran will definitely support it, and he will definitely not fall into the well like Yu Dong. In the last life, when Zhang Weiping asked the theater chain to increase the share of "Thirteen Hairpins" to 45%, Yu Dong actually shouted that we would not increase the share, so Zhang Ran has always despised this person. It's just that Zhang Ran has been busy with the filming of "The Great Earthquake" recently, and forgot to divide this matter, otherwise he would definitely ask Zhang Weiping to talk.
Now that the movie has been released, it's too late to talk about the split!
In this week, Zhang Ran finally finished filming in Tangshan, returned to Beiping with the crew, and began to shoot special effects shots that needed to be synthesized in the studio of Beijing Film Studio.
In this week, three new films were released, the spoof film "Big Movie: Tens of Billions" starring Huang Bo, the Sino-US co-production "Veil" starring Edward Norton, and the romance film "Talented Men and Women" starring Gao Yuanyuan. The three movies have a good lineup and different styles, but under the strong firepower of "Crazy Travel", they all became cannon fodder.
In this week, "Crazy Travel" topped the list with a box office of 105 million, becoming the first domestic film to have a box office of over 100 million for two consecutive weeks, with a cumulative box office of 217 million, which proved the audience's love for comedy.
Although "Golden Armor" attracted some attention with the scolding battle between Zhang Weiping and Jia Zhangke, it still couldn't stop the box office from diving. This week, "Golden Armor" only achieved a box office of 35 million, with a cumulative box office of 235 million, and the dream of a box office of more than 300 million has been shattered.
In the next few days, "Crazy Travel" continued its crazy performance, but Zhang Ran no longer cared about it, and devoted all his energy to the filming of "The Great Earthquake".
In the studio of Beijing Film Studio, Zhang Ran was standing on the ground cracking device to tell the actors, constantly emphasizing how to move, how to fall, and how to perform.
So far, the ground crack has been shot four times, and there are always flaws. When a big earthquake comes, the ground cracks, people often can't stand steadily, and when the ground cracks, the actor should fall. But when performing, the actors either fell too early, or fell too late, and did not cooperate well.
After Zhang Ran finished speaking, the makeup artist came over and sprayed soybean powder on the actor's face and body, imitating dust.
After more than ten minutes, after all the work was prepared, Zhang Ran picked up the megaphone and shouted: "Turn on!
The extras, who had already been in place, ran in panic, and they only ran a few steps before they felt the vibration of the ground cracking device under their feet. They already had some experience and immediately fell to the ground. Chen Jieru sat on the ground with her buttocks, and was stunned to see the ground tearing open in front of her eyes, revealing a huge crack.
The camera camera pushes forward with the crack in the ground until it reaches the end of the fissure, where it pans up and rises into the air, aiming at the green screen at the end of the fissure.
Ten minutes later, after discussing with the director team and the staff of the special effects team, Zhang Ran announced loudly: "This shot is over! This morning's shooting is here, call it a day for lunch!"
Hearing the end of the work, everyone cheered, put down their work and walked outside the studio.
Zhang Ran walked out of the studio while talking to Zhang Jingchu, and as soon as he walked to the door of the studio, he saw Chen Ningyu running over in a hurry, and couldn't help asking, "Old Chen, why are you here?"
Chen Ningyu ran a little fiercely, and was a little out of breath when he spoke: "Zhang Ran, we succeeded!"
Zhang Ran was stunned, and then reacted: "You mean the plug-in has been developed?"
Chen Ningyu shouted: "Yes, we have succeeded!