Not long after the sun climbed into the sky on Sunday, the Phoenix Cinema was still closed, and there was already a queue in front of the door, and a girl with long hair and a shawl got off the road at this time and walked quickly to the small square in front of the studio.

She looked at the line of more than 20 people, her face showed a little anxiety, hurriedly went over and stood at the back of the line, stood on tiptoe and looked ahead, the studio should not have reached business hours, the door was tightly closed, and she couldn't help but ask the people in front, "Hello, ask, do you know what time it will open?"

In front of her was a girl about her age, who glanced back and said, "Half past eight, it's almost there." ”

The girl with the long hair and shawl smiled, "Thank you." ”

Opening her bag, she took out her mobile phone, dialed a number, and asked, "Brother, where are you here?" Hurry up, there is a queue in front of the theater, and you won't be able to grab a ticket if you come late!"

A deep male voice rang on the other side of the phone, "It's going to be ten minutes away, you hurry up and line up to buy three tickets for a row." ”

"I know. The girl urged again, "Hurry up!"

The deep male voice said, "Where's Leng Bing? When will he arrive?"

The girl with long hair and shawl muttered, "He hates it!" I just went to his company, saying that I had something to attend to, and asked me to come and buy tickets myself, and he came to meet us before nine o'clock. ”

"You get in line first. The thick male voice said, "I'll be there in a moment." ”

"Hurry up. The girl with the long hair and shawl urged again.

Hanging up the phone, she put away her phone and looked up at the huge poster above the studio, a sturdy man stood with his chest crossed, and there was an unfamiliar face next to him, below the two of them, the name of "Fast and Furious 4" was particularly eye-catching.

"This is Matthew Horner, right?" the girl looked curiously at the strong man standing with his chest crossed, "A Hollywood star who can speak Chinese fluently? ”

She looked back at the guy next to Matthew Horner, "Paul Walker, who is this?"

At this time, two boys came to the queue, and they also joined the queue, and they were still chattering while queuing.

"My classmate called me last night and said it was very good-looking. One of the short-haired boys said, "It's very hot! The actors are handsome for the men, and the beautiful for the women is not good." ”

Another boy with glasses said, "My little brother next door watched it yesterday afternoon, and when he came back, he asked me if I had watched it, and I didn't, and he kept saying that I missed the best movie of the year, and that's why I called you." ”

The short-haired boy looked up at this time and saw the huge poster above the theater, pointed to the man with his hands on his chest and said, "Just him! He is Matthew Horner! Very great star, I specially checked his information last night, Hollywood's top star! can also speak fluent Chinese!"

The bespectacled boy said, "Look at the muscles on his body, this is a man." ”

Like the girls with the long hair in the shawl, they also ignore other actors other than Matthew.

A tall and sturdy man walked over from behind, the shawl-haired girl glanced at it, and hurriedly beckoned, "Brother, here!"

The man immediately came over, also heard some discussion behind, looked up at the poster, all the people on it did not know before, but the recent bombardment of newspapers and media made him know that there is a big star in Hollywood named Matthew Horner, who can also speak fluent Chinese.

Being fluent in Chinese has attracted the attention of people like him, who rarely go to the cinema.

"Cold ice hasn't arrived yet?" the strong man asked.

The girl with long hair and shawl shook her head, "I just sent a text message, and it's going to be twenty minutes away." She wasn't too happy, "I'm so annoyed!"

The strong man persuaded, "It's normal to be inseparable from work things. ”

"It's the weekend!" the girl was still dissatisfied.

In the past few days, the movie "Fast and Furious 4" is very popular, and many people around are talking about it, after she heard it, she specially asked her brother and boyfriend to watch it together, and originally wanted to watch it last night, but she didn't want to go to two theaters in a row and couldn't buy a ticket for three consecutive seats, so she simply changed it to this morning.

Thinking that there would be fewer people in the morning......

The girl with the long hair and shawl looked at the longer and longer line, and was glad that she had come a little earlier, or she might not have been able to buy a triple seat.

The theater finally opened, and the girl and the strong man entered the theater together, and because of the relative front of the row, they grabbed tickets for the three seats next to each other at nine o'clock.

The girl had just finished buying the ticket and was about to make a phone call, when a boy found him in a hurry.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The boy said apologetically, "I'm late." ”

The strong man just saw the dissatisfaction on his sister's face, and hurriedly said, "It's not too late, the work is important, and it hasn't started yet." ”

"Watching a movie is also a hindrance. The girl muttered.

The boy named Leng Bing said a few kind words to make the girl happy, and when the ticket check began, he quickly entered the screening room.

Frankly speaking, he doesn't understand that his girlfriend is not a person who likes to go to the cinema to watch movies, and she may not go to the theater once a year, so why should she watch "Fast and Furious 4"?

Entering the screening room, sitting in a chair, and hearing the people around him talking about Fast and Furious 4 and Matthew Horner, Leng Bing roughly understood.

It turns out that many people sitting around are not movie fans, and they don't go into the theater to watch movies much, but Matthew Horner and "Fast and Furious 4" have been so popular recently that you can always hear people around you discussing.

Naturally, they were affected and came to the theater.

Leng Bing smiled helplessly, I'm afraid that many people in this theater are like the three of them, and they are all following the trend into the theater.

Movies began to be screened, not only in Beijing, but also in theaters in many large and medium-sized cities, which were overcrowded all day on Sunday, and "Fast and Furious 4" aroused huge enthusiasm for watching movies.

In the past, the first trilogy of "Fast and Furious" has not been released here, and most of the people who really pay attention to this series are the audience who download and watch it on the Internet, and the number is limited after all.

What can really make a film's ticket price super explosive is never the fans, but the passers-by.

The popularity and topicality of "Fast and Furious 4" attracted a large number of passers-by, especially those who did not have the habit of watching movies in theaters.

In this day and age, this group far outnumbers the number of people who frequent the theater.

Also on this weekend, on the streets of the city's largest city, a boy had his first date with a girl.

The boy is shy and not good at words, walking on the pedestrian street with the girl, searching his stomach to find topics, but he is still cold from time to time, which makes the two of them a little embarrassed.

Passing by a theater, the boy saw the huge poster and asked, "Why don't we go to the movies?"

The girl is also more introverted, nodding slightly, "Okay." ”

The boy walked towards the theater with the girl, asking as he went, "...... What are we watching?"

The girl pointed to the poster, "I heard that this film is good." Many of my colleagues have watched it, and "Fast and Furious 4" has been particularly popular recently. ”

"Good!" the boy nodded and walked into the theater with the girl.

Influenced by the people around them, more and more passers-by began to enter the theater, and the word of mouth of "Fast and Furious 4" became more and more powerful.

By Sunday afternoon, many theaters couldn't even buy tickets for "Fast and Furious 4".

Although it is not yet summer here, "Fast and Furious 4" has made the theater have the excitement of summer vacation.

Originally, the movie theaters here were preparing for next month's "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen Kong", and everything showed that Optimus Prime and Autobots might be a big hit in the market here, and even many industry experts predicted that this new "Transformers" live-action movie would create a new national box office record.

They predict that "Transformers 2" will beat "On the Red Cliff" and "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" in seconds, surpassing James Cameron's big ship and winning the national box office of about 400 million RMB.

Who would have thought that "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen Kong" has not yet been released, and "Fast and Furious 4" will be the first to explode, judging from the popularity of this film and the box office in the first two days, it will definitely be more than 400 million RMB box office in the end.

In this way, "Fast and Furious 4" has a high chance of surpassing the box office of "Titanic" of more than 360 million RMB, refreshing the highest box office performance in the country that has not been shaken for more than ten years.

Maybe it will become the first film here with a box office of more than 500 million RMB!

After Sunday passed, this speculation was more and more recognized, because in just three days after its release, the national box office of "Fast and Furious 4" reached a total of 140.5 million RMB!

According to this trend, the box office of 500 million is very likely.

Such a high box office was also a bit unexpected by Matthew, making him feel that he was somewhat conservative, and if he was lucky, the $100 million national box office that David Ellison said was still somewhat possible.

Of course, because of the exchange rate, the odds are not great, but there is always hope.

Whether the national box office can exceed $100 million, Matthew is not sure, but surpassing James Cameron's "Titanic" is not a big problem.

He also noticed after coming over that more than ten years have passed, and the box office champion here is still a big boat.

That was the achievement of the nineties of the last century, and at that time, due to the lack of copies, there were many cases of piracy in theaters, resulting in imperfect box office statistics, otherwise the number would definitely be higher.

James Cameron is indeed the leader of commercial films.

At the beginning of the new week, "Fast and Furious 4" still maintains a huge popularity, even on Monday's working day, there is still a box office harvest of 20 million RMB.

However, Matthew is leaving, and "Fast and Furious 4" will be released in North America this weekend, and it is impossible for him to miss the North American premiere.