Almost all the media agreed with the World Science Fiction Film Festival's approach, and when there was no "The Matrix", it was not justified for any of the other films to win the Beacon Award. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Not to mention the critics, even the audience can tell the quality of the film, and although the Koreans are keen to keep the festival's top award, they can't beat the rest!

"The Matrix" has conquered the media and judges with its own quality, and would rather leave the award vacant than indiscriminate!

If there were no such incidents as piracy, maybe this film festival would have become a session that science fiction fans talk about.

Of course, it is not destined to be forgotten now, Wikipedia has followed the trend to update the results of the closing ceremony of the festival, and the media from all over the world have also rushed to report it.

In this case, the exposure of "The Matrix" began to surge, and many people knew that there was a film festival that left the award vacant for it!

To receive such good news the day before the release, Lin Han and others were naturally very excited, which was equivalent to a free advertisement, and the scope was still all over the world.

Thursday seems to be coming to an end in a blink of an eye, and the staff of Galaxy Pictures have basically made overtime a habit, and the movies that will be released worldwide on Friday will have a midnight show in the early hours of the morning!

So at this time, it is basically the time to count the pre-sale box office, and through the comparison of the pre-sale box office in the same period, you can basically determine the popularity of a movie in the first weekend.

In fact, the pre-sale time of the film is very short, only less than four days, so various box office forecasting agencies are not particularly optimistic about the box office of this film in the first weekend, but feel that it can take the road of long-term blockbusters.

This is actually a completely different route from many sci-fi blockbusters, many sci-fi movies are on sale in the first week or two, and then start playing the ten-meter platform and all kinds of plummeting!

"As of 9 p.m., the pre-sale box office has reached 68 million yuan, of which 19 million were opened at midnight, 15 million on Friday, 21 million on Saturday, and only 13 million yuan on Sunday. ”

Lin Han looked at the box office data in front of him, and he opened his mouth and said to Miao Hong: "Do you really want to be like what those movie prediction agencies say, the popularity has not risen in the short term, and it depends on the long term." ”

Miao Hong sighed, the result in front of him is still not particularly ideal for a blockbuster, but it is not a street hit, it is a relatively normal and mediocre level.

He replied: "Our results are not bad compared to "Immortal", but compared with "The Martian" in the same period last year, it is quite a big gap. Fortunately, there have been no blockbusters released in recent days, so I hope to get more box office. ”

Not to mention the 61 million box office record of the midnight show of the film "Jurassic Park" released this summer, at least the 19 million midnight show of "The Matrix" can rank among the top ten in Chinese mainland film history!

A horizontal comparison will show that the midnight show of "The Martian" is 12 million yuan, but "The Matrix" has come to 19 million, not to mention that it is not the last moment.

It's only nine o'clock in the evening, and there are three novels before the early hours of the morning, and maybe you can barely squeeze into the 20 million club!

In fact, the midnight show is usually when real fans go to see it, and passers-by almost never choose to watch a movie in the early hours of the morning, let alone have to go home to sleep and get up to work after two or three o'clock.

Especially since it's still winter, how cold is the winter in the north?

At night, there are probably not many people on the streets, who will run to watch a movie in the middle of the night!

Even if I want to see the film again, compared to the cold weather outside, I still plan to watch it again tomorrow.

Lin Han was quite confident in his movie, and he continued to ask: "How about the pre-sale overseas, more than 2,000 theaters will be released, and I hope to open a midnight show of four or five million dollars." ”

When it comes to North America, Miao Hong's face shows a relaxed color, "Then you can start celebrating now." The pre-sale for a rough midnight show has already reached $5.4 million, and now it's just Thursday morning on their side, and it is estimated that it will rise a lot by the early hours of the morning, and it is estimated that it will come to $7 million!"

The novel "The Matrix" has made a lot of fame around the world, and with the coquettish trailer and film festival praise, as well as the best publicity efforts of Twentieth Century Fox, this is quite a good result.

At least at the level of 2,500 theaters, it can get 7 million US dollars, which is a very unnatural achievement!

Quite a few films released in 4,000 theaters failed to reach this box office, and it just so happened that Leonardo's "Bouquet for Algernon" was released on an expanded scale this week, and it was not competitive at midnight at all.

The midnight show has always been the world of commercial films, and there is no soil for literary films to survive!

"Originally, there was still hope for a $10 million sprint at midnight, but Twentieth Century Fox partnered with Walmart to do an early event. ”

Lin Han couldn't help but be curious, "Isn't Walmart a retail supermarket?

"Walmart is the largest retail supermarket in the United States, and they are selling it for $10 a ticket, and it is said that there are many people queuing up early in the morning to buy it," Miao explained. ”

You can watch a 3D movie for $10, and it's a little earlier than the midnight show, so it's certainly not an opportunity to miss out on if you're looking to save money!

Tickets for this advance show can only be purchased through Walmart discounts, which is equivalent to cooperation between the two parties and taking advantage of each other's advantages.

In other words, "The Matrix" will be released from 7 p.m. local time in North America!

This kind of advance will consume a considerable part of the popularity of the midnight show, so the midnight show that was originally in sight for 10 million dollars is currently only more than 5 million.

"Then how much box office is there in advance now?" Lin Han is very concerned about this problem, damaging the midnight show, if the box office is not good, he will probably cry!

Miao Hong spread his hands and said: "I can't estimate it for the time being, but the estimated number fed back to the Twentieth Century Fox distribution department by Wal-Mart is about 8 million." ”

"That might add up to $15 million, that's a lot of power!"

This result is estimated to be in the top 50 in the North American box office market, and for a non-sequel debut, the result is obviously beyond expectations!

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The north wind is howling, the sky is dark and there is no light in sight, and the whole community is quiet and abnormal, only the orange street lamps are left to stand guard and illuminate diligently, and occasionally a few dog barks sound very clear.

Chen Zhiqiang put on his hat, gloves and scarf, then took his mobile phone and car keys and walked out of the warm room, taking the elevator all the way to the underground parking garage.

It was already 11 o'clock in the evening, and almost everyone was asleep, but it was only then that he drove out in his car and headed towards the commercial center in the distance!

Fortunately, there was no snow today, the roads were not icy, there was no traffic jam along the way, and I came to the cinema unimpeded.

At this temperature, at this point in time, those who come out to watch the movie are definitely true love!

If he doesn't have a car, Chen Zhiqiang doesn't know what to do, let alone a taxi on the road, and even ordinary vehicles are very few.

This is actually the reason why the box office of "The Matrix" midnight is not particularly high, how can people who don't have a car come to the cinema and then go home!

After Chen Zhiqiang parked the car, he hurriedly trotted to the indoor elevator, and the movie theater built next to the big shopping mall looked brightly lit, and there were indeed a lot of people inside.

It's just that there are really not many single dogs like him, most of them are in pairs, and you can even see some college students who talk and laugh and team up to watch the movie, and the youthful and energetic appearance can be seen at a glance!

The heating dispelled the chill on his body, Chen Zhiqiang looked at his mobile phone, and then took a photo of the crowd waiting for the movie to be released in front of him and sent it to the forum of the Hanlin Academy, he wrote: "The coordinates of the CGV star gathering in the Haal Binxuefu store are quite crowded. ”

This is a post that brings together the grand occasion of movie theaters across the country, and the bachelors of Hallym Academy from all over the world have uploaded photos of their theaters here!

Some theaters are sparsely populated with a few people, some theaters are overcrowded, and there are even people in the same theater identifying fellows!

They all want to be the first audience of "The Matrix", whether they really like the movie, or they are dragged up by their friends to make up the numbers, in short, they are extremely excited when they check in.

When Chen Zhiqiang and others walked into the screening hall, the rough box office report of the midnight show of the movie was officially released!

As Miao Hong guessed, the box office has risen from 19 million yuan at 9 pm to 22 million yuan at 11:50 today!

not only successfully broke through the 20 million mark, but also rose a lot at the same time, so as to avoid shrinking and falling when the precise box office comes out tomorrow!

This result can be said to be quite remarkable, and it can get 22 million yuan on a cold winter night, which is enough to surpass the box office of the rest of the movies on Thursday for a whole day.

When nearly one million viewers enjoyed the shock of "The Matrix" in the cinema, Lin Han and others were also satisfied to announce the results!

Even without them announcing it, some netizens who like to pay attention to the box office of the movie learned about the results of the midnight show through channels such as the special funding office, Maoyan Movie, and Yien real-time box office.

The cost is almost one-tenth of that of "Jurassic Park", but the box office at midnight is close to one-third of it, which is a hearty victory for Lin Han!

Judging from such a high midnight box office, this weekend is completely its own stage, and those box office forecasting agencies seem to have miscalculated the purchasing power and curiosity of Lin Han's fans and ordinary audiences.

The premiere box office of "The Matrix" is not low, and it does not need to rely on word-of-mouth marketing in the later stage to slowly increase the box office for counterattack, it is obviously invincible from the beginning, and the crushing starts from the midnight box office!