As soon as the whole family gathered together for the Spring Festival, Lin Han put down all the work in his hands, not worrying about the sales of novels, not worrying about movie trailers, and not writing any scripts or books. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wholeheartedly accompany my relatives and lovers, sleep until I wake up naturally every day, eat and drink everything, and play games with Chen Jiaxuan's brothers and brothers when I am finished, and life is very wonderful.

Or the family went out to visit other relatives and visited each other, and Lin Han actually received a lot of red envelopes from elders!

In the blink of an eye, Chinese New Year's Eve arrived, and the annual Spring Festival Gala also kicked off, but now few people watch it, and everyone would rather do the rest.

Lin Han and Chen Jiaxuan came to a nearby movie theater hand in hand to contribute to the box office of the film "Journey to the West: The True and False Monkey King" invested by their mutual friend Wang Bin.

Once Lin Han and Wang Bin had an agreement, that is, to see which film had a higher box office during the Spring Festival!

However, with the release of "The Matrix" in December last year, the competition for the Spring Festival stalls this time is naturally not comparable, but the total box office will definitely be able to divide the winners and losers.

"Journey to the West: The True and False Monkey King" is not as good as "The Matrix" at the global box office, but it is still better at the domestic box office!

Not only Lin Han is very curious about the box office this time, but the media is also trying their best to exaggerate, did "The Matrix" jump out of gear and escape because it was afraid of the dense Spring Festival films?

"The Matrix" has received a total of 1.8 billion yuan at the domestic box office, which is still a bit small compared to the overseas market, not reaching 2 billion, and it is still a cut short of the box office record of the mainland film market.

And now "Journey to the West: The True and False Monkey King" not only has a strong cast, but also from the exposed scenes, the special effects scenes are very good, and the publicity offensive is particularly strong.

A long time ago, it was announced that this is the TV series version of the master and apprentice five people reunited, and the original team worked hard to create the best Journey to the West movie!

However, the "Journey to the West" TV series in this world was not broadcast in the 80s and 90s, so young people have no feelings to talk about these actors.

In a sense, this is more inferior than those Journey to the West movies in Lin Han's previous life, everyone didn't grow up watching "Journey to the West", and the sense of belonging is not strong!

So Wang Bin and they worked various trailers and materials, the pilot trailer was exposed, the funny tidbits behind the scenes were leaked, the easter egg stars were revealed, the original form was revealed, the production of specials, the fight version of the trailer, the shooting of interesting facts, New Year's greeting videos and Pepsi New Year's reunion advertisements and so on.

In the past few days, there was also a full lineup press conference, and the big-name singers sang the theme song, interlude, ending song, promotional song, etc., and various variety shows were also on!

From TV shows, social media, to real-life public transportation and movie theaters, the film was bombarded in every way.

The publicity of "The Matrix" is almost like playing a game compared to this, and it is not worth mentioning at all!

If it weren't for the quality of the movie, "The Matrix" wouldn't have exploded at the box office, and the publicity money spent on it didn't even have 10 million, which was shabby.

But now "The Matrix 2" is different, with the money earned back from the first movie, Galaxy Pictures can now release a trailer on the Super Bowl in the United States, and really enter the ranks of blockbusters!

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Chinese New Year's Eve should be the coldest day at the box office in the Spring Festival stalls, because on this day, everyone pays attention to family reunion, removing the old and welcoming the new.

But there are also many young people who run out to watch movies, clubbing, etc., and old traditions are gradually being lost!

However, due to the popularity of the Spring Festival films, the midnight performance of this midnight performance is still barely passable, at least the attendance rate of Lin Han's IMAX midnight game is quite good, at least more than seven adults.

"Even if our "The Matrix" is released during the Spring Festival, the box office should not be worse than "The True and False Monkey King". Whether it's a pre-sale or a midnight show, we have an advantage in the same period, and at that time, we don't have a seven-day holiday like the Spring Festival!"

Chen Jiaxuan leaned on the chair with glasses, she was still a little worried, such a long holiday during the Spring Festival is indeed conducive to the growth of the box office.

The audience was waiting for midnight to arrive, and now all sorts of commercials and movie trailers were playing on the big screen, and the noise was so loud that the rest of the people couldn't hear what she was talking about.

Lin Han patted the back of her hand and said comfortingly: "Saiong is not a blessing, maybe it will be released during the Spring Festival, and our overseas box office may not be so much!"

It's all in the past, there's no need to hold on to it, maybe The Matrix 2 will bring more surprises.

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Chen Jiaxuan's words are also the voices of many fans of Lin Han, maybe Lin Han thinks this comparison is not interesting, but it is very necessary for many netizens!

They can fight for the box office and word-of-mouth of these two movies, and fight 300 rounds online.

Previously, fans of "The True and False Monkey King" coveted the super high results of "The Matrix" at the global box office of more than $1 billion, but they didn't spare people at all, saying that this was just a movie that escaped gear and stepped on shit luck!

Now the form is reversed, and it is the turn of fans of "The Matrix" to attack "The Monkey King".

The form of the world is changing so fast, I used to step on others, but now it is the turn of others to step on it.

Everyone has their own hobbies, most of them are fraternity, they love both movies at the same time, only a very few people like to divide the two!

"Hahahaha, "True and False Monkey King" is backed by such a good schedule, and the pre-sale has just passed 50 million, and it still beats "The Matrix"!"

"How to teach you how to be a human being when you watch "The Matrix 2" this summer, the cowhide is blowing to the sky!"

"Box office express, as of 11:30, the midnight box office of "True and False Monkey King" is 11 million yuan, ranking first in the same period! The second place "Happy Taiping Year" is 3.4 million yuan, the third place is "One Night in Yanjing" is 2.8 million yuan, and the fourth place "Unlucky Agent Bear" is 700,000 yuan......"

"It's not blowing or it's black, the landlord is waiting to see a movie, and now a screening room is empty, and I'm a little scared when I look at it. There is no picture, no truth, the first floor is for Du Niang, and the second floor is on the picture!"

"The midnight box office of "True and False Monkey King" was inferior to "The Matrix" in the same period, and the follow-up box office expectations were slightly lowered. ”

"None of them can fight - Neo"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting you, I'm saying everyone here is rubbish! ”

Although the end of November and the beginning of December are considered Chinese New Year stalls, at that time it is only a weekend holiday, and it cannot be held for seven days or even longer like the Spring Festival.

At that time, when the publicity of "The Matrix" was not fully launched, the midnight show earned 22.1 million yuan, creating a big miracle!

And in the pre-sale, it is also very pleasantly surprised, far exceeding the "True and False Monkey King" in the same period, such results will obviously satisfy the fans, they have a straight waist, and they have much more confidence in the forum and the box office bar!

The media here are singing about "The True and False Monkey King", but Lin Han and others are enjoying the film in the cinema.

The IMAX viewing experience is not comparable to ordinary screens, let alone computer screens, which looks like the best viewing effect of blockbusters, and the image and sound effects are shocking!

Lin Han is not analyzing a film as a film director at this time, he wants to treat himself as a pure audience and spend this precious 120 minutes from the perspective of appreciation.

The story of the whole movie is actually very simple, it can be regarded as a household name, so there is nothing unusual, it tells the story of Tang monk Sun Wukong and his party when they were learning scriptures in the west, and suddenly a Monkey King pretended to be a six-eared macaque.

The six-eared macaque and the Monkey King are like carved out of the same mold, not only in appearance, but even in every word and deed, they are vividly imitated!

When Tang Seng recited the mantra, the two monkeys behaved in the same way, and they were in pain.

However, even the Demon Mirror, Di Ting, and Guanyin Bodhisattva couldn't tell the truth from the fake, and finally it was revealed to the Buddha.

In fact, this movie is a qualified work in terms of the compactness of the plot, the actors' performances, and the special effects visuals, but this is precisely a fatal flaw!

This 120-minute movie is equivalent to simply expanding the episode of the TV series version of "The True and False Monkey King", but the environment is more delicate and delicate, the visual effects are more shocking, and there are more fight scenes between the two Monkey Kings.

Therefore, many viewers can guess the plot of the back almost with their eyes closed, which is simply a direct transfer of the novel "Journey to the West", without any processing at all!

It looks particularly boring, and if it weren't for the good sound effects, it is estimated that some viewers would have fallen asleep.

Sometimes the audience is such a group of people, and they are very conflicted about this kind of adaptation of a classic masterpiece!

On the one hand, they hope that the movie can be faithful to the original work and not adapt the original book beyond recognition, such as the "Crazy Sage" produced by Hong Kong directly linked Journey to the West with science fiction, which was sprayed to death by many audiences.

On the other hand, if the movie strictly follows the original plot, then the sense of surprise and mystery will be greatly reduced, especially with the TV series version on the side!

Therefore, how to grasp this degree is the key, it is obvious that "The True and False Monkey King" did not succeed, it is too faithful to the original work, making people feel that they are spending money to watch the TV series of "Journey to the West" in the cinema!

Therefore, Lin Han silently mourned Wang Bin for a few seconds in his heart, maybe the audience evaluation of the movie and the professional evaluation of the media will not be too good.

"What do you think of the movie?"

When the movie was over, Chen Jiaxuan asked Lin Han to put on her hat, she didn't want to experience the feeling of being watched again.

Lin Han's camouflage props are quite well prepared, a beanie, a pair of black-rimmed glasses without lenses, and a scarf, if he can be recognized, it is definitely full of natural skills!

Faced with Chen Jiaxuan's question, Lin Han thought about it and said: "As a commercial film, it is already qualified, but my ears hurt a little." ”

"I also think the sound is just bombing, it looks pretty good, do you think they will come up with something to outwit the red boy, borrow a banana fan or a daughter country or something like that?"

"As long as you can make money, there must be people who are willing to invest in filming. The actors will not refuse blockbusters of this level, starting with 1 billion yuan, they can make money and earn status, and their reputation is worth a few dollars!"

"Journey to the West" is like an inexhaustible treasure, and movies with the theme of Journey to the West are released every year, but they can also achieve good results.

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The next day, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was almost impossible to get tickets on the entire film market, and even the morning screenings were almost sold.

As long as there is a film schedule, there are audiences who are willing to buy tickets to watch it, and even they don't come here specifically for a certain movie, but simply want to see the movie!

As long as the time is right, anything is acceptable!

In such a crazy situation, the box office of "True and False Monkey King" came to 240 million yuan on the first day, but the word-of-mouth unexpectedly collapsed, and the follow-up box office was extremely worrying!

This result is on par with the box office of "The Matrix" on the first day, but if you count the midnight show, "The Matrix" is slightly better.

But at that time, the number of films and seats in "The Matrix" was not as large as that of the Spring Festival stalls, but it killed "The True and False Monkey King" in terms of attendance!

In this air showdown, the initial box office of both sides was half a pound and eight taels, and "The Matrix" did not lead much at all, and the advantage was almost none.

But in terms of audience evaluation, there is a world of difference, "True and False Monkey King" suffered Waterloo and was slaughtered by "The Matrix"!

The Douban score on the first day of "True and False Monkey King" fell all the way from 6.8, and even fell below 6 points in the evening to 5.9 points, and there are very few people who score five stars, most of them are three-star and two-star.

The number of people who give one star is more than five stars, and the audience is not good at saying that this movie is a masterpiece with a clear conscience!

In comparison, "The Matrix" has the highest audience score of 9.7 on ticket-buying websites such as Guevara and Maoyan Movies, while it stays firmly at 9.0 on Douban Movies and 8.8 on IMDB.

Although many people feel that the score of Douban movies is a little unfair, strictly speaking, Douban has never wronged any bad movie.

As the saying goes, a high score on Douban is not necessarily a good movie, but a low score must be a bad movie!

The word-of-mouth difference between the two sides is so big that even movie theaters are not very optimistic about the box office potential of "True and False Monkey King", so they gradually reduce the proportion in the follow-up film schedule.

This is undoubtedly adding insult to injury!

Of course, "The Matrix" not only killed "The True and Fake Monkey King" in word-of-mouth, but also dealt with an absolutely strong position in advertising placement and peripheral product sales.

After all, there is no way to carry out advertising placement in this kind of costume mythological movie, and at the same time, the peripheral products are nothing more than the type of Journey to the West, this kind of peripheral has long been rotten on the street, how can it be as novel as "The Matrix"!