Chapter 197: The Disadvantage of the Session
Whether it is several actors in "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage", even Master Liu and several of them were asked the same question.
Although in the past few months, as they have become more and more famous, they have been able to deal with reporters more and more often, and they have been able to cope with them in front of reporters.
However, this battle was obviously not comparable to any previous battle, and everyone was questioned at once!
Only Lu Yi and Deng Chao could still keep their composure, but they all looked at the reporters in front of them vigilantly and didn't say a word.
Peng Yuyan seemed very excited, ""Avatar" is very good-looking, and the special effects are very exciting, but we will not lose, "The Return of the Great Sage" will definitely surpass "Avatar!"
Oh, there's material!
The reporters' eyes lit up, and they hurriedly concentrated their firepower to deal with Peng Yuyan.
"Are you so confident that the box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" can surpass "Avatar"?"
"Peng Yuyan, why do you look down on "Avatar" and Cameron so much?"
"Can you predict the box office of the two films?"
Seeing so many reporters surrounding him to ask questions, Peng Yuyan was a little fluttering, and just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Deng Chao next to him.
Deng Chao gave Peng Yuyan a look and motioned for him to look over there.
Peng Yuyan didn't know what was going on, and followed Deng Chao's gaze and forgot about the past.
This look startled him, it turned out that Li Mu was staring at him deadly, and that look seemed to say, "If you dare to talk nonsense, you will die!"
was frightened by Li Mu, Peng Yuyan wilted instantly, and no matter how sarcastic, provocative, and provoked the reporter was, he didn't open his mouth.
The reporter had no choice but to turn his gun to Li Mu.
Li Mu also knew that it was impossible for him not to say anything, so he organized the language in his mind and answered their previous questions one by one.
"Ahem, everyone is very enthusiastic, then I'll just say a few words, just say a few words!"
Enthusiastic your sister, let go of a fart!
Under the unkind gaze of reporters, Li Mu spoke, "First of all, "Avatar" is a very good movie, especially in terms of special effects, it is simply impeccable, and it is the best movie I have seen in recent years, which is what Director Cameron is good at, and the reaction of the audience in the screening hall is the best evidence!"
Li Mu paused and continued, "In the three hours from the beginning to the end of the movie, the exclamations in the screening hall almost never stopped, "Wow!", "It's so shocking!" and other screams are endless!"
After listening to Li Mu's words, the reporters were puzzled, what did it mean to praise their opponents so much?
"Then Mr. Li is very optimistic about the box office of "Avatar", is it difficult to predict the box office on the first day tomorrow?"
Li Mu smiled slightly, "Thirty million, my first-day box office prediction for this movie is thirty million!"
To be honest, if this figure had been predicted a month ago, the reporter would have suspected that Li Mu had conceded defeat.
After all, at that time, "Thai Embarrassment" had not yet been released, and the first-day box office record was still 23 million created by "Let the Bullets Fly".
And now? "Thai Embarrassment" has raised that record to 33 million, and the single-day box office has exceeded 60 million.
Even if it can't break the single-day box office record of "Thai Embarrassment" because of the first day of release, it can't be only 30 million, even "Thai Embarrassment", which has been released for ten days, had a box office of 35 million yesterday, is it possible that the just-released "Avatar" will not be able to compare to "Thai Embarrassment", which has been in theaters for so long?
This time, without waiting for the reporter to ask questions, Li Mu spoke again, "Although "Avatar" has the huge advantage of 3D, and the ticket price is nearly half higher than that of 2D movies, but there are not many 3D screens in China, and "Avatar" is nearly three hours long, while "Thai Embarrassment" is only less than 90 minutes, the same screen "Thai Embarrassment" can be shown 16 times a day, and "Avatar" can only be shown 8 times, and the gap is obvious!"
Li Mu's words are quite confident, and the reporters can't find any thorns, which is indeed a fatal gap, which means that "Avatar" needs to double the schedule to be on par with "Thai Embarrassment" in terms of screenings. 、
But is it possible?
It is obviously impossible, judging from the trend shown by "Thai Embarrassment", it has basically maintained a box office of more than 30 million per day in the past two days, and there is also a blockbuster "Jin Yiwei" starring Donnie Yen and Zhao Wei will also be released.
Although it is nothing in front of "Thai Embarrassment" and "Avatar", which exploded at the box office.
However, with Donnie Yen and Zhao Wei, they are enough to compete with any domestic blockbuster in the Chinese New Year file, but they are just unlucky.
Therefore, it is impossible for the theater chain to schedule "Avatar" too highly, 30% of "Thai Embarrassment" is a must, and "Jin Yiwei" will have nearly 30% when it is just released, and then get rid of other movies, leaving "Avatar" to the top of the sky, which is 35%.
Even if there is pressure from Huaying, it is useless, capitalists will not bow to anyone in the face of absolute interests.
After all, the profit of the movie theater is not only the sale of tickets, but also the sales of drinks, popcorn and other snacks for less than half of the show are a remarkable number.
Unless the attendance rate of "Avatar" can be as high as that of other movies, otherwise the film schedule will be a dead end!
The reporter is also clear about this question, so he is no longer entangled, and asks about others, "Then Mr. Li, do you think the box office of "Thai Embarrassment" will be affected because of the release of "Avatar"?"
"The impact will be a little bit, after all, the movie has been released for so many days, but I believe that with the strength and reputation of "Thai Embarrassment", the box office tomorrow will still not be less than 30 million!" Li Mu said firmly.
Wow!
There was an uproar at the scene, and the reporters obviously didn't expect Li Mu to be so confident, after all, tomorrow is not only a movie "Avatar", "Jin Yiwei" is also a strong opponent, and the key thing is that tomorrow is Thursday, not a holiday, how can the box office be so strong!
So the reporters raised their own questions.
Li Mu didn't care, and said with a smile, "There are still ten days before the Spring Festival, and the things needed in the festival are festive, but what does "Avatar" say?"
Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly, "War, invasion and destruction, this is a science fiction war movie, which is completely inconsistent with the atmosphere of the festival, on the contrary, "Thai Embarrassment" is a movie that can make people laugh, I believe that on this happy day, the common people will definitely choose a movie that can make them laugh completely!"
The reporter was speechless and thought that the few questions they asked were perfectly answered by Li Mu, although he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find a thorn for a while.