At this time, because the box office is manually counted, there will inevitably be various delays in the statistical process, so it is impossible to report the box office in time, and Xu Jing and others only know that the movie has a good reputation, which has caused a warm crowd of moviegoers, but they have not paid much attention to the box office, which is also the reason why Lin Jianguo got the box office data until this time.

"1.82 million on the first day, 2.54 million on the second day, and 2.66 million on the third day! The box office in the first three days of the weekend was 7.02 million! Zhao Xiaojun took the data report in Lin Jiang's hand and walked to Xu Jing and read it.

"I'm going to see it too! I'm going to see it too! Zhou Xiaoxun's little head was also squeezed over.

"Hehe, it's not bad, although it hasn't broken the historical record, but this achievement is reasonable for our company." Xu Jing didn't have too many surprises, he was used to seeing all kinds of records in the original time and space, so this result didn't seem to be good, especially the fact that he didn't break the premiere record of the Xiangjiang movie, it was really not a big surprise.

"Xiao Jing, what a big appetite you have! You must know that the previous record was set by the Chinese New Year film "Eight Stars Annunciation" at the beginning of the year, and the starring roles include Zhou Yanfa, Zheng Yuling, Zhang Xueyou, Huang Baiming and other eight big-name stars! The premiere box office is only hundreds of thousands higher than this figure. Zhao Xiaojun is quite satisfied with this result.

In fact, the box office data of "Killer" is still a lot worse than Xu Jing's expectations, not to mention that the release time is Friday, and a lot of thought has been spent on publicity.

Even if you are a big-name star, even if you can play a certain box office appeal, it cannot determine the final box office of the film, but there are often some newcomers starring in new theme movies that can become box office dark horses. The reason is very simple, many big-name stars in Xiangjiang have too many films.

For example, Zhou Yunfa made a turnaround in "The True Colors of Heroes" in 86 and changed the title of "box office poison", and frantically picked up the film, only in 87 years, 12 movies starring him were released, and 8 movies were released in 88 years.

To a certain extent, this phenomenon is also the reason for the discontinuation of the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, good resources revolve around big-name stars, and it is difficult for newcomers to get ahead, so that decades later, the first-line Hong Kong stars are still the ones who rose in the 80s, and the new generation of actors is pitiful.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Cheng Long, who has a much smaller number of films, and his average box office appeal per movie is much greater than that of Zhou Yunfa.

Xu Jing and Zhou Xiaoxun are complete newcomers to the film, and "Killer" can achieve this result not only because of the good quality of the movie, but also because of the effect of Xu Jing's large-scale propaganda methods. 3 million was spent on publicity, accounting for more than one-third of the total investment, which is higher than the publicity cost of many Hollywood big-budget films decades later, plus the cascading effect brought by the theme song of the movie.

Under so many propaganda methods, it still hasn't broken the historical record set by "Eight Star Annunciation", which is indeed less than Xu Jing's expectations.

For Xu Jing, although this achievement is not a big surprise, it is not to be taken lightly, because although the movie "Killer" in the original time and space caused a violent response, whether it was in the mouth of film critics or in the eyes of the audience, the reputation was very high, but its box office was really not very good.

In the original time and space, the production cost of "Hitman" was more than 16 million US dollars, the North American box office was more than 19 million US dollars, and the global total box office was more than 45 million US dollars. Among the many Hollywood blockbusters, it looks very ordinary.

It is not uncommon for Hollywood to be applauded or not, but in Xu Jing's view, this movie can be applauded and popular, because its commerciality is not bad at all, which is why Xu Jing dares to raise the proportion of publicity so high.

As for the reason for the low box office of the original "Hitman", it is very simple, just because it was released in 1994.

In the world of cinema, even decades later, when it comes to 1994, it is a very special year because it claims to be the most glorious year for cinema ever.

In 1994, not only "Forrest Gump", "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Lion King", "Pulp Fiction", "Behind the Scenes Lies", "Little Women", "Night Interview with the Vampire" and other Oscar hits were released, but also many commercial blockbusters such as "Spy of the Spy", "True Lies", "Speed of Life and Death", "Strange Heroes in Disguise" and so on.

In that year, not only was the box office market bloody, but 1995 was also known as the year of the Oscar devil, and the classic film "The Shawshank Redemption" failed to receive ten nominations, which surprised countless people.

The original "Killer" was not only released in this year, but the release date was only 9 days away from "The Shawshank Redemption", and the problem is not how high the box office of "The Shawshank Redemption" is, but because the distributors of these two films belong to Columbia.

In order to win "Shawshank" to hit the Oscars, Colombia had to sacrifice "Killer", which led to the very low publicity cost of "Hitman", and the two leading actors of "Hitman" are new faces in North America, and there is not much box office appeal, so the box office will naturally not be high.

Another important reason is that the official version of "Hitman" is the version that has been cut out for more than 20 minutes, and these 20 minutes are the soul part of the movie. Without these more than 20 minutes, the viewing and artistry of the movie are much worse.

A film that achieves a perfect balance between business and art turns out to be cut into a purely commercial film, and this commercial film does not have the big scenes like "True Lies", and it is not easy to survive in the cracks of many blockbusters, and finally earn more than 45 million US dollars.

"Isn't the box office of seven million a good one? How tall? Am I a big star? Listening to Zhao Xiaojun's words, Zhou Xiaoxun pulled Xu Jing's cuffs and was excited, this can be regarded as a showman, at her age, she became a big star overnight, and she was a little excited to think about it.

"Yes, big star! Taller than you! I'll help you collect your salary first, and I'll give it to Uncle Zhou in the future. Xu Jing touched her head, said with a smile, and then took out fifty Hong Kong dollars and stuffed it into Zhou Xiaoxun's hand: "Take it, this fifty yuan is your pocket money this week, and you are not allowed to buy ice cream to eat." ”

Xu Jing and Zhou Xiaoxun's total salary is one million, and I was not sure how much the final box office was, so in order not to affect the preparation of the new movie, I did not propose it from the company, and now that the box office of the first weekend has come out, Xu Jing can be regarded as settled.

"More picky than old Tony! Hum! Listening to Xu Jing's words, Zhou Xiaoxun, who was still excited, immediately calmed down, and Old Tony was naturally the killer agent played by Zeng Zhiwei in "Killer".

"Jingle bells... At this time, the phone in Zhao Xiaojun's office rang.

"Hello? What's up? Okay, you take them there first. Zhao Xiaojun picked up the phone and said.

"Xiao Jing, the front desk called and said that Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang were looking for you, and I asked the front desk to take you to the office." Put down the phone, Zhao Xiaojun said to Xu Jing.

"Zhang Guorong, Mei Yanfang? What do they ask me for? With that, he walked to his office.

"I'll go too!" As soon as Zhou Xiaoxun heard that the two kings and queens had come, how could he not be a little curious, and hurriedly followed.

"Mr. Zhang, Miss Mei, hello." When Xu Jing entered his office, Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang were already sitting on the sofa waiting.

Xu Jing's office is not small, like a small classroom, but it is not luxurious, the decoration is simple, the facilities are also simple, ordinary desks and chairs, surrounded by rows of bookcases, which are full of film and television professional books, and there is a slightly lower long table and two chairs next to it, which are for Lin Qingqing to tutor Zhou Xiaoxun in his homework. In front of the desk is a coffee table and a fluffy sofa, all of which are designed with comfort in mind.

This is not so much an office as it is Xu Jing's study and lounge. It's not that the company is financially constrained, it's just that generally speaking, Lin Jianguo and others are in their office, and Xu Jing's office is usually only used for creation and rest when he is tired. It's just that he didn't expect that Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang would come to him specifically.

"Hello, who are?" When Zhang and Mei saw someone coming in, they stood up and greeted each other, and looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes.

Why? Because the person who came was not the Xu Jing they saw on the big screen at all. At this time, Xu Jing is not only not as simple as the middle-aged man who took off his costume when he was filming "Killer", but also because the character in the new movie is a high school student, Xu Jing has been dieting and losing weight for more than a month, in addition to recovering his original appearance, and even the daily exercise that was originally thunderous has been temporarily stopped, in the eyes of Zhang and Mei, it is the pictogram of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, and it will not be connected with the middle-aged uncle on the big screen.

"I'm Xu Jing." Xu Jing stretched out his hand.

"Hello, I'm Gongzi Zhou!" Zhou Xiaoxun walked out from behind Xu Jing and stretched out his hand in a decent manner.

"Gongzi Zhou?" Zhang and Mei were even more puzzled, first the name matched Xu Jing, who was relatively incomparably long, and then popped out Zhou Gongzi, who was relatively worthy of his name but not the right number, what kind of people are these!

"Pour water!" Xu Jing patted Zhou Xiaoxun on the back of the head and said.

Zhou Xiaoxun's neck shrank, and he reluctantly walked to pour water. What is this? Is the title of Childe's life? We're big stars too, okay!

Speaking of which, Zhou Xiaoxun has also been obsessed with the name change for several days, and took Xu Jing's joking 'Zhou Gongzi' seriously, pestering him to be a stage name, how can Xu Jing come by her, it's okay to call the name of the second wind in private, and it doesn't make people laugh to death if it is really a stage name?

Taking advantage of Zhou Xiaoxun's time to pour water, Xu Jing explained to Zhang and Mei, which made the two of them get rid of their confusion, and they admired Xu Jing's professionalism at the moment, and felt amused by Zhou Xiaoxun's playfulness.

"Childe~Childe~" After Zhou Xiaoxun brought the water up, Zhang Guorong squeezed his eyebrows at Zhou Xiaoxun and said, which made Zhou Xiaoxun laugh, and raised his little head arrogantly towards Xu Jing.

At this time, Zhang Guorong is not the 'elder brother' who suffers from depression, although he is emotional on the inside, his external performance is unusually sunny, and he can even be said to be naughty, for which many people call him 'Zhang Monkey'.

"Mr. Xu, we all went to watch your movies and liked them very much, but I didn't expect you to be so young." Mei Yanfang couldn't hide her surprise in her tone. Zhang Guorong's eyebrows and eyes made the atmosphere a lot more harmonious.

"Yes, I was just surprised that you are so versatile, you are a writer, a director and an acter, and even the theme song was written and sung by you, but when I saw you, I was even more surprised that you were so young, which made us all speechless." Zhang Guorong said with a smile.

"Just call me by name. I love your songs and movies too. Xu Jing replied.

"Okay, let's stop complimenting each other, just call us Ah Mei and Ah Rong. This time I came mainly to find you for something. Mei Yanfang said heartily what she meant.