3.5 million yuan, almost 400,000 US dollars.

This is an insignificant number in front of the Hollywood film market, but it is already a very good box office number in today's Chinese film market.

Up to now in the 2003 Huaxia Film Market, the first place at the box office is the new film "Ambush" by Zhang Yimou, the director of "Hero" who competed with "Raid" in the North American market a month ago.

This ancient blockbuster, which was released two months ago, finally received 156 million at the box office.

This result is second only to the 360 million of "Titanic" and the 220 million of "Hero", ranking third in the Chinese box office since the accurate statistics of Jù.

The first nine months are about to pass, and the second film is the giant "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King", which was released in the North American market with "Little Sunshine Beauty".

This blockbuster, which has received box office reputation and awards, has received 86.3 million in mainland China.

In third place is the disaster blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow" with 82.44 million, and the fourth and fifth places are also from Hollywood's "Troy" and "Spider-Man 2", who received 64 million and 52.33 million box office respectively in mainland China.

This is also the six films that have grossed more than 50 million at the box office so far in 2004, Jackie Chan originally hoped that he could get 50 million box office in the mainland, but now he has lowered his expectations from the first day of box office to the total box office to only 40 million.

But Chen Tian was just the opposite, and the enthusiastic response from the audience made him let go of the last big stone in his heart.

Today's Huaxia market is still in its infancy, just like a newborn baby, far from maturity.

Relative to North America. Such a population does not correspondingly reach that many screens. It didn't reach that much box office.

Even if Chen Tian wants to promote "Raid". If you want to rely on word-of-mouth to publicize, you can only look forward to the drive of first- and second-tier cities.

Today's first- and second-tier cities are far less developed than they were in later generations, and the Internet is far less popular than it was a decade later.

However, ten years later, Chinese film consumption can still be regarded by many people as a symbol of life taste, and the normal box office of the movie is not significantly different from ten years later.

The ticket price of "Raid" Wanda reached 50 yuan, and the cheapest in other theaters was 20 yuan, and the average box office was about 30 yuan.

Such a fare is equivalent to one-fiftieth of the average person's monthly salary, while in North America it now costs almost $6.5 and includes snacks and drinks, which is equivalent to up to one-fifth of the average person. The difference between the two is tenfold.

And watching movies is undoubtedly a kind of luxury consumption in today's China, and it is this psychology that Chen Tian wants to take advantage of.

This psychology will still be useful ten years from now, let alone now, but it will be far less useful than today's use of such propaganda tactics.

Chen Tian hopes that "The Raid" can successfully earn 50 million yuan at the box office in mainland China as he thought, helping "The Raid" take an important step towards a global box office of 500 million US dollars.

The first screening of "The Raid" on the screen is nearing its end, and the audience in the entire screening hall is engaged.

When Donnie Yen and Zhang Zhen teamed up to defeat the mad dog played by Wu Jing, most of the people in the theater sighed.

"This is what they gave you!" Chen Tian turned his head and smiled at Donnie Yen.

Facing the light emanating from the screen, the corners of Donnie Yen's mouth rose: "This is all your credit, without you, I would not have participated in this film." ”

Chen Tian did not continue to speak. In the previous publicity, Donnie Yen never came back. I didn't feel it until yesterday that the capital participated in today's premiere ceremony.

Regarding Donnie Yen's behavior, Chen Tian did not say anything, as if he acquiesced.

Donnie Yen himself didn't care too much, what he cared about was the good opinion of the Chinese audience towards the film, and he was extremely happy when he listened to the praise that kept getting into his ears.

He is still waiting for the news of the audition in the United States, but many companies in China have contacted him and want to invite him to star in action movies.

He knew that a large part of the surprise invitation was not the credit of "Hero" two years ago. It was brought to him by "The Raid", which is being released around the world.

For the audience, the visual impact of "The Raid" is too great.

They never thought that such a bloody-looking action movie could appear in theaters, not to mention that all the fights and action in "The Raid" were constantly stimulating their adrenaline.

This kind of movie-watching experience keeps them in a state of excitement when the film comes to the end.

When Leonardo, the box office record holder in the history of Chinese films, "Titanic" protagonist Jack committed suicide at the end, the screening room only partially sounded a little silent.

"It's too cheap for such a person to commit suicide, and Donnie Yen should be used directly as a sandbag. ”

"The image has changed so much that I can't even recognize it as Jack. ”

"I used to be a handsome guy, but now I ......"

However, the sound of discussion quickly disappeared under the reminder of others.

Zhang Zhen, who was dressed in tatters and had long been stained red with blood, looked like he had an eclectic temperament.

"I can be sure of one thing, and that is that I can protect you down there! But are you sure you can protect me in your society?"

At this moment, Zhang Zhen, who was full of wounds, captured the hearts of many female fans, and the smile highlighted the cruelty of the battle just now against the backdrop of the wound that had not yet scarred.

When the soundtrack sounded, the close-up gave a close-up of the two brothers, Zhang Zhen and Donnie Yen.

The camera slowly stretched out, and the two were accommodated in it.

The two brothers turned their backs to each other, one towards the main exit, the other towards the building.

As the three of them exited the gate, the iron gate slowly closed.

Such a gentle camera treatment made the audience feel warm after the adrenal secretion all night, and it made them recall the contrasting qiē before.

Under the music, "Raid" is typed on the subtitles.

Unlike the American version, the Chinese version of "The Raid" finally added NG footage when showing the crew list.

The fight action, the NG laughter and the wrong shots made fans feel the hardship and reality of the filming of "The Raid" even more.

When the list of film crew and sponsor list and production company are all over, the highlight shot is also over.

Most of the people did not stand up immediately, but sat on their seats to ease up.

At this time, the screen darkened, and the four Chinese characters produced by Chen Tian were so powerful on the screen, which seemed to be covered on the soul of the fans, bringing them another wave of impact.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

The lights in the theater were turned on one after another, and fans looked at the big screen reluctantly.

Chen Tian walked to the front: "I hope that the "Raid" just now did not disappoint everyone, thank you for your support, make a good movie with your heart, this is my Chen Tian's eternal commitment, thank you!"

As he spoke, Chen Tian thanked everyone.

"It's a good movie, and we're definitely behind it. ”

"This is an action movie, it's so good-looking, and all the bad movie directors in China should die. ”

"Chen Tian, I hope you will make more movies for release, preferably action movies!"

……

The fans responded enthusiastically, and Chen Tian was extremely satisfied with this situation.

Unlike North American audiences, Chinese audiences rarely take the initiative to sell films to strangers.

However, waiting for the ticket buyer's inquiry suddenly excited the audience who walked out of the theater, and they were like finding an outlet.

"Are you waiting for other movies? Jackie Chan's should be good, but "The Raid" is so good!

"Awesome, Hollywood blockbusters! so much better than those special effects movies. ”

"It's really good, I'll watch it again tomorrow. ”

……

A man looked at Chen Ke who came out with his girlfriend and asked with some disbelief: "Is it really that good?

In the face of doubts, Chen Ke laughed: "It's definitely good, you know it when you see it, if you don't like it, I think it's definitely not our problem, but your problem."

I'm not alone in commenting on this, don't believe you ask anyone else. ”

Word-of-mouth can always bring people in, and some viewers who are not ready to watch which film they are afraid to watch heard the encouragement of some people to choose "Raid", and Lin Fei believes that waiting for "Raid" is the right decision. (To be continued......)