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12 December 1983. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Back to the Future", which cost more than $50 million to produce, was screened in all free cinemas and Shuangnan cinemas.

Due to Xu Cun's political attitude towards the mainland, seven cinemas and cinemas were separated from the Liberty Cinema Line, and two more medium-sized cinemas joined the Liberty Cinema Line, so there are currently a total of 24 cinemas and cinemas in the Liberty Cinema Line. However, although the number of cinemas and cinemas in the Liberty Cinema Line has decreased by five, the number of canvases has increased from 44 to 56 - of the seven cinemas and cinemas that have decreased, only one is a small cinema with two canvases, and the rest are single-canvas cinemas, while the three cinemas in the New Territories and Lamma Island are now all seven-hall multiplexes.

There are 13 theaters and cinemas in Shuangnan Cinema Line, and 21 canvases.

In other words, a total of 37 theaters and cinemas will release "Back to the Future" on 77 canvases during Christmas.

The two opponents of "Back to the Future" are "Merry Christmas" by Xinyicheng (in the previous life, "Merry Christmas" was directed by Gao Zhisen. Today's "Merry Christmas" is directed by Huang Baiming, and the cast has also changed a lot. For example, the actor of Ah Zhen has been changed from Li Lizhen in the previous life to the current Luo Mingzhu, and the name has also been changed from Ah Zhen to Ah Zhu. and "The Owl and Dumbo" by Debao (currently using the brand of Baohe).

"Merry Christmas" was screened in 24 cinemas and cinemas and 7 scattered cinemas and cinemas of the Golden Princess Cinema Line.

"The Owl and Dumbo" was screened on 56 canvases in 31 cinemas and cinemas of Golden Harvest Cinemas and Shaw Brothers Cinemas.

To clarify, more canvases does not mean more seats - at this stage, there are many cinemas in Hong Kong and few cinemas, and many cinemas have more than 1,000 seats with only one canvas.

As a result, Back to the Future has some advantages over Merry Christmas and Dumbo in terms of seats, but these advantages are not huge. Of course, when it comes to the viewing environment, "Back to the Future", which is screened in 11 DreamWorks theaters and movie theaters, is definitely a notch higher than "Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and Dumbo"!

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Looking at the comfortable and luxurious viewing environment, Yang Ziqiong, who was wearing big sunglasses and a peaked cap, said to Xu Cun, who was also in the same outfit: "The movie theater is so well decorated, can it be earned?"

Xu Cun smiled and said: "You don't understand this, the wool will always come from the sheep, just with these decorations, at least one percent of the audience can increase the audience, the popcorn and Coke income brought by this audience, plus the derivative income brought by the box office, it doesn't take a few movies to earn back the money for decoration." ”

Yang Ziqiong looked at the popcorn and Coca-Cola in Xu Cun's hand and said, "Are they very profitable?"

"Uh......"

Xu Cun was stunned and said, "Don't you know that popcorn and cola are a lot of income for theaters and movie theaters?"

Yang Ziqiong shook her head and said, "I really don't know. ”

Yang Ziqiong, who didn't want to continue this topic that seemed to be very ignorant of her, changed the topic and said: "Claudia should have told you not to beat my idea, why did you still ask me out?"

Xu Cun smiled and said, "Because I think I have a chance." ”

Yang Ziqiong glanced at Xu Cun with big eyes hiding behind sunglasses, and said, "You have always been so confident?"

Xu Cun put popcorn and Coca-Cola on the chair, and then stated the facts: "Before you, almost all the women I fell in love with are now surnamed Xu. Then, Xu Cun looked directly at Yang Ziqiong and said, "You are next!"

Xu Cun's domineering made Yang Ziqiong's heart tremble slightly-Yang Ziqiong had a little secret in her heart, she liked domineering men very much.

Yang Ziqiong secretly warned herself in her heart: "There are really too many girlfriends in more than twenty, and he is also Claudia's boyfriend, I can't like him!"

After admonishing herself, Yang Ziqiong smiled: "I think we are more suitable to be friends, and it is okay to be confidants, boyfriend and girlfriend are still forgotten." ”

A woman is willing to watch a movie with you, which means that she is a little interesting to you, how can Xu Cun, a veteran of flowers, not understand such a simple truth?

Xu Cun smiled and said: "I never be friends with the woman I like, it's too hypocritical to do that." ”

In the face of Xu Cun's pressing step by step, Yang Ziqiong's heart beat faster and faster, and at the same time, she didn't know how to respond to Xu Cun's words.

Just then, the lights in the cinema were turned off – and "Back to the Future" was about to start.

Today is the thirteenth, which means that "Back to the Future" has ended its premiere, as has "Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and Dumbo".

In the Hong Kong region, the average first-day attendance rate of "Back to the Future" was 91%, and the first-day box office was HK$1.93 million.

The average attendance of 91 per cent and the first-day box office of HK$1.93 million can be said to be a very good result - but this is compared to other director-directed films. Compared with Xu Cun's previous achievements in Xiangjiang, this achievement is very average.

The box office performance of "Back to the Future" on the first day in Xiangjiang was not as good as Xu Cun's previous films, not because "Back to the Future" was not well made, nor because "Back to the Future" was not promoted much in Xiangjiang, but because Xu Cun's political leanings disliked many pro-British elements, so that many of these people refused to watch "Back to the Future", and these people accounted for a large proportion of the film consumer group.

Xu Cun can't do anything about this - Xu Cun knows that this is the pain that must be endured for the future of DreamWorks.

Fortunately,

"Back to the Future" grossed $9.2 million on its first day in North America. "Back to the Future" also performed surprisingly well in Japan, with a box office of 230 million yen on the first day. In addition, "Back to the Future" has mostly done well at the box office in other regions.

In Hong Kong, because "Back to the Future" is not as powerful as Xu Cun's previous films, and because "Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and Dumbo" were also shot well, and because of the strong support of pro-British elements, "Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and Dumbo" also performed well on the first day - the average first-day attendance rate of "Merry Christmas" reached 94 percent, and the first-day box office was 1.74 million Hong Kong dollars. The average attendance rate of "The Owl and Dumbo" reached 92% on the first day, and the box office on the first day was HK$1.66 million.

But-

Although there are not many poor box office results on the first day, in terms of word-of-mouth, "Back to the Future" has completely exploded "Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and Dumbo" - "Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and Dumbo" have actually had a good reputation, but they are completely compared with the extremely novel story "Back to the Future".

One of the reasons why Yang Ziqiong agreed to watch "Back to the Future" with Xu Cun is that she really wants to see this good movie with a good reputation.

It's a pity -

Yang Ziqiong's idea is probably difficult to realize today - because, as soon as the lights go out, Xu Cun is very natural, or it can be said that it is shameless, to stop Yang Ziqiong's waist.

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(To be continued.) )