Chapter 556: The first week box office
The media collectively exclaimed this time without exception, and all the unanimous reaction was "Domestic movies have exploded!" "How the hell is this?" "Where did so many fans come from!?"
Usually at this time, there are always people who disagree with Gu Xiaofan's movies, but this time there is surprisingly no objection, even the "fans" who are holding back their energy and want to fight are strange, what's wrong, those media Vs who were very arrogant in the past, why don't they speak this time!? It's so bad that they don't have a place to vent?
The reason behind it is actually a trivial matter, in the "Southern Weekly", which was the most hostile to Gu Xiaofan in the past, the entire editorial department was in trouble because of the different opinions of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", and finally an editor who strongly supported the film resigned in anger because the screenwriting department did not agree to publish the article and write an article. [No pop-up novel network]. しw0。
On the day of his resignation, he directly published a long article on the official Weibo of "Southern Weekly" with the title: "Three days after I resigned for Gu Xiaofan's "Outwitting Tiger Mountain". ”
"On the first day, it was because some editors in our office went to the theater to watch "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", and were ordered to finish writing a draft of the film that scolded them, but after they collectively watched it, they all wanted to charter the venue and ask relatives and friends to watch it again, and even the editor-in-chief had tears in their eyes.
The editor-in-chief was so excited that he personally wrote a good review of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", but the boss of the editorial department did not pass it, I thought that these people's reactions were too exaggerated and did not care......
And the next day, the newcomer editor I was sent to carry out this sacred smear mission, and when I gritted my teeth and prepared vicious words, "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" gave me a slap in the face.
The signature feature of domestic hero films is that it makes people drowsy to watch, I thought I had lost the ability to be mental*, but "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" allowed me to restore this function, I was afraid, angry, desperate, roaring, venting, and I found that I might be so invested in a movie.
I've never seen a movie about war that conquered my spirit and senses with such a cold perspective that I was scared on the spot......
At that time, I really wanted to point a gun at Zhang Yimou, and Brother Chen Kai asked them to go to the cinema to see what the level of a blockbuster was!
I found out on the spot, and wrote a passionate film review with a stroke of the pen, returned to the editorial office with full conscience and emotion, found the boss, slapped the table and said that Mao Sui recommended himself, but the editorial department still did not pass......
Well, the boss of the screenwriting department may have more considerations, after all, he is the boss, he looks at Wong Kar-wai, he drinks red wine, his appreciation level should be higher than mine, although I am wronged, but I can only live with my head down.
On the third day, more than 200 film reviews about "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" appeared in the screenwriting department's online mailbox, and everyone said that this movie was the best movie they had ever seen, and the only protest was that Jiang Wen's mountain carving was too fierce and complained that his children were scared to cry.
Now I no longer doubt my own level of appreciation, after all, the public opinion of the whole country is here, as the most influential media in China, do we still have to move against the tide of history?
Fifteen editors in our editorial department printed out all these manuscripts and sent them to the boss's room collectively to prove that we were right, but we didn't expect to fail in the end.
Then I woke up, threw my employee ID card in the face of the shameless boss, pointed at his nose and scolded, 'Are you still a media person?' Your conscience has been eaten by dogs! ’
Finally, I want to make it clear that I am not writing this article to hype myself up and attack my former boss, I just want to tell everyone that Outwitting Tiger Mountain is a good movie!
It's not because of any heroic torchbearer, not because of any star cast, it's just because it's a good movie that is worth paying to go to the cinema! I resigned just to support a film like this! Support heroes like Yang Zirong! ”
For example, such a complaint letter was issued on the official website of "Southern Weekly", no matter which movie it appeared on, it would definitely be characterized by netizens as a marketing advertisement "water".
But when this single incident happened to "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", most people took it for granted, and even applauded together.
Although "Southern Weekly" immediately deleted the article, it was still screenshotted by netizens and posted everywhere on Weibo.
This time, they didn't attack Southern Weekly, but just treated them as a joke.
However, the network supervision department did not let go of the news, and the relevant departments directly contacted the resigned employee of "Southern Weekly" to verify the situation, and began to investigate the internal affairs of "Southern Weekly" on the same day.
At this moment, the entire senior management of "Southern Weekly" was frightened, and they all hurriedly dismissed the director of the editorial department, saying that the matter had nothing to do with their weekly magazine and was purely the personal position of the editorial director......
As soon as this incident came out, those forces on the Internet who originally wanted to splash dirty water on "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" suddenly felt the rumors, and everyone was so frightened that they didn't dare to move.
This caught Ed Wharton, who got the news, off guard, what's going on? Why didn't the "cents" help them this time? They gave so much money, paid so much price, and built up such a huge media force, how come there is no public opinion to support him?
In the end, Ed Wharton was almost mad, and directly called the general manager of a media outlet in the south and scolded him on the phone.
"What the hell are you doing? How long have we been working together? Did I give you less than that!? Why don't you cooperate with our public opinion. ”
And the other party's voice on the phone was also very polite:
"Mr. Wharton, you haven't figured out the situation yet, "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" is a revolutionary hero movie, this is not something we can touch, you don't know the image of Yang Zirong in the minds of our Chinese people, now that Gu Xiaofan's movie is out, Yang Zirong is already on par with Yue Fei, and the government has also stated that it will take this movie as a key political education class, if I go to touch Gu Xiaofan now, not only me, but also my media may not be able to keep ......"
Ed Wharton listened to this on the other end of the phone, dumbfounded, he didn't understand, it's just a movie, people in the United States can make a movie to scold the president, why can't you scold a soldier?
"I'm sorry, there's really nothing I can do."
Ed Wharton was stunned when he heard the blind voice of being hung up on the phone.
This time, he suddenly found that he had completely lost control of public opinion for the first time, without this constraint, how far would Gu Xiaofan go?
In the boiling of theaters across the country, the vigorous week of the simultaneous release of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" and "Iron Man" is over, and when everyone sees this week's box office report card, they all feel a "buzz" in their brains.
"Iron Man" scored an astonishing 142.13 million in the first week, surpassing the record of 130 million in a single week just set by "Red Cliff" last week......
And "Red Cliff" also made persistent efforts this week to win a box office of 99.78 million, with a total box office of more than 200 million.
The box office of "Kung Fu Panda" won 41.67 million this week, and the total box office successfully exceeded 200 million.
"Superman Hancock" is 43.16 million this week, and the total box office has exceeded the 100 million mark.
"The Chronicles of Narnia 2" also received 26.71 million this week, and the box office exceeded 100 million.
These results all seem to be amazing enough, three Hollywood movies have a box office of more than 100 million, one has exceeded 200 million, and "Red Cliff", which has been released for two weeks, has also exceeded 200 million......
But looking at the last name on the list, everyone couldn't help but gasp again, "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" ...... The weekly box office is 236.77 million ......!?