Chapter 424: The box office exceeds 100 million!
"Pirates of the Caribbean" has a box office of over 100 million, a myth of a Chinese director!"
"Hollywood crisis, pirate invasion!"
"A historic moment, a breakthrough for Chinese directors!"
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Seemingly overnight, the film "Pirates of the Caribbean" quickly swept the United States and continental Europe like a frenzy. K updates for a whole week, and the continuous popularity has surprised many professional film critics and film company bosses! They didn't, such a film shot by a Chinese director that they were not optimistic about before, would actually achieve such proud results!
That's right, compared to the 130 million tickets on the first day, "Pirates of the Caribbean" performed even more at the box office in the following week. This film is like a fascination, attracting countless fans to watch it! And after watching it, people have to talk to their friends about the magic of that movie, such as "cool stunts", "beautiful action", "atmospheric music", etc., are words that fans often hang on their lips. They don't care which director made the film, they just know that the movie is great, it's good, and that's enough.
It's like a chain reaction, and eventually more and more people are walking into the cinema with curiosity, ready to see this magical film in the mouths of family and friends.
The theaters that rejected Pirates of the Caribbean in the first place couldn't sit still. At first, they made it difficult for "Pirates of the Caribbean" to be released in their theaters in the spirit of boycotting foreign films. But now. In turn, they begged the Chinese director and the film company from mysterious China to give them the right to show it. In the final analysis, these theaters are all mercenary, and no one will get along with money, when the box office of other theaters that released this film is fully popular, their customers are losing a lot, and any boss will not tolerate such a thing!
As a result, these theaters began to put down their positions and compromise with the Chinese director, who at the moment offered exactly the same share as the local film. But these theaters have also accepted it happily. As long as you can make money. They don't care who the money is. As for those studios that will not be satisfied? Oh, forget it, that's their thing.
As a result, from thirteen million. To fifteen million, then to eighteen million, and then to more than 20 million, "Pirates of the Caribbean" was released in just one week, and the box office climbed steadily, and by the weekend, it had reached a staggering 160 million! This result is only less than 10 million short of the first-ranked "Star Wars", and it is enough to pull the third-place "Resident Evil" down to the box office of a full 20 million!
Those foreign film companies are stupid, they never have any. This dragon crossing the river can be so fierce. Haven't Chinese movies always been bad? How could such a freak jump out?
Although the story is a Western story and the actors are all foreign actors, it doesn't matter. The important thing is that this is a film made by Chinese. They filmed their own themes, but the results were even better than their own films, and such a result made those film companies a little unacceptable, especially those directors, who felt that their prestige had been challenged unprecedentedly!
And the media. are also like sharks that smell fishy, and they all rushed to this movie one by one. Many reporters rushed to China, trying in every possible way to find Lao Mouzi and interview this great director who created a miracle. If it's inconvenient to come, go interview those fans. Interview the other studios, interview the critics. In short, all the people and things that can have a relationship with the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" are the focus of these reporters! ..., at this point, Lao Mouzi doesn't need to advertise anything, now there are reports about him, full of large and small media in the Western film industry, people are talking about this young Chinese director, some praise him for his youth and promising, and some sneer at him, but no matter what, it can't change the fact that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a hit!
That's right, it rushed to the box office of 160 million in a week, directly chasing the end of the year in the West to the second place, such a big deal, looking at the modern Chinese film industry, is still something that has never been done, such an achievement is equivalent to Chinese football winning the cup.
Although there is still a gap of less than 10 million at the box office with the No. 1 "Star Wars", insiders know that this is really not a gap. Not to mention that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still maintaining a strong upward momentum, and "Star Wars" due to the early publicity, the enthusiasm of fans has almost been digested, just because Chinese mainland has not yet been released, "Star Wars" can not be compared.
Yes, domestic releases. This is another killer move from Lao Mouzi.
Although the mainland's film market is not as good as foreign countries, after all, the base is large, and because of the current fame of this movie, many fans only feel that they are angry, and for such a film that has won the anger and shown their faces to the Chinese, they are all regarded as a heroic film. It is foreseeable that when it is released in China, due to the support for this film, even if those fans don't like this movie, a considerable number of them will buy tickets and go to the cinema to watch it because of Lao Mouzi's fame and the psychology of "stepping on foreign movies". What's more, this in itself is a very, very wonderful movie!
So, this time, "Pirates of the Caribbean" may really create an unprecedented box office miracle!
How much will it rush? People dare not predict. But what people know is that now Lao Mouzi is afraid that he will wake up laughing in his dreams.
That's right, compared to the huge pressure on filming this movie some time ago, Lao Mouzi really feels that it is an underground and a heaven now. In just one week, the box office of nearly 200 million, just the revenue of the share, recovered the investment in the movie. What's next? Million? Eighty million? One hundred million? Or is it more? Anything is possible!
And now for him, it's not just about money, it's the most glorious moment in his life as a director! Lao Mouzi knows that this film is likely to be his peak. But what he didn't know was that with Liu Yufan, a freak, such a miracle was just the beginning.
So, what is Lao Mouzi busy with now?
Of course, there is only one thing, and that is the premiere of domestic films.
At the premiere abroad, Lao Mouzi flew to New York alone. The scene was a little deserted, and no one paid attention. Although the current one-week box office results have slapped those who were indifferent and ridiculed at the beginning, Lao Mouzi still minds the snub. That time, he tasted the bullying of the overseas film industry, and also felt that it was not easy for domestic films to open up foreign markets. And this time, he returned to his own "base area", and Lao Mouzi wanted to be lively again, and he himself couldn't forgive himself.
This is originally a high-profile person, a person who loves to be lively.
Now, it is time for him to prepare to ascend to the altar in the domestic film industry, and naturally he will not let go of such an opportunity.
Jingshi, Silver Valley Cinema.
This is one of the few large-scale cinemas in Beijing, located in Dongcheng District, and is a six-story building. The building is dominated by gray tones, and the spacious interior has 12 viewing halls of various sizes, the largest of which can accommodate 800 spectators at a time. This is also one of the few theaters in China with 3D projection function, although the technology is still relatively backward polarized light technology, not more advanced time division technology, but compared with most domestic theaters still use red and blue glasses to achieve 3D effect, it is very advanced. The hall on the first floor of Silver Valley Cinema is about seven or eight hundred square meters, and there is a small stage in the center, which is usually used for press conferences and premieres of major events in the film industry. Since this is one of the largest cinemas in Beijing and has the greatest influence, many films will choose to premiere here when they are released.
Weekends are the peak hours for cinemas.
Before six o'clock in the morning, the staff of the studio began to get busy. Together with some employees of Lao Mouzi's Great Wall Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., they began to make some arrangements for the hall. Today is a very important day for both Silver Valley Cinema and Great Wall Film and Television, because today, the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in Chinese mainland will be held here. That's a big deal. If you want to ask what is the hottest film in the domestic film industry now, it is undoubtedly this "Pirates of the Caribbean", although it has not yet been released, his name has already spread to the ears of fans and insiders. And the shocking results achieved by this film overseas also made this premiere much heavier.
Shao Tiancheng, the manager of Silver Valley Cinema, personally went into battle and commanded his brothers to work. Silver Valley Cinema is the cinema chain of Shaw Brothers, and it is also the largest "base" of Shaw Brothers in Beijing, so such an important position naturally has to be managed by the core figures. Shao Tiancheng has been here for more than ten years, and it can be said that he has witnessed the rise and fall of domestic films, but he has never seen such a powerful domestic movie once. He can only describe the achievements of Pirates of the Caribbean in this week as "miracles". As an old man who has been in the circle for more than ten years, he knows better than anyone the significance of this premiere held here for him. It is precisely because of this that for this premiere, he did everything himself, and he didn't dare to be sloppy at all!
At 7 o'clock in the morning, guests and media from all walks of life also arrived, and this unprecedented premiere is about to begin!