"The initial panic gripped my heart, and it had been a long time since I had encountered such a tense opening. As a commercial film, a good opening is very important, I wish "Death is Coming" a big hit!! ”

"All the horror movies I've seen in the past few years are all scaresome with exaggerated makeup and terrifying props, but the horror in "Death is Coming" is completely different. Its horror comes from an invisible force that lets people know that they are about to die, and generates countless fears of their imminent death. ”

Film critic Zhou Liming, who has been following the film, said in a review: "It has successfully opened up a new model of thrillers, using the invisible "death" - fate to decide the life and death of the protagonists." Predictably, this is destined to be a classic thriller. ”

And his rating for "The Grim Reaper" on mtime is 8.8! It's a masterpiece!

And another film critic Zhou Bili also made a detailed analysis: "What is the core of "Death is Coming"? The director actually puts the answer in the dialogue of the mortuary, when the protagonist sneaks into the warehouse where the corpse of his classmate is stored, he is found by the mortuary, which leads to a rather fatalistic conversation. Probably the director's conception and angle for shooting this film are all fully expressed in this short dialogue. ”

Following the praise from these critics and MTIME members, "Here Comes the Grim Reaper" has a whopping 9.5 points, which is pretty good, even though these scores will gradually decrease over time.

……

Compared with the countless praises of "The Grim Reaper", the audience's comments on "The Grim Reaper" have been on a rollercoaster. Great joy and great sorrow.

Fans who haven't watched "The Grim Reaper" went in to watch it, and they all thought that this movie was good, and it should be regarded as a relatively successful horror film, so they naturally praised it.

After Hanhai Film and Television Group and Zhao Baogang saw these comments, Dashi finally let go of Dashi in their hearts: "The movie is a success!" ”

However, it wasn't long before they knew what it meant to be a fire and ice sky.

Many fans who have watched "The Grim Reaper is Coming" ran over to watch "The Grim Reaper" out of curiosity, wanting to compare the plots of the two sides.

I don't know if I don't see it, but I was shocked when I saw it: "What the hell!" What is it? Is this also called the Grim Reaper? ”

"Ahhhh Oh my eyes!! Blind!! ”

"This is a waste of death!! The good Grim Reaper was turned into a ghost movie, and it was so scary. ”

"Don't assume that you can succeed if you plagiarize an idea. It also depends on who uses it. The king has done a great job in this regard, and has always brought us a different sense of freshness! ”

"Zhao Baogang, why are you so a**?!"

By the time the next day, the spurning for "Death Comes" had risen to the extreme. Countless fans ran to the official website of "Death Comes". scolded the movie for being messy.

Fans who originally wanted to watch this movie were a little withdrawn. Hesitant to watch it.

Soon Hanhai Group came out to refute the rumors: "This is an excellent horror film, and it has proven that it is excellent by achieving so many screens in Hollywood, please don't compare it with 'that one' movie." After all, the two are different types of movies, one is horror and the other is thriller, and the way of interpretation and focus are completely different. ”

In addition to Hanhai Group, many film critics commented from the perspective of fairness: "This is a high-quality movie, good in all aspects, but it is a pity that the publicity was misplaced at the beginning, which led to the misalignment of the audience's expectations, and finally led to the audience's disappointment." Success is also a god of death, and defeat is also a god of death. ”

Regarding the tragic experience of Hanhai Film and Television Group, other production companies can be said to be gloating, and at the same time thinking: "It seems that Wang Shang's creativity can't be plagiarized casually, so as not to die miserably, and if you want to plagiarize, you can't start filming until the movie comes out and understands the essence." ”

……

On the afternoon of January 16.

The box office of January 15, 2004 was quickly announced under the statistics of a third party.

The most notable ones are, of course, "Infernal Affairs 2" and "Y-Men".

"Infernal Affairs" topped the list, earning 40.64 million yuan at the box office with 5,000 screens. After a week-long boom, the attendance rate has dropped to 80%, but it's still terrifying!!

followed by Hollywood's "Y-Men", which received 34.06 million yuan in box office revenue with 4,500 screens! Hollywood blockbusters and its countless dazzling abilities have conquered countless fans in China, and the attendance rate continues to be 75%!!

and the third place, which everyone said was familiar but made them feel very surprised by "The Grim Reaper", won 18.06 million yuan with 2,000 screens, and the attendance rate reached an astonishing 92%.

Seeing the high box office of "The Grim Reaper", everyone couldn't help but look for the box office of "The Grim Reaper", and soon they found its trace in the sixth position. The box office is 15 million, and the attendance rate is about 75%.

Everyone was surprised: "Hey, that's good! Although it is 3 million worse than the coming of death! ”

Hanhai Group will inevitably relax, and if this trend continues, there is no problem in recovering costs. The reason why they started filming at the beginning was that on the one hand, they were influenced by Wang Shang, and on the other hand, they were confident in this idea.

Although the box office of horror films has always been bleak, it does not mean that there is no big market for horror films, and people who like horror movies will be very loyal to horror movies, so as soon as they encounter a good horror movie, they will be unable to stop, and even go to the cinema to watch a few shows. It's like taking drugs, hating it, fearing it, but not wanting to leave it.

For a good horror movie, the return rate and the length of the movie theater are extremely amazing, and the DVD is also the best selling blockbuster among various genres.

Of course, the premise must be a good horror movie.

It is precisely for these reasons that Hanhai Group dared to start filming "Death Comes", but unfortunately it was stimulated by Wang Shang's 5 million yuan to buy an abandoned plane to make an explosion scene (publicized externally), and then spent 40 million yuan to go to the post-production special effects, and had to rush ducks to the shelves under the contempt of countless fans.

In the end, the cost was pit to more than 130 million, which is 50 million higher than "The Grim Reaper".

I really want to cry without tears. Fortunately, now this box office proves that this decision is not a failure, at least it can recover a cost in the Chinese market, and there is also the American film market, as well as DVDs and the Internet, there must be a surplus.

This movie is already much better than most movies that have not even recovered their costs, and Hanhai Group is quite comforted.

……

On the third day of the release of "Death is Coming", airlines across the country found a phenomenon that made people laugh and cry, and there was a wave of refunds at major airports across the country, and there were probably thousands of people who refunded their tickets inexplicably.

"What's going on?"

The airline quickly entered the investigation. The cause was quickly found.

"I already had a strong sense of insecurity about flying. After watching "The Grim Reaper is Coming", it was even more serious. ”

"......, the culprit turned out to be "Death is Coming"!"

After learning the reason, the airline was instantly distressed.

The news quickly spread to the Internet. It was a joke for a while. Spread widely.

……

The following days. The box office dark horse did not appear, and it was still "Infernal Affairs 2" and "Y-Men" that led the entire box office market, earning more than 30 million box office every day. Attendance is declining.

And the third place is still "The Grim Reaper", the attendance rate will inevitably decline, down to 80%, and the daily box office income will be more than 15 million. Although there are not many, it is already a miracle for a thriller type of movie.

And it's also the third anyway!!

And on the mtime time network, the score is still strong above 9.0 points, and it has not fallen to the 8 point area. There are countless praises, from the depth of the plot to the innovation to the special effects to the visuals, all aspects are better than most of the movies of the same period.

As for "The Grim Reaper", it may be driven by "The Grim Reaper", and the daily box office income is also 13 million. Countless fans continue to spit on it, but they can't help but watch it, after all, it also has the idea of "Death is Coming".

Sometimes bad movies have big box office, as long as the publicity is good enough.

Monday, January 19.

In anticipation, last week's weekly box office was finally announced.

Without exception, "Infernal Affairs 2" and "Y-Men" continue to lead the way.

"The Grim Reaper is Coming" was only released for four days, with a box office income of 70 million yuan, but it still ranked fourth, shocking countless people's eyes.

"Death Comes" ranked seventh, with a box office income of 55 million.

The second week is Chinese New Year's Eve, so the number of horror moviegoers will inevitably decline.

In the second week, the box office of "The Grim Reaper is Coming" was not hot, with a box office income of 60 million, and an average of 8.6 million per day.

However, Wang Shang was no longer in China at this time, but came to the United States, accompanied by Xie Tingfeng, as well as some important roles in the crew.

In a few days, it will be February 1, and "The Grim Reaper is Coming" will be officially released in the United States on this day, so the creative team of "The Grim Reaper" naturally has to go to the United States and prepare for the release in advance.

Paramount, which is confident in "The Grim Reaper", has already carried out a lot of publicity, and has also pulled in Ubisoft Games.

Ubisoft Games began to work the game after it got the rights to "The Grim Reaper" on January 10. At present, the game "Death Comes 2" has been developed and put on the market.

This second game is more complex, systematic, and elaborate than the one developed by Tenno, and it is also more in line with the American aesthetic.

As soon as it was released to the game market, it was instantly snatched up by countless loyal Ubisoft game fans and Grim Reaper game fans.

Soon, the sales volume of "Death 2" began to go up wildly in the game sales rankings!!

As of January 31, it has already entered the top 500 of Ubisoft's total game sales!

The movie and the game cooperate with each other to promote, and countless game fans and movie fans know that the movie "The Grim Reaper is Coming" will be released on February 1.

Looking forward to it! (To be continued......)

PS: 1. Chapter 3 may be delayed, please see later for the reason!!

2. The subscription goes up to 2000 and owes one more chapter.

Woo~~~ The handicapped party can't afford to hurt!!

But I'll still work hard to code words!!

Even if there is a beautiful woman visiting!!

3. Today, my cousin's daughter-in-law brought a single beauty to dinner, and you said, I'm good at code words? Or is it better to cook?

It's so tangled~~

If I say: still don't talk to her, it's better to codeword!

In that case, will you say that I deserve to be alone for the rest of my life??