Chapter 193: Breaking 30 Million Again
After the first week, the box office began to drop sharply in the second week, after all, the ticket prices are there, and the number of moviegoers in Hong Kong is so large, and it is unlikely that there will be too many repeat customers, after all, it is just a movie, so, in the second week, "Mr. Zombie" only won 9.04 million box office, and the box office reached more than 25 million in two weeks, and the box office, and this is only 12 days of release.
And the box office fell sharply again in the third week, not only because most of the people who could buy tickets to watch had already watched it in the previous two weeks, but more importantly, with the weak box office of "Mr. Zombie", Golden Harvest and New Arts City began to block.
"Happy Ghost: Happy Ghost Summer Vacation" and "Dragon Detective" began to be released in advance, which caused the box office of "Mr. Zombie" to shrink significantly, only 4.14 million, almost reaching 30 million box office, but when the screening ended, the box office exceeded 3000, and there was no doubt at all.
What people are looking forward to is whether it can break the box office record of "The Man in the Rivers and Lakes", but most people are not optimistic.
And the fact is also the same, in the fourth and last week, after winning more than 2 million box office, making the box office officially exceed 30 million, "Mr. Zombie" began to draw a large margin, only a few theaters are still in theaters, but the box office can be higher, but it is impossible to break the box office record.
In this regard, Xiao Jian and most people are not surprised, after all, this is a summer file, it is impossible for a film to be screened for more than 1 or 2 months, and those theater owners are unlikely to be willing, unless the follow-up box office of the movie is very good, which is another matter, but unfortunately "Mr. Zombie" is obviously not among them.
And with the final box office of "Mr. Zombie", all the eyes of everyone in Hong Kong couldn't help but focus on Xiao Jian's body, making him occupy the front pages of major newspapers and magazines at one time.
"The Man of the Troubled Boy in the Rivers and Lakes", "The Raptors of the Troubled Boy Crossing the River", plus the current "Mr. Zombie", filmed three movies, and the box office all exceeded 30 million.
In this case, Xiao Jianna has been filmed and scheduled to be released on Friday, July 19th, the third part of the Crazy Boy series..."Crazy Boy Covers the Sky", has also become the most anticipated work in the next summer file, and the second most anticipated is the only movie other than Xiao Jian that has a box office of more than 30 million, "Lucky Stars", and the second "Summer Lucky Star".
In the hustle and bustle outside, Xiao Jian did not show up, but after accepting a few interviews, he plunged into the crew again and began to shoot the fourth part of the Troubled Boy series..."The Battle of Troubled Boy is Invincible", which made those reporters who wanted to interview crazy with hatred.
And when Xiao Jian was filming the fourth part of the Crazy Boy series, it instantly caused an uproar from the outside world, after all, the third part has just been finalized, and the fourth part has started filming, which is too confident?
While everyone was confused, just thinking about the box office of the first two films, everyone's doubts were swept away, and they were replaced by expectation, envy, jealousy and hatred.
It is those fans who are looking forward to it, and it is those film companies that are envious and jealous of it, after all, Xiao Jian's money-making speed is too changeable. The ability to absorb money has amazed countless people, and Shaw Brothers has naturally become the envy of many companies, but they don't know that most of the benefits have entered Xiao Jian's pocket, otherwise it will definitely cause a sensation again.
Because of this, even if Xiao Jian is mostly filming in the crew, there are still countless people who try their best to contact him, want to dig him, or ask him to film, of course, these requests were politely rejected by him without accident, because the conditions he offered were unaffordable to others, and after knowing this, he didn't even mention it at all.
However, Xiao Jian has also obtained countless hidden benefits because of this, such as the improvement of status and fame, and the development of things to the present, he is no longer something that Shaw Brothers and Wireless can handle casually, and it is impossible to even block him, I believe that if he releases the news of leaving Shaw Brothers, countless companies will pay liquidated damages for him.
It can be said that Xiao Jian's goal, which originally took a year to complete, has been preliminarily completed, but the time is not enough, and his hole cards are not enough, so now is not the time for a showdown, and the impatience in his heart has also been forced down by him.
Time is passing away so quickly, getting closer and closer to July 19th, and the reports on Xiao Jian from outside have not decreased, but have become more and more.
In addition to filming, Xiao Jian will also watch reports that belong to him, among which he has the most reports on why his movies have repeatedly exceeded 30 million, during which he also thought about it, and finally he found the reason, and this reason also appeared in the newspaper.
The script, keep improving, the story is novel, and follow the trend.
The first point is that the script is different from Hong Kong, every time Xiao Jian starts filming, he will complete the storyboard script, and plan the filming inside and out, the sequence and so on before starting, which is more like Hollywood, rather than Hong Kong like filming while perfecting the script;
The second point is to keep improving, Xiao Jian likes to start from the details when shooting movies, and he is very strict with every shot, and those who watch his films know that it is impossible to find out the goofs from his films;
The third point is that the story is novel, whether it is the Crazy Boy series or "Mr. Zombie", it can be said to have created a genre film, as the so-called first person to eat crabs is the most fragrant, and this is what he said;
Fourth, follow the trend, what is the most in this era? The answer is Crazy Boy, so the Crazy Boy series is a success, and what genre of Hong Kong movies is most popular with the audience now? The answer is Kung Fu and the Republic of China, and these "Mr. Zombies" are accounted for, so it is also successful.
These four points are Xiao Jian's analysis, and revealed to the newspaper after being published by most people, which has also caused many people to reflect and have the intention of trying, which is why Xiao Jian is willing to put his analysis out, after all, the better and longer the development of Hong Kong films, the more beneficial it is for him, and there are too many bad habits in Hong Kong films now.
Of course, these so-called four points are only the views that have been modified by Xiao Jian, and he did not say the reason why each of his movies was a box office hit.