Chapter 236: The Premiere of "Love Call Transfer" (Part I)

While Lin Yuquan was busy with the script for his first Hollywood film, in the early morning of December 14, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Brown. Pock and actor Jessica. Bill, Rosario. Dawson announced the list of nominees for the 64th Golden Globe Awards at Beverly Hills, following last year's "Red Cliff" shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film Award, this year's Golden Globe Awards, Lin Yuquan was once again shortlisted for "Painted Skin", and "Painted Skin" is also the only Chinese film shortlisted at this year's Golden Globe Awards.

The four films that will compete with "Painted Skin" for Best Foreign Language Film this time are Mel. Gibson's "Revelation" (American, Mayan), Clint . Eastwood's "Letter from Iwo Jima" (American, Japanese) directed by the famous Spanish director Pedro Edro Anderson. Directed by Almodóvar, Penelope. "The Return" starring Cruz (Spain), "Blade 2" director Gilmour Murphy. Bender. "Pan's Labyrinth" directed by Toro (Mexico).

And the biggest winner of this year's Golden Globe Awards is undoubtedly directed by Agado. Gonzalez. "Babel", directed by Iñárritu and jointly presented by actors from many countries, won a total of 7 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director, followed by Helen. "The Queen" starring Millen, Leonardo. DiCaprio starred in "The Departed," "Blood Diamond" and Clint Brown. Eastwood's film "Letter from Iwo Jima" has received multiple nominations.

The release of the Golden Globe Awards once again brought Lin Yuquan to the attention of the media. But it's just attention, and the main attention of the domestic media and the public is not on him, because it's the same day. The much-anticipated Zhang Yi's new film "The City is Full of Golden Armor" was released.

Zhang Yi's personal brand appeal and the war scenes in the film and the golden colors throughout the film bring the audience a strong visual impact, making the film unrivaled as soon as it was released, and it won 15.1 million box office on the premiere day alone, and then hit a new high on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and finally the film pocketed 82.2 million box office in four days on the opening weekend, occupying the top of the mainland box office list this week without suspense. It surpassed "Painted Skin" to refresh the premiere weekend champion of the new film of the year in one fell swoop, and the box office of this premiere weekend in recent years is second only to "Red Cliff", which also had a 4-day first week last year.

As the domestic film market heats up. Since 2002, domestic films, especially domestic blockbusters, have achieved results that could only be hoped for.

In 2002, "Hero" was released on December 21. The opening weekend box office was more than 52.4 million.

In 2004, "Ambush on All Sides" was released on July 16, with a box office of more than 55 million in the opening weekend.

In 2004, "Kung Fu" was released on December 23, and the box office in the opening weekend was 63.45 million.

In 2005, "Red Cliff" was released on December 1, with a box office of 95.31 million in the opening weekend.

In 2005, "Wuji" was released on December 15, with a box office of 74.52 million in the opening weekend.

In 2006, "Night Banquet" was released on September 14, with a box office of 57 million in the opening weekend.

In 2006, "Painted Skin" was released on September 28, with a box office of 71 million in the opening weekend.

In 2006, "The City Full of Golden Armor" was released on December 14, and the box office in the opening weekend was 82.2 million.

Now that the box office of domestic blockbusters has exceeded 50 million in the opening weekend, it is starting to become easier and easier, and it is not difficult to imagine. In the near future, it will not be too difficult to break 100 million at the box office in the opening weekend.

Returning to "The City Full of Golden Armor", the opening weekend box office of 82.2 million fully illustrates Zhang Yi's box office appeal and the film's attention. As for "Red Cliff" and "Painted Skin", it is not hopeless, for this . Many people are also looking forward to it.

Under the impact of "The City Full of Golden Armor", the box office of "The Battle of Red Cliffs", which has a bad reputation, did not rebound, occupying the second place in the box office list with a box office of 23.3 million, with a total of 52.1 million in two weeks, which is really low for a Chinese blockbuster with a cost of 200 million yuan. Not only in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and other places, the box office performance of the film is also not ideal, far from being compared with last year's "Red Cliff".

Next, as everyone expected, "The City Full of Golden Armor" in the second week of release became more and more popular, with a high increase of 17.5 and a box office of 94.6 million, once again topping the weekly box office list in the mainland, and at the same time, the cumulative box office in two weeks was 176.8 million, surpassing the 148 million of "Night Banquet", jumping to the runner-up of the annual movie box office.

Only 11 days after its release, it reached a box office of about 180 million, such an amazing box office trend is much stronger than the earlier "Painted Skin", the cumulative box office of "Painted Skin" in two weeks is only 152 million, of course, this is mainly caused by the difference in film scheduling, but it also shows that the momentum of "The City is Full of Golden Armor" is like a rainbow, since then the film has surpassed Zhang Yi's "Hero", which once set a box office record in the mainland, there is almost no suspense, according to the current stable and high box office trend, the box office of 300 million can be expected, and the film will surpass "Red Cliff" at that time, Directly chasing Lin Yuquan's "Painted Skin", which just set a new record, as for whether it can be surpassed, it depends on the specific box office situation in the future.

After this box office result was released, countless people can't wait to see the box office of "The City Full of Golden Armor" in the third week to see if it has the box office potential to surpass "Painted Skin".

And when the attention of media reporters and the public is almost all on Zhang Yi and . [,! On "The City Full of Golden Armor", Lin Yuquan had quietly returned to Kyoto at this time.

"The ratings of "New Shanghai Beach" are so high!" In the conference room of Shuguang Film Company, Lin Yuquan looked at the ratings statistics of "New Shanghai Beach" in front of him in surprise.

"yes. When we saw the ratings statistics, we were also shocked, a drama without big-name stars, the ratings are actually similar to "Happiness Like Flowers" and "I Am Special Forces". It's unbelievable, and now the three rounds of the show have been sold out like crazy." Ding Wei said with a smile that as a classic remake, "New Shanghai Beach" has frequently staged ratings miracles since it landed on TV stations around the world in mid-September, and this has also made Shuguang Film Company make a lot of money.

In fact, this is mainly due to the rapid rise in the broadcast price given by TV stations this year, and the excellent quality of dramas under the large investment of Shuguang Film Company. In addition, Shuguang Film Company seems to be the hottest film and television production company in China at present. While the quality of the drama is guaranteed, it is also extremely popular with the media and the public, and the TV station is of course willing to spend money after watching it.

"But what's even more incredible is 'Soldier Assault'. There are no big-name stars in this series, but we sold it to three TV stations for 600,000 yuan just for the first broadcast, and after it was broadcast on the Shaanxi terrestrial channel at the beginning of the month, there were more than 10 companies that contacted us to buy the second round of broadcast rights, and I believe that after the series was broadcast on the stars in two days, there will be more TV stations that want to buy the broadcast rights."

"In this way, Director Kang filmed the series very well!" Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Yes, no wonder boss, you so strongly invited Director Kang to direct, Director Kang is indeed the most suitable person to direct "Soldier Assault". The series is so moving." Ding Wei sighed.

"That's right, this is the most inspirational and exciting modern military drama I've ever seen, and it's no wonder that the three TV stations are willing to give such a high premiere price." Xiao Ran also sighed.

"Really? I can't wait to see it now." Lin Yuquan clapped his hands and said. He was very impressed by the spirit of "don't abandon, don't give up" in "Soldier Assault", and after reading the script again, he looked forward to Xu Sanduo, who was simple, silly, and full of different charm.

"Hehe, we have ready-made engraved CDs, boss, you can take them back and read them at any time." Ding Wei said with a smile.

"Haha. This can be had, I'll go back tonight and have a good time." Lin Yuquan said happily. chatted with a few people about the TV series again, and turned to look at Xiao Ran: "Is the premiere of "Love Call Transfer" scheduled for tomorrow?"

"Don't worry, boss, everything is arranged." Xiao Ran confidently talked about the specific arrangements for the premiere of the film.

"Well, I haven't seen the film yet, but you must have seen it, how do you feel?" Lin Yuquan smiled, glanced at the people on the left and right, and said easily.

"It's great, not only is the story engaging, but the lines are humorous and lighthearted." Ding Wei said with a smile.

"Indeed, although I dare not say that it is the best comedy film among the films released in the mainland this year, after all, "Baby Plan" is not bad, but it is undoubtedly the best romantic comedy." Qiu Qingyi smiled and nodded.

"At the box office, I don't think there's anything to worry about, it's almost certain to be profitable." Ye Zetao, who was in charge of the issuance work, had a winning attitude.

"Listening to everyone say this, it seems that Brother Hao, your film is really good, how about it, you, as a director, do you have the confidence to pull down "The City Full of Golden Armor"? Otherwise, our director Zhang Da would have really broken my new box office record." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Of course not, others are super blockbusters, my movie is just a small-budget romantic comedy, how can it be an opponent, and ah, even if there is no other movie sniping "The City is Full of Golden Armor", that movie will not be able to break the record of "Painted Skin", I went to the premiere of "Golden Armor", although "Golden Armor" is stronger than "Night Banquet", but there is a huge gap with "Painted Skin" in terms of film quality, and it can't catch up at home, let alone overseas." Ning Hao, who hadn't spoken much before, spread his hands and said with a smile.

"Please, as a director, you have a little confidence in your film, this is the third week of the release of "Full of Golden Armor", and it is not the first week, and your film schedule is not less than that of "Full of Golden Armor". Lin Yuquan said helplessly.

"There's no way, the gap in box office appeal is not something that can be erased by any director, any film, you, Director Zhang, Director Feng, Director Chen, plus Zhou Xingchi, the box office appeal of your five directors in China is not at the same level as other directors." Ning Hao said extremely calmly.

"Why do I sound sour, work hard, sooner or later you can too."

"You're easy to say."

"Of course it's easy to say, but I didn't do it anyway."

"Haha."

There was laughter in the room. (To be continued)