Chapter 222: Premiere Box Office
For "Painted Skin", the end of the premiere is actually just the beginning, and when the time comes to the next day, "Painted Skin" has naturally become the biggest hot topic......
Last year, "Red Cliff" rushed to the first place in the movie scores of Douban and Time.com in a very short period of time after the premiere, and this time "Painted Skin" also achieved this, and the score was higher than last year's, and there were many more fans participating in the rating.
Of course, this is not to say that "Painted Skin" is good enough to completely explode other classic films such as "The Godfather", "Forrest Gump", "The Silence of the Lambs", but when it comes to voting rankings, the power of fans is always the most critical, the fans of the film itself are one of them, and more importantly, the fans of the film directors and actors, especially the hardcore fans among them, even if the film is not exciting, they will not hesitate to give high scores, not to mention that "Painted Skin" is so good, the ultimate visual effects, gorgeous fights and spell confrontations, Touching and deep love, every bit is intoxicating and inextricable, so it's too normal to get a perfect score.
And when it comes to the number of such hardcore fans, how can "Painted Skin" be less, the main creator of the film, Li Lianjie is a well-known international kung fu superstar, spanning the film industry for 30 years, and has countless action movie fans in China, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun are the leading figures among young actors in China, and the two who have long been popular all over the country, there will naturally be no shortage of hardcore fans, and Hao Lei, Wang Luodan, and Wu Zhengyu Although they are less popular, they also have many die-hard fans.
What's more, "Painted Skin" also has Lin Yuquan's survival, looking at the big-name directors in the Chinese film industry, perhaps Lin Yuquan is in its infancy in terms of qualifications and respect. is the shallowest of them. It can be said that the popularity is hot. He is a well-deserved first person, young, handsome, talented, worth billions, magical kung fu, gathering so many high-quality factors, so he is not more popular among young people than a group of middle-aged uncles or old men, especially in the minds of girls, is there a more perfect storage than Lin Yuquan? Chen Kun, Liu Ye, and Lu Yi are the most popular among young actors in China, but if they are compared with Lin Yuquan, they will suddenly stand out.
And young people are the largest consumer group in the film market. At the same time, compared with middle-aged people, their enthusiasm is also the highest, as an idol star chased by countless young people, Lin Yuquan's benefits to "Painted Skin" are obvious, and getting a high rating is just one of them.
On Douban.com, Time.com, and major forums, fans' film reviews and word-of-mouth publicity are the excitement, what ""Painted Skin" is the best Chinese movie of the year, Lin Yuquan is sure enough, Lin Yuquan, the movie he made is better than others", "Shocking special effects. To hell with other movies, it would be nice if there were more directors like Lin Yuquan in the Chinese film industry who are willing to spend money on special effects." ""Baby Plan" is absolutely a cup, sit and watch "Painted Skin" explode "Baby Plan" at the box office", "Shocking, the departure from the city in the film was designed by Lin Yuquan, and it is really an all-round forest, what kind of Cheng dù do you want to be all-powerful, and do you want people to live" is really lively.
The Internet is very lively, but in terms of professionalism and influence, it can't be compared with authoritative media and well-known film critics, for the Xianxia magic movie "Painted Skin", which presents shocking and extreme special effects while still moving, the media and film critics naturally do not hesitate to praise themselves, and they have shouted for "Painted Skin" on the front page.
"Kyoto Daily" as always used the eye-catching title of ""Painted Skin" to show its attitude, mentioning in the report: "Today, when the cost of Chinese film production is rising, blockbusters seem to have become a more frequently used word in Chinese films, what is a blockbuster, what is the standard of a blockbuster, "Painted Skin" uses the ultimate special effects to tell us this, Director Lin Yuquan once again proved his strength with the film, his control of stunts and action scenes is simply unparalleled by the king, Who can stop it on the road to the box office. ”
"Painted Skin is undoubtedly a very, very good movie, it is unbelievable, the ultimate visual effects, the tearful emotional story, the superb performances of the actors, the smooth and natural plot, the theme song sung softly, the beautiful scenes This is an almost perfect film, it is the best Chinese film of the year." Qilu Daily.
"There are too many shining places on "Painted Skin", and what amazes the author the most is the intricate emotional story, between Pang Yong, Wang Sheng, Chen, Wang Sheng, Chen, Xiao Wei, Wang Sheng, Xiao Weijian, Pang Yong, Chen, Xia Bingjian, it is extremely complicated, and what is valuable is that Director Lin Yuquan has mastered this very well and presented us with an emotional story." "Nanfang Daily" Song Guang.
Not only in China, "Painted Skin" is also rave reviews after its overseas release, Lin Yuquan's popularity in North America should be the highest overseas, quietly, it seems to have become his second base camp, the audience who has watched the film has an average score of B+ for "Painted Skin", and the average rating of audiences under the age of 25 is as high as A, which fully shows the influence of Kung Fu Lin among young people in the United States, especially in the hearts of action fans, filming "Huo Yuanjia", uploading cool boxing videos on Youtobe, defeating Schwarzenegger, Stallone and others have become the most sought-after action stars.
The same is true for major media critics, "Los Angeles Times", "Chicago Sun", "Washington Post", "New York Times" and other mainstream media praised in unison: "One of the best films of the year, the special effects are extremely good", "Kung Fu Lin perfectly balances this unique story, amazing special effects, gorgeous action scenes, all kinds of subtle details and superb performances are all integrated into the film, making the film full of beauty", "The story full of magic is told so smoothly and wonderfully, It's really fascinating", "The meticulous and sincere production has made this a very satisfying work"
And in all kinds of praise and praise, the box office rankings of the week were also released quickly.
This year's September domestic film market is a very lively year, which can be described as a continuous good film, September 1. "Tokyo Judgment" was released in 200 copies. Kick off the curtain. On September 8, "X-Men 3" debuted with 260 copies, and on September 14, "Night Banquet" started with more than 500 copies and more than 180 digital screens, winning 57 million box office in one fell swoop, setting a record for the single-week box office in September in recent years, of course, the most eye-catching is September 28 at the end of the month. "Painted Skin" and "Baby Project" were released at the same time.
For these two Chinese-language blockbusters that were released at the same time and are bound to compete fiercely at the box office, as early as before the release, almost all the media and filmmakers were optimistic about the victory of "Painted Skin", it is really Lin Yuquan's edge that is too strong now, maybe some people hope that "Baby Plan" can kill Lin Yuquan's majesty, but it is just hope, no one will really predict it.
Sure enough, in the mainland weekly box office rankings from September 25th to October 1st, there is no suspense who the box office champion will be as good as many weeks in the past period. "Painted Skin" topped the weekly box office with a box office of 71 million, with the advantage of a higher attendance. In the case of fewer films than "Night Banquet", it exceeded the previous box office of 57 million that "Night Banquet" had just set a zào record.
Although this figure is far from the number of 95.3 million in the first Thursday of "Red Cliff" last year, it is not comparable at all, but whether it is Lin Yuquan, or Shuguang Film Company, or media reporters, no one will feel that this result is poor, in fact, as long as the actual situation is taken into account, it is easy to understand, because the film schedule of "Red Cliff" is 15 percentage points higher than that of "Painted Skin", and the first two weeks of the simultaneous release are outstanding, and there is no strong opponent.
Although the box office in the first week is lower than last year's "Red Cliff", everyone is more optimistic about the next box office trend of "Painted Skin", last year's "Red Cliff" was invincible in the first two weeks, but in the third week, it encountered competition from films such as "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone", "The Great Sage of Love", "If Love", and this year is different, until the Chinese New Year in December, there will be strong blockbusters such as "The Battle of Red Cliffs" and "The City Full of Golden Armor", and in the middle of the two months, "Painted Skin" can maintain a long and high film schedule. In the end, it is entirely possible to reach or even surpass the box office of "Red Cliff".
The second place in the weekly box office list is nothing else, it is "Baby Plan" starring Cheng Long, although the box office of the film is also bright, it is far worse than "Painted Skin", but it can be worth 21 million.
The third place is "Night Banquet", which has been released for the third week, with a box office performance of 18 million, and the total number of this film has reached 126 million.
As for Hollywood blockbusters, the highest "X-Men 3" only has a box office of 300,000, and the rest, I know it with my ass.
In the box office rankings of the weekend from September 29th to October 1st in North America, "Painted Skin" also won the championship without suspense, thanks to the continued rise of Lin Yuquan's popularity in North America, "Painted Skin", which opened with 3478 theaters, earned $51.3 million in one fell swoop, plus the box office on Thursday's premiere day, with a cumulative box office of $60.85 million, exceeding the North American premiere of "Red Cliff" last year.
Due to the strong performance of "Painted Skin", the North American box office has achieved a huge rebound this week, but there are no other blockbuster films released in North America this week, and in second place is the CG animation "Jungle Counterattack" from Sony Pictures, which was released in 3,135 theaters and achieved a box office result of 21.4 million US dollars, and the word of mouth is also good.
In third to fifth place were "Lifeguard" at $18 million, "The Foolish Funny Show" at $14.6 million, and "School of the" at $7.5 million.
Although "Infernal Affairs", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel", "American Version of Cursed 2", "Deadly Magic" and other films will be released in the next few weeks, they are not strong films, and "Painted Skin" is expected to occupy the top of the charts for a long time.
At the same time, "Painted Skin" is also gaining momentum in other countries and regions, with Hong Kong $15.5 million, Taiwan $57.4 million, Japan $16.2 million, South Korea $5.2 million, and the United Kingdom $8.4 million.
Such excellent box office results have made "Painted Skin" more and more the darling of media reports, but it has also made Lin Yuquan, who is far away in the crew of "Deer and Dingji" in Hengdian, fall into a headache again. (To be continued......) R527