Chapter 125: Crazy Box Office
"Oh, it's so high, I'll just say Brother Hao, you can do it, you should breathe a sigh of relief this time! Don't stare at the box office all day these days, I was busy some time ago, take a good rest for a while, well, okay, hang up. "Lin Yuquan is full of spring breeze.
"Is the box office number on the first day out? How much! ”
"Yes, Yuquan, say it quickly."
As soon as Lin Yuquan hung up the phone, Wang Luodan, Zhu Yawen, Luo Jin, Liu Ye, and Huang Bo surrounded him, and even Liu Meng came over.
"3.65 million." Lin Yuquan smiled and showed his snow-white teeth, and even he himself felt very surprised and surprised by this box office, which almost caught up with the first-day box office of 4.2 million for "Huo Yuanjia" at that time.
"Yay!" Huang Bo was the most excited of the crowd, and as soon as he heard this number, he immediately clenched his fists and shouted, and his feet jumped up and down as if they were loaded with springs.
"Wow, it's amazing, according to this momentum, "Crazy Stone" can at least win tens of millions of box office, and this time Brother Hao is going to become a big director." Wang Luodan's face was full of excitement.
"Well, that's for sure, it's not easy for a small-budget movie to win such a high box office, and it's hard for Director Ning to think of it if he can't be famous." Liu Ye exclaimed.
"If you want me to watch it, the key is that Director Ning's movies are good, and the box office is secondary." Liu Meng purely looks at the problem from the perspective of the director, the high box office is a good thing, but the high box office does not indicate the level of the director, if it is only a high box office, but the director's level is a mess, it is useless, the eyes of the masses are bright, no matter how high the box office is, he is not a garbage director who does not enter the stream.
"Liu Meng is right, the director shoots his work well is the most important, rather than blindly pursuing the box office and ratings, in fact, you are the same as an actor, only if you shoot the work well, then talk about the box office and ratings, then the box office and ratings are the higher the better, otherwise you will only get a scolding, well, far away, now the box office of "Crazy Stone" is of course the higher the better, I can count on it to help me make more money, so that I can support my family in the future!" Lin Yuquan's eyes were full of smiles.
Everyone chuckled, and Wang Luodan pouted: "The essence of capitalists is really mercenary, but why are you so hypocritical, make money, make money, and even find a high-sounding excuse, you don't even have a girlfriend now, and you still support your family." ”
"Can't I have planned for it earlier? Not everyone lives in the same muddle as you do. Lin Yuquan smiled, and then said to Huang Bo, who was still immersed in excitement: "Huang Bo, I haven't congratulated you yet, you are about to become popular, but can you calm down, this is just the beginning, you have just started on the road, and now you are so excited, how can your little heart stand it in the future." ”
"Hehe, Director Lin, I'm a strong heart." Huang Bo grinned.
"Woo, I really envy Huang Bo, if I have such a good opportunity in the future, I must let Brother Hao arrange for me to act." Zhu Yawen gritted his teeth and said.
"You act in comedy, don't be funny." Luo Jin on the side immediately sneered.
"Really, no one said that if you are handsome, you can't act in comedy! Don't, Huang Bo, I didn't mean you were ugly. Seeing Huang Bo looking at him with strange eyes, Zhu Yawen hurriedly explained.
"Haha."
"Okay, let's go back to the room to pack up our things first, come down at five o'clock to eat, after eating, tonight we will rest early, recuperate, and from tomorrow we will have a hellish training." Lin Yuquan said loudly.
On the other hand, due to the previous distribution arrangements and publicity strategies of Shuguang Film Company, "Crazy Stone" relied on 1,000 screens, which were less than 40% of the national screens, and won the box office championship of the day with a box office score of 3.65 million on Monday, July 11.
After the first day, in the following four days from Tuesday to Friday, fueled by the media hype, the single-day box office of "Crazy Stone" has always remained at about 2 million yuan, and the box office has rebounded on the weekend, almost the same as the premiere day.
In this way, seven days after its release, "Crazy Stone" received 19.6 million yuan in a crazy manner, but unfortunately, "Crazy Stone" failed to become the box office champion this week.
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith", starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, which was released at the same time, closed 21 million again this week after hitting a new 3-day box office high of 16.92 million last weekend, and won the top spot in the mainland weekly box office list in a thrilling manner.
In this week's box office rankings, another Hollywood blockbuster "Madagascar", which was released only on Friday, collected 6.7 million at the box office three days after its release, and became the third runner-up this week with a huge difference in the box office with "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Crazy Stone".
It is worth mentioning that "Initial D" is still performing well in the fourth week of its release, ranking fourth this week, winning another 4.5 million in a single week, and currently accumulating 63.5 million at the box office.
Seeing this achievement, Shuguang Film Company was jubilant, although it was not as good as the original results of "Huo Yuanjia", but the total cost of "Huo Yuanjia" was as high as 48 million, and "Crazy Stone" was only a lot, and a total of 10 million was spent on production and publicity, and after deducting the 2 million sponsorship that was pulled, the actual cost was only 8 million, which was only one-sixth of "Huo Yuanjia".
And according to the current box office of 19.6 million, according to the sharing agreement, and then handed over to the state tax, because Shuguang Films is distributed by itself, it is divided 5:5 with the theater chain, so that after calculation, Shuguang can get 8.9866 million, which has achieved profitability in advance, and the next question is only how much it can earn.
Ning Hao was also completely relieved, although Lin Yuquan kept telling him not to have box office pressure, he still put into filming with this pressure, and a commercial director who can't make money is not a good commercial director, this is what he requires of himself.
For this week's box office rankings, the media only lightly mentioned the 21 million box office of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and then focused on "Crazy Stone", and reported and analyzed the reasons for its success as a dark horse.
At the same time, after a long period of brewing, the word-of-mouth publicity of "Crazy Stone" on the Internet is also intensifying, and more and more people are joining the ranks of the discussion in the comments and recommendations that can be seen everywhere, even if some people think that "Crazy Stone" is just a clumsy copy of "Two Smoking Guns", but it did not set off any waves in the overwhelming applause, but inspired some fans to have a strong curiosity about the movie, and followed into the cinema to find out.
The "Buy Jadeite, Get Movie Tickets" preferential activity initiated by Zhou Sheng Jewelry has also been carried out at Zhou Sheng Jewelry counters in major cities, bringing a large number of audiences to the movie and contributing a lot of box office.
In the following week, after the film market continued to rise for several weeks, it was in a critical period waiting for strong films to be released, and several new films released this week, such as "Worm Doesn't Know" and "Guide Dog Little Q", have very limited distribution scales and do not have the ability to grab food and grab the box office.
Therefore, "Crazy Stone", which was released in the second week, was driven by various publicity offensives, and earned another 13.3 million yuan this week, and the box office fell only 33% from last week, narrowly beating "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which has been in theaters for three weeks, and won the top of the weekly box office chart.
On this week's box office list, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" received 12.15 million in a single week, with a total cumulative box office of 50.13 million, compared with last week, the third place and fourth place in the weekly box office have not changed, of which "Madagascar" can win nearly 10 million excellent box office results this week, and "Initial D" won 1.7 million box office this week, continuing to consolidate its position in the annual box office list.
After the box office rankings were released this week, with its excellent results, "Crazy Stone" became more and more affirmed.
"Dark Horse Miracle, Madness Continues", "Kyoto Evening News" reported on the weekly box office champion feat of "Crazy Stone" with a huge headline, when analyzing its success, "Kyoto Evening News" believes that this is not only a proper publicity, but more importantly, "Crazy Stone" meets the needs of the public, as a pure commercial comedy, successfully completes the task of entertaining the public, and this is of guiding significance for the development of Chinese films.
Unlike last week, at this time, media reporters began to turn to in-depth discussions, and no longer limited to box office results, after all, Xu Ke's "Seven Swords" is about to hit this week, but no media thinks that "Crazy Stone" can still stage a miracle.
A miracle is not a miracle, Shuguang Film Company, including Ning Hao, doesn't care, with a total of 32.9 million in two weeks, "Crazy Stone" has made a lot of money, and it landed smoothly.
And according to the analysis of the company's marketing department, even if "Seven Swords" is released, in the next two to three weeks, "Crazy Stone" can collect another 6 million to 8 million, and the final box office may reach 40 million.
And subsequently, Shuguang Film Company will also arrange for "Crazy Stone" to be released on Hong Kong Island and Taiwan one after another.
Although the starring Guo Tao has debuted for more than ten years and has a lot of acting experience, he has been in a tepid state, he is familiar but not popular, and through guò "Crazy Stone", he showed superb acting skills, and his popularity in the media has risen sharply.
And the gang of thieves led by Brother Dao can be called famous in one fell swoop, the three of them all belonged to the crew before, and their origins are unknown, and Tong Guò "Crazy Stone", the three people's incisive theatrical performances are addictive, especially Huang Bo, the black skin he plays is more impulsive, carries a hammer with him, and thinks about it when something doesn't go well, "Isn't this okay, why do you spend that thing?" In the film, every line of his line gives people the feeling of laughing, and the scene of him drilling into the sewer, rubbing Bao Shihong's bruises and drinking, and running after grabbing bread is also unbearable, and many media reporters and film critics believe that this is the most successful role in the film's personal image creation.
Next, as everyone expected, "Seven Swords" was launched strongly in domestic theaters, and set off the third wave of this summer's summer files after "Initial D" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with unstoppable momentum**.
How fierce "Seven Swords" is, just in the opening weekend, it topped the weekly box office chart with a box office of more than 26 million in three days without any suspense, strongly breaking the box office record for a single film in the opening weekend this year, and won the championship again with a box office of 30 million the following week.
However, this has nothing to do with "Crazy Stone", after winning the box office runner-up for two weeks, "Crazy Stone" was not completely offline until the end of August, and finally received a total box office of 41.6 million, making Ning Hao famous in one fell swoop, becoming another representative of commercial films in the mainland after Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, and Lin Yuquan, and is also considered to be the new representative director of the sixth generation of directors.
Of course, this is already a later story, after half a month of closed military training, Lin Yuquan and others who were far away in Nan*Beijing finally put into the filming of "I Am a Special Soldier" in early August, but what made Lin Yuquan helpless was that it was only two days after filming, and his peaceful life was disrupted by a series of incidents.
In fact, it was not only him, but the entire Chinese entertainment industry was shaken.
(ps: The chapter uploaded at noon has been in the review state for a long time due to the relationship between the place names, and the place names may be replaced by homonyms in the future, I hope you understand, and the other 1 will be on the shelves, and I hope you will support it by then!) )
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