On July 11, the second day after the release of "Source Code" in the United States, the box office data for the first day of release came out, a full 800,000 US dollars!

This box office data stunned the people of Lionsgate, and also stunned Stephen Zhao and others.

800,000 US dollars, which doesn't seem like much, and it is only about 5 million when converted into Huaxia coins, which is weak compared with the box office data of the first day of "Source Code" released in the mainland. However, the gold content of $800,000 is much higher than the 110 million first-day box office created by "Source Code" in the mainland.

First of all, the number of screens and the number of screenings of "Source Code" are not the same. In mainland China, "Source Code" relies on the fame of Stephen Zhao and stars such as Wu Chaofan and Zhao Ziyi, although it is a science fiction film series that has been received coldly, the number of films scheduled on the first day is still as high as 23%, the number of screens released exceeds 4,000, and the number of screenings exceeds 10,000; But in the United States, "Source Code" was only released on a small scale, with only 300 screens and more than 300 screenings.

Secondly, "Source Code" has a home field advantage in China, but in the United States, "Source Code" is a guest army, and it is still unaccustomed to different cultures.

However, in such an unfavorable situation, the box office of "Source Code" still reached 800,000 US dollars on the first day of the United States, which is not amazing.

The number of 300 screens, the box office on the first day reached 800,000 US dollars, and when it is simply converted into the number of 4,000 screens, wouldn't the box office on the first day break 10 million US dollars?

Of course, the number of screens released by "Source Code" in the United States is bound to reach 4,000 yuan, and many of the American imperialists' own super blockbusters do not have this treatment, there are 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, which is considered the top treatment.

And, as the number of screens increases, the average attendance will definitely go down. The first-day box office can't be simply calculated in multiples.

Rao is so, Stephen Zhao, George? Bruce and others are also very red-eyed and hot-eyed, and they are full of confidence in the performance of "Source Code" in the United States.

There is no need for the box office on the first day to be rebellious, as long as the final box office of "Source Code" can exceed 10 million US dollars, and the journey of "Source Code" to the United States can be said to be a huge success!

The box office of Chinese films in the United States has always made Chinese people sad. What makes the American imperialists disdainful.

In the end, there are only a handful of Chinese-language films that broke 10 million US dollars at the box office, and they have names on the box office list.

In history, the highest-grossing Chinese film in the United States is "Chivalry", an antique Chinese martial arts film, with a final box office of $130 million!

Other films, the box office that broke 10 million US dollars are all super blockbusters with huge investment, hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars are only a pitiful handful, and most of the others are tens of thousands of US dollars, hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Even when it was first released, the box office has not exceeded 10,000.

Of course, the factors restricting the box office include the problem of film scheduling, and the theater operators of the US imperialists are reluctant to release Chinese-language films, and are only willing to give a pitiful dozens of screens, or even a few screens.

"Source Code" can get 300 screens, which is the result of Lionsgate's efforts, and of course, it also takes advantage of this science fiction film.

Sci-fi films are still relatively popular in the United States. Especially a science fiction film from China.

Many theater operators feel that "sci-fi films from China" is a very good gimmick. can attract a certain number of American imperialists to watch it in the cinema, so I agreed to release "Source Code" with a sense of amusement and anticipation.

There are so many kung fu films, martial arts films, and historical films from China that Hollywood movies have learned so much that the American imperialists have lost their freshness. At this time, a science fiction film suddenly came from China. This is undoubtedly new to the vast majority of American imperialists. Because most of their impressions of China are in ancient times, it is rare to see the modernity of China and the imagined future, and because science fiction films are Hollywood's strengths.

It's so fresh!

In fact, the reason why many American imperialists go to the cinema to watch "Source Code" after seeing the promotional advertisement. It's just to experience a sense of freshness.

As a result, I didn't expect that I couldn't stop watching it, and I fell in love with "Source Code", a cleverly conceived low-budget sci-fi film.

"Oh God, what a surprise. Quick, call those damn vampires and tell them we're going to increase the number of screens and the number of screenings! "Lionsgate's COO, George? Bruce to his blonde secretary Jessica? Johnson shouted.

At the same time, in a five-star hotel in New York, the financial center of the United States and the world's financial center, Stephen Zhao was also instructing his people and said: "Quick, call the people from Lionsgate and ask them to find a way to expand the scope of the release and increase the number of films!" In addition, this news will be released and hyped up in the US imperialists and throughout Asia. ”

An hour later, many American imperialists were amazed, and all the Asian people were shocked!

People who don't know how to do it must be disdainful, thinking that the box office on the first day is only 800,000 US dollars, which is too overwhelming.

Knowledgeable people can't imagine that a pure Chinese sci-fi film has such an amazing box office performance in the United States, is it that sci-fi films are too popular?

"The box office on the first day was only 800,000 US dollars, and it was less than 5 million when converted into Huaxia coins, is it necessary for Xing Ye to announce it? It's like slapping yourself in the face. ”

"Poof~ Hahaha, Stephen Zhao must have itchy skin, so I want to beat myself a few times!"

"The brainless spray upstairs is correct, and the landlord is stupid than not explaining!"

"Don't come out and talk if you don't understand, is the landlord showing off his IQ or showing his IQ? Didn't you see that "Source Code" was screened on only 300 screens and more than 300 screenings in the United States? With such a number of screens and screenings, a first-day box office of $800,000 is already very awesome, okay? In the mainland, the number of screens of "Source Code" exceeded 4,000 screens, and the number of screenings exceeded 10,000, but the box office on the first day was only 110 million. Do the math for yourself, if "Source Code" has 4,000 screens on the US imperialists, how much will it be at the box office on the first day! ”

"With such a frenzied schedule of films in the mainland, the box office of "Source Code" will definitely exceed 10 million US dollars on the first day of the US imperialism, and it is not difficult to break 100 million US dollars at the final box office. Let's take a look at the box office rankings of Chinese films in the United States, the highest box office was created by "Chivalry" more than ten years ago, but it was only 130 million US dollars. ”

"Hahaha...... The faces of the landlord and the second floor were swollen! ”

"Thank you, a few people upstairs. Originally, I thought that this result was quite poor, but I deliberately took a thousand degrees to know that "Source Code" actually has the potential to create box office records, which is awesome! ”

"Star Master is mighty and domineering, don't explain!"

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However, excitement is excitement, and shock is shock. Before the final box office came out, no one dared to pat their chests and guarantee that "Source Code" would set a record, because there would be many accidents during the release process.

Therefore, many people are nervously looking forward to it.

Including Zhao Xingchi, Wu Chaofan, Zhao Ziyi and others are also looking forward to it.

On the morning of July 11, Lionsgate sent them the good news that the number of screens screened on "Source Code" had increased to 1,500 and the number of screenings to 3,000, with an average of two screenings on one screen. Of course. This data is only predetermined, not actual, and does not rule out that cinema operators will temporarily increase or decrease the number of screens and screenings.

The moment they got the news, Stephen Zhao and the others jumped up excitedly, and then high-fived each other, hugged each other and congratulated each other, everyone knew that no matter how much the final box office could reach, "Source Code" would definitely set off a storm in the United States.

If nothing else. Each of them will be famous in the United States.

Among them, I want to say who is the happiest. Wu Chaofan, of course.

This is a man's world, and Wu Chaofan, as the male protagonist, will naturally become a well-known figure in the United States with the storm set off by "Source Code". But before that, he had no reputation at all in the United States. The huge difference between before and after, it is not an exaggeration to say that he soared into the sky.

The attendance rate in each region will be counted every once in a while. Monitor the box office of Source Code anytime, anywhere.

If the attendance rate is high, the number of screenings will continue to increase, the number of screens will also increase, and the box office will naturally be higher.

The low attendance rate does not rule out the reduction of the number of screenings and the reduction of the screen. The box office is naturally low.

As expected, the average attendance inevitably declined as the number of screens screened increased dramatically, and by a very large margin.

Except for Chinatown and Chinese gathering places, the attendance rate of theaters in other places has dropped by 40%, and it has dropped to the failing state when it first appeared.

However, Zhao Xingchi and the others were not in a hurry, but waited calmly.

The people of Lionsgate did not lose their temper because of the rapid decline in attendance, but waited calmly like Stephen Zhao and others.

"Source Code" was able to create a brilliant performance on the first day, and was able to achieve the highest score of 9.2 points in a Chinese film on IMDB, naturally because it touched the spleen and stomach of the American imperialists.

They all believe that Source Code can continue to deliver great performances.

Sure enough, when the box office results were counted in the early morning of July 12, the data once again made them feel a huge surprise: 6.3 million US dollars!

In two days, the box office accumulated to 7.1 million US dollars, which is very close to 10 million US dollars at once.

On July 12, the number of screens screened had dropped, but there were still more than 1,300 screens. Not only that, but the number of screenings has not decreased much, still around 3,000, and the attendance rate has not decreased but increased, with the average attendance rate reaching 80%, and many places have been full, and even it is difficult to find a ticket.

The box office of the day was counted in the early morning of July 13, with a total of $6.5 million, a slight increase.

July 13 is Friday, July 14 is Saturday, and July 15 is Sunday, all of which are good days to watch movies and box office.

To the surprise of Stephen Zhao and Lionsgate, the box office in the past three days was really a big hit, not only the number of screens screened increased, but the number of screenings increased dramatically.

$8.2 million on July 13!

$10.5 million on July 14!

$14 million on July 15th!

From July 10 to July 15, it was screened for six consecutive days, and the box office of "Source Code" accumulated 46.3 million US dollars, which is an amazing achievement.

On the same day, the North American weekly box office list was released, and the top of the list was "Source Code"! (To be continued......)

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