Chapter 245: A Dark Horse at the Box Office

Gu Cancan solemnly introduced Bao Jingjing at the premiere, which was not expected by the people present, whether it was the stars, reporters, or audiences who came to cheer.

A strange girl sat in the front row of the premiere, everyone was wondering who the girl who could sit in this important position, and now the mystery has finally been revealed, it turned out to be the author of the continuation of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" and the screenwriter of the movie.

However, on this important occasion, Gu Cancan is tantamount to making a name for Bao Jingjing, which makes people wonder what the relationship between Bao Jingjing and Gu Cancan is.

"Bao Jingjing is a very talented person, and I am very happy to have her to help me write and write the script." Gu Cancan praised Bao Jingjing again, I believe that Bao Jingjing has left a deep impression on everyone present at this time, and it will be of great benefit to her future career.

Bao Jingjing's delicate face was full of gratitude, and the whole person was excited, she was able to show her face in front of film and television bigwigs and stars, and her works would not go unnoticed in the future.

Next, Gu Cancan introduced some film shooting, interacted with several main actors, and others also made simple speeches, answered a few questions from reporters, and saw that the time had reached three o'clock, and the movie officially began to be screened.

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Gai Donghai is one of the more famous film critics in Beijing.

He had read the serialization of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" on the Internet before, and he liked this book very much.

Later, Bright Times made an adaptation of the movie of the same name, and he immediately understood that the reason why Gu Cancan wrote this book was to market the movie.

This method is quite novel, Gai Donghai feels that Gu Cancan's layout is far-reaching enough, and the most important thing is that this book is actually really well written, but it is co-authored with a Nortel screenwriter.

It's good, but how was the movie?

With this question, Gai Donghai managed to buy a ticket for the premiere and came to find out.

At this moment, hearing that Gu Cancan actually said calmly in front of the public that it was written by Bao Jingjing, and praised Bao Jingjing vigorously, Gai Donghai felt a lot better about Gu Cancan.

"It seems that Gu Cancan is really a very kind person, forget it, if the movie doesn't work, I won't try to hack her."

With this idea, Gai Donghai began to watch movies.

Unexpectedly, "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" looks very good, the language of the movie lens is very simple, the whole article is basically a dialogue shot, but the lines are particularly exciting, basically restoring the original, the most important thing is that the actors' performances are very good, and the acting skills of the heroine Wan Qian and the male protagonist Wen Zhang amazed him.

At first, Gai Donghai came to the cinema with a critical mentality, but now he no longer has this mind.

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Gu Cancan's version of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" is different from the original, and she revised the ending.

Teng Huatao's version of "Thirty Days of Broken Love", at the end of the film, Wang Xiaobei lit up the neon sign on the building opposite the office for Huang Xiaoxian, and the two hugged each other at the end.

The ending of the original version Gu Cancan feels that it does not match the overall rhythm of the film, Wang Xiaobei has implicit love for Huang Xiaoxian, and here it is suddenly so closed, and some styles are separated.

Gu Cancan modified it, after lighting up the neon sign, the two looked at each other and smiled, the sky suddenly began to rain, the two rushed out of the office, there was a big traffic jam outside, Wang Xiaobei rode a bicycle and took Huang Xiaoxian away in the traffic, Huang Xiaoxian held a piece of clothing to cover Wang Xiaobei from the rain, and then ended.

Gu Cancan felt that this could show the true romance of the two.

Wang Xiaobei and Huang Xiaoxian left slightly embarrassed but chic, and the whole film came to an end.

The atmosphere at the premiere was good.

During the whole screening process, the laughter continued, and the film amused everyone present one after another, from funny to warm and very natural, and the viewing process was very comfortable.

Wang Zhonglei whispered to Gu Cancan: "It is said that romance films are niche themes, but looking at it now, I can guarantee that it is difficult to sell this movie!" ”

Gu Cancan glanced at Wang Zhonglei when he heard this, smiled and nodded without speaking.

Are romance movies niche?

I have to admit that, to some extent, yes.

The reason why it is niche is because there are almost no templates for romance movies to set two commercial blockbusters with similar plots, similar ideas, and similar structures, as long as they change their skins, and they are well-made and have wonderful special effects, they can also be a big hit. But romance movies don't.

Most of the heroic stories that have been handed down in this world to this day have more or less similarities and surprising points, but love stories have their own characteristics.

In terms of movies, every romance film that can leave a name in film history has its own unique narrative context, and it also has its unique joys and sorrows.

Although in the final analysis, there must still be routines for the things in the core, such as the bonus in the back garden of the young lady, such as the poor boy and everyone's girlfriend, such as the love between humans and ghosts, and so on.

But every love story, in order to be successful, must have its distinctive qualities.

And this quality will only come from the creator's unique idea, not from the simple routine.

Therefore, romance movies cannot be copied and cannot be mass-produced.

But niche movies are always the most typical example of bad box office, so far, it has been released in China for several years but still ranks first in the global box office list, is "Titanic", it is an out-and-out love movie!

Although the special effects are its big selling point, it is just a romance movie.

In fact, the love story of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love", whether it is the original version of Gu Cancan's original time and space Li Teng Huatao, or the current version directed by Gu Cancan, is absolutely excellent and unique.

Although there are many comedy elements in the film, it has a complex, unspeakable power that can make people calm and contemplative.

Maybe not everyone has experienced emotional betrayal, but this film can accurately poke at the softest part of everyone's heart.

"The movie is really good, here I wish our movie a big hit!" Wang Zhonglei's interest was very high.

Gu Cancan nodded: "I hope so, I hope the box office on the first day will not disappoint everyone." ”

"Hehe, no, the quality of the film is good, and the promotion of our Huayi has also been done well, and the film schedule is the highest among the currently released films. I don't think it's a big problem to get 100 million at the box office. Wang Zhonglei's tone was a little complicated.

"Huh." Gu Cancan didn't answer again.

The time when the two were talking, thunderous applause rang out in the viewing hall, it seems that this movie has really been recognized by everyone.

At the end of the premiere, Gu Cancan and the main creative staff answered a wave of questions from the reporters present, this time the reporters were obviously much more enthusiastic than at the beginning, and the questions were also much more passionate.

After the end, Gu Cancan and Wan Qian were in the same car.

They can't go to rest yet, and then they will go to the Beijing Xingmei United Store to meet fans and continue to promote the movie.

"Cancan, look at the reaction, everyone likes this story very much." Wan Qian looked very happy.

Gu Cancan smiled and said, "Of course, I don't look at who made the movie." ”

"Yes, yes, my family is the best." Wan Qian leaned over and hugged Gu Cancan's arm affectionately, and said longingly: "Looking at this momentum, there should be no problem with the box office of hundreds of millions." ”

Gu Cancan looked at Wan Qian funny, in fact, speaking of which, Wan Qian starred in "Donkey Gets Water", "July and Ansheng", if the box office of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" also exceeds 100 million, Wan Qian is also an actress with a box office of 500 million or even 600 million, which is also a very proud achievement in Huaxia, purely from the box office of the participating movies, there are not many actresses who can surpass Wan Qian.

As for whether "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" can win hundreds of millions of box office, Gu Cancan has a great certainty.

In fact, in Gu Cancan's original time and space, an urban comedy romance film like "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" can win a box office of 320 million, and I believe that now Gu Cancan's version of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" can achieve better results with the blessing of various halos!

Of course, it doesn't mean that the box office can surpass the original, it's only 2008, and the era of 100 million box office is a big profit. When it is said that it can exceed the original version, it refers to the investment return ratio.

In a vague impression, Gu Cancan roughly remembered a statistical report he had read, and he barely remembered that in Huaxia in the original time and space, until 2005, there were only more than 1,000 movie theaters in Huaxia and the total number of big screens should not exceed 3,000, until 2012, the number of screens in Huaxia increased year after year, and finally exceeded 10,000, and the impression was as high as more than 12,000. But by 2015, the number of screens in Huaxia exceeded 30,000. This is an absolutely amazing process of market capacity explosion.

Thinking about the prosperity of the film and television industry in later generations, Gu Cancan said firmly: "Yes, I think the box office will definitely exceed 100 million, and the movies we make will get better and better in the future!" ”

nervously ran to three movie theaters in the capital to do activities one after another, and when Gu Cancan returned home, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

If you want to succeed, you need to pay hard work that is difficult for ordinary people to pay.

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The next day, the main creative staff of the film began to rush to several major box office cities in China to do publicity, and the best time to harvest the box office after the release of a new movie is the first two weeks.

Good news came in the afternoon, as of 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the total box office in 24 hours was 11.5 million!

This first-day box office in 2008 is a very good result!

The next day was Sunday, which won 13 million at the box office.

On the third day, Monday still won 10 million box office on weekdays.

The trend is here!

Huayi and Bright Times made efforts at the same time to spread the good news to the greatest extent, and at the same time, reports about "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" also appeared overwhelmingly in the entertainment sections of various websites.

"The dark horse has reappeared, and the small-budget romantic comedy "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" has created a box office myth again!"

"Following the box office of 11 million on the first day, the box office of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" exceeded 30 million in the first three days, and as of today, the box office has been close to 50 million after the fourth release!"

"The genius girl director Gu Cancan made another effort, and "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" ignited the domestic film market in advance!"

"Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" has a cheerful plot and solid dialogue, not only telling otaku how to quickly "strip naked" in Wang Xiaobei's unique and considerate way to Huang Xiaoxian, but also conveying a positive concept to young people with humorous dialogues and plots: Falling out of love is not terrible, maybe this is the beginning of your next happiness. ”

The whole movie uses a simple "lovelorn learning" tutorial to create a relaxed and warm love dream for college students and office white-collar workers, which is down-to-earth enough, close to the life of modern young people, and the plot is not entangled, after watching the movie, people have a sense of relief, compared with the previous films of the same type, the biggest difference in this film is that it is a story that naturally arises from the lives of young people today, whether it is the emotional mode or the details of the story, it is different from the same type of comedy performed by returnee filmmakers or Xiangjiang filmmakers before. ”

"50 million in four days, the biggest dark horse of the year appears!"

"Laughing and crying, crying and laughing, too late to wipe away tears...... The movie "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" was released in this kind of mood that made the audience sad and joyful, laughing and crying, and the box office on the first day rushed to 11 million in one fell swoop, falling below the glasses of many industry insiders, becoming a veritable "dark horse" of the year! ”

"Humanity can't stop "33 Days of Broken Love" anymore...... box office hit of "33 Days of Broken Love" quickly became a hot topic in schools and offices, and quickly spread to the whole society. Its Baidu index soared from 280,000 on the 11th to 610,000, the search volume of Xinlang Weibo and Tengxun Weibo jumped to 2.8 million and 1.5 million respectively, and Time and Douban gave high scores of 8.1 and 8.4 respectively. ”

Time.com is a subsidiary of Bright Cinemas, and of course the rating given to its own company will not be low, but Douban's score is higher than that of Time.com, and it seems that the audience's evaluation of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" is really high.

Time has quietly passed a week, "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" has also been popular for a week, March has always been a low point in box office sales, generally speaking, the box office peak only officially starts in May, and the movies selected to be released in March are generally domestic small-budget films.

The box office explosion of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" also benefited from the high-ranking films.

The film released at the same time as "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" has no topicality and no attention, and it is impossible to compete with it at all, under such favorable conditions, the theater chain has discharged 36% of the films scheduled for "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love", which is the first in the same period.

And "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" also lived up to expectations, winning the first-day box office of 11 million.

By the end of this week, with the spread of word-of-mouth, the box office rose by 30%, and the total box office in a week was hundreds of millions!

In the face of such outstanding results, major theaters have increased their film schedules.

After that, Saturday and Sunday continued to rise, harvesting 17 million and 20.5 million respectively, and the single-day box office successfully exceeded 20 million!

After the end of the first weekend, the box office did not drop significantly on the first working day after that, and remained in a relatively normal trend.

On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, it was reported to be 13 million, 12 million, and 11 million respectively, with a total box office of 140 million in ten days!