Chapter 519: Red All Over the United States
Paramount Pictures.
The staff who heard the news were silent.
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Some are just silent!
Some are just a jaw-dropping shock!
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Warner Bros.
A song and dance drama director group.
A well-known director looked at everyone speechlessly after answering the phone, "Which of you told me that the box office of Huaying Pictures' "Chicago" was opened for three days, did you write the wrong data?" How can there be seventy or eighty movie theaters that create a box office of $10.8 million in three days? ”
No one spoke.
No one can answer the director's question either.
There is nothing wrong with it, and it can't be wrong, this box office is really made by seventy or eighty movie theaters to create 10.8 million dollars!
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Sony Pictures.
The office area has been fried, and it is all a mess!
"What's going on? What's going on? ”
"How can Chicago be released in such a small number of movie theaters to create such a high box office!?"
"O my lord!"
"Something must have gone wrong!"
"Why is it so high?"
"My Fack! "Chicago" opened for three days and the box office went against the sky! ”
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Huajin Capital.
This group of old colleagues who have followed Ji Cheng all the way to create brilliance in the financial industry are more and more dumbfounded, they didn't take it seriously when they first learned about so many box offices, after all, it was only 10.8 million US dollars, which was not worth mentioning compared with the company's business of billions and tens of billions of dollars.
But it wasn't until someone explained the concept of seventy or eighty movie theaters creating $10.8 million at the box office in three days, that the group of people were all stunned, and then they became excited!
"Awesome!"
"The boss is amazing!"
"Fack! I didn't expect the boss to achieve such a big success in cross-border movies! ”
"God! The boss is so damn amazing! ”
"It's incredible! It's incredible! ”
"How easy is it for a co-author to succeed in any field?"
"Do you want to be so outrageous?"
"I thought it was very low at the box office when I heard about it at first, but after listening to the explanation, I realized how difficult it was for a movie of the Chicago genre to get so much box office from 70 or 80 movie theaters in three days, which was undoubtedly overwhelming, but the boss did it! Chicago did it! ”
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The Coca-Cola Company.
Coca-Cola, the company's former largest shareholder, thought that the company's decline was inevitable, so it had to sell its stake to Joaquin Capital as soon as possible.
For so many days, Coca-Cola's chairman Robert . Goyin Sueta has never paid attention to Columbia Pictures, which has changed its name to Huaying Pictures, until the movie "Chicago" has been in a uproar two days ago, and he began to think back to Huaying Pictures, and wondered how the box office of the first self-filmed and self-released film after Columbia Pictures was acquired.
Today, he came to the company as usual, picked up the "Chicago" that he had given his assistant on his desk, and glanced at the box office for three days, and he was ready to lose it after reading it, but at the moment when he was about to lose it, he looked at the box office data on the paper as if he doubted his life, and then the whole person stayed there for a long, long time, and was stunned for a full minute, before he reluctantly shouted loudly: "My Fake? ”
Hearing the shouts coming from the chairman's office where the door was not closed, the executives on the executive floor of Coca-Cola Company all whispered!
"Everyone be a little better today."
"The boss must be in a bad mood when he learns that Huaying Pictures has achieved such a high box office!"
"I'm not in a good mood when I step on the horse, obviously Columbia Pictures is not doing well in our hands, how did it get such a big success as soon as it was acquired by Huajin Capital?"
"Maybe Ji Cheng is too talented! Or perverted! ”
Everyone else sighed, no wonder a good head is particularly important to the company, although Ji Cheng is not the head of Huaying Pictures, but only the boss of the parent company, but everyone knows that the reason why Huaying Pictures' first independently filmed and independently announced "Chicago" was able to achieve such a sensational box office in the first three days of the film is entirely because of Ji Cheng's terrible person!
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Huaying Pictures.
Except for Li Kai who got the box office data early in the morning and made it public, no one else knew in advance.
As a result, a group of executives who only learned from the news that "Chicago" had a box office three days after its opening were completely stupid!
Lou. Coman is stupid!
Kevin. Dodd is stupid!
Everyone in Huaying Pictures is stupid!
"How much?"
"Who's going to tell me the side again?"
"Watts? We opened for three days and grossed $10.8 million!? ”
"I'm a little dizzy, who can help me!"
"I'm a little overwhelmed by that!"
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It's a sensation in the industry!
The people of the United States are also in an uproar!
"Chicago" topped the box office of the musical and dance drama in the first three days!
Three days on weekends only!
There are only seventy or eighty cinemas!
But it has created a brilliant record of 10.8 million US dollars at the box office!
What does this mean?
represents that the movie "Chicago" is almost full, even at midnight, otherwise it would not have been possible to achieve such a high box office!
Immediately, Summerek also announced the attendance rate of the three-day weekend of the "Chicago" movie!
"Chicago" had a terrifying 94.6 percent attendance, and even at midnight at midnight, the attendance rate was a staggering 90.2 percent!
It's just a musical comedy!
Countless viewers don't know how to express their feelings!
Countless people in the industry don't know how to express their horror!
One by one, I only felt that there were one grass and mud horse beast after another in my heart, and they rushed by, until thousands of them were overwhelming!
At this moment, many people thought of the phone voting time of the previous TV station for the box office prediction of "Chicago" for three days, and suddenly thought that this was a joke!
What are the five options given by the TV station?
One: The box office is less than $3 million in the first three days.
Two: Three million to four million dollars box office in the first three days.
Three: Four million to five million dollars at the box office in the first three days.
Four: $5 million to $6 million at the box office in three days.
Five: Six million to eight million dollars at the box office in three days.
The result?
As a result, no one guessed the box office of "Chicago" for three days!
Because the final box office of "Chicago" did not appear in the five options at all in the first three days, even the fifth option, which the outside world felt particularly bold, only gave "$6 million to $8 million box office", and as a result, "Chicago" won $10.8 million at the box office, which is a lot higher than the highest option!
Something that no one else dares to think of.
You not only did it on the horse, but you also did it more than a big cut?
Just imagine, a niche movie, and it is only released in seventy or eighty movie theaters, according to common sense, it is enough to make a sensation if it can achieve a box office of three or four million! Achieving $5 million at the box office is a huge success! So how could anyone think that "Chicago" would reach more than $8 million at the box office in three days after its opening?
So many years of media work have taught them that it is impossible.
But reality slapped them hard and told them what it means to make the impossible possible!
You must know that before this, the most successful films of Broadway movie adaptations did not open at such a high box office, even when the revue movies were at their peak in the sixties. The final box office of "My Fair Lady" starring Heben is only 75 million US dollars, judging from the current performance of "Chicago", the final total box office will definitely beat "My Fair Lady" by a large margin!
Even if it is twenty years apart, the box office comparison is meaningless.
But the attendance comparison makes sense!
"Chicago" completely crushed the attendance rate of "My Fair Lady" in the first three days!
Not just "My Fair Lady", but almost all previous Broadway musicals adapted from movies!
Just a few months ago, many people thought that Colombian movies were finished.
However, today, at this moment, Ji Cheng uses the Broadway musical of the same name that he created to adapt "Chicago", and the king is back in the midst of everyone's doubts and ridicule!
Record attendance!
The box office set a record in the first three days!
These two data alone have shocked the whole United States again and again!
The skeptics are dumbfounded!
The mockers are silent!
They seem to be only now remembering for the first time how Ji Cheng made his fortune in the financial world! This guy made his fortune by creating miracles!
The media coverage has been overwhelming!
The New York Times: Ji Cheng: A Man Who Creates Miracles! 》
H Shengton Post: 'Chicago' opens to a record box office! The dawn of a cabaret movie! 》
Chicago Sun: 'Chicago' tops the cabaret movie box office! Win the first in history! 》
An entertainment tabloid: The box office of "Chicago" exceeded 10 million in three days, how did the cross-border miracle come about? 》
Hollywood reports: "Chicago" led the cabaret movie to officially declare war on popcorn movies! 》
Variety: "The song and dance blockbuster is coming! How financial tycoon Ji Cheng turned his art dream into reality! 》
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New York.
Ji Cheng was sitting in the car and rushing to Joaquin Capital when he got the box office data, and today he has a very important finishing battle to play, and he can make a lot of money if he wins.
He shook his phone for a moment, then said, "Oh, I see." ”
It was Li Kai, chairman of Huaying Pictures, who called, and when he heard Ji Cheng's calm reply, he felt very crying and laughing, and was excited: "Mr. Cheng, it's 10.8 million!" Ten million and eight hundred thousand dollars! ”
Ji Cheng smiled: "I know. ”
Li Kai fainted: "Are you not satisfied? ”
Ji Chengdao: "Satisfied, it's pretty good." ”
Li Kai said speechlessly: "It's good? This is already against the sky! It only took us seventy or eighty movie theaters to create this box office! After all, it's your script that is too well written! ”
It's not that Ji Cheng isn't excited, it's that he really has something too important today, and he can't be excited at all, in fact, the box office of this three-day opening is really remarkable in the current era, especially "Chicago" is still a niche song and dance movie, but what he wants to do next can't be too excited at the moment, so he behaves very calmly.
Hang up the phone, driver Wolford. Augustine asked, "Mr. Cheng, I just heard you say that "Chicago" box office? ”
The driver, housekeeper and bodyguard are generally among his closest people, and Ji Cheng has nothing to hide from him, and he smiled and hummed, "The box office of $10.8 million in three days is okay." ”
Wolfford. When Augustine heard this, he lost his voice: "O God! More than 10 million box office? ”
Ji Cheng said curiously: "Do you still know this?" ”
Wolfford. Augustine smiled, "I don't understand, but the newspapers and entertainment news have said how much box office gold content before, people say that "Chicago" can have a box office of five million dollars in three days is already very good, so the final box office may reach 50 or 60 million, and now 10.8 million, the final box office must not break 100 million?" ”
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Ji Cheng laughed and said: "It may not be as simple as breaking 100 million!" ”
While we were chatting, the calls came in one by one.
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"Mr. Ji, that's amazing!"
"Average."
"When is the celebration banquet?"
"Let's wait for the final box office to come out."
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"Ji, can you achieve such great success across borders?"
"Look at what you said, it's like I didn't succeed if I didn't cross the border."
"The box office of $10.8 million in the first three days of the painting is amazing! Those who bombarded you are completely silent! ”
"Haha."
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"Mr. Ji, I'm from Variety Weekly, can I make an appointment?"
"When?"
"Is it okay today?"
"These two days might be a bit busy, but just a few days?"
"Okay, so how about three days from now? By the way, congratulations on the success of your company's movie! ”
"Thank you."
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"Finally got through, Mr. Ji, didn't you stop calling?"
"Hehe, these are some phone calls congratulating the box office of Chicago."
"Huaying Pictures' "Chicago" is fantastic! The script you wrote is simply amazing! ”
"It's okay."
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More than a dozen phone calls in the blink of an eye.
There are friends in the entertainment industry.
There are partners in the financial community.
There are also some personal friends of their own.
Of course, it is indispensable for reporters from major entertainment newspapers and magazines to make interviews.
The phone never stopped from him all the way to Joaquin Capital, so you can imagine how much of a sensation "Chicago" caused.
And indeed.
Originally, "Chicago" had a high degree of topic in the past two days, but today the box office came out three days after the opening and set a record.
Suddenly!
It's a sensation in the industry!
The media is a sensation!
The whole United States is discussing the movie "Chicago" and Ji Cheng's crossover to create miracles!
In the past, Ji Cheng has also done a lot of big things in the financial circle, causing a lot of movements, such as tens of billions of dollars in foreign exchange, and the futures market to blow up the global bulls, as well as not long ago in the stock market to defeat several large consortia in the beautiful country, which has indeed caused a lot of repercussions and heated discussions.
However, compared to the sensation caused by the release of "Chicago", those hits are nothing at all!
The popularity of entertainment is not comparable to that of financial news.
Ji Cheng never dreamed that he was just making a movie, and he made the front page headlines of countless newspapers and magazines, this is the time he has received the most attention since he came to the beautiful country, and it can be said that he is popular all over the United States!
You can't imagine stopping for a drink and hearing someone talking about Chicago!
You can't even imagine how hot everyone's chatter is about the love-hate scandal between Ji Cheng, Madonna, and Aniston because of the popularity of the movie!
Ji Cheng's name has also been mentioned many times by the audience and the media!
The buzz is unprecedented!
The popularity is unprecedented!
He is obviously not a person in the film and television industry, but today, Ji Cheng's topic is more hot than any superstar in Hollywood!