Chapter 161: The box office is out, a new record
"Hello, six recent shots of Gravity."
"What version do you want?"
The six of them discussed, since the biggest selling point of this movie when it was promoted was the 3D effect, of course they would buy the 3D version if they wanted to buy it.
"3D version."
"The most recent show of the regular 3D version is tomorrow afternoon at 2:40." The conductor said, glancing at the computer.
"Tomorrow?"
The six people were all stunned, and the tickets for the whole day were sold out just at noon?
Xiao Ding asked, "What about the IMAX3D version?" Are there any tickets for today? ”
The six people really don't believe it, the price of the gold field of the IMAX3D version of "Gravity" is 110, and the price of the daytime game is 80, so I don't believe it is so expensive, and it will be sold!
At this time, the conductor looked at the computer again and said: "The IMAX3D version is at 15:30 in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, the ticket price is 80, six tickets, do you want it?" ”
"Then let's buy the normal 3D version of tomorrow afternoon."
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After buying the tickets, the six people discussed, and finally decided to go to the Internet café to play CS for a long time, and there was an Internet café about a hundred meters away from the theater.
"It seems that this time "Gravity" is probably really good."
"It should be a good movie, but the person who just called said that the audience in the theater spontaneously stood up and applauded, it was pure nonsense, I have watched movies for so many years, and I have never seen a real audience spontaneously applaud, spend money to buy tickets to watch a movie, applaud, a bladder of urine waiting to be released!"
"Men, they all love to brag, you kid Zakin Hua wins a thousand, you dare to blow to win 10,000, scare away others, you dare to blow and scare people and leopards away."
"That's right, haha."
The six of them came to the Internet café to choose a good machine, and before officially playing the game, they searched the Internet for the reputation of "Gravity".
"When everyone was saying that Li Mu was the most promising Chinese director to catch up with Hollywood movies, Li Mu just sat in a dark corner and sneered, and then threw out such a movie that made the whole world stand up and shout ', it's really awesome'."
"Please, don't say that Li Mu has launched an attack on Hollywood special effects blockbusters, okay? Feng Shui takes turns, and in the future, Hollywood will catch up with director Li Mu's film technology! ”
"It's not about watching a movie anymore, it's about comparing who 'I grass' more times and blinking less times."
"2012 Armageddon? It's the reality of the scarcity of 3D screens that saves you! ”
"After watching "2012", I sweated for Li Mu, the disaster scene of the movie was extremely grand, and the audience was amazed when watching the movie; After watching "Gravity", I came out and sweated for "2012", such an excellent disaster blockbuster, but I encountered a movie that can be called a milestone in the history of human films! ”
"I just finished reading it, and I got goosebumps all over my body, and I highly recommend that you must watch the IMAX3D version!"
After reading the comments, the six people didn't even rush to play CS, and it is hard to imagine that netizens have such a high evaluation of "Gravity".
Even "Inception", which swept the world film industry at the beginning of the year and once entered the top five in film history with an IDMB score, has not been praised to this extent.
"Is Gravity really so exciting?"
The six of them couldn't help but mumble in their hearts, and at the same time looked forward to tomorrow's movie.
"Why don't you check if there are any famous directors or film critics who have commented on this movie? I always feel that the reputation of this movie doesn't seem to be normal. ”
Xiao Zhou nodded in agreement.
A few minutes later.
"After watching the movie, I suddenly felt that the history of the film should be described before and after "Gravity" - Jiang Wen."
"I went to see "Gravity" today, and without the main creator and actors on stage, this is the first time in my life that I watched a movie in the cinema and heard applause when I heard the subtitles - Han Han."
"I watched "Gravity" with a few directors and producers in the middle of the night last night, and after the show, the atmosphere was weird, silent, shocked, almost no one talked about the movie, and they were all stupid - God of Wealth."
"I just finished watching "Gravity" with my friends, and the picture was shocking. Looking at the level of film shooting technology and industrialization alone, Huaxia is already ahead of the United States, and strictly speaking, it is Li Mu who is ahead of the United States - Shi Yuzhu. ”
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After reading these celebrity comments, all six people were silent, especially Han Han's evaluation made the six people the most impressed.
When I was in the theater just now, I encountered more than one person who said that there was a large number of spontaneous applause from the audience in the theater, and now Han Han actually said the same, it seems that it should be true that there was a large number of spontaneous applause in the theater.
It's pretty scary.
The six of them are all veteran fans, but the six of them have never stood up and applauded a movie in the theater for so many years, and they have never seen other audiences spontaneously applaud a movie, even if the movie is not good!
It's just a movie, so what's the hypocrisy?
But now that so many people say that this phenomenon occurs, what does this mean?
The next afternoon, the six of them arrived at the theater early.
After the staff began to check the tickets, each of the six people received a pair of 3D eyes.
"It's a novelty to wear glasses to watch a movie."
"It feels a bit like a combination of reading glasses and sunglasses, there is a ghost when you take something to watch, and the light is very dark, can you really watch a movie with this thing?"
The six of them complained as they poured into Screening Hall 3 with the crowd.
Once you sit down, the movie starts quickly.
When the big screen lit up and a blue earth appeared instantly, everyone in the theater, including the six old classmates who came together, almost all of them couldn't help but let out an "ah".
"So this is a 3D movie, magical! Awesome! ”
The vast universe seems to be immersive.
Before I came, everyone knew that this movie had a very good reputation, so everyone thought that the special effects scene of this film must be so grand that it exploded.
Who knows that this movie is not at all what you thought it was, this movie doesn't even make people even aware of the existence of special effects, and you will even really think that everything is happening in space, everything is so real.
Special effects seem to be everywhere, but they don't seem to exist at all.
The six of them were full of shock, and at the same time, they finally understood why so many netizens and even so many celebrities would respect this movie so much.
It turns out that this is the highest level of special effects!
When space debris came at a rapid pace, at least ninety percent of the people in the theater let out an exclamation, and at least one-third of the people instinctively reached out to cover it.
Shocking, unbeatable!
All six of them were stupid, and the rest of the theater was pretty much the same.
It turns out that the movie can do this!
Everyone has seen the visual spectacle brought by 3D movies, and finally knows how three-dimensional the stereoscopic effect can be, but these speeding space debris still shocked everyone.
At this time, the six people couldn't help but think of Director Jiang Wen's evaluation of the film that they saw yesterday: "After watching the movie, I suddenly felt that the history of film should be described before and after "Gravity". ”
It's so apt!
Gong Li took off her spacesuit and closed her eyes and curled up "floating" in the capsule, like a baby curled up in the womb.
This shot is not a special effects, but the shock is enough to match the debris of the satellite that has been speeding before.
When Gong Li finally escaped from Tiangong to the International Space Station at the last moment, everyone sweated for her, but fortunately there was no danger in the end.
"Space Command Center, whether you can hear it or not, I am Gong Li reporting to you from the International Space Station, I am about to leave the space station, I have an ominous premonition about this mission, which reminds me of a story, the command center ......"
The sudden and violent jolt forced Gong Li to stop telling the story.
"I'll not say it, it's getting hotter and hotter here, OK, it's okay, it's okay, it seems to me that there will only be two outcomes, or ...... Either...... I brought back a legendary story and returned to Earth safely, or it was reduced to ashes in ten minutes, and whatever the outcome was, I accepted it with all my integrity...... Whatever the outcome, it's been an extraordinary journey. ”
In the end, Gong Li said in an unusually calm tone: "I'm ready!" ”
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What is Acting?
That's it!
Gong Li's performance is very expressive, there is no hysteria, no staring and roaring, but it portrays the character's heart very expressively.
When Gong Li finally said "I'm ready" and put on an astronaut helmet, many audiences in the theater couldn't help but burst into tears.
Bang.
The ISS was also completely destroyed.
The spaceship, along with countless space station debris, is like countless burning meteors in the universe. Accompanied by a magnificent background music, the movie brought the ultimate shock to the audience.
In the midst of the violent bumps, Gong Li pressed the start button.
The scene where the spaceship returns to Earth is the climax of the entire movie, but the theater suddenly becomes silent.
The spacecraft successfully returned to Earth, but ended up in the water.
Gong Li lifted the cable of the parachute with difficulty and swam ashore, she lay on the dirt, turned over, and there were countless space debris in the sky, very beautiful, but also deadly. Gong Li smiled for the rest of her life, and she struggled to get up and walked like a baby toddler into the depths of the land.
At this time, the big screen suddenly darkened, and at the same time, a line appeared in front of the audience:
"Director: Li Mu."
The movie is over.
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When the fat man, the tall man, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li and other six people were still immersed in the movie world just now, the theater suddenly burst into warm applause.
Only then did the six come to their senses, and then, like most of the rest of the audience, stood up and applauded the film.
It wasn't until this time that the six of them completely believed that the things that called and said that the audience would spontaneously stand up and applaud were true, and it turned out that Han Han said that this was the first time he had seen an audience applaud.
It's a really great movie, "2012" is certainly very shocking, but it's still just a good Hollywood VFX blockbuster, and "Gravity" is a great movie that surpasses Hollywood.
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When the movie was officially released, Li Mu and Gong Li had already returned from the United States. On the day of the film's official global release, many people, including Gong Li and other crew members, were asking Li Mu about his box office estimates.
Everyone has seen the phenomenon of long queues of ticket-buying audiences in theaters across the country.
This is not the case in one city and one place in one theater, but it has become a very common phenomenon.
The reputation of the movie is even better to the point of being incredible, and even countless directors in the industry are saying that Li Mu has completely thrown off Hollywood, which has always been good at the film industry.
Ordinary netizens' evaluation of the movie is even more ridiculously high.
There have been countless netizens on the Internet who have said that they are watching the ordinary 3D version, which is very enjoyable, but if they watch the IMAX3D version, it can be even more enjoyable, and these netizens even showed their newly purchased "Gravity" IMAX3D version movie tickets.
Everyone is announcing in a high-profile manner that they are going to brush it again.
This unprecedented popularity even surpasses "Inception", which just created a miracle at the beginning of the year!
"Director, this time it will definitely surpass the first-day box office record set by "Inception", right?"
On November 13, the assistant director of the film and others asked Li Mudao.
Li Mu is not as optimistic as everyone else.
"It's not realistic, Inception is available in all theaters, and the most attractive thing about Gravity is always the 3D version of the movie and the IMAX3D version. At present, there are less than 8,000 screens in the country, but there are only 1,400 3D screens, and it is almost impossible to sell "Inception" mainly by relying on 1,400 3D screens, but the stamina of this movie should be stronger. ”
"Oh."
The person who asked was somewhat disappointed.
Everyone is waiting to see "Gravity" break the box office record again, and it seems to be difficult at the moment.
Li Mu couldn't help but feel a little emotional at this time.
I remember that at this point in time in my previous life, the number of screens in the country seemed to be less than 5,000, but I didn't expect that in this life, it would directly reach nearly 8,000, which is close to the level of 12 years in the previous life! The development is really fast, there were only 1600 screens in the country in 02.
Speaking of which, the rapid growth of the number of screens in the country in this life must have a credit to him Li Mu.
In the previous life, there were more than 4,000 and less than 5,000 pieces, and the only variable in the two worlds was Li Mu, who grew to nearly 8,000 screens in this life, if it wasn't for his Li Mu's credit, whose credit could it be?
The continuous sales of Li Mu's movies have made the market more confident in this industry, and the expansion of the number of screens will naturally be faster.
The same goes for the number of 3D screens in the country.
I remember that in the previous life, at the beginning of 09, there were only about 80 3D screens in the country, but in order to welcome the arrival of the movie "Avatar", the number of 3D screens in the country has rushed all the way to nearly 800 in just a few months.
The stimulus effect of blockbusters on the film market is indeed very strong.
In this life, the domestic market has to welcome the arrival of the two 3D blockbusters "Gravity" and "Avatar", plus Li Mu invited the person in charge of the domestic theater to watch the movie in advance, so that everyone can see the charm of real 3D movies in advance, so the introduction of 3D screens in China in this life is much faster than in the previous life, and it directly reached 1400 3D screens before the official release of the movie.
Thinking of this at that time, Li Mu suddenly had an idea, the single-day box office of "Avatar" in his previous life was actually not too high, but the stamina was really terrifying. And the reason for this phenomenon must be related to the number of 3D screens and the serious shortage of IMAX3D halls, at least the domestic situation in this life is much better than the previous life.
Therefore, in this life, the box office momentum of his "Gravity" may be far less than that of "Avatar", but the single-day box office performance is likely to far exceed that of "Avatar" in his previous life.
"That's right - duration!"
At that time, Li Mu suddenly thought that the whole film of "Avatar" was as high as 162 minutes, and it could only be played 5 times a day.
And "Gravity" is only 91 minutes long, and it can be broadcast at least 8 times a day - that is to say, "Gravity" is shorter and relatively overcomes the current dilemma of insufficient 3D screens in the world to some extent?
Soon the domestic box office results of "Gravity" were freshly released.
On the first day of release, Friday, 80 million yuan.
The day after the release, Saturday, 1000000 yuan.
On the third day of release, Sunday, 110 million yuan.
After three days of domestic release, the total box office broke the 300 million yuan mark?
As soon as the data came out, the whole industry was dumbfounded.
The first-day box office record, the single-day box office record, the fastest to break the record of 300 million,
3 billion in 3 days?!
Has the Huaxia market developed to this extent?
"2012" was such an awesome movie that had a box office of less than 30 million on the first day, but "Gravity" directly reached a box office of 300 million in 3 days?
Not to mention others, even Li Mu himself was blinded.
Although the ticket price of "Gravity" is more expensive than ordinary movies, can the 1,400 domestic 3D screens alone sell this box office?
Unless a large number of netizens watch the ordinary 2D version of "Gravity", what are these people trying to do?
Really.
When the Internet was overwhelmingly blowing the unparalleled 3D effect of "Gravity", many netizens said bitterly that the movie was very exciting, but: I watched the 2D version of his sister!
"Go buy tickets, remember to buy the IMAX3D version, or you will really regret it in the future!"
Some netizens persuaded.