The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 431 "Taken 2" Premiere

With regard to the promotion of "Taken 2" in the mainland, Li Shengyao found that the effect was mediocre, the main reason being that there were too many movies during this period.

12月5号《梅兰芳》公映，12月12号《叶问》公映，12月18号《非诚勿扰》公映。

Besides these three films, there are a few others.

There is too much film and television information every day, which led to Li Shengyao even diligently participating in some variety shows, and inviting trolls to promote hype on the Internet.

But generally speaking, it doesn't have much effect. After all, the movie hasn't been released. If you don't spend money to buy it, it's hard to become the number one hot search.

Only then did he realize that he had taken it for granted this time.

Fortunately, Cheng Long's publicity in the beautiful country is said to be good.

The main reason is that there were almost no blockbuster films in January, and Warner exerted influence. Under such circumstances, there were posters of "Taken 2" everywhere in Pretty Country, and the topic was very hot.

This made Li Shengyao's hanging heart relax a little.

It's just that he didn't dare to have too many expectations for the mainland box office.

Compared with 2007, the mainland box office in 2008 has improved significantly.

In 2008, there were two movies with more than 400 million yuan, "You Are the One" with 700 million yuan, and "On the Red Cliff" with [-] million yuan.

There are also high-grossing films such as "Painted Skin", "Yangtze River No. [-]", and "Kung Fu Panda".

In the 2008 box office rankings, the No. 20 movie was "Perfect", which won 5000 and [-] million box office.

The data of "Perfect and Nine Beauties" was placed around No.10 in previous years, but it moved back ten places in 2008.

It can be seen that in 2008, the mainland film market did grow a lot.

Under such circumstances, many media have predicted that "Taken 2" will exceed [-] million.

In interviews with the media, Lee Sheng Yew always said that [-] million would be good.

He is really not humble, but the box office of action movies in the Mainland has never been too high.

In addition to the failure of the publicity this time, he felt that it was a success to exceed [-] million.

December passed quickly, and in January 12, "Madagascar 2009" and "Under the Red Cliff" were first released.

Although "Under the Red Cliff" has a poor reputation, the phrase "Cute, stand up" has become a new meme on the Internet.

However, the box office of "Under the Red Cliff" is still very strong, and the Hong Kong Island in the Mainland is making efforts at the same time, and it is estimated to have more than 2 million.

In the bustle and bustle, time flies by, and on January 1, "You Long Xi Feng" will be released.

On January 1, "Taken 22" began to be screened in the mainland.

……

The Chinese New Year falls on January 1th. This year, because "Taken 25" was released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lee Sing Yew had to watch in Yenching, so he did not return to his hometown for the New Year.

He transferred 200 million to his family, and then said that he and Chen Xun were pregnant.

Let's talk about your feelings and make the old man happy.

At 2009:1 pm on January 26, 6, "Taken 2" was officially released in the mainland, and "Silver Driver", "Happy" and "Happy Family 2009" were released at the same time.

In terms of film schedule, "Taken" accounted for 30.00%2009, and "Happy Family 20.00" accounted for [-]%.

Several other films, including "You Long Xi Feng", which has been released for six days, accounted for 40.00% of the total five.

At this time, the sky in Yanjing had already darkened, and the cold wind howled.

There are very few pedestrians on the streets, and the city looks a little empty.

Most of the North Drifters have returned to their hometowns.

Fortunately, there are many local young people in Yanjing, and in recent years, some traditions are undergoing drastic changes.

Young people don't like New Year's greetings less and less. During the rare holidays, they prefer to enjoy life quietly, such as gathering with friends or watching movies.

In Fenghua Film City, there are many young people shrinking their bodies, chatting and entering the film city at this time.

Li Shengyao and Chen Xun were also one of them. They were like ordinary couples, wearing down coats, hoodies, and masks, and walked through the gate arm in arm.

Chen Xun hadn't watched "Taken 2", she went to the theater to watch the movie, and Li Shengyao went directly to the office on the top floor of the studio.

His assistant was already waiting.

"Boss, according to our statistics, the audience entering the cinema today is 20.00% less than the first half month."

After all, many North Drifters have gone home, and with the New Year’s greetings and cold weather, the number of viewers who went to the theater to watch movies today decreased by 20.00%, which is very normal.

In fact, this value is higher than Lee Shengyao imagined.

It’s okay to have a low box office on the premiere day, as long as you can win the first box office champion, you can brag about it, and you have news materials, that’s fine.

"Our Fenghua Film City, how is the attendance rate of the public screening?"

"The No. 2 attendance rate is naturally "Taken 2", the No.3 is "You Long Xi Feng", and the No.2009 is "Happy Family [-]"."

After all, "You Long Xi Feng" has Liu Dehua, and his appeal in the mainland is lower than that of the stars of "Happy Family 2009". The attendance rate of this film is higher, which is reasonable.

"You Long Xi Feng" is currently low in the film schedule, so there is no need to worry about threatening "Taken 2"'s daily box office champion.

Li Shengyao nodded, thought for a while and said, "Let the arranged navy send out a press release, saying that "Taken 2" is today's daily box office champion."

It's a sure thing, so it's not a fraud.

The assistant then left.

Li Shengyao sat in the office, closed his eyes and waited for the call.

Not long after, there were calls from all over the world, such as Hong Kong Island, and the three places of Xinmatai, all announcing the good news.

I am not sure about the box office situation now, but the premiere in various places went smoothly without any surprises.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Chen Xun came back from watching the movie. She walked behind Li Shengyao and put her hand on his shoulder.

"I think the second one is better than the first one, and the box office of this movie will be higher."

In Li Shengyao's previous life, this was indeed the case.

People in the industry, as long as they are not biased, can tell which is good and which is bad.

Li Shengyao nodded, "The overseas box office should be higher than the first one, not necessarily in the mainland."

At this point in time, Li Shengyao didn't want to say too much, lest he be slapped in the face.

Chen Xun blinked her pretty eyes, "Are you worried that this movie won't do well in the Mainland?"

"I can't say I'm worried, I just don't want to give too much expectation, so as not to be slapped in the face."

Previously, "On the Red Cliff" and "If You Are the One" performed very well, and the box office of "Taken 2" in the mainland is definitely not as good as these two films.

But because Director Li's status is too high, many media praised "Taken 2", thinking that "Taken 2" can make two to three hundred million.

Li Shengyao doesn't want to be ridiculed by others in the future, he has always said that [-] million is success when facing reporters and media.

Chen Xun didn't understand, "I think it's pretty good, maybe there can be [-] million."

"hope so."

"Come on, let's make a bet, if there are [-] million, then you will stay with me from February to March."

"Taken 3" has been produced, and then Lee Seung Yew will have a relatively long break.

She wants to have this time to herself.

Li Shengyao smiled, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)