1990: Starting from Baojia Street

"Who else is on our side?" Zhou Yan asked again.

"I don't know anything else, I just know that Mo Yan is in the exchange group," said Yu Hua.

“How many people are there in this exchange group?”

"I heard it was ten to fifteen people."

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "I'll ask Tie Ning later. I may not be able to participate in many activities here."

Shi Tiesheng laughed and said, "It's enough if you can show up. How can I ask you to follow all the activities?"

"Tie Sheng is right. As long as you can be present at the one or two main events, it will be fine."

"That's good……"

As soon as Zhou Yan opened his mouth, two more people came over with wine glasses.

"Teacher Zhou, it's such an honor to meet you..."

Afterwards, Zhou Yan began to deal with the guests who came to toast him.

……

On June 2, the box office data for "Time Traveler" in Hong Kong during its first weekend came out.

From May 30th to June 1st, a total of two and a half days, "Time Traveler" earned a terrifying box office of 11.1 million, becoming the fastest movie in Hong Kong film history to earn 10 million box office.

The official record shows that the box office exceeded 10 million in three days, but in fact it only took a little more than two days in total.

The movie was originally scheduled to be released in the afternoon of the 30th, and it was not until the evening of the 1st that it broke the 10 million mark. If you really count, it took about 50 hours in total.

This box office data directly shocked the local media in Hong Kong. They had previously predicted that the box office of "Time Traveler" would be high. After all, before the movie was released, the soundtrack had been on the Hong Kong hot song list for several months in a row.

But they could never have imagined that the box office would be so unprecedentedly good.

The box office boom that the media can think of is actually the situation when "Jurassic Park" was released a few years ago. After all, to this day, "Jurassic Park" still firmly occupies the top spot in the Hong Kong film history box office rankings.

Even "Jurassic Park" did not perform as well as "A Time Traveler" in its first three days.

After the data of "Time Traveler" grossing over 11 million in its first weekend came out, major cinemas in Hong Kong began to adjust their film schedules.

Originally, "Jurassic Park 2" was in theaters and its box office performance was very good, so cinemas allocated a lot of screenings for "Jurassic Park 2".

But now cinemas have discovered that the attendance rate of "Jurassic Park 2" is far lower than that of "A Time Traveler". In order to make more money, they must of course take out a portion of the screening schedule of "Jurassic Park 2" and give it to "A Time Traveler".

In fact, as early as after the first day, some cinemas had already quickly adjusted their screening schedules. The fact that "Time Traveler" was able to earn more than 11 million yuan at the box office in its first weekend was also related to these cinemas that adjusted their screening schedules in advance.

If they hadn't made quick adjustments and allocated a large number of screenings to "Time Traveler", the box office data for the first weekend would definitely have been worse.

At present, the news about "Time Traveler" in Hong Kong is overwhelming, and the title of each news is very exaggerated.

[Blast the Earth! Director Zhou's new film breaks box office records, and Hollywood's big director Stephen is being trampled underfoot! ]

[Breaking 10 million in three days! "Time Traveler" is a huge success in Hong Kong. 】

【Zhou Yan is here, Zhou Yan is here again! 】

【After many years, Joey Wong may top the Hong Kong box office charts again! 】

……

The last piece of news is about Joey Wong, which also attracted readers' attention.

Many readers discovered after reading this news that among all the movies Wang Zuxian has participated in over the years, only one won the annual box office championship, which was "God of Gamblers" released in 1989.

Moreover, Joey Wong did not have many roles in "God of Gamblers".

Originally, "God of Gamblers" should be considered a dual-male lead movie, with Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau as the protagonists, and the female characters having very few roles.

Among the female characters, although Zhang Min did not have many roles, she left a deeper impression on the audience. On the other hand, Wang Zuxian’s character in the movie was very ordinary, she was just a vase and did not leave a very deep impression on the audience.

Therefore, the fact that "God of Gamblers" won the box office championship that year actually had little to do with Joey Wong. Many people even forgot that Joey Wong had starred in "God of Gamblers".

As for the movies in which Joey Wong played the female lead, the top three with the highest box office were "City Hunter", "The Sixth Sense" and "A Chinese Ghost Story 2: The Return of the Jedi".

Overall, although Joey Wong is very popular, her ability to carry the box office has not been demonstrated.

Of all the movies she starred in, only four have entered the top ten of the annual movie box office list. In addition to the three mentioned above, there is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: East is Red, West is West".

Among these four movies, her presence is strongest in "A Chinese Ghost Story 2: The Human World".

Among the other three movies, perhaps only her role in "The Sixth Sense" left a deeper impression on the audience.

In "The Sixth Sense", Joey Wong's character is actually not very well-developed, but Zhou Yan made her look very beautiful and special, and since there are few female characters in the film, she left a deep impression on the audience.

Many people say that "The Sixth Sense" is the second spring of Wang Zuxian's career, which is not an exaggeration at all, because after "A Chinese Ghost Story" trilogy, "The Sixth Sense" is Wang Zuxian's most outstanding work.

"The Sixth Sense" not only achieved good box office in Hong Kong, but also had a strong influence overseas, and it also achieved good results in North America.

Not to mention Japan. "The Sixth Sense" was the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in Japan before "Time Traveler".

Among the four movies starring Joey Wong that have entered the top ten of Hong Kong box office charts, the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" was only over million. Now it seems that it will not take a few days for "Time Traveler" to surpass it.

The most important thing is that Joey Wong is the absolute heroine in "A Time Traveler". If "A Time Traveler" can win the annual box office list, Joey Wong's achievements in movie box office will be taken to a new level.

In fact, Wang Zuxian's current film pay is already the highest in Hong Kong, and is on par with the first-tier male actors. However, Wang Zuxian's current situation is that no matter how high the pay is offered, she is unwilling to accept it.

At first, many people were unwilling to give up and tried various channels to pass the script to Joey Wong. Later, everyone gradually realized that Joey Wong was not not filming now, but only filming Zhou Yan's films. There are two speculations in the industry about Joey Wong only filming Zhou Yan's films. One is that Zhou Yan has a special relationship with Joey Wong, and the other is that Joey Wong is not interested in other directors' films after filming Zhou Yan's films.

The second possibility sounds a bit unreasonable, but it is not impossible. After all, Joey Wong has been filming for so many years, and in terms of global box office, "The Sixth Sense" has the highest box office.

Even if someone else were in Joey Wong’s position, they would prefer to shoot Zhou Yan’s movies.

Maybe Joey Wong has decided not to film anymore, but she can't bear to give up Zhou Yan's films, so she will take any film that Zhou Yan is starring in, and won't take any that are not starring Zhou Yan.

If this is true, it also shows that Wang Zuxian's choice was very wise.

Now, her second movie co-produced with Zhou Yan has once again created miracles at the box office. It first broke the Chinese box office record in mainland China, and then broke records in Japan. Now it has achieved such crazy results when it was released in Hong Kong.

The performance of "The Sixth Sense" and "Time Traveler" made many actresses envious.

The actresses who rejected "The Sixth Sense" back then are regretting it now.

If they could turn back time, they would definitely choose to take on "The Sixth Sense", even without any pay.

The other things that "The Sixth Sense" and "Time Traveler" brought to Joey Wong cannot be compared with the millions of dollars in film pay.

Now, not only has Wang Zuxian’s film pay increased, but her endorsement fees have also increased significantly.

……

After "Time Traveler" earned 11 million in box office revenue in the first three days, its momentum slowed down slightly, but since it was Monday, a decline in box office revenue was very normal.

Although both were released in the middle of the week, the box office of "Jurassic Park 2" was far behind that of "A Time Traveler".

After the release of "A Time Traveler", the impact on "Jurassic Park 2" was not just about the screening schedule.

Because everyone was in a hurry to watch "Time Traveler", fewer people went to watch "Jurassic Park 2".

Although the two movies have different themes and the conflict does not seem to be big, in the short term, many people will only choose to watch one movie, after all, movie tickets also cost money.

Even if movie fans don't care about the money for movie tickets, their energy is limited, and many people are unwilling to go to the cinema to watch movies in the short term.

After all, it takes several hours to watch a movie, from choosing the movie to buying the ticket and then entering the cinema to watch the movie.

Many people will choose "A Time Traveler" and will not choose "Jurassic Park 2".

The cinemas found that the box office of "Jurassic Park 2" continued to decline, while the box office of "Time Traveler" remained strong, so they naturally knew what to choose.

Therefore, starting from June 2nd, the screening schedules of the two films have been increasing and decreasing, and the gap has become increasingly larger.

Later on, there was almost no screening for "Jurassic Park 2" because it had been released for quite a long time and its potential had been almost exhausted.

At this time, the box office of "Jurassic Park 2" has basically been determined, with a total of more than million Hong Kong dollars. If the performance is good in the future, there is hope that it will break through million, but million is just its ceiling.

"Jurassic Park 2" encountered a similar situation to "Sleeper", but the result of "Jurassic Park 2" is still good. The box office of more than 97 million is not low in the Hong Kong market. As of now, it has ranked among the top three in Hong Kong box office rankings this year, and even has a chance to surpass the 4020 million box office of "All's Well, Ends Well " and get the second place.

However, even if it gets the second place, it will probably be surpassed by "Time Traveler" in no time.

The reason why the result of "Jurassic Park 2" is better than "Sleeper" is, on the one hand, because the movie itself has a wide audience and is much more competitive than "Sleeper"; on the other hand, it was released earlier than "A Time Traveler" and was less affected by "A Time Traveler".

If "Jurassic Park 2" and "A Time Traveler" were released on the same day, and the two films competed with each other, the box office of "Jurassic Park 2" would probably be even lower.

Of course, if the real fight really comes to fruition, "Time Traveler" will definitely be more affected.

As for "Time Traveler", after the end of June 8th, the box office directly rose to 27 million.

This box office has exceeded the data of "The Sixth Sense" when it was released in Hong Kong.

When "The Sixth Sense" was released in Hong Kong, many people felt sorry for it.

Everyone knows that if "The Sixth Sense" was a local Hong Kong movie, it would definitely get a very high box office. Even if it doesn't reach 50 million, 40 million should be no problem.

Unexpectedly, a few years later, "Time Traveler" surpassed the box office data of "The Sixth Sense" in just ten days.

Some people analyzed that there are many reasons why "Time Traveler" was able to achieve such a high box office.

First, the soundtrack of this movie was already very popular before the movie was released and attracted widespread attention. Many people went to the cinema to watch this movie just because of the soundtrack.

Second, Zhou Yan’s popularity is no longer comparable to when "The Sixth Sense" was released. Zhou Yan is very popular in Hong Kong now. Just based on his name, the box office of the movie will be much higher.

Third, this is a love movie with a bit of humor, which is very suitable for young couples to watch together in the cinema.

Fourthly, the interludes in this movie are all English songs, which are very attractive to Hong Kong people.

Combining these four reasons, the box office of "Time Traveler" reached an astonishing level.

Some organizations have already predicted that the box office of "A Time Traveler" will most likely exceed 50 million. Now it depends on whether it can surpass "Rumble in the Bronx" to become the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in Hong Kong's film history, or even surpass "Jurassic Park" to become number one in the box office rankings in Hong Kong's film history.

……

In Hong Kong, "A Time Traveler" was an unstoppable success in the first two weeks of its release, while in Japan, "A Time Traveler" is still selling well at the box office two months after its release.

Because someone had previously shouted the slogan "Keep the championship in the East", the single-day box office of "Time Traveler" once again reversed.

At the end of the second month, the distribution income of "Time Traveler" in Neon had exceeded 5 billion Neon coins and was heading towards the goal of 6 billion.

Now everyone is more and more hopeful that the distribution income of "Time Traveler" will exceed 6 billion, because the second month is almost over and the daily distribution income is still growing wildly.

In the past week, the distribution income of "Time Traveler" increased by 510 million Neon coins, with an average daily distribution income of more than 70 million Neon coins.

Moreover, this growth rate has not dropped significantly. It is predicted that the ration income for the next week will increase by at least 450 million neon coins. (End of this chapter)