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Chapter 645 [71] A box office trend that no one expected!
773 million!
The box office for the midnight show of "Mission Impossible 3" was officially released the moment the clock struck midnight.

This box office is far ahead of the previous record of 415 million set by "Departures" at the midnight show.

It can be seen that Chinese people are still very enthusiastic about Hollywood blockbusters.

Coupled with Chen Yu's local influence, Tom Cruise and the IP of the "Mission Impossible" series, so many audiences rushed into the cinema as soon as possible.

This achievement also broke the record for midnight screenings of domestic films.

It is also the imported film with the best box office at midnight shows.

Hollywood blockbusters have done well at the domestic box office before, but they did not have the extensive publicity that China Film did this time.

The main thing is that this time China Film Group did not simply make money from distribution and profit sharing. It also participated in the investment and filmed the film in China, with Chen Yu still starring in the lead role... It was the combination of all these factors that led to the box office record of this midnight show.

Looking at the message sent by Yu Dong, Chen Yu's peace of mind suddenly eased.

With such midnight show box office, even with the influence of piracy, the box office should not be bad.

Even though it's in May and doesn't belong to any schedule, it might not be able to beat "Taken" at the box office, but 5-3 million will definitely be no problem.

If it is higher, it will depend on the market feedback and subsequent promotion and marketing.

The second wave of publicity, just as film critic Guan Lin thought, was to link up with the character Chen Long in "Escape Plan", and also the Hollywood blockbuster filmed in Shanghai and Xitang in China, which was the explosive point of publicity.

China Film Corporation will have a follow-up strategy.

The fact that "Departures" was able to earn 5.73 million yuan was actually due to the Qingming Festival schedule. If it was released at any other time, it would probably not have surpassed the box office of "Mission: Impossible 3". It would have been good to have 4 million yuan.

But success or failure depends on the release date.

The Spring Festival period can have a follow-up that continues to ferment. A week after the Tomb-Sweeping Day, the performance of "Departures" is actually not as good as "Extraction".

"Departures" was the fastest film in China to break the 4 million yuan mark, but it ultimately grossed less than 6 million yuan and only lasted for about three weeks, with the daily box office dropping to the 3 million level.

"Mission Impossible 3" is obviously a long-term project and may even reap the benefits of the summer vacation.

Although piracy has an impact, there are currently many talents in China who want to go to the cinema to watch Hollywood blockbusters.

The key is, how attractive is the character of Chen Long in "Exodus" that can make the audience who have seen this movie go to the cinema again to watch this character in a similar role to his original film "Mission Impossible 3"?
Not to mention Chen Yu, even market analysts could not predict this group of moviegoers.

Therefore, Chen Yu is much more optimistic about the long-term trend of "Mission Impossible 3" than "Departures".

"Brother Dong, we're in trouble!"

Chen Yu sent a message to Yu Dong. "Mission Impossible 3" was distributed by China Film Group, but Yu Dong was still very concerned about the movies in the industry.

Especially Chen Yu's films.

Currently, Bona is preparing for an IPO and is very close to Yu Xin.

"Extraction" grossed 6.5 million US dollars worldwide. The whole world knows that Yu Xin is now very rich, so many film investors and financing companies have come to him.

Yu Dong was preparing for Bona’s first round of financing, and of course he approached Yu Xin first.

Chen Yu has agreed to let Yu Xin invest in the company, invest 5000 million yuan and hold a certain amount of shares.

We are currently negotiating.

With distribution and connections to theaters, Chen Yu's idea of ​​online ticket purchases will become a reality.

Currently, the call for purchasing tickets on the Internet is growing louder and louder, and the Film Bureau obviously also has this idea, so in 1-2 years, online ticket purchases should be introduced to the market faster than in the past.

By then, Chen Yu will not only have distribution channels, but also his own cinema, and will have absolute say in scheduling films.

Just like the cat's eye in the previous life.

"773 million..."

"I guess Mission: Impossible 3 will only have this record!"

The domestic pre-sales of "Mission Impossible 3" also did not exceed 7651 million yuan, at million, which is slightly lower than "Departures".

There are of course many reasons for this, but the main one is the schedule.

It's not the Spring Festival period, nor is it the summer vacation or the New Year's Day. It's just an ordinary weekend, and it's also the off-season for Chinese films in May. There are not many movies, let alone the box office.

Chen Yu is currently in Hong Kong. He just finished attending the premiere in Shanghai in the evening and rushed here without stopping.

After the premiere in Hong Kong tomorrow at noon, we have to go to Taiwan.

The day after tomorrow it’s Japan.

"The midnight show in Hong Kong should be much better than "Departures"!"

Because Hong Kong currently has almost no immunity to Hollywood movies, they are particularly popular.

Many Hollywood blockbusters have defeated local films, and the same is true for Taiwan.

Although the mainland's film industry has not yet risen, the local film environment is actually very good. This can be seen from the fact that "Mission Impossible 3" could not be released during the summer vacation. This is a kind of protection for domestic films.

Chen Yu was very satisfied with the pre-sale and midnight show because he was clear about all the links in between.

The record-breaking midnight show shows that his box office appeal is still there.

This is enough.

A box office of over 4 million is currently a phenomenal performance in China, and is no different from 5 or 6 million. Unless it can break the 7 million of "Escaping the Demons", otherwise it will be lower than this. The range of 4-7 million is the same for Chen Yu.

Anyway, he is not the one making money, he just hopes that the movie does not flop and that the word of mouth remains strong.

Looking at Victoria Harbor, Chen Yu suffered from a rare sleeplessness.

Frequent travel around the world is a great test for his sleep.

The key is to survive for another week.

"Hahahaha!"

Chen Yu suddenly pursed his lips and smiled strangely towards the floor-to-ceiling window in front of him.

It was very sudden.

This was his audition practice for The Dark Knight. The Joker's smile requires the coordination of the cheek muscles, and he has to maintain this state all the time, so that he can perform the feeling of the Joker that Chen Yu wanted.

"Hahaha!"

Chen Yu was still smiling, and tears began to flow as he smiled. He looked at himself in the mirror.

It was a face that showed no sign of sadness or joy.

It seemed like he was laughing, because Chen Yu's mouth was indeed wide open; but it also seemed like he was crying, because he was shedding tears. Such an expression of crying and laughing appearing on his face at the same time undoubtedly gave people a huge impact.

"not enough!"

"It's not enough, the suffering is not shown!"

Chen Yu shook his head and continued.

Just like that, Chen Yu practiced in front of the mirror over and over again, while thinking about the two movies about clowns in his previous life.

The image reverberated in his mind, eventually transforming into the two most classic clown expressions.

One is tyrannical and evil, the other is miserable and happy.

The two generations of Joker played by Heath Ledger and Phoenix are actually two different characters. Although they are the same person, one plays like a villain, while the other is more of a human.

Two different clowns also represent two different periods.

There is no good or bad person, it’s just that the Joker is also undergoing a transformation from a human being to an anti-hero.

Chen Yu hopes that if he were to play the Joker, he could portray the process of human nature, despair, and then transformation into a super villain.

He has to have a human side as well as a villain side.

In the end, the shadows of the two clowns seemed to become one in Chen Yu's mind.

A clown with a rich personality.

This made Chen more engaged and resonated with the character than writing a biography of the character. He even danced the dance in "Joker" based on his own insights.

Chen Yu was completely immersed in this role.

Most of the night passed by in a flash.

Chen Yu didn't know how he fell asleep.

……

The next morning, Chen Yu was woken up by the alarm clock he set.

I stretched, ordered breakfast, and asked for a cup of coffee.

While eating breakfast, Chen Yu turned on his computer and browsed the film reviews of "Mission Impossible 3" on Star.com. Several familiar film critics had already stayed up late to post their reviews, but Chen Yu was only reading the short reviews.

"If I hadn't looked at the cast list, I would have thought Chen Yu was the male lead...Haha, just kidding, Chen Yu acted really well, a big surprise!"

"Congratulations to Tom Cruise for successfully landing in Hollywood. He is very eye-catching in the film!"

"He went for Brother Tom, but ended up being captured by Chen Yu instead!"

"The glory of male actors, after this movie, Hollywood should have a third Chinese male star!"

"It's great, the best Hollywood action movie this year!"

"..."

There were a lot of positive reviews. Although the ratings had not yet started, Chen Yu secretly checked the backstage.

8.4 points!
It's a very high rating. Although it's not among the top three movies starring Chen Yu, among commercial films with such an opening score, only "Extraction" has a higher score.

The opening ratings of films like "Kung Fu" and "House of Flying Daggers" were less than 8 points.

After browsing the film reviews for a while, Chen Yu stood up and went downstairs to gather.

At noon, the Hong Kong premiere of "Mission Impossible 3" was held at Central Plaza in Hong Kong.

There was a huge crowd of movie fans eagerly waiting, more than at the previous premieres of "Kung Fu" and "Escape Plan".

It can be seen that the cultural impact of Hollywood has caused a phenomenal sensation in Hong Kong.

The same is true of Treasure Island at night.

Chen Yu returned to the hotel after a tiring day. He lay on the bed and opened his phone to check the news. The entertainment headlines that caught his eye were actually about "Mission Impossible 3" and him?

I wonder if this is a promotional announcement bought by China Film Group or a news item from UC Browser? !
"Same person? Chen Yu plays the role of Chen Long in the new film Mission Impossible 3, and has the same name as the male lead in Action! "

Sina also released it.

"Is Chen Long in Mission Impossible 3 the same person as Chen Long in Action? "

"Dreamlike linkage! In both Mission: Impossible 3 and The Force Awakens, the characters played by Chen Yu are both named Chen Long?"

……

Chen Yu logged into several portal websites with his mobile phone and saw the same news on all of them.

I asked about the publicity and promotion department of China Film Group, and it seems that it was indeed the material that China Film Group just released today, but the effect is very good. Many people are talking about this on many platforms, such as forums, QQ groups, and even offline.

Chen Yu himself did not respond, and Paramount China Film did not say anything before the release, so the audience was guessing, is it the same character?
There are even film critics who dug out the same details about Chen Yu in the two films.

It is said that many publicity and promotion activities are unintentional and have great success!

It is very likely that they did not expect that this plan would go viral.

Just like the later movie "All or Nothing", a video of worshiping Buddha went viral, leading to countless people rushing into the cinema to buy tickets to watch it.

Although Chen Yu had proposed the idea of ​​linking up with this character from the beginning, he did not tell them about this idea until Paramount's "Butterfly Lovers 3" was released.

Later, Paramount took the initiative to contact Chen Yu, hoping that the two films could be linked.

This publicity and promotion was a follow-up strategy developed by Paramount, which has rich experience. It is to say nothing before the release, wait for public opinion to arise, and then cooperate in the promotion. This is a very mature plan in the American film market.

But in mainland China, this is apparently the first time.

And people are always very curious, especially after a group of die-hard fans watched the midnight show yesterday, they must be eager to know the answer today.

Some even watched "Taken" again and rushed into the cinema to watch it again, wanting to confirm whether it was the same person.

Among them, the majority are film critics.

Chen Yu’s fans come second.

Therefore, under such discussion and heat, the controversy about the character of Chen Yu is becoming more and more out of the circle.

In just one day, many netizens who have watched "Extraction" have already known that the role played by Chen Yu in "Mission: Impossible 3" is the male protagonist Chen Long in "Extraction"!

And it should be a prequel?!
About the time when Chen Long worked as an agent.

Now, can many viewers who have watched "Extraction" still tolerate this?

They all wanted to see what Chen Long was like before "Escape Plan"? !

I’m not saying that all viewers who have seen “Taken” will buy tickets, but this group of people who buy tickets is absolutely terrifying.

The news Chen Yu got from Yu Dong was that the pre-sale for tomorrow, Sunday, was 1500 million more than the original Saturday, and it was still growing at a terrifying rate.

Many people who didn’t get tickets for Sunday have already started buying tickets after get off work on Monday!
Remember, this is a workday!

The number of moviegoers on weekdays is much smaller than on weekends, but under the influence of Chen Long's character, many people want to go to the cinema to see what's going on.

It's really that the influence of the movie "Extraction" is too great.

A phenomenal film during the Spring Festival, with a box office of over 7 million yuan and nearly 5000 million moviegoers.

This was a very terrifying level of movie-watching in 06.

In other words, at least this many people know the character of Chen Long.

The key point is that it is still popular on Fanqie.com. It was just launched last month and the aftereffect is still there. Many people watched it in the cinema, watched it again online, or even watched it twice... Some people have never seen it in the cinema and are watching it for the first time.

In other words, nearly 1 million people have seen the movie "Extraction".

Currently, national news is promoting the role played by Chen Yu in "Mission Impossible 3", who is the protagonist of "Exodus". How could this not make many viewers who have seen it want to go to the cinema to see this character again?
Therefore, the weekday box office of "Mission Impossible 3" in mainland China exploded just like that.

On May 5, Saturday, "Mission: Impossible 24" premiered in mainland China on its second day, with a total box office of 3 million!
May 5, Sunday, the third day of release, 25 million!
2 million in 1.3 days, although it did not break the fastest million of "Departures" and "Extraction", it still set a single-day box office record.

But this result is actually not much different from these two.

You have to know that "Extraction" and "Departures" occupied two special periods, the Spring Festival and Qingming Festival, while "Mission: Impossible 3" was just an ordinary weekend, so such a box office has shocked the entire market.

But what was even more shocking was Monday!

That is, on May 5, a working day, Monday, "Mission: Impossible 26" raked in 3 million at the box office.

It directly broke the single-day box office record on weekdays in mainland China!
On a working day, the box office was 5412 million, and nearly 4000 million of the box office was generated after 7 o'clock in the evening.

This result is a bit scary.

Because so far, no movie has been able to achieve such a concentrated box office explosion.

Not to mention Chen Yu, even China Film Corporation was shocked by the box office data of 5 million in just 4000 hours.

In the past, there has never been a scene where so many people go to the cinema on a weekday!
But Mission: Impossible 3 did it.

Among them, of course, there is the impact of the Hollywood blockbuster "Mission Impossible 3", but in fact many people know from the news media and reports that many viewers on this weekday went to see the character Chen Long played by Chen Yu in "Mission Impossible 3".

The influence of the movie "Extraction" is too great.

In other words, the nearly 300 million people who watched the movie this Monday were all viewers who had seen "Extraction".

Obviously, the collaboration between "Mission Impossible 3" and "Exodus" was a success.

And the effect is obviously best in mainland China, where "Extraction" became a huge hit.

After all, the actor who plays this role is Chen Yu, currently the most box office-appealing male star in mainland China.

It's just like Leng Feng, the male protagonist of "Wolf Warrior 2" played by Wu Jing, becoming the protagonist in a Hollywood blockbuster, with the same sense of déjà vu.

If there is a Hollywood movie now, and Leng Feng, played by Wu Jing, plays a special forces soldier and completes the mission with the foreigners in the finale, the box office will definitely be very good.

Chen Yu now, "Mission Impossible 3" is such a sensation!
Many people are not going to watch the movie, but are paying for Chen Long's role.

This is a bit like a sequel, or a single-player hero movie released after the popularity of "Avengers".

The character already has a high derivative value.

"I wanted to take advantage of the popularity of Mission Impossible and make a spin-off?"

"Now it's... Mission Impossible that's trying to ride on my popularity?"

"Isn't this the opposite of Tian Gang?!"

Even Chen Yu himself did not expect that the current "Mission Impossible 3" would develop into such a strange situation in mainland China?

Not to mention that many people are now unclear about the box office trend. Even the analysts who originally predicted 3-4 million probably cannot understand the current box office market in mainland China!
The box office is booming on non-working days, so wouldn’t the box office on the weekend after the working days be...even higher?
The previous version of "Wolf Warrior 2" had such a high box office curve.

3.12 million on Saturday of the first weekend, and 3.6 million on Sunday!
The second week was even higher, reaching 4 million on Saturday and 4.3 million on Sunday!
This also raised its box office estimate directly from 30 billion to 45 billion...but no one obviously expected that it would eventually reach 56 billion!
It far exceeded everyone's analysis, significantly raised the upper limit of the domestic film market, and shocked the global film market.

One video labeled Wu Jing as "Wu Baiyi"!
And now, "Wolf Warrior 2" has not yet been released, but "Mission Impossible 3" has begun to create miracles because of Chen Yu!

This is another miracle of the Chinese film market!
Following "Extraction", another phenomenal myth.

(End of this chapter)