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Chapter 652 The Night the Comet Came

5 month 1 day.

Labor Day holiday.

"Boss Wang, the box office for The Night the Comet Came has come out yesterday, 3536W."

"The Night the Comet Came" was released in theaters at 4 pm on April 29th, and it grossed 6W in just half a day, which is not only a height that many domestic films cannot reach, but also broke the box office record for domestic film premieres.

The combination of a science fiction film, a director who has won Oscars for consecutive years, and the hype created by the original crew of "A Time Traveler", made many people eager to go to the theaters as soon as "The Night the Comet Came" was released.

The movie grossed 3536W in just half a day, and it can be predicted that the movie will be a big hit during the May Day holiday.

Of course, it is still uncertain whether the explosion will continue or will start to shrink after a few days.

Because the movie has just been released, the high box office is mainly due to the hype.

Once this wave of movie-watching emotions has worn off, it’s time to test whether the film suits the audience’s taste.

……

at the same time.

"How much was the box office of 'The Night the Comet Came' last night?" Han Sanping looked at the secretary.

The secretary knew that Han Sanping would ask about this matter, so he prepared early and quickly replied: "3536W."

"3536W?" Han Sanping was surprised when he heard the number.

"Yes!" the secretary answered affirmatively.

"Hiss~" Han Sanping muttered to himself, "Although I guessed that Wang Shu's low-budget movie would achieve good box office, I didn't expect it to break the record on the first day."

"Now he is worth 5 million, and now he is going to make a fortune again."

"With money, he will have enough confidence, which will make him pursue higher honors in Hollywood instead of returning to China for development."

In his opinion, as long as Wang Shu is not short of money, there is no need for him to struggle in China, but instead he should pursue higher film honors abroad.

It is mainly focused on winning awards rather than being a commercial film.

Although art films can be made in China, they can only compete for the three major European awards and cannot participate in the Oscar competition.

Admittedly, it was a contender for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, but it wasn’t very interesting.

On the other hand, making art films in Hollywood can not only win the three major European awards, but also the British Academy Film Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Oscars.

It can be seen from this that the honors that can be achieved by making art films in Hollywood are more numerous and greater than those in China.

So in his opinion, the more money Wang Shu has, the more he wants to stay in Hollywood to develop.

Although Han Sanping was happy for Wang Shu's huge success in the opening of "The Night the Comet Came", he also felt that it was bad news.

Just as he thought, if Wang Shu had enough money, he would most likely stay in Hollywood and pursue higher honors.

"Mr. Zhang, the first day box office of The Night the Comet Came is out, 3536W."

At New Picture Company, Zhang Weiping's secretary is reporting to him.

"3536W?" Zhang Weiping frowned when he heard the number and looked at the secretary in disbelief.

The secretary was a little nervous because of Zhang Weiping's stare, and replied with a stiff upper lip: "Yes, 3635, oh no, it's 3536W."

"In addition, Triple Tap and Full Alert have all been rescheduled, and it is currently unknown when they will be released."

"Triple Tap" and "Full Alert" were scheduled to be released on May 2st. However, because "Iron Man " will be released in mainland theaters on May th, these two films are worried that they will be affected by the Hollywood blockbuster and have changed their release dates.

Now there is another reason to change the release date, which is to avoid the release of Wang Shu's movie.

During last year's New Year season, several movies were influenced by the films directed by Wang Shu.

Now everyone has learned their lesson. In order to ensure the box office, they try to avoid releasing their films at the same time as possible with Wang Shu’s films.

"The schedule has been changed?" Zhang Weiping was stunned when he heard that.

"The King of Tributes" is directed by Hong Kong's famous director Derek Yee, starring Louis Koo, Wu Yanzu, Li Binbin, Cai Zhuoyan, Fang Zhongxing and others.

"Full Alert" was directed by Hong Kong's famous director Benny Chan, starring Aaron Kwok, Zhang Jingchu, Shu Qi, Wu Jin and others.

Both films are extremely powerful, both in terms of directors and casts.

He also expects these two films to compete with Wang Shu's "The Night the Comet Came" during the May Day holiday and affect the box office of "The Night the Comet Came".

In other words, the fact that two movies with strong casts lost to "The Night the Comet Came" can also make the loss of "Three Shots Surprise" to Wang Shu less embarrassing.

Unexpectedly, the release dates of these two films were changed.

Persuaded!

Zhang Weiping found it hard to accept.

"Yes!" the secretary replied in a low voice, feeling nervous.

Zhang Weiping was stunned for a moment and asked, "So, the only movie on the May Day schedule is "The Night the Comet Came"?"

"No." The secretary shook his head and added, "There are also "Ip Man 2" and "The Night the Comet Came" in the same slot."

“Iron Man 5 will also be released in theaters on May 7.”

"Ip Man 2 and Iron Man 2?" Zhang Weiping muttered to himself.

He thought for a moment, "If I remember correctly, Ip Man 1 only made 8400 million yuan at the box office when it was released that year."

"Now the first day box office of "The Night the Comet Came" is 3536 million."

“It can be seen that this movie can’t hold a candle to the films directed by Wang Shu.”

"Moreover, even the box office of Ip Man 2 will be affected by The Night the Comet Came."

“Not only will it fail to stop the pace of The Night the Comet Came, but the box office may even shrink.”

"The only movie that can stop The Night the Comet Came is the Hollywood blockbuster Iron Man 2."

"It's just that this movie won't be released until May 5th. By the time this movie is released, The Night the Comet Came will have already been released for a week."

"And this week happens to be the week with the highest box office performance."

"When Iron Man 2 is released, even if it has an impact on The Night the Comet Came, it won't be a big one."

The secretary stood aside and did not respond. She knew that her boss was in a bad mood at the moment.

So I adhere to the idea that it is not bad not to do anything, as long as I don’t do it, I will not be selected.

Sure enough, Zhang Weiping waved his hand and signaled her to leave.

Seeing this, the secretary breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave the office. "I didn't expect that in just a few years, Wang Shu has grown to be unstoppable."

Zhang Weiping sighed.

“Not only has it repeatedly broken domestic records in the commercial film field, it has even ushered in the billion-dollar box office era.”

"If other big directors' movies could earn 200 or 300 million, they would be celebrating."

"He's great. He made a box office of 10 billion in one go."

"… The same is true in the field of art films. Directors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong have gone to Hollywood to make their mark. Except for Li An, all of them returned home in disgrace."

"And Wang Shu surpassed Li An and won two Academy Awards for Best Director in a row."

"This honor is already on par with Yimou."

"If you take it seriously, it even goes beyond one conspiracy."

"Alas, these are secondary."

"Wang Shu is good at commercial films. If I could have connected with him and established a cooperative relationship like this with Yimou, now..."

The more Zhang Weiping thought about it, the more upset he felt.

"Ashin, 'The Night the Comet Came' grossed 3536 million on the first day." Wong Pak Ming found Ye Weixing and talked about this matter.

Wong Pak-ming is the producer of "Ip Man 2" and Ip Wai-hsing is the director.

"3536W on the first day?" Ye Weixing showed an expression of disbelief when he heard this, and then he said, "If I remember correctly, "The Night the Comet Came" was released at 3536 pm yesterday evening, right? It has achieved a box office of W in just half a day?"

Wong Pak Ming nodded. The box office of "Ip Man 2" on the first day was just over million, and that was the full-day box office.

"The Night the Comet Came" was only released for half a day, but it was already three times as long as "Ip Man 2".

If it is shown for the whole day, the box office may even exceed 50 million.

Ye Weixing's heart sank, and he asked, "What about our Ip Man 2? How much is the box office the next day?"

Huang Baiming said with a gloomy face: "884W, a little lower than the first day's box office."

In the original timeline, "Ip Man 2" earned 3500 million yuan in box office revenue in three days and 9400 million yuan in one week.

"Influenced by 'The Night the Comet Came'?" Ye Weixing instantly understood why the box office of "Ip Man 2" on the second day was not as good as the first day.

Huang Baiming nodded: "It should be influenced by "The Night the Comet Came"."

"I thought that Wang Shu only took three days to shoot this movie, so it should be very rough and the box office would not be strong."

"I didn't expect... but this is the result."

Ye Weixing took a deep breath and said, "Iron Man 5 will be released in theaters on May 7. Will our Ip Man 2 be affected?"

"Eight or nine out of ten." Wong Pak Ming did not comment.

For a moment, the two fell into silence.

After a long while, Ye Weixing looked up at Huang Baiming and suggested, "How about... we withdraw the film?"

"Change the release date and re-release it?"

"If it's in Hong Kong Island, it's easy to withdraw the film, but in mainland China, how can you withdraw the film just by wanting to?" Wong Pak-ming smiled bitterly.

Ye Weixing didn't really want to withdraw the film, but he just said this to the producer Wong Pak Ming.

Anyway, as a director, he has already considered the ideas of the investors and producers. If the producers do not adopt their ideas, that is their business.

The two were silent for a while again, and Ye Weixing said, "How about... we buy tickets and go to the cinema to watch "The Night the Comet Came"?"

Huang Baiming nodded and said, "To be honest, I also want to see how Wang Shu's movie, which he shot in three days, could achieve a box office of 3536 million on the first day."

After discussing it, the two of them immediately went to the cinema to find out what was going on.

At the same time, many film reviews about "The Night the Comet Came" began to appear on the Internet.

Wang Shu knew very well that "Iron Man 2" would be released in a week. As a low-budget soft science fiction film, "The Night the Comet Came" would find it difficult to compete with Hollywood popcorn movies like "Iron Man 2" in theaters.

Therefore, it is necessary to "trick" as many people as possible into going to the cinema to buy tickets to watch the movie before "Iron Man 2" is released in theaters.

A well-known filmmaker wrote on his blog: "If you haven't seen The Night the Comet Came, please don't read this article."

"Generally speaking, it's boring to retell the plot of a movie, but this movie is an exception. Its setting and arrangement are quite complex and interesting. If you have seen this movie but still have a lot of questions, please read on without hesitation."

"Let me first talk about the setting of this film."

"The first setting is that the arrival of the comet connects the "parallel worlds" to each other. Let me explain this sentence a little. Imagine that you are rolling a dice, and you may roll any number from one to six. Every time you roll the dice, this world is separated into six different worlds, one of which you rolled one, another world you rolled two, and so on. "

"These different worlds go their separate ways the moment you roll the dice, and never intersect again, just like ants on two pieces of paper, never meeting each other."

"However, a comet came that night and built many bridges between different papers, allowing them to connect with each other. The ants on the paper didn't know about this at first, so they crawled from one paper to another, and then to another... and got lost in the "parallel world."

"The second setting is that the camera - that is, the audience, will also travel through different worlds, but this camera always follows one of the ants, and this ant is the heroine Sun Li."

"So, to understand the story of this movie, the key is to understand which worlds Sun Li has been to, who she has met, and which worlds these people she has met are from."

"If you understand these, you will understand the plot of this movie."

……

Well-known film critic Jia Dong: "If you haven't seen the brain-burning thriller "The Night the Comet Came", you may not understand the following content at all."

"I think even viewers who have watched it will have many extremely troubling questions about the plot."

"Wang Shu, the director and screenwriter of "The Night the Comet Came", likes to compare his low-budget, small-budget thriller to a 'horror fun house'."

"But 'The Night the Comet Came' is not a film that relies on cheap visual tricks to scare people. Instead, its tense and loose dramatic performance is more like a wonderful episode of 'The Twilight Zone'."

“Take an ordinary scene from everyday life (in the case of The Night the Comet Came, it was a dinner scene for eight friends) and twist the plot with a high-IQ sci-fi element.”

“Here, let me briefly retell the plot of the film.”

"'The Night the Comet Came' tells the story of eight friends who gather for dinner one night when a comet passes over the earth."

"That night, cell phone signals disappear and the power suddenly goes out. Then they realize something even more incredible has happened: the comet has split their reality into multiple dimensions, each with its own house and dinner party."

"They tried to label their house by putting random objects in boxes, and their counterparts in other dimensions did the same."

"Gradually, they begin to question their relationship to each other and the nature of their reality."

"The film stars Sun Li, Chen Hao, Chen Kun, Deng Chao, Liu Yan, Jiang Wu and others, and is directed and written by Wang Shu."

"Who is Wang Shu? What are his movies like? I don't need to elaborate on this, right?"

(End of this chapter)