Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 656: Box Office Explosion Schedule

Internal entertainment.

"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" was a huge box office hit, and Han Dongjun became the biggest winner.

With the success of two consecutive movies, "The Wandering Earth" and "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", Han Dongjun was directly promoted to a quasi-first-line male star when he was still a freshman at the Beijing Film Academy.

Following the official announcement last month that Gu Wei won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Beijing Film Academy once again made an announcement for Han Dongjun.

"Warm congratulations to our student Han Dongjun for starring in the movie "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", which has successfully exceeded 200 million in box office!"

This simple notice made many students and graduates of Beijing Film Academy envious.

"This is not a notice, it's clearly a talisman." Many people thought to themselves.

Even Gu Wei felt that the Beijing Film Academy was a bit exaggerated after seeing it. The current Beijing Film Academy is almost becoming a cancer in the industry. It has been attracting graduates from all previous years and big directors in the circle to form a group with the aim of suppressing other art schools. It has been criticized by netizens many times for the enrollment issue and even called a "academic clique."

Moreover, Han Dongjun is still young, and it is not a good thing to praise him too much rashly.

Thinking of this, Gu Wei called Xie Xiaojing, the vice president of Beijing Film Academy, and jokingly asked the school to be less high-profile in the future to prevent the young people from becoming too arrogant.

"This is nothing. You just passed the art exam and this year's enrollment plan has been determined. The school only gave a circular praising you. If "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" was released earlier, the school would definitely publicize it heavily." Vice President Xie Xiaojing said jokingly.

"Well, it seems that the school pays more and more attention to the source of students. Don't just look at the looks. Learn from the other two schools and put performance ability first. Otherwise, Xingchen Film and Television will not dare to select people from Beijing Film Academy to make movies in the future, haha." Gu Wei also made a joke, but he said it very directly.

Xie Xiaojing has been the vice dean of teaching for ten years since 04. He has witnessed the development of Beijing Film Academy. Although what Gu Wei said is correct, the current situation cannot be easily changed.

"Come and visit the school when you have time. There are some things you need to talk to the principal about. After all, the title of a big director can speak more loudly than ours." Xie Xiaojing joked.

"Dean, I don't have that much face, so please convey my message to me, haha." Gu Wei said with a smile.

...

The first day of the new year.

Although the first day box office figures of "The Man from Macau" have not been released, the midnight box office of 9 million still made a lot of news in Hong Kong media.

After all, the success of this movie is related to whether the main investment company China Star can successfully enter the mainland film market.

"The Man from Macau" held its premiere a few days before New Year's Eve. Gu Wei naturally received an invitation, but he directly asked Wang Chen to go on behalf of the company.

Judging from the subsequent live broadcast reports on the Internet, the guest lineup on the scene was very strong.

Liu Dehua, Li Lianjie, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun...

More than half of the top celebrities from Hong Kong and the mainland were there.

Yu Dong and Xiang Liqiang's family also made a high-profile appearance at the premiere. At the premiere, Xiang Liqiang also announced in a high-profile manner that he would enter the mainland film market on a large scale.

However, in the eyes of Gu Wei, Wang Changtian, Ye Ning and others, the other party is dreaming. At least, the mainland market is not very welcoming to them at present.

Today, the Xiang family is no longer the Xiang family that did whatever they wanted in the Hong Kong circle in the last century. If they want to come to the mainland and grab a living, the film and television companies here will not easily agree.

At the very least, the other party must show sincerity and even give up a large part of the profits, and this is based on the premise that the other party does not block it.

But will the other party not stop it? Think about it, it is impossible. It took Mr. Yang more than ten years to gain a foothold in the domestic entertainment industry. Naturally, he will not let a Hong Kong Island company come in.

Once Mr. Yang objects, most of the companies that have worked with it will choose it instead of China Star.

Times are changing. If you miss it, you miss it. There is no medicine for regret.

.........

The second day of the new year.

The first day box office of "The Man from Macau" is out!

6400 million!
This data caused an uproar in the industry again!
Many people lamented that this year's Spring Festival box office was too explosive, and as long as the subsequent word of mouth does not collapse, the final box office will be at least 500 million.

"Chinese Partners", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" are three consecutive domestic blockbusters that have generated extremely high box office. The mainland film market has had a good start and is showing a prosperous scene.

Many professionals in the industry predict that within a few years, there will be domestic films with box office revenues of 2 billion, 3 billion, or even higher in the country.

Another movie released on the same day, "Ex-Files" co-produced by Huayi Film Group, Junfei Century, and Lehua Entertainment, starring Han Geng, only grossed 6 million on the first day. However, compared with its investment cost of 13 million, this movie will not lose money, and may even make a lot of money.

Led by Huayi Company, Junfei Century and Lehua Entertainment jointly complained to the General Administration, accusing the three domestic films "Chinese Partners", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "The Man from Macau" of interfering with market operations and having extremely unreasonable screening rates.

In particular, "Chinese Partners", produced by Xingchen Film and Television Company, had a screening rate of over 30% in the week before its release, and the screening rate only dropped slightly on New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year.

Gu Wei was amused when he heard the news, so he just caught "Partners" and reported it crazily.

"Huayi's stock price has fallen too much in the past few days. I guess the other party is trying to seduce us. These two brothers have run out of tricks." Song Ge said with disdain. The other party's tricks were too childish. Apart from disgusting the company, they had basically no substantive effect.

The momentum of the Spring Festival box office is so good this year that the General Administration hopes that every blockbuster released can break 1 billion at the box office. After all, the box office target for the mainland market this year is 30 billion. This is the first year that La Peikang has taken office, and the goal cannot be missed.

"We haven't given the other party any evidence against us." Gu Wei said that increasing the screening rate could be done in private, but it was not allowed openly.

"No, other theater chains are fine, they just increased a little. The ones with high scheduling rates are mainly our theater chain and Wanda, but even so, it is done privately." Song Ge naturally understood what his boss meant. As long as there was no handle, Xingchen Film and Television would not be afraid of anyone.

"Do you want to arrange someone to do something?" Song Ge continued.

"Forget it. We are not the only one complaining against by the other party. If the General Administration really needs instructions, the worst that can happen is that we can all reduce the screening rate together." Gu Wei said quietly. Huayi has been in a terrible situation these days. Even a cornered rabbit will bite. There is no need to keep forcing the other party.

"That's true, but I heard that the attendance rate of 'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy' was very high, over 90%. 'The Man from Macau' was not bad either, reaching 80%, but the word of mouth was okay." Song Ge was a little emotional. This time, the Hong Kong directors really didn't fool the audience with bad movies.

"Word of mouth is okay?" Gu Wei seriously suspected that the comments Song Ge saw were all posted by Internet trolls, otherwise it would not be an okay review.

Although "The Man from Macau" was also directed by Wong Jing and starred Chow Yun-fat, it is far inferior to the "God of Gamblers series" and can be considered a typical bad movie.

The current box office results can only be attributed to the fact that Chow Yun-fat and a group of Hong Kong filmmakers still have the ability to carry the box office. In other words, even if Hong Kong films have declined, there are still a large number of audiences who are willing to pay for it for the sake of sentimentality.

However, this kind of sentiment has a limit on how many times it can happen. After experiencing a few bad movies with this kind of sentiment over and over again, netizens will naturally understand, and the backlash will be even more serious.

Gu Wei didn't believe that these Hong Kong directors couldn't see this. The reason why they kept doing this was that even though the movies were bad and had a bad reputation, and the people were scolded, they still made money.

Secondly, Hong Kong film practitioners need to go to work. At least in this time and space, most people in Hong Kong are not having a good time because of the suppression by Gu Wei and several partners.

Thinking of this, Gu Wei felt that since he had dealt with the leaders of the Hong Kong film industry, he could not keep using Hong Kong stars. At least those actors with both moral integrity and artistic talent should be used frequently.

Because of this matter, even La Peikang hinted to him that he should not be too stiff with the Hong Kong circle, at least he should be able to save face.

In that case, then just pick and choose the ones you want to use, and don't use the ones with crooked butts. This is the bottom line.

Song Ge watched his boss absorbed in thought, drinking his tea, and did not interrupt him.

After a while, when Gu Wei finished his contemplation, Song Ge continued the previous topic and said, "The reputation is indeed good. At least it seems that most of the reviews are positive. If it continues to develop like this, the next "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" will also be a strong rival."

"Puchi." Hearing this, Gu Wei couldn't help but laugh.

This smile made Song Ge a little confused, and he secretly wondered if what he said was wrong.

"I think the people in Hong Kong can't make any good movies. At least these two movies are like this, but the box office should not be low."

In the original time and space, the release date of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was also January 1st, but now it has been postponed to February 31th.

But regardless of whether it is postponed or not, it still cannot change the fact that this movie can be regarded as a representative of bad domestic 3D movies. The plot is a mess and the reputation is also poor. The Douban score is only 5.2. Although the final box office exceeded billion, that was based on the postponement of days for the release.

"Well, box office is the key. Otherwise, Hong Kong directors like Xu Ke and Wang Jing would follow our example and start roadshows, and then not be able to celebrate the New Year..."

Nowadays, roadshows have become a necessary means of promotion during the release of blockbuster movies, and directors and celebrity artists are happy to do it even if it means they are exhausted.

"Let's not talk about them. Ning Hao asked us to apply for an extension. I'll arrange for someone to go and ask about it when the General Administration is back at work."

"Okay, when are you going there?"

"Wait a few days. The two families need to meet to discuss the wedding date. I can't leave for now."

"That's good. It's time to get married." Song Ge said happily.

"Haha, that's a good thing indeed."

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(End of this chapter)