This top guy is crazy!

Chapter 473: 6.7 billion on the first day! (Happy New Year)
The time came to midnight. With the joint attention of audiences, netizens, industry insiders, celebrities, peers, big Vs, radio and television leaders, and relevant investors, the first day box office of "The Wandering Earth" was finally released.

Domestic box office: 6.7 million RMB!

Prior to this, Peninsula and Neon also locked in their first-day box office, which were 127.98 billion won and 20.76 billion yen respectively, adding up to 1.7 million yuan. It can be said that in the three East Asian countries alone, the first-day box office of The Wandering Earth reached a huge 8.4 million yuan on the first day of the Chinese New Year.

As for other countries, the box office data has not yet come out due to time differences.

What's more, in some backward regions such as Southeast Asia, the ticketing system is not as complete as that in China. Box office statistics are a very troublesome thing, and it may even take a day to compile the data.

But even so, this number is already astonishing!
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New Year’s Day, early morning.

A high-end residential area in Dijing.

Because they are worried about the box office of "The Wandering Earth", the top leaders of the Radio, Film and Television have not gone to bed yet.

No definitive figures were obtained.

He feels uneasy!

"The Wandering Earth" is a project led by the Radio and Television Administration and co-produced by Tianying Group. It is an important attempt to save the Tianxia film market. If the box office is not good, it will be a heavy blow to the entire industry.

If the box office is not good enough, it will be difficult to be convincing.

Looking at the briefing sent by his subordinates, the leader's eyes widened, the water cup in his hand trembled slightly, and he couldn't believe it:
"8, 8.4 million? The domestic box office plus Neon and Peninsula's box office is 8.4 million?"

He was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly burst into laughter.

He hasn't been this happy in a long time.

But Cheng Cheng gave him a surprise!
Because 8.4 million is enough to save the Tianxia film market, which means that the Tianxia film market can still be saved! People are still willing to spend money, and are willing to pay for truly excellent film works! This is a good thing, a great thing!
He quickly sent a message to his subordinates, asking them to work overtime and use all the resources in the bureau to promote "The Wandering Earth".

He also seriously emphasized that during the release of "The Wandering Earth", all negative voices should be rectified. It's okay if the audience says that "The Wandering Earth" is not good!
But if someone with ulterior motives wants to slander and defame "The Wandering Earth" to achieve their own goals, no! It is not allowed!

During this year's Spring Festival, everyone and everything must give way to "The Wandering Earth"!
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"6.7 million?! 6.7 million?!"

When Qi Zhicheng, the CEO of Huiteng Entertainment, saw this number, he stood up suddenly and didn't even notice that the ash from his cigar accidentally fell on his pants.

To be honest, when Cheng Cheng proposed the cost of 7 million, Qi Zhicheng was a little hesitant, because the cost was too high. Even if it was shared by several companies, each company would have to pay tens of millions. It would be a disaster if they lost money.

But when he saw that The Wandering Earth had earned 6.7 million yuan in box office revenue on the first day in China, he was no longer sleepy!
He even regretted it.

I regret that I invested too little money and the share was too low.

If you invest more, wouldn't you be able to get more money?

At this moment, his cell phone vibrated.

They are the group of investors of "The Wandering Earth".

Mr. Wang from Maisheng said in the group:

"I have been investing in movies for half my life, and I always thought I was well-informed. Now I realize how ignorant I was. Director Cheng has broadened my horizons! Thank you Director Cheng for helping us make money. [Put your hands together]*3"

Xi Yian of Junli also said:

"The box office figures are rising like a rocket. The domestic box office on the first day reached 6.7 million. Director Cheng's talent is really well-deserved! It turns out that this sure-win business is so satisfying."

Mr. Li from Tianma also joined the discussion, and he also looked very happy.

After all, I made money, so there is no reason to be unhappy:
"I recovered my investment in one day and even made some money. Director Cheng, I have to thank you very much. If you have time, I will treat you to a meal."

His invitation to dinner directly made other people unhappy.

Qi Zhicheng said, "Old Li, you can't monopolize it! We all invested in The Wandering Earth together, so if we want to celebrate, we have to celebrate together! You can't be the only one treating Director Cheng to this meal!"

Mr. Wang from Maisheng also agreed, "That's right, Lao Li, you can't be so selfish. We have to find a good place and treat Director Cheng to a meal together to thank him!"

Everyone is afraid that the other party will monopolize Cheng Cheng.

After all, Cheng Cheng is unique in the domestic entertainment circle.

Whoever wants to get in touch with Cheng Cheng, will there be any lack of opportunities to make money in the future?

If possible, they would even like to invite Cheng Cheng into their home and worship him like an ancestor.

However, even though they competed, Cheng Cheng never came out.

It's like a bunch of bootlickers trying their best to perform in the group and get the attention of the cold goddess.

However, at this moment, Cheng Cheng really replied.

Cheng Cheng: "Come to my house tomorrow and put on your stockings."

???

There was a sudden silence in the group.

No, who did you tell this to?
Did you tell Mr. Li from Tianma?

If I want to have dinner alone, do I have to wear stockings?
Qi Zhicheng was also dumbfounded.

No, Mr. Li is a man!

And he's a rough guy. Does Director Cheng want to play around so well?

Is the rumor on the internet true? Is he a double-plug?

But there's no need to post such explosive information in public in the group, right? Private chat is also fine!

The group was quiet for at least a minute. No one sent a message for a whole minute. After a while, Cheng Cheng said in the group again: "Sorry, I sent it to the wrong place."

"But," he added, "someone actually sent me a message."

As he spoke, Cheng Cheng sent out three screenshots of the chat interface.

They are Mr. Li from Tianma, Mr. Wang from Maisheng, and Xi Yian from Junli.

Mr. Li from Tianma: "Director Cheng, there are a lot of people in the group, let me chat with you privately. When are you free tomorrow? Do you want to go directly to your house?"

Mr. Wang from Maisheng: "Director Cheng, what style of stockings do you like?"

Xi Yian from Junli: "Director Cheng, Lao Li is old, I can do it too."

Qi Zhicheng was dumbfounded: No, what did Cheng Cheng do to them? !

Qi Zhicheng patted his chest and deleted the words in the chat box:

fortunately!

Fortunately, he hesitated for a long time and did not send it out.

he knows--

From the moment Cheng Cheng posted these three screenshots, Lao Li, Lao Wang, and Lao Xi will probably be too embarrassed to face people in the future.

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With the update of the first-day box office, the box office ranking of the 2025 Spring Festival has also been released.

The box office champion is naturally "The Wandering Earth" with 6.7 million.

Then there is "Corfu 2" with 2.7 million.

Then there is "The Desert Storm" with 2.5 million.

Finally, there is "Awakening" with 1.1 million.

First of all, the 6.7 million yuan of "The Wandering Earth" is naturally indisputable. In other words, it is also within the expectations of the public that "The Wandering Earth" can take the first place in the first day box office list. After all, the current Cheng Cheng is no longer the Cheng Cheng who filmed "All or Nothing".

Today is not what it used to be.

Today, Cheng Cheng has stood at the top of the Chinese film industry. No one can threaten him anymore. As long as his works are released, the public has already assumed that the box office champion is his. The only difference is how much box office he can get.

Speaking of "Corfuxia 2", in fact, the quality of "Corfuxia 2" is quite good, and it can be regarded as an online family comedy during the Spring Festival.

But its box office was inevitably impacted by "The Wandering Earth".

Judging from the data of the first three hours after the release, with the reputation and quality of "Korean Film 2", "Korean Film 2" can get at least million RMB box office. If optimistic, it can even get million RMB box office, or even million RMB.

But unfortunately, "Corfu 2" only earned 2.7 million.

As for the 2.5 million for "The Desert Storm"?
It can only be said that it is consistent with the industry's judgment on it.

That's the thing about fan movies.

In the first few days after a movie is released, fans usually boost the box office and collect statistics, so the daily box office is usually very impressive. But in the following days, this situation is no longer the case, because the audience has already concentrated on the movie and no one will watch it anymore.

Unless the movie is really good and can attract audiences other than fans to watch it.

Otherwise, it will generally not escape the fate of "high at the beginning and low at the end".

So the 2.5 million yuan actually doesn't play a big role. Fans concentrated on watching the movie in the first two days, and even increased the pre-sale number infinitely before the release, just to create an impeccable data, and then use it to ask the theaters for screenings.

But theaters are not stupid and generally won’t be fooled.

No matter how much box office "The Desert Storm" earns on the first day, theaters will not blindly increase its screening rate.

I will just keep an eye on the subsequent box office situation.

It is not easy for "Awakening" to achieve a box office of 1.1 million yuan. It can only be said to be a good film debut.

Given its reputation and quality, the subsequent trend should be good.

on Weibo.

"'Desert Storm' is really good. You can increase the screening rate appropriately. It's almost as good as 'Corfu 2'!"

"That's right, The Desert Storm is amazing! It earned 12 million yuan at the box office with a 2.5% screening rate. By the way, The Wandering Earth only earned 52 million yuan at the box office with a 6.7% screening rate. It's even more amazing than The Wandering Earth. I think the screening rate of The Desert Storm can be raised above that of Korfuxia 2!"

"Congratulations to Liu Zhixuan for his first film and achieving a box office success of 2.5 million! Liu Zhixuan has a promising future!"

"Liu Zhixuan has taken every step of his acting career step by step, and The Desert Storm has given all the fans and himself a perfect answer sheet!"

"He devoted himself to honing his acting skills and meticulously crafting his roles. With excellent works in hand and his strength recognized, actor @刘致轩 deserves all the praise!"

"Congratulations to actor Liu Zhixuan!!"

“Now we just hope that ‘The Desert Storm’ can get the screening rate it deserves.”

These are obviously the remarks from the internet trolls and fans, which made the netizens laugh.

"/Laughing and crying, those who didn't know thought that "The Desert Storm" won the box office championship, oh, it turned out to be "The Wandering Earth"!"

"Doesn't this just illustrate the current situation where everyone outside the fan circle is calling for his downfall?"

“真的逆天了，12%的排片率拿到了2.5亿的票房，和52%的排片率拿到6.7亿的票房是有可比性的吗？你的意思是如果给大漠52%的票房，大漠能拿到10亿票房？谁教你这么算的？12%的排片满座了吗我请问呢？”

"As we all know, fans are brainless."

“I wonder if fans are aware of one thing – if the box office starts high and continues to rise, then everyone will be happy, assuming they buy tickets in large quantities.

If the theater believed this wave of momentum and scheduled a large number of screenings, but then a large number of tickets were refunded, and the subsequent high opening and low closing, and then lost a lot of money, then your brother would be completely finished in the film industry in the future. There would no longer be theaters that trusted his box office appeal and recognized the quality of his fans. Will he be able to make movies in the future?

The fans probably didn’t think about it carefully. If you are unworthy of your position and still make a fuss about it, you will have to pay the price.”

"The box office success is all thanks to Liu Zhixuan. If it fails, you can blame Xu Lao or blame this or that, but don't blame Liu Zhixuan. They always do this."

“I want to ask, if you are the cinema manager, will you schedule screenings for The Wandering Earth or Desert Storm?”

“It includes The Wandering Earth!”

"Don't give them the picture, a bunch of crazy fans, I'm talking. When Brother Frog was playing the fan circle, Liu Zhixuan hadn't debuted yet. To be honest, with a box office of 6.7 million yuan on the first day, there is basically no suspense about the domestic box office exceeding 60 billion yuan. It can even break the billion box office, breaking the previous box office myth, taking the top spot in the domestic box office list, or even squeezing into the top ten in the world film history. It's all imaginable."

"Based on the data of Resident Evil, the global box office is two to three times the domestic box office, so it is basically no problem for The Wandering Earth to break 10 billion in global box office. Now we just have to wait for the Serbian box office to be updated, after all, it is the second largest box office in the world!"

“Yes, it will definitely get better in the future, because The Wandering Earth has no predecessor and it is not a big IP, so it will take time for the popularity to grow. Once word of mouth grows, more and more people will definitely watch it.”

Finally, the time came to the next day.

On the second day of the Spring Festival period, the screening rate was slightly adjusted.

The domestic screening rate of "The Wandering Earth" was adjusted from 52% to 55%, an increase of three points.

"Corfuxia 2" remains at 23%.

"The Desert Storm" was adjusted from 12% to 10%, a decrease of two points.

"Awakening of Dreams" was adjusted from 8% to 7%, a decrease of one point.

Seeing the adjustment of the screening rate, fans of "The Wandering Earth" are naturally satisfied.

But the fans of "The Desert Storm" were directly furious, and then they started a war all over the Internet, using words like "suppression", "shady dealings", "capital", "bullying the weak and fearing the strong" and so on, as if they would tear the Chinese Internet apart if the theaters didn't give them an explanation.

According to them, why did the box office of "The Desert Storm" drop by one point when its box office performance was so excellent?

Why is it that "Korfuxia 2" only has 23 million more box office than "The Desert Storm", but its screening rate is twice as high as theirs? And it remained at % the next day?

This is not fair!

However, no one cares about what they call fairness or unfairness.

In Hayek's market, everyone wants to make money, but no one is a fool, and they know which movies to give high screening rates.

ps: Happy New Year to all my fellow book lovers

(End of this chapter)