Chinese Entertainment: Starting from 1996

Chapter 477: Single-day movie box office exceeds million!

On the morning of December 1st, Liu Zhou woke up and turned on his computer to read the comments from fans.

He is not very worried about the media reports. Golden Harvest and China Film have already communicated with them, and there should not be any negative comments.

Fortunately, the other three blockbusters avoided "Interstellar", allowing it to dominate the film market with a schedule lasting half a month.

Therefore, there is no need for them to hire internet trolls to market "Interstellar". If those movies are released close to "Interstellar", no matter how powerful Golden Harvest and China Film Group are combined, they will still be vilified.

Therefore, when there is nothing wrong with the media reports, Liu Zhou also pays more attention to netizens' comments, which can sometimes better reflect the quality of a movie.

"Interstellar is probably the most special movie I've seen this year. It's not sentimental, bloody, or preachy. It doesn't involve a love affair between a man and a woman, nor does it involve a fight between villains. It's simply a breath of fresh air in the movie world!"

"Liu Zhou did not disappoint everyone. I highly recommend Interstellar and I am planning to watch it a second time."

“There is no unnecessary sensationalism, and the jokes and emotional scenes are very restrained, without diluting the theme of the film: mankind relies on its own wisdom, knowledge, courage and unity to fight desperately against the vast, cruel and desolate universe again and again.”

"Wow! There are no boring moments in the whole movie. The science fiction films directed by Liu Zhou are always full of surprises. I think Interstellar is a very good science fiction film even in the world film industry."

"Has anyone seen the film IMAX version? I heard that only on this kind of screen can the awesomeness of Interstellar be fully displayed. Is that true?"

"It's true. The film IMAX version is much better than the digital IMAX and ordinary versions. However, there are only five such screens in the country. I was lucky enough to get a ticket. I feel that the effect is no worse than the 3D version of Avatar."

"I went there, and there were only five screens. If I want to watch it, I'll have to wait till the end of time."

“Not only do you have to wait, but you also have to go to Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou to see it.”

"I just saw the news. The first day box office was 67 million. Liu Zhou has set a new record."

“This is to be expected. The publicity for Interstellar is so huge, and I heard that the screening schedule is also quite high, so there shouldn’t be any problem in setting a new record.

Now we have to see how far Interstellar can raise the single-day box office record. I wonder if it can challenge the miracle of breaking the 100 million yuan in a single day. "

"It's a bit impossible to make over 100 million yuan in a single day. This is too unrealistic. Currently, there are less than ten films with a total box office of over 100 million yuan in China in a year."

"Who knows? With Liu Zhou, anything is possible."

……

Seeing that almost all netizens gave positive comments, Liu Zhou felt relieved.

If "Interstellar" wants to break the box office record of "Avatar", it also needs to have sustained box office success, and to do that, word of mouth is the most important.

Therefore, Liu Zhou also attaches great importance to the reputation of the movie. He has been paying attention to the reputation of the movie since the preview began.

As for the 67 million figures for "Interstellar" on the first day, there was neither big surprise nor disappointment.

If the film still cannot break the record despite occupying 70% of the screening schedule and undergoing intensive publicity for nearly a month, then forget it. It will be difficult for it to break the record of "Avatar" or even reach a box office of 1 billion yuan.

However, after seeing the record of single-day box office exceeding 100 million yuan mentioned online, Liu Zhou felt that there should be a slight possibility.

At present, there are about 10,000 screens in China, which is nearly 20% more than the same period in the original time and space. It is very difficult for 70% of the screenings to exceed 100 million yuan in box office in a single day.

But what if the screening rate reaches 80 percent or even 90 percent?
Moreover, "Interstellar" is currently considered a phenomenal movie, and its box office is even more difficult to guess with common sense.

Just like "The Mermaid" and "Wolf Warrior 2" in the original time and space, they are both phenomenal movies, and their box office is obviously much higher than that of that time period.

Who could have imagined at that time that one of their films could gross over 3 billion and another over 5 billion?
It really was like a bolt from the blue.

"The Mermaid" is a comedy that is shown during the Spring Festival and is a family-friendly film, plus it has the added bonus of owing Stephen Chow a movie ticket.

"Wolf Warrior 2" sparked social discussion and aroused everyone's patriotism. Coincidentally, the country was also promoting cultural confidence at the time, so the box office was unstoppable.

"Interstellar" does not have the advantages of the above two films, but relying on Liu Zhou's popularity, everyone's expectations for science fiction films and all-round publicity, this movie also broke the circle.

Therefore, if "Interstellar" increases its screening schedule, it is still possible for it to challenge the record of breaking the 100 million yuan box office in a single day.

However, there was nothing Liu Zhou could do. In order to break the record of "Avatar", he had done everything he could, so he could only leave it to fate as the single-day box office exceeded 100 million yuan.

After breakfast, Liu Zhou first went to the company to handle some company affairs, and then continued to lead the main creative team on a roadshow in Beijing in the afternoon.

Because of the outstanding box office performance of "Interstellar" on the first day, actors such as Liu Ye and Fan Xiaopang were very excited and were very passionate when they were on the roadshow.

The next morning, a group of people flew to the Magic City on Liu Zhou's private plane.

We arrived in Shanghai in the morning and went to Oriental TV to record a program. Several actors shot a magazine and Liu Zhou accepted an exclusive interview with a large local paper media.

We gathered at the cinema at 6 o'clock in the evening and went to three cinemas in a row.

The last stop, Wanda International Cinema in Jiangqiao, Shanghai, was still warmly welcomed by movie fans as before.

Interviews, interactions, group photos.
The whole process continued and I rushed to the airport exhausted both physically and mentally.

After another hour's flight, we arrived at our next stop, Jinling.

No. 2 Shanghai, No. 3 Jinling, No. 4 Hangzhou.

We had to travel to several major ticket hubs in the country, one at a time, all day long. Fortunately, Liu Zhou's private jet had communicated the route in advance, which could alleviate some of the pain of traveling.

It ran for four consecutive days, and other promotional activities were also carried out in full swing.

In the past three days, "Interstellar" earned 1 million on Saturday, the first time that the single-day box office exceeded 8600 million.

On Sunday, the 2nd, the screening schedule reached a historic high of 90%, which was also the first time in China that a film received a screening schedule of this scale.

In the past, when there were fewer movies, most of them were film copies, and even if there were screenings, there weren't that many copies.

There are so many movies now that it is extremely difficult to get 50% or 60% of the screenings, let alone 90%.

In almost any cinema, at least 90 percent of the screens will only show "Interstellar" at any given time.

"Interstellar" has truly dominated the screen, and the audience has no choice.

With an extremely high screening rate of 90%, Sunday off, continuous large-scale publicity, and the spread of word-of-mouth, "Interstellar" once again made history on December nd, with a single-day box office exceeding million yuan.

1.02 billion!
The first domestic film to earn over 100 million yuan in a single day!

Once again, it created a new single-day box office record for Chinese-language films. …

At that time, Liu Zhou had just arrived in Jinling with everyone. He had been preparing to go to bed as soon as he got off the plane and arrived at the hotel. The box office was destined to be a big hit, so there was nothing to worry about. The specific data would be known tomorrow morning.

But shortly after twelve o'clock, Liu Zhou received more than twenty calls congratulating him, and he couldn't fall asleep at all.

However, Liu Zhou was so excited at this time that he couldn't sleep.

He didn't expect that the single-day box office would actually exceed 100 million yuan. Even Liu Zhou, who had seen many ups and downs, was a little excited at this moment.

Now is not four or five years later. It is not uncommon to have a single-day box office of over 100 million yuan. You should know that there are not many movies with a total box office of over 100 million yuan.

2.53 million on the first day, million on the second day, million on the third day, and million in the first three days, almost tying the box office of "Hero". It also set a new first-week box office record and raised the record by million.

The previous first-week record was 1.82 million set by "Avatar", and it was released for four days, while "Interstellar" was released for only three days, but it raised the record to 2.53 million.

So this time, not only did "Interstellar" shock everyone with its single-day box office exceeding 100 million yuan, but the film's ability to explosively reap box office revenue also caused a sensation in the outside world.

Liu Zhou, who was completely sleepless, thought that Liu Ye, Fan Xiaopang and others might also be unable to sleep, so he pulled them out for a midnight snack.

"Congratulations everyone, Interstellar has grossed over 100 million yuan in a single day. This historic moment is inseparable from everyone's efforts. Let's have a drink together!"

Liu Zhou poured a full glass of juice and drank it all in one gulp.

I didn't drink until the middle of the night, and I still have to work tomorrow.

"Congratulations, Director Liu!" Several people raised their glasses together.

At this time, Fatty Fan was still looking at his phone. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said with a smile:

"Director Liu, look, this matter is already being reported on the news. I think the media is going crazy again."

"The media went crazy every time Lao Liu's movie was released, but they went crazy a few more times this time." Liu Ye continued with a smile.

Liu Zhou looked at everyone taking out their phones and looking through them with great interest, and said with a smile:

"Let's read the news tomorrow morning. Hurry up and finish your meal and go to bed. There are a lot of things waiting for you tomorrow."

After eating for more than twenty minutes, everyone went back to their rooms, but Fat Fan deliberately fell behind and followed Liu Zhou to his room.

The two of them were already very familiar with each other, and without much conversation, they immediately stuck together like a rider and his horse, and then began to gallop across the grassland as one.

Stimulated by the box office performance of "Interstellar", the two were extremely excited at the moment, so they ran back and forth on the grassland at high speed three times before stopping exhausted.

At this time, not only was the rider panting and sweating profusely, but even the horse was so tired that it didn't want to move even a finger.

After a long while, Liu Zhou, who had recovered some strength, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"Xiao Pang, it's been a while since we last sparred. It looks like you've gotten a lot better."

"Fuck you, you performed much better today than before."

"Haha, it seems that good news can really stimulate people's potential."

Fatty Fan arched his body upwards, took the cigarette from Liu Zhou's mouth, took two deep puffs, put it back, and said:

“Now it should be OK for Interstellar to break the box office record of Avatar, right?”

“It’s hard to say. This time, we actually took advantage of the scheduling. It’s impossible to keep such a high scheduling in the future. Ninety percent of the scheduling is almost monopolizing the screening of movies.

Starting from tomorrow, the screening schedule will drop back, and the reason why the box office is so high in the past few days is also because some movie fans released their expectations for the movie in the early stage, which actually consumed part of the box office potential.

If you want to break the record of "Avatar", it is useless to rely on the explosion of box office in the early stage. In the later stage, it also depends on the long-term ability of the movie to win the box office. "

"Then do you have confidence?"

Liu Zhou took a deep breath and put out the cigarette, smiling confidently:
"Before, I only had three levels of confidence, but now I have five levels of confidence."

To be honest, the box office performance of "Interstellar" in the first three days was a bit beyond Liu Zhou's expectations. He was confident that it would break the first-week box office record of "Avatar", but he didn't expect it to exceed by so much.

With "Interstellar" having such an explosive box office performance, it seems almost certain that the movie will be featured on the "News Broadcast".

Coupled with the subsequent publicity plans formulated by Golden Harvest and China Film, "Interstellar" will have another period of box office explosion.

As long as you get enough box office revenue in the early stage, the pressure to compete for box office revenue later will be much less.

"I just like the way you are confident." Fat Fan said with a smile.

After saying that, Fat Fan snuggled tighter into Liu Zhou's arms again. Feeling the warmth beside him, Liu Zhou's weapon, which had just become weak, became sharp again.

With a leap, Liu Zhou mounted the horse again, holding the reins in his hand and galloping across the grassland.

……

While Liu Zhou was tirelessly training the horses, the outside world was shocked just as he had imagined.

The entire entertainment industry was shocked by the number 1.02 million, and not many people could sleep well.

This year, there are less than 15 domestic films with box office revenue exceeding 8 million yuan, including Hollywood films, and only domestic films.

In addition, the first-week box office record of 2.53 million created by "Interstellar" was also extremely sensational.

If the 2.63 million box office revenue during the preview period is added, the total box office of "Interstellar" will reach million, which has exceeded the total box office of "Hero".

"Hero" is the first blockbuster in China. It opened a new era of domestic commercial films and has always been of great significance in the domestic film industry.

The cheers for "Hero" earning 2.58 million yuan at the box office seem to have not faded yet, but now a movie has exceeded its final box office in just three days of release, which has made many people sigh.

Moreover, the box office of "The Martian" increased from 67 million on the first day to 86 million and then to 102 million, which is enough to show that this is not the limit of this movie.

The result of supply exceeding demand is that the box office on weekdays will still maintain a good trend.

(End of this chapter)