After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 344: Unexplainable Box Office

There are many movies released during this summer season, but there are only two that are really solid.

One is another masterpiece of Mahua, "The Shameful Iron Fist" starring Mary, and the other is "Wolf Warrior 2" starring Wu Jing.

Thanks to the external and internal troubles in recent years, the people's patriotic sentiment has continued to rise. Iron Fist meets Wolf Warrior, and the box office only increased by 8 million on the first day of the screening.

Although both films grossed over 43.2 million yuan on the first day, Iron Fist took up 28% of the screenings, while Wolf Warrior only took up %.

For a time, public opinion was in an uproar.

In the eyes of the public, this summer season should be an iron fist that is invincible, and the end of Wolf Warrior is that his waist is broken by one punch.

How can a new director's second film, which is an action-themed military film, compete with the Mahua team, which has grossed 40 billion yuan at the box office with just two films?

This is a battle of unequal strength. If the iron fist cannot crush the opponent like a bulldozer, then it will lose.

At night, all netizens who care about the box office are paying attention to the box office situation on the second day.

When you like a movie or a star, you will have a special mentality and hope that it will get better and better to prove that you have good taste.

Friday’s box office cannot prove the true strength of a movie. The box office boom should be on Saturday and Sunday.

Suddenly, Lu Liang, who hadn't been online on Weibo for a long time, updated a status: "It's good, I love it."

There are two photos in the picture, one is a movie ticket and the other is a bullet covered with threads.

In recent years, there are many people with business acumen.

The movie was released yesterday, and the main props from the movie were on sale at the entrance of the mall today.

Li Manli joined in the fun and bought one for 58 yuan, which was also taken by Lu Liang to take a photo.

"Does it look good?"

After posting the update, Lu Liang prepared to find a place with Li Manli to have some midnight snack, and then go home to sleep.

"nice."

Li Manli has a sweet smile and is honest and adorable. She doesn't like this type of movie, but she likes being with Lu Liang.

Although they all wore masks to avoid causing unrest, one could still feel the sweetness of their love.

Watch a movie, go shopping, eat and drink.

"What to eat?"

"Hot Pot?"

"You navigate."

While the two were dining together, netizens also revealed that Lu Liang was the largest investor in Wolf Warrior 2.

"52% shareholding ratio?"

"I told you, if you show kindness to someone for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief."

"To be honest, it seems that Liangzi has good taste."

Some netizens have calculated that it is very easy for investing in movies to fail. So far this year, 165 movies have been released, and no more than ten of them can make money, while most of them lose all their money.

Lu Liang seemed like an accident. No matter whether he invested in an online movie or a film, it would be an insult to him if he could break even. At least he would double his money.

"What a good vision, I just chose Mahua, and Mahua happens to be very capable."

Some people were unhappy and immediately stood up to refute, believing that Lu Liang was just lucky because he invested in Mahua.

"A little-known fact: Charlotte is Mahua's first film. They couldn't find an investor at first, so they finally found Lu Liang."

"There's also a little-known fact: the popular drama Go Princess Go that year was a script that Lu Liang chose himself."

"Finally, I'll share some hot news. Iron Fist is Mahua's work. Lu Liang also invested in it, but he didn't help promote it."

Someone explained this. In Iron Fist, Lu Liang held 15% of the shares, but in Wolf Warrior, he held 52% of the shares. The better the box office of Wolf Warrior, the more income he would make.

There are also different opinions. The richest man Lu Liang accounts for 15%. He not only participated in the film, but also attended the premiere of the film.

The richest man Tie Quan, the total investment in the two films was 15 million yuan, Lu Liang held 3000% of the shares, with an investment of million yuan.

But the production cost of Wolf Warrior 2 is 2.3 million yuan, and Lu Liang holds 52% of the shares, with an investment of 1.2 million yuan.

It obviously doesn't make sense to use the proportion of shareholding alone to represent the degree of optimism about a movie.

Liangzi is not such a shameless person.

Over the years, although he has been ridiculed for eating advertisements and only recommending industries he has invested in, his recommendations are not bad, and at least he will not go against his conscience and do things in a shoddy way.

The fact that Lu Liang doesn’t help promote Iron Fist only shows that between Iron Fist and Wolf Warrior, he prefers Wolf Warrior.

Amid the debate among netizens, Maoyan and other related media updated the second day's box office in advance.

"Iron Fist" grossed 1.25 million yuan, which is an extremely impressive figure, and the total box office is predicted to reach 23.52 billion yuan.

However, the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" makes people want to rub their eyes and take a good look to see if it is true or not. With a box office of 1.52 million yuan and a 28% screening rate, it surpassed "Iron Fist"'s 43.2% and won the championship today.

"Whoever offends China will be punished no matter how far away they are!"

'This passport cannot guarantee that you can go to any country in the world, but it can guarantee that you can return to your homeland from any country.'

After all, only a small number of people make a lot of noise on the Internet, while most people remain silent.

The events of last July are still fresh in our minds, and the lines in the movie are not empty talk.

They made their choice with their heart.

At this time, the headquarters of Beijing Mahua.

Zhang Chen's scalp tingled and he regretted his decision.

He should have listened to Lu Liang and not compete head-on with Wolf Warrior 2, and it would have been better to avoid the release period.

Although the box office still reached 1.25 million today, they will definitely not be able to keep the 43.2% of the screenings given to them by the cinemas.

Wolf Warrior 2 was able to make a strong comeback with 28% of the screening time and top the box office today, which means that the attendance rate should be very high.

The same venue, similar duration, but can make more money, theaters will make their choices carefully.

What's more, Wolf Warrior 2 also has a 3D version, and the ticket price is even higher.

Zhang Chen suddenly felt very melancholy. Tiequan should not lose money, but Mahua could not be put on the market and he had offended Lu Liang. These were fait accompli.

He thought of Zhang Tianai, wondering if he could use her connections to ease the relationship between Mahua and Lu Liang.

Although Mahua is well-known and has no shortage of investment, it is better to continue to maintain a good relationship with Lu Liang.

At the same time, Xiao Wang, as one of the film's financiers, also helped promote the film on Weibo.

It can be predicted that with Luliang Xiaowang making moves and theaters increasing their screening schedules, the box office tomorrow, Sunday, will be even more impressive.

The next morning, Wu Jing called and spoke incoherently with excitement. Professional media such as Maoyan predicted that their box office revenue had reached 27.5 billion.

Lu Liang smiled and said, "Only 27 billion? Why not be bolder?"

Wu Jing was shocked: "Mr. Lu, how many do you think there will be?"

At the movie's premiere, Lu Liang was on a business trip abroad and was unable to invite him to attend, and predicted that the final box office would be the biggest regret of Wolf Warrior 2.

After all, when he was the richest man, Lu Liang predicted 20 billion, and in order to save Lu Liang's face, Shen Teng gritted his teeth and predicted 25 billion.

The result was jaw-dropping. When The Richest Man was taken off the screen, the total box office reached 27.56 billion yuan.

Lu Liang and Shen Teng both made wrong predictions.

Therefore, if Lu Liang can make a small splash at the premiere of Wolf Warrior 2, it will definitely increase the box office expectations by another or million.

"How about doubling it again?"

"..."

Wu Jing was stunned, swallowed, and said dryly: "Mr. Lu, you are joking."

"Director Wu, don't you even have this much confidence?"

“Mr. Lu, I want to have confidence, but I don’t dare to have it.”

Wu Jing smiled bitterly, doubting for a moment that Lu Liang had no idea what a box office of 55 billion meant.

This year's Spring Festival box office market was only 45 billion yuan. One movie took up all the box office revenue for the entire period, and another ten billion yuan more.

He didn't even dare to think about it.

"Just think of it as a joke." Lu Liang laughed.

"Mr. Lu, you must come to the celebration banquet."

After Wu Jing finished speaking, she asked if there was anything else and ended the call with Lu Liang.

"27.5 billion doubled is 55 billion. Is it possible for a movie to have a box office of 55 billion?"

He asked himself, and the probability he came up with was infinitely close to zero.

"Where on earth does such a high box office come from?"

Lu Liang looked thoughtful. Although the movie was released, he still couldn't understand it now.

Although Maoyan often changes its expectations, they are professionals and their predicted total box office is calculated based on big data.

As long as there is no impact from external factors, 27.5 billion yuan, or at most 30 billion yuan, will be the final box office of Wolf Warrior 2.

But the prediction has doubled. What external factors have led to such an exaggerated increase?

(End of this chapter)