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Chapter 354: The Evil Ones hit the box office

After the opening ceremony of Cannes, there will be a twelve-day film screening session.

The screening of "The Evil Dead" in Cannes overlaps with its premiere in Peninsula.

Therefore, Jin Qixuan and others will not be able to attend the premiere on Peninsula.

And after "The Evil Dead" finished its appearance in Cannes.

The group also needed to rush back to the peninsula to participate in the subsequent promotional roadshow.

In the middle of the promotional roadshow for "The Evil Dead", Jin Qixuan had to fly back to Cannes to attend the premiere of "Parasite".

The schedule was extremely tight.

However, although the schedule was very tight.

But Jin Qixuan had no dissatisfaction with this.

Because of a private jet.

It wasn't that hard to catch up with the schedule.

What’s more, the exposure he received during this trip to Cannes was simply incredible!

Because he will walk the red carpet at least four times.

In addition to the two opening ceremonies, there were also two film premiere red carpets.

If time permits, he can even attend the red carpet of the closing ceremony!
It’s not an exaggeration to say that he is a “red carpet pervert”…

In fact, exposure is only one aspect.

More importantly, it is his outstanding performance in the two movies "The Evil" and "Parasite".

A perverted murderer and a poor and smelly loser.

These two completely different characters were both portrayed vividly by Jin Qixuan.

The most important thing is that the two films were released at very close times.

This means that the contrast between the two characters can undoubtedly bring great visual impact to the audience.

Thus, his explosive acting skills can be better demonstrated.

……

The night after the Cannes opening ceremony.

"The Evil Dead" was screened for the first time in Cannes.

Because it is a midnight screening unit, it does not participate in the program scoring.

After the screening.

There was also warm applause that lasted for seven minutes.

Jin Qixuan's acting skills in the film also conquered the audience and the media.

Although his position in this movie is the third male lead.

But this role is the most important and the key to the entire story.

Moreover, because Ma Dong-seok's face is too round, some micro-expressions cannot be shown at all.

Therefore, the burden of the entire drama's literary drama fell on Jin Qixuan.

If the murderer's acting is bad, the movie will definitely fail.

After the movie premiere.

Major media outlets rushed to report reviews of "The Evil Dead".

["The Evil Dead" does not tell a clichéd story. Each character in the film is endowed with soul by the actors, especially the perverted murderer played by Jin Qixuan, who is even more chilling. ]

[Jin Qixuan's performance is undoubtedly one of the biggest highlights in "The Evil Dead". Whether it is his cunningness when facing the police or his perversion when killing people, he perfectly demonstrated it. ]

[Especially the last monologue, it is really explosive, from the indifference at the beginning to the madness at the end, the emotions progress layer by layer, which makes people feel addicted! ]

"..."

It’s not just foreign film review websites that have given rave reviews to “The Villain.”

It also received high praise from famous Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino and was considered the only film he wanted to see in Cannes.

It even received the favor of Hollywood Ramon Pictures, which wanted to buy the rights to remake the film.

Even many film producers, after watching "The Bad Boys", have expressed their intention to cooperate with the production company of "The Bad Boys", wanting to buy the distribution rights of "The Bad Boys" in overseas regions.

Among these film producers is Hollywood's Lionsgate.

As one of the three major distributors in North America, Lionsgate has extremely strong publicity and promotion capabilities.

Although the quality of "The Evil Dead" is very good.

But, even the best wine will not sell if it is not well known.

In this era, publicity and promotion capabilities are undoubtedly the most important.

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Inside the office of Jang Won-seok, the producer of "The Villain", B A. Entertainment.

Looking at the quotation in the email, Zhang Yuanxi's face was filled with uncontrollable excitement.

The price offered by Lionsgate was far beyond his expectations.

"Five million US dollars. Lionsgate is willing to spend five million US dollars to buy the North American distribution rights of "The Villain"?!"

Zhang Dongxun couldn't help but sigh when looking at the numbers in the email.

You know, even "The Myeongryang Battle", which ranked first in the box office in the history of Korean Peninsula movies, only sold the North American distribution rights for two million US dollars.

This was the first time he had received so many offers in all his years as a producer.

Moreover, this is just the offer from Lionsgate, not including offers from other regions.

Zhang Yuanxi immediately asked his secretary to compile a list of quotations from all regions.

Just a rough estimate.

After selling the distribution rights to all regions, they will be able to earn at least 20 million US dollars!

Excluding the costs of publicity and promotion, the net profit is at least over 10 million US dollars!

Ten million US dollars, converted into Peninsula currency, is more than 14 billion!
The overseas copyright revenue alone has made a huge profit, and this does not even include the biggest box office performance.

It’s a pity that the film was co-produced by multiple companies and the profits were shared by multiple companies.

They are expected to receive at least 10 billion Korean won from B A. Entertainment.

From the perspective of profit ratio, this is also a considerable income.

After all, they only invested more than 30 billion.

At this moment, Zhang Yuanxi thought of something and turned to ask his secretary:
"By the way, didn't Jin Qixuan also star in "Parasite" directed by Bong Joon-ho?"

The secretary nodded and said:

"Parasite is also a film in the main competition unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival, and it has attracted more attention than The Villain. If this film can also sell well..."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanxi couldn't help but take a breath.

Jin Qixuan, I'm afraid it will work!
……

On the other hand, since "The Evil Dead" premiered in Cannes.

The main creative team hurriedly boarded Jin Qixuan's private plane to the peninsula that night to prepare for a roadshow to boost the box office for the movie.

However, seating is limited.

Jin Qixuan only brought his agent, assistant and bodyguard back with Ma Dongxi and others.

As for the rest of Jin Qixuan's team, they stayed here for a paid vacation.

I'll pick them up when "Parasite" premieres.

Because of the time difference.

It was already one o'clock in the morning on May 5 when Jin Qixuan and his group landed at Incheon Airport.

The first thing everyone did when they landed was to open the real-time box office statistics APP to check the box office of "The Evil Dead".

"The Evil Dead" was released on Peninsula on May 5th.

Two days have passed now, and the box office results have just exceeded 50 viewers.

In fact, this box office result is not low among the films that are banned for teenagers to watch in the peninsula, and is even very high.

You know, the box office performance of "The New World", which is also a leader among films that are prohibited for teenagers to watch, was only 17 viewers on its premiere.

Besides, the first few days were working days.

Tomorrow, May 5th, is Saturday.

The weekend is when the box office really takes off.

By then, the data should double.

Looking at the box office performance of "The Evil Dead", everyone in the group couldn't help but feel relieved.

Although this data is not a big explosion, it can be considered a small explosion.

Judging from the current situation, the future box office of "The Evil Dead" should not be too bad.

After looking at the box office data, a few people looked through the Naver movie review website to see what the word of mouth was like.

Upon taking a look, I discovered that the score of "The Evil Dead" was as high as 9.12.

The high score of 9.12 has basically booked it as one of Peninsula’s “Top Ten Films of the Year”.

However, it’s only the second day, and subsequent ratings will continue to drop.

After reading the ratings, Jin Qixuan checked out the film reviews again.

[It is always said that it is comfortable to fight violence with violence, but this kind of fighting evil with evil is truly refreshing! ]

[The idea of the explosive police and the tough gangster boss working together to catch indiscriminate perverted serial killers is a win in itself]

[God·Ma Dong-seok's Frustration Biography! ] [So cool, I haven't seen such a cool movie in a long time, the fighting scenes are so realistic and exciting. ]

[Kim Mu-yeol's performance is also remarkable, he perfectly portrayed the feeling of a crazy policeman. ]

[Jin Qixuan's performance really surprised me! His performance as a murderer is simply chilling, especially the final monologue, which makes people's scalps numb. He is only 27 years old now, and I really can't imagine his future achievements! ]

[Jin Qixuan's acting is really good, his emotional expression is so strong, and Uncle Ma is as 'kind' as ever! "

[Excellent rhythm, vivid characters, simple and rough plot and scene design inspired by Indonesian action movies, it is simply the coolest movie of the year! ]

"..."

Most of the reviews for "The Evil Dead" are positive.

From this point of view, the box office of "The Evil Dead" should still have a lot of room for growth.

Seeing this, everyone let go of their worries.

We also started to talk interestedly about the actresses who competed for beauty in Cannes a few days ago.

After all, they are all men~
In this way, we chatted and saw the scenery along the way.

Ma Dong-seok, Kim Mu-yeol and director Lee Won-tae all intuitively felt how popular Kim Kye-hyun is.

From Incheon Airport to downtown Seoul.

They saw at least thirty billboards endorsing Jin Qixuan.

Especially the giant Zenith billboard in the city center, which is 50 meters long, is really shocking.

Seeing this, Ma Dongxi couldn't help but sigh:
"This billboard is too big. There shouldn't be such a big billboard in the domestic entertainment industry, right?"

"Uncle Ma, the pattern is too small, there are also in Shanghai, Jiangcheng, and Pengcheng."

Ma Dongxi waved his hand and said with a smile:

"No, I mean your billboard in the domestic entertainment industry shouldn't be this big."

"Oh, it's definitely not that big. After all, there are too many celebrities in the domestic entertainment industry."

In fact, Jin Qixuan’s billboard in the domestic entertainment industry is also quite large.

Especially on Nanjing Road in Shanghai, there is a Gucci billboard that is more than 30 meters long.

However, compared with this fifty-meter-wide screen, it is indeed dwarfed by the giant.

At this time, Jin Wulie asked curiously:
"Qixuan, how many endorsements do you have now?"

"I only have 24 of them now."

Jin Qixuan’s more than 20 advertising endorsements are all of super high quality.

And it involves various fields besides food.

Luxury goods, beauty, finance, electronics, cars, beverages, games, etc.

The lowest endorsement (endorsement fee) he currently has is for the Shinsegae Duty Free Shop, which he endorses together with Han Hyo Joo.

"Then your endorsement fee for this year must be tens of billions of won, right?"

"207."

"so much?!"

Kim Mu-yeol and Ma Dong-seok couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Well, actually there weren't that many originally, but a few endorsements were signed this year, and the endorsement fees have increased a lot."

Of course, it is impossible for Jin Qixuan to get the full 20 billion yuan in endorsement fees.

After all, these endorsement fees have to be shared with the agency and taxes have to be paid.

After the distribution, Jin Qixuan only had more than 8 billion yuan a year.

However, this year's contract has become 7:3.

It can be over a hundred in his hands.

Hearing Jin Qixuan's words, the two of them couldn't help but gasp.

He earned 207 billion yuan in endorsement fees alone each year.

This is probably more than what they have earned in all these years since their debut.

In fact, it is more than what many actors earn in their entire lifetime.

This kid is really terrifying!
At this moment, Kim Woo-yeol also reacted.

It’s no wonder that he was ostracized by the Chungmuro circle.

He earns more money than them, has higher acting achievements than them, and most importantly, he is younger than them.

If this doesn't exclude him, then that would be weird.

However, although they were shocked, they were not envious or jealous.

After all, everyone has his own way.

At this time, Ma Dongxi joked:
"Haha, Wu Lie, we have to hold on to Qi Xuan's thighs in the future. When we get old, we will have to rely on him for food."

"The senior is right. When we get older, we have to let this guy arrange some roles for us so that we can make a living."

The two of them sang the same tune, and Jin Qixuan was at a loss as to what to do.

"No, no, no, my achievements are not good enough in front of you."

Jin Qixuan waved his hands repeatedly.

"Hey, you've learned to be humble."

"Really? Brother Wu Lie, we should hold on to Uncle Ma. He's a big star who's going to Marvel, and he even has a girlfriend who's 17 years younger than him. He's simply a role model for our generation!"

Upon hearing this, Jin Wulie quickly agreed:
"Yes, senior, this is really amazing. You are going to develop in Hollywood."

"Hey, I'm just a supporting role, so stop humiliating me."

"..."

Just like that, everyone arrived in the city of Busan while chatting and laughing.

Since they were going to go on a roadshow together tomorrow, the three of them were arranged to rest in a hotel.

Jin Qixuan didn't do anything special.

After all, film promotion is a very important part in the peninsula.

Peninsula is not like China, where films can be promoted through the Internet.

The peninsula doesn’t work, we have to rely on offline.

Whoever does a good job of offline promotion will have more screenings and better box office.

However, due to time difference, I didn't adjust.

At around three o'clock in the morning, the three of them were still energetic and in high spirits.

Originally, Jin Qixuan wanted to attack Li Zhien at night.

As a result, he was stopped by Ma Dong-seok and Kim Muryeol.

Forced him to go to the gym...

In the next few days, the group began to run a roadshow frantically.

Because time is limited.

They all first went on roadshows in Busan and Seoul, the second and first cities with the highest traffic volume.

After three days, everyone was almost exhausted.

However, the results are also significant.

This is according to weekend box office data released by the Film Promotion Council on May 20.

"The Evil Dead" topped the weekend box office charts.

The film attracted more than 120 million viewers over the three days of the weekend, and the total number of moviegoers reached more than 180 million.

The second one is "Avengers 4".

It mobilized 38 viewers and the total number of moviegoers reached more than 1345 million.

The third place is "Police Girl" starring Ra Mi-ran and Lee Sung-kyung.

More than 37 viewers were mobilized in three days, with a total of more than 122 million moviegoers.

"The Villain" is about to break the two million viewing mark just five days after its release, making countless people optimistic about the film's future box office prospects.

After all, this kind of box office result is already very impressive among films with no viewing restrictions.

Not to mention banning teenagers from watching!

Moreover, during these five days.

The film's attendance rate in Busan was extremely high, exceeding 93%.

The attendance rate in Seoul also reached 82%.

It was a big hit.

Especially when they are on roadshows.

The businesses around the cinema spontaneously organized their employees to support them.

That scene is so cute~
After all, if their movie becomes a hit, the surrounding restaurants, cafes, etc. will also benefit.

In this way, the busy and fulfilling first week passed.

At noon.

Jin Qixuan said goodbye to the two seniors.