Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

Chapter 41 Unstoppable
"Qingzi, how much was the box office on the first day?"

This was the Nth time that Huang Bo called Zhou Qing to ask about this question.

"It's the middle of the night, why don't you sleep?"

Zhou Qing teased Huang Bo. He knew that Huang Bo would not be able to sleep at this time.

"Why sleep? How can I sleep without knowing the answer?"

"You, did you get the data? Stop keeping me in suspense!"

Huang Bo really sounded anxious and kept urging him.

"Not bad, 105 million."

Zhou Qing didn't keep Huang Bo in suspense any longer and told him the number.

"Over a million! Holy shit, it's so high!"

Huang Bo was so excited that he swore and almost jumped up.

This number has far exceeded Huang Bo's expectations.

You have to know that with so many movies released in the first year, only a few of them have a box office of over a million on the first day?
Just as expected, this movie is going to be a hit!

"That's great, Qingzi, it's a hit. Our movie is really a hit now."

Huang Bo was in such a good mood that even his voice went up several octaves.

"Congratulations, Lao Huang, you have achieved such great results in your first starring movie."

"Then I should congratulate you even more, right? The first movie you directed became a hit."

Both parties were in a good mood, praised each other, and ended the call excitedly.

Based on previous experience, there would be almost no problem in the first-day box office exceeding one million and the total box office exceeding ten million.

Unless the movie’s reputation collapses, resulting in poor subsequent box office performance.

But this kind of thing simply does not exist in "127 Hours".

What's more, Zhou Qing also paid special attention and found that there were really no competitive films released in February and March.

I've never heard of movies like "Chat", "Turbulent Waves", "Young Heroes", and "The Naughty Girl's Courtship".

Taking a look at the promotional materials, one can feel the overwhelming sense of failure.

The only threat to "127 Hours" is the Hollywood blockbuster "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".

But this movie was released at the end of January and its box office potential has almost been exhausted.

The impact on "127 Hours" has long been minimized.

After it’s off the screen in two days, “127 Hours” will really have no rivals!
A simple analysis shows that "127 Hours" has a very good momentum.

The fact is just as Zhou Qing expected. In the following February and March schedules, "127 Hours" was completely unstoppable and killed everyone in its tracks.

After earning 105 million on the first day, it earned another 112 million on the second day.

后续几天更是凭借出色的口碑持续上涨：115万、121万、123万、125万、131万！
The box office in the first week reached 832 million!
It is a foregone conclusion that the box office will exceed 10 million.

It's not even a matter of breaking through 10 million at the box office; it's not impossible to hit 20 million.

In the second week, the daily box office of "127 Hours" finally declined, but it still remained above one million.

On the ninth day of its release, the box office of "127 Hours" successfully exceeded million!

None of the movies released at the same time can compare with "127 Hours".

All of them have become the foil of "127 Hours".

Although this is not unrelated to the fact that "127 Hours" had weak opponents and no blockbuster films to compete with it.

But in this industry, who cares so much? Who cares so much?

Box office is king! "After winning the Silver Bear Award for Best Director in Berlin, 127 Hours has been making great strides at the domestic box office, with box office revenue exceeding million in nine days!"

"New director Zhou Qing's 127 Hours was a critical and commercial success, easily earning million at the box office, aiming for million."

"The first hit movie of 03 was born. 127 Hours created a post-Spring Festival movie-watching boom."

"With both awards and box office success, 127 Hours has achieved full commercial and artistic success."

"New director Zhou Qing made a stunning debut with 127 Hours, which attracted the attention of countless filmmakers."

Related reports subsequently leaked out, immediately causing an uproar in the circle.

Countless filmmakers were stunned.

This is too ferocious!

The box office has exceeded 10 million in nine days, and the total box office is very likely to exceed 20 million.

Even if it can't break 20 million, at least it will have to be 17 or 18 million.

This box office is actually very scary.

Take the year 02 for example. The highest-grossing film was undoubtedly Zhang Guoshi's "Hero", which grossed 2.5 million in China alone.

But a big production like "Hero" is not something that ordinary people can handle, and it does not have much reference value.

What about the other movies that came below?

Excluding those imported blockbusters, the highest-grossing film was Liu Zhenwei's "The Invincible Warriors", with a box office of 4000 million.

Bao Dexi's "Legend of Tianmai" followed closely behind with a box office of 3000 million.

Next up is "Together with You" by the great poet Chen, which only grossed 1300 million!
So no matter how you look at it, Zhou Qing's "127 Hours" will be one of the highest-grossing films of the year.

A well-deserved hit movie.

This is an achievement that most filmmakers dare not even dream of; only powerful and capable directors can make this feat.

Even if you are a big director, you can't guarantee that you can achieve it.

Take the great poet Chen for example. He can be said to be one of the highest mountains in the Chinese entertainment industry. Didn’t his "Together with You" only gross 1300 million?
In this case, you can imagine how shocking it is that "127 Hours" broke million in nine days.

Not to mention, "127 Hours" is Zhou Qing's first movie!
Not to mention, "127 Hours" is not an ordinary commercial film, but an award-winning film.

He just won the Silver Bear for Best Director in Berlin.

Generally speaking, which award-winning movie doesn’t have a terrible box office performance, or is so bad that it’s unbearable to watch?

This is really a bit unbearable.

It would be fine if he was so successful in art, but he is also so successful in business. How can others survive?
After counting the entire circle, it seems that apart from Master Zhang, there is really no second person.

So with the release of "127 Hours", the name Zhou Qing really became popular.

Not an exaggeration at all.

Every filmmaker has been hit hard by these two names, and it’s a very glaring shock.

"Classmate Zhou Qing's movie is really scary."

The class teacher, Wang Jinsong, was also shocked by the astonishing box office. He shook his head and sighed.

To be honest, at the beginning, Wang Jinsong did not have high expectations for the box office of "127 Hours", after all, everyone knows about award-winning movies.

It is too difficult to have flowers blooming on both sides.

But who could have imagined that "127 Hours" would become so popular and unstoppable.

"Great, great! My Beijing Film Academy students' movie is a big hit at the box office, and Chinese-language cinema has another masterpiece!"

Dean Zhang Huijun was so surprised that she couldn't stop laughing.

(End of this chapter)