Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 256 Industry Reactions (1/4)

The first day performance of "Love Is Not Blind" shocked the industry!

A movie with a budget of 900 million, 2700 million on the first day...

What the hell is going on? Is this another "Our Girlhood"?

Another dark horse?
In fact, before "33 Days" was released, many experts were not optimistic about it at all!
After all, there are indeed many Hollywood blockbusters in the same period...

There is third-party data. A well-known Weibo account in the industry, "Circle Movie People Complaining about Vests," published an article analyzing the market for "Love Is Not Blind." In the article, he predicted, "Due to the influence of several Hollywood blockbusters, the share of domestic films during the same period will be reduced to less than 33%. It is estimated that several Hollywood blockbusters can account for 20 screenings. "Love Is Not Blind" will be scheduled for around 20000 to 33 screenings on its first day. As a result, the film's first-day box office will be around 2500 million, and its ultimate box office limit is probably 3000 million!"

Then 15000 shows were arranged on the first day, and the box office on the first day was 2900 million.

A reporter interviewed the theater manager, who said, "We anticipated the film's popularity and scheduled 17 screenings. However, we received so many inquiries and reservations that we added five more screenings. This greatly exceeded our expectations!"

"It accounts for more than 80% of the total box office of all scheduled films."

"More screenings will be added later, and the screening schedule is estimated to reach 25 to 28 shows."

The cinema is the place closest to the audience...

To put it bluntly, they know nothing!
It's like a famous influencer who vowed: "If the box office of "Nezha 2" exceeds 50 billion, I will eat shit... I will eat a pound of shit for an extra dollar..."

……

Weibo is extremely lively!

Huang Zhonglei: Although "Star"'s" screenings have been significantly reduced today, and its opening weekend box office of 33 million yuan has been stretched due to the overwhelming number of new releases, I'm very happy because it's being allocated to "Love Is Not Blind." A small domestic film teaming up to take on Hollywood's boxing robots, mutant gorillas, and Greek gods! The word-of-mouth buzz is starting to translate into box office success! I wish it over million yuan!
Yao Chen: A friend went to the cinema today and was surprised to find that "Love Is Not Blind" was sold out. Wen Zhang, you can laugh out loud now.

Ning Caishen: Just buy a ticket and go watch it. If you don’t like it after watching it, send me a private message and I will reimburse you.

A bunch of people @Shen Yan, asking him to share his opinion. Shen Yan didn't hide anything and directly posted a long Weibo post:
"It's a light romantic comedy for women, called a chick flick, which translates to chick flick!"

"Chick flicks have been a hit in Hollywood for many years. Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Sandra Bullock, Reese Witherspoon, and Anne Hathaway all became famous through them!"

"In Hong Kong films, Sammi Cheng is the quintessential chick flick actress. With her stylish, capable, yet sensitive, fragile, and slightly neurotic portrayal of an urban woman on screen, she has won the hearts of a vast audience and is known as the 'spokesperson for Hong Kong's white-collar workers'!"

"In fact, the original 'Perfect Match' was also a typical chick flick, but Zhang Ziyi couldn't play a silly girl... No offense, but from the producer's perspective, she was only suited to the kind of stubborn, bitter, and vengeful female roles! Of course, this is just my personal opinion..."

"The heroines of chick flicks often experience heartbreak, work setbacks, family conflicts, go on a shopping spree, get drunk at night, curse people out on the street, and then resurrect with full energy the next day.

They are young, energetic, with clear eyes, and are girls who have grown up naturally without any discipline.

Imagine it, isn’t it like a sika deer running in the mountains, full of spirit and natural breath? "

"'Love Is Not Blind'' tells the story of Huang Xiaoxian, who was cheated on by her best friend and then fell out of love. I really like this story and I think it would be a perfect dessert for a movie. But I'm a little worried about the heroine... Huang Xiaoxian's character is actually quite pretentious..."

"Being aggressive and mean... that's not the worst part. The worst part is that she went on a 'mock date' with the man she was planning to marry. If someone with a bad temper were to do that, they'd probably just hit her."

"But Lily has managed to make the audience subconsciously overlook all of this with her image and acting skills... She's truly amazing!"

"Article Brother's Wang Xiaojian, Guo Jingfei's Lu Ran, Wang Yaoqing's Wei Yiran, Zhang Zixuan's Li Ke, and, oh yeah, Zhang Jiayi's guest appearance as Big Old Wang... all left a lasting impression..."

"Also, I want to refute Big Lao Wang's point. Big Lao Wang said, 'For boys nowadays, friendship is worth a thousand pounds, but it's no match for a chest of four ounces!' I think that's wrong. Four ounces is too small. Even a fried egg weighs one ounce! I think it would be more appropriate to change it to 'Friendship is worth a thousand pounds, but it's no match for a chest of four ounces.' What do you think?"

As soon as the article came out, a bunch of people responded: "Exactly, who are you looking down on? 400g only weighs 200g. When I go to clubs and KTVs, I won't even look at anything weighing less than 200g!"

"This also indirectly proves that Brother Yan has a life and understands men!"

Others said: "I feel like Brother Yan doesn't like Zhang Ziyi..."

"International dirtiness isn't some big treasure, so of course Brother Yan doesn't have to like it!"

"Does anyone think Bai Baihe and Wang Luodan look alike?" "Brother Yan didn't give us a box office prediction, so how much do you think the film will gross?"

"Two hundred million for sure!"

"Don't be so sure. 'Now You See Me' and 'The Adventures of Tintin' are coming out soon, and 'The Adventures of Tintin' was directed by Spielberg!"

Uh…

The first day was so strong, and you are still not optimistic?

That's right, even Huang Zhonglei posted on Weibo saying "I wish the box office will exceed 100 million!"

In his opinion, the fact that Love Is Not Blind grossed over 33 million yuan at the box office is already a remarkable achievement...

After all, the production cost is only 900 million...

By the way, the "Starry Sky" he mentioned is a movie produced by Huayi this year. It is a Taiwanese fantasy children's film directed by Lin Shuyu and cost 1500 million... US dollars!
Yes, the unit is US dollars.

After Huayi went public, it became wealthy and powerful, and all its investment films were priced in US dollars - "Shaolin Temple" cost 4000 million US dollars, and the total cost of the two films "Tai Chi: From Zero" and "Tai Chi: Rise of Heroes" exceeded 3000 million US dollars... Now even a children's fantasy movie costs 1500 million US dollars.

……

Chongqing, "Big Shot" continues filming...

These past few days, we've been mainly filming the fight scenes between Shen Yan and Wu Jing...

Focusing on the vehicle...

We need to film the scene where Zhao Tai drives away frantically.

It was a stuntman who drove the car - usually there is a stunt double for such high-risk scenes!

People say that this is the job...

In the later editing, it was Shen Yan who was driving...

Then he was forced to stop by Sun Wukong at the tunnel.

Accompanied by the sound of sudden brakes, Sun Dasheng held the steering wheel, pressed the body of his car against the body of Zhao Tai's car, and used the wall in the tunnel to force Zhao Tai's car to stop in the tunnel.

At this point, Zhao Tai knew he couldn't leave.

Shen Yan emerged from the sunroof and sat on the roof, looking at Wu Jing as he got out of the car. He smiled flatteringly, "Sun Dasheng, huh? I know we have a feud, but no one can resist money, right?"

"I'll give you 10 million, and if you let me go, just pretend you didn't catch me, okay?"

"As long as you let me go, regardless of whether I can escape or not, I will give you ten million with both hands. I guarantee it with my personal integrity!"

"You still have personality?
Wu Jing approached, speaking the lines: "Intentional murder, arrest, assault on police officers, drug use, ordering violent demolitions, injuring several residents, ignoring national laws, moral corruption, how dare someone like you talk about character?"

"Haha..." Shen Yan suddenly laughed out loud: "I wouldn't know if you didn't tell me... Do you think you have me in your grasp?"
Shen Yan jumped down from the roof of the car and stretched out his hands: "Okay, you are awesome, come and catch me!"

"What nonsense!"

Wu Jing had no expression on his face. He walked up to Shen Yan and took out the handcuffs.
"Catch the bastard!"

Without waiting for the handcuffs to be put on, Shen Yan kicked Wu Jing in the stomach...

"Click..."

(End of this chapter)