Super entertainment red envelope

Chapter 693 The famous international director has run away!
The box office battle on the first day finally came to an end.

"Infernal Affairs" regrettably did not exceed 7800 million yuan, and won [-] million box office. This result is far inferior to Feng Kai's "Praise",
However, the film schedule of "Infernal Affairs" was about half lower than that of "Praise" when it was released, and the attendance rate reached 43%. After arranging the films, the results must be more than that.

On the other hand, "Insect Day" only earned 12 million at the box office within 2400 hours of the first day, and the attendance rate was only 16%.

Austin was stunned. He sat for five hours looking at the freshly released data in the middle of the night, thinking a lot, and felt his mind was blank. He didn't come back until dawn, and couldn't help but sigh: "Did you lose?"

"Austin!"

The door opened, and a white man with a beard walked in. He said angrily, "You shouldn't be so frustrated, we still have a chance to get back!"

"Really?" Austin smiled wryly. "Several Hollywood movies have been ruined, and we are also doomed. I don't have any hope."

"Then what about your bet with Li Zhifan? Are you willing to give up like this?"

The white man crossed his arms and said bluntly.

"Book a plane ticket! I want to go back to the United States!"

Austin stood up and went to bed, "I'm tired of here, I want to go back!"

"Perhaps this is the only way for you!"

The Caucasian man touched his forehead, looked at the time on his watch, and said, "I'm booking a ticket for the evening, so it's better to keep your actions secret."

……

There are too many movies released on New Year's Day, and those Lunar New Year movies that are released before New Year's Day must be given a certain amount of scheduling, resulting in the highest box office on New Year's Day, which is "Infernal Affairs".

Although "Sour Plum Soup" achieved good results in the first half of the day, in the second half, the number of films in the major theaters was almost zero, so the bag was not much, and finally ranked second with 7200 million, which was close to "Infernal Affairs". It's tight.

On the second day, starting from midnight, it was almost dominated by "Infernal Affairs" and "Sour Plum Soup". However, "Insect Day" had to ensure the same film schedule as "Infernal Affairs" in the first week because of the poor box office on the first day. It can be moved to the next morning. As we all know, there are not many people who wake up to watch movies in the early morning, not as many people as at three or four in the morning.

Among the many movies released on New Year's Day, there are also many round trips.

The most ironic thing among them is a movie called "The Great Comedy: The Happy League", which gathered four or five well-known domestic sketch actors, and the other ensemble actors are also familiar actors, but unfortunately it only won less than 5 box office.

The most important thing is that the film schedule of this movie actually has 9%.

Calculated according to the attendance rate, there are only one or two people in almost one hall, and it is completely a private experience, which is too cool.

So more than half of the news the next day was surrounded by this "Big Comedy: The League of Joy".

Netizens also happily ate melons, discussing hotly:

"What? The box office on the first day was 4.67???"

"Tianxiu, but the distributor of this movie is honest enough, which means it didn't buy box office!"

"Hey, He Jin starred in this movie? My God, he's a talk show host, and he actually went to act in a comedy."

"Didn't you read the cast list? There are quite a few well-known comedians, haha, this time it's really a comedian!"

"It's fine for this kind of movie to be released once. The New Year's Day schedule is so precious, and it's too nonsense to enter it to mix it up?"

"Thinking of the previous two months, He Jin recommended the movie he starred in in every episode of the show. The gags were very funny. It turns out that his jokes were just jokes on the show. It's really boring in the movie."

"Look at someone else's "Sour Plum Soup". They are also comedian actors. Why is there such a big difference?"

"..."

Beijing.

Wanli Drama Club.

In the conference room, the company's top management gathered together.

In addition to the actors who were promoting outside, all the members who participated in the film performance were present, and seeing the posture, they couldn't wait for the celebration party.

But that's right, among so many movies released at the same time, No.2 was won on the first day, and it was because there were too few films in the second half of the day, and even most theaters only had one show, so "Sour Plum Soup" failed to win No.[-]. Second, if you work harder, you may really be able to get the first place.

Especially in today's battle, the original morning sessions were moved to the afternoon, but "Insect Day" was moved to the morning instead, which shows that there is a lot of room for overtaking.

And by the time of the meeting, the box office of "Sour Plum Soup" had reached 9000 million, which was only one step away from breaking [-] million.

"Hahaha!"

The boss of the Wanli Drama Club was very happy and said with a very excited smile, "Let's prepare the celebration banquet. It should break the [-] million mark today. Then we should publicize it well and try our best to win the first place today."

However, an actor said in a disgruntled way: "Boss, "Infernal Affairs" has already reached 1.2 million, which is a gap of 3000 million. It's not easy to catch up!"

The boss's smiling face was stopped in an instant, and he glared at him with a gloomy face: "Will you talk? To build up others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige, isn't it just 3000 million? We have plenty of time."

"Boss calm down!"

An actress posted up with a smile, "I've seen the schedule and the shows, and it's almost all our schedules from noon to evening, and I'm very hopeful that we can win. But now I think the most urgent thing is to intensify the promotion, and a few A combination of two film and television websites, as well as buying promotional spots with TV stations, will help us to further sell at the box office."

"Well, I have already bought advertising space from several film and television websites, but I also bought "Infernal Affairs" and "Insect Day". This kind of publicity is actually a bit flat!"

The boss said, "I have already contacted the advertising directors of several TV stations, and we will have dinner together tonight. I hope they can give us the greatest help."

……

"Insect Day" was completely overwhelmed. The filming of the second day was moved to after the morning, which caused dissatisfaction among many fans who bought tickets in advance, and they were unwilling to change their tickets. It was either a time conflict or they were unwilling to get up early. Some viewers chose to refund tickets directly, so the box office of "Insect Day" on the second day was less than 1000 million.

Many people and companies who bet on "Insect Day" cried to death. Although many people supported Li Zhifan on the surface, they secretly bought the stock of the Chinese publisher of "Insect Day", hoping to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Huayi, in particular, not only bought stocks, but also bought out the online broadcast copyright of "Insect Day".

Hollywood blockbusters are broadcast on domestic film and television websites after they go offline, and they are all played by VIPs, and the income from VIP broadcasts is difficult to obtain in one step. One-time buyout of the network broadcasting right.

For this online copyright, Huayi also spent a lot of effort, fighting with several domestic companies, and finally won the copyright at a price of up to 3 million yuan.

Unexpectedly, after two days, "Insect Day" will be cold.

Although Austin secretly left China at night, the news was still exposed.

Netizens have another carnival:
"Haha! The US emperor paper tiger ran away with its tail between its legs!"

"It's over so soon? Isn't it a one-month deadline? I thought there was a big fight between you and me, haha, Hollywood blockbusters are nothing more than that!"

"That's right! We won the battle so easily, shouldn't the filming of "Infernal Affairs" be added?"

"Whatever the one-week appointment, ordinary people want to watch good movies, and businessmen want to make money. Popcorn movies like "Insect Day" are ugly and lose money. Why do they keep occupying the schedule?"

"That's right, a movie like "Insect Day" is an idol movie in the United States. It's strange that it has won a good box office all over the world after cheating girl fans!"

"It's not surprising, just go to Rotten Tomatoes, the freshness is only 34%, which already shows that it is a rotten film."

"I can't help it. The leading actor is an international first-line fresh meat. It's a pity that we don't follow this set. The aesthetic standards are different!"

"..."

timeline.

Everyone in the company took a long breath, and Zhao Yiduo immediately called Li Zhifan who was far away in Xiangjiang.

However, when Li Zhifan heard the news, he had nothing to be happy about. He just let out an oh and said, "Then you go ahead, I'm filming here, I don't have time to chat, let's talk about it later!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Yiduo was stupefied—it seemed that Li Zhifan had already foreseen this situation, why didn't he feel any joy?
In fact, Li Zhifan couldn't say whether he was happy or not about Austin's escape.

Because what he wants is not to win Austin, but to win the championship during the entire New Year's Day schedule, but at present, it seems that it is not so easy. After all, there are other excellent films released at the same time, especially those happy family comedies. It is true that a lot of the box office was taken away, which shows that ordinary people still like this set.

On the other hand, after watching "Infernal Affairs", it will only make people silent, depressed, and even cry. To be honest, Li Zhifan doubts that this release date is a wrong choice?

That is to say, at the moment, he decided to release the second film in July when the summer file is released, maybe he can have a chance to outshine others.

……

United States.

The news of the failure of "Insect Day" in China has gone crazy in the American film circle.

Hollywood filmmakers are sympathetic, on the sidelines, and entangled... because "Insect Day" is not the first Hollywood film to fail, there are two films before it, "Steel Gunman 6" and "Dark Galaxy: The Prequel". Filmmakers have some doubts about life—how come the Chinese film market, which used to be very lucrative, is suddenly so unfriendly to Hollywood?

On the other hand, the New York film industry is sneering at Hollywood.

Everyone knows that the New York film industry is rich in art-style feature films, but these types of films have been selling better and better in China in recent years. Art-house New York films have always been fruitless in China.

Because of political leanings, because of democracy, because of various reasons such as whitewashing the US imperialism, it is not as good as Hollywood movies that dare to directly blow up the White House, assassinate the president, and overthrow the CIA. They sell well in China.

Austin went into hiding when he returned to the United States, and even the film company couldn't find him.

But at this time, more shocking news came one after another, that is about the bet between Austin and Li Zhifan.

This incident shocked all actors, companies, and even investors in Hollywood.

Because this bet is related to Austin's future films, if he can no longer enter the Chinese market because of the bet, then most actors will not take it rashly, and most film and television companies will not dare to give him the films they produce. Filming, investors are even more afraid to vote for his films.

Nowadays, the Chinese market is becoming more and more important to Hollywood and even the entire United States.

But the other side of the bet is that if Li Zhifan wins, he is likely to enter Hollywood. Will this legendary Chinese best filmmaker come to Hollywood, will he occupy the market, and will he even export Chinese culture? In the United States, no one can tell, and no one can guarantee.

In fact, one of the iron laws of Hollywood movies is-racial equality!
If Chinese films want to enter Hollywood and achieve success, then the actors in the film must achieve great racial unity, and black, white and yellow people join hands as a family.

Although people of yellow race may have made too much progress as the protagonists for a while, in the current mainstream American movies, the share of Asians and the proportion of responsibilities are getting heavier. ** sent criticism as inhumane.

……

domestic.

The box office results for the second day came out.

"Infernal Affairs" directly won 1.5 million box office on the second day, and the box office on the first day has exceeded 2 million yuan.

And "Sour Plum Soup", which ranked second, also got 1.1 million box office in a single day, but unfortunately it failed to exceed [-] million in two days, which is a pity.

Because of Austin's "running away", the major theaters no longer cared about his bet with Li Zhifan, and seized the opportunity to start adjusting the film schedule.

Many netizens will find that if they refresh on the ticketing app, there will be an extra "Infernal Affairs" or "Sour Plum Soup" in tomorrow's film schedule, but there will be one less "Insect Day" or "Big Comedy: Happy League".

Especially "Big Comedy: Happy League", the first day of the film was 8%, but the third day has become 0.8%.

After the early morning of the third day, "Big Comedy: Happy League" was withdrawn urgently. The director of the film publicly stated on his fast blog: "Because of some mistakes in the production of the film, we are going to go back to the furnace for rework, and the remake will be moved to the first day of the new year." show."

After this quick blog was released, it was immediately criticized by many netizens:

"Bah! Re-repair? Hurry up and re-shoot!"

"Just this movie, and you still plan to get money on New Year's Day? Even if you watch the Spring Festival Gala at home, I won't watch you."

"What the guy upstairs said is wronged by the director. He only sold [-] yuan in three days. How can he cheat money? I'm afraid it's not even enough for the crew's lunch box!"

"Ahahaha, indeed, it can't be regarded as cheating money."

"But the theater chain has suffered a loss! With so many vacant shows, it would be great to go to "Unintentional" or "Sour Plum Soup"!"

"The key is that it will be re-screened on the first day of the new year. Don't worry, there are gun versions on the Internet. Everyone knows what kind of bird your movie is..."

(End of this chapter)