China Entertainment Times

Chapter 38
Judging from the audience's reaction, the press conference was relatively successful. After the movie ended, some fans asked Yang Mi for autographs.

Afterwards, Tang An invited Lin Sheng to have a supper at a small restaurant nearby.

There is no way, the money is running out, and I can't afford to go to the hotel!
At the dinner table, Lin Sheng half-jokingly said, "Director Tang, you fooled me back then!"

"What do you mean by Boss Lin?" Tang An looked at him innocently.

"From directing to on-set management, everything is done by you alone. Isn't the cost of 50 yuan cheated?"

"President Lin can't say that. Didn't I get cut off by 30 yuan? Then it's my false report!" Tang An laughed.

"That's right, anyway, the box office share in the mainland belongs to you, and it has nothing to do with China Film Group. Even if the investment is not 50, it doesn't matter if it is only 5!"

"Hee hee." Hearing this, Yang Mi couldn't help laughing, seeing Lin Sheng and Tang An looking at him, covering their mouths in embarrassment.

"What's Miss Yang laughing at?" Lin Sheng asked puzzled.

"No, I'm not laughing at anything!" Yang Mi waved her hand, and hurriedly lowered her head and took a sip of her drink.

"Mr. Lin, you can't say that. You still have 10% of the distribution fee. How can you say it doesn't matter!" Tang An said quickly.

Right now, the follow-up film arrangement and publicity still depends on China Film Group. If the other party is satisfied with the overseas copyright fee of 140 million yuan and does not care about the domestic box office, it will be difficult for "Shark Beach", which lacks film arrangement and publicity, to rely on word of mouth alone. .

Now it is 2004, the Internet age is still early, and word-of-mouth is still in the hands of major media. It is too unrealistic to expect audiences to spread word of mouth.

"Crazy Stone" could become a dark horse in 06 without the media's publicity at that time. Just imagine that if the major media reports about the movie were all negative news at that time, the audience would still go to the cinema?

Audiences have limited channels to receive information, whoever can master these channels is the winner!
Lin Sheng also knew Tang An's concern. Originally, the distribution department would not spend too much resources on "Shark Beach". After all, Lu Chuan's "Kekexil" will also be released on October 10st.

However, with the conclusion of the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, "Kekexili" failed to produce any results. On the contrary, "Shark Beach" won two awards. The distribution department will naturally adjust its strategy and properly allocate some resources to Tang An.

So Lin Sheng laughed and said, "Don't worry about the promotion. Although we can't give you the treatment of blockbuster films, the resources that should be given will not be small. As long as the box office performance is outstanding, the company will consider it as appropriate!"

"Then I'm relieved, thank you Mr. Lin!"

After eating a supper for more than half an hour, the show ended and brought Yang Mi and Xu Manyun back to the hotel.

The house Tang An rented was still outside the Fifth Ring Road, and the money for taking a taxi back and forth was enough to stay in a hotel, so he simply didn't go back.

And the next time will be to do publicity in the city. In this era, the popularity of cinemas outside the third ring road is very low, let alone the fifth ring road.

In DC District, XC District, Haidian District, and Chaoyang District, in the first three days, you have to go to the four major districts in the city, and at least 8 movie theaters.

In this era, WIFI is not popular yet, computers are too expensive, and it is impossible for all rooms in hotels to be equipped with them.

Fortunately, Tang An changed to a non-domestic brand of bar PC, which can surf the Internet.

However, when I opened professional websites such as Douban and Time, I didn't see a single comment. The relevant reports on portal websites such as Xinlang and Tengxun were still yesterday.

"It's only 04, it's not so fast yet, I guess I'll see it tomorrow morning!" Tang An patted his head, had no choice but to wash up and go to sleep.

After sleeping until dawn, Tang An got up on time at seven o'clock in the morning.

He was not in a hurry to read the news, and after washing up very calmly, he took out the domestic bar machine.

"The best horror film of the year, a model of low-budget thrillers!" - A long comment from Zheng Yi, a film critic for the Douban column.

Tang An read it word by word. Although the words of these film critics cannot be fully believed, people who can do this job in this era really have real talents.

Unlike later, it is simply the beginning of the series with one mouth!

It is roughly to the point, analyzing the whole movie in detail in terms of narrative rhythm, detail logic, lens language and sound effects, and plot design.

However, Tang An could tell that the film critic intentionally or unintentionally ignored some shortcomings of the film, which was probably the result of China Film's public relations.

There are dozens of comments below, it seems that the popularity of this film critic is quite high, I hope it can help him drive a little box office.

Then I turned to Fujixun News, although Xinlang is the well-deserved boss of the portal in this era.

There's no way, Tengxun has been so hot in the future, and it's just a habit to open Tengxun.

There is also a long review in the middle of the homepage of the entertainment section, accompanied by a poster above it.

However, this comment does take a different approach. It doesn't talk about rhythm, pictures, or special effects. It just tells the language of film organization.

It's like telling a story.

However, the proportion of this film critic is very good, with a sense of substitution and imagery, and there are also dozens of comments underground.

"The movie Sister An talked about today is so interesting. A girl met a shark at sea alone, and finally killed the shark!"
"You can even sew earrings and necklaces, I want to go to the cinema!"

"The movie looks good this time. It's much better than the "Painting Birds" a few days ago. Let's see if it's shown in a nearby cinema tonight!"

After watching Tang An, I feel relieved, and the evaluation is not bad.

Went out with Yang Mi and Xu Manyun and went downstairs to find a small shop for breakfast.

"Brother An, how is the box office going now!" Yang Mi asked eagerly while eating.

"How could it come out so soon? There are so many places across the country to count, and don't expect too much for the box office in the early morning!"

That's what he said, but Tang An couldn't help calling Lin Sheng and asked about the box office situation!

Lin Sheng on the other end of the phone seemed to have just woken up, and kept complaining, "I said Director Tang, you are too impatient, what time is it!"

"I'm sorry to bother Mr. Lin, isn't this impatient, let's see if the box office has been counted in the early morning!" Tang An smiled apologetically!

"You wait, I'll check the mailbox, there should be almost 5 rounds from early morning to now."

Hearing the sound of typing on the keyboard on the opposite side, Tang An's heart beat a little faster.

"It just came out, and most cities across the country have been counted. As of now, the box office is 16, which is a good result. If it keeps going, it should have 60 to [-] box office today!"

Lin Sheng was also a little surprised. The original evaluation of this film was around 400 million, which is considered to have exceeded expectations.

16 million!
Tang An quickly made a calculation in his mind.

Now the total number of domestic screens is about 2000.That is, almost 8000 games were played.

The film schedule of "Shark Beach" is 28%, which is lower than the 46% of "New Police Story", and higher than the 25% film schedule of "Zhang Side".

The former is Cheng Long's film, and the latter has many unit reservations for the National Day, but luckily it has been screened for a while.

That is to say, "Shark Beach" has been screened for a total of 2240 times, with an average of 70 yuan in the box office!

At this time, the ticket price of a movie in a big city is 10 yuan a piece, and it is lower in second-tier cities, and even lower in small cities.

As a compromise, even if a ticket costs 7 yuan, there are an average of 10 spectators per game.

Ordinary cinemas have about 140-190 seats, and the attendance rate is almost 6%!
Not too bad, on the first day, apart from the publicity in the first two days, not many people watched the movie, and it was early in the morning, so it is not bad to have this data!

According to the normal trend, there should be about 35 by the afternoon peak, and it can be doubled in the evening. The box office of 80 million is not a problem.

Although it is far from the 24 million on the first day of "New Police Story" on the 500th, it should be able to get 700 million box office in the end. If the follow-up response is good, it will definitely not be a problem.

That way he'll have enough money to start the next movie!

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