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Chapter 430 Exceeding [-] million in the first weekend (Please subscribe for the second update! Please ask for a monthly pass!)

"Wow, the movie is so exciting at the beginning!"

"The war scenes filmed by this Chinese director are too exciting!"

"Wow, I can't see anything else on the screen, it's all explosions!"

"After the White House was bombed, the Kremlin was bombed, the Kremlin was bombed, the pyramids were bombed, and the Great Wall was bombed after the pyramids were bombed. I was terrified!"

"Is this director from Huaguo learning from Michael Bay? The beginning is full of explosions. It's so exciting!"

The movie just started, and the audiences in the United States walked into the movie theater to watch "Edge of Tomorrow" with all kinds of ideas to pass the time and curiosity. Baptism of war.

There are also many Hollywood war movies, but there are still few such intensive war movies.

The producers also need to save money, just like the "Jurassic Park" series, the time spent on the first half of the dinosaurs is actually not much, but every place has been paved, the rhythm is very well grasped, and it will not Not showing up for a long time made the audience nervous for a long time before suddenly popping out.

Every lens is burning money, of course, it is necessary to achieve the maximum benefit with the least cost.

After the opening scene, these disapproving audiences gradually cheered up and watched the movie seriously after experiencing the baptism of socialist gunfire.

Seeing that the hero was thrown into the new barracks without even knowing the insurance of the exoskeleton mecha, the American audience smiled knowingly, and then began to worry about how he would survive on the battlefield.

The big scene of crossing the river also caused bursts of exclamation, and the scene was no smaller than the classic war movie "Saving Private Ryan".

However, the actor died not long after, leaving the audience confused.

Could it be that it's not the main character?

Then the actor returned to the barracks again, and the audience immediately understood the exact same scene.

"Is this a constant repetition?"

"It seems to be similar to movies like "Groundhog Day" and "Horror Cruise"."

"The director of this movie was originally the director of "Horror Cruise", otherwise I wouldn't waste my time with a Huaguo movie."

"I've also watched "Horror Cruise" and it was so good. I didn't expect that director to switch to science fiction films."

The movie was still showing, and Yu Dong, who was sitting in the middle and back seat, had been tense and finally slowed down a little.

Yu Dong didn't relax until the 103-minute film was finished and seventy or eighty audience members in the auditorium applauded spontaneously for the film.

Although the occupancy rate during prime time on Friday night was only 30%, Yu Dong was satisfied enough.

This is a Huaguo movie. From the story to the main creation, it has nothing to do with the United States. It is already very good to get 25% of the attendance at night.

Then they went to ask the cinema manager. The whole movie was shown twice during the day, and the attendance rate was around 10%. In the evening, this was the first show, and another screen was showing the second show, and the attendance rate doubled. many.

Rest at the hotel for one night, Yu Dong got up early the next morning, and gathered with Zhou You and the others in the hotel restaurant.

It wasn't until 7:[-] in the morning that Zhou You received an email from the publisher Columbia.

Yu Dong, Liu Yu and the others watched Zhou You turn on his phone, and they were extremely nervous, expecting to get good news from Zhou You.

Pressing the screen with his fingers quickly, Zhou You's tense face suddenly burst into a smile.

Yu Dong was overjoyed.

"280 million! The first day is 280 million dollars!" Zhou You shouted at them.

yeah!
Yu Dong waved his hand heavily, without any regard for his own image.

"Yu Dong, 280 million on the first day, sampled more than 100 movie theaters across the United States, and more than 4000 audiences participated in the survey. 33% of the audience gave A+ ratings, A ratings accounted for 38%, and C and below ratings were insufficient. 10%"

Zhou You quickly reported a number of data, including the ratings on professional websites, Rotten Tomatoes, etc., which are above the passing line for a sci-fi blockbuster.

Regardless of the fact that there are many domestic films that have a very high reputation in North America, I don't know how much better than "Edge of Tomorrow" will pass the word-of-mouth.

For example, the word-of-mouth of "Ip Man 2" is considered very high among Chinese-language movies, but the box office is only 22 US dollars, which has no reference value at all.

Just like those movies on domestic Douban that have only a few thousand reviews, but have a score of more than 8 points, they have no commercial value at all.

However, "Edge of Tomorrow" has entered the mainstream theaters of the North American film market, and the film schedule of the 1600-dollar theater was also No. 11 in the same period.

How many movies are produced in the United States in a year, and how many are produced in China? Don’t look at the fact that Halloween has just passed in early December, and there are still 12 days before Christmas, but this is also a popular schedule, and there are countless movies released.

1600 open screens, nearly 3500 screens, and more than 20 movie viewers, this data has a high reference value.

In addition, Americans are not like domestic people, so the ratings of foreign movies are naturally higher by one point.

American audiences have always looked down on movies from other countries, and subconsciously gave them low scores. It is already very good to get a score of above pass and word-of-mouth for such a large number of moviegoers.

In addition to the high box office of 280 million US dollars on the first day, the North American box office ranking on the 3rd day is also second only to "Tangled" and "Harry Potter 7", ranking No.3 in the single-day North American box office .

Ranked below "Edge of Tomorrow" are "Dancing Girls Club" with 210 million, "Speed" with 200 million, and "Love and Elixir" with 200 million.

Although these films have been released for more than 10 days, it is a great honor to overwhelm them.

As for "Warrior of the Yellow Sand", which is also newly released, the box office on the first day broke one million, only half of that of "Edge of Tomorrow".

An extra Huaguo movie appeared on the box office list and on major forums, which also attracted the attention of many viewers and media, and there were more and more reports about "Edge of Tomorrow".

The excellent data on the first day also gave Columbia more confidence to negotiate with theaters. On the second day, another 200 movie theaters were added, and the promotional efforts also increased a lot.

On Saturday the 4th, the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" skyrocketed by nearly 40%, earning 390 million yuan in a single day.

On Sunday, the number of movie theaters for "Edge of Tomorrow" has increased to 2300 yuan, and the single-day box office has reached 450 million.

It was released for three days, and the North American box office reached 1120 million, still firmly occupying No.3 in the North American weekly box office list.

No.1依然是投资高达2.6亿美金的动画大片《魔发奇缘》2100万，上映20多天的《哈利波特7》以1600万排在No.2。

"Dancing Girls Club" ranked No.610 with a box office of 4 million in the next week,

The action blockbuster "Speed" with an investment of over 600 million yuan only made 7000 million at the box office this week, and the total box office was less than [-] million. The joining of Oscar winner Denzel Washington did not make the audience buy it.

"Warrior of the Yellow Sand", which was released at the same time, ranked ninth with a box office of 305 million.

1120 million in the first week!
A Chinese film, without Zhang Yimou, Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, Zhou Runfa, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, not a single familiar face.

Three days of release is enough for most media to pay attention to the movie.

A Chinese sci-fi movie has suppressed a lot of Hollywood movies, and there is no shortage of blockbuster movies with an investment of over [-] million yuan. It is definitely big news.

All of a sudden, the news of "Edge of Tomorrow" can be seen more or less on various websites, media, and newspapers. The two oriental fighters wearing exoskeleton mechs on the poster made North American audiences more and more curious, and more and more people Walk into the cinema.

On the morning of the 6th, Yu Dong received a call from Gao Qunyao. Murdoch wanted to meet him and asked him to come.

Yu Dong hung up the phone and felt much better. Yesterday, the fund that had rejected him called him, but Yu Dong didn't answer any of them at this time.

But Murdoch is different. It is one of the largest media groups in the world. A real media group is not like a media group in China. It doesn't even have a newspaper with a larger circulation, let alone a TV station.

The media group also owns the Hollywood giant [-]th Century Fox, and being able to reach a cooperation with the other party will definitely be of great help to future business, and it is not a problem to even insert a small supporting role in a Hollywood blockbuster.

A small supporting role in a major Hollywood production, even if it takes less than a minute to play, is of great value, whether it is for yourself as an actor or as a trader.

Moreover, News Corporation's shareholding is also of great benefit to Berner's listing.

After Yu Dong hung up the phone, he immediately asked his assistant to buy a plane ticket. Up to now, more than half of his purpose in coming to North America has been achieved.

This time I came to the door eagerly, next time I want everyone to come to me on their own initiative!
Yu Dong thought to himself!

(End of this chapter)