The film "Five Centimeters per Second" was censored in a smooth way, and as Phoenix expected, it was rated for audiences of all ages. The all-age rating is the maximum audience rating, and "Five Centimeters per Second" doesn't have any bad shots, so it's a matter of course to be able to get this rating.

The censorship has been done well and the propaganda has been done well, and now it seems that there is only one thing left for Meng and them - waiting. However, this waiting process was not calm, and a few days before the release of "5 Centimeters per Second", a new movie that had just been released caused a sensation.

""Thirty-six Strategies for Love" got off to a good start, with the box office exceeding 150 million Chinese coins on the first day, and theaters around the country readjusted their schedules."

Before "Five Centimeters per Second", a love movie was the first to be successful, exceeding 150 million at the box office on the first day, making theaters around the world begin to adjust the broadcast schedule of this movie. Although these schedules did not affect the premiere of "Five Centimeters per Second", they disrupted the schedule after the premiere of "Five Centimeters per Second".

Originally, after the premiere of a movie, the theater will arrange a better time slot for the movie in the following period. Now because of the popularity of "Thirty-six Strategies for Love", the schedule of "Five Centimeters per Second" has been snatched away.

"How so!"

"Why do you say change it, it's too unfair!"

Comic Island, the people in the animation department are indignant, but Meng Shu looked at the newspaper very calmly, it is an unspoken rule of Chinese movies that the theater will change the broadcast schedule because of the box office, he has investigated, so he is not surprised that this situation occurs - he knows that as long as the box office of "Five Centimeters per Second" is not bad, the subsequent schedule will be adjusted accordingly.

The newspaper Meng was reading was Movie Weekly. The content of this issue is "Thirty-six Strategies for Love". It is a romantic comedy movie. tells the story of a thirty-year-old working woman who has never been in love and tries her best to attract men's attention in order to get married.

And the screenplay of this movie is very interesting, and it reads 'Huang Hui, a popular romance novel writer'.

"This Huang Hui is also a romance novel writer, who is better than you?" Meng Yu asked Qin Ya.

"Pretty much...... I'm not the same type as her. Qin Ya sat beside him, eating snacks, and said, "My books sell well, and her books can't compare to mine." But she adapted and played smoothly...... A few years ago, the box office of the movie she gave to the script was almost 6 or 700 million. ”

"6, 700 million...... Isn't that the same as it is now? ”

Meng Shu was stunned, according to the first-day box office estimate, the final box office income of "Thirty-six Strategies for Love" should be about 6 or 700 million. This box office would be excellent for new writers and directors, but in the industry as a whole, it's just above average.

"yes, yes, that's pretty good, okay!" Qin Ya glanced at Meng Shu: "There are a few people who stand at the top of every industry, and they can get a box office of 6 or 700 million yuan steadily, Huang Hui is already very remarkable." can be regarded as a popular screenwriter among all film companies in China. ”

"But I really didn't expect ......" Qin Ya suddenly sighed again: "Huang Hui and I are good friends, I didn't expect that one day we would compete in movies." ”

The release interval between "Thirty-six Strategies for Love" and "Five Centimeters per Second" is just one week apart. There will be no competition between the two films on the surface, but in reality they will still affect each other, which is not good for each other's box office revenue. And there are certain similarities between the genres of the two films, they are both romance movies, which will divide the audience at a certain level.

"Speaking of which, why don't you think it's too coincidental, teacher?"

Qin Ya frowned and said: "In addition to "Thirty-six Strategies for Love", the premiere of "Entertainment Heavenly Court" a week after the release of "Five Centimeters per Second", and then "Chu Xiong" at the beginning of next month, four popular movies will be released in a month, and it is not a festival, how can you look at it?" ”

"It's not like someone else is targeting us, is it?"

The other two films she said are also popular works, "Entertainment Heavenly Court" is a funny mythological film that tells the modern version of heavenly life, directed by Wang Tao, a disciple of the king of Xiangjiang comedy, and his "Wang's humor" has been very popular in recent years. And "Chu Xiong" is a historical masterpiece, about Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and the latest work of the powerful old director Zhang Mou.

Qin Ya's suspicions are not unreasonable, four highly anticipated movies were released at the same time, and this luxurious Cheng dù can be compared to the Lunar New Year file. Of course, such an obvious thing, Meng Shu also had doubts in his heart, 90% of the movie theater chains in China belong to several large film companies, and the other three movies are also their works.

It stands to reason that they will not put popular works at the same time to affect each other, and it is not impossible to deliberately use them to suppress the arrogance of "Five Centimeters per Second".

However, Meng Shu is not worried, whether someone deliberately lowered the box office of "Five Centimeters per Second", he didn't think it would hurt his bones.

The fan base of "Five Centimeters per Second" is fixed, and no matter how bad the box office is, it is not much worse, and as long as it is officially released, it will be difficult for others to interfere with it. The box office is the best alchemy, and if the box office sells out on the first day, it is impossible for theater operators to arrange an unpopular time for it under the noses of the audience.

If they do, they will lose not only their money, but also their reputation......

Of course, another reason why Meng Shu is so confident is that Huaxia's cinema chain is not monopolized, it is controlled by different companies, and these companies may unite to suppress "Five Centimeters per Second" a little, but it is absolutely impossible to go too far. Their interests are different, once someone wants to turn against the Phoenix Company, then there will definitely be someone who will pull the Phoenix Company over.

The prospects for animated films are very high, and in addition to being wary of people in the film industry, of course, there are many people who want a piece of the pie, so the release of "Five Centimeters per Second" will not have a big problem.

"Don't worry about that, hurry up and get to work, we still have things to do!" Meng Huo dispelled Qin Ya's worries, he clapped his hands, and asked the rest of the animation department to continue working - although the production of the film was completed, they were still in charge of some of the peripheral design of "Five Centimeters per Second", which will be officially released after the release of the movie.

Two-thirds of the time in April passed quickly, and from mid-April, the movie booking for the premiere of "Five Centimeters per Second" began, and on April 18, all the movie theaters in Suhua City were sold out - "Five Centimeters per Second" caused a sensation before it was released. (To be continued......)