Chapter 835: 1.6 billion in four days!
The Spring Festival has always been the most important schedule in the domestic film market. Every year, one or two popular movies will be released from the Spring Festival file.
Especially from 13 years ago, "Journey to the West", followed by three consecutive years, the box office of the No. 1 movie in the Spring Festival file was almost around 1 billion.
This seems to have made the Spring Festival file the most important schedule after the summer vacation file, which is the month of domestic film protection.
So this year is no exception.
The Spring Festival movies touched everyone's hearts long before they were released.
Especially the word-of-mouth and box office of Xing Ye with his debut novel "Journey to the West", he came to the Spring Festival file again with his new work "Mermaid", and Su Yang also brought his debut novel "The Wandering Planet" to kill, and the competition between the two has become the biggest attraction.
In the early pre-sale, the final pre-sale box office of the two movies was about the same, and "The Wandering Planet" was slightly superior. But this is the reason why "The Wandering Planet" was slightly more scheduled the next day.
So... What determines the success or failure of two films is the quality of the film.
As long as there is a movie whose quality is worse than advertised, then it is likely that the box office will collapse, and then another movie will be able to eat a lot of money.
And from all the factors: such as director experience, actor position, appeal, professionalism of the production team, and investment amount, the probability of the collapse of "The Wandering Planet" is much higher than that of "Mermaid".
Therefore, the quality of "The Wandering Planet" has become a curiosity for everyone.
New Year's Day, 0:00.
While many families are still eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, many trendy young people have already begun to carnival on New Year's Eve. They asked friends to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, watched the Spring Festival Gala together, and went out to watch Spring Festival movies all night together.
I don't know when it became a "fashion" for some young people living in their hometowns.
Therefore, even if it is a festival of family reunion, these young people still drove and took taxis to one movie theater after another and watched the movie.
Because there are only five new movies in the Spring Festival file, the range of their choices is relatively narrow, and because "The Wandering Planet" and "Mermaid" are more promoted, there are more heated discussions on the Internet. So they gave preference to these two films.
At the beginning of the movie, many young couples and friends walked into the screening room together and began to watch the two movies.
And when the two films opened, the situation was different in several screening rooms.
The audience who watched "The Mermaid" was full of laughter, occasionally mixed with some embarrassing cold scenes, but not much. Overall, this movie is a good comedy, retaining the comedy style of the star actors and directors, so the quality is very good, especially in the happy festival of the Spring Festival, which makes people like it.
On the other hand, the scene of "The Wandering Planet" is much calmer, and almost every hall where "The Wandering Planet" is played is silent, without any feedback.
This made some cinema staff can't help but doubt the quality of "The Wandering Planet": Is it because it's not good-looking, so the audience doesn't buy it? Why is there no sound at all?
Some people invited by film and television companies to investigate also found this situation, so they couldn't help but have some doubts about the quality of "The Wandering Planet".
Especially the investigators invited by the Spring Festival movies are even more happy to hear about this: the plate of the Spring Festival file is so big, once the quality of "The Wandering Planet" is not satisfactory, then the audience who was originally attracted to watch the movie by it is likely to choose other movies.
In this way, it is likely that other films will perform higher at the box office than originally expected!
Just when people outside the theater had different thoughts, soon, an hour and a half was fleeting.
At half past one, the audience of "The Mermaid" was the first to leave, they were all laughing and laughing, chatting with cheerfulness, and feeling that the movie was not bad.
Seeing this, some investigators from major theaters also hurriedly followed, using small gifts as a "temptation" and asking them a few questions.
And most of the viewers surveyed had a positive evaluation of "The Mermaid".
"I think 'Mermaid' is very good. It's hilarious. ”
"Yes. I feel good too. Although there are occasional embarrassments, the flaws are not hidden. Very interesting. ”
"I'm here for Master Xing. I really like this movie. ”
Overall, the vast majority of reviews are positive. Out of 10 people, maybe only one feels that this movie is not good, a little too illogical.
This is already an exaggerated achievement. This shows that Mermaid is definitely an excellent movie!
Therefore, after getting this kind of feedback, the producers and producers of "Mermaid" are relieved. They know that their movie will definitely explode! It seems that the king of this Spring Festival stall is going to belong to himself!
At the same time, until 2 o'clock, the screening room of "The Wandering Planet" ended.
Compared with "The Mermaid", the hall of "The Wandering Planet" was quiet for two hours, but now the end has exploded into an amazing momentum.
Applause!
Applause for a long time!
This applause caused some of the audience waiting outside the movie theater, as well as those who were walking outside, to look sideways, not knowing what was happening.
There is actually an audience applauding a movie?
Is it because the star is coming?
And the people in the cinema are also curious. Because now the major movie theaters across the country have just finished showing the first "The Wandering Planet", they have never encountered this situation, and they don't know what happened inside.
Is it only their cinema that is like this?
Is there something wrong with that screening room?
But what these cinema employees don't know is that this kind of applause has been born in many times and many cinemas.
And these movie theaters, these shows, all show the same movie: "The Wandering Planet"!
Moment... The door of the screening room opened, and many audience members walked out crying and laughing, leaving the theater staff outside and the curious audience a little stunned.
They don't know what's going on inside.
Was there something about the plot that moved them?
Or... Could it be that Su Yang's guy typed a line of big words at the end of the movie: "People who don't applaud can't find a partner in their lives"?
That's too vicious!
At this time, the investigators who were guarding outside the theater hurriedly stepped forward and asked some about what happened.
And they all got the same answer.
"This is the best domestic sci-fi film I've ever seen! I really didn't expect such a film to be made in our country! It's really beautiful! ”
This kind of answer, this kind of evaluation, is simply amazing.
And a rival investigator tried to ask, "So what are you crying about?" Is "The Wandering Planet" a tragedy movie? ”
The idea of these investigators is also very simple: if it is a tragic movie, even if it is of high quality, it is still easy to encounter Waterloo in a happy period like the Spring Festival.
After all, everyone watches movies, especially at festivals, to have fun, not to watch a tragedy.
But he got a completely opposite answer:
"Why are you crying? Because we are so proud and moved! We have never felt so proud for such a moment! Our motherland, our nation is so great! We are the best people in the world! ”
Judging from the answers of these viewers, all the investigators can see one thing: these viewers are really moved by this movie! Their crying is really because of pride and touching!
So...
All the investigators couldn't help but come to an astonishing conclusion: "The Wandering Planet" is not going to explode, right?
No way?
Could it be that "The Wandering Planet" really surpasses Xing Ye's "Mermaid"?
You must know that according to the momentum of pre-sale, the box office of "Mermaid" in the entertainment industry and film and television circles is expected to be above 2.3 billion. In other words, there is a great possibility to top the box office of domestic films!
It is even possible to compete for the throne of the first place in the total box office!
Become a real hero in the film and television industry!
You must know that as a world power, the box office record of mainland movies has always been set by foreign films. In the past 20 years, no domestic film has reached the top once! This is simply a slap in the face of the entire film and television industry!
Otherwise, there would be no new generation of directors like Jiaozi and Guo Fan who want to revitalize domestic films!
Not for anything else. Just because it's so shameful!
And if "The Wandering Planet" can really surpass "Mermaid", then the box office should be at least 3 billion, right?
Don't... Is it going to be the first film in history to have a box office of 3 billion?
Do you really want to become the No. 1 box office in film history?
Can you achieve this achievement by relying on such a movie with no stars, and even the actor is a part-time actor?
For a while, everyone in the entertainment industry and the film and television industry who knew the news was a little dumbfounded...
No way...
No way...!
One of the most interesting things about reality is that the last thing you want it to happen is destined to happen...
With the end of the screenings of "The Wandering Planet", the reputation of "The Wandering Planet" began to explode. The people who can go to the movies at this time are night owls and young people who are active online.
After watching the movie, they couldn't sleep anymore. have left messages on Weibo, Moments, Douban and other major online platforms, strongly recommending "The Wandering Earth".
said that this movie has good intentions, good plot, good special effects, and is simply the best movie in China!
And... The sincerity of the film is also full, every frame is a big production, be sure to watch the 3D version, the effect is explosive! Don't look at regrets for a lifetime and so on!
In addition to the tap water of these "Wandering Planet", some veteran viewers who watched the two movies talked about the difference between the two movies.
They say that the production cost of "The Wandering Planet" is actually about the same as that of "The Mermaid". When they first watched "The Mermaid", they actually felt very funny, and they felt that their movie tickets and the production cost of 400 million were worth it.
But when I watched "The Wandering Planet" in the second scene, I found that... I, Cao, it turns out that these celebrities' money can be used for special effects to make such a good movie?!
This is the real movie! This is a big production that costs money!
And some viewers who watched "The Wandering Planet" first and then "The Mermaid" felt that they couldn't watch it anymore after watching "The Wandering Planet" and then "The Mermaid".
It's not that "Mermaid" is bad, but the impression left by "The Wandering Planet" is too shocking. I can't watch other movies at all.
So... Many people have given movie viewing recommendations for the Spring Festival:
If money or time constraints, you can only watch one movie. Then be sure to watch The Wandering Planet! If you miss it, you will regret it for life!
If you can watch two movies, then it is recommended to watch "The Wandering Planet" in the first one.
Then, in the second scene, I watched "The Wandering Planet" again...
If you can watch three movies, you can watch "The Mermaid" three times according to your personal preferences...
The audience is not stupid, everyone has a scale in their hearts. Like inviting those star movies, everyone can only laugh at most, but watching a special effects blockbuster like "The Wandering Planet", when everyone watches the movie, there is really a feeling that money is burning!
Every second and every frame of the picture is piled up by Grandpa Mao in red!
How many such movies have been made in China?
If you don't support it again, who will make this kind of movie in the future?
The audience of this era has learned to vote with the money in their hands. They know that only if they support this kind of film, more and more filmmakers will devote themselves to the production of this kind of film in the future.
As for...."The Mermaid".
Well. This time by all means.
So, in less than ten hours, the public opinion on the Internet was completely detonated, and this Spring Festival scuffle, which was thought to be a battle for the dragon, almost decided the winner in the early morning of the first day.
When I woke up, many practitioners in the film and television industry were still ready to see which one had the highest box office, "The Wandering Planet" or "The Mermaid". As a result, before they could see the box office, the overwhelming tap water of "The Wandering Planet" made them stunned one by one.
Then, seeing the survey results again, where do these professionals not know that "The Wandering Planet" may really dominate the entire Spring Festival file!
At this time, they were watching the box office of several movies: "The Mermaid" 120 million, "The Wandering Planet" 100 million, "Aocheng 3": 40 million, "Journey to the West" 40 million, "Year Beast (That Cartoon)" 120,000...
This is an evening plus morning data.
But through this, it is already possible to predict the approximate direction of the box office...
"Year Beast" was out early, "Aocheng 3" and "Journey to the West White Bones" are obviously a high-grade movie, but there is no comparison with the highest grade.
And "The Mermaid" is still 20 million higher than "The Wandering Planet", but... Everyone knows that this advantage will not last long.
Sure enough, in less than a day, just in the afternoon, "The Wandering Planet" successfully overtook it.
And at 0:00, the day is over.
"The Wandering Planet" led the Spring Festival with 320 million, and "Mermaid" ranked second with 250 million. "The Wandering Planet" has surpassed the box office of "Mermaid" by 70 million!
That's the decisive factor for quality!
At this moment, everyone knows that "The Mermaid" lost...
The quality can't be compared, the word of mouth can't be compared, and now it can't even be compared to the first-day box office (actor appeal), how can this be compared?
Especially tomorrow, the schedule of "The Wandering Planet" will be greatly raised, and "Mermaid" is even more incomparable!
Sure enough, to everyone's surprise, the box office of "The Wandering Planet" increased significantly the next day, soaring directly to 400 million.
On the third day, 450 million...
On the fourth day, 460 million...
The momentum of "The Wandering Planet" is simply rising in the momentum of a rocket. In just four days, "The Wandering Planet" broke through the box office of 1.6 billion!
The momentum simply stunned everyone.
What is the current box office record of domestic movies?
It seems to be "Monster Hunt"? 24 billion?
What is the number one total box office in history?
Looks like "Furious 7"? 2.43 billion?
"The Wandering Planet" doesn't seem to be far away...
Is it really going to break the record?