After the film successfully concluded its screening period on September 21st and 22nd, the pre-sale was quickly launched at 6 pm on the 23rd. The pre-sale lasted until the end of the pre-sale at 6 pm on the 30th today.
Movies on sale will be sold out simultaneously.
The arrangement of the theaters was tight and meticulous, no more, no less, seven days. During these seven days, the pre-sale situation of "Sky Curtain" was reported every day, and the publicity and publicity continued, which also contributed to the success of the film's release.
A warm atmosphere was created during the prelude.
After the pre-sale ends at 6 p.m., the film scheduling managers of the major theaters, that is, those theater managers who went to the conference room of the China Film Distribution Company for talks on the night after the screening, such as Hu Hanguang and Wei Haolong, need to work intensively.
Final discussions are underway to determine the share of films to be released on National Day.
At 9 o'clock in the evening, the breeze was blowing and the moonlight was soft.
The lights were brightly lit in the big villa, and Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were sitting side by side on the spacious sofa on the first floor.
The TV was on, playing Mango Channel, which was replaying "The Legend of Red Flame".
However, the couple's minds were not on the TV at all, and they were indifferent to the scene of Princess Nihuang sobbing in front of Lin Shu's tombstone. Instead, they stared at the laptop, constantly refreshing the web page, with expectations written on their faces.
Waiting for the film scheduling data from theaters.
Princess Nihuang on TV was in tears, but Liu Yifei on the sofa was smiling brightly.
Lin Shu on the TV turned into a lonely grave, while Chu Xuan on the sofa didn't care and turned a deaf ear.
This situation made the atmosphere in the living room filled with an indescribable, inexplicable, weird and funny feeling.
The couple themselves didn't know it, but a joke and an interesting famous scene were recorded under the family camera in the living room.
"Why not yet? It's been three hours."
Liu Yifei is wearing a set of purple ice silk pajamas. The surface of the fabric is smooth and bright. It looks particularly loose on her graceful figure. The overall look is casual and comfortable, but also elegant and graceful.
She leaned lazily on one end of the sofa, with a soft pillow behind her, and a pair of slender legs resting on Chu Xuan's thighs so that Chu Xuan could massage her.
She enjoys life very much, which is also due to the love between the couple.
Chu Xuan's right hand kept pressing [F5] on the keyboard, continuing to refresh the page of Pacific Movie Network, while his left hand squeezed Liu Yifei's calf in a perfunctory manner.
At this moment, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes!"
Liu Yifei immediately came closer impatiently, and looked at the webpage on the screen with Chu Xuan. They saw the schedule data sheet of the movie to be released nationwide on October 1st, appearing in the form of an announcement like a piece of bombshell news on the webpage.
superior.
The couple tacitly skipped the lengthy copywriting and focused directly on the key points. They saw that the first one on the list was "Skyfall", with a share of 42% of the films scheduled.
"42%!" Liu Yifei shouted in surprise, quickly looking away from the screen, turning her head and looking into Chu Xuan's eyes, both of their faces were filled with joy.
Liu Yifei gently touched Chu Xuan's face, her eyes shining with uncontrollable excitement: "What does this mean?"
"It means..." Chu Xuan was speechless for a moment, stretched out his right hand and gently wrapped his arms around Liu Yifei's waist, and joked to himself: "I'm afraid we will have to go to the sky to be shoulder to shoulder with the sun."
The couple looked at each other and smiled, the joy in their smiles almost overflowing.
After maintaining this state of looking at each other for about ten seconds, Liu Yifei raised her hands and wrapped her arms around Chu Xuan's neck affectionately, snuggling into Chu Xuan's arms, trying to feel further joy.
After a while, she turned around and checked the schedule of other movies with Chu Xuan.
The spy film "The Wind" follows closely behind with 18% of the film schedule;
The cartoon "Astro Boy" accounts for 14% of the film schedule;
The earthquake disaster film "Shocking" has 10% of the film schedule;
The rural literary film "Wheat Field" accounts for 8% of the film schedule;
The urban romance film "The Slim Gentleman" accounts for 5% of the film schedule;
The urban art film "Famous" only accounts for 3% of the film schedule.
Just looking at the film arranging units in the list, the percentage data has been declining. Even "The Wind", which ranks second, has 18% of the film arranging compared with 42%. The gap is simply huge.
, this also makes "Skyfall: Enemy at the Gate" look particularly special and unusual.
Moreover, there is a note reminder at the end of the announcement news——
[This data is only the proposed arrangement for each theater chain. The pre-sale channels for each movie will be reopened on the day of the National Day release.
According to the pre-sales situation and offline viewing situation during the release period, each theater chain will make adjustments to the film schedule of each movie at any time.
The specific film schedule share is based on the actual daily screenings. This data is for reference only.]
"Do you think it can break 50% after it's released?" Liu Yifei asked with her head held high, her eyes shining, and her original expectations for the movie have obviously increased.
"Your idea is very dark. If it breaks 50%, then the next few movies will be rushed to the market, and then they will be forced to be released in the middle, and then the scheduled films will be released. Moreover, this situation will last for a long time, and the subsequent movies released in October will also have to be released in succession.
You just have to pounce." Chu Xuan looked at Liu Yifei with a bit of interest, but he didn't expect that such data would actually inspire Liu Yifei's greater ambition for this movie.
"Humph, you are the dark one!" Liu Yifei tugged at Chu Xuan's face angrily and said, "You said it yourself. If we think that if our movie is good, then other movies will be bad, that's not what we think.
It’s a problem that you don’t want to think about, that’s the rule of the film industry.”
Just as Chu Xuan was about to say something, his cell phone rang. It was the call from Sister Hua next door.
The initial schedule for the film's release was announced, and Wang Jinhua naturally got the news immediately and made a phone call to share the surprise with the couple.
And this phone call was just the beginning. Next, Tang Jili, Chenglong, Hui Yinghong, Zou Zhaolong, An Zhijie, Zhang Yuqi, Zeng Baoyi and other crew members either called one after another to express their excitement, or they were the couple.
Take the initiative to call and tell me about this happy event.
Friends in the circle who got the news also called one by one as if they were rushing to the market to express their horror at the high-scheduled film data and their praise for the movie.
For a moment, as if it was an appointment, the phone in the living room rang and the sound of the couple talking on the phone came and went.
Although the couple was overwhelmed with phone calls, their joy continued to rise.
After the phone call finally stopped for a while, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at each other. In each other's eyes, there was helplessness over the constant calls, but more importantly, there was extraordinary excitement and sky-breaking expectations for the release of the movie tomorrow.
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Another burst of ringtones rang suddenly. Chu Xuan looked at the caller ID and it was Zhou Jielun. Just as he was about to answer the call, the screen went black and the phone automatically turned off.
Chu Xuan was happy: "The battery is out. It's just right. It's not that I won't answer your call, Director Jay. It's because the phone is out of battery."
Liu Yifei couldn't help but laugh, picked up her mobile phone, pressed the power off button, and turned off the phone.
Chu Xuan looked at the strong excitement in his wife's eyes and couldn't help but said: "The high-scheduled film is indeed a good start, but everything still depends on the actual situation after the release. Let's stabilize our mentality, calm down, calm down."
"How to be calm?" Liu Yifei sat on the sofa in a cross-legged meditating posture and said: "With a pre-sale box office of 130 million and a 42% share of the release schedule, is anyone who can calm down still a normal person?"
As she said that, she stretched out a jade-green index finger from her right hand and poked Chu Xuan's belly: "Calm down, please put away the corners of your raised lips."
She poked again: "Calm down, look at you, your eyes are full of smiles, and you still say me, hum."
Chu Xuan saw that Liu Yifei was in a good mood and her words and deeds were full of mischief, so he simply followed her and continued to immerse himself in the happy atmosphere.
While talking and laughing, the two of them enjoyed themselves.
The moon was getting deeper and deeper, and time passed quietly past the early morning, without the couple knowing it.
If "New Police Story" can be regarded as Chu Xuan's masterpiece in the film field, then for Liu Yifei, who only plays an inconspicuous supporting role in this film, she has never had any achievements in the film field.
Remarkable achievement.
Seeing that "Sky Curtain", a masterpiece that is about to lead her to officially enter the film industry, is expected to shine, such a surging excitement is just like every dream chaser who is running persistently on the journey of their dreams.
When you successfully achieve a breakthrough in a crucial growth stage, it will always make people excited and full of passion.
Once the chat box was opened, taking advantage of the blazing high interest in my heart, I started chatting endlessly.
Talking about the future from the movie - if this movie is really a big hit, will the future development plan drawn up by the couple be able to take advantage of the trend?
Looking back to the past from the future - she only participated in one "New Police Story", and it was just an insignificant supporting role. At that time, she was only 16 years old, how could she have imagined that she would be as bright and full of infinite possibilities as she is today?
What's the situation?
Looking forward to life from the past - we will continue to work hard and forge ahead in the days to come. Today, we are completely standing at the same new starting point without reservation, and with ardent longing, we are looking towards the same bright direction of the vast starry sky.
Hope.
Chu Xuan's heart was filled with endless joy and joy. He knew full well that Liu Yifei was immersed in extremely excited emotions at this moment, and the topics she was talking about were like wild horses running wild, extending from the movie to all over the world.
The problem is that the movie has not yet been officially released, but in Liu Yifei's eyes full of anticipation, it seems that it has already been released in a big way and has become popular all over the world. This is really interesting and quite funny.
But this did not weaken the couple's high interest in chatting. He just sat with Liu Yifei on the soft sofa, as if time had stopped, and kept talking.
All night long, laughter and laughter flowed freely in this warm living room.
Until dawn breaks in the sky, a ray of light that shines brighter than the light in the living room is like a sharp silver needle, piercing into the eyes.
Liu Yifei just woke up from a dream, her face suddenly full of cuteness, she shouted in disbelief and surprise: "Ah! It's dawn! We actually chatted all night long!"
Chu Xuan's right elbow rested on his cross-legged legs, and he held his chin in his fist. With a bit of cunning and playfulness on his face, he said with interest: "Go on, let the entire Asian entertainment industry center on our country, China."
, and then? Is it time for Hollywood to sing "Conquer"?"
Hearing this, Liu Yifei met his eyes, a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face at first, and then a relieved smile broke out.
"Stop! That's it!" Liu Yifei waved her hand, got off the sofa in a hurry, and ran towards the kitchen like the wind, still muttering: "I stayed up late, I'm done, I lost weight yesterday, so I'll do some weight loss first.
Eat and then rest, sleeping on an empty stomach is not healthy.”
Chu Xuan looked at her figure walking into the kitchen, his voice was a little helpless, and he said slowly: "Still resting? Did you forget to go to Beijing Film Academy today?"
"Ah?" Liu Yifei poked her head out of the kitchen, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed, her face was both complaining and a bit coquettish, she said angrily: "Since you know, you still want to talk to me all night long? Why didn't you tell me earlier?
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Chu Xuan said cheerfully: "Didn't I interrupt your interest? The future Golden Rooster, Golden Statue, Golden Horse, and Huabiao will be the queen of the movie."
Liu Yifei laughed, and warned: "Don't tell anyone, or I'll beat you to death!"
That pretending to be serious is really cute and extremely playful.
Chu Xuan couldn't even laugh or cry, he only felt that it was extremely interesting.
Today is National Day, celebrating the 60th year of national rejuvenation. This is the most significant and solemn event of the day.
Also today, "Canopy: The Enemy" will be widely and officially released in the morning to a nationwide audience.
In addition, the "Brilliant Cup" ceremony finalized at last year's Beijing Film Academy Science Fiction Forum also opened grandly at the Beijing Film Academy today.
Last year's science fiction forum started because of "Hope", and this "Brilliant Cup" traces its origins to "Hope".
Since it is a product of their works, and the company is also the organizer, it is natural for the couple to go there.
After enjoying a nutritious and weight-loss meal, the couple went upstairs to their room to dress carefully.
Then he went out and left. After meeting Sister Hua at the door, they set off together to Beijing Film Academy.
"Why are you yawning so much and not sleeping well?" Lu Tao drove the car intently, while Wang Jinhua sat in the passenger seat and looked at the couple's condition through the rearview mirror, her face full of concern and doubt.
Chu Xuan yawned and said in a vague and sleepy tone: "I didn't sleep at all. I chatted with her all night long."
Liu Yifei smiled and rested lazily on Chu Xuan's shoulder. Although her face was tired, the excitement in her heart since last night had not subsided, and there was still a sense of joy on her face.
"Ah?" Wang Jinhua didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said with some understanding: "Are you so excited?"
She knew clearly in her heart that it was probably the double surprise of pre-sale and film schedule that made the couple extremely happy. She had experienced the excitement and anticipation last night and could relate to it.
"She's so excited, she's so full of passion that she wants not only Asia..."
"Don't say it!" Liu Yifei hurriedly raised her hand and hurriedly blocked Chu Xuan's mouth that wanted to expose her joke.
"Don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me." Chu Xuan opened her hand and chose to turn off the engine under her sharp, warning gaze.
"You know the truth." Liu Yifei said proudly, and then she leaned on Chu Xuan's shoulder again.
Wang Jinhua watched the couple flirting and accidentally glanced at Lu Tao who was driving through the car's rearview mirror. Both of them understood and smiled with amusement. The atmosphere in the car was relaxed and relaxed.
joy.
The couple took a short rest in the car and arrived at Beijing Film Academy before they knew it.
At the school gate, a huge banner celebrating the "Brilliant Cup" science fiction short film screening and award ceremony was hung conspicuously at the door.
This event, which has not been widely publicized in China and has only been circulated in the sci-fi niche circle, seems to be quite lively at the moment.
Of course, the warm atmosphere was mainly limited to the students of Beijing Film Academy. Many students did not go home during the National Day holiday just to join in the excitement of this "Brilliant Cup".
For them, this is also a valuable accumulation of experience before entering the industry.
"Awesome!" A slightly exaggerated voice came. Huang Lei appeared out of nowhere, grabbed Chu Xuan's shoulders, and said with a smile: "130 million pre-sale, good guy, three-day pre-sale
The total box office of a fairly good movie is comparable to that of others, and the film schedule is almost half of it. You guys are trying to break away from the rhythm of gravity!"
Breaking away from gravity? Isn't that just heaven?...Wang Jinhua and the couple couldn't help but arch their eyebrows, with an amused look in their eyes.
"You can't say this until today's screening is over and the results are good, otherwise we will be very embarrassed if something goes wrong." Chu Xuan said.
"With the situation of your movie, why do you still have to wait for a good result? It's obviously going to explode." Huang Lei said confidently.
"Brother Lei is more confident than us." Liu Yifei found it very interesting.
Chatting all the way, everyone walked towards the school auditorium.
Along the way, the students they met easily and naturally recognized their senior brothers and sisters, and shouted "senior brother" and "senior sister" one after another in great surprise.
The crisp and energetic shouts gave the couple who were at the school a long time ago and felt as if they were back in the innocent days of school.
When they arrived near the auditorium, they parted ways for the time being. Sister Hua and Huang Lei went to the office, while the couple found their seats in the auditorium and took their seats.
Both of them were sleepy, but it was inconvenient to take a rest in such an occasion.
Liu Yifei wanted to lean on Chu Xuan's shoulder and squint for a while, but it was not suitable.
The couple could only work hard to hold on, chatting from time to time, hoping that the event would start as soon as possible and end as soon as possible.
There are four organizers of the Bright Cup. The sponsor is Bright Times, the judge and academy resource provider is Beijing Film Studio, the publicity and broadcaster is Beijing TV Backstage Economic and Cultural Channel Office, and the state-owned enterprise Huaying is the platform for this emerging event.
In this first session, Sister Hua, as the chairman of the Brilliant Era, was present in person. The director of Beijing Film Academy was also present in person. The Beijing TV station had a deputy director, while Han Sanping from China Film Academy was not able to attend the military parade because he had to attend the ceremony.
When I was able to come, I sent secretary-general Fu Ruoqing to the scene.
In terms of guests, almost all the major director teachers and actor teachers from Beijing Film Academy came. Liu Yi, Ye Junzi and other screenwriters from Brilliant Times and some crew teachers from the film company were also present. It can be regarded as a group of big names.
Applauded.
The number of outside professionals who came here was quite large. Originally, domestic science fiction was a niche within a niche. The appearance of "Hope" generated some interest among people in the small circle, but the interest aroused by just one short film was limited after all.
It would not be enough for one or two hundred professionals to gather in such an emerging awards event.
Thanks to "Skyfall", it has become extremely popular in the past two months, which naturally aroused more people's interest in science fiction film and television themes. Many people are willing to travel long distances to come to the Beijing Film Academy to see it.
What exactly is this "bright cup" all about?
However, there were not many entries. In this first session, only sixteen short films responded to the call launched by last year’s event.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It is also understandable that science fiction themes are science fiction themes after all, and even short films require a certain amount of cost investment.
Faced with such an activity platform that has not yet demonstrated authority and credibility, many people are afraid to try it easily.
But it doesn’t matter. This was also the case for all major domestic awards when they were first established. The road has to be taken step by step. In the first session, sixteen works participated in the competition for awards, which is considered a good start.
At that time, the incentive bonus of 1 million will be distributed, and excellent works will be selected to guide the successful investment of capital. Even if only a small amount of money is invested, more people will surely be attracted to participate in the second session.
"The first sci-fi blockbuster in China is released today. Taking advantage of this sci-fi trend that has aroused heated discussion among the people, our first Brilliant Cup will take advantage of the opportunity to set sail..."
Sister Hua and others on the stage were speaking the opening remarks, and the guests, spectators and participating crew members were all listening carefully.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were in a daze, unable to pay attention to the "Brilliant Cup" for the time being.
The opening time of the Brilliant Cup also happens to be the release point of the first show on the first day of "Skyfall: Under the City".
At the moment when the movie was released, the couple really didn't have the energy to care about this first small ceremony that was destined to have little thunder and little rain.
How is the release of the movie going?
What is the attendance rate of various halls?
Are peripheral sales good in each city?
Did anything unexpected happen?
The couple was absent-minded, completely distracted, and their minds were full of thoughts about various matters related to the release of the movie.
They were a little tired after not sleeping all night, and they looked a little dazed sitting on the chairs.
"In addition to the leaders present, we also solemnly invite guests who have made achievements in the field of science fiction culture, and welcome Mr. Fumino Kino, the director of the science fiction work "Hope" who won the Cannes Short Film Gold Award in 2008..."
"Welcome the male protagonist of the science fiction work "Hope", actor Mr. Chu Xuan."
"Welcome the heroine of the science fiction work "Hope", actress Ms. Liu Yifei."
The audience burst into applause, but the couple showed no reaction.
Seeing the two of them in a daze, Wen Muye suppressed a smile and pushed Chu Xuan: "Brother!"
Chu Xuan suddenly came back to his senses, looked around, and after clarifying the situation, he quickly stood up, turned around, bowed slightly, and greeted everyone present.
Liu Yifei also woke up from a dream, got up and followed Chu Xuan, bowed back and said hello.
After the couple sat back in their seats, under the joking gaze of Wen Mino next to them, the two looked at each other and smiled vaguely, each covering up their own embarrassment.
They almost made a fool of themselves, which allowed the couple to temporarily focus on the ceremony.
It's just that the release of the movie is an important matter, so the couple can't really calm down no matter what. Their attention is sometimes on the scene, and sometimes they don't know where to drift.
The campaign short film has already been screened and played on the big screen. After the play, the crew members took the stage to explain their creative ideas and concepts.
However, although the couple's eyes were on the ceremony table, their ears were as deaf as cotton stuffed, and they could not hear a single word.
"This ends the morning screening..."
This sentence was the only one that the couple heard very clearly. It was very similar to the scene when they were students and heard the teacher say that get out of class was over.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei woke up instantly and looked at the time. Unknowingly, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
After saying hello to Sister Hua and indicating that he would not participate in the rest of the ceremony, he left the school gate and got into the car driven by Lu Tao and rushed home.
It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when they got home. As soon as the couple entered the living room, they collapsed on the sofa.
"You call and ask about the situation." Liu Yifei muttered while lying on the sofa.
Chu Xuan picked up the phone and called Hu Hanguang. After Hu Hanguang answered the phone and learned the purpose of his call, he immediately couldn't laugh or cry.
The movie has only been released for half a day. There are more than 2,000 theaters across the country, and all work is still in progress. How can we provide timely and comprehensive feedback?
Chu Xuan also realized that he was too anxious, and hung up the phone with some embarrassment: "It's going to be in the evening, statistics in the early morning."
"It won't be until the early morning." Liu Yifei said weakly, "Then I can't wait any longer, I want to go to bed."
"No!" Chu Xuan said, "It's only three o'clock now. If you go to sleep now, you'll wake up at night. Your biological clock will be messed up by then. Do you still want to lose weight?"
"But I'm so tired." Liu Yifei sat up from the sofa, feeling confused and full of anger.
"Who made you so excited in the middle of the night? Balabala kept talking non-stop." Chu Xuan complained.
Liu Yifei's eyes widened and she scolded in a sweet voice: "That's because you knew you were going to the Bright Cup today and didn't remind me, otherwise I would have gone to bed long ago."
"You asked me to say it." Chu Xuan responded.
"You can stop me." Liu Yifei was unhappy.
Chu Xuan said seriously: "Why should I stop you? First you were the queen of four films, and then you swept across Asia. I also wanted to hear you crush Hollywood. Who would have thought that you wouldn't talk about it at dawn? In the world of novels, you
This is a serious violation of the law and will be punished."
Liu Yifei looked at Chu Xuan, her face turned cold at first, then slowly softened, and she heard a burst of laughter. She quickly got off the sofa and chased after Chu Xuan.
These two people who were originally very tired, who had been listless just now, suddenly became full of energy and ran and chased around the room.
Sometimes resting, sometimes making noise, by around six o'clock in the afternoon, these two people could no longer hold on.
"sleep."
"You should be able to get the news as soon as you wake up."
"Well, go to sleep."
As soon as they lay down on the bed, covered with quilts, and bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, the couple, who had been struggling to calm down all day, finally calmed down at this moment.