Just when people were surprised by the pre-sale box office of "Good Will Hunting".
Unexpectedly, "Red Cliff", which has been underrated, will be released directly on July 6 after being screened on a small scale without any special screenings.
In one fell swoop, it took in a first-day box office of 27 million yuan.
It also broke the first-day record of "Transformers" and pushed the record even higher.
This is good. Originally, people thought that "Red Cliff" was destined to lose, but they didn't expect such a reversal.
The pre-sales for "Good Will Hunting" are only 25 million, how can it compare with 27 million?
As expected of a great Hollywood director, Tang Ze is inferior after all.
People's voices once again turned to the side of "Red Cliff", thinking that Karasawa must pay the price for his arrogance.
You dare to snipe at the movies of major Hollywood directors? Who gave you Tang Ze the courage?
Amidst the applause, people ignored the negative reviews of "Red Cliff" from the audience.
The media once again acted as a prophet and determined the outcome in advance.
"Facts have proved that in the face of strength, gimmicks are useless. "Red Cliff" is a truly popular commercial masterpiece, as evidenced by the movie-watching craze in various regions."
""Red Cliff" grossed 27 million yuan on its first day, directly breaking all first-day records in the mainland. Wu Yushen proved to us with his work that Hollywood directors can still become great directors in China."
"The first-day box office of up to 27 million is amazing! Tang Ze's undefeated myth will eventually be ended by Wu Yushen. As the saying goes, there are people outside the world, I hope Tang Ze can learn from today's lesson and stop making enemies blindly." p>
"The competition between "Red Cliff" and "Good Will Hunting" may end with "Red Cliff". Its first-day sales of 27 million are already beyond the reach of people."
"It is said that after hearing the first-day score of "Red Cliff" of 27 million, director Karasawa closed the door and refused to accept media interviews. He may have regretted letting "Good Will Hunting" compete with "Red Cliff"."
The box office performance was excellent, the media was optimistic, and Tang Ze seemed to be shrinking, which made Wu Yushen feel confident again.
I also became more diligent in accepting interviews with the media.
During the interview, he also said: "I hope "Good Will Hunting" can achieve better first-day results, and it doesn't matter if it surpasses "Red Cliff"."
"The first day does not represent the entirety of a movie. If you only look at the first day, the release of the movie will lose its meaning."
"Just like the pre-sale results on the Miaoyan platform, can we determine the box office performance of a movie?"
"Obviously not!"
"Pre-sale depends on the popularity of the director and actors. The audience has not even seen a single scene of the movie. How can they judge the quality of the movie?"
"I think it's better for filmmakers to concentrate on making movies."
By what Wu Yushen said, didn't he just want to say that Tang Ze's 25 million pre-sale price was false?
Even if "Good Will Hunting" accidentally surpassed "Red Cliff", he believes that the final box office of "Red Cliff" will surpass Good Will Hunting.
Except for the "Good Will Hunting" team, most people probably believe this.
After all, under the pressure of 25 million pre-sales, who else dares to believe that "Red Cliff" can overcome the headwind and still stand out?
Tianze.
"These media are so disgusting. They were all optimistic about "Good Will Hunting" a few days ago, but now they are like "Red Cliff" and are saying that the Palme d'Or is nothing special."
Watching the reports praising "Red Cliff" and criticizing "Good Will Hunting" over and over again, Liu Yifei waved his pink fist and said.
Tang Ze laughed and said: "How can any media say that the Palme d'Or is nothing great? They only say that the Palme d'Or does not help much at the box office."
"Isn't it still the same thing? So many people are obviously happy because "Good Will Hunting" won the Palme d'Or, how can the media say that the Palme d'Or does not help much at the box office?"
Liu Yifei wrinkled his nose and said, "They must have received money from the "Red Cliff" team and said that on purpose."
Tang Ze laughed and shook his head, looking at Zhou Jielun, Chen Jihuan, and Zhang Hanyu: "What do you think?"
Zhou Jielun shrugged: "It should depend on the audience, right? Just like winning music awards, sometimes album sales will significantly increase, and sometimes there will be no impact at all. It's hard to tell clearly."
"And I think you should know it yourself, right? Otherwise, it would be so boring to participate in various variety shows to promote the movie, and you still insist on doing it?"
Chen Guhuan won the Best Actor Award at Cannes, and currently has a salty mentality: "If there is something, change it, if not, encourage it. In fact, there is no need to force one's success to be judged based on the movie."
"Especially for you, Director Tang, with the Palme d'Or in hand, you no longer have to be obsessed with box office."
Zhang Hanyu said: "The Palme d'Or should still have some influence, but the impact is probably not as big as imagined."
"I watched "Red Cliff" and in terms of impression, it was not as good as "Good Will Hunting", but there are many big scenes and I can't judge the box office."
Tang Ze nodded, what the three said had their own reasons.
But just as Zhou Jielun said, he knew it well.
The Palme d'Or can at best help him establish himself as one of China's top directors.
It’s hard to say how much it will help the movie’s box office.
His confidence in the box office of "Good Will Hunting" comes more from the commercial nature of the movie itself.
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The time has come to 18:00 pm on July 7th, the day when "Good Will Hunting" premieres.
Zhongjing International Cinema.
The premiere ceremony was no different from the past, except that more celebrities participated.
Superstars such as Cheng Long and Liu Dehua were also invited to come to support Tang Ze.
"Director Tang, I wish you a great box office success."
"Congratulations in advance, Director Tang. I always thought you would be the final winner."
"..."
As film and television celebrities, media, film critics, directors and other moviegoers entered the scene one by one, Wang Kai, who served as the host, walked to the stage and bowed to everyone.
"Dear guests, welcome to the premiere of "Good Will Hunting"."
"Pa bang bang..."
People applauded politely.
In the audience, Shen Teng muttered jokingly:
"My position as host has been robbed. This guy looks more serious at first glance. He must not be as humorous as me?"
Zhao Liying asked curiously: "Does Mr. Tang plan to train this Wang Kai?"
Huo Jianxiang on the side nodded: "It should be that Mr. Tang plans to train him and let him show his face in front of the bosses of various film and television companies."
"Oh!"
Tangze did have this intention.
People almost know Tianze’s original artists.
He will also give timely encouragement to artists who join later.
Wang Kai's performance was quite satisfactory, at least he didn't have stage fright.
After a series of routines were over, Tangze led the creative team on stage to thank everyone and deliver a speech.
Then Tang Ze took the microphone and said: "This is the second time everyone has participated in the premiere of my movie, and they are all familiar with each other. I won't say anything more."
"Of course, if you really want to hear the unnecessary talk, we can chat privately later."
Tang Ze's words caused a burst of laughter.
Also, Karasawa’s speech must be interesting.
"I will first answer the two most frequently asked questions from the outside world. One is how I watch "Red Cliff", and the other is how I watch my own movie "Good Will Hunting."
"To be honest, the quality of journalists this year is not very good."
"They just want to ask me if I think "Good Will Hunting" will lose to "Red Cliff"."
"My answer is, no."
"I already know everything that needs to be known about the level of "Good Will Hunting", so I won't brag about it."
"Let's talk about "Red Cliff". Wu Yushen's biggest mistake was to make serious history funny, but the tone of your story is grand and epic."
"I can't even watch the beginning of this movie. I just want to comment that Hollywood has Hollywood's film structure, and China has China's narrative context."
"When you make Chinese-language films, especially Chinese history, you should first re-understand China and transform yourself back into a Chinese."
Tang Ze’s words are serious.
Not only did he deny "Red Cliff", but he also denied Wu Yushen.
It would be fine if "Good Will Hunting" wins, but if it loses, Karasawa's own reputation will also be affected, and others will say that he, a Palme d'Or winner, is narrow-minded.
This time it's worth pondering, people are waiting for the box office results of "Good Will Hunting".