The first-day box office of "The Wandering Earth" was lower than that of "Crazy Alien", which was only about 500 million. The latter's first-day box office reached an astonishing 400 million+.
Even "Flying Life", which ranked third, had 9.5 billion on its first day. It can be said that without Cao Xuan starring, "The Wandering Earth" is likely to rank third.
By the next day, the box office trend had obviously changed.
"Crazy Aliens" dropped from 400 million to 800 million, which is a bit big, but it's not a collapse.
However, the box office of "The Wandering Earth" increased, from 500 million to 800 million. The same day's box office was second only to "Crazy Aliens" with less than 3 million.
By the third day of the Lunar New Year, the reputation of "The Wandering Earth" had completely exploded. Not only did the box office trend not decline, but it counterattacked and rose again, reaching 600 million.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, it rose again, with a single-day box office of 400 million+.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year and the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the last two days of the Spring Festival, it grossed nearly 1 billion in box office. The final first-week box office exceeded 2.5 billion+, significantly breaking the first-week box office record set by "Mermaid" in 2016.
This unique box office curve is definitely that of the movie "The Wandering Earth" and completely goes against normal market logic.
But sometimes, the film market is so unpredictable.
For the vast majority of successful commercial films, the first week's box office accounts for the largest share of the box office, followed by the second week's box office, and the remaining weeks can account for one-third of the total box office, which is considered a very healthy box office figure.
As for the first-week box office, if nothing unexpected happens, the first-day box office and weekend box office will be the highest, and the other times will decrease in order.
For example, the Spring Festival period is a holiday, so the factor of weekend box office can be ignored to a certain extent, so the box office curve is more clear.
Generally speaking, the box office is the highest on the first and second day of junior high school or the second and third day of junior high school, and it will be lower at other times depending on the situation.
The special thing about "The Wandering Earth" is that it was stable in the early stage, but after the word-of-mouth exploded, it started to gain momentum.
In fact, this kind of situation is not uncommon, and there are no examples of word-of-mouth movies that were late bloomers in the past, but it can be said that a movie as crazy as "The Wandering Earth" is indeed unique. The reason why it is so crazy is that it was so fierce at the box office.
2.5 billion+ in a single week, and "Operation Red Sea", which currently ranks second in the box office list, only has 500 million.
"The Wandering Earth" took nearly 70% of the box office of "Operation Red Sea" in one week.
Many people have begun to compare the box office data of "The Wandering Earth" with that of "Wolf Warrior 2".
The latter is also the only box office miracle in the history of Chinese-language films, and it also goes against market logic.
The first week's box office was just over 1 billion, the second week's box office was almost 2 billion, and the subsequent box office was a terrifying 2.8 billion. At that time, the faces of all forecasting experts and institutions were swollen.
The same goes for "The Wandering Earth", but many experts and institutions are happy to do so this time.
Although both are phenomenal blockbuster works, the success of "Wolf Warrior 2" is indeed somewhat tricky, and more or less it still takes up a lot of the main theme and patriotic sentiments.
"The Wandering Earth" is also marketed in the same way, with the banner of science fiction, and it is said to be Chinese science fiction, and the rise of Chinese-language movies is the same.
What's different about "The Wandering Earth" is that this movie is really well made, and its strong film industry strength convinced all colleagues because they couldn't make such a movie.
Although "Wolf Warrior 2" has its highlights, it is essentially a personal hero military film that captures its selling points and can be copied by many people to some extent.
They think Wu Jing is lucky, and "The Wandering Earth" has both strength and luck, so he should earn this money.
Not to mention colleagues, at least many film critics and film lovers are very encouraging of the box office performance of "The Wandering Earth" and even called on everyone to support the film.
Some activists even believe that "The Wandering Earth" should surpass "Wolf Warrior 2" and that such a movie should occupy the top spot in Chinese film history.
At the beginning of "Wolf Warrior 2", many people said "if you don't watch it, you are not Chinese". Afterwards, Wu Jing was scolded, and the producer Fang Fanxing was also criticized.
This time, the people who criticized "Wolf Warrior 2" began to spontaneously label "The Wandering Earth" again and shouted similar slogans. It was really black humor.
Cao Xuan also called on everyone to calm down their consumption, but the momentum is not something he can stop just by persuading them.
Erke, the former star of time and space, also called for sensible consumption, but no one cared about it, and the sewing machines in the factory started to smoke.
Netizens even asked Cao Xuan to stop meddling in other people's business. I would be happy to book the theater to watch a movie. Can you take care of that?
As the annual holiday ended, the box office was relatively low, but "The Wandering Earth" still took in nearly 2 billion at the box office the next week.
If this continues, if Cao Xuan doesn't even dare to shout the slogan of breaking off with "Wolf Warrior 2", then he won't be messing around these years.
So the Fanxing employees who had just returned to work in the company only got an order to go all out and try every means to make "The Wandering Earth" hit the 6 billion mark.
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Because of the phenomenon and performance of "The Wandering Earth", Cao Xuan could not leave it alone. He had been busy promoting road shows since the third grade of junior high school and did not return home until before the Lantern Festival.
"Dad, when will the dividends be distributed?"
Before Cao Xuan could sit firmly on his butt, Cao Li rushed over, his eyes bright and frightening.
However, Boss Cao understands his daughter's mood. Miss Cao has made a lot of money from this project.
The total investment in "The Wandering Earth" is 400 million+, and Ms. Cao invested 2 million, accounting for about 4%.
It seems like a small amount, but it can’t stop “The Wandering Earth” from making money.
Based on the total box office of 6 billion, the dividend ratio of this movie is 21%, which is about 500 million. Miss Cao's share can be almost six times increased.
Note that this is only the box office dividend of "The Wandering Earth", not to mention overseas operations. Such a popular movie can also make a lot of profits just from various copyright operations.
If you are lucky, Miss Cao's investment of 2 million yuan may receive a dividend of 15 million yuan with a certain probability.
In the future, Cao Li can add a highlight to her resume. When she was in elementary school, she earned more than 10 million with her own pocket money and new year's money...
Business wizard!
But if you want this kind of business wizard, you must first have a father who knows the boss of Asia's largest entertainment group, and learn from him that there is a project with excellent profit prospects.
Then she needs enough pocket money, as well as her brothers and parents who are willing to lend money to her, in order to collect the minimum investment amount of 2 million.
In the end, the second mother of the CEO of Asia's largest entertainment group opened the back door for her, and she was able to obtain the Star Investment License, which even outsiders were not qualified to enter.
With all this, not to mention a primary school student, even a fool can earn 10 million.
Therefore, the success of this project is purely because Cao Xuan and Hu Jing are having fun with their daughter, and by the way, they want to cultivate and observe whether the child has interest and talent in doing business.
If you really want to brush up on your resume, let alone the 15 million, Boss Cao can make his daughter become the boss of a listed company before she is in junior high school, or even directly become the richest woman in Asia, just by signing a few more signatures...
Following the normal process, Cao Li's dividend will take at least half a year to arrive, and it will arrive gradually. It will take at least a year before he can get most of the dividend.
However, in order to make the children happy, Hu Jing and Cao Xuan discussed it. Boss Cao paid the dividends out of his own pocket and gave the dividends to his daughter first.
There is no way, the eldest son's interest is too high, and the interest of the Nishigong Empress is also very considerable. If it takes a year, it is impossible to know who the 15 million belongs to.
15 million was received in one go, and Cao Xian flew to China a few days in advance, and the whole family started a meeting to share the spoils.
The first thing is to pay taxes first.
Boss Cao personally sent the three children to the door of the tax bureau, and then asked them to take them in to do business. He told the three children with practical actions that no matter what business they would do in the future, they should not evade taxes.
Last year, a company that was a super big boss of a certain host almost collapsed, and many related personnel were semi-banned. I heard that a few were even admitted.
People in the entire entertainment industry are in panic, and no one knows how many companies have been canceled overnight.
Jin Suo ran away early, but he was also scared enough. He has been dormant for more than half a year now, presumably to avoid the limelight.
During this period, Fanxing Company also became outstanding. Not a single artist was involved in this turmoil. Even Fanxing and several of its companies were established as tax pacesetters by relevant departments.
Fanxing's internal artists also praised Boss Cao's wisdom and foresight.
Fanxing has always been strict about tax issues and has strict supervision over its artists. During this period, no one complained. After all, the taxes in their industry are really high. Others are prospering. They think they are honest people, but they are somewhat unbalanced.
But this time's vigorous purge has indeed allowed them to see the benefits of strict supervision of Fanxing. They make less money, but they have peace of mind.
Moreover, the entire entertainment industry is in turmoil, and many brands and projects are afraid to hire people for fear of being implicated.
Only Fanxing artists are clean and there is no risk of explosion in this aspect, so they are naturally favored by major projects and brands.
It is no exaggeration to say that in the second half of 2018 alone, Fanxing artists and their family almost took over 60% of high-quality endorsements and commercial projects in the industry, and everyone made crazy money.
The most important thing is that Fanxing has completely established its name this time, and its tax security is guaranteed. In today's industry environment, it will have more advantages in the competition for related resources in the future.
In the past, Fanxing's artists were popular, popular and dedicated, but now they have added a safety attribute, and demand is almost outstripping supply.
How distressed Fanxing artists were at the beginning, but now they are so happy. These incomes are much more than the taxes paid at the beginning...
Cao Xuan also used these examples to teach his children so that they could understand the principles of "trade-offs" and "bottom lines."
The children are not young anymore. Cao Xian is about to go to high school, and Cao Li is about to enter junior high school. It doesn’t matter if they laugh and play normally, but they still have to teach what needs to be taught.
Children can be hopeless, and they can accept being a playboy, but they must never cross the line...
After paying the taxes, spreading the law, and explaining the principles, everyone began to divide the money.
According to the agreement, Hu Jing charged a 5% benefit fee. At the same time, because the dividends arrived early, she also charged a 5% handling fee, and more than 1 million was lost.
According to the loan contract, Nishigong Empress received more than 500,000 yuan in principal + interest. The precious daughter made money, so she had to honor her mother and received another 500,000 yuan in red envelopes.
Boss Cao revealed the inside story and received 500,000 yuan in information fees. As a biological father, he also had to receive red envelopes, and Cao Li had to pay 500,000 yuan in filial piety.
Cao Yang's loan was forcibly interest-free, and there was no benefit from the mortgage. In the end, he blackmailed his sister for 100,000 yuan + a set of figures worth tens of thousands.
However, because he worked as an undercover agent for Dongxi Ergong, his two mothers each received a reward of 100,000 yuan, and his gray income was even more generous.
Cao Xian borrowed the most money, with the highest interest rate, and finally got more than 800,000 from Miss Cao.
By the way, it is worth mentioning that Cao Li's beauty trap did not succeed.
It wasn't that Cao Xian was smart enough to see through the plan, but that Zhao Jinmai was suspected of betraying him. If Cao Yang hadn't peeked at Cao Xian's cell phone, Cao Li wouldn't have known that his good sister was still chatting with his eldest brother on WeChat until 2 a.m. yesterday.
Yes, and we made an appointment to travel to Korea together later.
"Beast!!!"
Cao Li was trembling with anger, although she couldn't tell whether it was because of her good sisters' betrayal or because her money had been robbed of millions by various means.
If Boss Cao hadn't just popularized the law, Miss Cao might have thought of spending some money to find a fish seller and beat Cao Xian in a sack.
But no matter what, there were still several million left in the small treasury, and Miss Cao was still very satisfied.
She even has greater ambitions. Money can't be left alone forever. It would be a loss to let it go to the bank to earn interest. It has to be used to make money.
And she also knew how to make money this time, so she hoped that she could earn another 10 million without relying on her parents. During the Chinese New Year, everyone would give 1 million red envelopes to tell the whole family who is the most beautiful kid in the Cao family.
Based on her own experience, she feels that catering and education are relatively promising industries.
More importantly, she has her own resources in these two industries.
Her deskmate's family owns a hotpot restaurant. Cao Li has been there several times. The business is very good. Although I don't know the specific profit, the information I usually get from my deskmate should be good. Their family just bought a new car last year.
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Cao Li heard from her deskmate that her hot pot restaurant plans to expand its business in the next year or two.
She planned to snoop around to see if there were any opportunities for cooperation, invest directly in this hot pot restaurant, and share the money as a shareholder.
She has a hot pot restaurant in the catering industry, and she knows a Mathematical Olympiad teacher in the education industry.
This teacher is also her extracurricular tutor. He is very famous in the tutoring community in Chaoyang, Dongcheng. The tuition fee is very expensive, but many people are still willing to sign up for his class, which makes the tutoring class owner a lot of money.
Cao Li thinks this teacher is very good, and plans to persuade him to set up a tutoring school. She will provide the money, the teacher will contribute, and the shares will be discussed.
Miss Cao is very satisfied with these two plans. She can't do big business, but she doesn't like small business. These two are neither big nor small. She just has enough funds, and they are both popular businesses, and she doesn't have to worry about them.
She has thought about it all, from reaching a cooperation to choosing a location to decorate the store and school, and it will be almost ready to open by the end of the year.
Pay back your capital in one year, make money in two years, and open a branch/school in three years!
Maybe she will be ready to go public when she goes to college. Even surpassing the stars in the future is not a dream...
Miss Cao deliberately created a surprise for her father and hid the matter well. Cao Xuan only found out about her daughter's plan a few months later, when the two projects were already on track.
Boss Cao, who has dominated the business world for more than 20 years, fell into a rare silence for a long time.
Could it be that he was cheating too hard, and God could find some compensation from his daughter?
This vision is amazing!
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