I opened the email with squinted eyes, skipped the large section of box office analysis, and scrolled directly to that line of numbers!
10.34 million!
The box office on the first day exceeded 10 million!
Ten million!
Last year, there were only 20 domestic films that could reach this number!
This is a huge watershed. Looking at the past few years, all the movies that have a box office of 10 million on the first day are blockbusters with an investment of more than 100 million.
Even this year's temporary annual box office champion "Fearless" failed to achieve this achievement!
As a national IP, it also starred kung fu superstar Li Lianhe. Without any rivals during the same period, it only took in a first-day box office of 8 million.
But now Tang An has done it. A movie with an investment of "only" 50 million is not yet a popular large-scale costume production.
"call..."
Close the computer!
Get up, brush your teeth and wash your face.
Xu Manyun, who was busy in the kitchen, turned around and came out with breakfast. Seeing that his steps were much lighter, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Why, the big stone in my heart has fallen to the ground!"
“You can relax a little now!”
Tang An came out after brushing his teeth and washing his face, and wiped his face with a towel.
"Seeing as you went to bed so early yesterday, I thought you weren't worried at all!"
"Can you not worry? I was really tired yesterday!"
Tang An shook his head, "The first day's box office is related to the movie theaters' choice of film schedules and the direction of the media. Those reporters and film critics are all people who follow the wind. If the box office is too low, the most popular words in the news now should be
"Waterloo" is three words!"
Xu Manyun filled a bowl with porridge for him and handed him the chopsticks, "Then "Terror Cruise" was also criticized last time. Why didn't I see you worried?"
"This is different. Last time it was released for more than a week, word of mouth has spread, and the period of box office explosion has passed, so it won't have much impact at all!"
Tang An took a sip of porridge, picked up a fried dough stick, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and continued.
"It's only the first day of release, and there aren't many people who have watched the movie. They just can't spread word of mouth to every corner!"
"Most of the audience may still be waiting to watch. If the media and film critics all give negative reviews, even overwhelming the positive reviews from audiences who have already seen the movie, then the remaining audiences are likely to be affected!"
“So now we still have to rely on publicity!”
Xu Manyuan nodded, "Mission: Impossible will be released on the 20th, which is 5 days away. Then I will contact the media and spend more money to make it bigger!"
"Traditional print media and TV stations can't relax, and pay attention to the movie "Crazy Stone"!" Tang An thought for a while and warned.
"'Crazy Stone'? Is there any threat to this movie? The box office is less than 5 million now?" Xu Manyun asked confused.
Tang An smiled and said, "Have you forgotten "Shark Beach"? I didn't suppress the original "New Police Story" and "2046" in the later stage."
"What do you want?"
"I've seen this movie, and it's not bad. It has the potential to become a dark horse. You should always pay attention to the reviews of this movie on the Internet and in print media. Once it has the momentum of large-scale fermentation, immediately push it back. I want this paragraph
All entertainment sections of Time belong to "Super Body"!"
"The market capacity of the summer season is not comparable to that of the Lunar New Year season. If the box office wants to exceed 100 million, we cannot let anyone take a piece of the cake!!!" Tang An said coldly.
"I know, I will pay attention!"
Although Tang An was a bit selfish at the expense of others, Xu Manyun didn't feel anything was wrong at all.
No matter which industry it is, it is like this. One's own people eat meat and drink soup, and let others drink the northwest wind.
After eating and drinking, it's time to get busy again.
In the past two days, I have been running around the capital, and then I will go to a TV station to do a show. I will wait until "Mission: Impossible 3" premieres on the night to gain some popularity.
After that, it’s time to travel around the world with the crew.
...
Tang An was able to sleep peacefully and wait until the next morning to check the box office.
However, insiders and the media were more anxious than the person involved, and basically spent the early hours of this morning guarding the box office.
When 10.34 million, a full 8-digit number, was placed in front of them, everyone was shocked and speechless.
With an investment of 300 million, "The Promise" only produced nearly 1,200 copies on the first day in exchange for a first-day box office of 17 million.
And what about "Super Body"?
The investment was only 50 million, 820 copies were produced, and the box office exceeded the 10 million mark on the first day.
Although it is still far away from the first-day box office record of "The Promise", looking at the history of Chinese films, there are only a few movies that have exceeded 10 million in the first day.
The total box office of these movies that exceeded 10 million on the first day all exceeded the 100 million mark.
Last year, only one "The Promise" exceeded 10 million on its first day!
The year before last, only "Kung Fu" and "House of Flying Daggers" reached this number.
Even "A World Without Thieves" directed by Feng Xiaogang only had a box office of 5.1 million on its first day!
"Fearless", which was released during the Spring Festival this year, has a total box office of over 100 million, but the first day's box office was only 8 million!
Breaking 100 million is inevitable, this is what everyone thinks.
The media frenzy begins!
Four major portal websites, major forums, entertainment gossip websites, print media...
They all tried their best to give all the praise they could think of to "Super Body" and Tang An.
"At midnight on the 14th, "Super Body" was officially released in China; it was midsummer in China. "Super Body" has once again heated up the popularity of the national film market, and many die-hard fans went to watch the movie in the middle of the night. According to final statistics,
The film's box office at midnight was as high as 3.2 million, setting a new record for Chinese-language films in 2006.
After dawn, "Super Body" continued to ferment. The occupancy rate of many theaters in major cities exceeded 30% in the morning, and it became hard to get a ticket after 5 pm. At the same time, many media colleagues also competed online.
The ticket stub was issued and it was said that "even the first row was full of people."
As of 24:00 on the evening of the 14th, according to rough statistics from mainstream theaters across the country, the film's first-day box office was approximately 10.34 million (including zero-point screenings), which also set a first-day box office record for Chinese-language films."
"The scorching heat of the summer did not stop the audience's enthusiasm. The Hollywood blockbuster "Superman Returns" looked so fragile in front of the Chinese superwoman. The popularity of "Superman" cannot be stopped!"
"It is reported that the box office of "Super Body" exceeded 3 million at the midnight screening, and the first-day box office has reached about 10 million, becoming the movie with the highest first-day box office in the mainland film market in 2006. Before that, this record was held by "
"Fearless", its first-day box office was about 8 million yuan!"
"Rising director Tang An is a star, and the box office of "Super Body" on the first day has surpassed "Huo Yuanjia", "A World Without Thieves" and other blockbusters!"
"It is a foregone conclusion that "Super Body" will break the 100 million mark. Tang An will become the sixth billionaire director in China after Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Zhou Xingchi, Chen Kaige and Yu Renti!"
"The billion-dollar club has another great addition, Tang Ancheng is the youngest billionaire director in the history of Chinese films!"
"The previous "Shark Beach" and "Terror Cruise" have set off a horror craze in the country, and many film companies have begun to shoot a large number of horror films. This time Tang An once again took the country by storm with the science fiction blockbuster "Superbody", setting off a brainstorm
!”
"Superman Returns" flopped, and "Crazy Stone" had a good reputation but failed to recreate the dark horse status of "Shark Tank". The summer season was uneventful. Yesterday, Tang An dropped a "depth charge", setting off a
Stormy waves!”
——The Tengxun Entertainment page used a relatively fashionable word "depth bomb" to describe "Super Body" brought by Tang Anhe, and it really lives up to its name.
At this time, major theater chains are preparing to increase their film schedules again based on the specific attendance and box office conditions of theaters in various provinces and cities.
The major film companies were also overwhelmed by the 10 million, although they were already prepared when the box office of 3 million for the zero-hour show came out.
But when it actually appeared in front of me, I was still shocked!
PS: I just remembered that I forgot to post the chapter this morning...