Chapter 438: Top Global Weekly Box Office Champion! Full Monthly Pass 1)
Beijing, early morning on December 5th.
The second summer blockbuster "The Orphan of Zhao" officially landed in major cities in China yesterday.
In this first confrontation, everyone is waiting for the box office results to see how badly Brother Chen Kai will lose.
That's right, basically no one thinks that Chen Kaige's "The Orphan of Zhao" can surpass "Edge of Tomorrow", even Chen Kaige himself doesn't have much hope.
Yesterday Friday, "Edge of Tomorrow" had already received a super high box office of 54 million, breaking the single-day box office record in mainland film history set by "Avatar".
Even though the release of "The Orphan of Zhao" allocated some of the film schedule, "Edge of Tomorrow" still had a super high film schedule of nearly 68% yesterday.
In sharp contrast, "The Orphan of Zhao" only had 26% of the film schedule despite its full budget, which is less than half of "Edge of Tomorrow".
Theaters also need to make money, and even if Chen Kai is famous and has a great background, he cannot let the theaters give up more films in the face of absolute interests.
Unless "The Orphan of Zhao" is a big hit at the box office on the first day, it will earn at least 20 million, otherwise there will be no more films in the lineup.
Brother Chen Kai also held his breath. No one would be reconciled to the fact that a top director only received such a salary.
Coupled with the frequent comparisons by the media, some people even think that the box office of "The Orphan of Zhao" will not exceed 100 million.
Brother Chen Kai needs an excellent piece of data to vindicate his name and prove his ability as a great director.
However, when he received the box office data in the early morning, Brother Chen Kai was speechless.
"The Orphan of Zhao" only received 13 million on its first day of release. This was still on a Saturday, and the box office was completely below expectations.
Brother Chen Kai stared at the screen with a disappointed face, speechless for a long time.
He could never understand why the box office was so low.
Four or five years ago, this first-day box office would have been normal, but now top-line directors such as Xu Ke and Chen Kexin all had more than 20 million on their first day. Even two new directors, Xu Zheng and Wu Ershan, could only earn more than 3,000.
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Even Teng Huatao's first movie, which was transformed into a TV series, was a box office hit.
Brother Chen Kai found that he couldn't understand this era, nor did he understand the current audience and what kind of movies they wanted to watch.
He didn't even pay attention to the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" yesterday, nor did he pay attention to the upcoming storm. He fell into deep self-doubt.
The first-day performance of "The Orphan of Zhao" was slightly better than that of "Mei Lanfang," but the latter is a biographical film, and its audience is completely different.
The reputation of "Mei Lanfang" is also very good, and the final box office successfully exceeded 100 million.
The reputation of "The Orphan of Zhao" is not good, and there will be more movies released in the future. The final box office may not be higher than "Mei Lanfang".
If things go wrong, he will become the biggest loser during the Lunar New Year!
Early in the morning, various media reported on the box office comparison between "Edge of Tomorrow" and "The Orphan of Zhao", and almost all guns were aimed at Brother Chen Kai.
"'Edge of Tomorrow' set another record, grossing 59 million at the box office on Saturday, breaking the single-day box office record in film history just set yesterday!"
""The Orphan of Zhao" got off to a bad start. The box office on the first day was only 13 million, and the ratings on major professional websites also dropped again and again."
""Edge of Tomorrow" set a record of 161 million in three days, and with the 76 million box office from select screenings, the total box office is as high as 237 million!"
"'Edge of Tomorrow' continues to lead the December movie market and dominates the Lunar New Year festival!"
"Who can stop "Edge of Tomorrow"?"
"Brother Chen Kai stepped down from the altar. 13 million in a single day is not even as good as "Di Renjie: The Tongtian Empire"!"
Some media outlets who have a good relationship with Brother Chen Kai or who have cooperated with Moying did not use a sharp tone when reporting on it.
But other media didn't care so much and started satirizing and criticizing directly.
"5900:1300, Tang An's bold words may turn out to be empty words. The single-day box office of "The Orphan of Zhao" reached 22% of the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow"."
This is blatant irony. Tang An said that the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" will be five times higher than that of "The Orphan of Zhao". This 22% is more than one-fifth, but no one will criticize Tang An for talking nonsense.
News like this can be seen everywhere, and the self-media on the Internet continue to belittle Brother Chen Kai in order to develop fans and become famous.
Tang An's fans are now more confident and have greater fighting power.
""The Orphan of Zhao" grossed 13 million on its first day, which is more than a quarter of "Edge of Tomorrow's" first day gross of 48 million. It seems that five times the box office is still a bit difficult."
"Brother Chen Kai successfully prevented "Edge of Tomorrow" from exceeding 60 million in a single day, but it was only 1 million short of it. Tang An fell short."
"The first-day box office of 13 million is estimated to be just over 100 million. I don't know what qualifications Brother Chen Kai has to criticize Tang An."
"'Edge of Tomorrow' is definitely going to win next year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards. I wonder if Brother Chen Kai will dare to say anything then."
"Brother Chen Kai is already old. His fans should stop clinging to "Farewell My Concubine". Is it possible that one movie can last a lifetime?"
"It's pretty good in the front, but once you get to the back, you start to show off, talk a little bit, and just say it's something you want to express. Who knows what you want to express."
For "The Orphan of Zhao" to fail first, other producers are not surprised, let alone the sorrow of the rabbit and the fox. It's good that it didn't add insult to injury.
"'Edge of Tomorrow' actually increased its sales. It seems that 'The Orphan of Zhao' has no impact at all."
Brother Huayi, Wang Zhongjun said with some regret.
"The Orphan of Zhao" took away part of the film schedule, and the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" still increased steadily. On the contrary, the attendance rate was a little higher.
"Zhonglei, please arrange more people to help them, at least let the "Edge of Tomorrow" promotion market share drop a little." Wang Zhongjun said to Wang Zhonglei.
The box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" was so crazy, it was approaching 60 million in a single day, which frightened him.
Although "If You Are the One 2" will not be released until 18 days later, Wang Zhongjun is no longer as calm as he was two days ago.
The craziness of "Avatar" is still fresh in your mind, and the box office in its first week was not as good as "Edge of Tomorrow."
What if, what if the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" is as strong as that of "Avatar", and if "If You Are the One 2" is released, it can earn more than 100 million in box office in a week, then the impact will be huge.
Now he can only help Chen Kaige and Jiang Wen, at least to stop "Edge of Tomorrow".
Even the navy cannot stop, even if the results are minimal, they must continue to blackmail.
"If You Are the One 2" has recovered the cost of 50 to 60 million yuan in advertising placement alone, almost making money while lying down. Wang Zhongjun is not afraid of spending money, and he can make back whatever he spends.
On December 6, the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" dropped slightly, with a single daily receipt of 53 million. The total box office in the four days of release was as high as 214 million, with an average of more than 50 million per day.
Coupled with the 76 million previously screened, the total box office reached a staggering 290 million!
This year, few domestic movies have reached this figure in total box office.
Now, the 1 billion target mentioned by Tang An is no longer a fantasy. As long as the trend is stable, there is a high probability of exceeding 1 billion.
It didn't take long for the overseas box office results to spread back to China, and everyone discovered that while they were focusing their attention on China, "Edge of Tomorrow" had also achieved quite good results overseas.
It was released in North America for 3 days, with a box office of US$11.2 million in the first weekend, and ranked third in the box office that week, beating out many Hollywood movies.
Not only in North America, but also in the Southeast Asian market and the European market, it has achieved good box office results.
Not only does it dominate domestically, but including the box office in other overseas regions, "Edge of Tomorrow" also topped the weekly box office in the global film market!