""The Martian" is probably the most special movie I watched this year. There is no sensationalism, no bloodshed, no big talk, no personal relationships between men and women, and no villains fighting each other. It is simply a breath of fresh air in the movie.
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"It was a little different from what I expected. I was not used to it at first. Why didn't I portray the loneliness and disappointment of the male protagonist? Later I thought that finding a way to solve the problem when encountering it is more worthy of being well described and portrayed. There is no need
It made me so desperate and so bitter and resentful."
"As a science student, I expressed my confusion. If I were put on Mars, I would definitely eat up all the stored food and starve to death."
"The liberal arts students feel full of malice!!!"
"Watch a science fiction movie. The most touching scene is growing vegetables! I was so excited that I applauded in the theater. What I want to do most now is buy some mint, basil, and avocado seeds and plant them on my desk!"
"Learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and you won't be afraid of traveling all over the world. It's not just a boast. You can go anywhere in the universe!"
"There is no needless sensationalism. The laughter and emotional drama are very restrained and do not dilute the theme of the film: human beings rely on their own wisdom, knowledge, courage and unity to fight against the vast, cruel and desolate universe again and again."
Li Gong, Tang An turned on the computer as soon as he got up in the morning and paid attention to the comments of movie fans.
The 82 million figure on the first day was as expected, with no big surprises and no disappointments.
With 10,000 screens, even if it accounts for 78% of the film schedule, it would be extremely difficult to achieve a box office of over 100 million in a single day.
Unless it’s a family-friendly movie that raises social topics, or it’s a phenomenon-level movie.
For example, "Mermaid", such as "Wolf Warrior 2".
These are both movies that are significantly higher than that of that time period. The former was a comedy screened during the Spring Festival, with added emotions.
Needless to say about the latter
Obviously, "The Martian" is not a phenomenon, unless a manned rocket is launched to Mars and it is discovered that Mars is suitable for human habitation.
Or just like in the movie, an astronaut was "dropped" on Mars.
As for family fun, it doesn't count. Being able to get this data depends on Tang An's accumulated popularity.
But it doesn't matter if it doesn't surpass "Transformers 3". What the box office compares is the subsequent trend.
The car was already waiting outside, Tang An looked at the time and went out.
The car went straight to the airport expressway. Today we have to fly to Shanghai to promote.
Xiao He, the assistant in the car, also took the time to report on his work.
"Chairman, in the next six days, our film schedule will be increased to 85%. The Propaganda Department and Public Relations Department currently have no problems. Bernard has not made any action on the new picture yet."
"The police film "Chill" invested by Eucalyptus Pictures and Yindu Pictures wants to seek distribution."
""Chill"? Why did Jiang Zhiqiang think of finding us?"
Tang An, who was looking down at the document, raised his head and asked.
"The other party seems to be preparing to release it in November. China Film has a 3D version of "2012", "Life of Pi" and several Hollywood movies to be released. Huayi has "1942". As for why not Bernard,
Guang Xian doesn’t know." Xiao He replied.
Tang An asked again, "Join the issue or leave it all to us?"
Xiao He returned, "Euclidean Music wants to jointly distribute, and both parties will share 5% of the distribution."
"8%, forget it if it's lower than this number." Tang An shook his head.
For example, there are only 20 Broadway cinemas owned by Eucalyptus in the mainland, and there are not many other channels and resources. They don't have much distribution capabilities at all, and they still want to take advantage.
Xiao He nodded and took note, and then said, "Meiya Entertainment and Huace's collaboration "The Wind Listener" also wants to seek distribution. Jiangsu and Zhejiang Golden Globe Pictures and we jointly distribute the distribution share and each share 5%."
"Golden Globe Pictures is controlled by Huace, right? Is the person in charge of the legal entity Fu Haicheng's daughter?"
"Yes."
The left hand is the right hand, but Huace has a good relationship with the local Jiangsu and Zhejiang Times Cinemas, and the advertising channels are also good.
"Then take it." Tang An nodded.
"There are two other movies that Mr. Chen contacted. The love movie "The Stolen Five Years" invested by Jiao Xiongping, director of Baodao Film Center, is short of investment of 15 million yuan.
In 2017, Mr. Chen negotiated for the mainland distribution rights of "The Girl We Chased Together"."
Tang An found out the information about the movie, thought about it and said, "Let's take it all. "Those Years" will be scheduled as soon as possible."
There are already pirated copies of "Those Years" now, and if it were released a few months later, it wouldn't get much box office.
I don’t know Jiao Xiongping and Tang An, but he has a very high status in the Baodao film industry and is particularly willing to support new directors.
What's more, it's Chen Guobo's friend. It's just a small-budget movie with an investment of 20 million.
Of course, the box office of this film also exceeded 100 million.
Tang An has decided to invest in one film and distribute four, and someone will discuss the specific companies.
Once you have distribution capabilities, films will naturally come to you for distribution.
Compared with the risks of investment, issuance is almost a guaranteed profit without loss.
No matter how high the investment is, whether the producer loses money or not, the distributor will not.
We rushed to Shanghai in the morning and went to Oriental TV to record a program. Several actors were photographed for a magazine. Tang An accepted an exclusive interview with a large local newspaper.
We met at the cinema at 6pm and visited three cinemas in a row.
The last stop, the Magic City Jiangqiao Wanda International Cinema, still received a warm welcome from movie fans as before.
interviews, interactions, group photos
One set of procedures followed another, and I rushed to the airport exhausted both physically and mentally.
After another hour's flight, we arrived at our next stop, Nanjing.
No. 9 Magic City, No. 10 Nanjing, No. 11 Ninghang.
There are several major ticket warehouses in the country, one is running every day, and they are running around all day long, and they have to catch flights all night.
Running for 3 consecutive days, other promotions are also in full swing.
In the past two days, "The Martian" grossed 91 million at the box office on Friday the 9th, breaking the 90 million mark for the first time.
On Saturday the 10th, the film schedule reached a historic high of 90%. This is also the first time that a film in China has received such a film schedule.
In the past, when there were few movies, most of them were film copies, and there were not so many copies when there were films scheduled.
Now that there are so many movies, it is extremely difficult to get 60% to 70% of the schedule, let alone 90%.
During the same period, more than ten movies including "Racing Legend", "Three Idiots Make a Trouble in Bollywood", "Big Deal", "Everywhere", "Love Before Marriage", "Rolling! Ashin" combined only had 10%
of film arrangement.
In almost any cinema, without a screen, and at any time, you can only watch the movie "The Martian".
Taking over the screen, the audience has no choice.
Due to factors such as 90% of ultra-high film schedules, Saturdays off, continued large-scale publicity, word-of-mouth spread and other factors.
On August 10th, "The Martian" once again made history, with its single-day box office exceeding 100 million yuan.
104 million!
The first domestic film to exceed 100 million in a single day!
Once again set a new single-day box office record for Chinese-language films.
Today Tang An originally got off the plane and went to the hotel to sleep directly. The box office was destined to be a hit, so there was nothing to worry about.
However, not long after twelve o'clock, I received more than ten calls from Daoxi, making it so noisy that I couldn't sleep at all.
With no sleep at all, Tang An guessed that Liu Ye, Li Binbin and the others couldn't sleep either, so they took them to have a midnight snack together.
"Congratulations to everyone, "The Martian" has exceeded 100 million in a single day. This historic moment cannot be separated from everyone's efforts. I would like to toast everyone!"
Tang An poured a full glass of juice and drank it all in one gulp.
I didn’t drink for most of the night, and I have to continue working tomorrow.
"Congratulations, Director Tang!" Several people also picked up their cups.
Li Binbin looked at his phone and said, "Look, Director Tang, there have been reports now. I think the media is going crazy."
Liu Yedao said, "Whenever director Tang's movie is released, the media must not go crazy."
Jiang Wu laughed and said, "Three Hairpins of Jinling and Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, the two of them are probably going crazy."
Tang An smiled and said, "Let's read these news tomorrow morning. Eat quickly and go to rest. There are a lot of things waiting for you tomorrow."