""The Martian" breaks one billion again, and Tang An continues the box office myth!"
“‘The Martian’ broke 1 billion in 16 days, setting a record for the fastest to break 1 billion!”
"Having dominated the single-day box office for 16 consecutive days, "The Martian" swept the Lunar New Year season!"
"Towards the end of the year, on December 24, 2011, after half a month of screening, the science fiction blockbuster "The Martian" directed by Tang An, the box office exceeded the one billion mark. It was unrivaled during the entire Lunar New Year period and became the box office champion of Chinese films in 2011.
, and ranked second in the mainland film market after "Transformers 3"!"
"One billion is not the end, "The Martian" aims to hit the box office record set by "Avatar"!"
"The much-anticipated Lunar New Year movie is halfway through. I was originally expecting Zhang Yimou and Tang An to have a battle where Mars collides with the earth. As a result, "The Martian" led the Lunar New Year movie with an almost invincible attitude. It hit the top spot in just half a month.
1 billion box office, on the other hand, "The Thirteen Hairpins" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" combined are not as high as "The Martian"!"
Last year, five blockbusters were released at the same time, creating the most miserable Lunar New Year season.
Although there are only three blockbusters this year, the three blockbusters were released only seven days apart. Unlike last year, the three blockbusters came in turns, and the level of tragedy was no worse than last year.
As of December 24th, there are still no other movies in the Lunar New Year slot.
Movies whose names are somewhat relatable are "Tears of a Fallen City" starring Ren Xianqi and Zhou Dongyu, and "Close Enemies" starring Xu Jinglei.
However, the total schedule of the two new movies is only 7%, leaving 1% for other movies, and most of them are daytime shows.
The three blockbusters still account for 92% of the film schedule and completely dominate the evening prime time shows.
In its third week of release, "The Martian" still has 37% of scheduled films.
"Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" 29%, "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" 26%.
"The Martian" earned 214 million in its third five-day working week, firmly occupying the top spot at the daily and weekly box office.
"The Thirteen Hairpins" grossed a total of 160 million in the five days of its second week, with a total box office of 390 million in nine days of release.
"Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" is still chasing after it, with a total of 146 million in five days, and a total box office of 332 million.
Due to the lack of film schedules, the three movies still have considerable box office potential that can be tapped, and they have also maintained fairly high attendance rates on weekdays.
However, "The Martian" was released one day early after all, and the days of box office explosion have almost passed, and 36% of the film schedule is enough.
But "Jinling" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" are different. The two movies have just been released. Judging from the feedback data from theaters, about 30% of the film schedule is far from enough.
In the office of the chairman of Bernard Film Group, Yu Dongzheng held a small meeting with coo Chen Yongxiong, distribution director Zhang Ziming and others.
Halfway through the meeting, the phone on the desk rang.
Yu Dong motioned for him to answer the phone first.
"Hello."
"Okay, I understand, wait a minute."
Without saying a few words, Yu Dong hung up the phone with a smile on his face.
Zhang Ziming asked curiously, "Dong Yu, is there anything good you can do?"
"This is a call from Ninghang Cinema Management Company. A copy of "The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" has arrived." Yu Dong laughed.
Zhang Weiping "blocked" nearly a hundred movie theaters owned by Bernard and refused to give out a single copy. As a result, for more than a week, the film schedule of "The Thirteen Hairpins" was only two or three points higher than that of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".
Chen Yongxiong smiled and said, "Zhang Weiping is in a hurry. A call from other places should be coming soon."
Zhang Ziming answered, "Can you not be in a hurry? Everyone is short of filming now."
Within two minutes, Bernard's three cinema management companies in Xijian, Chongqing and Guangzhou all called, saying that New Screen would provide copies of "The Thirteen Beauties" to their cinemas.
Bernard's cinema chain has been dismantled, and all its movies have been added to other cinema chains. These four cinema management companies are responsible for the management of nearly a hundred cinemas under it.
Basically, the top 20 theater chains have at least one Bernard cinema.
Joining other theater chains respectively has deepened the relationship between Bernard and the theater chain, and it has also provided some eye drops for the new picture in terms of film arrangement.
Zhang Weiping wanted to make copies now, but Yu Dongbian refused. He informed the five major cinema management companies one by one that they would not accept their copies.
Give as much as you want, just think of who I am, Yu Dong!
Yu Dong can now breathe a sigh of relief. Back then, Zhang Weiping was angry with Bernard because of Dong Pingqian, so he cheated him when "Suffering City" was released.
Dong Ping, who was ignorant at that time, won the global distribution rights of "Speak Well". Fortunately, it took 40 million at the box office in the mainland. As a result, Huayi had no overseas channels at all.
Within four or five months after its domestic release, the rights to three small countries were sold, and in the following few years, the rights to four or five countries were sold one after another, making it impossible for this Golden Lion-nominated film to be distributed overseas.
More importantly, Dong Ping only gave Zhang Weiping 8 million of the 40 million box office, and it took a long time to recover the remaining three or four million.
The domestic box office was in arrears and could not be distributed overseas. Zhang Weiping was tricked by Dong Ping, an amateur.
Later, Huayi and Poly cooperated to form Poly Huayi. Bernard merged with Oriental Dragon, a subsidiary of Poly Huayi, to form Poly Bernard and became a member of Poly Huayi. Naturally, Zhang Weiping regarded him as a Dong Ping person.
However, Dong Ping is not much better. Huayi relied on the release of "If You Have Something to Say" at the beginning of the century and the new picture, Huayi formed a tripartite situation, the first generation of the three giants.
As a result, I spent a lot of money to buy out Brother Chen Kai's "Assassination of Qin" and lost everything.
Later, the three giants became Huayi, Guangxian, and Bernard, and now Han and Tang Dynasties were added to form the four giants.
Having won over Wu Yusen and Ning Hao, Xiaoma, which is preparing to go public, has the tendency to become the fifth giant.
Yu Dong refused to show "The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" in a cinema owned by Bernard, which immediately reached Zhang Weiping's ears.
"Bang!"
I don’t know how many times this poor phone has suffered disaster. Every time Zhang Weiping answered a call, he would severely torture the phone brother.
Vice President Qin Lixin looked worried in the new picture in front of him.
"Director Zhang, did Yu Dong really reject them all?"
"What a good Yu Dong, he is deliberately trying to fight with me!" Zhang Weiping said bitterly.
Qin Lixin worried, "Although not showing our movie will cause Yu Dong to suffer a lot, we will also lose a part of the box office. This is killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred to ourselves."
Zhang Weiping didn't know that he originally wanted to force Yu Dong to increase the hype, but he didn't expect that "The Martian" could maintain such a high box office in the third week, and Yu Dong was now confident.
However, Zhang Weiping is not without a chance. Tomorrow "The Thirteen Hairpins" will begin to be released in North America, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Russia. As long as the overseas box office is successful, it will definitely stimulate the domestic box office!!!