The reporters were also very happy. After four or five days of bragging, they wrote everything they could.
What a horror master, a billionaire director, the number one young director, the pinnacle of domestic horror films, an epoch-making horror film...
I racked my brains and used every word I could think of.
You can't directly promote Tang An as the number one director in China and an internationally renowned director.
So after seeing the box office results for the fifth day released, these reporters were the happiest people.
The original manuscripts were thrown into the shredder, and they began to criticize "Terror Cruise".
The faces of Xu Jinglei, Lu Yi and other actors also looked a bit unsightly, and they began to worry in their hearts.
However, Tang An always had a faint smile on his face and was not angry at reporters for interrupting him.
Dozens of mouths asking random questions!
They stopped when they saw that Tang An couldn't speak. After all, they were here to listen to what Tang An had to say.
"Thank you very much for your concern, friends from the media!" Tang An raised the microphone, glanced around and said with a smile.
"After all, "Horror Cruise" is a horror and suspense film, and its audience is not as wide as costume blockbusters and comedy films. A box office decline is inevitable!"
"The box office dropped by as much as 60% on the fifth day of release. This is despite a very good reputation. Director Tang, what do you think is the reason for this result?"
"Monday is the beginning of a new week. Many of the audience are office workers. It is normal for them not to have time to go to the movies after a busy day!"
"Director Tang set himself a box office goal of 100 million yuan at the beginning. Do you think there is still hope now?"
"Of course! Judging from the feedback from fans, everyone still likes this movie very much!"
"What if the box office continues to fall in the next four working days?"
...
On this day, two movie theaters and a signing event were held in a square.
As expected, it was the same experience again. Those reporters who previously said that the box office of "Terror Cruise" could exceed 100 million seemed to have disappeared. Instead, most of them believed that the box office would not even reach 50 million.
Tuesday's box office seems to confirm this statement.
2.91 million!
This is the result from Tuesday's half-price day.
In this era, the supply of movie tickets exceeds demand. Basically, there will be a large number of half-price tickets available until Tuesday.
This was also a day for students to have a holiday, so the box office declined instead of rising, and the media cheered even more.
The box office was 2.5 million on Wednesday and 2.21 million on Thursday, continuing a steady decline of 20%.
Even though the total box office of "Terror Cruise", which had been released for 8 days, had exceeded 40 million, the media was still full of negative voices.
On Friday, the box office rebounded slightly, returning to 2.5 million.
It grossed a total of 7.1 million on Saturday and Sunday. The total box office of Horror Cruise, which was released for 11 days, has passed the 50 million mark and reached 51.62 million, ranking second in the annual box office of domestic films, second only to "Initial Letter"
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However, this still did not shut up the media. Basically, most people believed that the rebound at the weekend was just a return to the past, and that the third week would inevitably usher in a bigger dive.
On the afternoon of Monday, July 25, all the major media outlets had prepared press releases for the next day. All they had to do was fill in a number.
Major media and entertainment websites have people working overtime at night, just waiting for the accurate box office statistics to be released before posting the news.
Around 12:30 in the morning, almost at the same time, all major media learned about yesterday’s box office.
1.95 million!
"Terror Cruise" still grossed nearly 2 million at the box office on its twelfth day of release!
On the first working day of the third week, compared with 3.4 million on Sunday, the decrease was only 40%.
"Made, it's been almost half a month since "Terror Cruise" was released, why are you so stubborn!"
"There is still nearly 2 million yuan in box office, and now the manuscript will be in vain!"
"I have to revise the manuscript in the middle of the night again. I had to stay up all night last Monday night. It's your uncle's fault, Tang An!"
"Everyone in the data analysis department can go to S. The big dive was promised!!!"
"Fuck! Yes, I'll slightly change the manuscript from 10 days ago and upload it to your paralysis class!"
The drop of less than 50% was only after 12 days of release. Even laymen know that this trend is very healthy.
The original manuscript can only be scrapped and thrown into the trash can, replaced with the tone of the first release, and continued to be broadcast.
Although some people complain that "Terror Cruise" is not consistent with common sense, they have become accustomed to it, isn't it just capricious!
Therefore, early in the morning, Tang An saw the touting news again, which was exactly the same as it was more than a week ago.
He was not surprised by this. Now that the decline has bottomed out, the trend should be very stable.
The box office of 7 to 8 million in the first few days is just because of the popularity he accumulated in "Shark Beach" and previous publicity. Horror movies are horror movies after all, and there is always a ceiling above the head that is difficult to break through.
The highest single-day box office of "Shark Tank" was 2.6 million. At that time, the reputation of "Dark Horse" had already spread, and the ceiling for horror films was probably this number.
If he looked carefully, he would find that there was no difference between the news and the original ones, except that some numbers and adjectives were changed, and the sentences were scrambled and reposted.
The sudden turn also left the audience at a loss, and they immediately started to laugh quietly and make a few jokes.
Thanks to the praise from the media and the half-price day on Tuesday the 26th, the box office of "Terror Cruise" once again climbed to the 2 million mark.
However, this was also the last time the box office reached 2 million in a single day, and the subsequent Wednesday box office was only 1.6 million.
At this time, the total domestic box office of "Shark Tank" has reached 60.1 million, which is only 3 million away from the annual box office record set by "Initial D".
With only 6 million left, Tang An can win his first annual box office championship (provisional).
25 years old, second feature film, 60 million box office, annual box office champion!
When these four conditions are combined together, if you look at the history of Chinese films, you won’t be able to find anyone who can match them!
However, Tang An did it, and he is about to become the youngest director to win the annual championship!
"'Terror Cruise' is only 3 million away from the annual box office championship. Tang Ji'an will break the 2005 domestic box office record set by Hong Kong's famous director Liu Weihao!"
"The rise of a generation of great directors, 25-year-old Tang An launches an impact on the annual box office record!"
"Can "Seven Swords" directed by Xu Ke stop Tang An from winning the championship?"
...
On the 28th, Tang An had returned to the capital.
Tomorrow is the day when "Seven Swords" is released. Although "Terror Cruise" has a good reputation among the audience, it is still unclear whether it can maintain a daily box office increase of about 1.5 million under the pressure of "Seven Swords".
Therefore, when the box office exceeded 50 million, he did not hold a celebration party, but waited for today!
It’s once again building momentum for the movie!
Unfortunately, there is still a gap of 3 million between "Initial D" and "Initial D". If it takes the top spot at the box office today, it will definitely have a huge stimulating effect on tomorrow's box office.
I closed the computer, got up and went out to rush to the hotel to attend the celebration party for the box office exceeding 60 million.
Fortunately, "A Thousand Miles Alone" will be released during the Lunar New Year, otherwise these unscrupulous media should change the news headline to: ""Terror Cruise" crushes "A Thousand Miles Alone" at the box office, Tang An has surpassed Zhang Yimou!"