It was almost twelve o'clock in the evening when Zhang Zhong finished watching this movie. He hasn't seen today's box office data yet, but according to his guess, it should be the box office high point of "Murder on the Orient Express".
Of course it won't be much higher.
In fact, he is not very optimistic about the box office performance of the two movies this time.
The so-called not very optimistic means that he does not think these two movies can achieve the same box office success as "The Last Starfish".
Now Zhang Zhong only hopes that these two movies will not suffer losses due to the packing of the film, as long as everyone can develop steadily and get the box office they deserve.
In fact, their company has negotiated with Wenner Company on this matter, and after the talks, everyone's views are still relatively optimistic.
The most optimistic person is Lin Fu from the public relations department of Wenner Company. He believes that as long as the quality of the film passes the standard, coupled with appropriate guidance of public opinion, this time's blockbuster may have unexpected effects.
The name Lin Fu sounds like a Chinese name, and he himself is indeed a Chinese-American. Unlike second-generation immigrants like Yang Xiao, Lin Fu studied in the United States, stayed in the United States directly, and then changed his nationality to become an American.
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Lin Fu had already joined Wenner Corporation before he obtained American citizenship. He initially worked in the film and game department as a publicist.
At that time, Wenner's game department was very poor. Although Wenner had many movie IPs, it did not produce a popular game.
Lin Fu worked in the game department for two years and performed quite well. However, as an ordinary employee, he was unable to turn the tide. In the end, he could only watch the game department be acquired by Weifu Network Company.
Lin Fu was transferred to the Internet Business Department, mainly responsible for developing new media channels.
After arriving in the new department, Lin Fu's talents gradually emerged. It only took five years for Wenner to regain his glory in the emerging Internet era, and it only took him five years to become the company's public relations officer.
The department director also serves as the network business department manager.
Therefore, Lin Fu's views on the market are quite keen and are well recognized by everyone.
As for the proper guidance of public opinion he mentioned, this matter was left directly to him.
However, Zhang Zhong has not seen what Lin Fu did yet.
Probably because Lin Fu felt that the age of ten was not yet reached.
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The next day, the first-day box office numbers for the two movies were released.
"Murder on the Orient Express" had a box office of 160 million on its first day, and "The Devotion of Suspect" had a box office of 13.5 billion on its first day.
The result was pretty much what Zhang Zhong expected. The box office of "Murder on the Orient Express" was indeed higher than that of "The Devotion of Suspect X", but it wasn't much different.
Moreover, the box office of both movies was not very high.
If it were any other movie, it would be a very good result if it could earn over 100 million yuan from a Chinese box office on the first day.
But for Zhang Zhong and Wenner, this result can only be said to be barely acceptable.
The box office of "The Shining" last year was very average, but even the average "The Shining" achieved a first-day revenue of 180 million Chinese dollars in the eleventh episode last year.
Not to mention the previous box office of "The Last Starfish" on the first day was 358 million.
The combined first-day box office of these two movies was far behind "The Last Starfish".
There must be a reason for the bumping of production. If it weren't for the bumping of production, either one of these two movies should have achieved a box office of more than 200 million on the first day.
After all, the audience overlap of these two movies is very high, and many viewers like both movies at the same time.
But it is a bit unrealistic for them to watch these two movies in one day.
Anyone like Zhang Zhong who can take the time to watch two movies on the first day of the new year must be, first, a die-hard fan, and second, he must have time.
This is only possible if these two points are met.
However, from this perspective, although the box office on the first day was greatly affected by the blockage, the subsequent box office should be relatively less affected.
Because people who have watched one of the movies may also take the time to watch the other one.
Perhaps this later period will be when Lin Fu takes action.
Things were just as Zhang Zhong expected. Around the fifth day of the first lunar month, a saying began to emerge on the Internet, saying that this year was the beginning of the golden period of China’s mystery movies. In the next three to five years, China’s mystery movies would
will enter a peak period.
"Murder on the Orient Express" and "The Devotion of Suspect X" were the beginning of this golden period.
This statement sounds quite similar, because these two movies, "The Devotion of Suspect
The box office of the movies each exceeded 100 million.
There are some big V and big up owners on each platform who have carefully analyzed it and even divided the next few years into three stages.
The initial period, the blowout period, and the blooming period.
Others refer to the past few years from "Ten Little Indian Boys" to now as a period of preparation for success.
They believe that the past few years have been the budding period for Chinese mystery films. With Zhang Zhong’s leadership, China is now fully prepared and ready to take off at any time.
Unconsciously, the popularity of this topic reached a magical height. In the next few days, apart from the fermented news about the Spring Festival Gala, it was basically news about the Chinese film industry.
Netizens receive news about these two movies from all sides every day.
For a time, the two movies were tied together, and their original competitive relationship turned into a mutually reinforcing and symbiotic relationship.
Zhang Zhong did not see the report from Wenner Company, but he intuitively believed that this news was related to Lin Fu from Wenner Company. This should be the public opinion guidance that Lin Fu mentioned at that time.
I have to say that this public opinion guidance was very successful, directly pushing the box office of the two movies to another level.
By the time the two movies were released on the tenth day of the first lunar month in North America, their box office had already exceeded 1.5 billion.
"Murder on the Orient Express" has a box office of 1.78 billion, with an average of 1.78 billion per day, which is higher than its first-day box office. This is a very miraculous thing.
What is equally amazing is that the ten-day total box office of "The Devotion of Suspect
It is getting smaller and smaller, from the original gap of 20% to the current 5%.
Based on the current situation, maybe "Murder on the Orient Express" is a little careless and will be surpassed by "The Devotion of Suspect X" in only three to five days.
If this is really the case, it can be considered a moderate upset.