Pei Qian quickly clicked on the movie's promotional page to check it out.
Flying Star Journey
Action/Science Fiction/Fantasy 3d imax
United States/134 minutes
Released on 2011-03-12
Introduction
On the eve of World War I, the traumatized former military officer Tim (played by John Stanton) inadvertently traveled to a mysterious planet and was involved in the disputes between multiple forces on the planet. Although these forces all tried to kill him
He is regarded as the key figure to end the dispute, and even won the love of the beautiful princess Lynne (Deja Morton), but can he really leave the past behind and reverse the fate of the planet?
After reading this introduction, Pei Qian's joyful mood was instantly poured cold water on him.
This story doesn’t seem very attractive!
But then I thought about it... It seems that all the movies made in the United States follow this routine. Didn't the "Avatar" that was popular all over the world also travel to another planet and have a passionate fight with the local indigenous girls?
Well, almost.
The key still depends on the director and investment!
As long as the director is reliable and the investment is higher, it will definitely be a piece of cake to rub "Better Tomorrow" on the ground with this film!
Pei Qian hurriedly checked for more information about this movie.
After reading it, Pei Qian let out a sigh of relief.
Stable!
Director Daryl directed his first animated short film as early as 1988. He has directed many films and been nominated for multiple Oscars. In 2005, the animated film he directed grossed $600 million at the global box office and won several awards.
He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and won the award again in 2008 for his next science fiction animated film.
The movie "Journey to the Stars" is adapted from a classic American science fiction published in 1911. It also happens to be the 100th anniversary of the original work. The total investment in the movie exceeds 170 million U.S. dollars, with a star-studded cast and a leading actor.
John Stanton worked hard to complete very rigorous physical training during the filming. He lost a full 25 pounds while enduring pain and torture to complete the filming. He can be called a model of professionalism.
In short, Pei Qian read the information about this film from beginning to end and felt instantly at ease.
This is the standard American blockbuster template!
Look at this luxurious lineup, look at this huge investment, famous directors, famous actors and a good script. If it is broadcast around the world, it should be no problem to make a total box office of 670 million US dollars, right?
If you do it casually in China, 5 to 6 billion soft girl coins will be fine.
And Pei Qian has even gone so far as to forget it. Based on the investment of 170 million U.S. dollars, this film's global box office of 5.6 billion U.S. dollars can only be regarded as not losing money.
If there is a big explosion, then it will still cost one billion!
When the time comes, all the major theaters will work hard to schedule films. Isn't it a piece of cake to squeeze out "Better Tomorrow"?
Currently, the film's film schedule is 31.4% on the first day of theatrical release. If the subsequent trend is good, then this film schedule will definitely increase!
The film schedule of "Better Tomorrow" has dropped to less than 15%.
The only thing Pei Qian feels is a bit regretful now is that this film was released more than half a month late. If it could be released together with "Better Tomorrow", it would definitely be a sure thing!
But it’s not too late to release it now, which will at least reduce Pei Qian’s subsequent income a lot!
Thinking of this, Pei Qian was simply inspired.
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March 12, Saturday.
Today is the weekend and there is no need to go to work, but for Pei Qian, every weekend starting from today will have very heavy tasks!
While eating Moyu takeout, he checked the reservation status on his otto e1 mobile phone.
Sure enough, the number of reservations so far has not reached 5,000. This time, the stocking will be able to hold down at least 4,000 units, which is almost the same as Pei Qian's estimate.
On the Internet, this number also caused ridicule from many people.
Because when the otto e1 mobile phone was first released, it was very lively. The video of the press conference was on the digital list of the Ellie Island website, and Chang You's line also attracted people to imitate it.
On the day of the press conference, 1,000 units were sold out instantly, creating the illusion of high popularity.
In the past, many people questioned that this was hunger marketing. Now that reservations are open for deposit payment, the number of reservations is only less than 5,000 units, which is an order of magnitude different from other big-name mobile phone manufacturers who often reserve tens of thousands of units.
As a result, everyone's spray points changed very naturally.
"This is a bad move by Otto Technology. They should continue to engage in hunger marketing. In this way, they can sell the phone bit by bit and the popularity of the phone can be maintained. Now that it is good and open to selling, everyone knows how much this phone has.
It’s a lot, there are only 5,000 people making reservations in total, isn’t it embarrassing?”
"Even if it's a little fake? There's no shame in adding one more person to the number of pre-orders!"
"Haha, I think Mr. Chang must have exaggerated. All the previous 3,000 mobile phones were sold out, which gave him the illusion that this mobile phone was very popular, so he made a reservation and the secret was revealed instantly!"
“When it’s out of stock, you say hunger marketing, and when it’s out of stock, you say this phone isn’t popular enough. The trolls will always be invincible…”
"Haha, that's the truth. Don't ask for more. If this phone can sell a total of 30,000 units, then I will reluctantly admit that it is popular. The key is, can it be done? Now a total of 3,000 units have been sold, and there are still 5,000 pre-orders.
, this has reached its peak! Facts have proved that relying on marketing and IQ tax will not make you far at all!”
After reading these comments, Pei Qian felt much better and even ate a few more mouthfuls of food.
Especially the last one, it was righteous and resounding, completely asserting that the Otto mobile phone was useless, which made Pei Qian feel comfortable.
The only pity is that this guy probably doesn't know the market very well. In fact, just selling 3,000 units has already made Mr. Pei 12 million. Even if the profits are returned to other departments, he still makes more than 100.
Ten thousand.
If 30,000 units were sold, wouldn't it cost Mr. Pei his life?
Then, Pei Qian took another look at the player reviews of "be quiet".
So far, players are still debating the purchase threshold of this game. There are only a handful of topics about the game itself.
Although the sales of the game are also increasing, so far, less than 10,000 copies have been sold in total.
Compared to the previous games, it’s a hell of a start!
Pei Qian was very happy. The process he carefully designed to persuade people to quit was obviously effective, and the effect was significant!
Of course, there is no shortage of scolding.
This is also the point where players on the Internet have the most disputes.
When "be quiet" was first released, players found that they could not purchase it and had to decrypt the arg first. Many players were already so angry that they even forgot about the game;
After a whole week of solving the arg puzzle was finally solved, many people happily wanted to buy it, only to find that there were prerequisites!
Moreover, this prerequisite even takes nearly an hour to complete, and a scary mini-game needs to be completed. Even some people who do not have a camera at home have to get one...
Although "Lonely Desert Highway" and "Game Maker" are already free, for many people who have never played these two games, they don't want to download or play them at all.
In short, these few steps of prerequisites have dissuaded a large number of players and caused great controversy, which continues to this day.
Some players said that Tengda had let himself go and made a meaningless publicity, which actually affected the sales of the game and waited for the game to die suddenly;
Some players also say that the game uses this method to filter out players and prevent impatient novice players from entering the game. This can purify the game environment and improve the game experience. It is part of the game marketing strategy, and currently
It looks like it was very successful.
Pei Qian watched these debates with great interest.
Pei Qian wants to tell everyone that actually what you said is right!
I do want the game to die violently, and I do want to screen players. You are saying the same thing!
In addition to the two types of people who are arguing fiercely, there are also some posts that make Pei Qian lament the greatness of the wisdom of the people.
A player named "supergeneral" posted a detailed guide to passing the prerequisites, including how long to drive in "Lonely Desert Highway" and how to choose each time in "Game Maker".
How to go to the tpdb website and so on.
The most outrageous thing is that the poster also figured out the ultimate way to skip the final test: find a piece of paper, dig a hole in it and cover it on the screen, so that your eyes only have to stare at the thing behind the hole.
A small screen is enough, and it will not be affected by ghosts around the screen at all.
The ultimate test that originally required more than half an hour of trying and strong willpower to succeed, after using this method of skipping classes, many people were able to pass it in one try...
For this post, Pei Qian only capitalizes on two words, "I admire you!"
Of course, there is a way to fix this loophole, and that is to continue to adjust the gameplay of the game so that the player's eyes must scan all corners of the screen throughout the process, instead of just staring at one place.
However, considering that the current sales of the game are not very good, it is obvious that the current challenge has a strong dissuading effect, so Pei Qian turned a blind eye to it.
After all, those who can really reach this final step are already a small number of players.
Finally, Pei Qian opened the Gouyan app to check the box office performance of "Flying Star Journey" on the first day.
It has just reached noon, and the box office of "Flying Star Journey" has already exceeded 11 million, and the box office on the first day should be around 24 million.
Pei Qian couldn't help but frown slightly. He didn't seem to be as awesome as he thought?
But then I thought about it, today is the first day of the release, and there will be a wave of movie watching tomorrow and Sunday. Isn’t it easy to get 60 million in two days?
Famous director + famous actor + big investment + big scene, no matter how you look at it, it’s impossible to make a splash, and if you don’t easily make 600-700 million in box office, how dare you say hello to others?
Pei Qian still remembers that the box office of "Better Tomorrow" on the first day was less than 8 million in half a day, but around 17 million on the first day. The estimated box office of Gouyan App has reached 210 million.
After that, the figures for "Better Tomorrow" continued to rise, and now Gouyan App's estimated box office has reached 230 million.
Pei Qian quickly clicked on the estimated box office of "Journey to the Flying Stars".
“320 million soft girl coins???”
"Such a good movie has such a small box office estimate? I don't believe it!"
Pei Qian almost thought that this number was missing a 0.
But then I thought about it, the box office estimate of Gouyan app is just an estimate and not necessarily accurate, especially if it is only based on the box office estimate for half a day, it is even more inaccurate.
Didn’t you overestimate it after watching “A Better Tomorrow”?
"Flying Star Journey" Come on, I'm optimistic about you!
Tomorrow, we must slap Gouyan app in the face with high box office, so that it will know what it means to see people with dog’s eyes, oh no, the movie with dog’s eyes is low!
Pei Qian looked at tomorrow's film schedule again. The film schedule of "Flying Star Journey" has increased from 31.4% to 32.3%. Although the increase is not much, it will still have a good suppression effect on "Better Tomorrow".
Because "Better Tomorrow" has been released for 19 days and will be released in about ten days.
Moreover, it is not just the film "Journey to the Stars" that is putting pressure on the filming schedule of "Better Tomorrow". There are other films that are being released during this period.
The box office of "A Better Tomorrow" has now fallen to third place. The first two are "A Better Tomorrow" and "The Chaser". The latter is also a new movie that was just released two days ago, although the total box office will definitely not surpass "A Better Tomorrow".
"Tomorrow", but it is a new movie after all, with a high film schedule, the single-day box office can still beat "A Better Tomorrow".
The current daily box office of the three movies is in the 20 million, 8 million and 4 million levels respectively.
But under the constant pressure of the previous two movies, "Better Tomorrow" seems to be the hero's twilight.
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ps. What’s interesting about this chapter is that when I write it in the book, my name will be mentioned. This is called “naming and praising”. Everyone is welcome to continue to leave messages.