The Spring Festival has always been the most important period in the domestic film market. Every year, one or two popular movies will be released during the Spring Festival.
Especially since "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" in 2013, and for three consecutive years, the box office of the number one movie during the Spring Festival has almost always been around 1 billion.
This seems to have made the Spring Festival the most important period after the summer vacation, which is a month to protect domestic films.
So this year is no exception.
The Spring Festival movie has touched everyone's hearts even before it was released.
In particular, Xingye returned to the Spring Festival with his debut work "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", which has gained good reputation and box office, and brought his new work "Mermaid" to the Spring Festival. Su Yang also came with his debut work "The Wandering Planet", and the competition between the two became
The biggest attraction.
During the early pre-sales, the final pre-sale box office of the two movies was almost the same, with "Wandering Planet" having a slight advantage. But this was because "Wandering Planet" had slightly more films scheduled for the next day.
So... what determines the success or failure of two movies is the quality of the movie.
As long as the quality of a movie is worse than advertised, it is likely to collapse at the box office, and then another movie will be able to eat a lot of money.
Judging from all factors: such as director experience, actor status, appeal, professionalism of the production team, and investment amount, the possibility of collapse of "Wandering Planet" is much higher than that of "Mermaid".
Therefore, the quality of "Wandering Planet" has become something that everyone is curious about.
New Year's Day, 0 o'clock.
While many families are still having New Year's Eve dinner, many trendy young people have already started their New Year's Eve carnival. They invite their friends to have New Year's Eve dinner together, watch the Spring Festival Gala together, and go out to watch the Spring Festival movies together all night long.
Movie.
I don’t know when this started to become a “fashion” for some young people living in their hometowns.
Therefore, even though it was a festival for family reunions, these young people still drove or took taxis to various movie theaters to watch movies.
Because there are only five new movies in the Spring Festival, their selection is relatively narrow, and because "The Wandering Planet" and "Mermaid" are more publicized and have more hot discussions online, they gave priority to these two movies.
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When the movie opened, many young couples and friends walked into the screening room and started watching these two movies.
But when the two movies started, the situation in several screening rooms was different.
The audience watching "Mermaid" was full of laughter, occasionally mixed with some embarrassing silences, but not many. Overall, this movie is a good comedy, retaining the comedy style of the actor and director Xing Ye,
Therefore, the quality is very high, especially during the Spring Festival, a happy holiday, people can't help but like it.
On the other side, the scene of "Wandering Planet" was much calmer. Almost every hall where "Wandering Planet" was played was completely silent, without any feedback.
This made some cinema staff begin to doubt the quality of "The Wandering Planet": Is it because it doesn't look good, so the audience doesn't buy it? Why is there no sound at all?
Some people invited by film and television companies to investigate also discovered this situation, so they couldn't help but have some doubts about the quality of "The Wandering Planet".
In particular, the investigators invited by the Spring Festival movies are very happy to hear this: the Spring Festival movie is so big, once the quality of "The Wandering Planet" is not satisfactory, the audience who were originally attracted to watch the movie will probably choose
Other movies.
In this way, the box office of other movies is likely to be higher than originally expected!
Just when people outside the cinema had different thoughts, an hour and a half flew by very quickly.
At 1:30, the audience of "The Mermaid" left first. They were all laughing and chatting with joy. They felt that the movie was pretty good.
When some investigators from major theaters saw this, they quickly followed up, using small gifts as "temptations" to ask them a few questions.
Most of the audiences surveyed had positive comments about "Mermaid".
"I think "Mermaid" is very good. It's quite funny."
"Yes. I feel good too. Although it is a little awkward occasionally, the flaws do not hide the good points. It is very interesting."
"I came here for Mr. Xing. I really like this movie."
In general, most of the reviews are positive. Out of 10 people, maybe only one feels that the movie is not good and it is a bit too illogical.
This is already a very exaggerated result. This shows that "Mermaid" is definitely an excellent movie!
Therefore, after receiving this kind of feedback, the producers and producers of "Mermaid" are relieved. They know that their movie will definitely be a hit! It seems that the king of the Spring Festival movie will belong to them!
At the same time, until 2 o'clock, the screening room of "The Wandering Planet" ended.
Compared with "Mermaid", the hall of "Wandering Planet" was quiet for two full hours, but now it ended with an astonishing momentum.
applause!
Endless applause!
This applause made some audiences waiting outside the cinema and those walking out look sideways, wondering what was going on.
There is actually an audience applauding a movie?
Is it because the celebrities are here?
People in the movie theater are also curious. Because major movie theaters across the country have just finished showing the first show of "The Wandering Planet", they have never encountered this kind of situation and don't know what happened inside.
Is this only true in their cinemas?
Is there something wrong with that screening room?
But what the employees of these cinemas don't know is that this kind of applause happens in many cinemas on many occasions.
And these movie theaters, these shows, all play the same movie: "The Wandering Planet"!
After a moment... the door of the screening room opened, and many viewers came out crying and laughing, leaving the theater staff outside and the curious audience a little stunned.
They don't know what's going on inside.
Was there any plot that moved them?
Or...did that guy Su Yang write in big words at the end of the movie "Those who don't applaud will never find a partner in this life"?
That’s too vicious!
At this time, the investigators who were guarding outside the theater quickly stepped forward and asked what exactly happened.
As a result, they all got the same answer,
"This is the best domestic science fiction film I have ever seen! I really didn't expect that our country could produce such a film! It's really good!"
This kind of answer and this kind of evaluation are simply surprising.
A rival investigator tried to ask, "Then why are you crying? Is "The Wandering Planet" a tragic movie?"
The thinking of these investigators is also very simple: if it is a tragic movie, even if it is of high quality, it will still easily encounter waterloo during a happy time like the Spring Festival.
After all, everyone watches movies, especially on holidays, to have fun, not to watch a tragedy.
But he got a completely opposite answer:
"Why are you crying? Because we are so proud and moved! We have never felt so proud at this moment! Our motherland and our nation are so great! We are the most awesome people in the world!"
Judging from the answers of these audiences, all the investigators saw one thing: these audiences were really moved by this movie! Their tears were really because they were proud and moved!
so...
All the investigators couldn't help but come to a shocking conclusion: "Wandering Planet" is not going to explode, right?
No way?
Is "The Wandering Planet" really going to surpass Xingye's "Mermaid"?
You must know that according to the momentum of pre-sales, the box office of "Mermaid" is expected to be upwards of 2.3 billion in the entertainment and film and television circles. In other words, it is very likely to top the domestic film box office throne!
It is even possible to compete for the top spot in the total box office!
Become a real hero in the film and television industry!
You know, as a major country in the world, the mainland's movie box office records have always been set by foreign movies. In the past 20 years, domestic movies have not reached the top spot once! This is simply a slap in the face of the entire film and television industry!
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a new generation of directors like Jia Zi and Guo Fan who want to revitalize domestic films!
Not for anything else. Just because it’s too shameful!
And if "The Wandering Planet" can really surpass "Mermaid", then the box office should be at least 3 billion, right?
Could it be...that it is going to become the first movie in history with a box office of 3 billion?
Do you really want to become the number one box office grosser in film history?
How can this achievement be achieved by just relying on a movie with no stars and even the leading actor is a part-time actor?
For a moment, everyone in the entertainment and film and television circles who knew the news was a little dumbfounded...
No way...
No way...!
The most interesting thing about reality is that what you least expect to happen is destined to happen...
As the screenings of "The Wandering Planet" ended one after another, the reputation of "The Wandering Planet" began to explode. The people who can go to the movies at this time are all night owls and young people who are active on the Internet.
After watching the movie, they couldn't sleep anymore. They left messages on Weibo, Moments, Douban and other major online platforms, strongly recommending "The Wandering Earth".
I say that this movie has a good idea, good plot, and good special effects. It is simply the best domestic movie!
And... the film is also full of sincerity, every frame is a big production, you must watch the 3D version, the effect is explosive! If you don't watch it, you will regret it for the rest of your life!
In addition to these "Wandering Planet" taps, some senior viewers who watched the two movies even talked about the differences between the two movies.
They said that the production cost of "Wandering Planet" was actually about the same as that of "Mermaid". When they first watched "Mermaid", they actually thought it was very funny, and they felt that their movie tickets and the 400 million production cost were quite worth it.
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But when I watched "The Wandering Planet" for the second time, I realized... Oh my god, how can such a good movie be made with all the money spent on hiring celebrities for special effects?!
This is a real movie! This is a big, expensive production!
Some viewers who watched "The Wandering Planet" first and then "The Mermaid" felt that they couldn't stand it anymore after watching "The Wandering Planet" and then watching "The Mermaid".
It's not that "Mermaid" is bad, it's that "The Wandering Planet" left such a shocking impression that I can't watch other movies at all.
So...many people gave their recommendations for watching movies during the Spring Festival:
If you are limited by money or time and can only watch one movie, then you must watch "The Wandering Planet"! If you miss it, you will regret it for life!
If you can watch two movies, then I recommend watching "The Wandering Planet" first.
Then, play "Wandering Planet" again in the second game...
If you can watch three movies, you can watch three movies or watch "Mermaid" according to your personal preference...
Audiences are not fools, and everyone has a strong point in their heart. For movies like those starring celebrities, everyone can only laugh at most, but when watching special effects blockbusters like "The Wandering Planet", everyone will really feel a sense of money when watching the movie.
Burning feeling!
Every second, every frame of the picture is a pile of red Mao Zedong!
How many movies like this have been made in China?
If we don’t support it anymore, who will make movies like this in the future?
Audiences in this era have learned to vote with their money. They know that only if they support this kind of movie, more and more filmmakers will invest in the production of this kind of movie in the future.
As for... "Mermaid".
Hmm. Definitely next time.
As a result, in less than ten hours, public opinion on the Internet completely detonated. This Spring Festival melee, which was considered to be a battle between dragons and tigers, actually almost decided the winner in the early morning of the first day.
When they woke up, many people in the film and television industry were ready to see which one would have the highest box office, "The Wandering Planet" or "The Mermaid." But before they could check the box office, they were all stunned by the overwhelming tap water of "The Wandering Planet."
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Then, after seeing the survey results, these professionals didn't know that "Wandering Planet" might really dominate the entire Spring Festival!
At this time, they were looking at the box office of several movies: "Mermaid": 120 million, "Wandering Planet": 100 million, "Occasion 3": 40 million, "Journey to the West": 40 million, "Nian Beast (
That cartoon)》120,000...
This is a night plus morning data.
But through this, we can already predict the general box office trend...
"Nian Beast" was eliminated early. "Occasion 3" and "Journey to the West Bones" are obviously movies of the same level, but there is no comparison with the highest level.
And "Mermaid" is still 20 million higher than "The Wandering Planet", but... everyone knows that this advantage will not last long.
Sure enough, in less than a day, just in the afternoon, "Wandering Planet" successfully overtook it.
And at 0 o'clock, the day is over.
"The Wandering Planet" leads the Spring Festival box office with 320 million, and "Mermaid" ranks second with 250 million. "The Wandering Planet" fully surpasses the box office of "Mermaid" with 70 million!
This is the decisive factor brought by quality!
At this moment, everyone knew that "Mermaid" lost...
The quality can't be compared, the reputation can't be compared, and now it can't even compare with the first-day box office (charisma of the actors), so how can it be compared?
Especially since the film schedule of "The Wandering Planet" will be significantly increased tomorrow, "Mermaid" will be even more incomparable!
Sure enough, to everyone's surprise, the box office of "The Wandering Planet" increased significantly on the second day, soaring to 400 million.
On the third day, 450 million...
On the fourth day, 460 million...
The momentum of "The Wandering Planet" is simply rising like a rocket. In just four days, "The Wandering Planet" has exceeded the box office of 1.6 billion!
This momentum simply stunned everyone.
What is the current box office record for domestic movies?