Chapter 144 Box office and word of mouth double explosion!
"Kacha!"
"ah!"
"Hahahahahaha!!!!!!"
There was a click, and with the force of being pressed by the boulder, Deng Chao directly broke the bones of his right arm.
The bones were not broken, and it was impossible to cut off the arm with that parallel-imported folding knife.
"Fuck!"
"Fuck you!"
"My hand hurts, let me wipe it!"
"Awesome!"
"Hardcore hand-off!"
"You can actually laugh!"
...
This "click" was even more exciting than when Deng Chao stabbed himself with a knife just now. After all, he watched the man break his own bones with his own eyes.
Someone subconsciously touched his right hand and squeezed it, feeling that it was still on him.
In the crowd, Guo Fan listened to these exclamations and nodded secretly with satisfaction.
Of course, when I screen my first movie, I want to see the audience's reaction.
There was no reaction from the audience at the beginning of the movie, but Guo Fan was already thinking about it.
But now, it can make most of the audience scream in the cinema, which at least proves that half of the success is achieved.
hey-hey.
Guo Fan couldn't help but laugh in a low voice.
An audience member next to him looked surprised when he saw someone laughing in such a situation.
He asked in a low voice, "Brother, is it so funny?"
Guo Fan immediately said seriously, "No, I just like to watch the protagonist being tortured when watching movies."
"Your hobby is a bit special. When people watch movies, they will take on the role of the protagonist. You just like to watch the protagonist being tortured. It can't be...'
Halfway through the words, the audience next to him immediately seemed to remember something, fell silent, and moved slightly to the side.
Guo Fan seemed unaware. At this time, he saw that his movie could arouse the emotions of the audience and couldn't help but spoil it.
Seeing that the person next to me was sitting a little far away, I leaned towards him.
"I don't think this is too bad, and there should be even worse things to come."
hiss......
Isn't it miserable enough to break your own bones?
Abnormal!
I heard that many people who like to watch thrilling, suspenseful and horror movies have some special hobbies, and the same is true for the perverted killers in the movies.
Thinking of this, he immediately moved to the side without leaving any trace, and accidentally touched the arm of the female audience member on the other side, and was stared back by her boyfriend.
However, the next plot left them no time to think about anything else.
After breaking his own bones, Deng Chao used the folding knife used to dig out parallel imports to cut his arms bit by bit.
It may not be suitable for cutting. The parallel imports from Dabao are too rubbish. I just use the knife as a saw.
"Don't pass out."
He whispered to himself.
"hiss!"
"Uhhh!!!"
Little by little, it didn't take long for the upper layer of flesh on the arm to be cut open, reaching the key tendon.
There was silence in the screening hall, except for the sound of breathing heavily. Everyone stared at the big screen with unbearable expressions.
The knife has already touched the tendon, but the pain is getting worse and worse, and there is also the fear that the hand will be broken.
Every time I touch a tendon, it's like playing a string, touching my brain, and I feel like I can feel the heartbreaking pain inside!
Finally, I made up my mind and struck the knife hard with my left hand.
The tendon is broken!
"ah!!!"
With a scream, he immediately lost his voice.
Deng Chao's body suddenly leaned back and he leaned against the mountain wall weakly. His pupils were enlarged, his face was dull, his mouth was wide open, and drool kept flowing out of the corners of his mouth.
"What the hell!"
"Nima!"
"That's stupid!"
The audience, who had been tense all this time, couldn't bear it anymore. They blurted out swear words and no longer cared about the public place of the screening room.
Some viewers couldn't bear to turn their heads away or close their eyes slightly.
However, even at this point, I still couldn't help but secretly watch the big screen.
Afraid? Or looking forward to it?
The faces of his girlfriend, parents, and friends appeared in front of Deng Chao's eyes again.
After a brief period of confusion, he immediately started moving again.
The left hand continued to cut the remaining flesh, but this section was deleted by photoelectric. It was too bloody, leaving only the continuous cutting action of the left hand holding the knife, and the continuous splattering of flesh and blood on the right hand.
Finally, there is only the last part left.
Under the severe pain, Deng Chao used his body's inertia to pull his right hand back suddenly.
A small sound sounded, which was the sound of the arms being completely separated.
Deng Chaoniang choked and took two steps back, staring blankly ahead with a look of disbelief on his face.
The remaining half of my right arm is still stuck there by the boulder and mountain wall.
"Wori!"
"It's really cool, awesome!"
"I gritted my teeth and watched it!"
"Cutting your hands is not much better than giving birth to a child, isn't it?"
“How do you climb out with one hand?
"This is not a suspense movie, it is completely a horror movie!"
"My scalp is numb!"
...
Deng Chao lowered his head to look at the broken arm in his hand, packed up his things, and took a photo with his camera.
He raised his head, faced the blue sky, and said softly, "Thank you."
With only one hand left, Deng Chao struggled to climb up from the crack in the mountain, exhausting all his strength.
He lay weakly on the ground, his face pressed against the ground, and laughed so brightly.
He drank a few sips of water in a turbid pool, then covered his broken arm and stumbled forward in the scorching sun.
The exciting music sounds like it can bring great encouragement to people.
At this scene, the audience couldn't help but get excited.
come on!
Move forward!
go home!
A family of three hiking appeared in front of them. Seeing Deng Chao's situation, they trotted over.
Finally seeing someone, the sunlight in front of him became extremely dazzling. Deng Chao also closed his eyes weakly and introduced himself.
"My name is... I was pinned down by a stone last Saturday. I haven't eaten or drank for five days. I cut off my arm this morning. Can you give me some water?"
You can still stay awake at this time.
The family of three looked at him in disbelief and handed him the kettle.
Then he helped him leave here.
"You should take a break."
"No, I have to keep walking. If any of you can run, run to the front."
The mother and child ran forward, and the father supported Deng Chao and continued to move forward.
Another adventurer came in front. He looked at him with the same bewilderment and gave him his water.
The helicopter came, kicking up so much dust that it was hard to open your eyes.
Deng Chao was rescued.
After the end of the film, the scenes from the beginning of the film are played again.
The camera turned and Deng Chao was sitting on the sofa with his girlfriend three years later. They were married and had a child.
The camera kept flashing to every place he went, except that his right hand had become a prosthetic limb.
He still likes adventure, but every time he goes out, he tells his family where he is and also takes his mobile phone with him.
At this point, the movie screening ends!
"Bah!!!!"
“That’s awesome!”
"This is a real man!"
"He is a cruel person!"
"It hurts like hell if I cut my skin off. I can't stand this fucking sawing!"
"It's money well spent. Now that the air conditioner is on, I'm still sweating!"
.....
It was a screening, not a premiere, and there was no interaction between the director, the actors, and the audience. The audience actually applauded spontaneously.
This applause is for the ruthless man in the movie who cut off his arm!
Even if it’s a movie, anyone who watches it will be impressed.
"Let's go, it's almost nine o'clock, let's go back."
Li Qian and Tong Liya also left. Qi Yukun, Guo Fan, Su Lun, and Deng Chao were also in the cinema, pretending to be ordinary audiences. After all, this was the only screening in Beijing today.
But they were all sitting separately, and neither of them noticed the others.
After coming out of the screening room, the other audience members who left the theater were still full of excitement, and some friends were still chatting about the plot.
Tong Liya came out of the cinema with Li Qian on her arm. Along the way, she couldn't help but keep talking about the scene of sawing hands in the movie.
"Li Qian, Brother Fan said you came up with this story. How did you come up with this story? And the extreme method of cutting off your hands is so scary."
As I said that, I couldn't help but think of the scene just now. I just watched it and it's still fresh in my mind.
When I think of it, I can't help but shudder.
"What else can I think about? Just think about it with your brain. At that time, I was planning to make a movie about the Internet. I wanted to make it more exciting, so I thought of sawing hands. However, Guo Fan still deleted some bloody scenes when it was released in theaters."
"It's so scary. I've seen some Hollywood bloody horror movies, but they're not that scary."
Li Qian laughed and said, "That's different. Those bloody horror movies in Hollywood are even a bit disgusting, but this one is about cutting off one's own hand in a desperate situation. That's really scary."
...
"127 Hours" held 50 screenings in 50 cities across the country on Friday the 18th. The average attendance per screening was not many. After all, it is a suspense movie and a niche film. Moreover, it is not directed by Li Qian himself, but only has the title of producer.
Just the head.
There are an average of 55 people per game, and during prime time on Friday night, the attendance rate is less than 40%.
This number is very low, but for a movie with a production cost of less than 1 million, it is already high.
Attendance was low, but Saturday screenings were still going on as usual.
In order to get a prime time screening in a good location, the screening box office gave 10 extra points to the cinema. Anyway, the number of screenings was not many, and the one-day screening on Friday only cost more than 80,000 yuan.
However, on Saturday, people who attended the screening mentioned the movie online.
The average number of visitors on Saturday also increased, and on Sunday the average number of visitors reached 70.
The new four-day week does not include screenings. After all, it is a niche film. The audience on weekdays has dropped sharply, which has affected the attendance rate of screenings. The film will continue to be screened on three days on Friday, Saturday, and weekends.
By the second weekend, due to word-of-mouth spread, the average number of visitors per game had reached 98!
The screenings are all in well-located halls, with an average of about 1,670 seats per hall, and the occupancy rate reaches 60%.
Although it is not high, it has made great progress.
After six days of screening, it has already grossed nearly 350,000 yuan at the box office.
Compared with the production cost of less than one million, it is already considerable.
However, the biggest gain is that the movie's reputation has begun to spread. There are about 110,000 viewers who have watched the movie, and many of them have spontaneously promoted the movie.
"I highly recommend "127 Hours". It is by far the best suspense film of the year. The sawing hand scene scared me half to death and I almost didn't dare to watch it!"
"Same recommendation. I also watched the movie. The part about sawing the hand is really awesome. It's okay to cut off an arm with a strong swing of a machete or an ax. Maybe I can do it if I'm in a hurry. The key is to break it.
Bones, then use a knife to cut them bit by bit, this is so scary, so awesome!"
"What I saw the day before yesterday really shocked me. I felt immersed in the whole process, every struggle, every time I cut the stone, every time I drank water, every time I shouted, every time I drank urine, that kind of senselessness
The help, suffocation, and despair are all deeply engraved in my heart!"
"I always thought that the two women at the beginning were going to save the male protagonist, but I didn't expect them to be just a soy sauce character. In the end, I cut off his hand with a knife. How cruel!"
"What movie are you talking about, Sawhand?"
""127 Hours" was produced by Li Qian and starred by Deng Chao. Deng Chao's acting was so amazing that I was scared to watch it."
"Didn't it say it was released on the 31st? I was going to watch it. I watched "Jaws: The Revenge" on the 30th and this one on the 31st. Why did it come out?"
"It's a limited screening. There were limited screenings in some places last weekend and the weekend before last. Our cinema in the city center only showed one screening a week."
"Tell me, what is this movie about? What about sawing hands?"
"Let me tell you, I can't help but spoil it for a long time. It's about Deng Chao's outdoor adventure, his hand was pressed by a stone, and he was trapped in a mountain crevice for 127 hours. It's the same as the title of the film, and then he finally used a folding knife to cut off a
Little by little, I cut off my own hand."
"I'm going, really? That's too cruel!"
"Wonima! So that's what the title of the film means."
"I didn't want to watch it at first, but now after reading what you said, I want to watch it again."
"It's definitely worth watching. This movie is also a great warning. Looking at our current lives, we will also encounter rocks that hinder us, but they shouldn't be as big as him. Most of us have intact limbs and sound bodies. We have to put them aside
You can only use your full strength when we are forced to a dead end. Live hard and work hard from now on. Don't wait until there is no way out before you work hard!"
...
After six days of screenings for "127 Hours", its reputation has exploded.
Although it was an explosion on a small scale, that was only because the movie was too niche. Among fans of certain suspense and horror films, its reputation was completely shattered.
After these few days, the film market has also changed.
"Red Cliff" exceeded 200 million in the eleventh day after its release, and the box office in the second week was extremely close to 100 million.
However, in the third week, which was the week that just passed, because the reputation was not very good, there were only 48 million in a single week, a drop of more than 50%.
We must know that last year's Chinese-language film box office champion "Assembly" saw a drop of less than 40% in its third week.
But there is no problem breaking through 300 million, but the last 50 million is missing.
"Red Cliff" has also been released for more than half a month. With the promotion of "Jaws" and the popularity of "127 Hours", these two movies have slowly gained a certain amount of attention and will not be ignored.
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At 6 pm on the 29th, "Jaws" once again held its premiere ceremony at UME Huaxing Cinemas.
Li Qian has also been busy in the studio for the past half month and has finished color grading and soundtrack. What is left is the final dubbing and post-production rendering.
You still have to attend the premiere ceremony, after all, it is a movie you invested in.
"Director Li, congratulations. The movie "127 Hours" has a very good reputation and is doing well at the box office."
Wang Changtian is in such a good mood recently. Apart from "Red Cliff", there are no other movies in the summer schedule. Now that "Red Cliff" has been released for 20 days and is in the late stage, the next mainland movie market will be "Jaws: The Revenge"
And "127 Hours".
As the issuer, Guangxian dominated the entire market in August!
"After all, "127 Hours" is a suspense movie, and it doesn't have the touching family support like "Frequency of Life and Death". The audience range is too small, and the box office will not be too high."
Li Qian is not so optimistic. The film "127 Hours" has a good reputation among audiences, but there are still a small number of viewers who like to watch this type of movie, and an even smaller minority are willing to spend money.
Even a bad movie like "The City of Gold" can still reap a large box office despite being criticized. This is the power of a blockbuster. Even if the reputation is not good, some audiences will buy it.
It is not easy to get the audience to spend money to buy tickets. For ordinary dramas, suspense films, and action films, there are only a few viewers who are willing to spend money. If there are no big scenes, famous directors, or superstars, they think it is not worth it, and they are willing to wait for a while to watch pirated films.
Wang Changtian didn't care and laughed, "No matter how much it sells at the box office, "127 Hours" will always be a hit. Director Li has a good vision and picked a good director."
"There are many capable people, some are just short of a chance." Li Qian smiled.
After chatting for a while, the premiere ceremony began.
Li Qian just went on stage and said a few words casually, and then handed the stage to Qi Yukun.
It was the first time to attend a premiere ceremony, and as a director and the absolute protagonist, Qi Yukun was inevitably a little nervous.
However, the two hosts on stage, Xie Tan and Liu Yan, are also the best among the younger generation of entertainment hosts, and they still have some stage control skills.
Then the movie started showing.
"Jaws: The Revenge" follows the same routine as the first one, with the village chief and resort owner not believing, or unwilling to believe, that there are sharks, and threatening the protagonist in various ways.
In the end, it finally led to a catastrophe. After several people died and several others were injured, they finally became afraid. The heroic protagonist fought alone to rescue the children trapped in the sea by sharks. After several battles, the protagonist used
High-voltage power lines cooked the great white shark, saving people and trapped children on the island.
The most important point is to use the atmosphere to highlight the horror of great white sharks. It mainly describes the various behaviors of people when facing great white sharks to add to the terrifying atmosphere when great white sharks attack.
A rich kid exploring the ocean floor, two women water skiing, a young couple making out in the sea, and finally the children being attacked by a great white shark.
The attack of the Great White Shark escalates step by step and expands bit by bit, from attacking people to attacking boats, allowing the audience before the movie to deeply feel the terrifying attack power of the Great White Shark. At the same time, people are helpless when faced with the attack of the Great White Shark.
It also shows how small and helpless humans are compared to this terrifying piranha.
I don’t know what the director thought in the second part of the original version. The number of appearances and full-body appearances of Jaws are much more than in the first part. The essence of the invisible fear in the first part is completely missing.
In Qi Yukun's script and storyboards, Li Qian still made some edits for him. The core essence of this movie is the great white shark that is always hidden in the sea.
Except for the final attack on the children's boat, just like the first film, the audience is not allowed to see the entire body of the shark at any time.
Moreover, in the second part of the original version, there were many scenes of sharks killing people. In fact, it was not necessary. They had to escape immediately after a successful attack to deepen the fear.
What is invisible is what scares the most, not sharks constantly attacking people.
The overall structure and rhythm are basically the same as the first part. The only difference may be that it lacks the freshness of the first part, which is inevitable.
The 90-minute movie slowly ended with the audience screaming in surprise.
In the end, the protagonist kills the shark and becomes a hero again.
However, some viewers are still a bit unsatisfied.
"This male protagonist killed the Shark couple and their family. It's so pitiful!"
"The revenge I promised you, but I haven't even gotten it yet, and I've risked my life again."
"They are all being executed. I wonder if they have parents or children!"
"Why not arrange for the shark to take revenge in the end? It would be a masterpiece!"
"I thought the Great White Shark would succeed in getting its revenge. I was looking forward to it in vain."
...
While the audience was whispering, a sudden change occurred on the big screen.
After killing the second great white shark, everything returned to a peaceful atmosphere. It seemed that the movie was about to end, and the male protagonist Li Guangjie was preparing to take a boat to go fishing.
Suddenly, as soon as the boat left the shore, it was suddenly overturned by something.
Li Guangjie screamed and immediately fell into the water.
The water surface churned for a while, and soon Li Guangjie's body sank.
The sea surface quickly turned red.
Then the big screen went dark and the movie ended.
?????
????
what's the situation?
The audience was stunned by this sudden scene.
Immediately afterwards, I remembered the rising and falling sounds in the huge screening room, without caring about this public place at all.
"What the hell did I see?"
"The hero is dead?"
"I was right, the shark's revenge was successful!"
"Fuck you, the director really dared to film and killed the leading actor!"
"That's awesome, there's a third shark!"
"It's not necessarily a shark, it could be something else."
"Don't even think about it, what else could it be if it wasn't a shark?"
"I thought it was over, it scared me!"
"The most awesome monster movie in history, the male lead was actually killed!"
"It's wonderful. The last shot alone is much more exciting than the previous one!"
"I have long disliked this protagonist, who has killed so many people!"
...
The audience was extremely excited. In the end, the third shark appeared out of nowhere and killed the male protagonist. It seemed to be even more exciting and exciting than the male protagonist killing the second shark.
"I am the leading actor!"
Looking at this scene, Li Guangjie looked aggrieved and kept shouting in his heart.
But the audience couldn't hear what he was thinking, and no one cared about the dead actor, so the discussion never stopped.
This last shot made the premiere ceremony complete. Qi Yukun then went on stage to interact with the audience and answered some questions from the audience and reporters. Each one of them was more excited than the last.
However, Qi Yukun understood the essence of Li Qian's handling of the media. He was very considerate and didn't say anything he didn't say. If you ask me, he just wanted to thank the media and the audience.
After the premiere ceremony, at 12:20 p.m., Li Qian received the zero-point box office from Guangxian.
1.3 million for the zero-point screening, which is 400,000 higher than the 900,000 for the screened "Frequency of Life and Death".
"Frequency of Life and Death" originally had 500 shows scheduled at Zero Point, and "Jaws: Revenge" also had the same number.
However, late at night is more suitable for watching horror movies. "Jaws: The Revenge" has the basic popularity of the first movie, and also has Li Qian as the producer. Its overall popularity is higher than that of "Frequency of Life and Death" after the movie.
After all, it has already succeeded, so this is the real box office appeal.
No matter how good a newcomer's screening is, it is still far inferior to other films that have already guaranteed box office results.
1.3 million zero-point screening is already considered a big hit for a movie with a production cost of 8 million. It can be predicted that the box office on the first day will definitely be a very objective number, and the initial film schedule and copy distribution of "Jaws: The Revenge" can be
It's not comparable to "Frequency of Life and Death" at the beginning.
"Jaws: The Revenge" is a box office hit, "127 Hours" has exploded in word-of-mouth, and the success of both movies is just around the corner.
PS: (This is a big chapter of 6,000 words. I won’t write about the plot of “Jaws 2”. It’s the same routine as the first one. This film has a different director. If you’re not too busy, I don’t recommend watching it. It’s incomparable to the first one.
, without the core essence, "127 Hours" Ai Qiyi had the plot of sawing hands, and Tengxun deleted it. I don't know about other channels. If you are interested, you can check it out.)