Chapter 414 Breaking the box office record in movie history again!
Huayang Media, the atmosphere in the conference room was eerily quiet.
All middle-level and above management were present. Even Ma Xiaogang, who had planned to go to the road show, attended the meeting.
With a first-day box office of RMB 24 million, at 10:30 just now, the group’s stock price was close to falling to its limit!
Such a major blow is related to the future of the group and everyone, and everyone's face is ugly.
Huang Zhongjun no longer has the energy to lose his temper. If the box office is just a little lower, he will definitely catch the publicity department and scold him bloody.
But, 24 million!
Huang Zhongjun didn't sleep last night. This number directly made him lose his strength.
"Painted Skin 2" broke 70 million on its first day, and "Zodiac" also had more than 50 million. However, "1942", which had the greatest hope, was cut in half, and only received a pitiful 24 million at the box office on its first day!
In the past few years, "Tangshan Earthquake" and "If You Are the One 2" both cost 10 million more than this!
It was a number that made people despair. Huang Zhongjun really couldn't muster the energy to lose his temper.
He slammed the table hard, forcibly increased the volume, and asked everyone, "What is going on and why! Who can tell me!"
Everyone was silent. Ma Xiaogang also sat in his chair and remained silent. He couldn't understand why there were only these figures. No matter how much he lowered his expectations, he could not imagine that the epic blockbuster he had carefully prepared would turn out on the first day.
Only 24 million box office.
Let alone 24 million, even if it were doubled, Ma Xiaogang would be scolded.
After a moment of silence, Director Sun of the distribution department spoke up, "Director Huang, Director Ma, "The Truman Show" received 35 million at the box office yesterday, and "Blood Drops" had a box office of 5.5 million on the first day. It has no impact on "1942".
Not big, and "1942" also got 50% of the film schedule..."
Before he finished speaking, Ma Xiaogang suddenly raised his head when he heard this, stared at Director Sun, and said every word, "You mean, the reason for the movie is that the opponent is not strong and the film schedule is not enough?"
Director Sun was a little frightened by Ma Xiaogang's bloodshot eyes. At the premiere dinner the day before yesterday, everyone was drinking together. Huang Zhonglei won the auction at Christie's in London two months ago for 1.63 million yuan.
A box of 12 bottles of 90-year-old Romanée-Conti.
Although he is the distribution director and one of the group's executives, it is obvious that Ma Xiaogang is much more important to the group.
However, two consecutive movies, "If You Are the One 2" and "1942", hit the market. Director Sun was not frightened. He was a little bolder and just explained, "Director Ma misunderstood. Of course I didn't mean that. According to our
According to surveys and feedback from theaters, many viewers after watching the movie found it extremely depressing, and even disgusting in some places. I think it is because of this. After all, the Lunar New Year festival used to be a time for comedies, and this type of movie
The audience wasn’t used to it.”
After speaking, there was silence in the conference room for a while, and then each department began to report the situation normally.
A major meeting ended in such a hasty manner. Even Huang Zhongjun, including Huang Zhongjun, was shocked by the box office data and lost all hope.
The only one who is not willing to give in is Ma Xiaogang. This is the biggest failure in his career, far worse than "The Banquet" and "If You Are the One 2".
However, he really couldn't find any reason and couldn't think of any good solution.
This is how people are, when there is really no hope, it becomes really boring.
Just like playing football, it doesn't matter if you are behind by one or two goals. Three or four players have a glimmer of hope to catch up.
However, they were beaten 10:0 at the beginning. Even though there were still 80 minutes left, everyone lost interest and didn't even want to play.
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The first-day box office of "1942" shocked the entire film industry and even the entire entertainment industry. Many people could not believe that Ma Xiaogang's new film only had this number on the first day.
But facts are facts. When impossible things become reality, especially bad things, then you will face huge controversy.
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it."
Yu Dong has been shaking his head all morning. Since its establishment, Bernard has been competing with Huayang Media almost all the time.
The main thing, of course, is the competition with Ma Xiaogang. In 2007, the super-large production "Vote" that Bernard participated in was directly defeated by "Assembly Number".
The person who knows a person best is often his enemy. Yu Dong thought that he knew Ma Xiaogang best, but he never expected that he would have such a tragic day.
However, this is the fact and cannot be changed.
"The Truman Show" has cleared the last obstacle. Half a month after its release, the single-day box office is still 10 million higher than the first-day box office of "1942". This also means that Li Qian and Future Pictures will be everyone in the film industry.
The biggest opponent, bar none.
At the same time, Huayang Media has blocked three of its five blockbusters this year. The profits from "Painted Skin 2" and "Twelve Zodiac Signs" may not be able to make up for the losses from "Tai Chi 1, 2" and "1942".
After two consecutive years of silence, and the same result for several movies this year, Huayang Media will definitely experience a huge blow and will probably be unable to recover!
For Dong, it was an opportunity, and he immediately started arranging people to compete for Huayang Media's resources.
When a giant weakens, the connections and resources surrounding it become less solid.
Not only Yu Dong, but Wang Changtian, Song Ge, Li Ming, Zhang Zhao and others had almost the same idea and were ready to beat up the fallen dog in order to strengthen themselves.
However, although Huayang's decline was a foregone conclusion, before their eyes, they could vaguely see that a giant more powerful than Huayang had grown up on the corpse of Huayang Media.
"Why!"
...
"Okay, Mr. Du, you can figure it out."
Li Qian just hung up the phone from Du Yang.
In the film industry, connections, resources, and relationships are all secondary. All factors must be based on the film.
Ning Hao's first movie had nothing and only sold 30 million at the box office. This was due to limitations of connections and resources.
But even without these, the second movie has the foundation of the first one and still exceeded 100 million.
A blockbuster movie will definitely bring the same amount of connections and resources. These things will automatically surround you, allowing an unknown director to instantly be on an equal footing with the boss of a big company who has been working hard for more than ten years.
However, connections, resources, and relationships may not necessarily create a blockbuster movie.
In the film industry, this is a hard fact.
Because this industry depends on the audience's preferences.
"1942" had a box office avalanche. Ma Xiaogang made two movies in a row. "Twelve Zodiac Signs" actually sold more than 600 million at the box office, but that was Cheng Long's movie, and Cheng Long turned to cooperating with Wanda on "Police Story 2013" .
The key project in Huayang H Plan "Tai Chi 1,2" hit the street, Xu Ke and Li Qian collaborated.020
Zhou Xingchi, who collaborated with Huayang on "Kung Fu", handed over his new film to Future Pictures for distribution. "Painted Skin 2" took advantage of the sequel, and the reputation was average. It is estimated that the third part will not be produced for a while.
Huayang Media's huge film production business was instantly hit to the ground by Li Qian!
The connections and resources surrounding Huayang Media were targeted by Du Yang, and he was preparing to launch a large-scale excavation operation!
Li Qian didn't pay too much attention, these things would automatically gather around him sooner or later, as long as his company could continue to produce big-selling movies.
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With the release of "1942", one season of "The Truman Show" is no longer the dominant one online. After all, it has been released for half a month.
Although the box office of "1942" is not high, the box office of 24 million is still a lot in normal times, and Ma Xiaogang's movies are also very controversial.
The film was very well made, and the Douban score is really high, with 810 million in the first opening.
Li Qian was not surprised. This movie is like a watermelon. The green watermelon looks good, but after it is cut open, it is somewhat broken inside and tastes a little watery.
But the melon sellers and some people who eat melons are saying that the watermelon seeds look so authentic.
This can be used to describe many movies, and "1942" is like this. It is a very good movie and sells very well.
But the panoramic narration in the movie tells in a flowing manner how the Kuomintang government is doing, how the people are doing, and how the Japanese are doing.
After a series of stories were told, everyone felt that the victims of the disaster were in great pain, but how painful it was to their bones and organs. They still couldn't empathize with them. They could only find their own tears in the broken limbs and arms or the selling of children and daughters. point.
Christianity, civil government, local government, soldiers, landlords, men, women, fathers, daughters, love, corruption, patriotism, Japanese devils, Time Magazine, Mi Lijian people, world military, war, famine, food.
It talked about a lot of things, and it can be said that it covered everything related to that era. The scene was very grand, but the story was not told well.
Moreover, the characters are extremely empty. Yuan Ni in "Earthquake", Gu Zidi in "Assembly", Sha Gen in "A World Without Thieves", Qin Fen in "If You Are the One", these distinctive characters and characteristics, It doesn't appear at all in "1942".
Even in terms of character creation, it is not as good as "The Night Banquet".
There is also a mentally retarded plot, in which the victims of the disaster in southern Henan were rescued by the Japanese and Japanese people who released food, and then assisted the Japanese and Japanese people to fight against the Chinese army.
Li Qian really doesn't know how mentally retarded Ma Xiaogang must be to film such a mentally retarded plot.
The only explanation is that Wen Qing suffered from illness.
This kind of thing definitely happens, but a movie is a movie, and the audience watching the movie has emotions and subjective opinions, unless it is not for the audience.
Of course, the most important thing is that it is too depressing. It is much more depressing than "The Letter of Contribution" which was also released during the Lunar New Year. It makes the people who abuse it so sad.
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The sluggish box office of "1942" directly caused the theater to cut one-third of its film schedule, leaving only 35% the next day.
After all, if you want to get an extra point of share, you have to start with a box office of 500 million.
Judging from the 24 million sales on the first day, good professional reputation, and average audience reputation, theater owners are not looking forward to the box office at that point.
However, the box office still improved on Friday, with 31 million taken. After all, 35% of the films scheduled were more.
"Blood Drop" took in 7 million at the box office on the second day after its release. Looking at the starring cast of Huang Xiaoming, Ruan Jingtian, and Li Yuchun, you can tell that this movie is a bad movie.
However, although this movie has a bad reputation, there are some aspects that are unexpectedly good.
The 3D effects and sound effects are probably the most outstanding advantages, especially the 3D, which is considered the best among domestic 3D conversions, much better than the 3D conversion of "Painted Skin 2".
However, this cannot hide the fact that it is a bad movie. Ruan Jingtian speaks Baodao Mandarin, and Huang Xiaoming does not deliberately pretend to be cool, but his very fake expressions are the biggest flaws of the movie, and even overshadow the movie.
itself.
The box office championship is still firmly occupied by "The Truman Show", which took in 42 million on Friday.
Over the entire weekend, "1942" grossed a total of 130 million at the box office, and the box office surged to 40 million on Saturday.
After all, it was just released on the weekend and there are no other movies to watch. The box office is not surprising. Ma Xiaogang's name is listed there.
But as a Ma Xiaogang movie, it is definitely a big one.
In the past few days, Ma Xiaogang has also faced the failure of "1942". In front of interviews, he acted like a resentful woman, saying that the audience could not understand "1942". There is no need for such a deep movie now, the audience only needs to be entertained.
movie of.
If this were said by another director, it would still be tenable, but Ma Xiaogang has always been a director who makes films that entertain audiences, and he is proud of it, and uses it to attack directors who make films with depth.
There is reincarnation in the way of heaven.
Li Qian didn't bother to add insult to injury. This time, Huayang Media and Ma Xiaogang were completely beaten, and they could be clean in the future.
Since Friday morning, Huayang Media's stock price has been falling again and again. It was close to the lower limit in the morning. At noon, the stock price slightly opened the lower limit. However, due to heavy selling, it was still firmly nailed to the lower limit at the close.
It dropped to the limit again on Saturday, but it didn't drop to the limit on Sunday, but it was almost there.
Three days later, the market value of Huayang Media increased by 1.7 billion, leaving only 6 billion.
Affected by the box office hit of "The Truman Show", film and television stocks including Guang Xian and Hua Ce all rose.
The market value of 6 billion is only half of what it was at its peak. Huayang Media’s failure to produce five blockbusters this year against Li Qian’s Future Pictures has resulted in the loss of half of its life!
For Li Qian, the goal has been achieved, and there will be no problem for Future Pictures to replace Huayang Media as the largest private film and television company next year.
"The Truman Show" received 290 million in the third week, and the total box office reached 1.48.
The 1.5 billion mark is just around the corner, and the record set by "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is only a week away.
On December 24, due to the time difference, the mailing time for Oscar nomination ballots officially began in Hollywood, and Warner also started a new round of public relations.
Domestically, after "The Truman Show" swept away its last opponent, it seemed as though it was alone and seeking defeat, with no one able to beat it.
In the fourth week, it received 158 million box office in a single week, with a total box office of 1.638 billion!
In the fifth week, which coincides with New Year's Day, it once again received 90 million in a single week, and the total box office exceeded the 1.7 billion mark.
1.728 billion, a new box office record in mainland film history was born!