Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 108 Magical Box Office Data
After the release of "The New Hard Times", the crew's promotion of the movie came to a temporary halt.

Gigi Lai began to devote herself to the promotion activities of "The Demon Cult Leader of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

Her schedule during this period is like hitting the target with both hands, as he is in both "New Hard-to-Finish" and "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

Although she was not the leading actress in either film, she had quite a few roles in both films.

Zhou Ziheng continued his record signing event.

"Fairy Tale" became very popular after its release, especially in mainland China and places with the largest Mandarin record markets such as Taiwan and Singapore. This album was extremely hot.

Zhou Ziheng has a strong appeal in mainland China, so he doesn't need to do large-scale publicity to still have fans who buy into his music.

But Taiwan is different from Singapore.

Zhou Ziheng is considered an outsider in these two places, and he has never been there to participate in any activities.

His fans are eagerly waiting for him. If he wants to maintain his popularity in these places, he must go there to attend events, appear on TV, and increase his exposure.

When Zhou Ziheng left for Singapore to promote his album, the first day box office of "New Hard Times" was also released.

The data is not particularly amazing, but it is not weak either.

2.1 million on the first day.

This data is definitely different from the three million box office on the first day of each of Stephen Chow's movies.

But he is still very good among other movie stars.

Anyway, taking Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok as examples, the first-day box office of the first movie starring these two people was actually about this much.

At the same time, when the first day box office data came out, major film magazines and newspapers in Hong Kong also published reviews of the film.

Film Fortnight gave this film a five-star recommendation.

"Among the many movies in the past two years that travel back in time to the past and the future, this one, 'The New Dirty Dozen', is definitely one of the best.

The movie tells the story of Chu Yuan, played by Zhou Ziheng, who accidentally travels back to the 1950s and 1960s, becomes friends with his father Chu Fan, played by Tony Leung Ka Fai, and a series of stories happen, and eventually the father and son reconcile.

Chen Kexin has a good control over the film and his description of the environment in the 1950s is very appropriate.

More importantly, he perfectly displayed the thoughts of a veteran Hong Konger."

Hong Kong Film also published a film review:
"The film has a tight plot and successfully portrays the conflict between an old-fashioned father and a new-age son.

Tony Leung Ka Fai's words, "I am for everyone, everyone is for me" fully reveal his values.

Wu Xifeng, a special film critic for Min Bao, commented:

“This movie focuses on sentiment and comedy, and it does a great job in both aspects.

The actors' performances were also very good. Tony Leung Ka Fai, as always, handled both the feature film and the drama very well.

Carina Lau gradually got rid of the image of a vase and began to make breakthroughs in her acting skills.

The most surprising one was Zhou Ziheng.

Although this popular Asian singer is acting in a movie for the first time, he has a strong aura, and is like a rough jade that can become a beautiful jade if it is polished well.

I look forward to his wonderful performances in future films."

Where there is good, there is bad.

There has never been a perfect movie in this world.

Everyone has different opinions, so naturally their comments will be different.

Li Shujun, a film critic of the new era, commented:

“The quality of the movie is average, it makes people sleepy, and the whole 90-plus minutes is filled with gossip about family matters.

The director probably wanted to portray the role of the father played by Tony Leung as a selfless and dedicated person.

But the plot was handled very poorly, making this character look like a fool, a fool without any brains at all.

As for Zhou Ziheng, indeed, his performance was undoubtedly outstanding for a new actor.

But he loves to act cool so much that he flirts with the camera whenever he has the chance, making himself look really cool.

In fact, this is not cool, he should correct this way of acting as soon as possible, otherwise, he will become the next Andy Lau who only knows how to act cool. "

To be honest, Li Shujun's comment is actually correct.

In this movie, Zhou Ziheng really acted cool several times.

But isn't that right?
Zhou Ziheng is very clear about where his advantages lie.

To be honest, it would be very difficult for him to gain attention with his acting skills.

Anyway, Zhou Ziheng felt that if he really only relied on his acting skills, he would definitely be reduced to a supporting role in this play.

It is indeed not good to show off, and film critics don’t like it.

Andy Lau has always been criticized for having no acting skills because he loves to show off.

But there is one good thing about being cool.

That means it is easy to attract fans.

It is easier to attract fans.

Zhou Ziheng is very clear that acting skills are indeed king.

But the charm of a handsome guy is something that actors with good acting skills will always lack.

Nowadays, being able to show off is not necessarily a bad thing.

Look at Andy Lau.

So what if film critics scold him for not being able to act?

His films never lack audiences.

The fact that he can become one of the most popular box office figures in Hong Kong by being so cool is proof of that.

On the 13th, the box office data of "The New Hard Times" on the 12th was released.

The results have declined, but not significantly, and are still at 1.7 million.

Three million. Eight hundred thousand in two days, this figure took the top spot on the weekly box office chart in a week when there were no hit movies.

The gimmick of being the champion of the single-week box office chart is still a big one.

There are also many positive reviews from the media.

This meant that even though students had to go to school in the next few days, the box office of "The Hard Times" remained at an average of around 1.4 million per day.

After a week, it actually earned more than 9 million at the box office.

Combined with the 3.8 million in the two days last week, "The New Hard Times" actually earned a box office of 13 million.

It currently ranks first at the Christmas box office.

Yes, that's the first one.

On the 15th, "The Demon Cult Leader of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" did have a huge impact on "New Hard-Eaters".

On that day, the box office of "The New Hard Times" suffered a significant drop after the impact, and only received 900,000 in a single day.

However, "The Demon Cult Leader" collapsed.

The film grossed 3.7 million on its first day of release.

But the word of mouth plummeted, and both critics and audiences could not accept the fact that the characters in this movie were almost completely replaced.

Once the word of mouth collapsed, even Jet Li's strong appeal was of no use. On the second day, the box office of this movie shrank significantly, earning only 2.2 million.

By the third day, the number of data had dropped to only one million.

On the contrary, "New Hard-Eaters" directly swallowed up the market share of "The Demon Cult Leader" after the word-of-mouth collapse of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", and saw a big rise on Saturday and Sunday, with a total box office of 5.6 million in two days.

There is no doubt that after the collapse of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", "New Hard-Eaters" will have a smooth sailing in the next few days, and will not encounter new opponents until the 22nd.

But even if "Money Robbers" attracted most of the audience after its release, it would actually have little impact on "The Young and the Restless".

Because this movie has made a lot of money now.

There has always been a saying in Hong Kong.

For a movie to make money, the box office must be three times the investment.

Indeed, that is correct.

But that can only be considered a single market, namely Hong Kong.

As we all know, Hong Kong films rely on foreign markets to make money.

Whether it is Singapore or Taiwan.

As long as it is a Hong Kong movie, even if the box office in Hong Kong is not high, it is very easy to buy the copyright at a high price.

Not to mention that the box office of "Young and Dangerous" in Hong Kong is not bad now.

Thirteen million in nine days is a pretty good number in Hong Kong this year. And this movie obviously has great potential.

After the film is released in Hong Kong, maybe I’ll have a chance to earn 25 million.

Twenty-five million, and this is in Hong Kong.

This achievement is definitely a big profit for UFO company.

Eric Tsang has been very happy these days.

This movie is really full of twists and turns.

When he first started promoting his music, Zhou Ziheng was extremely popular, with hundreds of fans watching him wherever he went.

Coupled with the media publicity, this gave Zeng Zhiwei a feeling that this movie would make a lot of money.

As a result, he conducted a random check the day before the movie was released, but the result was another cold response.

Zhou Ziheng is indeed very popular and has attracted huge attention.

But many audiences don't plan to go to the theater.

This made Eric Tsang very depressed, and for this reason, he directly rejected Chen Kexin's idea of ​​signing a few more dramas with Chow Chi Hang.

But who would have thought.

After the movie was released, the box office was surprisingly stable.

There was even a single-day box office surge in the middle of the process.

Now, "The New Bad Boys" is far ahead of other films of the same period.

It also crushed "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" and the box office revenue reached 20 million.

How could this not make Eric Tsang happy?

When the box office data came out on the 19th, he immediately contacted Chen Kexin.

Ask him to contact Zhou Ziheng and sign a few more dramas with him.

As for the fact that Jackie Chan was unhappy with Zhou Ziheng, he had long forgotten about it.

Jackie Chan is indeed his friend, but is he as close as he is in money?

Obviously not.

……

Zhou Ziheng was still in Singapore when he received the call from Chen Kexin.

He held four book signing events in Singapore and Malaysia in the past few days.

The original plan was actually two games, one in Singapore and one in Malaysia.

But the plans couldn't keep up with the changes.

He's too hot here.

It’s different from Hong Kong, where Jacky Cheung has been operating for a long time and his fans all buy into his music.

Therefore, although "Fairy Tale" is popular there, it can only barely suppress "Blessing".

But Singapore is different from Malaysia.

Jacky Cheung didn’t actually run the business here for long.

Before "Goodbye Kiss", he had always focused only on the Cantonese market and rarely released Mandarin albums.

Even though the Four Heavenly Kings are well-known, he actually doesn't have many fans here.

It wasn't until "Goodbye Kiss" that he successfully won over a bunch of fans here.

But, he has "Goodbye Kiss" and Zhou Ziheng also has "Sad Pacific".

To be honest, the album "Pacific Heartbreak" is more popular here than "Goodbye Kiss".

If it weren’t for the good quality of Eric Moo’s album “Red Dust Is a Dream”, and the fact that he is Malaysian, which is equivalent to Singaporean, he would not have been the champion of the annual sales list here.

The song "Sad Pacific" is at the bottom.

The quality of "Fairy Tale" itself is very good, and most of the songs in the album are good.

This makes Zhou Ziheng very popular here.

On his first day, he was blocked by fans.

When he went out to buy something, a local fan even knew him and asked him on the spot:
"Are you the one who sang 'Fairy Tale'? I've seen your MV."

Because of his popularity, the two originally planned autograph sessions were so popular that some people couldn’t get in.

Finally, after discussion between Zhou Ziheng and EMi, they decided to add two more games.

"Sign my contract?"

Zhou Ziheng was watching TV in the hotel, a local TV series on Singapore TV.

After hearing the purpose of Chen Kexin's call, he immediately said in a sarcastic tone:
"But I heard that Mr. Zeng looked down on me and thought I didn't sell tickets!"

There is no airtight wall in the world.

Zhou Ziheng heard some rumors that Eric Tsang wanted to sign him for a film contract some time ago but finally did not sign the contract.

He doesn't have any good feelings towards people like Zeng Zhiwei who attach great importance to vested interests.

I rarely interacted with him when he was on the set of "The New Hard Times".

"Hengzi, those are all past events. You know, we who work in the film industry have a lot to consider.

Although his behavior may be a little offensive to you, this is the norm in the entertainment industry."

Chen Kexin said on the other end of the phone.

“I understand, and I respect that.

But I'm sorry, I won't sign a film contract with you.

Of course, if it's just a once in a while movie, Director Chen, I'll still agree if you ask me."

The film contract that Eric Tsang wanted to sign with Chow Chi Hang was not about just one movie.

Instead, it is similar to the contract signed by Yongsheng, Andy Lau and Jet Li for several films at one time.

This kind of contract has both advantages and disadvantages for actors.

The advantage is that if a film company signs you for several movies at once, you can get a lot of money at once, and you don’t have to worry about not having any movies to shoot due to box office failure.

The downside is that even if a certain drama becomes a big hit, you still have to finish filming those dramas at the original price.

The typical example should be Stephen Chow.

The contract he signed with TVB was very long and has not ended until this year.

During this period, he was loaned out by Danny Lee, and after the movie he made became a hit, he was able to demand a salary of tens of millions.

He only had a few hundred thousand of this money, and the rest all belonged to Danny Lee.

Similarly, if Zhou Ziheng signed several film contracts with Zeng Zhiwei.

If his salary increased during the filming, Zeng Zhiwei would not give him a penny more, and might even rent him out to other companies to complete the contract in order to earn money from the salary.

Anyway, Zhou Ziheng doesn't really want to sign such a long contract.

His career is now flourishing.

Whether it is film remuneration or appearance fee, the price changes every day.

He doesn't need to tie himself to any one company.

He tends to work alone.

One by one.

But, this actually has disadvantages.

That means you might get into trouble.

Jet Li is an example.

Don't think he doesn't want to play alone.

I really don’t dare.

None of these big companies in Hong Kong are simple.

If your box office appeal really reaches a certain level, it would be great if you don’t sign with a company with a background.

You never know when someone might point a gun at you and ask you to help him film a movie.

However, Zhou Ziheng has not reached this level yet. Although he has some box office appeal because of "New Hard Times", it is obviously not very strong and he is not yet at the level of a laying hen.

(End of this chapter)