Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 526 Record Breaking

5321 million in a single day, over million in two days, over million in five days, over million in ten days~
The single-day box office record, the fastest record to break 100 million, the fastest record to break 200 million, and the fastest record to break 300 million were successively broken by one movie.

This incident has become a legend in the industry, and all film and television companies are looking at Star Entertainment with strange eyes.

How did this company do it?
They have released works that have exceeded 100 million, 200 million, 300 million, and now they are probably going to release works that have exceeded 400 million...

At the same time, I was secretly glad that we had advanced the file, otherwise we would have collided with this monster...

Even someone as rebellious as Feng Xiaogang has to admit that "Pacific Rim" is really awesome.

The box office is horrible.

However, he still comforted himself that the box office of "Pacific Rim" was high because it had no rivals, and the release dates of "Assembly" and "The Warlords" were advanced.

If his own "Assembly" is exclusively released during the Lunar New Year holiday, the box office will definitely be good.

Everyone is watching the box office of "Pacific Rim", waiting to see when it will break 400 million.

It seems that surpassing the box office record of Big Ship is no longer important.

Judging from the box office performance of Pacific Rim, this is inevitable.

What everyone wants to know more is where the box office performance of "Pacific Rim" will end?
Four hundred million?

Five hundred million?

Or more…

The media went crazy, the audience went crazy...

They had a sublime sense of witnessing the birth of a miracle with their own eyes.

The leaders of China Film Group and the Film Bureau were somewhat stunned.

They thought Pacific Rim would do very well at the box office, but they didn't think it would be this good.

Breaking 300 million in ten days?
You know, generally speaking, movies are shown for at least a month, and some even for two months.

On the day when the box office revenue exceeded 300 million, the "News Broadcast" reported the news about "Pacific Rim": China's first science fiction film "Pacific Rim" was released during the Lunar New Year holiday, and it easily earned 300 million box office revenue in ten days, which is unprecedented. This represents the Chinese film market, blah blah blah...

The 30-minute "News Broadcast" spent a full two minutes explaining this year's Lunar New Year movie season. However, there was only one movie that could be called a blockbuster this year, and that was "Pacific Rim."

To be honest, Zhang Chen still underestimated the influence of "News Broadcast" in this era.

From the second day of its broadcast, the box office, which had been on a downward trend, rose again.

In fact, a decline in box office sales is a normal phenomenon. Generally, movies are most popular in the first week, and then go downhill afterwards.

Although with Zhang Chen's butterfly wings, the number of cinemas at this time is far more than the number of cinemas in the original space in 07.

The Golden Harvest Cinema Chain alone has nearly 50 additional cinemas and nearly 500 screens.

But the number of moviegoers did not increase much.

The number of young people with fixed movie-watching habits is fixed.

However, the role of "News Broadcast" lies in its ability to break the circle.

Many people who have no habit or need to watch movies have become interested in watching movies because of the recommendations of the "Xinwen Broadcast".

Schools, government agencies, railways, and various public institutions have actively organized their employees to watch the film together.

Celebrities from Hong Kong and the mainland posted their movie ticket stubs and encouraged their fans to support the film.

All of a sudden, the attendance rates of major cinemas soared again, and popular showtimes were almost sold out.

What is Zhang Chen busy with recently?
Roadshow~
Every day we travel to seven major box office cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Chengdu and Hangzhou, an average of one city a day, with about two to three cinemas in each city.

Zhang Chen hasn't been on a roadshow for a long time. He has basically stopped doing so since he became famous. The main creators go on roadshows, and he, as a director, basically never participates.

It’s nothing, I’m just too tired!

But for "Pacific Rim", he rejoined the roadshow team.

This film costs too much and carries too much weight.

But the effect of the roadshow is also obvious. The long-term vitality of "Pacific Rim", in addition to the credit of the news broadcast, has a lot to do with the roadshow.

Wherever they go, the creative team can feel the enthusiasm of the fans.

Passion for Pacific Rim, passion for the creators, and passion for him as a director~
During the road show in Wuhan, an audience member shared his experience: "I have been on 8 blind dates and 16 movie tickets during this period, all of which were contributed to Pacific Rim. I have no regrets. I hope you can make more good movies like this..."

Zhang Chen felt like crying after hearing this.

Our fans are so cute.

"Yeah, yeah, I watched it twice too. Just because you're here today, I'm going to watch it a third time, and I'll even ask my bestie to watch it a third time..."

People nearby kept agreeing with him, and everyone then realized that quite a few people had watched the show twice.

"I can't get enough of it. I can't get enough of it. I want to know when the sequel will be released? Next year?"

"It will start filming next year, but it will definitely meet the audience the year after next," Zhang Chen answered the fans' questions.

"I think Pacific Rim is much better than Transformers~"

"Well, everyone has their own preferences!"

Zhang Chen tried not to respond to such topics that were meant to drag others down.

Just when the situation seemed to be going well, different voices suddenly emerged.

Some people have called for a ban on Zhang Chen and "Pacific Rim". We should all resolutely boycott film and television companies that do not respect artists.

The company that sang the opposite tune is called "Star Power", a Taiwanese agency.

After Zhang Chen asked someone to investigate, he found out that the other party was the agency that Peng Yuyan worked for.

After further investigation, I found out that the other party has been clearing himself up these days.

Ever since the premiere that day, Peng Yuyan's little trick was exposed by Zhang Chen in public, and he was so embarrassed that he looked like a rat crossing the street wherever he went.

The media would not miss such an opportunity. Although Pacific Rim was a big box office hit, there were still many tabloids that focused on reporting about the Pengyu Banquet, as if they were trying to kick a fallen dog.

And what he did really doesn't deserve sympathy.

Especially the Hong Kong media.

Even if Leon Lai is the "King of Pop", he is still from Hong Kong and you, a little Taiwanese star, can't just step on him whenever you want.

What's more, this 'King of Making Up Numbers' is about to become popular again.

I don’t know if King Li had any role in this, but the Hong Kong media caught up with Peng Yuyan and criticized him, and Peng’s reputation is now in disgrace.

The media on both sides were arguing fiercely.

The Xing forces were clearly at a disadvantage, so they simply took out all their resentment on the instigator - Zhang Chen.

If Zhang Chen hadn't exposed it in public, the Pengyu Banquet wouldn't have come to this.

This is why there is talk of boycotting Pacific Rim.

Boss Chen Qiming personally stepped forward and accused Zhang Chen of disrespecting artists. He also turned black into white, saying that Zhang Chen directed and acted in the scene himself.

Although not many people believe it, it is indeed disgusting.

Zhang Chen didn't know about this at first, because this matter was mainly discussed by the Hong Kong and Taiwan media, and the mainland media were too busy reporting on the box office success to care about this.

Later, when a reporter asked him about it during a roadshow, Zhang Chen realized that he had been slandered.

"He said I directed and acted in it myself?"

"Ah."

"He also said that Leon Lai is a has-been star, that he can't act as well as Andy Lau, sing as well as Jacky Cheung, or dance as well as Aaron Kwok?"

"Correct."

"That's right!"

It's really intolerable to my uncle, but intolerable to my aunt.

"Tell Lao Mo that I want to eat fish."

The media didn't understand Zhang Chen's joke, and Zhang Chen started to criticize: "I am very disgusted with the practices of Wanwan Company and Wanwan artists. The status of an actor is related to your own ability. Just because you sit in the second row doesn't mean you have ability.

When the organizer arranged the seats, each seat had a name on it. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not having eyes. You were caught trying to show off your skills in front of Guan Gong and doing some tricks.

Don't say it was the staff's mistake.

I personally arranged King Li’s seat, so there was no way it could be wrong.

And now we have surveillance cameras. Do you want me to send out the surveillance videos to see who secretly replaced the seat plates?

I'm telling you the truth. I'm exposing you in public and embarrassing you just to vent King Li's anger.

He is just low-key, not out of fashion.

Don't think that you can bully them just because they have faded from the public eye.

I know that the entertainment industry praises the powerful and bullies the weak, but Leon Lai is not a lowly person.

Some people say that Leon Lai can’t act as well as Andy Lau, can’t sing as well as Jacky Cheung, and can’t dance as well as Aaron Kwok…

This is pure fart.

He is the first of the Four Heavenly Kings to win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, he has won the Most Popular Male Singer Award at the Jade Solid Gold Awards three times, and he has held 23 consecutive concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum. His fans have spread across the world to chase him, and scalpers have sold tickets for sky-high prices.

Michael Jackson personally invited him to be a guest at a charity concert in Korea.

There are only three Chinese superstars in the world who have been awarded global passports by the United Nations, and Leon Lai is one of them.

In 1999, he voluntarily withdrew from the award ceremony just to leave the opportunity to newcomers.

He is a Buddhist and is too lazy to argue with you. He is not someone who is easy to bully.

I don't know where you get the courage to mock the gods who are coming down the mountain."

Zhang Chen spat out a lot of words in one breath, and the media reporters were almost laughing.

“You must be wondering why I support Leon Lai, because in the early 90s, he raised $350 million in donations with his own reputation, which enabled 8000 million children in the country to have sugar pill vaccines.

If I don’t support this kind of person, who should I support?
Do you support those despicable people who only know how to play petty tricks?

For those who are not convinced, you can check the Guinness World Records. Who is the initiator of the charity project with the largest number of beneficiaries in the world?
It’s King Li.

Such people are high-quality idols and are the ones that young people should strive to emulate.

I'm telling you, I support King Li. He was the king before, he is the king now, and he will be the king in the future. No one can discredit him. I say that!"

Zhang Chen’s remarks were like the last straw that broke the camel’s back, making the already weak star forces even more devastated.

Not only that, Zhang Chen’s verbal attack this time also received praise from the official media.

The official media reprinted one of Zhang Chen’s sentences - such people are high-quality idols and are the ones that young people should strive to emulate.

At this moment, Zhang Chen understood Su Chaharcan’s feelings a little bit - he was scolding someone on the order of the emperor!
"Pacific Rim" also gained some popularity because of this small war of words. According to conservative estimates, the box office revenue could increase by another 10 million.

This time Zhang Chen swore that he did not do it on purpose, but no one believed him anymore.

The box office of "Pacific Rim" has been soaring, a bit similar to the later "Nezha".

The discussion about Pacific Rim on the Internet is very interesting:
[Brothers, I watched it three times. The current box office is 3.5 million, and it will soon catch up with the big ship~]

[Comrades still need to work hard, victory is just around the corner~]

[This is not watching a movie, this is just raising the national flag. I just want to watch Pacific Rim surpass the big ship step by step, and finally top the box office.]

[I feel that Pacific Rim is more than just a movie. It is like a village that finally has a college student and will sell everything it has to support him.]

[Yes, the hope of the whole village]

Of course, it’s not all praise:
[I really don't understand what's so good about this movie, the plot is dragging, and the special effects are rubbish~]

[I totally don't understand why the character Honghuang was added. It feels like an insult to the national treasure]

[The traces of plagiarism are too serious. In comparison, I still prefer "Transformers"~]

Zhang Chen expressed his understanding of this, saying that even the RMB cannot be liked by everyone, let alone a movie.

Some netizens also look at the problem from a rather peculiar perspective:
[When I watched The Shallows, Fatty Fan made me stand in awe. When I watched Pacific Rim, Fatty Fan made me stand in awe.]

Zhang Chen seriously suspected that this was the notice bought by Fan Xiaopang himself. This guy just liked to do these weird things.

But no matter what, the popularity of "Pacific Rim" is really high.

On the fifteenth day of its release, Pacific Rim grossed 3.7 million yuan, officially surpassing Titanic to become the number one in domestic film history.

Many netizens cheered, entertainment news was reporting it, and even the "Xinwen Broadcast" reported it.

Wow, this is the third time in twenty days that the "News Broadcast" has reported on "Pacific Rim".

It would be a lie for Zhang Weiping and Feng Xiaogang to say that they didn't feel sad. "Hero" and "Assembly" were also on the "News Broadcast", but compared with "Pacific Rim", they seemed like they were picked up.

Han Sanping called me specifically to say that the leaders really recognized your achievements this time.

Zhang Chen stands at attention and serves the people!

Surpassing the big ship and taking first place in Chinese film history, the goal has been achieved, but the box office has not stopped and is still rising, heading towards 400 million.

Zhang Chen's initial expectation was 400 million, but looking at the current situation, it may not stop at 400 million, maybe it can even hit 500 million.

All the movies released at the same time as Pacific Rim were terrible.

All the blockbusters have been withdrawn, but there are still some low-budget movies that want to fish in troubled waters, and then they all become cannon fodder.

In the field of film, the head effect is particularly obvious.

This is what the winner takes all means.

The head eats the meat, but the rest can't even get the soup, and there are not even any microorganisms, so they can only starve to death.

"Pacific Rim" is no longer just a simple movie, it has become a cultural phenomenon.

Reviews from critics were generally not very favorable:
[Standard popcorn movie, without any depth~]

[The special effects are eye-catching, but they are just silly and big, and the action scenes are clumsy and unexciting. Because I had high expectations for this film, I was even more disappointed.]

[It’s like walking into a five-star hotel, being served a bowl of knife-cut noodles, finishing it with a greasy face, and leaving satisfied—as if you forgot that you were only eating knife-cut noodles.]

[I really don’t know what’s so good about this kind of movie about mechas fighting monsters? I was so bored in the first half that I almost fell asleep. The only thing that impressed me most was the soundtrack Pacific Rim]

The audience's comments on Douban are completely opposite to those of the film critics:

[A very sincere commercial film, with cool mechanical settings and action designs. Anyway, this film doesn't follow the route of ups and downs in layers, it goes straight to the climax in a simple and rough way, and you can still have fun from the beginning to the end]

[According to a colleague sitting next to me, I yelled “Fuck you” 71 times during the Hong Kong battle.]

[The male and female protagonists didn't kiss in the end, deduct one point]

[Burning! Burning! Burning! The OST kept echoing in my head when I got home after watching it. The graphics and special effects couldn’t be better!!! Even non-mecha fans were shocked! The neon lights of the Hong Kong night battle are so beautiful!!!]

[I thought it would be a Japanese comic style, but after watching it, I found that it was not at all. It was so exciting. We finally have our own mecha culture]

[Four and a half stars. The director pays unabashed tribute to special effects films, monster films, and mecha films, making them as profound as epic films. For viewers with this complex, it's like celebrating childhood. Although the plot is simple and exaggerated, the incredible art, CGI visual effects, and the passionate and hearty mecha VS monsters, and the sound and picture combination are magnificent. ]

At this time, Zhang Chen was exhausted and collapsed on the sofa, reading the comments of netizens, feeling at peace in his heart.

After twenty days of release, the box office in mainland China exceeded 400 million.

The North American market also performed well. Warner called and said that North American audiences generally believed that "Pacific Rim" was a combination of "Transformers" and "King Kong", but that did not affect their feeling that it was good.

David Heyman reported the results:
The box office was 80 million US dollars in the first week, but it was cut in half in the second week and continued to decline in the third week.

The cumulative box office in three weeks reached 1.2 million US dollars.

The result was good and everyone at Warner was excited.

It was a right bet to cooperate with this Chinese company.

As for the movie being cut short in the second week, this is normal. The same thing happened when "Transformers" was released. This is how it is in North America.

……

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