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Chapter 451: First Day Box Office Results (asking for monthly tickets)

For a commercial film, no matter how many people praise it, if it cannot convert these praises into box office revenue, it is a failure.

Therefore, the only thing that can truly determine the success or failure of the movie "Those Years" is the box office.

However, the current box office statistics method is still relatively primitive.

The statistics for each city were compiled together, so the first day box office results were not available until the afternoon.

Hao Yun didn't wait there for box office news.

He had a lot of things to do, so he made an appointment with teachers from the National Defense University to talk about "The Regiment Commander" and the story of the Expeditionary Force.

He met several veterans when he was in Yunnan.

I had originally made an appointment with a civilian military history expert who studies the Expeditionary Force, but unfortunately our schedules didn't match and we missed the chance to meet.

Hao Yun is obviously a very cunning person.

In other words, he always has a kind of persecution delusion that cannot be cured for a long time, and no matter what he does, he feels that someone is going to harm him.

Even though he already had a complete version of the script for "The Regiment Commander" and felt there were no major taboos after reading it once, he still wanted to give it a try.

And it has to be done with great fanfare.

Let everyone know that this young Cannes Best Screenwriter winner is currently writing a book about the Expeditionary Force and making a script about the Expeditionary Force.

But the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes is far from enough. It is not a universal pass.

Therefore, he asked the president of Beijing Film Academy, Zhang Huijun, to write a serious letter of recommendation to the National Defense University, stating his intention and hoping that Beijing Film Academy student Hao Yun could get help from professional institutions during the script writing stage.

So I got in touch with the National Defense University.

Maybe it was because this was a public-to-public transaction, and Hao Yun's title of Best Screenwriter at Cannes also played a role, so they actually arranged for a teacher to work with him on this matter.

The person who was communicating with him was Li Li, a doctoral student.

In 1995, he was admitted to the Graduate School of the National Defense University to study combat simulation; in 1998, he obtained a master's degree in military science and stayed on to teach after graduation.

In September 2002, he was admitted to pursue a doctorate degree in strategic logistics organization and command.

Although her major is not military history and the information she can provide to Hao Yun is extremely limited, her teacher is Zhang Zhaozhong, and she is also a special expert on many military programs.

He once publicly stated, "Sitting in the position of a teacher, I have to push for it from the teacher's side; sitting in the position of a media, I have to push for it in the media. We call on everyone to pay attention to the latest war practices of each country. I think it is meaningful for the construction of our entire national defense army."

The best screenwriter at Cannes has to write a script about military themes, so sending her is a good choice for her profession.

Hao Yun is humble and eager to learn, which is very similar to Li Li's past experience.

In addition, Hao Yun has the ability to extract attributes. Just by handing over a notebook or touching the teacup, he can extract a lot of other people's military attributes.

So the two of them had a very pleasant chat. Every time Hao Yun came to visit, Li Li would bring some teachers or students who were interested in this area to communicate with Hao Yun.

But Hao Yun’s purpose goes far beyond this.

A lot of information can also be found through books, not to mention there are many related film and television works and documentaries.

Hao Yun's main purpose was to build up connections and relationships here.

He hopes that the National Defense University can provide military advice and more support for "The Regiment Commander", and even make this project a joint project between the National Defense University and him.

Working on a military-themed project, especially one about an expeditionary force, is a very difficult subject to handle.

Problems can arise if you are not careful.

So Hao Yun had to make sure everything was foolproof.

The information must be detailed and true, and then we can ask the expeditionary force experts and veterans to solve it.

The guidance must be correct and safe, and when the time comes, we will ask the National Defense University to help review and endorse it.

The shooting must be safe and efficient, and we must ensure it from all angles including funding and team.

When Hao Yun came back from the National Defense University, Ning Hao was looking at the painting in his office with Rao Xiaozhi, Cao Dun, and Zhang Yifan.

"You are color-blind, how can you understand paintings?" Hao Yun put down his backpack, took the water that Rao Xiaozhi poured for him and drank it all.

We discussed it for an entire afternoon and were so thirsty.

"I studied art, okay? This is Shen Zhou's 'A Gathering of Scholars in Wei Garden', right? Is it real or fake?" Ning Hao was not convinced.

"Guess!" Hao Yun chuckled.

"It looks like the real thing, but it's definitely not the real thing. The original is collected in the Liaoning Provincial Museum." Although Ning Hao wears a big gold chain and a small watch and eats barbecue in Paris at night, he did do a deep study of the paintings in order to show off.

Moreover, according to the color blindness paradox, why is he not the normal person, while everyone else is a color-blind person?

"Then what are you guys doing commenting there? Are you pretending to be cultured?" Hao Yun was speechless.

Whenever his partners who know a little bit about painting come to him, they will comment on this "Elegant Gathering at Wei Garden", saying that the imitation of this painting is particularly good.

There was also a guy who, when passing through Liaoning Province, went to the museum to see the original painting for comparative study.

The conclusion is that "although it is an imitation, it is also a treasure."

He also suggested that Hao Yun put the painting away and hide it.

"Don't you care about the first day's box office?" Ning Hao admired Hao Yun's self-cultivation.

He is so young but acts like an old man.

Ning Hao assisted in the filming of "Those Years" and was given the title of co-director by Hao Yun. He cared very much about this movie.

I have been following the feedback of the movie since it was released yesterday.

They even conducted a makeshift survey of the audience at the cinema entrance, and then went home happily to read netizens' comments and media reports.

The feedback from the media, audiences and the Internet has been very positive.

Today I have been calling to check the first-day box office in various cities. By the afternoon I finally completed the summary and got the real first-day box office data.

"How much was the first day box office? Are there any data for Hong Kong and Taiwan?"

Of course Hao Yun was curious, but he had too many things to do and it was impossible for him to just sit there and wait for the results like these idle people.

"625 million in the mainland. This is the box office and attendance details in major cities. We are the single-day champion." Ning Hao stared at Hao Yun's face.

"Why are you looking at me? There's nothing on my face!" Hao Yun was in a very happy mood.

In terms of the first-day box office, "Those Years" can be said to have had a good start. Although it was the result of the support of several popular idols, it is undeniable that the box office was indeed impressive.

"Kung Fu", which had a total box office of 1.7 million in mainland China, took in 1400 million on the first day, and about 400 million in Hong Kong on the first day.

目前内地电影的单日票房天花板是1700万。创造这个记录的是张益谋的《英雄》，单日票房最高的时候是2002年12月24日，那一天单日大盘1800万，其中有大概1700万的票房都属于《英雄》。

The box office for the whole year of 2002 was just over 10 billion.

The total box office of "Jurassic Park 12", which ranked 3th on the box office list that year, was only equivalent to the box office of "Hero" on that day.

Some people may think that 1400 million and 1700 million are not too much compared to the 625 million of "Those Years".

But if you consider that "Those Years" was not officially released until around 6pm.

It is not like other movies that are released at midnight. In the morning, the media has already praised the movie to the utmost, attracting audiences into the theaters like sheep being herded.

The box office of 625 million in six hours is no less valuable than the million on the first day.

Of course, whether "Those Years" can achieve good box office results will still have to wait for a few more days to see the box office performance in the first week.

The first week box office is not the box office of the first seven days, but the total box office results from the day of release to 24: on Sunday.

The first week box office of "Kung Fu" was 6400 million, the first week box office of "Hero" was 5300 million, the first week box office of "House of Flying Daggers" was 5500 million, and the first week box office of "A World Without Thieves" exceeded 3000 million.

The box office of these films can be used as a reference.

Although Hao Yun appeared to be as calm as an owl on the surface, he was actually very excited inside.

Damn, I’m finally going to be rich. Six million on the first day. If you multiply it by 10, it will definitely be over million.

This is just the mainland, I don’t believe there will be no box office in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

It was worth the trouble of dragging Jay Chou, Chen Guanxi and An Xiaoxi to attend concerts and autograph sessions.

"The first-day box office in Hong Kong was 338 million RMB, which was also the single-day box office champion, breaking the record of mainland films in Hong Kong, and only slightly lower than Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" which had 411 million. In Taiwan, the first-day box office in Taipei was 1655 million New Taiwan dollars, which is 376 million RMB."

In 05, the RMB exchange rate to the New Taiwan dollar was about 1:4.4, and the box office revenue in Taiwan was approximately twice that of Taipei. That means the first-day box office of "Those Years" in Taiwan was 752 million RMB.

"It's actually higher than in the mainland. Isn't that outrageous?"

"Jay Chou is truly a box office killer. Even though people over there complained that there were too few shots of Jay Chou, it did not dampen everyone's enthusiasm for watching the movie." Ning Hao exclaimed.

The film market in Taiwan was dominated by Van Loong before 2000, but after 2000, many competitors emerged, but the top rankings are basically all Hollywood movies.

Like in 2002, no Chinese-language film made it into the top ten of the annual list.

In 03, "Hero" came in and took third place with NT$7475 million.

In 04, "Kung Fu" ranked fourth on the annual list with NT$1.5 million.

Obviously, this year’s top ten will not be shaved bald, because “Those Years” has no pressure to enter the top ten of Taiwan’s annual list.

"Let's calculate, what is the total box office in the country? 1715 million?" Hao Yun actually calculated it himself.

Damn, this seems a bit too exaggerated.

This won’t exceed 1.5 million, right?

"This is just a rough statistic. It will only be higher than this. Hong Kong and Taiwan are both mature film markets. We have too few screens here. I heard that Yida will also start operating a cinema chain next year."

The market is so small that even if Huaying, Huayi and other capitals work together, there is nothing they can do.

The screening schedule for "Those Years" has exceeded 50% today, but there are only 1243 cinemas and no more than 3000 screens.

The total single-day box office in the country was just over 2600.

Fortunately, "Those Years" did not have any strong competitors, otherwise it would have been difficult to even earn more than 6 million on the first day.

After all, Hao Yun's fame cannot be compared with those of big directors like Zhang Yimou, Zhou Xingxing, and Ma Dagang.

"I'm satisfied. As long as the global box office exceeds 100 million, we can brag about it. We won't have to worry about no one investing in our next movie."

Hao Yun learned this from Zhang Jizhong, and he is even better than his teacher in boasting and hype.

"It's a shame. If the box office in mainland China could reach RMB 100 million, you would be able to join the RMB 100 million director club."

Rao Xiaozhi felt that he had really followed the right big brother, but this big brother didn't take out the contract for people to sign, which made him feel uneasy, and he was always worried that he would be taken advantage of and not paid.

"Well...it doesn't matter. A tall tree attracts the wind." Hao Yun didn't care much.

The "Billion-yuan Directors Club" refers to a collection of domestic films released in the mainland whose box office has exceeded 100 million yuan. It is a popular convention that when a film by a Chinese director has a box office of over 100 million yuan, people will reserve a place for this director in the "Billion-yuan Directors Club" in their hearts.

Zhang Yimou became the club's first member in 2002, followed by Ma Dagang and Zhou Xingxing.

If "Those Years" can gross over 100 million yuan, Hao Yun will be the fourth member.

However, Hao Yun felt that his Uncle Jiang had not entered yet, so it would be too rude for his disciple to go in first.

"In the future, we will all be members of the billion-dollar club!" After the huge success of "Those Years" directed by Ning Hao, he began to become completely arrogant.

"Should we have a celebration banquet?" Cao Dun asked.

The total box office of Lu Yu's "Kekexili" was only over 6 million, and Hao Yun made over 600 on the first day. It would be unreasonable not to hold a celebration banquet.

"This needs to be discussed among the producers. Let's see what the publicity department says."

Hao Yun is also a producer, but he is only one of the producers.

With "Those Years" as a foundation, he has the bargaining chips to negotiate with a group of capitals. If he makes a new movie, Heidou Media must at least have a 20% share.

"Should we go to Taiwan and Hong Kong to promote the movie? The box office there is really great. Oh, by the way, there is also the issue of piracy. Pirated copies will probably be released soon." What Ning Hao is most worried about is not the reputation and quality of the movie, but the lingering nightmare-like piracy.

"Go!" Hao Yun must go.

However, he immediately started calling Han Sanping to talk about the piracy issue.

One of the main reasons why Zhang Yimou's movies were able to gross over 2.5 million yuan was that he cracked down on piracy and even created the "Hero piracy incident."

Han Sanping quickly answered Hao Yun's call.

This time, he answered the phone not because of Jiang Wen's face, but simply because of Hao Yun.

The communication between the two sides was very pleasant. Hao Yun also helped to come up with some ideas on how to prevent piracy. Han Sanping has a vested interest in this matter and will certainly spare no effort to promote it.

In fact, it is that simple.

In the past, Hao Yun had also watched pirated discs, and he had watched a lot of them, but now that he had a vested interest in them, he had become an expert in anti-theft.

The total box office of "Those Years" on the first day in mainland China exceeded 6 million, and the total box office of Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong combined exceeded 17 million on the first day. This matter soon became no longer a secret, and the publicity and promotion department couldn't wait to spread the good news.

The already popular "Those Years" completely set off the summer season.

(End of this chapter)