Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 207 Release
In early July, summer TV series began to be broadcast on major TV stations.

However, without the addition of Su Yan's new drama, the ratings were tepid, and the best drama's first broadcast rating was only 4.52%. In previous years, this result was very good, but now, everyone thinks it's just so-so, a feeling that when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king.

On the other hand, in the film sector, after primary and secondary school students and college students across the country went on vacation one after another, the country's daily box office also continued to rise. Although there were no heavyweight movies released, the total daily box office also soared from the previous daily average of 300 to 500 million to a daily total box office of nearly 100 million.

Under such circumstances, the first blockbuster movie of the summer season, the military-themed movie "Assault", was released.

Although there are no strong competitors in the same period, the enthusiasm of the Xia people for military-themed movies is not as high as it was in Su Yan's previous life.

The Xia Kingdom in this world is a powerful country in itself. It has always suppressed its neighbors throughout history, so people generally do not like to watch works of this kind.

On the first day of its surprise release, the film had 37% of the screening time, but its premiere box office was only 6100 million.

Moreover, in the next two weekend days, the box office dropped to 5300 million and 5900 million, and the total box office in the first week of release was less than 1.8 million.

Although this result confirms that the film can make back its investment through box office dividends, it has basically no chance of becoming a box office hit.

In fact, if a movie is released alone at a time when there is little competition, the competition will be less, but there will also be less media coverage and the audience's desire to watch the movie will also decrease.

Joining in the fun is the nature of the Xia people.

Movie fans may only watch one movie when they go to the cinema, but they never want to see only one movie worth watching when they go to the cinema!
Although four big-budget movies were released on July 7.16, the day of release, the media, theaters, and the Internet all focused on these four movies, wondering who would come out on top, who would become the box office champion in July, or even the champion of the entire summer season in July and August.

Related topics will greatly stimulate movie fans' desire to watch movies.

With five days left before the release of 5 Centimeters per Second, Su Yan, who had already returned to Tokyo, also took Shinozaki Ikumi to the Sakurajima area to start the final promotion of 5 Centimeters per Second.

At the same time, the film industry is also undercurrent.

The effort that the four big-budget movies have put into their publicity and promotion, as well as the expectations that moviegoers have for these four movies, are directly reflected in the theaters’ pre-schedules for the four movies.

Although there are many insider money transactions involved in scheduling films.

But when everyone has money and is willing to spend it, the money spent doesn't mean much.

In fact, what ultimately determines the screening ratio still depends on market expectations and the quality of the film.

Movie fans in Xia Country can only wait until the day of release to see the content of the movie, but the heads of these theaters have already watched the entire film.

To be honest, among these four movies, the one that left the deepest impression on colleagues in the film industry was undoubtedly 5 Centimeters per Second.

The aftertaste of this movie is not only for young people, but audiences of all ages will feel depressed after watching it.

The comedy "A Sad Family" is just average.

The basic plot of Black Mist is that it starts off super awesome, but in the later stages it becomes a clichéd monster-killing plot mode.

The movie Windmill is a very good one, a standard commercial love movie, but it is too standard, so standard that there is no sense of surprise.

Each part was handled well, but none of them exceeded the expectations of the audience.

The only exception is 5 Centimeters per Second, which is the only work of this style in the history of love movies in Xia country.

The story's connotation is so sad that it makes people feel sad when they think about it carefully.

But how will such a unique movie perform at the box office?

Will the audience buy it?
Will the box office crash after the premiere due to a large number of negative reviews from fans?

After many considerations by relevant personnel, Wind Che, a film starring many best actresses and best actors, was naturally given the highest screening schedule as it is the film with the largest investment in the period.

21%
Although it is standard, it represents stability. Anyway, it will be given priority in the screening schedule and there will be no problem.

The first-day screening ratio of the two films "16 Centimeters per Second" and "Black Fog" ranked second, at %.

As for A Sad Family, the screening rate was only 12%.

The remaining 35% of the screening schedule was shared by "The Assault", which grossed only 2.7 million yuan in its first week, and a number of other small and medium-sized investment films.

On Thursday, when the relevant data of the schedule of the Quanxia National Theater was released, fans from all walks of life started to curse, especially Su Yan's fans, who were not convinced. "Why? Before the release, the search popularity of 5 Centimeters per Second on various websites was not inferior to that of The Windmill. How come the screening schedule is so different?"

"They are reluctant to spend money on publicity and promotion. Are you Su Yan fans going to be upset? How can a newcomer in the film industry get 16% of the screenings on the first day in this schedule? Have you ever thought about what will happen on the second day if the performance on the first day is not good? If that happens, I will definitely go crazy!"

"You fans of Feng Che, don't be too happy too soon. Don't let it have the highest number of screenings on the first day, and then have the box office champion snatched away from you on the first day of release. That would be ridiculous."

"Stop daydreaming. Who can take the first-day box office crown from Windmill? The one with no clear protagonist, 5 Centimeters per Second? A movie that invited so many well-known movie stars to star, but without a clear leading actor, you can tell without even watching it that the plot is bound to be messy."

"These are all comments from people who have never seen the old thief's works."

"I never watch TV series. They are so boring. Also, don't think that movies are the same as TV series. Don't think that the movie industry is his cash machine just because he got lucky and achieved some success last year. The market for summer movies this year has brought Su Yan back to reality. If you want to make a TV series, just make a good one. Don't embarrass yourself in the movie industry."

"You fans of Yu Jingyao, don't get too excited too soon. She's just an outdated actress who hasn't had a movie in three years. You're dreaming of making a comeback with this movie, Fengche."

"Whether it's a mule or a donkey, we'll know tomorrow. I've already booked a ticket for the Windmill show tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. Let's wait and see how the reputation of this movie called 5 Centimeters per Second collapses on its first day of release!"

Late at night, Qiao Yueling was still passionately confronting her fans online.

Because before the movie was released, 5 Centimeters per Second, with the support of the media and fans, was as popular as The Windmill, which is also a romance film.

The two movies were released in the same period and are of the same type. The main creative teams of both sides, one is the traffic king of the TV drama circle, and the other is a big production that brings together the best actors and actresses in the film circle. Fans of both sides must dislike each other.

In particular, fans of the movie Windmill show contempt for Su Yan and 5 Centimeters per Second.

How easy is it for a screenwriter in the TV drama industry to win the box office championship during the summer season?

Where there are interests, there is conflict.

This kind of thing is completely normal.

But for a die-hard Su Yan fan like Qiao Yueling who loves to argue, she just wouldn't accept it.

But at two o'clock in the morning, she turned off her computer and gave up the battle.

After all, she still has to go to work tomorrow and watch the premiere of the movie 5 Centimeters per Second at 7pm, so she needs to rest as early as possible and get enough rest.

The next morning, Qiao Yueling arrived at the company on time. After working listlessly all day, she immediately became energetic as soon as she got off work at six in the afternoon.

I quickly came to the cinema near the company, picked up the movie ticket I had booked, and then took a good look at the surrounding environment.

The cinema tonight was not packed with people, but it was at least crowded.

More than half of the people are students on vacation.

In this large cinema in Shanghai, Qiao Yueling could also spot a group of Su Yan's fans at a glance.

After all, people who dress up as characters from Madoka Magica, wear kimonos with the ethnic characteristics of the Sakurajima area, and hold a long sword to cosplay Kenshin Himura, can be identified at a glance.

A group of people in the theater either gave each other admiring looks or waited in silence for the movie to start.

Qiao Yueling bought some food from the mall for dinner and then checked the time.
It's almost seven o'clock.

Under the arrangement of the staff, the theater for the 7 o'clock show of "Five Centimeters per Second" began to check tickets for admission.

Qiao Yueling took a deep breath and walked into the theater with the movie ticket.

Not to mention that the entire theater was full, but at least 80 to 90 percent of the seats were occupied, and most of them were couples.

This made Qiao Yueling a little embarrassed.

"What happened to the rumor that all of Lao Zei's fans are single? Let you couples come to the theater. What if Lao Zei's movie really has a depressing ending? Let's see how you end up!"

Qiao Yueling thought to herself before the movie started.

(End of this chapter)