Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 211 Box Office
“Has the film schedule increased?”

As soon as he got up in the morning, Su Yan communicated with the distributor of 5 Centimeters per Second.

Su Yan is not rich enough to do whatever he wants now, but he still feels no pressure to ensure that his works get fair treatment during the summer vacation.

If others want to suppress him, Su Yan can't just use his mouth to say it, right? It costs money.

But if others can spend the money, why can't Su Yan spend it?
Therefore, "Seconds Five" basically did not suffer any loss from its promotion to its release today.

It’s much better than when The Garden of Words was released last year.

Su Yan got up early and started cooperating with the distributor to hold a press conference in Tokyo and a fan meeting to promote the movie.

After the movie’s reputation came out, theaters acted very quickly.

Early in the morning, major cinemas have begun to place the promotional posters of 5 Centimeters per Second in the center of the theater, alongside the movie posters of Windmill.

And starting from Saturday, passers-by on the forum also began to watch.

"So, anyone who has seen 5 Centimeters per Second, please tell me if this movie is really as exaggerated as what is uploaded online? Is it a masterpiece about breakups?"

"Don't listen to what those Su Yan's haters say. What kind of breakup masterpiece is this? If the plot of this movie is really bad, how can it have a high score of 9.4?"

"That's right, they are all trolls, they are all haters of other movies who come here to criticize the movie. Don't believe them. This movie is full of positive energy, and the ending is healing and touching. I am about to cry for the unswerving love between the male and female protagonists!"

"My daughter and I watched the movie together. She walked out of the theater with a smile! This morning she told me she wanted to watch it again!"

"A masterpiece, 5 Centimeters per Second is an absolute masterpiece of healing! The hero and heroine are happy and have three children. Don't listen to what others say about breakups, it's all bullshit."

"Why are the reviews of the two movies so weird on the forum? A group of people say the movies are cruel, while a group of people say they are healing? Are your premiere audiences schizophrenic?"

"They are all pranksters. If you can't tell the difference, don't tell them apart. You just need to know that no matter whether they say the ending is healing or depressing, none of them say the movie is bad. They are all praising the movie as worth watching!"

"Yes, I have seen both The Windmill and 5 Centimeters per Second. After watching The Windmill, I felt it was worth the money. But 5 Centimeters per Second is far more than the price of the ticket. I have already booked tickets for a second viewing this morning. As expected, I will go for a third viewing this afternoon!"

"Go watch it, it's a movie you won't regret! But I suggest you watch it alone!"

In the early morning, the reputation of the movie 5 Centimeters per Second on the Internet has changed a lot compared to last night.

The first batch of fans who were abused have now begun to reach a consensus: if possible, they will be deceived, and all of them should go to the cinema to be baptized.

The new audience also fell silent after leaving the theater.

Seeing the trend of comment sections on the Internet where people post within five seconds, although I felt bitter, I still followed suit and started the next round of massive operations to deceive new audiences and abuse them.

Of course, Xiaguo’s movie fans are not fools. Many of them can see the reason, but after seeing it, they become curious.

Why are they willing to give such a high score to a movie that everyone finds very uncomfortable and depressing?
Why are people cursing screenwriter Su Yan on the internet while posting pictures of their movie tickets from watching the movie twice or thrice in another post?

What is the charm of this movie?
Essentially, the biggest fear for a movie is that the audience does not comment on it after it is released.

As long as there is heated discussion, it basically means that fans are helping to promote the work, and only in this way can the movie have staying power.

Why do fan movies always have extremely high box office in the first one or two days, but then become sluggish?

Because no matter how many fans a popular star has, they are still a niche compared to the hundreds of millions of fans in a country.

If there is no way to draw public attention to this movie, then the box office will definitely not be high.

The same is true for Su Yan.

No matter how many fans he has, only a small proportion of his TV drama fans will go to the cinema to support him.

For a blockbuster movie, the vast majority of people who contribute to the box office are passers-by. If these passers-by who are not talkative or commentative are willing to speak and comment after watching the movie, and become a frequent promoter of the work, then the movie will be successful.

It is obvious that there is such a trend in the public opinion trend of 5 Centimeters per Second on Saturday.

Although today the screening schedules of both the movies "Seconds Five" and "Windmill" are 22%.

But since the morning, the box office performance of the movie 5 Centimeters per Second has been higher than that of Windmill.

The attendance rate at the windmill was about the same as yesterday.

But the attendance rate of 5 Centimeters per Second is much higher than yesterday.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the box office of Windmill had exceeded 3000 million that day.

But the box office on the day of the film was close to 4000 million.

Now, colleagues in the film industry are getting a little uneasy.

Although the cast of Seconds 5 is not bad, but it is definitely better to have the best actor and actress in the lead role, and the investment is much higher.

How come the box office was suppressed by 5 Centimeters per Second on the second day of its release?
A fan movie?

fart?

As the leading actors of the two movies, who doesn’t have fans supporting them?

But if that's the case, with less investment, cast, and publicity, can this movie still surpass 5 Centimeters per Second at the box office?
The media also started to get involved. They were a little hesitant before because Su Yan's The Garden of Words only ranked third in the box office during the period last year, and the total box office did not exceed 600 million.

In this year's fiercely competitive summer movie season, it's impossible to surpass the top-notch big-budget movie, Windmill, right?
But the result is so magical.

In that case, these media won’t be polite!

[The new movie by genius screenwriter Su Yan has received rave reviews. It may become a strong contender for the summer box office champion! ]

[On the second day of its release, 5 Centimeters per Second is likely to win the single-day box office championship! ]

[The king of the TV drama industry has turned to the film industry and is as strong as ever. The Fengche creative team has issued multiple statements, calling on fans to go to the theater to support the movie! ]

[5 Centimeters per Second, a masterpiece that depicts love to its core! Love is not so much fantasy and beauty, it is an emotion that will gradually fade away with time! As long as time is long enough, one day you will even forget the appearance of the person you once loved deeply! ]

[The latest masterpiece of a genius screenwriter! 5 Centimeters per Second, a love movie that touched a group of people in Xia Country! ]

[Five Centimeters Per Second, which was supposed to be a niche literary romance film, has become a strong contender for the summer box office champion with the blessing of Su Yan's fame. Will Su Yan's rise in the TV drama circle be replicated in the film circle? ]

[I couldn't sleep after watching the movie last night. I dare say that 5 Centimeters per Second is the best and most profound love movie in Xiaguo in the past ten years, no doubt about it]

【A happy ending that is out of vulgarity. Pleasing the audience is just a low-grade thing. The unforgettable love will eventually fade away with time. 5 Centimeters per Second is not about depression, but it wants to teach us not to dwell on the past for too long. We should be like the protagonist of the story, Takaki, who turned around, smiled and continued to move forward after figuring out everything! 】

For many of Su Yan’s colleagues.

Su Yan is a person with magical powers.

It's like a natural center of public opinion.

The same goes for TV series and movies.

Before 5 Centimeters per Second was released, no one thought that this movie would fail.

There is no need to mention Su Yan's screenwriting ability.

The investment in this film, including publicity and promotion, is over 200 million yuan.

But the box office of The Garden of Words last year was less than 600 million. Even if "5 Centimeters per Second" has increased, with such fierce competition in this year's schedule, a box office of 700 to 800 million is considered good.

The film can make a profit from the box office, and then make a profit from streaming media, discs, and overseas copyright sales. In fact, the final profit of the film will be quite considerable.

Before this, most people in Xia Country thought this way.

But no one expected it.

8300 Centimeters per Second grossed million on its first day.

The film will be rated as high as 9.4 upon its release.

And then it was Saturday night.

The box office of this movie on the second day soared to 1.31 million, beyond everyone's expectations!
A mere 6% increase in screenings resulted in a 8300% increase in total box office compared to Friday night's 57 million box office.

Of course, Saturday is the weekend and there are daytime shows, so the box office growth is understandable.

But a movie like "The Windmill" with bigger stars and a bigger production lost its daily box office crown on the second day of its release. Moreover, with the same screening schedule, the box office was much less than that of "Second Five", only 1.1 million yuan, which really left a group of colleagues in the film industry speechless.

Off the charts!
Even the dark horse is not that dark!
The total box office of Windmill in two days exceeded 2 million. Is this a bad result?

Judging from this trend, its total box office will definitely exceed 1 billion.

But even so, it was still suppressed by 5 Centimeters per Second.

What’s even more terrifying is that Su Yan has another movie scheduled to be released next month during this summer.

I originally thought that the movie "Love Like a Bouquet of Flowers" was just for show. Shen Liqian, a TV actress who had never acted in a movie, definitely had no appeal. The movie "Love Like a Bouquet of Flowers" was a good competitor for the movies in the same period that could just break even. Now everyone was panicked.

Not quite right!

It seems like things have changed.

Besides, the summer box office champion can’t be won by Su Yan, right?
(End of this chapter)