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Chapter 402 Breaking 800 Million (44)

"Looper's release date was not announced before it was released during the National Day holiday, which seized market share. This is unreasonable!"

"But... Looper's box office didn't even reach 4000 million, while The Big Shot took in 9700 million yesterday. What's your take on this?"

"What do I think? If I had known about this beforehand, would I have scheduled 'Tai Chi' for this release date?"

During a promotional event for "Tai Chi 1: From Zero to Hero" in Beijing, Huang Zhonglei broke down in tears...

You should know that Huayi Brothers really poured their hearts and souls into "Tai Chi".

The posters at Guomao subway station alone cost 600 million yuan!
They booked the Guomao Station six months in advance, and the station was filled with character posters of the five kung fu masters from the movie…

Then, they used Weibo to stir up trouble, and Guomao Station was dubbed the "Tai Chi Station" for a time!

Before the film's official release, Fruit Chan was very pleased with this marketing approach: "These posters are unconventional; they're more like product advertisements. Moreover, this promotional campaign is neither a press conference nor a press release to the media…it's more like a spontaneously generated trending event by the public!"

The movie "Tai Chi" has released a trailer in Henan dialect...

They even made a short film to promote it…

These are all real investments!
According to Huang Zhonglei, "To make the 'Tai Chi' series an international blockbuster, our marketing and promotion budget needs to be on par with Hollywood blockbusters. Hollywood productions typically have a 1:1 ratio between production and marketing costs, but we can achieve a 2:1 ratio..."

It's useless, the audience isn't interested!

There are even very few comments...

Aside from film critics who are paid to do their jobs, most viewers don't offer any feedback at all...

They completely ignored it!

The most blatantly ignored film is "Dangerous Liaisons"...

Fewer than 6000 people have rated it on Mtime and Douban…

The number of viewers was also the lowest—even surpassed by "The Assassins"...

"The Assassins" will be released on the 22nd, avoiding a direct clash with "The Big Shot." Although it certainly won't break even, its total box office has a chance to exceed 6000 million yuan—it had already earned 2000 million yuan before "The Big Shot" was released, and another 2000 million yuan has been earned in the last few days…

Huang Zhonglei would rather criticize "Looper" than provoke "The Big Shot"...

The reason is simple: "The Big Shot" was truly propelled by audience demand—on its opening day, "Looper" secured 12,000 screenings…

It was no use; the daily box office was killed ten times by "The Big Shot".

The former grossed 730 million on its opening day, while "The Big Shot" grossed 8600 million!
They won solely based on attendance.

The movie "The Big Shot" has received decent reviews, but the discussions among viewers are incredibly heated!

A group of people on Weibo are analyzing the real-life figure who inspired the story…

Yes, we're doing the analysis!

For five consecutive days, daily revenue exceeded 8000 million!
It wasn't until October 5th that the daily box office revenue dropped to 79 million...

As of October 7th, "The Big Shot" had grossed 8.63 million yuan at the box office.

Its box office has long surpassed that of "Painted Skin 2", making it the highest-grossing domestic film.

It's definitely going to break one billion...

The final figure should be between 12 and 13 billion.

You should know that the budget for "The Big Shot" was 4500 million...

despair!

There's no comparison to this.

Huang Zhonglei isn't stupid; why would he criticize such a movie?
Looper is different...it's a foreign film.

Several business owners lost money, and then went to the film bureau to complain...

This is actually easy to explain—"The Big Shot" is also a domestic film, and it was able to suppress "Looper" from beginning to end, so why can't you?
Don't you reflect on your own actions?

How could there be any reflection?
They'll just think the timing wasn't right, the competition was too strong, and... the audience was stupid!
By the way, "Sheep Without a Shepherd" and "The Bourne Legacy" are released on the same day, October 25th...

Tai Chi 2 will be released on November 1st…

After "The Big Shot" was released, it achieved a box office success every day, and Ji Xiang's phone never stopped ringing...

A group of people lined up to look for him.

At first, they talked about cooperation, but later they asked me to take them under my wing!
It's a way of coming to terms with myself...

Even for a sci-fi project like "The Martian," which was ridiculed by many in the industry, people were asking if it needed investment...

This is quite normal. Shen Yan has previously handled urban romance films, which are relatively limited in genre!

Although there was a film called "The Telephone," it was a low-budget thriller...

The Martian is a sci-fi blockbuster with a budget of $4 million...

When Spark Studios officially announced the development of "The Martian", a lot of people thought they were crazy!

Want to run before you've even learned to walk?

The film "The Big Shot" was released, and with a budget of 4500 million yuan, it beat out a number of high-budget domestic films such as "Tai Chi" and "Dangerous Liaisons"...

Many people have realized that Shen Yanyuan has not reached his full potential!
"The Big Shot" follows a very traditional police and gangster film structure—a hot-tempered senior apprehends a rich second-generation.

Police Story has been filmed countless times…

Even Sun Wukong's character design is quite similar to Chen Jiaju's—though his fighting ability is inferior…

But a group of friends around him filled in these gaps.

The male protagonist, who is simple and somewhat individualistic, must be of low status; otherwise, he cannot get to the front lines.
By the way, in terms of personality, he's stubbornly convinced of his own reasoning;
In addition, there's a boss who's driven crazy by him but never forgets to protect him, a group of crazy teammates who can charge into battle together and rely on him, plus a spoiled, arrogant, and even perverted young domineering rich second-generation...

The character structure can connect the storyline.

Isn't this the framework of Hong Kong police and gangster films from the late 80s and early 90s?

How did it become such a big seller?

Moreover, at the end of the movie, it wasn't Wu Jing beating up Shen Yan, but a group of onlookers who couldn't stand it anymore and rushed in to gang up on him...

Well, just as Shen Yan arrogantly said, "My dad is Zhao Rongbiao, and our Zhao Group has made huge contributions to the development of Binhai. You want to arrest me? Do you believe that if you arrest me now, you'll have to release me in less than five minutes?"

Some people in the crowd wanted to punch him, but he retorted, "Let's see who dares! A bunch of cattle and horses trying to hit me? Do you know who I am? I'm Zhao Tai!"

Then the crowd erupted…

They accepted the iron fist of the people…

Later, a group of police officers arrived, accompanied by the words, "Stop hitting him! If you keep hitting him, you'll really kill him!"

Zhao Tai was taken to the hospital by ambulance…

Of course, the ending was trial…

This ending is very positive!
Logically speaking, many people dislike these things...

But it sold incredibly well…

As many film critics have said: old jokes are not a problem, as long as they are reasonable and logical!
If "The Big Shot" can be a huge hit, then... maybe "The Martian" can too...

However, Ji Xiang refused them all—he gave up 25% of the investment in "The Martian" to Wanda, leaving the company with only about 20% of the investment…

Ji Xiang didn't want to sell it outside...

Today is October 8th. The cast and crew of "The Big Shot" have finished their first round of promotions and returned to Beijing...

He has to go pick them up at the airport!
Oh, for the film "The Big Shot," Spark Studio invested 60%, China Film Group and Golden Shield each invested 15%, and the remaining 10% went to several major cinema chains…

The film was a huge success, and the studio made the most money.

As the studio owner, he definitely had to give him a welcome…

(End of this chapter)