Chapter 657: Box Office Hits

Saturday, June 16th.

Qi Lei, who was resting on the weekend, asked his girlfriend to go shopping and have dinner as usual.

They were college classmates and were boyfriend and girlfriend while they were in school. After graduation, they both stayed in Harbin to work.

Now that they have met each other's parents, the next step is to talk about marriage, and their relationship life is very stable.

At noon, the two had lunch at a barbecue restaurant in CapitaLand Plaza.

"Honey, let's go to the movies later."

"Sure, there's a movie coming out soon that I really want to watch." Qi Lei picked up a piece of roasted pork belly and nodded in agreement.

"What do you want to see?"

"[Jurassic World 2], and since the first [Jurassic Park], I have watched every movie in this series."

"But I want to watch 'Time Raiders,' the love movie starring Gu Wei and Liu Yifei. I heard it's really good."

“Is that so?

Then I'll listen to you today and watch "Time Travelers" first. We have a day off tomorrow, so we can go out and watch "Jurassic World 2."

Qi Lei did not hesitate and decided to satisfy his girlfriend's request first.

He had heard of the name of "Time Raiders" and he had more faith in Gu Wei's films. Besides, there was also Liu Yifei, so it would be nice to support Tianxian.

"Hubby, you're the best, muah."

After lunch, Qi Lei booked tickets on his mobile phone and took his girlfriend to the cinema on the top floor of CapitaLand Mall.

“Wow, there are so many people!”

The two walked to the entrance of the cinema. Jiang Li hugged her boyfriend's arm and looked at the crowded crowd inside in surprise.

“It’s normal. Today is the weekend, so there must be a lot of people watching movies.

When I bought the ticket just now, I saw that our show was almost fully booked."

After Qi Lei finished speaking, he looked around and saw that the theater hall was bustling with people. Some were queuing up to buy tickets and food, some were standing aside chatting, and others were queuing up to get their tickets checked for entry.

The screens around were scrolling trailers of recently released movies, and the screen above the ticket office showed the theater's screening schedule. At a glance, apart from "Jurassic Park 2" and "Time Raiders", there were very few other movies scheduled.

Qi Lei first went to the ticket machine to scan the code to get the ticket, and then queued up to buy drinks and popcorn for the two of them.

Everything was ready. The two waited in the hall for a while and then followed the crowd to check their tickets and enter.

Just as Qi Lei said, the theater was almost full for this movie, and most of the people were couples like them, with a few being young girls who came together.

The two entered the theater and sat down. After a few minutes, the lights dimmed and advertisements began playing on the big screen.

As the dragon mark appeared, the theater became quiet, and [Time and Space Cohabitation] officially began.

"This house was built in 1996. It is open from north to south and has plenty of light. The first-floor suite faces north, and the second-floor suite faces south."

In the first scene of the movie, Liu Yifei, wearing a professional suit, starts her bizarre blind date. The result is self-evident.

The camera turned and Gu Wei was wearing khaki clothes, squatting in a field, chewing corn in big mouthfuls. He was completely different from his usual handsome image and looked very rustic.

A black car slowly approached from a distance, the window slowly rolled down, and inside sat a big boss in a suit and tie.

"We're going to build a loft for both commercial and residential use. The typical ceiling height is 3.2 meters, but we're going to make it 6 meters. The owner can freely add on in the middle."

Gu Wei took a design drawing and promoted his design to the big boss inside the car window.

"This is completely different from what we imagined. We can't do it."

"This is the trend of the future. In a decade or so, lofts will be everywhere in the country."

I've also done some research and found this area to be a future CBD, with access to the subway, so transportation is very convenient.

Mr. Li! Mr. Li!

This will really be the CBD in the future.”

Gu Wei stood in the mud pit, shouting at the top of his lungs, but he couldn't stop the boss's car from driving away.

Five minutes into the movie, the male and female protagonists appeared respectively, and laughter broke out in the theater.

"This movie is so interesting. This is the first time for Gu Wei and Liu Yifei to play characters with this kind of personality."

"It is indeed quite different from the roles they usually play."

At the beginning of the movie, the lives of the hero and heroine were not going well, and then something even more fantastic happened. The room where they lived had a time and space disorder.

Gu Wei was washing vegetables in the kitchen when a bunch of bean sprouts inexplicably appeared in Liu Yifei's bathtub. Liu Yifei's facial cleanser wouldn't come out no matter how hard she tried, but kept spraying out from Gu Wei's shower head, making it impossible for Gu Wei to wash it clean.

There were bursts of laughter in the theater, and then two rooms in different time and space were spliced ​​together. After waking up in the morning, the two male and female protagonists, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei, met for the first time.

[Time Travel Cohabitation] had a lot of funny moments at the beginning, with laughter heard from time to time in the theater. Everyone was also curious about what the two people who could travel between 1999 and 2018 would do.

Later, as the relationship between the hero and heroine develops and some truths are slowly revealed, the film shifts from a simple comedy to sensationalism and life reflection. However, overall the transition is relatively smooth and there are no major bugs.

Moreover, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei's performances were very good, and there was a strong sense of couple between the two. The audience in the theater gradually immersed themselves in the relationship between the male and female protagonists from watching for fun at the beginning.

In 2018, Lu Shiyi appeared and Gu Xiaojiao was deceived into leaving Lu Ming. In the end, Lu Ming discovered that his boss was Gu Xiaojiao's father, prevented a car accident, and changed the future outcome of Gu Xiaojiao's father's death.

After the movie ended, the audience gradually stood up and left after watching the easter egg of cheesy love words.

"Do you think Lu Ming and Gu Xiaojiao can still be together? Gu Xiaojiao doesn't even recognize him anymore."

Jiang Li asked uncertainly as she walked out holding her boyfriend's arm.

"Since the director has them meet at the end, it must be a happy ending. Lu Ming and Gu Xiaojiao will be together smoothly, and lovers will finally get married."

"Hehe, I think so too.

That last Easter egg scene was so sweet, could you also say something earthy and sweet?"

Qi Lei felt a little embarrassed when he heard his girlfriend's request and thought about it.

"I am 9 and you are 3"

"What's the meaning?"

"Except you, it's still you"

"Hubby, you're great!"

Qi Lei smiled, thinking that it was a good thing that he had seen similar jokes on Douyin before.

The first two days of the weekend passed quickly. Just as Xu Zheng had guessed before the movie was released, "Time Raiders" failed to beat "Jurassic World 2" in the first week.

"Big Dinosaur" took in 730 million yuan at the box office in the first three days of the weekend thanks to its 42% screening schedule and the popularity of the classic IP.

"Time Raiders" followed closely behind, with its box office exceeding 500 million yuan in the first weekend, and a total of 563 million yuan including the box office from preview screenings.

Starting from the premiere on Friday, the two top films accounted for more than 95% of the national single-day box office, and the remaining films could only get some leftovers between the fingers of the two films.

After the first week, word-of-mouth for several hit movies gradually spread.

[Jurassic World 2] has a Douban score of 6.6, which is much lower than the 7.8 points of its predecessor [Jurassic World 1].

The film has a 62% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes in North America (21 fresh and 13 rotten), which is slightly lower than the 76% of the previous film.

Of course, as a sequel to the big IP "Jurassic", it is still good from the perspective of visual effects and excitement alone. It is a qualified popcorn movie.

Relatively speaking, the reputation of "Super Time and Space Cohabitation" is better.

The movie received a high score of 7.2 on Douban, which is considered excellent among romantic comedy movies.

In addition to fans, most passers-by also recognized this movie and thought that "Time Raiders" was a surprising love movie in 2018.

The online reviews are even more one-sided, with few negative reviews.

[Hilarious and heartwarming, this is a fantastical romantic comedy that's both imaginative and unconventional. Gu Wei and Liu Yifei are both incredibly good-looking, and it's worth the price of admission!]

This is the best romance film I've seen this year. Honestly, it's even better than Gu Wei's "Ex-Files 3" from last year. Plus, I think Liu Yifei is a better match for Gu Wei than Ni Ni!

[A rare domestic romantic comedy that's not awkward. The male and female protagonists are both funny and good-looking. The scene where Xu Zheng stretched the noodles made me burst out laughing, and I was very moved by the ending.

P.S.: Great tribute to "Comrades: Almost a Love Story"! 】

The story is very interesting, and the goddess is still as beautiful as ever. Great! Teacher Xu Zheng's guest appearance was a truly brilliant performance. I want to watch it again.

To be honest, Gu Wei's acting is really great, especially the two characters Lu Shiyi and Lu Ming. They are clearly the same person, but through the changes in clothing, makeup, demeanor and temperament, you can't tell that they are different characters at all. I hope Gu Wei will shoot some films with depth, your acting skills can fully grasp them.

The movie is good, and it's quite realistic in one respect: even if you know the winning numbers, it's completely impossible to get rich by buying lottery tickets. It's not that the time and space in the movie don't allow it, but the winner has already been arranged by the "director," and it has little to do with the numbers.

[This is actually the best movie I've seen so far this year. Logic and all that isn't important. The most important thing is... it's so sweet. So sweet!]

I went to the cinema alone to watch this movie, and honestly, it was pretty good. But what was that Easter egg at the end? Could you please consider the feelings of single people like us?

Gu Wei and Liu Yifei are such a perfect match, it's totally unattractive. Could they work together on a romantic drama? The longer the better.

This movie is so sweet. The cheesy love scene at the end of the Easter egg had me giggling the whole time. I'm a bit of a sweetheart, but I just love watching these two being affectionate!

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"Time Raiders" received very good reviews after its release. Although the box office ranked second in its first week, its attendance rate exceeded that of "Jurassic World 2", ranking first.

On Monday of the second week, theaters adjusted the screening ratio, with "Time Raiders" increasing to 41% and "Jurassic World 2" decreasing to 36%.

The single-day box office of both films decreased. "The Last Airbender" surpassed "Jurassic World 2" with a box office of 115 million on a weekday, surpassing the 87.24 million of "Jurassic World 2", successfully counterattacking and winning the national single-day box office championship.

Beijing, [Zhenledao] Company.

Xu Zheng couldn't stop smiling when he saw the box office performance of "Time Raiders" in the past few days.

The film's production budget was 120 million yuan, and another 50 million yuan was invested in publicity and promotion after its release, bringing the total cost to 170 million yuan.

It has only been released for 4 days, and the total box office has reached nearly 700 million yuan. Not only has it recovered its investment, but it has also made a net profit that is close to a small target.

"According to the current box office trend, our film will definitely break 1 billion.

The box office forecast of the Maoyan platform is 1.6 billion yuan.

Su Lun, your first independently directed film has such a high box office, it seems I have to call you Director Su from now on."

Xu Zheng's face was flushed as he joked with Su Lun, the tall man with short hair standing next to him.

“Honestly, from the first day the movie was released, it felt like a dream to me.

I thought our film would be good, but I didn’t expect it to do so well at the box office, grossing over 500 million yuan in the first three days and even exceeding 100 million yuan on weekdays.”

"Haha, the most important thing is that the movie has good reputation. By the end of this week, you will have firmly entered the club of directors with a box office of 1 billion.

Tsk tsk, when Lost in Thailand was released, I was in the same situation as you. I never thought that my movie would sell so well. I was completely stunned.

But now it’s different from before. The overall environment is getting better and better, and the domestic film market is developing year by year. It’s much easier for a movie to break 1 billion yuan now than before.”

Su Lun nodded.

“That’s true, but in reality, there are only a few movies that are big hits every year, and most movies are lucky if they can just break even.

I feel that the success of [Time Travelers] is so good this time because of everyone’s support in many aspects.

Director Xu will help you control the filming, and Gu Wei and Liu Yifei have joined the cast.

Mr. Gu’s box office appeal is truly amazing, he truly deserves to be recognized as the “Box Office King” in the industry!

I also felt this from this collaboration.”

It's rare that Su Lun is still sober now and has not gotten carried away by the box office success of the movie he directed.

"This film was a perfect combination of timing, location, and people. If I were to make another one without these favorable conditions, I'd probably end up with the same results."

“No~

You do have some skills, but judging from the current box office, the popularity of "Time Raiders" after its release is indeed a reflection of Gu Wei's box office appeal.

We took this into consideration when we invited him to join us, otherwise we would not have given him such a high investment share.

Last month, the film I produced and starred in, The Player, only grossed over 300 million yuan. Although this was due to the subject matter, the disparity in box office appeal can be seen."

Xu Zheng touched his chin.

"Unfortunately, I'm good at comedy, which doesn't really match Gu Wei's style. It's unlikely we'll have the chance to work together in the future."

Just as happy as Xu Zheng was Wang Changtian from Light Media.

The three producers of "Super Time and Space Cohabitation" are "Zhen Le Dao", "Wei Ming Tian Xia" and "Guang Guang Media".

In addition, Light Media is also one of the promoters of the film.

Now that the film is selling well, Guangguang is naturally making a lot of money.

When Xu Zheng pushed Su Lun to prepare for the filming of this movie, Wang Changtian actually didn't care. It was just a low-budget movie with an investment of 40 million yuan, and he didn't think about how much money it would make. He just wanted to give Xu Zheng face.

Who would have thought that in a surprising turn of events, this project would actually be favored by Gu Wei.

So Wang Changtian also became excited. After redistributing the investment shares and making additional investments, he was very much looking forward to the final results of the film.

Now it turned out just as he expected.

Judging from the current trend of the film, this film will bring at least 100 million yuan in net profit to Guangguang.

".Mr. Gu, congratulations on the box office success

I've already said that the project selected by Mr. Gu will definitely perform well.

When we have time to have dinner together, I will invite Director Xu and Director Su.

Fine, work is important, let’s make an appointment later.”

(End of this chapter)