Chapter 759: Head-on confrontation with Hollywood blockbusters: the super powerful "Harry Potter"
Three blockbuster movies are showing in the cinema.
The first shows of the three movies ended almost at the same time.
After the audience left the theater, they all started discussing the films they had watched.
"Harry Potter is so good. My children love it, and I like it too..."
"Magic Knight is good. Disney didn't ruin the novel this time. I think it's good..."
"The space rescue was so shocking, and the scene was so beautiful..."
"Little Harry is so cute..."
“I like it, I like it…”
Everyone started discussing it heatedly, and from what we can see so far, the reputations of the three films are pretty good.
The battle among the three blockbusters has officially begun, and the real-time box office is also being updated.
The three blockbusters all had high attendance rates. Because "Magic Knight" was scheduled for a higher number of screenings, its box office was higher than that of "Harry Potter".
"Harry Potter" ranked second, and "Space Rescue", which had the least screenings, ranked third.
The specific ratings have also been released on major rating websites.
The most amazing thing happened: On some rating websites, the ratings of these three films were actually the same.
This means that the quality of all three films is very strong, and they are basically of superb quality.
The Christmas season has officially begun and time is passing in a tight schedule.
Many viewers are also paying attention to the box office results, and everyone has their own supporters in their hearts.
After a fiercely anticipated release, a day finally passed, and the box office results for the three blockbusters for the year were finally released.
In the North American market, "Magic Knight" won the championship with a single-day box office of 132 million US dollars.
"Harry Potter" was the runner-up, with a single-day box office of $119 million.
"Space Rescue" ranked third with a single-day box office of 101 million US dollars.
This terrifying box office result has also made many people look forward to it.
The three blockbusters all broke 100 million yuan in single-day box office in North America. This scene is truly unprecedented.
This is the case in Europe and Asia. The box office of the three films is not only high, but also very tense.
In China, however, "Harry Potter" is the top-selling film. Although Disney controls a large cinema chain, the novel "Magic Knight Rider" has few fans in China.
Although this is also a famous IP, compared with the popularity of "Harry Potter" in China, "Magic Knight" is much weaker.
In addition, this is the home base of Qingyao Group. Even if Disney controls a cinema chain, they dare not go too far considering profitability.
However, the total screening schedules of the two films are actually similar, with "Halibota" accounting for 40% of the screenings in China and "Magic Knight" accounting for 39%.
Poor "Space Rescue", it only got a pitiful 19% of the screening time in China, and the remaining 2% was occupied by some other Chinese films.
The final box office was not much different. "Harry Potter" had a box office of 390 million yuan in China on the first day.
"Magic Knight" was 310 million RMB.
"Space Rescue" only made 170 million yuan.
Obviously, "Space Rescue" is out of date and has similar reputations. The three movies all have good reputations and similar ratings.
On the first day of release, "Magic Knight" still ranked first globally.
But this was just the beginning. In the following Christmas season, the three movies competed fiercely, but the glory of "Magic Knight" did not last.
On the third day, the box office of "Magic Knight" was a bit weak, and the attendance rate declined with the same screening schedule.
On the contrary, "Harry Potter" still had a high attendance rate, resulting in the box office of the two films being almost the same.
On the fourth day, the cinema adjusted the screening schedule of the two films.
The screening schedule of "Harry Potter" has increased slightly, surpassing "The Magic Knight".
As a result, on the fourth day, "Harry Potter" surpassed "The Magic Knight" in single-day box office in North America.
This scene made Disney completely confused. What happened? How could it be surpassed by "Harry Potter"?
In Disney's conference room, everyone had a serious expression.
"Look at these comments, the answer is here..."
A senior official directly released some comments from netizens. After seeing these comments, everyone seemed to see the answer.
"I want to watch Magic Knight, but my kids prefer Harry Potter. Even though it's Christmas, I think one movie is enough..."
"My child is at home, so I can only take him to watch Harry Potter, but it's really good..."
"After watching Magic Actually, my kids pestered me to watch Harry Potter. It was quite good..."
"I've watched all three movies, but the kids prefer Harry Potter. Little Harry is so cute. I love it so much..."
After seeing these comments, many people finally understood why "Magic Knight" was surpassed by "Harry Potter".
It's very simple. Most of the audience who watched "Magic Knight" were dragged by their children to watch "Harry Potter".
But many viewers who watch "Harry Potter" will not watch "Magic Knight Rider".
Especially children, they will never watch "Magic Knight" and "Space Rescue" at all.
This shows an important thing, that is, the potential audience of "Harry Potter" is larger than that of "Magic Knight Rider".
The difference was not noticeable at first because the audience didn’t see it at first.
But as time went on, and many potential viewers had watched it, the truth came to light.
To put it simply, "Harry Potter" is more enduring and has more potential audiences.
"Damn it, we shouldn't have gone head-to-head with Harry Potter..."
A senior executive couldn't help but curse, and the others also sighed.
They don't want to do that either. Even if they avoid each other for a few days, it won't hurt both sides.
If "Magic Knight" was simply released a few days later than "Harry Potter", it would definitely make more money.
But the higher-ups have given the go-ahead, so now they can only confront "Magic Knight" head-on, but now it has become a joke, as "Magic Knight" has been trampled under the feet of "Harry Potter" in an instant.
The atmosphere in the conference room was gloomy, but the rise of Harry Potter was just beginning.
In the upcoming Christmas period, the box office of "Harry Potter" will remain stable, and even if it declines, it will be a small decline.
Looking at "Magic Knight" and "Space Rescue", there has been a significant decline.
On the seventh day of the Christmas season, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows surpassed Magic Knight in both North American and global box office. However, Space Rescue was even worse off, becoming the biggest victim.
"Harry Potter" became the biggest winner of the entire Christmas season. After this result came out, many people breathed a sigh of relief.
Except for Sony, all other Hollywood companies are in a gloomy state.
Disney is even more pitiful. After the box office of "Magic Knight" was surpassed, its stock price fell directly. Investors used the money in their hands to tell Disney their expectations.
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