Chapter 407 Target, 5 billion!
James Cameron, one of the greatest science fiction directors, the world box office record holder, the creator of "Terminator", "Titanic" and "Avatar", the man who swept the Oscars... He
is also the old American "cloud adoptive father" of countless Hollywood fanatics.
In the online debate about "The Wandering Earth" these days, whenever the anti-fans are at a disadvantage, they will bring up Cameron's "Avatar" and Nolan's "Interstellar", and the meaning between the words is that except for these two movies, other science fiction movies are garbage.
In this regard, the fans of "Little Broken Ball" can only say:
[You are right! ——From user "2001 A Space Odyssey Kubrick"]
The anti-fans thought they could keep using this "spiritual victory method" to make trouble, but they never expected that at this time, they would be stabbed in the back by the "God of Cards" they believed in.
However, it must be admitted that Cameron's reputation is indeed high in the hearts of science fiction movie audiences. The first reaction of "The Wandering Earth" fans who saw this Weibo was also shock.
[Fuck! It's really Cameron, and he posted on Weibo. This style is so weird. 】
【My little broken ball is awesome! Cameron must have chosen it. 】
【Cameron encouraged our little broken ball, I know that good movies will not be buried! 】
【? ? Really? Thanks! 】
【……】
"What the hell? Who of you is so powerful that you invited Cameron?" Guo Fan called Meng Bai and asked excitedly.
In the past few days, in addition to various publicity interviews, he has also been paying attention to the public opinion of the movie. He also dislikes those black fans who wantonly smear and make bad reviews, but because of his status, he can't say anything to the public.
As for those people comparing "The Wandering Earth" with "Avatar" and "Interstellar", he doesn't care much.
The gap between the domestic film industry and Hollywood is an objective fact. There is no need to distort or deny it. Just work hard to catch up. Moreover, these films are all science fiction masterpieces recognized by fans around the world. Being able to compare them together is a recognition of "The Wandering Earth".
What he didn't expect was that he actually saw Cameron support them, and it was on a domestic social platform.
When he just heard the staff report the news to him, he thought it was a joke. It was not until he saw the message from the verified account that he finally believed it.
Guo Fan's first thought was: Wow! It turns out that we are so awesome that even Cameron has to chase our movies and applaud us after watching them.
But then he reacted, not to mention whether Cameron will find a newly released Chinese science fiction movie to watch. Even if he is really satisfied after watching it, he will definitely not send a message on Weibo.
No need to ask, this must be a producer of the crew, and then he thought of Meng Bai first.
"Brother, no matter how awesome Arclight is, it is in China. We really have no contact with Hollywood."
Meng Bai directly denied Guo Fan's guess. If you think about it, you will know that only China Film can have such resources and connections.
"Isn't Cameron's new movie "Alita: Battle Angel" going to be released in China on the 22nd? It just so happened that when we were talking about the release and promotion, China Film recommended "The Wandering Earth" to him, so he returned the favor and helped promote it."
"No wonder, I was wondering why he used Weibo to send a message." Guo Fan was a little disappointed, "I thought he really recommended it after watching it and thought it was good."
As a sci-fi film creator, Guo Fan himself is also a fan of Cameron, so he was so excited.
"Actually, it's half and half. When I talked to China Film yesterday, they said that Director Cameron had watched some clips and really thought the level was very good." Meng Bai comforted him, "If the movie is really bad, people can't praise it."
"Haha, that's right."
Knowing how the other party came, Guo Fan felt relieved. Of course, he didn't forget to respond to his idol.
[Oh my God! Thank you for the encouragement of God Cameron, and I wish the upcoming "Alita: Battle Angel" good luck! Looking forward to it, I will definitely watch it. ]
It can be regarded as helping to promote it.
On the other hand, after watching the "friendly interaction" between the two directors, the fans of "The Wandering Earth" seemed to have suddenly obtained a magic weapon, and they won an overwhelming victory in the battle against the black fans.
After all, the other party's most respected director has personally come out to express his support, what else can be said.
Although there are still many hard-mouthed black fans who were severely slapped in the face, most of them have stopped and can only say a few words in the corners, and they have to be careful of being besieged by fans at any time.
However, to be honest, this wave of public opinion controversy has also helped "The Wandering Earth" create a wave of heat, and coupled with Cameron's popularity, the momentum of the movie is even stronger.
On the fourth day of the Spring Festival, the scheduling and single-day box office of "The Wandering Earth" continued to rise, winning 420 million.
Immediately on the fifth day, this number rose to a terrifying 460 million, accounting for 33% of the scheduling, and the attendance rate continued to remain above 45%.
You know, the total box office of movies in theaters across the country on that day was only 870 million. This is equivalent to "The Wandering Earth" taking more than half of the box office with one-third of the screenings.
The total box office of the movie has also reached 1.7 billion.
No one could have imagined that the "little broken ball", which was the least optimistic before its release, would advance all the way and completely open up a fault-like gap with the rest of the Spring Festival movies.
So far, the entire 2019 Spring Festival movies have also been divided into four levels.
The top one is undoubtedly the "Wandering Earth" that dominates the list, followed by "Crazy Alien" and "Flying Life" in the second echelon.
Then in the third echelon, "The New King of Comedy" and "Boonie Bears" are almost the same, and the latter is about to overtake.
As for the remaining "Peppa Pig" and the like, they have lost the opportunity to compete and basically left the battlefield.
According to this trend, the Spring Festival champion of "The Wandering Earth" is a foregone conclusion, and the rest is nothing more than seeing how much the final total box office can reach.
Not only the main creative staff such as Meng Bai and Guo Fan are looking forward to it, but the fans and audiences of "Little Broken Ball" are also curious about how far this movie, which opens the "door to domestic science fiction", can go.
Under this kind of attention, the box office performance of "The Wandering Earth" has shown amazing stability.
On February 10, the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, the total box office of the movie exceeded 2 billion.
On February 14, the tenth day of the movie's release, the cumulative total box office exceeded 3 billion.
On February 20, half a month after its release, the total box office of "The Wandering Earth" successfully exceeded 4 billion, and it still maintained a single-day box office growth rate of over 100 million, far exceeding the box office forecasts made by previous ticket purchasing platforms such as Maoyan and Tao Piao Piao.
But it's not their fault. After all, before this box office number was reached, no one could have imagined that the movie could have such great potential.
I don't know if the two platforms were stimulated, and they simply raised the final box office forecast to 5 billion in one go.
Everyone was shocked by this number. Although various box office blockbusters have appeared frequently in the past two years, they are only in the range of 3 billion. Above this, only "Wolf Warrior 2" with 5.6 billion sits on the throne alone.
"The Wandering Earth" has exceeded 4 billion, which is already the second in the history of domestic film box office. As a result, before everyone has digested this news, it is now said that it may exceed 5 billion.
Many people in the industry have begun to wonder, is the future domestic film market really going to start taking this heavy industry and large-scale production path?
However, many people also believe that it is more difficult for "The Wandering Earth" to break through 5 billion than to break through 4 billion before.
Cameron's "Alita: Battle Angel" is about to be released, and this person's competitiveness is completely incomparable with "Crazy Alien" and "Speeding Life".
The world's top science fiction director is part-time. Robert Rodriguez, who won the Saturn Award for "From Dusk Till Dawn" 20 years ago, directed the script adapted from the well-known "Battle Angel" in the science fiction circle. The subject type is the cyberpunk that has been popular in recent years, and it is also blessed by Hollywood's super high special effects level, and the gimmick of the heroine's CG synthesis...
No matter how you look at it, it looks like another science fiction masterpiece.
Even Guo Fan and others are full of expectations and tension about this "competitor".
"Don't be so pessimistic."
In Guo Fan's studio, Meng Bai encouraged everyone: "Cameron is indeed great, but this movie is not directed by him after all, so the final quality level may not be as high as everyone imagines."
Meng Bai's words are of course not nonsense. Due to the introduction of censorship, "Alita: Battle Angel" was released later in the mainland than in North America, so there are already reviews and scores about this movie abroad.
Yesterday, he looked at the comments about this movie on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes in North America. The American audience's evaluation of this movie can be summed up in one sentence - there are enough special effects, but not enough plot.
"That being said..." Guo Fan said, "But after all, Cameron's reputation is here. Even if the effect of the movie is really not as expected, it will definitely attract a lot of viewers in the first few days, which will definitely have an impact on our viewing traffic."
"There will definitely be an impact. There is nothing we can do if it collides with such a big movie." Meng Bai thought and said, "We discussed with China Film Group before to see if we can apply for a key extension from the higher authorities. One more month of release time should be able to make up for the impact of this period."
Guo Fan and Gongger's eyes lit up: "Can the key extension be applied for?"
"It should be no problem." Meng Bai smiled and said, "The film and television industry is in a downturn now, and the output value of movies has gradually declined since the National Day last year. It's not easy to recover some of the decline during the Spring Festival this year, and our box office potential has not been completely exhausted. Extending the release date is good for everyone."
The extension of the key of popular movies is also a very common operation. The film company can get more box office, the theater chain can make up for the weak period between popular schedules, and the official can get better performance figures.
For the audience, the movie ticket prices during the extended period will generally have a relatively large decline, and those who have not yet watched the movie will also spend less money. As for the audience who bought the original price to watch the movie before... I can only say that this is just like the discount on games. The sooner you watch, the sooner you enjoy it, and the later you watch, the discount you enjoy.
"It would be great if I could really apply for it." Guo Fan breathed a sigh of relief, "With an extra month of release period, maybe I can really break through the 5 billion threshold."
"Why, you just can't stand Brother Jing sitting in the first place, right?" Meng Bai teased.
Guo Fan waved his hand: "The 5.6 billion of "Wolf Warrior 2" will definitely not be exceeded, but it's always better to have more."
Meng Bai nodded. Indeed, the performance of "Wolf Warrior 2" is not so easy to break through. This has nothing to do with the quality of the movie. It mainly involves many off-site factors, which are not so easy to replicate.
So for Guo Fan and others, if the final total box office can exceed 5 billion, it will be a complete success.
Of course, the foundation of all this is based on the fact that the performance of "Alita: Battle Angel" is not as good as expected. If there is a big hit, there will be no need to discuss it later.
For a time, from the film producers to the audience, the focus was on the "Cameron new work" to be released next. Even those anti-fans of "The Wandering Earth" - once the box office of this movie is a big hit, they can fight back and take back the situation. On
February 22, "Alita: Battle Angel", which had been released in many markets around the world, finally landed in mainland theaters.
On the first day of its release, it got a single-day box office of 132 million, ending the "single-day box office champion" reign of "The Wandering Earth" for half a month. In
the next two weekends, the box office of this new movie rose slightly, and the box office results of 430 million in the first three days of the weekend were won.
If it were another movie, this result would be considered quite good. After all, the Spring Festival holiday has passed, and the students are almost back to school, and the audience group for watching movies has decreased a lot.
And as Guo Fan and others had expected before, the single-day box office of "The Wandering Earth" was indeed affected, and it fell below 100 million yuan for the first time since its release.
But the problem is, this is Cameron's new work. The online publicity was very strong before, saying "the world's first movie with a CG-synthesized heroine" and "the latest masterpiece in the field of science fiction", etc., and the audience's expectations were very high.
As a result, after coming out of the theater, many viewers felt that they were still not satisfied - not because the movie was so good, but because the story was not finished!
[No, what's wrong with these Hollywood blockbusters in the past two years? They all learned from Marvel, right? They can't finish a movie in one, and people have to watch the second one. ]
[The special effects of this movie are really awesome, and the heroine Alita is really cute, but the plot... Anyway, it's awkward no matter how you look at it. ]
【It's over, friends. I suddenly found that after watching "The Wandering Earth", I can't stand this kind of story of a personal hero saving the world. 】
【You are not the only one above. I also felt this way when I was watching it. I always feel that if there are not more alternative plans or teams, if they fail, it will be GG. 】
【Really, now I feel more and more that this kind of American blockbuster, whether it is "Alita: Battle Angel" or Marvel, the routines are basically the same, and the personal heroism is too much. 】
【Fuck, it's all "The Wandering Earth". It ruined my fun of watching these traditional blockbusters. 】
【……】
(End of this chapter)
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