Chapter 436 Unprecedented
After Gu Wei returned to the crew, he continued filming as usual, and "Operation Mekong" is still a hit in theaters.
During the seven days of National Day and the premiere day, "Operation Mekong" had a box office of over 100 million yuan for 8 consecutive days. Starting from October 2, the single-day box office fell for 4 consecutive days. Only on the last day of National Day did the box office decline and closed at 114 million yuan.
After the National Day holiday, "Operation Mekong" grossed 1.084 billion yuan in 8 days, and its total box office officially exceeded 1 billion yuan.
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After the box office of [Operation Mekong] exceeded 1 billion, various media rushed to report on it.
Lin Chaoxian is hailed as a new generation of main-theme director. Netizens have praised his plot and action design in the movie, and feel that he has blazed a new trail for future main-theme movies.
One of the leading actors, Zhang Hanyu, has also received widespread praise from the audience. Everyone strongly agrees with his portrayal of positive roles such as soldiers and policemen, and believes that it is very consistent with his temperament.
Of course, the real focus of public opinion is still Gu Wei, the absolute leading actor of the film.
Before the release of "Operation Mekong", many people were not optimistic about his performance this time, believing that this mainstream police and gangster action film was the beginning of Gu Wei's fall from the altar.
This argument was quite popular at that time.
Most viewers feel that with Gu Wei's participation, "Operation Mekong" may not be a hit at the box office, but it will definitely have no problem making a profit or even a small profit.
At that time, everyone generally believed that the box office limit of this movie was only around 500 million.
After all, police and gangster action movies have never had very high box office results. Even with the addition of Gu Wei, some people are not optimistic about whether they can break the previous record.
In fact, this box office figure is not low, but it is much worse than Gu Wei’s previous films.
If he really achieves this result in the end, there will definitely be many people who will come out to criticize Gu Wei, thinking that his box office appeal is just so-so.
After the release of "Operation Mekong", the box office soared all the way and soon slapped many people in the face with facts.
Now, the second week of the movie has not yet ended, and it has already entered the billion box office club. It is also the only main-theme movie among domestic films with a box office of over 1 billion.
Before this, the best-performing main-theme film was "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" directed by Xu Ke, with a box office of 880 million yuan.
According to the current box office trend of the movie, it is certain that the box office will plummet after the National Day holiday, but "Operation Mekong" has a very high reputation, and it will not be difficult for it to exceed 1.5 billion in the future. It is hard to say whether it can reach 2 billion.
However, no matter what the final box office performance of the movie is, it is now a fact that it is a big hit.
Naturally, the media praised Gu Wei again, and the major film and television companies, producers, directors and star actors in the industry once again witnessed Gu Wei's unparalleled box office appeal.
Being able to bring a mainstream film to such a high box office level is truly amazing in this period of time.
It is only 2016, and neither the big companies in the industry nor the moviegoers have the concept that main-theme blockbusters will necessarily sell well.
In recent years, not many main-theme movies have really made money. "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 1" are among the best.
Both "The Founding of a Republic" and "The Founding of a Party" achieved high box office success by piling up stars.
The last film in the trilogy, The Founding of an Army, has not yet been released. Gu Wei was approached to star in that film, but he did not participate due to schedule issues.
Now the collaboration between Gu Wei, Zhang Hanyu and Lin Chaoxian has directly broken all previous records, bringing the box office performance of main-theme movies to a whole new level.
Beijing, headquarters of Enlight Media.
In the president's office, Wang Changtian was looking at a report handed to him by his assistant with a happy mood.
The report contains detailed box office data for all movies currently in theaters, including the specific box office figures for each movie in each city.
Now that the whole country is connected, the data after a movie is released is becoming more and more accurate and specific.
Major film and television companies can tell from the detailed box office data of a movie whether the movie is popular in the south or the north, whether the box office is high in first-tier cities, or whether it sells better in second- and third-tier cities.
These precise data will help film companies better understand the audience's tastes and preferences, and will also allow them to more specifically find matching audience groups when doing publicity and promotion in the future.
Among the three blockbusters released during the National Day holiday, "Passing By Your World" was jointly produced by Light Media and a company under Deng Chao's name, and the publicity and distribution companies were Light Media and Tao Piaopiao.
The film only cost 70 million, and now, after 10 days of release, the total box office has exceeded 550 million, making a huge profit!
Although the movie's single-day box office has dropped a lot after the National Day holiday, it shouldn't be too difficult to get another 200 to 300 million yuan.
However, in the table, the data of "Passing By Your World" has always been ranked second. The real champion of the National Day holiday is undoubtedly Gu Wei's "Operation Mekong".
"It's really amazing, everything he shoots becomes a hit!
I don’t know if it’s because Gu Wei’s box office appeal is too strong, or if the current mainstream blockbuster movies are about to take off.”
Wang Changtian naturally ignored other films in the National Day holiday, including "Aces Go Aces", and only paid close attention to the films produced by his own company and "Operation Mekong".
After a while, Wang Changtian put down the data sheet in his hand and called his secretary in.
"I've been discussing with [Wei Ming Tian Xia] before. When exactly is the celebration party for [Detective Chinatown 2] scheduled?"
[Detective Chinatown 2] was officially withdrawn from theaters at the end of September, having grossed 3.9 billion yuan in box office revenue in two months. However, [TVB World], the main producer, has not held a celebration party, and Guangguang has inquired about it several times.
"Boss Wang, a few days ago, Manager Yang from [Weiming Tianxia] told me that the event will be held in Beijing next Friday."
Wang Changtian nodded.
[Detective Chinatown 2] made Guangguang a lot of money, and Gu Wei had to be thanked at the celebration party.
Most importantly, he also wanted a chance to find out when the third part would begin preparations.
[Detective Chinatown 2] There is an easter egg at the end of the movie. It is obvious that the third part will go to Tokyo, but Gu Wei has the final say on when to shoot and what it will look like.
As far as he knows, there is no sign of preparation for "Detective Chinatown 3" so far. Gu Wei himself has been busy with his other film and television dramas, and "Detective Chinatown 3" is not on the list of films released by "Wei Ming Tian Xia".
With the foundation of the first two films, Wang Changtian couldn't imagine what the final box office of the third film would reach.
But no matter what, it will be a very sweet big cake, and the knife for dividing the cake is in Gu Wei's hands, and he decides how much light can get from it.
At the same time, in the president's office of Huayi Brothers.
Brothers Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei were also discussing the box office of the National Day film market.
"Gu Wei is truly amazing. He has brought the box office of mainstream films to such high levels. His box office appeal is truly incredible!
I'm not surprised at all that Guangguang's "Passing By Your World" has such good results. Deng Chao has indeed been very popular in recent years.
However, the comedy by Liu Dehua and Xiaoming flopped miserably. Combined with Wang Jing's fame, they only managed to take in over 100 million yuan during the entire 7-day National Day holiday. "Ace vs. Ace" will probably struggle to recoup its investment."
Wang Zhonglei sat on the sofa at the bottom of the office, making tea and sighing.
"This result is not surprising. Hua Zai and Xiao Ming have made too many bad movies over the years, which has eroded the audience's good impression of them. Wang Jing is even more famous for making bad movies. The combined box office appeal of the three of them is not as good as Gu Wei.
Plus, "Ace vs Ace" is really bad, so it's understandable that the audience doesn't buy it."
Wang Zhongjun sat opposite him and spoke naturally.
Although Huayi did not have any movies released during the National Day holiday, as the owner of the largest private film and television company in the industry, he has always been paying attention to the movies released on the market.
With all his years of experience, he feels that he has a clear understanding of the reasons why a movie will be a hit or a flop after its release.
"But having said that, I thought Operation Mekong would definitely be a box office hit, but it still surprised me that it sold so well!"
After Wang Zhongjun finished speaking, he picked up the teacup, blew on it, and took a small sip.
"Brother, haven't you always been very optimistic about Gu Wei?"
Wang Zhonglei asked with some surprise.
"I'm optimistic. I used to think that with Gu Wei's box office appeal, he could bring the final box office of "Operation Mekong" to 1 billion. I didn't expect it to break 1 billion just after the National Day holiday. Now I think it's possible to reach 2 billion!
I underestimated Gu Wei's popularity and Lin Chaoxian's ability.
Director Lin is no ordinary person. I have seen the movie and it is very well made and of high quality.
When [Operation Mekong] was first released, it was obvious that Gu Wei brought in the first wave of traffic. If it was a movie of average quality, it would only have this wave of traffic. If the word of mouth was not good later, the box office would have plummeted.
Operation Mekong, however, relied on its exceptional quality to capture this wave of traffic, and as word of mouth spread, the box office naturally soared!"
Wang Zhongjun specifically analyzed the reasons why "Operation Mekong" was a big hit.
“Haha~
I think Xiang Huaqiang from China Star must not be very happy right now.
Bona also did the promotion, but his "Legend of the Gods" flopped, while Bona's own film sold like hotcakes. The two films were released just over a month apart. If it were me, I would definitely think Bona didn't try their best!"
Wang Zhongjun shook his head.
"Xiang Huaqiang still has the old mindset of big investment and big stars; failure is inevitable.
By the way, have you agreed with Gu Wei on the filming time for Ex 3?
"I made an agreement with him some time ago. According to his schedule, we will start filming at the end of November."
Wang Zhongjun nodded.
“Very good~
The company's main film project for the second half of this year is "Ex-Files 3," so make sure nothing goes wrong!
"clear."
The crew of "You Are My Glory".
Gu Wei came out to take a break after filming a scene and saw Tian Xiwei chattering with Jiang Peiyao on her cell phone.
"What are you talking about? You look so happy?"
Reba, who had left the show with him, also cast a curious look at him.
Xiaotian turned his head and looked at Gu Wei's excited face.
"Brother Wei, the internet has been all about you lately. Operation Mekong is a huge hit, and the media and netizens are all praising you!"
Gu Wei was not surprised at what Tian Xiwei said. To be more precise, he was already used to this kind of praise.
"What do you say?"
Oda's eyes rolled.
“They say you’re the top-grossing star in the domestic film industry, a box office success, and everything you act in becomes a hit.
By the way, I saw a media outlet calculated all the movies you've filmed since your debut, including the still-hit "Operation Mekong," and they said the total box office revenue of the movies you starred in, Brother Wei, has already exceeded 10 billion!"
As soon as she said this, Reba and Jiang Peiyao, who were sitting next to her, took a breath in surprise, and then looked at Gu Wei eagerly.
"I haven't noticed that, and I've never calculated it specifically, but now that you mention it, it seems about right."
Gu Wei was not too surprised. For him, a box office of 10 billion yuan was not a difficult task. "Wolf Warrior 2" had not yet been released. This result would be achieved sooner or later, but it was still a bit unexpected that it came so early.
He touched his chin, looked up slightly, and calculated the box office of the movies he had made in the past few years since his debut.
"The Assassin 1" and "The Legend of the Phoenix" earned 200 million and 1 billion respectively, "Detective Chinatown 1" and "Detective Chinatown 2" earned 1 billion and 3.9 billion respectively, "The Left Ear" earned 800 million, "Monster Hunt" earned 2.6 billion, and the currently released "Operation Mekong" has earned more than 1 billion.
If you don’t count it, you won’t know that the total box office of the movies he starred in has reached 10.5 billion. Among them, "Operation Mekong" is still reaping box office revenue. By the time it is released, the total box office will definitely exceed 11 billion.
Just as he was thinking, Gu Wei's cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Yang Liwen calling.
"Hey, Sister Yang~
I know, ok, no problem.
This is also a good thing. Just promote it normally. My achievements are real and it’s good to make my fans happy.
Say hello to Bona, this will also be a good promotion for the film Operation Mekong that is currently being released."
After chatting for a few words, Gu Wei hung up the phone.
The company obviously noticed that Gu Wei's personal box office performance exceeded 10 billion yuan, and Yang Liwen called him to ask if he wanted to use this to promote it.
If it were an ordinary star, his agent and the team behind him would have already started buying press releases, but Gu Wei did not lack this little bit of traffic, plus he was usually relatively low-key. Yang Liwen was not sure whether he was willing to be in the spotlight, so she called to ask for his permission.
Gu Wei thought this was a good opportunity to promote the movie. He was always good at utilizing every promotional point when a work was released.
"I just did the math, and the combined box office revenue of the movies I starred in is indeed over 10 billion. It should be over 10.5 billion now."
Gu Wei said to the three people around him with a smile.
"Wow, Brother Wei, you are indeed my idol, so awesome!!
I feel like if I can achieve even one-tenth of your success as an actor in the future, I’ll be amazing~”
Tian Xiwei opened her big round eyes and said exaggeratedly.
Reba and Jiang Peiyao also looked at him with admiration.
One of them is from the Shanghai Theatre Academy and the other is from the Beijing Film Academy. Both of them graduated with acting majors and knew what an amazing achievement it was to star in a movie with a box office of over 10 billion yuan.
It can be said that in the entire domestic entertainment industry, Gu Wei is the only scorpion daddy.
Although there may be more to come, there is definitely no one before us.
(End of this chapter)
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