Chapter 255: Invincible Popularity (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
After the May Day holiday, the domestic film market fell back to around 100 million yuan.
In its third week of release, the single-day box office of "The Left Ear" has also dropped to 25.98 million. Judging from the trend, it can still get a box office of around 200 million.
But it’s only the third week, because on May 12th of the fourth week, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" will be released.
Originally, the film was scheduled to be released globally on May 1st, but in mainland China, China Film Group adjusted its release date to the 12th.
The reason is very simple, which is to give domestic films some breathing space.
"Fast & Furious 7", which was released on April 12, had already overshadowed a number of domestic films, and in its fourth week of release it was still the runner-up in single-day box office.
If it weren't for the sudden rise of [Left Ear], [Fast & Furious 7] might have won the championship for four consecutive weeks.
However, the victory of "The Left Ear" is only because "Furious 7" has been released for too long, so it can win slightly over the old one.
If "Avengers 2" is released on May Day after "Furious 7", Gu Wei's "The Left Ear" will definitely become cannon fodder, just like Fan Bingbing's "Everything Grows".
Not to mention exceeding 600 million, the box office of 200 or 300 million is all thanks to the support of Gu Wei's fans.
There was no way around it. There were no real blockbusters released in China during this period, and a global blockbuster like "Avengers 2" was a dimensionality reduction blow to other movies.
"Furious 7" has finally reached its fifth week after its release, with a total box office of over 2.3 billion and a single-day box office of more than 10 million.
However, what is somewhat dramatic is that "Fall in Love with You" is now in its second week of release, but its daily box office is not much different from that of "Furious 7".
Both [Wolf Warrior] and [Everything Grows] have entered their final stages.
"Wolf Warrior" was released for 33 days and the box office revenue reached 613 million yuan.
Perhaps due to the stronger publicity in the early stage of the film's release, this result is about 60 million more than the original time and space.
Wu Jing became famous overnight and went from being a somewhat outdated action actor to a hot new star in the director world.
[Wolf Warrior 1] probably brought Gu Wei a net profit of about 40 million, but what really made him happy was that [Wolf Warrior 2] had already begun preparations, and he was also qualified to share this extremely delicious big cake.
Unlike "Wolf Warrior", "Everything Grows" has only been released for more than half a month. However, because the daily box office is less than one million and there is basically no potential for further growth, major theaters have removed it from the shelves and allocated the vacant screenings to other movies with high attendance rates.
This film, co-produced by Fan Bingbing and Han Geng, was said to be a youth film full of hormones, but its final box office was only 135 million yuan.
Even though the box office exceeded 100 million yuan, the cost of this movie was about 60 million yuan, and the producer lost more than 20 million yuan.
The failure of the movie did not have a big impact on Fan Bingbing. At the beginning of the year, the "Empress of China" starring her started at the peak. Almost at the beginning of the year, it was booked as the champion of Mango TV's 2015 TV drama ratings, and was also a strong contender for the 2015 TV drama king.
The performance of the satellite broadcast was extremely good, only the online broadcast volume was slightly lower.
A TV series contributed 466 million yuan in revenue to its investor, Tangde Film and Television, directly helping Tangde Film and Television to list on the A-share market in early 2015. Fan Bingbing appeared at the listing ceremony as a shareholder, rang the bell for the listing, and delivered a speech.
In addition to the 50 million yuan salary he received for filming "The Empress of China" (because it was produced by his own company, he charged a friendly price), the stock price of "Tangde Film and Television" soared after its listing, and Fan Bingbing made a huge profit of 80 million yuan from his shares overnight.
At this time, Fan Bingbing has completely transformed from a star into a capital that can control resources. The failure of a movie is nothing to her.
She also completely realized what she said back then: "I don't want to marry into a wealthy family, because I am a wealthy family!"
Han Geng, who is also one of the leading actors, is not in a very good situation.
It is now 2015, and his popularity as a top star has been reduced to a minimum after the decline in recent years.
Especially with the rise of new generation top idols like Gu Wei, and the appearance of slightly less top-tier idols like the Four Returnees, the younger generation of fans completely abandoned him.
The movie he starred in flopped, and he himself revealed the scandal of stealing at the press conference. Han Geng will face a further downgrade in resources.
Whether he can stand up again in the future depends entirely on whether he can produce more good works.
In the boss's office of [Lehua Entertainment], a tall, fair-skinned, and elegant middle-aged woman was leaning against the desk.
Han Geng sat on the sofa opposite with a depressed look on his face.
"I've told you countless times not to say anything in front of the media, and to be careful about what you say and do outside.
Did you turn a deaf ear to what I said?"
The standing lady's voice was not loud, but it had an indescribable severity.
She is Han Geng's boss and Du Hua, the founder of Lehua Entertainment.
In 2009, she founded Lehua Entertainment. Han Geng happened to return from South Korea that year, so Du Hua borrowed 2 million yuan from a friend to sign Han Geng.
Later, Han Geng developed better and better in China, and Lehua also grew stronger with the help of his fame, and in the future it even cultivated top stars such as Wang Yibo.
"I thought it was nothing. It's been so many years, and I didn't make much money. I just treated it as a joke."
Han Geng, who was sitting on the sofa, said this with some grievance.
“You are a star, not an ordinary person.
Your every word and every action will be put under the spotlight and analyzed.
So you must be very careful when speaking outside.
I had to use all my connections to help you resolve the issue of you boycotting the variety show.
Now you're exposing your own negative material again, are you thinking you're not becoming obsolete fast enough?"
Du Hua said sternly.
Du Hua sometimes really has a headache about Han Geng, the absolute hero of Lehua Entertainment.
It can be said that without him, her company would not have been able to grow so fast, but Han Geng's not-so-bright brain and his personality that would cause trouble from time to time also made her very distressed.
In 2010, he suddenly disappeared during the recording of Light Media's "Big Star Birthday Party", and in 2012, he went on strike during the recording of Mango TV's "Day Day Up".
If Du Hua hadn't used her connections to settle the matter afterwards, Han Geng might have been banned.
After all, neither Light Media nor Mango TV are easy to mess with. It is not easy for them to control you, an idol star with only fame.
"It's all because of the poor box office performance of 'Everything Grows'. If this movie had been a big hit, who would care about what I said at the press conference now?"
Han Geng shirked responsibility.
"Do you know that what you said is only eroding your popularity and will have an impact on your future movies?"
Du Hua said with regret that he was not as good as he thought.
"Sister Hua, what do you say we should do now?"
Han Geng asked, he was used to relying on Du Hua to solve everything. No matter what problems arose in the past, Du Hua would always handle them cleanly and leave him with no trouble.
"I've already spent money to suppress the news about your self-exposure. As long as you don't get into trouble again, there's little chance of you being mentioned again in the future."
Du Hua frowned and said.
"Remember this lesson, and be careful when speaking in front of the media in the future, and don't say anything without thinking.
You also need to control your temper. You are no longer as popular as you were in those years. "
Han Geng was very happy when he heard Du Hua say that the problem was solved, but he became a little unhappy after hearing the next sentence.
Thinking about the poor box office of "Everything Grows", he couldn't help but say:
"I really can't understand why the box office of the two films, both of which are youth romances, are so different, but [Everything Grows] has me and a top-tier actress, Fan Bingbing, while [The Left Ear] only has Gu Wei as the main star!
[Everything Grows] scored 5.7, only slightly lower than [The Left Ear]'s current 6.0. Is Gu Wei's box office appeal really that strong?
I couldn’t do this even when I was at the peak of my popularity a few years ago!"
Du Hua thought for a moment and said:
"[Everything Grows] suffered a loss due to poor scheduling, and no one in the industry expected [Fast & Furious 7] to become such a hit.
The previous film only had a box office of over 400 million.
Normally speaking, even if the box office of the seventh film increases to 600 million or 700 million, it will not have much impact on "Everything Grows" which will be released in the second week.
But no one expected that these people in Hollywood would use death as a gimmick to stir up the heat all of a sudden. In addition, "Fast and Furious 7" was really well made, so the box office was a huge hit.
Before it was released, who would have thought it would be a movie with a box office of over 2 billion.
As for the huge sales of "Left Ear", it now seems that Gu Wei is indeed unrivaled in popularity!
It's unprecedented that a youth film like this can achieve this level of box office success relying solely on its own fame!"
Du Hua sighed.
Turning around, she saw Han Geng's unconvinced expression, and said earnestly:
“Every generation has its own talented people, each of whom leads the trend for hundreds of years.
It's normal that Gu Wei is more popular than you now. No one in the entertainment industry can stay popular forever.
Don’t look at how popular Gu Wei is now. Do you believe that in a few years, there will definitely be a younger generation of stars who will replace him as the top star.”
"It's not that I don't know that Gu Wei is more popular than me, but I'm a little unwilling to accept it."
Han Geng said.
Having debuted as an idol, he is very sensitive to popularity. When he first met Gu Wei during a Pepsi commercial, he was a little hostile towards him.
After all, the new king always ascends the throne by stepping on the corpse of the old king.
The appearance of Gu Wei marked the decline of popularity of this once most popular young actor in the entertainment industry.
"These are objective laws and cannot be influenced by human will.
After all, stars will grow old, but fans always like young idols.
What you need to do now is to continue to produce good works and transform your identity from a mere star to an actor.
As long as there are works, they will never become outdated."
Du Hua really cares about Han Geng. In her eyes, Han Geng is not just an artist under her, but also her friend and partner.
Han Geng himself also owns a portion of shares in Lehua Entertainment.
It's the end of the month again. If you have extra monthly tickets, please vote for me. Thank you!
(End of this chapter)
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