Chapter 701 Spring Festival Champion
Although it failed to surpass "Crazy Alien" at the box office on the first day, "The Wandering Earth" has undoubtedly become the most promising movie in this year's Spring Festival.
The movie has received rave reviews, with a Douban score of 8.6, an audience score of 9.6 on Maoyan Professional Edition, and a score of 9.7 on Tao Piaopiao, ranking first among the eight movies released during the Spring Festival.
The entire Internet is praising "The Wandering Earth", saying things like "awesome special effects", "touching story", "a benchmark for domestic science fiction films", etc.
Countless viewers who have watched the movie have become tap water, promoting "The Wandering Earth" for free.
In fact, many people have this idea. If they have seen a good movie but their friend has not, they will feel a little proud and then recommend it to their friend seriously.
"The Wandering Earth" is undoubtedly such a good movie that is worth many people showing off and recommending to people around them.
After watching the trailer, I thought it was a high-concept, low-budget film, but it far exceeded my expectations.
I never thought that Chinese people could make such a true "hard science fiction" movie. Guo Fan is awesome, Xiao Poqiu is awesome! 】
The plot is passionate, the imagination is fantastic, and the visuals are magnificent. This is probably the first time that a Chinese person has led all of humanity to save the world on screen. It's so cool to watch!
Go watch The Wandering Earth! You must go!
If I can give it 200 points, I will give it 500 points! 】
[This is a true original story by Liu Cixin, a movie that is truly full of Chinese core but can connect with the world's universal values. I cried while watching the last twenty minutes, for the plot and for Chinese science fiction to finally make it.
Salute to humanity! 】
[To be honest, I went to the cinema to see Gu Wei and Wu Jingjin. I wanted to watch a comedy, but I didn’t want to miss their second collaboration. The result really shocked me.
I can’t believe that this is a science fiction movie that Chinese people can make. It feels much better than "Wolf Warrior 2".
The grand worldview, the frozen world, the Earth, Jupiter, the planetary engines, both the special effects and the plot are at the top level of domestic science fiction films.
No, it should be said that it has surpassed domestic science fiction films and is unique!
The theme has also been elevated from patriotism to saving the world.
I won’t say much more, it’s awesome! 】
[There were a lot of people in the cinema on the first day of the new year. The theater for "The Wandering Earth" was basically full. Not surprisingly, everyone went in laughing and came out shocked, and many even shed tears.
If domestic science fiction films can reach this level in the future, why would we need to rely on Hollywood? We can do it ourselves.
I went to the cinema with my bestie. We originally wanted to support Gu Wei's new film, but we both ended up crying our eyes out. It was such a pity that my grandfather died, and Liu Peiqiang sacrificed his life to save the earth. Gu Wei's works never disappoint!
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Driven by its high reputation and high attendance, the national screening rate of "The Wandering Earth" on the second day of the Chinese New Year reached 24%, surpassing "Crazy Alien". The box office reversed the decline and achieved an extremely high box office of 405 million yuan, undoubtedly becoming the box office champion of the day.
“.I’m not surprised at all that [The Wandering Earth] has achieved the current success.
Before it was released, I said that this was a groundbreaking work in the field of domestic science fiction films and a benchmark.
It’s normal that everyone likes it so much.”
At Shanghai Jinyi Cinema, the crew of "The Wandering Earth" is holding a fan meeting, and Gu Wei has just answered a question from the audience.
"I noticed that in the movie, the coalition government's speeches were always in French instead of English as in normal movies, and there were very few European and American faces in the space station scenes. What was the reason for this?" After one question was answered, another audience member stood up and asked.
Although it has only been two days, the plot of "The Wandering Earth" has been analyzed frame by frame by its fans, who are guessing what the various shots represent.
"Let me talk about this." Guo Fan took the microphone.
"There's really no special consideration. The official language of the coalition government in the film is French because French is the first written language of the United Nations in reality.
French is a very rigorous language, and important and rigorous documents such as legal texts are all written in French internationally.
At a time like this, when the survival of the Earth is at stake, the coalition government cannot afford to make any mistakes in its directives, so the use of the solemn, full, and rigorous French language is only natural."
What Guo Fan said makes sense, but French is the first written language and English is the first spoken language.
Of course, there are some other considerations for not using English, but it is difficult to say it directly.
Not long after, the meeting at Jinyi Cinema ended, and the main creators of "The Wandering Earth" came out of the cinema and got in the car to go to the next roadshow location.
Although the roadshow activities have been arranged quite intensively in recent days, the film has performed so well that everyone feels like they have been injected with chicken blood and do not feel tired at all.
At night, in the hotel room, Gu Wei came out of the bathroom after taking a shower.
On the sofa in the living room, Meng Ziyi, wearing light yellow pajamas, sat cross-legged, holding a pad, and sliding her fingers slowly.
"What are you looking at?" Gu Wei sat next to her and put his arms around Sister Meng's slender waist.
".Maoyan has raised its box office forecast for our film to 4.1 billion yuan."
"Not surprising, I've said before, The Wandering Earth deserves this achievement."
"Today, many people posted some negative comments online. I read them carefully and found that many of them were just nonsense."
"What did you say?" Gu Wei asked curiously.
"Look." Meng Ziyi clicked twice and slowly slid his finger across the screen.
[It's so tacky, really tacky. The most important thing for a science fiction film is never technology, but imagination and aesthetics!]
The special effects aren't awkward, but the action scenes are awkward. I can't really understand what's going on. I'm going to take advantage of Cameron's polite praise and go find him as my mentor!
[What the hell, with this level of ideology, let's not even make a science fiction film. They're not afraid of being laughed at by foreigners. I'm impressed!]
[Old men and young men's collective carnival of saving the earth.]
[It is still a far cry from the kind of high-level science fiction film I expected, full of humanity, scientific wisdom and aesthetics.
Once again, I sigh that Kubrick is truly awesome, Ray is truly worthy of admiration, and Nolan is truly irreplaceable!
"How could they do this? We worked so hard to achieve the current effect, but they belittled it as worthless." Meng Ziyi's face was puffed up, and the way she pouted while speaking was also very cute.
"Haha, that's normal~
There is no perfect movie in this world.
You have to believe in species diversity. There are all kinds of people in this world. No matter how well you do, there will naturally be people who like you and people who hate you.
When we make movies, it’s enough as long as the majority of ordinary audiences like them. We don’t need to pay attention to those who are “self-righteous”, “seeking attention”, or “have been kneeling for too long”.
They can only revel in their own world.
Of course, I'm not saying that those who don't like our movies are necessarily bad, it's just that most of the comments you read are from people who have been kneeling for too long and can't stand up anymore."
Gu Wei put his arm around Meng Ziyi's waist and inserted it through the gap in her clothes.
"You're right. It's not worth it if they just try to make me angry." Meng Ziyi put the pad aside and turned to look at Gu Wei.
Then he smiled mischievously and slowly lowered his head.
In the following days, the box office of "The Wandering Earth" continued to rise. Starting from the second day of the Chinese New Year, the daily box office exceeded 400 million for five consecutive days. Its strong box office performance shocked many domestic filmmakers.
At the end of the 7-day Spring Festival holiday, the total box office of "The Wandering Earth" reached 2.38 billion yuan, and Maoyan once again raised the film's box office forecast to 4.5 billion yuan.
Compared with the absolute leader "The Wandering Earth", "Crazy Alien", which won the single-day box office championship on the first day, was a bit weak in the later stage.
The film grossed a total of 1.38 billion yuan during the six-day Spring Festival holiday, with daily box office numbers declining rapidly. Box office expectations dropped from 4 billion yuan before its release to 2 billion yuan, disappointing many people.
[Crazy Alien] has average word of mouth and a Douban score of only 6.6, so after getting the highest score on the first day, the box office has been declining.
When they were filming "The Wandering Earth", "Crazy Alien" was next door to them, and Gu Wei had also seen this movie.
In fact, to put it simply, "Crazy Alien" is a qualified New Year's comedy.
The audience is now dissatisfied, mainly because of excessive pre-promotion and too high expectations for the combination of Ning Hao, Huang Bo and Chen Teng.
It's like you asked a state banquet chef to prepare a banquet for you, but he ended up serving you a plate of fried rice.
Although the taste was good, the gap in my heart was too big and I naturally felt dissatisfied.
Ning Hao's first two crazy comedies, "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing", both use coincidences to make impossible things happen in an irrefutable way, thus creating funny and absurd comedy effects.
The underlying logic of [Crazy Alien] is also the same, but there are some loopholes in the processing, which makes people feel that it is forced to be funny, and lacks the natural feeling of the comedy effect caused by the accident of fate.
The reputation and ratings of this drama are not as good as the previous two.
It is only because Ning Hao is now a big comedy director in the domestic entertainment industry, and the starring actors Huang Bo and Shen Teng are the top stars in the field of comedy movies, that they can get such high box office results during the good Spring Festival period.
But then again, even if the word of mouth is not good and the box office fails to meet expectations, "Crazy Alien" has not lost money.
Because long before the movie was released, the producer [Bad Monkey] had already signed a guaranteed distribution contract of 2.8 billion with [Happy Flower Pictures].
Ning Hao had already put the money in his pocket, but Baoqiang suffered. The final box office of the movie was less than 2.8 billion. Not only did he not make a penny, he even had to lose some money.
"Speeding Life" is considered to be the best-received movie in the Spring Festival period except for "The Wandering Earth".
The box office in 6 days was 1.3 billion, which is not much different from "Crazy Earth", and it is slowly catching up.
Han Han has truly established his brand through several films he directed.
Even if a low-rated movie like "Four Seas" is produced later, "Speeding Life 2" can still restore its reputation.
[The New King of Comedy] is undoubtedly a bad movie in terms of performance. The box office dropped by two-thirds after the first day, and it was widely criticized online.
Zhou Xingchi was a little too anxious. He signed a bet agreement with New Culture Company, guaranteeing that each company would make a profit every year, otherwise he would lose money.
So after "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" failed to achieve the desired results, he hurriedly started this "The New King of Comedy".
It seems like they are just trying to make money by rehashing old stuff.
Due to the rush, the filming of the movie was relatively rough and it felt like an online movie.
".Guaranteed minimums are a gamble. Winning and losing is normal. Besides, the movie is still in theaters, and the final box office is uncertain. There's no need to be sad now."
You can arrange your schedule yourself, and I will reserve a small portion of the investment share for you.
Thank you, this is what you should take."
After finishing the roadshow and returning to the crew of "Life Events" to film, Gu Wei called Bao Qiang, mainly to discuss with him about the filming of "Detective Chinatown 3" in the first half of the year.
As a result, after just a few words on the phone, Baoqiang started complaining to him about his failure in the bet for "Crazy Alien" and the criticism he received for his performance in "The New King of Comedy". Gu Wei had no choice but to comfort him.
[Detective Chinatown] In this film series, when it comes to the third film, Wang Baoqiang must be given a share of the investment.
In fact, he should have given it in the second part, but Wang Baoqiang was going through a marriage crisis at the time, and Gu Wei helped him a lot, so he didn't feel comfortable mentioning it.
Now that they are going to shoot the third part, Gu Wei cannot follow Xu Zheng's example and replace him. There is almost no one in the entertainment industry who can replace Bao Qiang's role, so he simply spoke up before Bao Qiang asked.
(End of this chapter)
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