The first-day box office of "The Wailing" finally settled at 40 million, which was an excellent quality considering that the film was scheduled for only about 3%. Although some industry insiders analyzed that this might be due to the word-of-mouth spread from the previous film festival and the advantage of the midnight show, which led to the extremely high attendance on the first day, the development trend in the next few days still slapped many people in the face.
On the second day of its release, "The Wailing" accounted for 5% of the national theater screenings and grossed nearly 60 million yuan.
On the third day, the cinema chain under Jiangcheng Industrial first increased the screening of "The Cry" and cancelled some locked screenings, replacing them with "The Cry". Audiences of these cancelled screenings were also given free movie tickets to watch "The Cry". On that day, the screening volume of "The Cry" exceeded 7%, and the box office exceeded 80 million. It was only a matter of time before it exceeded 100 million.
On the fourth day, as the large-scale lock-out was lifted by the theater chains, the screening volume of "The Wailing" quickly increased to 18%. The box office on that day exceeded 170 million, and it soon became the number one in the year-end box office.
In various communities, "The Cry" is also spreading like crazy.
"The movie 'The Wailing' really made me feel the fear of the hospital. My god, I never thought hospitals were scary before, but now I don't dare to go to the hospital anymore."
"We are so lacking a real horror movie. Horror thriller, as a specialized type of movie, has always been a part of the film industry. Many blockbuster directors started out making B-level and horror movies, but our industry has been developing low-cost romance movies with low special effects requirements and urban light comedies, while ignoring these fantasy contents. I think "The Cry" is not just about the cry of a newborn baby in the movie, but also the beginning of a change in the film market."
"It is worthy of being the first horror movie for young people. When I was in the cinema, I saw that the young people looked like they had never seen the world. They had no idea how scary those zombie movies and horror movies we watched when we were young were."
"It made me laugh to death. Let me tell you, there was a naughty kid in our show. When he first entered the cinema, he was clamoring to buy something and even hit his parents. He was still clamoring at the beginning, which was so annoying. Then, halfway through the show, I heard no sound from the other side. When the show was over, I took a special look and saw that the naughty kid had wet his pants and was calling for someone to clean up. It's true that evil will be punished by evil."
At the same time, more and more people paid attention to Lu Ban and the Silent Project he mentioned.
Although there is no specific data displayed, Lu Ban later uploaded "Nameless City" to major video websites using the account of Silent Project. The total number of clicks on the entire network exceeded 10 million in one day. A week later, when New Year's Day arrived and the new year began, the number of followers of Lu Ban's Silent Project had reached 7 million.
It is almost certain that the revenue will exceed 10 million within three months.
On the famous RPG website [Did You Understand], discussions about "The Nameless City" and the Silent Project are also in full swing.
"…The horror of "The Nameless City" lies mainly in the questioning of human self-cognition. The mercenaries and hunters in the film think they are human, but in fact they are all insects. This sense of dissonance is the source of the horror experience, because when cognition is questioned, everything is false, even the self is denied, which is a deeper level of fear…"
"...I don't think this Silent Project is a good idea. Let me put it this way, I think these movies are scary, not that they are really scary, but when I watch the movies I don't know what will happen, so I will be scared. But now he wants to integrate these movies into one worldview, then I will definitely know that nothing will happen to the protagonist, so there will be less fear, and it will become a movie produced on an assembly line..."
"...In fact, from these movies, we can see that Lu Ban's greatest strength is his ability to control the images and his unique plot arrangement. His performance and the matching of other actors are very casual. The advantage of this is that the shooting cycle is quite short. From "A Hyakunin Isshu" to "The Wailing", and then to the latest "Nameless City", the three movies only took half a year. But if you want to shoot continuously, the staff scheduling and project management cannot be accomplished by the small workshop model. I don't know if he can grasp it..."
"...I think the actors' acting skills have improved a lot, especially those of the hunters this time, except for Lu Ban. Their struggle and pain at the end, their bewildered expressions, and their numb and sluggish appearance at the end, I think can be rated as the best performance of the year. Without rich experience and talent, it is impossible to present such an effect. In contrast, the acting skills of many actors nowadays can only be described as bad. They can't even deliver the most basic lines. It's really a tragedy for the industry..."
There have been countless discussions, with some people optimistic about Lu Ban and the Silent Project and others pessimistic. But due to Lu Ban's performance in previous times, most people did not say anything final, for fear of being slapped in the face later. The Internet has memories.
Most people's conclusions finally point to one thing, that is, how long it will take for Lu Ban to come up with a new work based on this world view. The quality of this work will directly affect people's confidence in Lu Ban.
Lu Ban himself was completely unaware of this.
On New Year's Day, people came and went on the streets, and many Jiangcheng citizens chose to go to the city square on Jiangcheng Old Street to welcome the arrival of the new year.
Lu Ban was wearing a mask and walking among the crowd, looking particularly lonely.
He did not join in the fun, but walked to the other side and came to the door of a movie theater.
This is one of the cinemas where "The Wailing" will premiere nationwide, and it is also the place where Feng Yu told Lu Ban to come today.
Lu Ban did not send a message to the other party in advance. He was a little suspicious about what Feng Yu mentioned, so Lu Ban decided to try his luck. If he could meet Feng Yu, he would follow her and see what would happen. If he didn't meet her by chance, then it would be fine.
As soon as he walked into the cinema, Lu Ban didn't know whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, he saw Feng Yu standing at the ticket office, looking up at the movie trailer playing on the electronic screen.
As the year draws to a close, the weather in Jiangcheng has become very cold, as if it will snow at any time. She wore a hooded duffle coat, work trousers, and sneakers, just like any other young person you would see everywhere.
Noticing Lu Ban's gaze, Feng Yu shook the movie ticket in his hand and smiled.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time."
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