In the early morning of September 2, when everyone was still asleep, Shen Lianjie was staring at the box office data with red eyes.
The reputation of "Capital City" on the Internet is terrible, and its reputation in real life is not very good either.
Of course, he didn't feel frustrated. Some movies are like this, word of mouth is only a part of it, the key is the final box office.
Haven’t you seen that the box office of many bad movies is surprisingly high, often making millions or tens of millions on the first day. Some really good movies can even make a profit on the first day, or even a huge profit!
On the contrary, he is very confident!
After all, judging from the number of screenings, his own film "Capital" is not inferior to "Subway Station", let alone "War Night", so this time he is fully qualified to compete for the first place in the September box office list.
The title of monthly box office champion not only symbolizes making money, but also symbolizes honor and one's status as a director in China.
Whether to maintain the status quo or to reach a higher level depends on the final box office performance of "Capital City".
"Brother Shen, it's out, it's out!"
"How many?"
"Ten million!"
"Huh, 10 million, not bad. It looks like if we manage it well, we can make a small fortune!"
"yes."
“What about other box office results?”
"It just came out, I haven't had time to watch it yet, I only saw ours, this is the total box office trend chart and results and the total report."
"Yeah." Shen Lianjie took a report handed over by his assistant. After taking a look at it, he was suddenly a little disappointed.
The disappointment was not because of the poor box office. In fact, he thought that the first-day box office of 10 million was a pretty good result, and there was no water in the 10 million box office, it was all real results. In a sense, "Capital City" could have a small hit in the future...
What disappointed him was that "Capital City" did not rank first on the first day box office rankings. Not only did it not rank first, it even ranked third...
third……
This ranking is dangerous!
He exhaled slightly and looked at the detailed data on the report carefully again.
Zhang Tong: “Subway Station” cost 12 million.
Xu Xiaoming: "War Night" cost 11.5 million.
Shen Lianjie: "Capital City" 10 million.
Li Tong's "My Deskmate" 9 million...
"We ranked third at the box office on the first day?"
"yes."
“This result is not ideal.”
"Brother Shen, the first-day results can only represent part of the story. The competition for the box office has just begun. Last year, wasn't there a movie called "Infinity" that didn't perform well on the first day, but then exploded all the way and finally topped the list?" The assistant understood the disappointment in Shen Lianjie's heart, but still looked at Shen Lianjie with a comforting smile.
"Yeah, that's right. The next step is the key point of the box office war." Shen Lianjie nodded. After a moment of disappointment, he didn't say anything. "By the way, how is the box office performance of "Buried"? Why don't I see it in the box office data?"
"Which one? I can't possibly have missed any."
"Buried Alive doesn't have..."
"Oh, Brother Shen, I won't count the movies with a box office below 4 million. After all, these flops can't create any competitiveness or momentum. I'm too lazy to spend time counting them..."
"Yeah, that's right. No matter how strong an ant is, it can only be an ant." Shen Lianjie smiled faintly. He felt that his emotions just now were a bit ridiculous. He actually paid attention to a movie that was destined to flop. It seemed that he had become more and more timid recently.
Can a movie with such a small investment threaten my "Capital"?
What a joke!
hehe!
You're not even qualified to be my box office competitor!
What nonsense are you talking about?
Ignore him!
Keep ignoring him!
…
Big shots naturally pay attention to big shot matters.
Small people naturally care about small people's affairs.
For example, when everyone was paying attention to the first-day room rate, Lu Yuan was lying on the bed, reading the "Cookbook" he had just bought, yawned, closed his eyes and went to sleep.
I had a very comfortable sleep.
He even had a beautiful dream of opening a restaurant and having a booming business, which would be the peak of his life.
But when I was dreaming about lifting the red veil to marry my wife, suddenly the whole world began to tremble.
Oh shit, there’s an earthquake?
“It exploded, it exploded!”
“It exploded!”
"Ayuan, it exploded, we exploded!"
“It exploded!”
"Fuck!"
The world was spinning around, and Lu Yuan thought that the gas tank in the hotel had exploded. He was so scared that he opened his eyes and jumped up from the bed. He picked up a few clothes and was about to run to the door when he saw Fatty Wei's obscene smile and Qian Zhong's excited face lying on the edge of his bed!
Lu Yuan took a deep breath and his face became extremely ugly.
"What are you yelling about in the middle of the night? Are you full or did you eat something?"
"Ayuan, you exploded!"
"You're the one that exploded!"
“No, no…I said, our movie exploded!”
"Don't speak half a sentence, say it all in one breath!"
"Four million, our first movie made four million. Not only did we make back our investment, but we even made a small profit. We even have the investment for a new movie!" Fatty Wei grabbed the edge of the bed. He was as excited as a 300-pound child and was extremely happy.
"Four million?" Lu Yuan was stunned when he heard the number, and then his ugly face turned into happiness, but he was not as excited as Fatty Wei.
It is common sense that "Buried" would not lose money at the box office. After all, the original film grossed over 10 million worldwide and over 20 million worldwide, and it was in US dollars...
As for the current four million...
All right.
If the premiere box office is over 4 million, it would actually be okay.
"Ayuan, the total investment is only 800,000, but we can get such a box office on the first day. It's simply a miracle in the box office history. I dare say that we are the only one in the history of Chinese films. We are worthy of being recorded in the history!" Fatty Wei was so excited that his voice was excited as if he had smoked marijuana!
Of course, at this moment he deliberately didn't think about the box office of Shen Lianjie's "Capital City".
Now is the happy time, you can't think about other annoying things.
At this moment, all he wants is to be happy and have a great time.
"Alright, alright, I got it, go to sleep..."
"By the way, why was your phone turned off when I called you just now?"
"It's late at night, in the middle of the night. Do I really want you to call me and harass me? I am sick."
"Ayuan, let's have a drink to celebrate?"
"You're crazy... I'm going to sleep, you guys go ahead." Lu Yuan yawned, completely ignored the excited looks of Fatty Wei and Qian Zhong, climbed onto the bed and closed his eyes.
"Brother Wei, Brother Lu..."
"Why are you panicking? This is only the first day of the box office, why are you so excited... Yuan, I think he has already predicted the box office results..."
"Is it that powerful?"
"Nonsense, he's the screenwriter and director, and he created this movie all by himself. He even raised the investment by himself. How can he not be amazing?"
"Brother Lu isn't going, so shall we go drink?"
"Drink shit and go to sleep!"
"Didn't you just say you were going to..."
"Did I say that?" Fatty Wei frowned and glared at Qian Zhong.
"No, that's not right. It wasn't you who said that. It was me who said that... Actually, I wanted to drink. Since you don't want to drink, then forget it..." Qian Zhong's momentum weakened and he quickly shook his head.
"Since you want to drink so much, I will allow you to buy me a drink!"
"What?" Qian Zhong was stunned when he saw Fatty Wei's expression of "I'm giving you face".
He was even more upset...
Are there still such shameless people in this world?
…
"The number you dialed is powered off..."
“…”
“Beep, beep, beep.”
"The number you dialed is turned off!"
“…”
Wang Jinxue held the phone, took a deep breath, and finally threw the phone to the ground, her chest heaving with anger.
My good mood was completely shattered...
The box office was a big hit, and I wanted to tell that guy about it to cheer him up, but who knew that guy...
It’s really invincible!
Wang Jinxue even knew what that guy was doing.
Either smoke, drink, or sleep...
…
"Old Wang, do you want to discuss something with me?"
"What is it?"
"Please make a copy of Buried Alive and show it to me in Tianqinli. I will schedule the screening..."
"Buried Alive is only signed to Tianhe. We are the exclusive one!"
"Can't I give you a higher share? We are on equal terms!"
"Didn't you say that I have poor taste? Why would a clothes seller like me open a cinema?"
"Old Wang, we've been friends for so many years, can you still blame me like this? I was just joking..."
"What the hell are you doing in the middle of the night?"
"My Tianqin was criticized by netizens, saying that we have no vision and are blind..."
"ah?"
"So you see..."