Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, it is April 17th.
The 17th was a very ordinary day.
China's overall movie box office in April fell into a state of decline.
Although the box office of "This Man From Earth" has begun to decline to a certain extent in China, it still maintains a strong level of over 10 million per day. Although the box office will drop by 10 million in a few days, it has remained strong for such a long time that it has become a monster-like existence in the entire April.
As for the Hollywood movie "Your Future Self", it has already started to fail.
After falling below five million, it began to reach new lows day by day. In the early morning of the 17th, the movie finally fell below four million and reached three and a half million box office. It was completely unable to beat "The Alien" in terms of daily box office.
If "Alien" had held on a little longer, it would have had a real chance of dethroning "Your Future Self" and taking the second place in April.
This news is undoubtedly very exciting!
"The Explosive Alien" is starting to take off!
After surpassing "Your Future Self" for several consecutive days, "Alien: The Movie" began to appear frequently on the homepage popularity page, and even ranked second on the popularity list several times...
All the fans who are paying attention to this area have started to watch "The Alien" for the second time. They all hope that this movie can surpass "Your Future Self" as soon as possible and bring "Your Future Self" to the third place as soon as possible.
In this environment, the popularity of "The Alien" naturally continued to rise. Many movie forums, bulletin boards and Tomato.com were filled with various news about "The Alien". Judging from the frequency of the news, it even overshadowed "The Man from Earth".
Why?
The first is that the director of "The Alien" Xu Qifeng is very good at managing publicity. After the movie sold well, he took advantage of the momentum and led the male and female protagonists to "Happy Camp" for another wave of hype. The second is that there are voices on the Internet calling for support for good domestic films and some inexplicable patriotism...
Another most important news is that according to insiders, the film "Alien" had actually signed a contract with Hollywood's Cobia a week ago. Cobia will be the agent for global distribution and is expected to be released on the 17th to compete with other Hollywood movies!
This news is even more exciting!
What kind of company is Columbia?
This is one of the seven giant companies in Hollywood, and it is even stronger than Paimon...
If it is distributed by this company, then the global box office can even compete with "Your Future Self"!
After all, in terms of promotional resources, Columbia is much stronger than the American Associated Press of "Your Future Self"!
This is big news for everyone to look forward to!
In short, "The Alien" has become a big hit and has completely made a comeback!
The headlines that day were even filled with the news that "The Alien" was going overseas.
But "This Man From Earth" suddenly becomes awkward.
After all, this movie gave them too many shocks in China in April. After so many shocks, they found themselves numb.
You are number one at the box office again today, and the data is almost three times that of "Your Future Self"?
Oh, normal.
Is this movie news on the headlines again?
Oh, that's normal.
Was the movie praised or criticized by a certain internet celebrity again?
Oh, that's normal.
This "This Man From Earth" is inexplicably like Lu Yuan. Although it has always been a hot topic in the circle, it gives them a strange feeling.
It’s normal for you to make the headlines, and it’s abnormal if you don’t make the headlines, okay?
Moreover, the box office of "This Man From Earth" in China is so horrific, what's the point of people talking about watching it twice online?
This "Future You" is almost moved to tears by you!
In such a numb environment, everyone felt that there was no point in discussing "The Man From Earth".
Now everyone has set their sights on overseas markets!
As for the overseas box office of "This Man From Earth", no one paid attention to it. Even on the day of its release on the 17th, there was no news or attention.
In everyone's mind, this movie is doomed to fail in the overseas market.
Who made you fail to live up to expectations?
Why did you choose such a weird company as Huaxin?
Who can you blame for your own death?
…
The global box office of "Your Future Self" has exceeded 30 million US dollars.
The combined amount is about 200 million RMB.
Compared to the total investment of three million US dollars, this movie "Your Future Self" has actually made enough money to hold a celebration party.
But Thomson was a little depressed.
He failed at the Chinese box office.
Although the box office in China is still a good result for him, the feeling of being crushed still makes him very depressed.
It's okay to be crushed by "The Man from Earth", after all, you can't compare with monsters, but what does it mean to be surpassed by a comedy like "The Alien" at the box office for several days?
If this trend continues, my box office in China will start to lose to "The Alien"?
He couldn't accept the fact that he had failed in China.
He felt that this was not the end for him.
Of course, he doesn't care about the box office of Chinese movies now.
What he is concerned about now is the overseas box office of "The Alien", especially the box office in the United States.
"Alien" was bought out overseas like other movies, and the buyout price was three million US dollars. This price is not low, and it is even as high as the box office revenue that Paimon paid for "The Man from Earth".
Of course, this is not the point.
The point is Columbia!
This is a big company...
If the movie is promoted seriously, then this "Alien" is likely to suddenly become a hit.
Judging from the situation in the past few days, Cobia has put a lot of effort into its promotion. At least many American movie fans know that there is a Chinese comedy called "The Explosive Alien" that will be released in the United States, and I heard that this movie is pretty good...
Thomson felt the situation was not optimistic.
It would be a joke if the daily box office in the United States was surpassed by "The Alien".
Even though "Your Future Self" has been released in the United States for seventeen days and the box office data has dropped significantly throughout the day, he still doesn't want to be surpassed!
This is a question of the dignity of Hollywood movies!
Why can your Chinese films surpass my films?
Even during the decline, I will not allow you to be surpassed!
On the morning of the 17th, there were still three hours left before the U.S. premiere of "Alien: The Force Awakens".
"Little Donny, come here for a moment."
"Director, what's wrong?"
"Let's try to organize an event to promote "Future You" today..."
"Ah, the movie has been out for such a long time, there is not much point in promoting it now..."
"If I ask you to promote it, you should promote it!"
"Okay... then how about having the heroine Nicole hold a signing event?"
"Well, fine! Anyway, I just can't be surpassed!"
"I see."
…
"The Alien" has been screened quite a lot in the United States, and theaters of all sizes, such as Universal, Metroplex, and Tiandi, have attached great importance to this movie.
This movie is the Chinese movie that they pay the most attention to in recent years. After all, Columbia Company also thinks that this movie has some potential and can make some money.
Comedy films are still relatively popular in the United States, and the market is not small. They are much more popular than so-called art films.
After several days of continuous promotion by Columbia, coupled with the exquisite editing and the title of China's first dark horse comedy film, American movie fans are also full of expectations.
On that day, countless movie fans bought tickets to watch "The Alien".
The movie "You and Your Future" has also started to promote itself and hype up the popularity. The leading actress Nicole even personally held a ticket sales event, so the popularity of "You and Your Future" on the 17th was not inferior to "Alien".
Many fans who watched "Your Future" immediately decided to buy another ticket to help Nicole after seeing how hard Nicole promoted the movie...
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these two movies are going to compete once again on the American battlefield.
One is eager to attack, the other is eager to defend.
The two formed a very strange tension.
This kind of gunpowder smell has always been what movie lovers want to see.
After all, the US box office in April was too uneventful. There were no strong movies. All the strong blockbusters were released in May, so April was too quiet. There were also several unspeakably bad movies...
This is really...
Nothing to say!
So basically everyone hopes that the box office in April will be more exciting.
On the morning of the 17th.
"The Alien" was finally released in the United States with the attention of Chinese and foreign movie fans.
An hour and a half later, the fans left the theater after watching the movie.
"What kind of movie is this..."
"It's boring... I thought it was a sci-fi comedy movie similar to "Alien Attack", but I didn't expect it to be an embarrassing movie..."
"Oh my God, my expectations are suddenly in vain!"
"Why……"
"This movie is not good... It's not as good as "Alien Attack", mainly because the special effects are not good..."
"Yes, Chinese movies still have the same old problems. The special effects are not good, and the plot borrows too much..."
"Forget it, it's much better than those crappy Chinese movies."
"Um."
Except for a few who were beaming with joy, all the other fans who walked out of the cinema had disappointed expressions on their faces.
"Alien" is not a bad movie.
But……
In a sense, it follows the trend of "Alien Attack", but the special effects are completely inferior.
It may have good box office in China and be a dark horse, but in the United States...
Well, America is a cruel world.
"Hey, I can't even write a review for this movie...it was filmed...forget it...let's go."
"Brother Jack...are we leaving just like this?"
"Otherwise, Alice..."
"I want to go see Lu Yuan's movie... Lu Yuan's movie is also released today."
"Lu Yuan? The amazing pianist? His movie, what movie?"
"He has a movie called The Man From Earth that came out today..."
"What? I haven't heard any news about this. There's no such movie in Sweet Potato International Movies?"
"Yes! It's just that the publicity wasn't good enough. If you're not a loyal fan, you wouldn't know about it... There are two shows today. If you don't watch it now, it will be gone today."
"Okay, let me see... Well, it seems there are tickets for this movie."
"Um……"