"It's out, it's out! Our Iron Man movie grossed $82.4 million on its opening day. Guess how much Starship movie grossed?"
When the person from Daxu Culture returned from asking about the data, he said with a happy expression.
But he kept us in suspense at the wrong time.
Upon hearing this, everyone glared at him angrily, which frightened him so much that he quickly revealed the subsequent data:
"Everyone, I was wrong, I was wrong! Starship's box office is 67 million, which is a lot less than ours, hahaha, we are also number one on today's box office chart!"
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but to be honest, they weren't really that excited.
After all, they had all worked at Daxu Culture for a period of time and witnessed the release of popular movies such as 'Summer Fall', 'Stone', 'Kung Fu', and 'Racing'.
The film 'Kung Fu Hustle' achieved a staggering 500 million yuan in box office revenue in a single day.
So when everyone heard that 'Iron Man' grossed over 80 million on its opening day, they thought it was normal and nothing special.
After all, we've seen a lot in the world, so a measly 80 million is nothing to us.
Of course, this is nothing to Daxu Culture, but it is quite shocking to others who are paying attention to the box office.
For example, those big-budget films released at the same time originally intended to compete for box office revenue by taking advantage of the release of Da Xu Culture's sci-fi film.
But no one expected that their sci-fi film would be so powerful, directly taking the top spot on the daily box office chart.
Similarly, Zhao Xiaomeng, who imported the American sci-fi blockbuster "Starship Troopers," looked rather grim after learning about the opening day's box office figures.
But she quickly adjusted her mindset and thought to herself:
"The opening day box office doesn't tell the whole story. The data for Daxu Culture's Iron Man film benefits from the box office accumulated by their previous films, so losing to them on the opening day isn't a big deal."
We'll wait and see. As long as the audience thinks your sci-fi films are of poor quality, the box office will inevitably decline step by step.
The starship I brought in had already been tested by the market in the United States.
So just wait a few days, and the starship will definitely surpass Iron Man, that's for sure!
In fact, other people who are also paying attention to the box office include Zhao Fan and Wu Leilei.
They weren't too surprised when they saw that Iron Man grossed over 80 million on its opening day.
Everyone thought it was normal, after all, it was just the box office on the first day, which might only represent the popularity of a movie.
With the backing of Daxu Culture, the Iron Man film is sure to have a strong opening day box office.
But how things will unfold remains to be seen.
For example, Wu Leilei's previous film, "The Fortress in Shanghai," which flopped, still grossed over 70 million yuan on its opening day.
It was the top-grossing film of the day, but who knew it would completely collapse the next day, and then fall apart even more completely, ending in a dismal failure.
So after seeing Iron Man's opening day box office of 80 million, these people were quite patient.
However, many people in the industry are now wondering about this.
They weren't puzzled by Iron Man's box office performance, but rather by why no one was criticizing its special effects.
After all, the special effects studio's 'strike' a while ago made headlines, didn't it?
Since no special effects studio was involved, the special effects for this sci-fi film must be pretty terrible.
Why didn't the audience complain about such a crucial point?
It's worth noting that the last sci-fi film shot in mainland China was "Shanghai Fortress".
However, on the same day, countless netizens criticized the young actor's terrible acting skills and cheap special effects.
Industry insiders are discussing this extensively:
"Is it because the special effects of Iron Man are not bad at all that netizens haven't complained or criticized it?"
"That shouldn't be the case. No domestic special effects studios have worked on Iron Man, and I haven't heard of them hiring any foreign ones either."
"This is really strange. But why are those studios that were making such a fuss before now silent?"
"Yeah, logically speaking, those special effects studios should have been mocking them by now..."
...
What they didn't know was that the people at Feilongxian Studio had no time to care about any of this at that moment.
They were all worried about their future.
Without Daxu Culture as a major client, relying solely on sporadic business wouldn't be enough to support so many people in the studio.
They originally intended to increase the studio's profits, but they didn't expect that this series of bizarre actions would backfire and ruin them.
Of course, Cao Lang still didn't want to just watch the studio go bankrupt, so he shamelessly called Daxu Culture again.
Unfortunately, Producer Feng, who had been outmaneuvered by them twice before, was no longer giving them any face this time.
Let's be direct: Daxu Culture will no longer cooperate with Feilongxian Studio. You can raise prices with whomever you want, and take box office revenue from whomever you want.
After her words, Cao Lang was so angry he almost vomited blood, and he was filled with regret.
If we hadn't been so blinded by greed and tried to manipulate Da Xu Culture back then, we wouldn't be in this mess today.
At that time, Feilongxian's group saw Daxu Culture making a lot of money and were naturally envious, jealous, and resentful.
They felt that their special effects production was also part of the film's distribution, so it was only natural for them to want a share of the box office revenue.
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