After recording "My Old Classmate" in the recording studio, Fang Yang returned to Shaolin Temple. It was a crucial stage of filming. Few people were paying attention to "Ice and Snow Romance," so there shouldn't be any major problems. It was just a matter of how much box office revenue there would be today and how much tomorrow.
Fang Yang has probably misjudged the situation this time. At noon, news came from overseas that the overseas box office for the premiere yesterday was $10.57 million, which is worth nearly 70 million Chinese yuan. Combined with the domestic box office, the total box office for the premiere yesterday reached more than 100 million yuan in a limited time!
The entire Yuewen Entertainment Media cheered upon hearing the news. It has to be said that movies are the quickest way to make money. Making a TV series can take months of hard work to earn hundreds of millions, but making a movie can bring in 100 million in a single day. Although there is a share of the profits with other theater chains, it should be noted that the main box office revenue still comes from Yuewen Cinemas, with a 38% screening rate, accounting for half of the total domestic box office!
Yang Huajin immediately arranged for the news to be published on the Yuewen website, where it was prominently featured and promoted, causing a surge in visitors and comments. As a result, the news of "Frozen" grossing over 100 million worldwide on its opening day once again dominated the top of the trending search list!
Overall, Frozen's opening day box office of over 30 million yuan in China only ranked fifth domestically. However, the key point is that Frozen is just an animated film, and it was only shown in the evening. After 9 pm, there were almost no more screenings. In such a limited time, achieving this box office is quite remarkable.
The top ratings on various rating websites dazzled countless people. As soon as the news broke, all movie tickets for the period from 5:30 pm to 9 pm the next day were sold out. Zhao Liang increased the screening rate of Yuewen Cinemas to 50% in the evening, and every screening was still packed.
Upon receiving the news, Kyoto Cinema increased its screening rate to 24%, and several other cinemas also increased it from 8% to 12%. The ratings were so high that no one wanted to miss this feast. Although they couldn't increase it to the unprecedented 50% like Zhao Liang, it wasn't the weekend yet, so it wouldn't be too late to increase it later.
After midnight on the second day, the domestic box office figures for "Frozen" came out: 89.13 million yuan, moving up two places to rank third in the domestic box office for the same period. The top spot was taken by an imported blockbuster with 171 million yuan, and the second place was taken by an action film produced by Jinghua Film and Television, which claimed to have an investment of 300 million yuan, with 128 million yuan.
Frozen barely edged out fourth place with 88.56 million, a difference of a few hundred thousand, but considering its international box office, the entire Yuewen Entertainment Media is filled with anticipation!
Sure enough, after noon the next day, the overseas box office results came out, and it exploded again, reaching 187 million RMB. On that day, Frozen's global box office exceeded 276 million RMB, and the total for the first two days was nearly 380 million RMB, setting a new record for the highest-grossing animated film in the first two days worldwide.
Yuewen Entertainment Media website has once again started a celebratory event, causing a stir in the industry. When did animation become such a large market?
The third day was Saturday, a holiday for students. Zhao Liang increased the number of morning and afternoon screenings to fully support the screening schedule of "Frozen." On this day, "Frozen" was sold out all day for the first time ever, with domestic box office reaching 213 million yuan and overseas box office reaching a staggering 315 million yuan. It was the undisputed global box office champion, raking in a whopping 528 million yuan in one day, which attracted worldwide attention!
The hype surrounding Frozen as the world's first 3D animated film garnered immense attention. Its ambiguous plot and scenes, resembling both Eastern and Western elements, made Frozen extremely popular in both the East and West. Children eagerly awaited their holiday gifts, and even discerning adults praised Frozen highly.
On Sunday, Frozen reached another peak, grossing 286 million yuan domestically and 387 million yuan overseas, setting a new record once again. In just four days, Frozen's global box office has reached 1.58 billion yuan. This is only the result of four days. Most websites predict that Frozen's total global box office will reach more than 6.5 billion yuan, entering the top 20 of the global box office charts!
Upon hearing the stunning results, Fang Yang sighed. He had thought that the miracle of "Frozen" in his previous life would not continue in this life, but unexpectedly, a classic is a classic. He still remembered the impressive $1.29 billion box office of "Frozen" in his previous life, and it was still loved by people in this life.
Putting aside his thoughts, Fang Yang calmed down and continued filming. "Shaolin Temple" entered its final stage. Xu Peng and others demonstrated strong learning abilities and no longer needed Fang Yang to draw lines for them. After more than two months of practice, the five of them had shown a certain level of acting ability, which made Fang Yang very gratified.
On June 13, after more than 80 days of arduous filming, "Shaolin Temple" finally wrapped up. The film cost more than 30 million yuan, even with Xu Peng and others receiving very low salaries. Fang Yang put most of the funds into scene shooting. Compared to the total investment of 1.2 million yuan in his previous life, Fang Yang naturally could not pay Xu Peng a salary of one yuan a day like Jet Li. Hehe, if he did, he would be reported to the labor committee.
In comparison, Fang Yang's "Shaolin Temple" is more grand and magnificent, with more exquisite visuals, perfectly showcasing the natural scenery of Shaolin Temple Mountain. Especially some of the large-scale scenes, after the baptism of filming "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", the war scenes in "Shaolin Temple" are even more magnificent and magnificent, especially the martial arts scenes, which Fang Yang paid special attention to. The long take of punches and blows is so realistic that Fang Yang believes it will definitely attract a large number of viewers to the cinema.
Back in Shanghai, after picking up Fang Yang, Yang Huajin was beaming with pride when talking about "Ice and Snow Romance." The 4.2 billion yuan box office in thirteen days made Yang Huajin stand tall. The voices that had questioned the huge sum spent to buy Dadi Cinemas had died down, and no one dared to say that Yuewen Entertainment Media was a sucker anymore.
Thanks to the strong support of Yuewen Cinemas, which allocated a huge number of screenings from the very beginning, Frozen was not squeezed out of screenings at all when it was released. Frozen was able to free up enough screening slots immediately, and Yuewen Cinemas made a great contribution to the huge success of Frozen!
As for the other cinema chains, with the strong support of Yuewen Cinema Chain and Jinghua Cinema Chain, Yang Huajin no longer cares about the opinions of other cinema chains. This made Yang Huajin admire Fang Yang's forward-thinking idea. Having your own cinema chain means having the greatest guarantee for the release of movies. You will never be held back by other companies. After all, Yuewen Cinema Chain is also one of the top five cinema chains. No film company dares to underestimate it!
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