Chapter 1268 The male protagonist is not worth it
On Sunday morning, Zhou Anan, who was going to the breakfast shop hand in hand with Miss Wang, received a report from her beautiful special assistant.
This summer, several companies' science fiction blockbusters were released in the early hours of Saturday morning. The results of more than a month of vigorous promotional advertising were fully demonstrated on the first day.
Through the efforts of three major science fiction films, the total single-day box office revenue exceeded 380 million, breaking the domestic single-day box office record.
First of all, "The Battle of Shanghai", which had the largest investment and the most famous producer, got off to a good start, with a single-day box office of 150 million yuan, breaking many records in domestic film history and taking the lead.
For this reason, some organizations have estimated that "Battle of the Demon City" will have a box office of 2 billion yuan, which will top the domestic box office.
Then, "Protector of the Earth", which also had a lot of publicity investment, followed closely behind, and its single-day box office also exceeded 100 million yuan, with remarkable results. Liunian Entertainment even held a celebration party for the 100 million yuan box office.
"The Martian," which was released with average publicity and a low profile, had the lowest box office in the early morning, and its total box office for a single day did not exceed 100 million yuan.
Judging from these aspects, "The Martian" produced by Blue Whale Entertainment is clearly at a disadvantage.
“Is it so different?”
After looking at the messages on her boyfriend's phone, Wang Xiaoxiao asked in surprise.
She and her boyfriend had watched a movie produced by her own company, and both the special effects and the plot were remarkable. It shouldn't be this different.
Are both of the opponent’s films so good?
"It's okay, it's only the first day. Besides, this time our company mainly arranges films in 3D cinemas, and the ticket prices are a bit expensive, so some viewers will hesitate."
After taking a quick look at the data and then at the score, Zhou Anan knew that this time it was a sure win.
Although the first-day box office data is important, the most important thing is the audience’s word of mouth.
You can get a score of 8.5 or something like that in the early stages by just spending some money, but getting it above 9 points is a bit difficult and can easily cause backlash from the audience.
There is no doubt that on this first day, "The Martian" can be described in eight words: it lost at the box office but won in terms of reputation.
However, this also depends on the minimum screening volume of "The Martian". People in the industry can see the potential.
As long as word of mouth continues to grow, the 3D box office of "The Martian" will continue to increase, and may even attract viewers who are watching the movie in 2D for the first time to watch it a second time.
The rise against the trend is not uncommon in the domestic film market.
"Yeah, how about we go watch another one later?"
Thinking about the last time she and her boyfriend watched a movie in the company's preview room, Wang Xiaoxiao felt that she had to watch a movie alone with her boyfriend again.
Atmosphere is the most important thing.
"Then let's go watch "Battle of the Demon City"."
"It's not good to contribute to the other party's box office, right?!!!"
"Know yourself and know your enemy."
"OK."
Anyway, it doesn’t matter what you watch, what matters is who you watch it with.
They did what they said. They went back to take a shower because they were sweating from their morning run.
By the time they arrived at the cinema, it was already nine o'clock in the morning. They had breakfast at seven-thirty.
There were not many people in the cinema during the morning show, but there were not too few either. There were four or five people queuing at one ticket window, which was not bad compared to usual days.
"Xiaoxiao said that he fell asleep while watching the Battle of Magic City. Let's watch The Martian instead."
"Should I watch 2D or 3D? 3D is so expensive, 80 per ticket."
"It's okay. I'll treat you."
"Okay, next time I'll treat you to watching "Protect the Earth"."
"I heard that A-Zu was so handsome in the battle of Demon City."
"But it seems that their movie didn't get good reviews. The plot was terrible, and A-Zu's leading actor died in the end. My friend even said that he didn't want to go back to watch it because he had to go to the bathroom during the movie."
"Is that so? How about our loveboy's "Protect the Earth"?"
"Okay, after watching "Guardians of the Earth", we'll go watch "The Martian" tonight."
Listening to the discussions of the girls in front, Zhou Anan and Miss Wang smiled at each other.
At least in terms of word of mouth, "The Martian" is still very good.
When it was their turn, Zhou Anan and her partner bought couple seats for "Battle of the Demon City", also in the 3D theater, at 80 yuan per ticket.
3D movies have just become popular nowadays, and theaters are giving away 3D glasses for free, which will be collected by a special person at the door when the movie is over.
However, because they were worried that the used 3D glasses might not be clean, Zhou Anan and her boyfriend brought their own high-end 3D glasses.
The price is dozens of times more expensive than ordinary 3D glasses, and except for the cooler appearance, it's just cooler.
"In 2030, a new type of energy material was discovered on Earth, and technology developed rapidly. In 2035, alien creatures invaded the Earth to snatch the new energy material. The capitals and major cities of the Earth Federation countries fell one after another, leaving only the megacity of China's Magic City."
In general, the special effects of "Battle of the Demon City" are still good, at least more than 50 cents, but worth more than 1 dollar.
However, the worldview of this movie is a bit confusing, too much content has been compressed and cut, and the plot introduction is unclear, making people confused.
Except for the special effects depicting the battle in the middle which are quite remarkable, the rest of the plot is neither a romance film nor a science fiction film, it's neither fish nor fowl.
Even though there are top Hong Kong and international movie stars starring in the film, the intention to promote newcomers is obvious.
The most bizarre thing is that the male protagonist, who was the head of the Earth Federation Army at a young age and had a heavy plot in the first half of the movie, died in an inexplicable battle.
The emotional and moving female lead, who had slept with the male lead, got together with the young and handsome male lead, and finally lived a life without shame or anxiety.
The male lead takes good care of the male lead in the first half of the movie, which is really unworthy of the human world.
"What kind of a crap plot is this? The male protagonist died and was cheated on."
"I fell asleep watching it."
"I regret spending so much money on movie tickets."
"I should have watched The Martian earlier."
"Oh, is it over?"
Wang Xiaoxiao noticed that someone next to her stood up and played hands with her boyfriend for most of the movie. Her face turned slightly red and she looked at the big screen only to realize that the movie was over.
"Well, let's go."
Zhou Anan, who was half paying attention to playing with his girlfriend and half paying attention to the movie, said this affirmatively, expressing due respect for this movie co-produced by the top two film and television companies in China.
After all, Huang's Pictures and Bohua Pictures have also spent a lot of money on investment, and they will become the stepping stones for their Blue Whale Entertainment to move towards glory in the future. They must be grateful to each other in their hearts.
From Miss Wang and several couples nearby who were intently dating, Zhou Anan had already confirmed the ending of the movie.
"How boring! How did it have such a high box office?"
After walking out of the cinema, Wang Xiaoxiao stretched and asked a question curiously.
If her boyfriend hadn't been with her, she would have almost fallen asleep while watching the movie. She really doesn't know how the movie got 150 million yuan at the box office, which ranked first yesterday.
Could it be that she can no longer keep up with the current aesthetic standards?
"It's not surprising that the box office of the previous two days was able to use huge publicity to trick the audience into coming to the theater. It's still early, how about having lunch first, and then go to see "Guardians of the Earth"?"
Zhou Anan had promised her parents that she would go back to attend her uncle's birthday party at dinner time. It would take less than an hour to get back by helicopter. But she felt that it was only 11 o'clock in the morning and it was still a little early.
"No, it's too boring. I might as well watch The Martian again."
After hearing her boyfriend's advice, Wang Xiaoxiao quickly shook her head.
Because the plot was boring, she was busy playing with her boyfriend, and some of her actions were quite embarrassing.
This, however, went against her original intention of watching a movie with her boyfriend.
(End of this chapter)
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