Chapter 725: Taking advantage of the situation
The power of fans is truly terrifying.
"Youth: You're Still Here" grossed 97 million at the box office on its first day!
It’s higher than the participation of the original time and space lady!
This shows Zhao Liying’s current appeal.
The young lady at that time was like that, and fans might not be able to do it as well as Zhao Liying at the same time.
The movie grossed over 200 million at the box office in its first week. For a while, fans of the male and female protagonists cheered for their idols.
They feel that their idols have "established a firm foothold" in the film industry - they also admit that the film industry is indeed stricter and more high-end than the TV drama industry and the idol industry, and their idols were indeed not so favored in the film industry before.
The outbreak of "Youth 2" has allowed fans to see the possibility of their idols entering the film industry, and the situation is very good.
There are actually a large number of fans who leave messages on the personal or studio Weibo of major directors to recommend their idols.
"Director Xiaogang, the latest movie "To Youth: So You're Still Here" has successfully exceeded 200 million at the box office. He is really a very hard-working and excellent actor. Please pay more attention to "To Youth" and to the signing.
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"Director Jia, Xiao Zhao's performance in "Youth" was very good. I hope the director will consider Li Ying for his new drama."
Of course, Cheng Yuan’s Weibo was not spared either.
"Director Cheng, Director Cheng, when will you start a new drama? Liying used to be an artist in your company. Even if you open a personal studio now, you must not forget us Liying. If the company has any new dramas, you can consider her.
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"Mr. Cheng, I like your movies very much. Have you seen the latest movie we signed? It's very good. I hope the company has suitable movies that I can choose to sign."
Liu Yifei also made such comments on Weibo.
Ridiculous, isn't it?
But there are such people, and there are quite a few of them.
Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun do not use Weibo. Chen Kaige and Chen Hong quit Weibo after "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" hit the market last year. Zhang Yimou does not have a Weibo either.
The director's circle is only so big, and there are only a few people on the pyramid. Fans go around and follow the Weibo posts of these great directors and their wives.
However, the movie "To Youth 2" had 200 million in its first weekend of 3 days, and it took 15 days after its release to reach 300 million. The film schedule was cut to less than 10%, and the box office potential was almost exhausted.
During the same period, "Cold War 2" and "Big Fish and Begonia" both exceeded the 500 million mark.
No one watched "Rock and Roll Tibetan Mastiff" and it was abandoned by theaters.
However, this result still does not satisfy the industry, and theater managers are calling for a billion-level super blockbuster to save the market.
The ones that have high hopes are "Escape", a collaboration between Jackie Chan and Fan Xiaopang, and "Legend of the Gods", which will be released at the end of the month!
Let’s talk about the former first, Jackie Chan returns to kung fu comedy with Fan Xiaopang!
At the premiere in Shanghai, Jackie Chan kept praising Fan Xiaopang:
"I was in a relationship with her a few years ago (when filming "Shinjuku Incident"). I have aged relatively quickly, and she is now my niece. (The two were uncle-nephew in "Escape")."
Johnny, another leading actor, made an adaptation when singing the movie's theme song, changing "My heart is clear" to "Bing Bing, my heart is white" and revealed: "Bing Bing is mine now."
Jackie Chan was not surprised by this and only said: "I have long been used to it."
This caused Bingbing on the side to laugh out loud.
Although the two leading actors kept praising Fan Xiaopang, Fan Xiaopang complained on the scene: "Brother Jackie Chan often recognizes me as Li Bingbing, so I ask him on the set every day, who is more beautiful, me or Li Bingbing."
Jackie Chan immediately replied: "You!"
Fan Bingbing then added: "I met Li Bingbing, and she also said that when her elder brother cooperated with her, she often called her Fan Bingbing."
Jackie Chan could only sigh: "Oh, I often call him wrong. From now on, both of us will call him Bingbing."
Faced with the overall market downturn, Yang Wei, chairman of Hehe Pictures, who led the 1 billion guarantee, said at the scene: "It is normal for the market to fluctuate during the peak season. We believe that Big Brother's "Escape" will bring long-lost movie-watching excitement to the audience.
We dare to shout the slogan of 1.5 billion!"
Many viewers and the general media did not know that there was this guaranteed distribution agreement. Yang Wei's shouting out the target of 1.5 billion really pushed the atmosphere at the scene to a climax.
Even Jackie Chan and Fan Xiaopang's hearts were pounding.
Neither of them has entered the 1 billion club.
As the absolute top tier in the Chinese film industry, their results in the past two years are indeed not very good.
"Escape" is Jackie Chan's return to action comedy, with global distribution and great ambitions.
But does the release of this movie also indicate the failure of Jackie Chan's transformation into old age?
In fact, it cannot be said that Jackie Chan is now famous, so the word "transformation" is not accurate when applied to him.
He just wanted to try more types.
It's just that the audience's screen image was too fixed and profound, which led to the failure of his attempts.
In fact, it can be seen from "New Shaolin Temple" and "Police Story 2013" that he is either unable to fight or does not want to fight. In "New Shaolin Temple", he even wanted to "die".
But the audience didn't agree and wanted to see him fight.
The performance of the movie is really worthy of this lineup.
The first daily gross was 98 million, and the overall box office was over 100 million.
"Going to See You Now", which was released the next day, was suppressed by it - which is reasonable - with a revenue of 43.517 million, while "Escape" still had a good result of 90 million.
However, the reputation of "Go to See You Now" is better than that of "Escape".
"I know he's a bitch and cliche, but he's really good-looking!"
"According to rumors, the heroine of this film was originally scheduled to be Liu Yifei. This is not to say that Liu Shishi is not good, but if Liu Yifei was really cast, the results should be better."
"This is Liu Shi Shi's monoclonal antibody box office facing seniors like Fan Xiaopang and Jackie Chan. It is already very good to achieve such results."
Liu Yifei secretly watched the premiere while her daughter was sleeping and burst into tears.
After crying, I made a special video call with my husband who was away on a business trip.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Yu'an saw Liu Yifei's eyes were reddish and sparkling with tears.
"It's nothing, I just came back from watching "I'm Going to See You Now"." Liu Yifei also sniffed.
Cheng Yu'an immediately knew what was going on and said with a smile: "Don't think so wildly, Qiqi and I will never leave you."
"I didn't say anything." Liu Yifei smiled, "How are you doing there?"
"The talks didn't go well." Cheng Yu'an had a quarrel with Xijie and the others in South Korea.
Korean companies such as CJ and New took advantage of the situation and wanted to acquire io.
It’s not that they didn’t buy it, but that CJ’s bid was too low. The first offer was only a measly US$233 million.
Sending beggars away!
When Cheng Yu'an learned about the quotation today, he immediately rejected it and didn't even go to the meeting.
But when it comes to business matters, Cheng Yu'an doesn't want Liu Yifei to get involved: "Just be at home and don't think too much. I'll be back in a few days."
"Um."
"I still want you to give me ten or eight babies."
Chapter completed!