Chapter 137 Box Office and Word of Mouth
(Happy New Year!!)
"Li Yifeng is so handsome!"
"I think Yang Xiaomi's performance in Li Ba La is very good, just like what I thought when I read the book!"
"Sissi's little ears are not bad either..."
After leaving the screening room, the audience was discussing "The Left Ear"...
Although few talked about the plot, most of them talked about the casting...
It's pretty good. The plot of "Left Ear" is nothing to talk about.
The whole movie is based on Li Bala's line: Right love is love, wrong love is youth!
Obviously, Li Bala fell in love with someone wrong!
Shen Changlin's answer just now is actually a bit self-contradictory. On the one hand, he knows that the box office of "Left Ear" will definitely not be low. On the other hand, he is a little worried about the reputation of "Left Ear" in the industry...
Don't worry, the industry will keep its word.
After all, this film was produced by director Nortel and directed by Su Lun, a graduate of the Department of Directing at the Chinese Theater Department. The visuals and scheduling are very mature, and the story is complete.
The main reason is the first part - even if the industry criticizes, they will not form a group to criticize and completely deny it like they scolded "Tiny Times"!
The biggest revelation that "Tiny Times" brings to Chinese movies is that women can account for more than 68% of moviegoers...
It can even be recorded in the history of film - a work that represents that chaotic era of Chinese cinema.
What about "Left Ear"?
This time, Shen Changlin took the initiative to open the door to fan movies.
What kind of monster will be released?
It's really hypocritical. Just like if you don't make "The Left Ear", fan movies will not appear. The combination of commercialization of Chinese movies, star capitalization and idolization will give birth to fan movies. This belongs to history. Progress.
It simply cannot be changed by one person.
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At about 10:30 in the evening, the last road show ended, and a group of people got in the car and rushed to the airport.
Li Xiaoping handed Shen Changlin a bottle of water, she picked up the cup herself, took a sip, and then said: "It feels like the attendance rate is very high~"
"Well, the attendance rate is much higher than that of "Big Shot"."
“…What about today’s box office?”
"I estimate there are more than 40 million!"
Li Xiaoping took out her mobile phone: "I'll ask the company's statistician."
Before the real-time box office statistics came out, the quickest way to understand the movie box office was to rely on the statistical results of the movie box office bar - the box office bar has a special post, and major theaters will upload real-time data to the post, and then based on these, you can probably get Come up with more accurate data.
Shen Changlin also turned on his mobile phone to browse Weibo, mainly reading what some film critics and big Vs said about "The Left Ear".
Not particularly friendly, Zhou Liming gave it a six: 'I don't know what the so-called story is!'
Tan Fei said: Hypocritical!
Parrot Shi Hang simply said: It's far worse than "Those Years"!
Well, from a movie perspective, their statement is correct...
It's normal, just like North American film critics don't like the "Twilight" series...
I checked Douban and Time.com...
One reputation is 6.6 and the other is 6.5...
The reviews are not very high either. There are some real ratings and some malicious negative reviews - after all, Shen Changlin personally wrote to Lu Chuan some time ago that "I do not agree with universal values"...
This may seem unforgivable to some!
For example, this comment: "It can be seen from "Big Shot" that Shen Changlin is a kitsch and a bully. It's okay if you don't watch "Left Ear"!"
"I want to say why universal values have become universal, because of the word universal!"
Of course, it is more based on the negative reviews given by the movie itself: "At the beginning of the movie, a line was typed: 'To our turbulent youth and love.' Sorry, my youth was quite calm, so I can't understand what you are talking about. What!", "I want to say that although youth is cruel, the sunshine is still there. Don't think of life as so dark!"
There are also good reviews, but they are not big Vs. There is a person with ID "Copy Baby" who wrote: "The movie "Left Ear" is adapted from Shen Changlin's debut novel "Left Ear". In fact, before watching this movie, I read the details of that year. It has been blurred, but the memories of the youthful growth of Li Er, Zhang Yang, Xu Yi and Ba La in the novel are still there! I think the casting was right and the movie has been successful. Shen Changlin was cast. The selection was perfect, and the novice director Su Lun did a great job.'
There is also an ID 'Merke': "The yearning and loss of a small city for a big city. A good girl's imitation and speculation of a bad girl. They were love rivals, but they became confidants. They are talking about Li Er and Li Ba La, also Zhang Young people and black people. Right love is love, wrong love is youth. Youth is gone, why bother to hate it for the rest of your life and let the severed finger disappear in the memory."
I couldn't help but sigh: "This movie review is more beautifully written than mine!"
Li Xiaoping did not answer him, but put down her phone with a face full of joy: "...I just received the news that it has exceeded 40 million!"
"40 million? This is too..."
The girls in the back row who had their eyes closed all opened their eyes: "How much?"
Li Xiaoping repeated: "It's already over 40 million!"
"Four...forty million..."
Several girls swallowed their saliva neatly, obviously frightened by this number.
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What is the concept of 40 million on the first day?
Let’s not talk about far away, but let’s talk about the kings of the Lunar New Year movies, “The Thirteen Girls” and “Flying Swords of Dragon Gate”. The former’s highest single-day box office is 49.17 million, and the latter’s highest single-day box office is 45 million!
No, you can’t compare like that!
Today is December 30th, Friday. "The Left Ear" was released on its first day. "Thirteen Hairpins" had a box office of 33 million on its first Friday, and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" had a box office of 29 million!
this…
Is the box office beating "Jinling" and "Dragon Gate"?
Shen Changlin's expression was very calm: "...it's not bad, it barely meets my expectations!"
Yang Xiaomi couldn't help it anymore and said excitedly: "Is this barely enough? Tell me honestly... what are your expectations?"
"It exceeded 200 million in the first three days of the weekend, and it exceeded 300 million in the following, with a total box office of 500 million!"
"...Why do you calculate the box office like this?"
The others were silent, but Li Xiaoping couldn't help but say: "If we can get 200 million in the first weekend, the total box office will not be less than 600 million!"
This is the industry’s formula for estimating the total box office of normal commercial movies: first weekend box office × 3!
The problem is - "The Left Ear" is a fan movie!
Shen Changlin had a lot of time: "... Let me tell you this, the box office of the "Twilight Saga" series basically exceeded 100 million in the first weekend, and the total box office was only about 200 million. "Twilight", "The Left Ear" and the like Movies are called fans-oriented movies..."
By the way, he explained to Su Lun: "We made it just to please the fans. If the fans are satisfied, the movie will make money!"
“…Fan movie?”
"Yes...if the media asks you, this is what you tell them!"
Su Lun's mind is a little confused. The term 'fan film' can be understood just as the name suggests, but it doesn't always seem very high-end...
There was no time to explain anymore. The airport had already arrived. Shen Changlin didn't get off the car: "Okay, I'll send it here. You can get on the plane by yourself!"
Liu Shishi was surprised: "You're not coming with us?"
"...I am a producer, neither a director nor a starring actor. Why should I join in the fun? And if I go, who will ask you questions?"
He waved his hand at her, rolled up the car window again, and signaled the driver Xiao Xu to drive...
Just after 12 o'clock, the announcement prepared by the publicity team was immediately spread all over the Internet - "The Left Ear" had a box office of 42 million on the first day!
Chapter completed!