Chapter 338: Box Office Theft, Expensive Straw Hat
The box office of "Painted Skin 2" continued to soar, closing at 43.8 million on the third day.
Han Sanping has accepted the reality.
"The Founding of a Party" can be reserved, but it cannot prevent the theaters from spontaneously adjusting the schedule due to market behavior.
The daily box office in the past few days has barely maintained at three or four million, and will only go down.
At this time, "Wuxia" directed by Chen Kexin, which invested 145 million, was also officially released.
In the eyes of a number of production companies, the next month will be a battle between these two blockbusters!
The rest of the domestic films can only eat some leftovers on the side.
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Liu Yifei drove to visit Shu Chang and heard that "Magic Phone 2" had finally finished shooting after a lot of bumps.
On the other side, Lin Nan arrived at the China Film Digital Production Base alone.
In the 5,000-square-meter super-large studio, the "spaceship interior" building is being built, which looks very spectacular.
"Director Lin." Guo Fan walked to the door wearing a safety helmet.
"Didn't you say how long it would take to finish?"
"About the end of this month, but I can't be sure of the details."
Lin Nan nodded. He had originally thought that the filming would start in mid-August at the latest.
If that's the case, then the filming could be advanced.
"The movie 'Wuxia' is released today. Didn't Director Lin pay attention to it?"
Guo Fan suddenly asked, remembering something.
"No hurry. You can check the movie information tomorrow, or check the online reviews this evening."
In Lin Nan's opinion, Chen Kexin is a director who is going for awards. In the field of commercial films, he is not particularly good.
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In the outside world, the creators of 'Wuxia' are still working hard to promote the movie on the first day of its release.
"'Wuxia' is a real 'Wuxia'. I hope everyone can go to the cinema and experience 'Zhen Kung Fu'!"
"Director Chen Kexin's ingenious work should not be missed..."
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In the evening, many film reviews appeared on the Internet.
"The name of the movie is too big, too empty, and the routine is too old!"
"'Wu' and 'xia' are seriously separated, the plot is completely inconsistent, and the whole movie is divided..."
"Well, this is a detective movie disguised as a martial arts movie, the story of Conan in the Republic of China! The key is that the plot is too bad and too messy."
"It's still the same common problem. Is it really that difficult to tell a good story?"
Lin Nan flipped through the comments of netizens for a while and got a general understanding of the movie. As for the comments of film critics, they can be completely ignored.
The next day, the first day box office of "Wuxia" was reported, 15 million.
At the same time, the box office of "Painted Skin 2" on the fourth day hit a new high, closing at 45 million.
The data of a difference of 30 million is unacceptable to many people in the industry, but it is somewhat expected.
"Commercial movies are about telling stories. If the story is good, it won't be bad anyway.
"Wuxia" obviously deviates from the theme of commercial movies. It can only be said to be barely passable."
Many mainland directors have made similar comments.
This is a hot summer season.
A commercial film with an investment of 145 million yuan, the first day box office was only 15 million yuan!
Let alone the previous bold words of guaranteeing a minimum of 500 million yuan and sprinting to 700 million yuan, now even whether it can make back the investment may be a big problem!
"Painted Skin 2" and "Wuxia" have once again become the focus of discussion in the industry and on the Internet.
"Director Wu Ershan said at the premiere that the box office of "Painted Skin 2" will beat "Wuxia", and it really did it, awesome!"
"This movie doesn't have any big scenes, why can it cost 145 million?
The props and costumes are so simple, but it cost 15 million more than "Painted Skin 2", which has a lot of special effects shots!"
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In the outside world, several movies are still being released.
The film and crew of "Wuxia" have not given up, and are still working hard to promote and "explain" the word-of-mouth problem.
Lin Nan is busy at home working on the division of shots.
Liu Yifei wears slippers and comes to help from time to time, followed by a few cats and dogs.
"It's so sunny outside. If you walk back and forth a few more times, you will definitely get tanned."
Looking at the fruit plate that Miss Liu brought from another villa, Lin Nan couldn't help but remind her, even though they were only a few dozen meters apart.
"You're so stupid. I put on sunscreen." Liu Yifei laughed and complained.
Okay, Lin Nan forgot about it.
Just then, the phone on the table vibrated.
"I'll answer it."
Liu Yifei walked over first, "Hello, Brother Yue..."
In less than ten seconds, the phone was handed to Lin Nan, "Here, business."
"What's wrong? Why are you calling now?" Lin Nan took the phone and asked.
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Some people are really shameless!
The daily box office of "Painted Skin 2" closed at 46 million and 44 million in succession, and reached 250 million in 6 days. The film industry cheered and the market was completely ignited.
On the contrary, the daily box office of "Wuxia" was far from what the film producers expected.
The data did not rise as they thought, breaking through 20 million, 30 million or even higher.
Instead, it still maintained at around 10 million, 15.3 million, 14.5 million...
At this time, something strange happened.
"There is definitely something wrong with this data. The difference between the national data from Star Media's theaters is too big..."
"It is not ruled out that the box office was 'stolen', and we have already grasped certain circumstances."
"There is a high probability that we are the only ones who are the victims, and they are all making a lot of money..."
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Chen Kexin and Xingmei spoke out one after another, and they were weird in front of the media.
Then a bunch of movie ticket stubs were posted online by "well-meaning netizens".
The movie tickets printed by the machine were either "Painted Skin 2" or "The Founding of the Party", but someone had crossed out the names with a pen and changed them to "Martial Arts"...
The ticketing system only recognizes the movie name printed by the machine on the movie ticket!
"Are you obviously looking for trouble?"
Lin Nan began to contact Han Sanping, Ye Ning, Xiying and Ningying.
Without talking about anything else, he wanted to make sure there was no problem on his side.
After all, the theater chain can handle the matter of "stealing box office" more easily.
"Director Lin, this thing absolutely doesn't exist. Does Wanda need to 'steal'? I can definitely improve the film schedule!"
Han Sanping was also very angry, and the "Great Cause of Party Building" was also affected.
"Oh! If that's the case, that means they are looking for trouble, or are hyping up!"
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Not to mention, this operation by Xingmei has attracted a lot of attention to "Martial Arts", and the daily box office has really increased.
But some things, now that they have happened, cannot go away so easily.
China Film, on behalf of the five producers, rebutted in front of the media.
"If your movie has a bad response or receives negative reviews, don't try to bully others. We don't like those guys either. If you still have problems, you can report them directly to the General Administration. We will be with you..."
The people below worked very quickly, without any delay. We have to fight back!
"Enthusiastic netizens" posted online and shared some of the purchasing details of the "Martial Arts" crew.
The most eye-catching thing is the straw hat made by Merrill Lynch, the one on Kim Sung-wu's head in the movie.
Customized price: US$6,000, including postage and value preservation fees.
And for this hat, the crew even purchased a safe and hired people to keep it under guard 24 hours a day when not filming.
Subsequently, many netizens who played small roles on the set of "Martial Arts" also confirmed the safe and the supervision of the safe.
This kind of fantasy is simply outrageous!
Producers in the industry all feel that Chen Kexin is too greedy this time, and the crew and crew are all his!
The Internet is even more noisy.
"How many of us can't afford that straw hat with the money we earn in a year!"
"This is the world of the rich? Gold braided straw hats, right?"
"Is there something wrong with their brains? There is no difference between the ten-dollar straw hat on the street!"
"This way of paying bills..."
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Lin Nan updated Weibo.
"Money, indeed, the more you spend, the more you spend! It's so strange that one dares to spend it and the other dares to give it..."
Once this Weibo was posted, it became very lively.
There are many people in the industry who are silent and talking.
The next day, Xingmei made an announcement.
"The matter of 'stealing the box office' has been investigated clearly. Some staff were not familiar with the operation of the machine and printed the wrong tickets.
In order not to affect other people in line, I temporarily changed the ticket stub, and then refunded the ticket on the computer, and re-registered the ticket issuance record..."
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"Director Lin, I asked someone over there to tell you that I would like to treat you to a meal. I also invited Director Han and the others, saying that it was due to a misunderstanding before..."
Hearing Yue Jun's words, Lin Nan wanted to laugh a little.
They were the ones looking for trouble, and they were the ones who gave in first.
Chen Kexin is really greedy, and Xingmei is most likely pretending to be confused, or even acquiescing.
The water here may be a bit deep...
"You go on my behalf, I'm busy with "Passengers"."
"Well, I'll go then."
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At the end of the first week, the box office of "Painted Skin 2" reached 300 million, and it has great staying power.
Looking back at "The Great Cause of Party Building", growth has been slow during these days, with only an increase of 30 million in one week, with a revenue of 330 million.
"Snowflakes and the Secret Fan" has been forced to be released, and "God of Wealth Inn" is struggling at more than 5,000.
"Martial Arts" has begun to struggle again, with a daily box office of just over 10 million.
There is still a chance that this movie's box office will exceed 100 million, but 200 million is absolutely impossible, and even 150 million is very high.
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"Director Wu Ershan, you don't seem to be a contracted director of Lin Nan Pictures, right?"
"Yes, unlike Guo Fan and Lu Yang, I have not signed a contract. I have my own studio."
Wu Ershan also didn't expect that someone would come to poach him so soon, and it would be Wang Zhonglei who came in person.
"Then you can consider Huayi. We are a listed group and the leader among private film companies in the industry..."
Wang Zhonglei talked eloquently and was full of confidence in recruiting Wu Ershan.
Huayi's box office forecast for "Painted Skin 2" has come out, and it will definitely be over 600 million.
New commercial film directors like Wu Ershan who work alone are Hua Yi's goals.
What's more, Wang Zhonglei became more and more interested in trying to gain leverage from Lin Nan!
While Wang Zhonglei was waiting for the other party's affirmative answer with a smile on his face, Wu Ershan shook his head.
"Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, I don't sign with the company. If I wanted to sign, I would have signed it with Director Lin."
"Then we can sign a cooperation agreement..."
Before Wang Zhonglei could finish speaking, the other party shook his head again.
"I have a contract with Director Lin and will make several more films for Lin Nan Pictures in the future, so I appreciate Mr. Wang's kindness."
At this time, Wang Zhonglei was already cursing in his heart, but he was really out of his depth!
Then, he took out a business card and handed it over with a smile.
"Even so, Huayi hopes to have the opportunity to work with Director Wu Ershan in the future. If you need anything, you can contact us at any time..."
Wu Ershan was stunned at first, but he couldn't refuse because of the relationship.
"Well, thank you for your kindness, Mr. Wang."