Chapter 32 Zhang Weiping
Chapter 32 Zhang Weiping
After gaining popularity, the box office was indeed strong.
Dong Jianqiang's conservative estimate was 600 million, but in fact, the box office on Saturday alone reached 700 million, and on Sunday it reached 820 million.
The box office of "The Darkness" showed a strong growth trend, with the attendance rate of almost every show reaching over 90%, and tickets are truly hard to come by.
There were long queues outside each cinema, most of whom were there to buy "The Darkness". There were even scalpers at popular cinemas like Wudaokou.
Everyone was curious about what the movie that Fan Binbin loved to watch was like.
The media has been promoting these two days that a movie with a brand new cast, "The Darkness", has bucked the trend and become a box office dark horse despite being sandwiched between two blockbusters, earning a staggering 1980 million in box office revenue in the first three days of the weekend.
1980 million! The box office of just these three days would probably rank among the top 20 of the annual box office.
Today, the box office potential of "Troy" has been basically exhausted, "House of Flying Daggers" has not yet been released, and the remaining vacuum period of more than ten days will be almost entirely occupied by "The Dark Tribulation".
The low-budget movie "Dark Invasion" became a box office dark horse...
With a box office of 2000 million in three days, "House of Flying Daggers" may face a strong opponent...
Student directors create miracles...
A head-on confrontation between low-budget and big-budget productions...
The genius director's debut work became the biggest dark horse at the box office...
"Darkness" was widely reported, and Zhang Chen also became famous, earning the title of "genius director".
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华谊兄弟
The Wang brothers and Feng Kuzi have just finished watching "Darkness". As professional filmmakers, they watch movies every day.
They will definitely watch the movies currently in theaters, not all of them, but any that are somewhat popular, to analyze the market.
"This movie is well made, a standard commercial film in the Hollywood style. No wonder it became a box office dark horse."
Feng Kuazi was generous in his praise. As a well-known commercial director in China, his words can definitely be said to carry a lot of weight.
Of course, he would not say this in front of the media. Now they are all family members, so of course it doesn't matter what they say.
"It is said that the film director is a Beijing Film Academy student who has not yet graduated." Wang Zhonglei looked at the other two and spoke.
"Newcomer? Then you can try to sign him. His filming skills are very sophisticated, he doesn't look like a newcomer at all, and the subject matter he chose is also clever. In terms of commercialization, many domestic directors' films cannot compare to "Dark Invasion"."
Feng Kuazi had already said hello to the two Wangs and was ready to leave Huayi. He and Zhang Guoli jointly opened a company called Taihe Minzhong, preparing to be their own boss.
But before leaving, I wouldn't mind giving my old employer some pointers.
In fact, there was one more thing he didn't say. In terms of commercialization, not only many domestic directors are not as good as this newcomer, but he himself is probably not as good as him either.
The family knows their own affairs.
There is actually one thing that the outside world said about him that is correct: Feng Xiaogang's works cannot cross the Yangtze River.
To put it bluntly, the New Year films he shot are actually Beijing-style comedies, which are acceptable to people in the north, but they will not suit the local climate in the south.
But this is not the case with "Dark Invasion". It not only appeals to both the North and the South, but also has no cultural barriers around the world.
The Wang brothers did not expect Feng Xiaogang to speak so highly of this dark horse director, but they did not express any doubt.
Feng Xiaogang's professional ability is unquestionable, and the development history of Huayi Brothers is the development history of Feng Xiaogang.
Now that Feng Xiaogang is leaving, they urgently need to find a replacement, someone who can take over Feng Xiaogang and continue to help Huayi create miracles.
Wang Zhongjun: "Zhonglei, go get in touch with Zhang Chen and see if there is any possibility for him to join Huayi."...
In an office in an office building in Chaoyang District, Zhang Weiping is being interviewed by Southern Weekend.
The publicity work for "House of Flying Daggers" has reached the stage of vigorous development, and promotional materials about "House of Flying Daggers" are everywhere.
Zhang Weiping is full of confidence. Today, Zhang Yimou is unique in China. No one dares to confront him head-on. He is truly invincible.
“What is the box office forecast for House of Flying Daggers?”
"Our goal is 4 million. The previous box office of Hero was 2.5 million. This time, House of Flying Daggers will only be better."
"4 million? No domestic film has ever reached this box office."
"Yes, indeed no, but Zhang Yimou can, because he is Zhang Yimou. His record can only be broken by himself.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is the best in China. After our film House of Flying Daggers was announced to be released in July, which other directors dared to compete with him at the same time, because they knew they were no match at all.”
Zhang Weiping was as arrogant as ever, with a disdainful look in his eyes, as if he was saying "I own the world with Yimou in my hands". People who didn't know him would think that he was the one who shot the movie.
But he does have the capital to be arrogant. The box office record of 2.5 million yuan set by "Hero" has not been broken so far, and there are not many members in the million yuan club.
"Do you know "Darkness Invasion"?"
Catching the loophole in Zhang Weiping's words, the reporter immediately added fuel to the fire.
"I don't know." Zhang Weiping answered very straightforwardly. According to his personality, he would say he didn't know even if he knew the answer.
This is how Zhang Weiping criticized Wang Yuelun in his previous life. When "Panda Warrior" was released, a reporter interviewed Wang Yuelun and asked him to comment on "Three Guns".
Wang Yuelun was too young and said a few words in a moment of pleasure, which probably offended Zhang Weiping.
The reporter turned around and started to stir up trouble with Zhang Weiping, who asked directly, "Who is Wang Yuelun?"
"'Darkness' is a movie that was released in July. The director is a sophomore student at Beijing Film Academy. The box office revenue in the first three days of the weekend was close to 7 million, and it was called a box office dark horse."
The reporter consciously guided Zhang Weiping, so how could he not know the reporter's sinister intentions, but he didn't care.
He has Zhang Yimou in his hand, and he even dares to confront Han Sanping. What is a student from Beijing Film Academy?
And this "Dark Invasion" has indeed made him a little unhappy these two days.
According to Zhang Weiping's plan, the entire month of July should be devoted to "House of Flying Daggers" and there should be no second voice, so he prepared an overwhelming publicity plan for this purpose.
But "Darkness" just popped up, and in the flood of publicity for "House of Flying Daggers", its shadow can be seen from time to time.
It's like a rat dropping in a pot of good soup, which makes people feel disgusted.
A reporter happened to ask me about this today, so I just said a few words to vent my anger.
"What good work can a sophomore student produce? It's just a plaything..."
"The name "Darkness Invasion" sounds bad, it gives off a low-brow vibe..."
"Horror movies are all about mystery..."
"It took 2000 million in the first weekend. 2000 million is not a lot. How did it become a dark horse..."
"A genius director? Director Pichai is more like that..."
Zhang Weiping's undisguised derogatory words immediately excited the reporter. What he wanted was a war of words. He didn't care whether the two parties were equal or what their identities were. As long as there was a war of words, there would be sales.
(End of this chapter)