Chapter 212: "Now You See Me" surpassed "Painted Skin" on the first day box offi
“Director Zhou, it’s a big hit at the box office!”
"Thank you very much!"
Jiang Wen is a person who knows how to reciprocate. As soon as Zhou Qing went to support "The Sun Also Rises", he came back to return the favor.
"I heard that the copyright of your Now You See Me has been sold for 3300 million US dollars? I really want to see what kind of movie you made!"
The two sides exchanged some pleasantries and chatted, and Jiang Wen mentioned this point, and he looked really curious.
You have to know that the copyrights of Chinese-language films are generally difficult to sell these days.
Unless it is some top-notch big productions and blockbusters.
But few people can sell it at this price.
Not to mention that Zhou Qing's movie is a pure commercial film and did not win any major awards.
The fact that it can be sold at this price really speaks volumes.
"How did you know?"
Zhou Qing also glanced at Jiang Wen with curiosity.
He has never revealed the sales of "Now You See Me".
But Zhou Qing reacted quickly.
Considering the relationship between Jiang Wen and Han Sanping, it is most likely that it was Han Sanping who leaked the information.
"I had a small gathering with Third Master a few days ago. You know Third Master's temper. He couldn't help showing off to me after just a few drinks."
Jiang Wen immediately told Zhou Qing the answer, which was indeed not beyond Zhou Qing's expectations.
"I knew it was Director Han."
Zhou Qing smiled and admitted it immediately.
"But this time the subject matter gave me some advantages. I am shooting a Hollywood-style movie."
Zhou Qing then explained another sentence for Jiang Wen.
"Now that you mention it, I want to see what kind of movie this is."
Jiang Wen's interest in "Now You See Me" has become even stronger.
"Then you can take a good look at it later."
Zhou Qing chatted with Jiang Wen for a few more words and then invited Jiang Wen in.
"Director Zhou, I wish your Now You See Me will be a big hit at the box office!"
Fan Bingbing, a top star, once again came to support Zhou Qing, and her attitude was as enthusiastic as ever.
Now that she has left Huayi and set up her own studio, it is even more important for her to build good relationships with top directors like Zhou Qing.
"Thank you, and I wish you win the grand prize at the Golden Horse Awards!"
Zhou Qing and Fan Bingbing started chatting and laughing.
"It's just the best supporting actress, it's nothing."
Although Fan Bingbing acted very modestly, his brows were actually full of pride.
Even if it is the best supporting actress, it is still a magical tool for female stars to improve their status.
After all, a female star's status in the circle is not only related to the box office, but also to awards.
Why has Zhou Xun risen so quickly among the top actresses in the past two years? Isn’t it because she won a few Best Actress trophies?
There is also another film history champion, "Painted Skin".
"You are too modest. This time I won the Best Supporting Actress award. Next time I will definitely win the Best Actress award."
Zhou Qing smiled at Fan Bingbing.
It’s not that he is purely Gong Wei. In fact, Fan Bingbing’s acting skills are quite good.
Looking back on his entire career, he has won quite a few awards.
Not to mention she won the Best Actress award at the Hundred Flowers and Golden Rooster Awards, she also won the Best Actress award at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
After all, it is an international A-class film festival.
Although it is not as good as the three major European ones, to be honest, it is not bad either.
"Then I'll take Director Zhou's good words. I hope that day will come."
Fan Bingbing does not hide his ambitions in this regard.
After the two sides chatted for a while, Fan Bingbing tactfully expressed his desire to cooperate with Zhou Qing.
After all, Fan Bingbing is no longer just an actor, but has upgraded to become a capital.
Acting is only a part of Fan Bingbing's job. At the same time, Fan Bingbing will also take the initiative to invest and develop some high-quality projects.
Zhou Qing’s film project is undoubtedly one of the top quality projects in the industry.
Countless investors are vying for a piece of this high-quality project.
But unfortunately, Director Zhou’s car is extremely difficult to get into. He has basically been cooperating with China Film Group Corporation for so many films.
Only with this film, Now You See Me, did it open the door and accept other investors.
But it is also at the level of Shanghai Film Group and Wanda.
To be honest, Fan Bingbing didn't have much hope that he could get on the bus.
But anyway, you have to try it, right?
"Let's see if there's a chance."
Zhou Qing just responded politely.
But as for letting Fan Bingbing get on the car, that was simply out of the question.
"Director Zhou, come here quickly!"
After receiving the endless stream of guests outside, Zhou Qing finally led the main creators to the viewing room.
After a simple opening segment, Han Sanping, who was sitting in the front row, waved to Zhou Qing.
"Boss Han, Director Jiang, what are you talking about?"
Zhou Qing sat over and glanced at Jiang Wen and Han Sanping who were leaning forward, and asked casually.
"Neither The Warlords nor Assembly broke the record of Painted Skin. Now the media is saying that only you can break your own record. I am analyzing how likely this is."
Jiang Wen said to Zhou Qing seriously.
Zhou Qing smiled and said, "What about Director Jiang's analysis?"
"Each of your previous films has surpassed the previous one, and the copyright of Now You See Me has sold so well, which shows that the film producers are very optimistic about the market potential of this film."
"Those film producers are all as shrewd as ghosts. Their vision can reflect certain situations."
“So I think it’s quite possible.”
Jiang Wen really started to analyze it seriously.
"Haha, let me lend you some good words."
Zhou Qing was amused. Jiang Wen was truly an amazing person. He could actually analyze things so clearly.
"He's right. Now You See Me will definitely break the record of Painted Skin."
Han Sanping also smiled and nodded in agreement.
After a while of chatting, "Now You See Me" began its official screening.
Several people stopped chatting, perked up, and looked at the big screen with anticipation.
Including Jiang Wen, everyone wanted to see the quality of Zhou Qing's second blockbuster.
But soon, Jiang Wen's attention was quickly attracted by the movie.
At first, you may not see much, just four different magicians performing magic. But when they are recruited by the "mysterious man" and debut as the Four Horsemen, the movie becomes exciting.
In front of countless people, the Four Horsemen actually teleported a banker through time and space and robbed all the money in his bank.
It instantly whetted everyone's appetite.
Everyone is eager to know how this is done.
When the FBI character played by Duan Yihong found Chen Daoming to decrypt the code and reproduced the entire process, exclamations of admiration could be heard in the theater.
This is fucking possible!
So that’s how it’s done!
Wonderful, it’s really wonderful!
Everyone couldn't help but applaud. Director Zhou's story was so damn brilliant.
What follows next is the battle between the Four Horsemen and the FBI.
A battle of wits and courage between the "magic faker" played by Chen Daoming and the four knights begins.
Interspersed throughout are curious magic designs, exciting fighting and chasing scenes, interlocking plot segments, and an unexpected reversal at the end.
After watching for two hours, everyone couldn't stop and was completely immersed in it.
Until the end of the movie and the subtitles started, everyone in the theater felt that something was unfinished.
good looking.
It’s so damn beautiful!
This movie is better and more exciting than "Painted Skin"!
Wow!
There was immediate and warm applause in the entire theater.
"Your movie is a success again. The box office will definitely not be worse than Painted Skin."
After reading it, Jiang Wen sighed sincerely.
Although he somewhat disdains such commercial films designed specifically to entertain the public, he has to admit that in terms of watchability, "Now You See Me" is top-notch.
If a movie can make everyone so fascinated, how could the box office be bad?
"Is this our movie? It's so exciting!"
The first time I saw Huang Xiaoming in a film, I almost broke my hands, I was so excited.
No, it would be more appropriate to call it excitement, and also a little thrilling.
Even if he had known that this was Zhou Qing's movie, it would be good no matter what, but he could not have imagined it would be so exciting.
Even he, the leading actor, was screaming in pleasure while watching the movie, let alone others.
"Yes, our movie will definitely do well at the box office. It will definitely be a big hit!"
Zhu Yawen agreed immediately without thinking.
That was absolutely what he thought from the bottom of his heart, he really thought this movie would be a hit.
When Zhu Yawen thought that this was a movie starring himself, he couldn't remain calm.
"Director Zhou, the current record holder for the highest box office of Chinese-language films is your "Painted Skin". Do you think your "Now You See Me" can break the record of "Painted Skin"? "
During the media interview, the reporter asked this question as expected.
"In fact, the story of Painted Skin is a bit serious, and the tone is also tragic, but Now You See Me is different. It is a movie that makes people relax and have fun, so I think its box office will not be worse than Painted Skin."
"You asked me whether Now You See Me can break the record of Painted Skin? I think it can!"
Zhou Qing put aside his bold words in front of the media.
It completely pushed the atmosphere on the scene to its highest climax.
Especially the main creators such as Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei, they were all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
"Director Zhou Qing's second blockbuster "Now You See Me" premiered, and Director Zhou claimed that it could break the record of "Painted Skin"."
"Is it self-confidence or arrogance? Can Now You See Me surpass Painted Skin? Now You See Me premieres with a bang."
"The performance of the two blockbusters "The Warlords" and "Assembly" was not satisfactory. Can "Now You See Me" create another miracle?"
Like "The Warlords" and "Assembly", the industry is paying close attention to the release of "Now You See Me".
Everyone wants to know what kind of results Zhou Qing’s second blockbuster will achieve.
As for the ordinary audience, they didn’t think so much.
They just wanted to see what Now You See Me was like.
After all, everyone’s expectations have already been fully aroused through previous trailers and other promotional materials.
Coupled with the reputation accumulated by Zhou Qing's previous five films, everyone's enthusiasm for watching movies is still very high.
Under such circumstances, the first-day box office of "Now You See Me" came out very quickly.
It can be said that my jaw dropped.
2925 million!
"2900 million! Qingzi, our movie made 2900 million on the first day, almost 3000 million!"
Zhu Yawen was like a bitch in heat, her face flushed and her voice several octaves higher.
Stimulated.
Zhu Yawen was really deeply stimulated.
Even though he knew that the box office of Now You See Me would definitely not be low, he didn't expect it to be this high.
Nearly thirty million!
You know, these days there are many movies whose total box office doesn’t even reach 30 million.
Even a box office of 30 million is definitely a high box office.
Without looking back to the distant past, let’s just talk about the year 07, when there were only a few movies that grossed over 3000 million.
"Flash Point" had a box office of 3450 million, which ranked eighth among domestic films.
Therefore, it is very clear what the current box office situation of domestic films is like.
In this case, the first-day box office of "Now You See Me" of nearly 3000 million seems even more shocking.
Damn, the total box office of a blockbuster movie in one day is almost enough.
Do you want to be so exaggerated?
"Qingzi, this is really scary, the first day box office is nearly 3000 million!"
On the set of "Crazy Racing", Huang Bo and Ning Hao looked at each other and both gasped.
Even they were totally shocked.
After all, the first-day box office was really too terrible, never seen before in the entire Chinese-language history!
Not to mention Chinese-language films, even those Hollywood blockbusters can rarely achieve this first-day box office.
That guy Qingzi has set a new record again!
"Congratulations, Huang Bo! Your movie is a big hit!"
Xu Zheng immediately congratulated Huang Bo.
His face was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred, and the sourness was about to turn into substance and overflow.
After all, the first-day box office of "Now You See Me" was so explosive that anyone with eyes could see that it would definitely surpass "Painted Skin".
What Zhou Qing said before about breaking the record of "Painted Skin" is absolutely no problem at all.
In other words, one month later, the highest-grossing movie in film history will be "Now You See Me" starring Huang Bo!
Who wouldn’t envy every one of those actors?
"Director Zhou Qing's second blockbuster Now You See Me earned 2925 million yuan on its first day, setting a new record for the first-day box office of a Chinese-language film."
"Now You See Me" was released, with a box office of 2925 million on the first day, surpassing the 2568 million of Painted Skin!"
"Only Director Zhou can break Director Zhou's record! Now You See Me opened with a box office of 2925 million on the first day, setting a new record!"
The relevant news was reported by all major media outlets, and the entire circle was directly torn apart. (End of this chapter)