Chapter 431: 3 billion in 10 days, 15 billion in the first week, "Operation Red Sea" is on
Chapter 431: 3 billion in 10 days, 15 billion in the first week, "Operation Red Sea" is on the rise, "Witch" is being remade
Do you know what a box office of 3 million means?
Even in 16, the upper limit of Chinese-language films was reached by "Dying to Survive", with a box office of 30 billion yuan, and 3 million yuan is still a high box office.
Take Feng Xiaogang’s “I Am Not Madame Bovary” for example.
The film was released on November 11, the same day as "Operation Red Sea".
The total box office was soon revealed, which was a full 4.82 million yuan.
It is only about 3 million more than the first-day box office of "Operation Red Sea".
In other words, the box office of "Operation Red Sea" in just two days exceeded the total box office of "I Am Not Madame Bovary".
What level of movie is "I Am Not Madame Bovary"?
The film is directed by Feng Xiaogang, one of the top directors in mainland China, and stars first-line actress Fan Bingbing, with supporting roles by a host of other stars including Zhang Jiayi, Yu Hewei, Fan Wei, Liu Hua, and Li Chen.
A true all-star lineup.
Even though it's just an art film, it shouldn't be underestimated.
As a result, the total box office was not as good as the two-day box office of "Operation Red Sea"!
This is very telling.
Of course, "I Am Not Madame Bovary" is ultimately an art film, and may not be objective enough. Then just look at the ranking of domestic films in 16 in the original time and space to find out.
The "shit-poem-level" blockbuster "The Legend of the Gods" has a total box office of 2.84 million yuan, and it is already ranked 18th!
This means that the box office of "Operation Red Sea" in one day was enough to rank 18th in the annual ranking.
It's simply an exaggeration.
"3 million. I can't believe it. It's as high as 3 million."
Master Zhang, who has been following "Operation Red Sea" closely, can't help but be excited.
The "Zhang-Zhou dispute" is currently heating up, and Master Zhang is putting all his efforts into competing with Zhou Qing.
I want to take back the honor I lost in the past.
Although the data of his "The Great Wall" is not so impressive and has not met the general expectations in the circle, Master Zhang still has a certain degree of confidence.
"Operation Red Sea" is, after all, a mainstream blockbuster.
Even if it explodes again, to what extent can it explode?
The upper limit is right there.
Master Zhang always felt that "The Great Wall" still had a good chance of defeating "Operation Red Sea".
But who could have thought that "Operation Red Sea" would slap Master Zhang in the face with facts.
I almost confused Master Zhang.
The truth is completely different from what I imagined.
"Operation Red Sea", a mainstream movie, had a box office of 3 million yuan on the first day, nearly twice that of "The Great Wall".
Master Zhang was completely shocked.
This is unscientific and unreasonable.
Even though "Operation Mekong" grossed 11 billion yuan at the box office, "Operation Red Sea" only grossed 3 million yuan on the first day, which is a bit too exaggerated.
Is this still an unpopular track like mainstream blockbusters?
How could a mainstream blockbuster movie become such a hit?
Zhang Yimou is really emo.
Although his "The Great Wall" and "Operation Red Sea" have just been released, the gap in the first-day box office is so huge that the overall situation is basically decided.
There is no way "The Great Wall" can beat "Operation Red Sea".
In the "Zhang-Zhou Dispute" in 09, he, Master Zhang, was defeated by Zhou Qing. In this "Zhang-Zhou Dispute", it seems that he will lose to Zhou Qing again.
In fact, it was still a miserable defeat!
"The first day box office was 3 million, great! That's great!"
La Peikang's extremely excited laughter could be heard faintly from the office.
Anyone could feel how happy La Peikang was at the moment.
Come to think of it, with the box office of "Operation Red Sea" being such a huge hit, how could La Peikang not be happy?
This is the first blockbuster that La Peikang has collaborated with Director Zhou since taking office.
Unexpectedly, such a brilliant and dazzling record was set in one fell swoop.
This is the first Chinese film to break 3 million yuan in box office on the first day. It’s really too explosive!
There is no doubt that when we review Chinese-language films in the future, "Operation Red Sea" will definitely be written into the history of film discourse.
What's even more gratifying?
The first-day box office has exceeded 3 million, so what will the total box office of "Operation Red Sea" be?
I'm afraid 30 billion should be no problem at all.
You should know that director Zhou's "Dying to Survive" only had a box office of 2.5 million yuan on the first day, but the total box office exceeded 30 billion yuan.
Not to mention "Operation Red Sea".
With a box office of 30 billion, I’m afraid it’s really inevitable.
La Peikang was really excited when he thought that he would create a 30 billion-level movie.
Thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence: Director Zhou, awesome!
Following Director Zhou, there is indeed meat to eat.
"Ya Wen, congratulations, your Operation Red Sea is a hit!"
On the set of "Life Events", everyone on the scene sent congratulatory messages to Zhu Yawen.
Zhu Yawen was so proud that his eyes narrowed into a line and his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
3 million!
The box office on the first day reached 3 million!
It seems that Qingzi's bold statement of 30 billion box office at the premiere was not just empty talk.
Judging from this explosive start, there is no doubt that "Operation Red Sea" will break 30 billion.
He will become another leading actor with a box office of 30 billion after Huang Bo.
Turn over.
I'm really going to turn things around!
When Zhu Yawen thought of this, his eyes couldn't help but sparkle.
"It has nothing to do with me. I mainly benefited from Qingzi's help."
Zhu Yawen waved to everyone on the set very modestly, but the smile that he couldn't suppress on his face betrayed his inner feelings.
This sentence immediately made everyone envious, jealous and hateful towards Zhu Yawen.
Although this guy is being modest, what he says actually makes sense.
If Zhu Yawen didn’t have a classmate like Director Zhou, how could he be where he is today?
Looking at Zhu Yawen's rise, it can actually be summed up in one sentence: Director Zhou's support.
With such a big tree as Director Zhou as his backer, Zhu Yawen played an important supporting role in heavyweight films like "Painted Skin".
At that time, Zhu Yawen hadn't even graduated yet.
When he graduated, he was immediately signed to Director Zhou's company and starred in "Now You See Me".
Since then, resources for hit TV series and movies have been pouring in like crazy.
If this happened to anyone, it would definitely be popular.
It's not just Zhu Yawen. Looking at all the other artists in Zhou Qing Pictures, which one is not like this?
Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang, Liu Yifei, and Zhao Liying were all promoted by Director Zhou using the best resources.
Everyone believes that if any one of them had the same resources, they would also become famous.
So everyone is really envious and jealous of Zhu Yawen and other artists from Zhou Qing Film Company.
These people are really lucky. They are either Director Zhou’s classmates or have been appreciated by Director Zhou.
Why don’t they have this luck? Otherwise, they would definitely be able to soar to the sky.
"The first day box office was 3 million, not bad."
Zhou Qing, the director, also nodded with satisfaction.
You have to know that in the original time and space, the first-day box office of "Operation Red Sea" was only 1.29 million.
Just like "Operation Mekong", it gradually made a comeback as word of mouth spread, and finally won the box office champion of the same period.
However, now that the director and screenwriter has been replaced by Zhou Qing, the attention paid to "Operation Red Sea" has far exceeded that before.
So the first day box office was much better than before.
It is precisely because of this that Zhou Qing believes that the total box office of "Operation Red Sea" will probably be better than that in the original time and space.
After all, in the original time and space, "Operation Red Sea" exploded slowly, but now, it explodes right from the beginning.
This is of course completely different. "I am so glad now that I did not choose to release Wolf Warriors before Operation Red Sea."
Wu Jing sighed repeatedly in front of Zhou Qing, not to mention how grateful he was.
Convincing Director Zhou to withdraw "Wolf Warrior" was definitely the best decision he made this year.
The box office on the first day was 3 million. How can this be possible with such terrible data?
If "Wolf Warrior" was really released before "Operation Red Sea", it would definitely fail miserably.
Everyone will definitely choose to watch "Operation Red Sea" instead of "Wolf Warrior", after all, these are two films with the same theme.
Of course, it would be more reliable to choose Director Zhou's films.
"You are just too unconfident. The movie Wolf Warrior is actually quite good."
Zhou Qing smiled and gave Wu Jing some encouragement.
"Who can be confident in front of you, Director Zhou?"
Wu Jing said as a matter of course.
Director Zhou is the number one director in Chinese entertainment.
A unique master in the entire entertainment industry.
Even top bosses like Zhang Guoshi and Hollywood bigwigs were outshined by "Operation Red Sea", let alone other films.
This is also the reason why once Director Zhou’s film announces its release date, many films will be urgently withdrawn.
There is no other reason, Director Zhou’s films are just too powerful, no one can beat them.
It's not shameful to run away in front of Director Zhou.
"Director Zhou, there is a director in South Korea named Park Hoon-jung who wants to remake your film "The Witch"."
While chatting with Wu Jing, the young assistant knocked on Zhou Qing's office door and reported to him.
"Director Zhou, your movie is going to be remade again."
Wu Jing on the side immediately looked at Zhou Qing with admiration.
Chinese entertainment has always had the habit of adapting works from other countries. Whether it is Hollywood movies or Japanese movies, many have been remade by Chinese entertainment.
But on the other hand, Chinese entertainment works have rarely been remade by other countries.
After so many years, all I have counted is still less than the number of a pair of hands.
But what about Director Zhou’s films?
"Source Code" has been remade by Hollywood, and "Your Name" has also been remade by Japan.
Wow, now even "The Witch" has been noticed by South Korea?
I really can't help but accept this.
Park Hoon-jung?
Zhou Qing ignored Zhou Qing and just raised his eyebrows.
He thought about it for a moment and immediately reacted.
This person is actually the screenwriter and director of "The Witch" in the original time and space.
It is worth mentioning that in the original time and space, Park Hoon-jung was adapted from the comic "Witch" of the same name by the famous cartoonist Jiang Cao.
That’s right, it’s the Kang Cao from “The Lighting Store” and “Superpower Tribe”. He is definitely a great figure in the Korean comics world.
However, due to the intervention of Zhou Qing, the reborn person, Jiang Cao's comic work "Witch" was never published again.
Why?
In the original time and space, "The Witch" was the work of Jiang Cao in 13.
But what about Zhou Qing’s “The Witch”?
It was released in South Korea in 10.
Then it’s naturally impossible for Jiang Cao to draw another highly similar cartoon, right?
So things have changed as they are now. Park Hoon-jung went from adapting Kang Cho's comics to remaking his own movie.
Considering that Park Hoon-jung was the original screenwriter and director, and he really made "The Witch" a huge success.
So what is Zhou Qing hesitating about?
"Let's make an appointment. I can give him the license for the remake of The Witch."
Zhou Qing made this decision without any hesitation.
"Understood, Director Zhou!"
The young assistant responded and immediately went to work in a hurry.
After a while, the other party made substantial progress and knocked on Zhou Qing's office door again.
"Director Zhou, Director Park is a little impatient. He said he will come to have a meeting with you in a week. What do you think?"
The assistant asked Zhou Qing for his opinion again.
"In a week, then."
Zhou Qing pondered for a moment, then nodded and agreed.
Anyway, now that "Operation Red Sea" has been released, Zhou Qing has nothing important to do for the time being.
There is absolutely no problem with the time node one week later.
"I understand, Director Zhou."
The assistant responded immediately.
"By the way, how's the remake of Your Name going over at Shinkai City?"
"The Witch" was targeted again, which reminded Zhou Qing of his own "Your Name", so he subconsciously asked his assistant a question.
The assistant was not very clear about this matter, but the other party immediately went to find out more about it.
He turned around and gave Zhou Qing a reply.
"Director Zhou, Your Name is still in production. We only know that it has entered the final stage, but we are not sure when it will be completed."
Not finished yet?
Zhou Qing was slightly surprised.
You should know that he sold the remake rights of "Your Name" in May 14, and now it has been more than two and a half years.
I didn't expect it's still in production.
Zhou Qing knew that the animation production cycle was always very long, but he didn't expect that 2D would be so troublesome.
"I see."
Zhou Qing just asked casually and didn't plan to do anything else.
After nodding, he sent the assistant away.
As for Zhou Qing himself?
After staying in the company for a while, he returned directly to the luxurious villa.
The roadshow for "Operation Red Sea" has been quite busy recently. Now that the momentum is good, it's time for Zhou Qing to take a break.
He did not return to the company for the next few days and was enjoying his personal life.
Of course, during this period, Zhou Qing was also closely following the box office performance of "Operation Red Sea".
After earning 3 million yuan at the box office on the first day, the performance of "Operation Red Sea" is still amazing.
In just three days, the box office revenue exceeded 3 billion yuan, and the box office revenue in the first week was as high as 10 billion yuan!
It can be said that my jaw dropped.
Director Zhou’s “Dying to Survive” was very popular at the time, but “Operation Red Sea” is much more popular than “Dying to Survive”.
It's totally cheating!
Looking at everyone in the circle, every one of them was really stimulated.
If we say that the total box office of "Operation Red Sea" had a high chance of breaking 30 billion before, now it is 30% certain to break billion.
They earned 15 billion in just one week, and there are still three and a half weeks left. Can't they earn another 15 billion?
There is no doubt about it!
Anyone with eyesight can now see that "Operation Red Sea" will definitely break 30 billion, there is no doubt about it.
The only question is how far it can go.
There are even many people in the industry who believe that the total box office of "Operation Red Sea" can exceed 40 billion.
(End of this chapter)