Chapter 453: Wang Baoqiang defeats Zhang, Chen and Feng at the same time, "The Martian" is
It is already December, and it would undoubtedly be a bit hasty if "Shock Wave" were chosen to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Of course it is not impossible.
But January is definitely not an option, as Zhou Qing’s “The Martian” is scheduled for January.
Then "Bomb Expert" will have to go to February next year.
But next February will be filled with really big movies.
The biggest rival is the blockbuster "Monster Hunt 2" which is regarded as a super beast by the industry and can even compete with Zhou Qing's "The Martian".
The first film was released in 15 and became the first film to break the 20 billion box office.
Now, after 2 years, a sequel is released again, and the cast is comprehensively upgraded. People in the industry generally believe that the film will also break 30 billion.
Still a very easy one.
Even a hit of 40 billion is possible.
It can be regarded as the number one rival of "The Martian" during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Fortunately, the release dates of "The Martian" and "Monster Hunt 2" are staggered, otherwise it would be really lively.
However, Zhou Qing, who is a reborn person, knows that "Monster Hunt 2" is actually a failure.
Because the quality was so disappointing, the total box office failed to meet industry expectations.
But even so, the total box office reached 22 billion.
Definitely a strong enemy.
Of course, the strong rival in February is not only "Monster Hunt 2", but also "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom".
This film is the third in Cheang Pou-soi's "Journey to the West" series and is generally taken very seriously in the industry.
After all, the first two films, "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" and "Journey to the West: Part Three Strikes the White Bone Demon", although they had terrible reputations, had extremely impressive box office results.
Although the box office of this third film also fell short of expectations, it still grossed a high of 7.2 million yuan.
For "Shock Wave", which has a box office of more than 4 million yuan, it is naturally a strong enemy.
Even "Boonie Bears", which grossed over 6 million yuan, can pose a considerable threat to "Shock Wave".
So considering all these circumstances, it is really not a good idea to go to the Lunar New Year movie season, and you can only go to the summer movie season next year.
Or to be more precise, it will be sent to June of next summer vacation.
In fact, the competition this month is quite fierce.
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On June 6, another Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic World 15" was released, with a total box office of 2 billion.
It can be said that it was sandwiched between Hollywood blockbusters at the same time.
Fortunately, none of them are head-on confrontations, so Zhou Qing can completely send "Shock Wave" to the June 6 release date.
At that time, "Avengers 3" had been released for 20 days, and most of its box office potential had been consumed, so the threat to "Shock Wave" was naturally reduced to a minimum.
"Shock Wave" can also reap a lot of box office revenue in the first two weeks before it faces "Jurassic World 2".
As we all know, the first two weeks are the golden period for box office revenue.
This means that although "Shock Wave" will be affected by "Jurassic World 2", it will not be fatal.
Even the subject matter of the two is completely different, which makes the situation more optimistic.
So the question is, why not send "Shock Wave" to July?
In fact, the situation in July is very different from that in June.
It will need to compete with "Jurassic World 2" in the first half of the month, and by the end of July, Happy Twist's "The Richest Man in Xihong City" will also be released.
At this time, Kaixin Mahua's comedy was still quite lethal, and "The Richest Man in Xihong City" had a box office of 25.46 billion yuan.
The box office is higher than that of films like "Monster Hunt 2" and "Avengers 3".
Overall, the situation in June and July is actually not much different.
Considering that Zhou Qing Pictures has released so many movies, Zhou Qing has to save some time for other movies.
Just move "Shock Wave" forward.
As for June?
This period is the most brutal one among the current summer seasons.
"The Richest Man in Xihong City", which will be released at the end of July, will basically cover the entire month of August. In addition, Statham's "The Meg" will be released on August 7.
The film also performed very well, earning 10 billion yuan.
For films with high box office potential like "A Good Show" or "Nobody", it would be fine to give them a try in August.
For example, in the original time and space, "A Good Show" was released on the same day as "The Meg".
The total box office is as high as 13.5 billion.
This has been tested in "practice", so Zhou Qing has no plans to change it this time.
After the movie "A Good Show" comes out, it will be sent to August again.
Lu Yang’s “Life Events”, so naturally it’s July.
It can be said that these films produced by Zhou Qing Pictures were clearly arranged by Zhou Qing.
"I'll do whatever you say, Director Zhou!"
As an employee, Wu Jing naturally had no objection to his boss's arrangements.
What's more, there is nothing wrong with the arrangement made by my boss.
"Director Zhou, can my next movie be a sequel to Wolf Warrior?"
Wu Jing was just very interested, and even looked at Zhou Qing impatiently and asked.
"Shock Wave" was just Wu Jing's way of completing his boss's mission. The "Wolf Warrior" series is his true love.
As a reborn person, Zhou Qing knows very well what an amazing movie "Wolf Warrior 2" is, so how could he refuse it?
In fact, even if Wu Jing didn't say it, Zhou Qing would let Wu Jing do it.
The reason why Wu Jing was asked to shoot "Shock Wave" first was because "Wolf Warrior" had not yet been released.
Now that "Wolf Warrior" has been taken off the screen, and it has achieved a good result of over 7 million yuan, "Wolf Warrior 2" naturally needs to be put on the agenda, right?
"Wolf Warriors had good box office results, so it's only natural to develop a sequel. If you want to make one, then go for it."
Zhou Qing nodded and gave Wu Jing a very affirmative answer.
Wu Jing was excited on the spot: "Okay, Director Zhou, I'll go work on the script first!"
After chatting with Zhou Qing for a few more words, Wu Jing left in a hurry.
With an overwhelming enthusiasm, I went to prepare the script for Wolf Warrior 2.
"Wang Baoqiang's directorial debut 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' was a huge hit at the box office, earning 2.1 million yuan on its first day of release!"
"The release of 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' has been very successful, with a box office of 2.1 million yuan on the first day!"
"Wang Baoqiang's new film 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' earned over 2 million yuan on its first day, becoming the dark horse."
On December 12, "Journey to the West: Conquering India" directed by Wang Baoqiang was released, and the data quickly leaked out.
I have to say, it really touched the hearts of everyone in the circle.
Although everyone had speculated before, with Wang Baoqiang's status in the circle and Zhou Qing's support, although there were certain doubts about "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 3", the box office would definitely be good.
But even so, no one expected that "Journey to India" would do so well. The box office on the first day exceeded 2 million!
This is a bit too shocking.
You have to know that looking at the entire Chinese entertainment industry, how many films can break 2 million at the box office on the first day?
Putting aside Zhou Qing's "Operation Red Sea" which grossed 3 million on the first day, there are only three other films: "Dying to Survive", "The Mermaid" and "Lost in Hong Kong".
Even Zhang Guoshi's blockbuster "The Great Wall" only had a box office of 1.7 million on the first day, and did not even break 2 million.
Wang Baoqiang's "Journey to India" is the fourth film in the entire Chinese entertainment industry to achieve this achievement.
From this, we can see how explosive the performance of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is.
"It's a hit, Baoqiang! 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' is a hit! You're going to be so popular!"
"Yes, Baoqiang, congratulations, 'A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: India' is so popular."
Everyone at Zhouqing Film was also impressed by the results Wang Baoqiang delivered, and they all sent him their congratulations and blessings.
In particular, Wu Jing, who is also a director, felt happy for Wang Baoqiang but also felt very uncomfortable.
It's so sour.
He has been signed to Zhou Qing Pictures for quite some time now, and has shot quite a few films.
And to be honest, every movie was a big hit at the box office, with very encouraging results.
This made Wu Jing inevitably feel complacent and proud.
I am also talented in being a director, right?
But now, compared with Wang Baoqiang's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2", Wu Jing immediately seems inferior.
He has made so many movies, but none of them has ever grossed over 2 million yuan on the first day.
Not to mention breaking 2 million, it hasn’t even broken million!
It means that he was busy shooting so many movies, but Wang Baoqiang crushed him into ashes with just one move.
Press it to the ground and rub it!
How could Wu Jing feel balanced about this?
"Given the popularity that Baoqiang has accumulated in the entertainment industry over the years, this box office is not surprising."
Zhou Qing smiled and gave this relatively objective evaluation.
As a person who had been reborn, he didn't find this strange at all.
You have to know that in the original time and space, the quality of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was so poor, but the box office on the first day was as high as 1.87 million.
This is enough to illustrate how terrifying Wang Baoqiang's popularity is.
It’s a pity that the film was not shot very well at that time. It started off so explosively but soon fell into disrepair.
The daily box office plummeted by 37% on the next day alone, and continued to plummet thereafter.
It was a movie that could easily hit 20 billion, but its total box office was only 7.5 million.
Of course, that was only in the original time and space. Now, with his own intervention, Zhou Qing believed that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" would definitely not fail again.
To be honest, the current "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2" is above the passing line!
Zhou Qing didn't dare to say that the revenue would break 20 billion, but judging from the current momentum, it would be very easy to break 10 billion.
"Brother Baoqiang is incredible. I'm afraid he will surpass Director Feng!"
When Zhao Liying said this, her eyes couldn't help but widen slightly.
Although Feng Xiaogang, a top director, has increasingly ordinary box office data, I wonder how many people have surpassed him.
Especially those "Zhou Qing-style directors", their box office data can basically crush Feng Xiaogang.
But this is Wang Baoqiang’s first time directing!
This is still something worth writing about.
"I dare not say that, Liying. How can I compare with Director Feng? I can't compare at all."
Wang Baoqiang hurriedly waved his hands modestly, but the smugness on his face could not be suppressed no matter how hard he tried.
Although he spoke modestly, Wang Baoqiang knew in his heart that there was almost no doubt that he would defeat Feng Xiaogang.
After all, looking at Feng Xiaogang's entire career, he has never achieved such explosive results.
Not to mention breaking 2 million on the first day, it didn’t even break million.
There is basically no doubt that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has defeated Feng Xiaogang.
Not to mention Feng Xiaogang, all the big mainland directors Zhang, Chen and Feng have been defeated by Wang Baoqiang.
Let’s not mention Chen the poet who is just there to make up the numbers, and let’s just talk about Zhang Guoshi. The best performance in his career was "The Great Wall", and the box office on the first day was only 1.7 million yuan.
He was also defeated by Wang Baoqiang.
So it’s true, if Wang Baoqiang didn’t take action, it would have been fine, but once he took action, he defeated three great directors, Zhang, Chen and Feng at the same time, how awesome is that.
It is absolutely false to say that Wang Baoqiang is not proud.
So the question is, Feng Xiaogang's "Youth" has not been released yet, will it really lose to Wang Baoqiang as everyone thinks?
"The premiere of Feng Xiaogang's art film Youth was a huge success with a box office of 7369 million!"
"Youth" received high praise at its premiere, and its first-day box office of 7369 million surpassed I Am Not Madame Bovary."
Just four days later, Feng Xiaogang's "Youth" was also released.
The first day box office was actually pretty good, and the figure of over 7000 million can’t be said to be bad.
Especially in Feng Xiaogang's films, it is considered a rare good result.
If we take into account the fact that "Youth" is an art film, the data will be even more dazzling and can definitely be called a big hit.
But unfortunately, the market only speaks with data. Although "Youth" is an art film, its first-day box office did not exceed "Journey to India".
Not only did it not surpass it, it was far from it!
It’s not even half as long as “A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: India”!
With such a huge gap in box office on the first day, it is almost impossible for "Youth" to achieve a box office comeback and surpass "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2".
The only optimistic thing is that the reputation of "Youth" is much better than that of "Journey to India".
It is obvious that the subsequent box office trend is stronger than that of "Journey to India".
So even now, with such a huge difference in the first-day box office between the two, Zhou Qing is not sure whether "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" can truly surpass "Youth".
Of course, even so, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2" is also a very successful movie.
There is no doubt about this.
"Okay, Lao Zhu, get ready, we are about to start the roadshow!"
However, Zhou Qing no longer has time to pay attention to the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2". It's time to promote "The Martian".
Director Zhou Qing immediately gathered together Zhu Yawen and other main creators, and began comprehensive publicity and promotion work starting from Beijing.
As for the specific effect of the promotion, there is no need to say much, it is extremely popular.
After all, "The Martian" itself has many buffs, and it is bound to be a big hit no matter how you look at it.
This is a science fiction blockbuster written and directed by Director Zhou Qing, and it is also the first true science fiction blockbuster produced by Chinese entertainment.
There is no need to mention anything else. Just this point has already raised everyone's expectations.
Not to mention, The Martian was also sent by the Film Bureau to compete for an Oscar, and it is a potential candidate. (End of this chapter)