Chapter 482: 5 million in a single day, 20 billion in the first week, "The Wandering Earth"
"4.2 million on the first day! I knew it!"
"Director Zhou has released another hit."
“I don’t know if I can break the record of Nezha.”
The circle is very lively.
In fact, no one was surprised by the explosive first-day box office of "The Wandering Earth".
I even feel that this is completely reasonable.
Indeed, the first-day box office of more than 4 million is indeed astonishing and beyond the reach of most people.
But in front of Director Zhou, this achievement is a natural thing to achieve.
You know, Ning Hao's "Crazy Alien" broke 4 million yuan at the box office on the first day.
Is Director Zhou not as good as Ning Hao?
Obviously that is impossible.
In addition, some Hollywood blockbusters such as "Avengers 3" have also achieved a first-day box office of over 4 million.
Therefore, the figure of 4 million is still very rare and difficult to achieve.
But Director Zhou is the best director in Chinese entertainment.
It represents the highest level of Chinese entertainment.
Since China Entertainment has entered the "4 million first-day box office era", as the person leading the entire China Entertainment, Director Zhou should naturally reach this level.
There is nothing to say about this.
But even so, everyone couldn't help but be amazed at Zhou Qing's level.
Director Zhou is Director Zhou, he never disappoints anyone!
Whenever he makes a movie, it will dominate the Chinese entertainment industry without any exception.
Then the problem is coming.
Ning Hao's "Crazy Alien" had the same first-day box office as Zhou Qing's "The Wandering Earth", but ultimately only achieved a total box office of 20 billion.
Will Zhou Qing's "The Wandering Earth" be the same as "Crazy Alien"?
No one in the entire circle thinks so.
Director Zhou and Ning Hao, they are different, okay!
Although Ning Hao is also a well-known top director in the Chinese entertainment industry, he is still not as good as Director Zhou.
Even Director Zhou's "The Martian", which had a box office of over 3 million on the first day, was able to earn more than 40 billion or nearly 50 billion, not to mention "The Wandering Earth", which had a box office of 4 million on the first day.
Even based on the performance of Director Zhou's previous films, it will not be a problem for The Wandering Earth to have a total box office of over 50 billion.
"Great! The Wandering Earth can really break 50 billion!"
La Peikang, who had already retreated, couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Because I'm not in China Film Group, I can be carefree and laugh even more heartily.
proud.
So proud!
Before "The Wandering Earth" was released, La Peikang and several other producers expected the film to gross over 50 billion yuan.
Especially after the release of the animated film "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", this expectation has become even stronger.
Everyone hopes that the movies they produce can set new records again and win the box office championship as always.
Now it seems that there is basically no doubt that "The Wandering Earth" can achieve this.
No, not basically, but without a doubt.
The first-day box office of "The Martian" was so different from that of "The Wandering Earth", both were close to 50 billion.
What could go wrong with The Wandering Earth?
There will definitely not be any problem!
So yes, I will once again deliver a box office champion, and it will also be a work that will lead Chinese-language films into the 50 billion era.
This achievement is enough to blind people.
La Peikang was very satisfied with using this work as his "retirement work".
This is definitely a perfect farewell for me at China Film.
What?
Wasn’t it “Nezha” that led Chinese-language films into the 50 billion era?
La Peikang said that "Nezha" is an animated movie!
Animated movies and live-action movies are not the same thing and are not on the same track at all.
When we talk about Chinese-language movies, we implicitly mean live-action movies.
Therefore, it is only natural for La Peikang to take the achievement of leading Chinese-language films into the 50 billion era, and he does not feel guilty at all.
Looking back on his career, La Peikang's face also beamed with joy.
Thanks to Zhou Qing's big ship, La Peikang produced several champion films in the history of Chinese entertainment.
In terms of data, he is very capable.
Like Han Sanping, they have all become the center of attention and have made their presence felt in China Film Group.
The only regret is that I wasn’t able to make a blockbuster co-production like Han Sanping.
This makes La Peikang still inferior to Han Sanping.
What a pity, what a pity.
“Is The Wandering Earth a hit again? Even more popular than The Martian?”
Teng Huatao and other producers of "Shanghai Fortress" must be so upset.
In fact, my whole body was in pain and I was really deeply stimulated.
When "The Martian" was first released, it opened the door to Chinese-language science fiction blockbusters and brought about the science fiction trend in Chinese entertainment.
"Shanghai Fortress" is the second work standing on this trend.
The same big production and big cast, the slogans are very loud, and it is even directly targeted at "The Martian".
Given the huge hype created by "Shanghai Fortress" in the early stages, who wouldn't think that this was another multi-billion dollar epic?
The result was an epic crash.
The total box office was only a pitiful 1 million.
Not to mention being able to compare with Zhou Qing's "The Martian", it can't even compare with the works of those directors under Zhou Qing Pictures.
It's a complete joke.
After "Shanghai Fortress", Zhou Qing continued to bring another science fiction movie, which also became a hit.
Looking at the data, it’s even more explosive than “The Martian”.
This makes "Shanghai Fortress" become a clown.
Because "Shanghai Fortress" really proved to everyone that you can't just make a science fiction blockbuster whenever you want.
It further proved Zhou Qing's ability to everyone!
Others fail after one shot, but Director Zhou succeeds in every shot. Is there a better explanation than this?
"The Wandering Earth has surpassed 50 billion, it seems there will be no problem."
“It should be no problem to surpass Nezha.”
Zhou Qing, the director, also made the same judgment and felt much more at ease.
The first-day box office of 4.2 million is much better than the 8000 million in the original time and space.
Even if the subsequent box office trends were the same, the box office revenue on the first day alone was more than 3 million yuan.
Adding to the original box office of 46.8 billion, it would be close to 50 billion.
What's more, the first day box office was so much better than before, the subsequent trend is unlikely to be the same.
So there is really no doubt that "The Wandering Earth" has broken 50 billion.
There is no doubt that it will surpass "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", which has just broken 50 billion.
Facts have also proved that Zhou Qing's guess was completely correct. The subsequent box office trend of "The Wandering Earth" was much better than before.
After raking in a whopping 4.2 million yuan at the box office on the first day, "The Wandering Earth" took in 4.6 million yuan at the box office the next day.
On just the third day, the single-day box office of "The Wandering Earth" exceeded 5 million!
In just three days, "The Wandering Earth" earned nearly 14 billion yuan at the box office.
What about the first week box office?
It even directly exceeded 20 billion!
20 billion yuan, even in today's Chinese entertainment industry, it is enough to be a big hit and reach the top of the pyramid.
You have to know that the total box office of Ning Hao's "Crazy Alien" was only 22 billion yuan, while "The Wandering Earth" almost took it in one week.
By now, the entire industry is extremely certain that the total box office of "The Wandering Earth" will definitely exceed 50 billion.
According to a rough calculation method, the total box office of a movie is usually 2.5 to 3 times the box office of the first week.
In other words, the total box office of "The Wandering Earth" is between 50 billion and 60 billion.
A new record will be set for Chinese-language films!
Whether it is director Zhou Qing or other people in the industry, everyone is waiting to witness this scene.
"Hello, Director Zhou."
"Hello, Director Xu, Director Lin."
While "The Wandering Earth" was a huge hit, the preparations for "The Battle at Lake Changjin" were also not slowed down.
Not surprisingly, directors Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian accepted the invitation and agreed to co-direct "The Battle at Lake Changjin".
To be precise, it was an agreement to co-direct "Changjin Lake" under the leadership of chief director Zhou Qing.
Although both of them are famous directors, they are much older than Zhou Qing.
But there is no way, who says Zhou Qing is the number one director in Chinese entertainment?
His rank is much higher than those two, Xu Laoguai and the others.
It's not shameful to work under a director of Zhou Qing's level.
Even from another perspective, this is also a kind of honor and an affirmation of identity.
You have to know that looking at the entire Chinese entertainment industry, not every director is qualified to direct the same movie with Zhou Qing.
Even if it was directed under the leadership of Zhou Qing.
"Congratulations, Director Zhou. The Wandering Earth is a huge hit at the box office."
"Congratulations in advance to The Wandering Earth for breaking 50 billion at the box office!"
Both Xu Laoguai and Lin Chaoxian were very polite to Zhou Qing and greeted him with smiles on their faces.
"Congratulations, The Wandering Earth just has the advantage in terms of subject matter."
Zhou Qing behaved as modestly as ever.
"Director Zhou is too modest. You are the only one who can make a hit sci-fi movie in Chinese films."
Old Monster Xu couldn't help but laugh.
It's more of an exclamation than a compliment.
There is still a faint envy in my heart.
There is no other reason, Xu also wants to be like Zhou Qing, able to switch seamlessly between various subjects.
This is really very attractive to a director.
Especially for a talented director like Xu Laoguai.
In fact, although Xu Ke is famous for his martial arts films, he has also directed many other types of films.
He has shot feature films, action films, comedies, and mainstream blockbusters such as "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy."
He is a talented director who can handle a variety of genre films.
But even so, Xu Ke has to admit defeat in front of Zhou Qing, the king of genre films.
At the very least, he would never be able to shoot science fiction blockbusters like "The Martian" and "The Wandering Earth".
"I've only taken the first step. I believe there will be more and more science fiction movies in the future."
Zhou Qing smiled and said lightly.
But both Xu Laoguai and Lin Chaoxian knew that Zhou Qing's words were purely polite.
They are all experienced directors and have a better understanding of the environment and foundation of Chinese-language films.
Everyone knows that a true science fiction blockbuster like "The Wandering Earth" is something that almost no one can replicate in the short term.
In this sense, Director Zhou has truly made a huge contribution to the industry.
It completely filled the market gap in Chinese-language science fiction films and pushed the science fiction genre a major step forward.
"Director Xu, Director Lin, let's discuss the matter of 'Changjin Lake'."
After the greetings, everyone started to get down to business.
When three directors work together on a film, there is one thing that is inevitable: a unified style.
After all, every director has his own style and his own opinions. We can't just say that everyone shoots his own films, right?
The three directors need to communicate in advance about how to shoot.
Especially as the chief director Zhou Qing, he has to ensure that the two films remain consistent and there is no sense of separation.
This requires the three directors to communicate thoroughly in the early stages.
"I thought so……"
"Director Zhou, we can't shoot like this, isn't the pace a bit too fast?"
"I'm worried that I won't be able to cram such a large amount of content into two films."
"With thousands of people in the extras, this kind of scheduling is a huge challenge."
The three directors began in-depth exchanges, or communication and coordination.
Whether it is Zhou Qing, Xu Laoguai or Lin Chaoxian, everyone has his own ideas.
And most of the time the ideas are inconsistent.
Fortunately, Zhou Qing is the most famous and the highest-ranking among the three, and can easily suppress the other two.
In addition, Zhou Qing has super powers and his director skills are maxed out. His business skills are indeed higher than those of the other two, by a lot.
Many times, I can really "convince people with reason."
So the overall process was relatively smooth.
Of course, Zhou Qing did compromise.
But generally speaking, the overall rhythm of "Changjin Lake" is still firmly grasped by Zhou Qing.
However, the scale of "Changjin Lake" is extremely large, and there is other related work involved.
I'm afraid Zhou Qing will have to clash with Old Monster Xu and the other two for a long time.
Apart from anything else, the script alone is enough to cause quite a bit of controversy.
"The epic war blockbuster "Changjin Lake" is in preparation, and the luxurious director team has been revealed, with Zhou Qing, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian co-directing."
"Director Zhou Qing has been confirmed as the chief director of the blockbuster film "Changjin Lake" about the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and Xu Kelin Chaoxian has joined."
Although it had not been deliberately promoted, the news of "Changjin Lake" was inevitably exposed.
Immediately, everyone in the circle was excited.
There's no way not to be happy.
It’s true that the cast of "Changjin Lake" is too amazing and the gimmicks are too much.
First of all, this is the second time that director Zhou Qing has shot a main-theme war blockbuster after "Operation Red Sea".
This alone is enough to raise everyone's expectations.
Not to mention, the director lineup of "Changjin Lake" is also amazing.
Not only is Director Zhou, the top director in Chinese entertainment, in charge, but Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian have also joined.
What kind of divine lineup is this?
You have to know that Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian are both famous directors and well-known figures.
Who would have thought that these three people would actually co-direct a movie.
What is more critical?
Looking at the careers of Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian, like Zhou Qing, they have directed films of similar themes.
And they were all very successful.
Whether it is Xu Ke's "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" or Lin Chaoxian's "Operation Mekong", they are both mainstream blockbusters that have been box office hits.
The reputation is also very strong.
It is no exaggeration to say that Zhou Qing, Xu Laoguai and Lin Chaoxian are the people in Chinese entertainment who are best at making mainstream blockbusters.
China Film Group has really played a good hand, gathering all three trump cards!
This kind of king-level configuration really made "Changjin Lake" popular before it was even filmed. (End of this chapter)