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Chapter 181 Box Office Record in Film History

In the Chinese film market until 2015, the top five box office hits were all Hollywood blockbusters.

Ranking first is the yet-to-be-released "Young Avengers". Even if "Source Code" can completely squeeze it into a corner, it is certain to get a box office of 1.9 billion. The first generation of Avengers is still in the Chinese film market.

Too many feelings were planted when they were not yet rising. "Young Avengers" is equivalent to giving the feelings of the first generation of Avengers a chance to "return movie tickets", which is a big reason for its box office explosion.

Ranking second is "Galatyr: Nova," which dominated the summer season in 2014, with a box office of 1.49 billion.

Ranking third is "Captain America 4" (Falcon Captain America) released in 2012, with a box office of 1.46 billion.

Ranking fourth is "Spider-Man: Challenge of the Red Skull" released in 2013, with a box office of 1.34 billion.

Ranking fifth is the blockbuster "Titanic" at the end of the last century. The 3D remake in 1997 and 2012 had a total box office of 1.31 billion.

Comic-book blockbusters have basically topped the list every year since 2012. Even if the list is extended to the top 10, domestic films only account for three, and DreamWorks' last film "The Signal" happens to be ranked tenth.

The past year of 2014 can be said to be a year of outstanding box office performance for domestic movies. The Spring Festival, Summer and National Day movies each produced a domestic movie worth over 1 billion.

However, the 2015 Spring Festival festival, which featured seven movies, was a whirlwind of novices, and no one billion-level domestic movie was produced.

Seeing that the number of Hollywood blockbusters is rising steadily, almost pushing the record to 2 billion, many media are worried about whether domestic films can continue to keep up with the box office.

Because the record of "Young Avengers" is so impressive, and it is still in the off-season of the market in April, under the influence of this inexplicable emotion, "Source Code" seems to have become a way to maintain the share of domestic films and resist the attack of Hollywood blockbusters.

Some kind of hope and symbol.

In addition, he has watched so many sky-high box office tickets that he really doesn’t have much feeling for the “merely” 1.9 billion figure. Although he can’t guarantee that the box office of “Source Code” will exceed this number, he just feels that it is just so so.

, I didn’t feel that this was an insurmountable peak.

In 2013, domestic films accounted for 59% of the box office, but by 2014 it had dropped to 54%. For management departments, the rapid expansion of the film market cannot cover up the ugliness of the continued decline in the proportion of domestic films in the box office.

Correspondingly, Maoyan Movies' box office forecast for "Source Code" is between 600 million and 850 million. This has taken into account the impact of the film's reputation on the box office trend.

"When will domestic films be able to break through? Well... maybe one year."

The main basis is pre-sales. The total pre-sales box office of Young Avengers exceeded 240 million the day before its release, while Source Code only had 70 million. Considering this gap, Maoyan Movie’s prediction is quite merciful.

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"The box office record in film history? It's a pity that it didn't exceed 2 billion."

"How long can it last? Well, it's hard to predict this. A conservative estimate... one year."

Perhaps the reporters could see through Chen Jingxing's expression that he was disapproving deep in his heart, or perhaps Chen Jingxing's answer was a bit beyond their expectations. The originally pleasant scene was somewhat chilled out by Chen Jingxing's answer.

Therefore, many people are expecting "Source Code" to create another box office miracle like "The Signal". Even the leaders of the Film Bureau and Qin Zhonghe called Chen Jingxing to ask him what he thought of the movie's box office.

However, Chen Jingxing didn’t pay too much attention to this. Young Avengers obviously has a strong fan movie nature. In fact, this is what many big IP movies have in common. Fans’ interest in watching the movie on the first day was very high. "Source Code"

As an original movie, it is definitely unmatched in terms of pre-sales.

Not only the media reporters were speechless, but even the main actors such as Hu Ge, Wan Qian, and Wu Yue standing next to Chen Jingxing had unnatural expressions. It was obvious that Chen Jingxing was "frivolous" about the 1.9 billion box office record.

Even several actors found his attitude a bit outrageous.

Different from the moment before Chen Jingxing's time travel, until 2015, since the market-oriented reform of the film industry, domestic films had never ranked first in film history.

"1.9 billion? Not bad."

In this way, while many media outlets were constantly exclaiming and praising the box office record of "Young Avengers", they also set off a round of popular science and attention on the box office record of the Chinese film market. At the same time, this wave of attention to the box office was also invested in

"Source Code" is about to premiere.

However, most media are cautious about this. First of all, there is the issue of schedule. Most of the domestic movies that have achieved high box office are in popular schedules. Obviously, even the upcoming May Day schedule and the National Day schedule-even last year

The National Day stalls are completely incomparable.

First, "Titanic" monopolized the box office record in film history for ten years, and then when the box office began to expand rapidly, comic book blockbusters that had already accumulated deep feelings for young Chinese audiences through piracy continued to set new records in film history.

The main reason was that he was not able to sympathize with the underlying anxiety of many people at this time. At the moment before he traveled through time, Hollywood blockbusters no longer had any sense of presence on the box office charts of Chinese movies.

There is only one Hollywood movie in the top ten at the box office, and only four in the top 20.

Just judging from common sense, it seems that it is very difficult for domestic movies to achieve a box office of 1 billion in a non-popular period.

For example, Qin Zhonghe is in a state of pain and joy. "Young Avengers" has set a box office record, and the Chinese film industry has naturally followed suit to make money, but he can't help but worry about the share of domestic films in the box office this year.

What domestic filmmakers see is that Hollywood blockbusters first set a box office record that is difficult to surpass. When domestic movies slowly chased the hope of getting close to the record, another Hollywood blockbuster once again raised this record to a level that people can look up to.

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However, what makes Chen Jingxing feel strange is that even at the premiere, reporters kept asking him about his thoughts on the box office of "Young Avengers" which will exceed 1.9 billion, and his expectations for the box office of "Source Code".

Chen Jingxing has never experienced this kind of anxiety, disappointment and admiration for the strong as a pursuer.

Because in his opinion, even without his presence, the Chinese film market in the future will soon produce 4 billion or 5 billion-level movies. 1.9 billion is considered a small slope at most, and there is no empathy at all. Media reporters said

The 1.9 billion for "Young Avengers" is the same as looking up at Mount Everest.

However, he also realized that his truth may be spoken out loud in the ears of many people, but he didn't care, time would naturally prove the correctness of his prediction.

Of course, he hoped that this "prophecy" would be realized by himself.

(End of chapter)