China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 190 Chen Jingxing is my nemesis

May 2, 9 a.m.

Fu Sheng, the CEO of Beijing Film Studio, was circled around in his office. His palms were constantly leaching sticky sweat. He rubbed his pants with his hands on his back, picked up a cup of tea and dipped it on his lips and threw it heavily on the table.

He had just called and scolded Zhang Weiping, the producer of "He Sheng Xiaomo", but this still couldn't relieve his dizziness.

The box office market on May 1 set a new record: 280 million!

This is even higher than the box office market on November 1st last year, second only to the first day of the Lunar New Year and the premiere of "The Young Avengers".

But he couldn't feel any joy, although the highlight of Beijing Film Academy, "He Sheng Xiaomo", was released on May 1.

Because of the 280 million market, "Source Code" directly divided 170 million, which has exceeded its premiere results.

The three new films released on May 1st only received more than 80 million box offices, while "Why Sheng Xiaomo" only received more than 30 million of them.

This is simply unreasonable. In late April, "Source Code" performed very fiercely, but May Day is also a critical period that major film companies cannot give up, so three new films were released at this period at the same time.

Fu Sheng had also given up a little, and the publicity and distribution department reported to him that the performance of "Source Code" was too strong, and suggested that "Why Sheng Xiaomo" could avoid its edge and postpone its release.

Fu Sheng even talked about this with the producers of the other two new films. Everyone's unanimous idea was that "Source Code" was not that scary. After all, he has been released for a week, so the momentum is naturally about to begin to decline, and the box office trend also reflects this.

The major film companies do not want to miss this wave of movie viewing craze brought out by "The Young Avengers" and "Source Code" and do not intend to change the schedule for this.

But this time he lost even worse than "The Witch of the White Hair". His box office was 32 million yuan on the premiere, and the schedule will continue to be reduced. The final box office may be even more than 100 million yuan.

In addition, the North American market also submitted a brilliant answer. The movie closed at 9.7 million on the first day of release, 15.6 million on the 2nd, 13.5 million on the 3rd, and 39.8 million box office in three days.

Moreover, the release of three new films is also large studios behind it, and they can compress the screening of "Source Code" to a minimum. In fact, the screening of "Source Code" on May 1 was indeed reduced to 35%.

This breaks the record of foreign films opening in North America, which gives many people a feeling that "Source Code" is not only popular in China, but also on the other side of the ocean.

And if there is a good reputation, it is possible to get close to 100 million.

At the same time, news from North America also spread. May 1st is also the premiere of "Source Code" in North America. Not only are the photos and visits of Hu Ge, Wanqian and Chen Jingxing constantly flooded the domestic Internet, but the news that more than 3,300 cinemas opened paintings also came.

On May 2 and May 3, "Source Code" continued to perform strongly. During the three-day holiday, it won a total of 420 million yuan in the May Day holiday, and a total of 1.2 billion yuan in the 9 and a half days of release!

At this point, it is already confirmed that "Source Code" challenges "Young Avengers" just created a box office record of 1.9 billion in film history.

Usually half of the box office, or at least half of the box office of a movie, was achieved in the first week. This is also true of Chen Jingxing's previous work "Signal", and most domestic films also follow this rule.

The excellent reputation of "Source Code" is enough to make a lot of money in these 12 days.

Under the influence of good news on both sides, "Source Code" has become a global science fiction blockbuster.

Although this super British movie is not that appealing, it is also an A-level production. Moreover, animations and TV series have been laid out before, so it will definitely eat up most of the film schedule. The gap in "Source Code" is only these 12 days, which is actually a very good schedule. In this crowded film market in North America, most A-level films produced by non-major manufacturers only have one week at most.

In the evaluation of Fireflies and Global, according to the current reputation, the box office of "Source Code" has a hope of more than 90 million. The reason why I dare not predict too high is that on May 13, a second-tier super-English movie "Bat Girl" will join the battlefield.

And unlike the last time "The White-Haired Witch" and "Signal" head-on defeat, this time, "He Yisheng Xiaomo" was completely crushed by "Source Code" without even blinking. It can be said that it was swept by the typhoon tail of this movie.

Even if you encounter May Day, you can get some blood again, your explosive power will definitely not be as good as the first week.

But unexpectedly, "Source Code" is really a man-eating tiger. It can actually win 60% of the box office with a 35% scheduling. It can be foreseeable that in comparison with such a huge difference in attendance, three new films, including "He Yisheng Xiaomo", will definitely be released soon. It can be said that it is the peak of the first day, and it can be described as a sudden death.

Regarding the box office data on May 1, except for the disappointment and anger of the Beijing Film Academy boss, all film and television companies were shocked. Of course, as the co-producer of "Source Code", Tianrun Pictures and Penguin Video were shocked and happy, while other film and television companies were shocked and jealous.

Such achievements not only shocked domestic media and netizens through the Internet, but also surprised American media. According to such a first-week box office final box office landing point, it is certain that it can reach more than 70 million.

Not only did the fans of "Young Heroes" and fans of Chen Jingxing have significantly changed the direction of box office performance debate, but Maoyan also increased the final box office forecast of "Source Code" from 1.3 billion - this is the first weekend of "Source Code" in late April, which has increased from 800 million to 1.3 billion - and has once again increased to 1.8 billion.

Chen Jingxing is simply the nemesis of Jingying... No, Zhang Weiping is his nemesis!

If Zhang Weiping hadn't been unwilling to accept the failure of "The White-Haired Witch", he pulled Huang Xiaoming and Yang Mi to save another game, and he kept saying that this time he had the support of the IP of the popular TV series, and it would not have been possible for him to fail again. This made him convinced him to trust Zhang Weiping again.

Zhang Weiping misled me!!

After the premiere, major Hollywood media and famous film critics released their reviews of the film.

"I think "Source Code" is a philosophical science fiction movie, not just science fiction. There are some things about consciousness and existence that need to be chewed carefully" - "Variety Show".

"A movie that shocks our brains, the larger philosophical thinking hidden under the surface gives us enough room to think when we leave the theater" - The Hollywood Reporter

"Source Code is an extraordinary Hitchcock-style science fiction thriller with unique imagination, which once again proves the uniqueness of this young director from China. His talent for the narrative of high concept films is different from all other filmmakers, and this is exactly what we lack now" - Empire

(End of this chapter)