China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 191 The new king is crowned

As a result of the high praise from the media and film critics, "Source Code" has a freshness rating of 93% among professional film critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and a popcorn audience score of 85%. This score is already considered the best among science fiction movies.

It's top-notch, and surpasses Chen Jingxing's previous three films.

Fans of Chen Jingxing generally believe that "Source Code" is a new peak in his film works. Other ordinary viewers who are not fans of Chen Jingxing are also attracted by the concept of time loop and the exciting plot that have never appeared in the movie before.

In a sense, "Source Code" is the most commercial among the four films made by Chen Jingxing. It has a suspenseful and exciting process of searching for the truth, and it is also in a continuous cycle, as well as in the process of finding KB molecules.

The fight scene that takes place in the narrow carriage is full of punches, clean and full of martial arts design - this is a fight scene that is different from the style of Hollywood superhero movie fights or even tortoise boxing.

All these make "Source Code" a feast that combines top-notch science fiction creativity and top-notch narrative rhythm. It also made North American audiences who were shocked and attracted after watching the movie express their praises passionately online for the first time.

[A new interpretation of the concept of time and space, one step closer than "The Signal", and the story is more exciting]

[This is one of the best science fiction movies ever made. It can attract your attention from beginning to end. In my opinion, all scientific explanations are acceptable. There is no doubt that this is a great science fiction story]

[A must-read for science fiction fans! A very novel concept, recommended to all science fiction fans, it will definitely become a future science fiction classic]

[Very visually stunning movies. I love watching movies like this one that conceptualize quantum physics and the possibility of parallel worlds. Source Code explores, to a certain extent, our ability to think, imagine, and dream.

How to influence our present and future outcomes, not the past]

[It’s unbelievable, how did Chan come up with this story? His imagination is simply different from ordinary people. He created a new science fiction concept and type. I think some people call it a time loop movie]

[This movie damn left a lot of suspense that made me scratch my head. The KB organization in the movie is too mysterious. Why would they create such a KB attack?]

The history-making reputation also helped "Source Code" achieve history-making box office results. "Source Code" had a box office of more than 90 million before "Batgirl" was released on May 13, and after "Batgirl" dominated the theaters, it also

There was no immediate power outage and the box office revenue was still one million dollars a day.

This means that "Source Code" is basically certain to break the $100 million box office mark in the North American market.

Except for a few who ridiculed "As long as they are never released, they can create box office records", "I and other mortals can't imagine the intensity of domestic film protection", "It is too narrow-minded to spend so much effort to break the records of Hollywood blockbusters, it is a completely populist carnival"

, "Even if it sets a new box office record, it can easily be regained when the next Hollywood blockbuster comes in" and other answers that exude a strong sour taste, most of them are positive and expectant answers.

After all, since "True Lies" in 1995, China's movie box office records have always been monopolized by Hollywood blockbusters. In the past 20 years, Chinese-language movies have continued to try to approach and challenge this title, but they have been pulled further away.

The symbolic significance of being number one in the history of the Chinese film market far exceeds its own weight. However, in the past, Chinese-language films were too far away from this achievement, and everyone did not care or pay attention to it.

In this way, DreamWorks and other producers can earn US$40 million in profits from the movie "Source Code" in North America alone. Such profits have completely exceeded the US$25 million sold out of the previous movie "The Signal"

Copyright fees.

After excluding various tax operating expenses and half of Universal's share, Firefly can earn at least 20 million in box office revenue. Including TV rights and DVD rights, it is estimated that it can also earn at least 20 million in revenue.

From May 4th to May 10th, which was the third week of the release of "Source Code", audiences across the country once again spent 410 million, allowing "Source Code" to retain the box office championship for the third consecutive week, and the cumulative box office exceeded

1.6 billion, setting a new box office record for domestic movies.

Even many people within DreamWorks couldn't resist the temptation, thinking that this was an excellent opportunity and a great honor for DreamWorks.

In addition to the nearly perfect answer in the North American market, other overseas countries and regions are also being released one after another. Thanks to the box office performance of nearly 100 million in North America, "Source Code" has also been released easily in other countries.

Quite a bit. After all, the North American market is still the world's largest ticket warehouse at this time. It is like a guiding light. As long as it achieves commercial success in this market, it can radiate influence to other countries.

Back in China, "Source Code" is also creating new history.

According to the account sharing agreements signed by Firefly and Universal with major theater chains, they can get at least more than 44 million in box office accounts.

This result is only 340 million short of the 1.94 billion box office generated by the already released "Young Avengers".

On Zhihu, the question "Is it possible for the domestic box office of "Source Code" to surpass "Young Avengers" and set a record in Chinese film history?" attracted enthusiastic responses from Zhihu users.

This has caused major media to pay close attention to the subsequent box office trend of "Source Code". Even many netizens who do not care about box office and do not understand box office rules and related knowledge have begun to care about the daily box office performance of "Source Code".

Even producers such as Penguin Video and Tianrun Pictures have hinted to Chen Jingxing whether they need to use certain means, such as water injection, to achieve this goal. After all, United Cinemas is also a shareholder of DreamWorks. If DreamWorks wants to do this

, it is definitely very convenient.

"Source Code" has now become the film closest to this goal. In addition to the high reputation of the film itself, most people hope that it will be released, whether out of the simplest patriotic feelings or support for rare and good domestic films.

can achieve such an achievement.

However, Chen Jingxing was still unmoved. No one knew the future potential of the Chinese film market better than him. Even if it really set a box office record, it was hard to say whether it could be maintained for half a year. It was really not worth the trouble for this. He didn't

I believe the Chinese audience can’t see the water injection.

In this atmosphere of national attention, Tieba, Tianya, Douban, Hupu and other forums have posts every day tracking and updating the cumulative box office of "Source Code" in real time.

Until May 28, Li Weiming, a die-hard fan of Chen Jingxing, posted a box office record post on Chen Jingxing’s forum with trembling hands and pinned it to the top.

"The new king is crowned! "Source Code" has a cumulative box office of 1.942 billion, becoming the highest-grossing film in Chinese film history! After 20 years, the Chinese film box office record has once again returned to the hands of domestic films!"

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