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Once the siphon effect starts, it will be like a snowball, and it is difficult to stop it.

Just like "The Mermaid" and "The Wandering Earth", "War of the Demons" exploded in the box office in the first three days of its premiere, suppressing other films of the same period, and the box office continued to rise in the next week.

Again, this year's Spring Festival period is really not worth fighting.

If it were next year, with a big enemy like "The Mermaid", "War of the Demons" would not be able to stand out like it is now, no matter how good its level and visual impact are.

In just one week, the box office of "War of the Demons" in the mainland exceeded 800 million yuan, and it was heading for a box office of 1 billion yuan.

It's not that domestic movie fans are ignorant, but the gimmick of China's first "superhero" special effects blockbuster is really too attractive.

Even though there are still a lot of people on the Internet mocking that the routine of Chinese heroes saving the world is lame, and that "War of the Demon Tide" is a complete copycat of the Hollywood "spirit", it still cannot affect the box office of this movie.

At the same time.

Just one week after "War of the Demon Tide" was released in mainland China, Hong Kong Island, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia also began to release this movie!

As a member of the Greater China cultural circle, movie fans and audiences in the above-mentioned regions and countries can fully understand and understand the story of "War of the Demon Tide".

Whether it is the "immortals" and "demons" in the story, or the gorgeous spells and the mythological background involved, movie fans in these regions have understood it.

Even if it is only the original version with subtitles, the premiere performance of "War of the Demon Tide" in the above-mentioned regions is still very good.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the distribution company spent a lot of money on publicity and promotion.

Unlike in the past, this time, Light and Shadow Times has made great efforts in the overseas release of the movie "War of the Demon Tide".

Not only did they require the co-distributors to pay a considerable amount of publicity and promotion fees, but they also asked the protagonists to appear on TV programs in these regions to promote the film in person.

This is all to pave the way for the large-scale release of Wu Yuan's "Ready Player One" in Asia.

Guangying Times has relatively little experience in overseas film releases and promotions, especially in recent years, it has focused more on the domestic market and paid less attention to overseas box office.

But now the situation is different. Wu Yuan's "Ready Player One" is aimed at the entire Asia, mainly the East Asian market.

Guangying Times must have the necessary capabilities in this regard.

Coincidentally, taking advantage of the release of "War of the Demon Tide", Guangying Times conducted an "exercise" and familiarized itself with the overseas promotion process in advance.

Not to mention, the effect is really good.

Perhaps the story background and content of "War of the Demon Tide" are more in line with the aesthetics of East Asian audiences. The release of this movie in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore has achieved an effect that is almost comparable to Marvel movies!

The box office in Japan was 500 million yen in the first week, the number of viewers in South Korea exceeded 800,000 in the first week, and Malaysia and Singapore also achieved a box office of 8 million US dollars in the first week.

Although it cannot be compared with the mainland market, it is already a very good result in the domestic markets of each country.

And this week, "War of the Demon Tide" was released in East Asian countries. In the second week of the film's release in the mainland, the box office of "War of the Demon Tide" broke 1.2 billion yuan!

The mainland box office record of Chinese-language films is right in front of us!

"It's so exciting and so cool. It's the first time I've seen such a great mainland special effects blockbuster. It's just as good as Hollywood blockbusters!"

"You will regret it for the rest of your life if you don't go to the cinema. Fortunately, I didn't listen to those people. This is not a movie that imitates others. It's a fairy-tale special effects blockbuster that is more in line with our Chinese cultural aesthetics!"

"Chun Yang Zhenren is so handsome. From Li Xiaoyao to Jingtian to Lu Dongbin, Hu Ge is indeed the only designated swordsman in the domestic entertainment industry!"

"No way, there really are still people who haven't gone to the cinema to watch "War of the Demon Tide"?"

"It's not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters at all. Director Wu Yuan is worthy of being the top commercial director in Hollywood. Although there is still a big gap between mainland movies and Hollywood movies, Director Wu's movies are an exception!"

On the Internet, there are also many voices supporting "War of the Demon Tide".

After all, this movie is not as "popular" as "Wolf Warrior 2". It is just a very thorough commercial fairy-tale special effects blockbuster. The movie does not involve any national or political content.

So even if some Hollywood people want to discredit and criticize this movie and promote Hollywood blockbusters, they can only find one flaw, that is, the structure and main storyline of this movie are similar to most Hollywood superhero movies.

But is this a flaw?

Of course not.

Commercial movies around the world have the same core and structure.

Whether it is a spy movie like Mission Impossible, a Marvel superhero movie, or Transformers, or a monster movie like Pacific Rim, the story structure and main storyline are the same.

It is nothing more than a crisis suddenly appeared in a harmonious world, and then the hero and several partners experienced various conflicts, and finally united and worked together to save the world.

This typical "Dragon Quest" routine has been a common story template in the cultures of countries around the world for thousands of years.

Catching this point to criticize "War of the Demon Tides" is not even a tickle.

This is what commercial movies are like!

There are only a few fixed routines, but the audience is still willing to watch them.

The same is true for commercial comics and commercial novels. Everyone relies on "routines" to make a living.

The routines of "Battle of the Demon Tide" are as normal as Hollywood blockbusters, and it is not surprising at all!

What really excites and excites mainland movie fans is the unstoppable box office performance of this preview!

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the day of national reunion, the mainland box office of "Battle of the Demon Tide" easily broke 1.7 billion, and it was about to reach a box office performance of 2 billion.

The box office performance of 1.7 billion has also broken the record and became the number one box office in the history of mainland Chinese films!

Since its release, "Battle of the Demon Tide" has broken many film and television records.

On the day of the premiere, it set the highest domestic box office on the first day and the highest single-day box office record!

Later, it broke the box office record of Chinese films!

It ended the record of Chinese films failing to achieve the highest box office since the market opened!

(Lost in Thailand did not break the box office record of Avatar)!

Starting from The Devil’s Tide, the box office record holder in the Chinese market is no longer a foreign language film from Hollywood, but a Chinese film shot and produced entirely by a Chinese film company and actors!

Such an achievement is of great significance in the history of mainland films, and it has also brought great encouragement to the Chinese film industry!

At the end of the first month of the lunar year, when the New Year atmosphere was gradually fading, The Devil’s Tide successfully became the focus of discussion both online and offline in China.

Including CCTV-1! (End of this chapter)