Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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"Ah! You're still here!" Not long after Wen Bixia and Zhong Fa left, Luo Meiwei's exclamation suddenly came from Xu Cun's bedroom.

After a while, Luo Meiwei's groaning sound mixed with the shaking of the bed came from Xu Cun's bedroom...

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When Xu Cun and Luo Meiwei were doing shameless things, the three bosses of Jiabao Film Company - Mecca, Hong Jinbao, Liu Jiarong and Chen Xunqi, the soundtrack of "Tiger Frog" held a movie ticket Into the Lee stage.

Along with Mecca and others, there are many audiences who have read the film reviews and entered the Shaw Cinemas.

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The attendance rates of the first three shows of "Happy Ghost" are:

In the first show, the average attendance rate of Shaw Brothers 16 theaters was 34.7%.

In the second show, the average attendance rate of Shaw Brothers 16 theaters was 37.2%.

In the third show, the average attendance rate of Shaw Brothers 16 theaters was 41.6%.

Zhong Zhen calculated that the box office of "Happy Ghost" on the first day should be around 240,000.

In the Heji Tea Restaurant, Zhong Zhen’s hands trembled a little when he saw this number—in the recent period, Zhong Zhen has learned a lot about movies. Therefore, she knew that the first-day box office of 240,000 was already in the top ten of last year's first-day box office.

Zhong Zhen took two deep breaths, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and didn't call Xu Cun, who was having sex with Luo Mei - the box office in Zhong Zhen's hand was just the result of repeated exchanges between her and the DreamWorks employees. The deduction from watching "Happy Ghost" at Shaw Brothers 16 theaters is not accurate. How much is "Happy Ghost"'s box office on the first day? We have to wait until today's five screenings of "Happy Ghost" are all screened.

After collecting the box office that he had calculated, Zhong Zhen ate the pineapple bun in front of him, and then left Hutchison to go to the headquarters of Shaw Cinemas...

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"What do you think?" After watching "Happy Ghost", Mecca asked Hong Jinbao and others.

"Our "Tiger Frog" may have a close enemy." Liu Jiarong answered.

"It should be the enemy." Hong Jinbao corrected.

"I agree with Brother San Mao's opinion." Chen Xunqi said.

"The two films do not belong to the same genre, so we are not without chance. After all, there are many audiences who like kung fu movies." Liu Jiarong argued.

"The difference between the two films is too great, whether in terms of picture clarity or music production, our "Tiger Frog" has lost. I have a feeling that "Happy Ghost" may become the biggest winner this year .” Chen Xunqi said.

When Chen Xunqi said this, Maijia's face was quite ugly-although what Chen Xunqi said was an objective fact, it was difficult for Maijia, the director of "Tiger and Frog", to accept this reality.

It's not that Chen Xunqi didn't see Mecca's face, but he didn't care - he and Hong Jinbao had collaborated several times, and the two had a good personal relationship, that's why he composed the soundtrack for "Tiger and Frog". But director Mecca pays more attention to humorous martial arts design, and he is not willing to work more on the soundtrack, so he just acted as a motion effects artist in "Tiger and Frog". The soundtrack composer is not a motion effects artist, so Chen Xunqi has long been dissatisfied with Mecca. To be more precise, he is not satisfied with the directors he has worked with. To put it more clearly, Chen Xunqi wants to be a director himself.

Mecca is not a stingy person, and he also knows that what Chen Xunqi said are all objective facts, he just couldn't accept this fact for a while.

After being silent for a while, Maijia sighed and said, "I hope our "Tiger and Frog" will not lose too badly!" Then Maijia asked again: "Who among you knows this Xu Cun?"

"I know each other. We worked together on the crew of "Fat Qian Han" last year. At that time, he was Wu Yusen's assistant to the director." Chen Xunqi continued.

"Do you know who he learned to make movies from?" Mecca looked at Chen Xunqi and asked.

"I don't know. All I know is that he is the author of the serialized novel "The Misty Journey" on the "Oriental Daily". It seems that the TV series "Shanghai Beach" that was broadcast on the radio a while ago was also adapted from his novel. In addition, he also knows the soundtrack. And the level of soundtrack is not inferior to mine." Chen Xunqi replied.

"I know him too, Ah Ying is with him now." Hong Jinbao said.

"Aying? Lin Zhengying?" Mecca turned her head to Hong Jinbao and asked.

"Yes. There are also Dong Wei and Ah Fa." Hong Jinbao nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Hong Jinbao said again: "I heard Ah Ying say that Xu Cun swam over from the mainland."

"Uh, he's Daluzai?" Mecca asked in amazement.

"Yes." Hong Jinbao nodded.

"A raptor crossing the river!" Mecca exclaimed.

Immediately, Mecca wondered again: "Now, is the level of filmmaking in the mainland so high?"

No one took Mecca's word, because no one knew the answer to that question.

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The average attendance rate of Happy Ghost on the first day was 39.2%, and the box office on the first day was more than 260,000, 20,000 more than Zhong Zhen calculated.

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the next day.

The average attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" rose to 48.5%, and the room ticket rose to 320,000.

On the same day, "Tiger Frog" was screened in ten theaters of Golden Harvest. Relying on the box office appeal of Hong Jinbao and Liu Jiarong, its first-day box office was higher than "Happy Ghost", reaching 280,000.

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third day.

The average attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" rose to 59.6%, and the room ticket rose to 395,000.

The box office of "Tiger Frog" dropped to 250,000.

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fourth day.

The average attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" rose to 75%, and the room rate rose to 497,000.

The box office of "Tiger Frog" dropped to 210,000.

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fifth day.

The average attendance rate of "Happy Ghost" rose to 92%, and the ticket sales reached 610,000.

The box office of "Tiger Frog" dropped to 180,000.

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On the sixth day and the seventh day, almost all the 16 theaters of Shaw Brothers were sold out, and the box office exceeded 600,000 yuan.

The box office of "Tiger Frog" fell to 150,000 and 140,000.

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Statistics for the week.

The box office of Happy Ghost reached 3.24 million in its first week.

The box office of "Tiger and Frog", which was released at the same time, was only 910,000 in the first week.

As soon as this achievement appeared, it immediately caused quite an earthquake in the Xiangjiang film circle - if this momentum continues, "Happy Ghost" is likely to become the first film in Hong Kong to exceed 10 million yuan.

All of a sudden, all the filmmakers and media in Xiangjiang focused on "Happy Ghost".

Thanks to "Happy Ghost", Xu Cun's name is also known by Xiangjiang filmmakers and media.

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