Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Although both Lin Daoqiu and Lin Zhengying are not very optimistic about the box office of "Mr. Zombie".

However, the Xiangjiang Cinema Line was not promoted at all.

On the day of its premiere, "Mr. Zombie" was released in all theaters under the Xiangjiang Cinema Line.

Apart from the films directed by Lin Daoqiu, currently only the two dramas "The Best Partner" and "Mr. Zombie" can achieve this kind of treatment in Xiangjiang Cinemas.

This time, "Mr. Zombie" did not hold a premiere, which is something that makes people wonder.

During the Spring Festival this year, Lin Daoqiu and Mai Jia discussed the single-day box office limit for Xiangjiang Cinemas.

At that time, they said it was five million per day, but a serious estimate should be around six million.

However, even during such a good period during the Spring Festival, "The Best Partner" failed to achieve the highest single-day box office of 5 million, let alone the real box office ceiling.

Therefore, a small number of people have pinned their hopes on the drama "Mr. Zombie", hoping that "Mr. Zombie" can break the 4.5 million single-day box office record held by "The Best".

On the day of the premiere, Lin Zhengying brought the leading actors to the Xintiandi Theater and held an extremely simple premiere.

Everyone thinks it's strange that "Mr. Zombie" was released in such a low-key manner this time, which is a bit different from New Oriental's previous behavior.

The reporters at the scene all had the same question. When they wanted to get some clues from Lin Zhengying, Lin Zhengying did not make any response.

After the interview, Lin Zhengying led a group of leading actors into the Xintiandi Theater.

When the lights in the theater slowly dimmed, "Mr. Zombie 3" officially started.

The plot of "Mr. Zombie" was written by the creative team led by Lin Zhengying.

Lin Zhengying, Xu Guanying, He Jiajin, Lou Nanguang, Chen You, the heroine is Zheng Wenya, and the female ghost is Wang Xiaofeng.

At this time, Wang Xiaofeng was an artist who had just joined ATV. She came to play the female ghost, and by chance she was recommended to play the female ghost in "Mr. Zombie".

From the plot point of view, there is almost no big difference between this "Mr. Zombie" and the previous two films.

They are all stories about Lin Zhengying as the main character and then defeating the zombies.

Although there is not much innovation in the plot, "Mr. Zombie" still put a lot of effort into the special effects.

As Magic Studio's technology becomes more and more mature, "Mr. Zombie"'s performance in special effects becomes more and more eye-catching.

The most intuitive expression of special effects technology is in the presentation of Taoism.

It can be said that the special effects of this "Mr. Zombie" surpassed almost all the movies released in Hong Kong this year. Only "The Best Partner" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" can compare with it.

When the movie ended, thunderous applause erupted from the scene, which somewhat allowed Lin Zhengying to breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

At least the audience's evaluation of "Mr. Zombie" was very good.

However, due to the subject matter, admission will still be restricted to some audiences who dare not watch zombie and ghost movies.

When the box office of "Mr. Zombie" was released on the first day, Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa felt the New Oriental Company early on.

Unexpectedly, Lin Daoqiu was also present today. It seemed that he also made a special trip to watch the first-day box office of "Mr. Zombie".

"Mr. Lin, the audience response to the show "Mr. Zombie" was extremely enthusiastic at the time. I think your and Aying's predictions may be wrong this time."

It seems that Zhong Fa is very optimistic about the box office of "Mr. Zombie". Judging from the feedback from the audience, everyone still approves of this drama.

However, Lin Daoqiu just smiled and said nothing to what Zhong Fa said. He didn't know how much "Mr. Zombie" could get at the box office on the first day, but he could probably get a clue from the previous attendance rate.

Forty-four theaters were showing the film at the same time, and several leading theaters were full on the day of the release, while other average theaters also achieved an attendance rate of about 90%.

As for theaters in remote places or not of high quality, the occupancy rate is only about 80%.

Based on such statistics, a single-day box office of 56 million on the first day is definitely impossible, and around 4 million should be almost the limit of "Mr. Zombie".

When Li Maowen opened the door and walked into the conference room, what he held in his hand was the first-day box office of "Mr. Zombie".

"Three.8 million."

Lin Daoqiu took it and took a look at it, then handed the box office statistics form to Lin Zhengying's hand.

"Only 3.8 million? This...how is this possible?"

Zhong Fa was shocked. He originally thought that this time "Mr. Zombie" would get at least the same box office revenue as "The Best Partner", but he didn't expect that it would only be 3.8 million.

"Actually, it's pretty good that "Mr. Zombie" can get this box office."

Compared with Zhong Fa's shock, Lin Zhengying was very open-minded. He felt that it was already very good to get this box office.

Based on the previous box office of "Happy Ghost Summer" which also received RMB 3.8 million on the first day, "Mr. Zombie" should be able to break through the box office of RMB 30 million in the end, but 40 million is definitely impossible.

And if you are a bit less lucky, you may not be able to break through 30 million by then, which would be really embarrassing.

If it weren't for the huge investment in this movie, it would actually be pretty good to have a box office of 20 million. After all, not many Xiangjiang movies have made more than 20 million at the box office so far this year.

However, given the previous great success of "Mr. Zombie" and being regarded as New Oriental's most successful movie, it is simply embarrassing that the box office cannot even break 30 million.

"Actually, you don't need to be surprised. "Best Partner" also faces the same problem as you, so next year "Best Partner" will not continue filming the fourth part this year."

Mai Jia did not make "The Best Partner" this year, but chose to make a movie with another theme.

The protagonists of this drama are Mai Jia and Leslie Cheung, and it also stars singer Xu Xiaofeng.

The other characters are Chen Baiqiang, Li Lizhen, and even Yuan Heping also has a cameo role in it. This drama will be released a week before Christmas.

Even Mai Jia has made changes, and Lin Zhengying is certainly not willing to be left behind.

However, Lin Zhengying didn't know what he wanted to shoot next, so he planned to settle down for a while and think about it slowly.

If it had been anyone else who had achieved a box office of RMB 3.8 million on the first day, they would have laughed like crazy.

But Lin Zhengying obviously has higher standards for himself, and he doesn't want to be able to make only one type of movie.

The next trend of the box office of "Mr. Zombie" is similar to the predictions of Lin Daoqiu and Lin Zhengying.

After taking in a box office of RMB 3.8 million on the first day, it continued to decline. After two weeks of release, it only earned RMB 28 million at the box office, making it the least successful of the three "Mr. Zombie" films.

Lin Zhengying also officially announced that he will suspend filming zombie-type movies.