Chapter 727 First week box office record

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For colleagues in the Hong Kong film industry, Kang Jianfei is definitely considered a plague god, and no one wants to release his movies in the same period as his.

Four movies starring Sammo Hung was screened at the same time during the New Year period. The biggest reason for this situation was that in order to avoid "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles", two of the four movies were originally intended to be released during the Spring Festival period.

But the Spring Festival is one of the most important periods of the year, and other companies cannot give up directly.

For example, Wong Pai-ming and Pan Disheng focused on the Spring Festival period. They used reverse thinking. In order to avoid Kang Jianfei's "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", major companies gathered in Christmas and New Year periods, and there were two big tigers, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, who were blocking the road. The fierce competition was no less than that of the Spring Festival period.

So, Wanxiang Film and Debao Company reversed operations, ranking their main films around the Spring Festival, without any fear of competing with Kang Jianfei.

Central, Hong Kong, Queen's Avenue.

A car circled around the Queen's Building twice, and finally continued to drive forward helplessly. Finally, he found a parking space that had just been vacant, and the driver parked the car there as he could.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to park in Central, so it is better to take a taxi over.After getting off the car, Huang Baiming pressed and locked the car.

Johnnie To smiled and said: You don’t even look at what time this is, the New Year is coming soon.

Lin Lingdong looked at his watch and said: There are more than 20 minutes left, and it is still early.

The three of them walked towards the Queen's Building and walked straight to the Queen's Theater. They were in a group to watch "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

They did not participate in the premiere and preview of "Grave Robbers". Although the box office data on yesterday's first day has not been released yet, the news that the whole line has been full has long been spreading wildly.

The New Year was about to be over, and Huang Baiming and others had no jobs. They were curious and came to watch the movie. Their reason was naturally to understand their competitors.

It is said that knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy is a victory in every battle.

Outside the Queen's Theater is a shopping mall. At this time, citizens were busy buying New Year's goods, and the mall was crowded with people. The three of them finally squeezed to the entrance of the theater.

Huang Baiming looked at the bustling shopping mall and couldn't help but admire Kang Jianfei's eyes.

This building was not originally called Queen's Building, but was changed after Kang Jianfei bought it.

Now that real estate in Central is soaring, the monthly rent of the entire building alone is enough for Kang Jianfei to have no worries about food and clothing.

When they arrived at the ticket hall of the theater, Huang Baiming and the other two were blocked directly at the door. It was already crowded with people, and they were almost lined up outside.

The tickets for "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" have been sold out before 10:30.

There is still 1 ticket at 10:40. Sorry, there is only 1 ticket.

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Huang Baiming and the other two had already bought tickets for a long time, so they didn't have to wait in line, but they were still frightened by the scene in front of them.

It is the Spring Festival holiday now, and the flow of people in major theaters is very high, so it is normal for the ticket buying team to line up at the door.

But the problem is that it is only less than 4 pm now, and "Grave Robbers" sold out all tickets before 10:30 pm. How popular is this movie?

Fortunately, it is a holiday now, and most people are not specifically watching a movie. Today, the tickets for "Grave Robbers" are sold out, so they will choose to watch other movies or change the theater.

There is a Golden Princess nearby. A large part of the audience overflowing from Queen's Theater may turn to watching Vientiane Film's movies, which is good news for Wong Pai-ming.

120 minutes later, Wong Pai-ming, Johnnie To and Lin Lingdong came out of the screening hall, and the audience around them were excitedly talking about the plot just now.

You rely solely on money to accumulate special effects, and you don’t have to learn it.Johnnie To shook his head and said.

I want to see which time Kang Jianfei failed. It is too risky to make such a movie.

Huang Baiming shook his head and sighed.

There are often ghosts or superpowers in his movies, but most of those shots are replaced directly with animations. He thinks that movies sell plots and lines, and special effects are in detail.

Lin Lingdong sighed: Kang Jianfei's box office this time will probably exceed 40 million.

The first week of "The Grave Robbers" has come out.He Guanchang placed a newspaper on Zou Wenhuai's desk.

This is a "Tiantian Daily". Since it was acquired by Kang Jianfei, many news about DreamWorks have been announced in the entertainment edition of "Tiantian Daily".

More than 15 million, right?Zou Wenhuai said as he opened the newspaper, and his eyes widened when he saw the numbers on the paper, with 19.41 million printed on it.

He Guanchang said with a wry smile: I was also shocked when I first watched it. The new box office record of Hong Kong films in the first week is Ah.

Zou Wenhuai sighed: This young man really has a way of making movies.

Fortunately, I didn't release Aaron's film in advance, otherwise I would have been killed by the car in these two movies.He Guanchang said with gratitude.

The box office of Vientiane Film and Debao Company's Spring Festival blockbuster was not up to expectations because it could only pick up the audiences leaked from "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

Fortunately, there are enough viewers during the Spring Festival, and the two movies did not fail directly. It is estimated that the box office alone can recover the cost after the paintings are lost.

Zou Wenhuai lit the cigar and asked: Did you hear that Aaron and Judeng cooperated?

He Guanchang nodded: He doesn't have many scenes in the film, and Yang Dengkui couldn't bear to spend so much money to invite him as the male lead, just to attract the audience under the guise of Aaron.

If it were in the past, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan would definitely not dare to take on roles outside casually, let alone cooperate with their competitors.But now he can't hold back anyone, and Zou Wenhuai has a headache when he thinks about it.

After taking a sip of the cigar, Zou Wenhuai asked: Achang, what do you think of "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles"?

He Guanchang said: Tomb-robbing movies will definitely be popular in the next one or two years, but the risk of special effects investment is too high.

He Guanchang’s meaning is very simple, it is a big deal to follow the trend and shoot tomb robbers. However, don’t make special effects so mysterious, and you can’t even cry if you fuck.

Tomb robbery movies are indeed a big deal. Zou Wenhuai nodded and asked, I have an idea, how about you asking Ah Long to shoot tomb robbery movies?

Aaron?He Guanchang was very surprised because Jackie Chan's new film planning was ready, and he was the sister piece "Flying Eagle Plan" that filmed "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers".

This is what I think. You can just use the computer special effects to combine Aaron's funny kung fu style with tomb robbery themes.Zou Wenhuai expressed his thoughts.

He Guanchang smiled and said: It's very confusing.

Zou Wenhuai made a decision: That's it. After Ah Long finished filming "The Flying Eagle Plan", he would shoot a tomb robbery film.

I have to say that Hong Kong filmmakers can all be related to Kung Fu.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang did not expect how detrimental the upcoming "Flying Eagle Plan" will be.

The reason why Jiahe wanted to invest in the "Flying Eagle Plan" was because Jackie Chan's "Miracle" was not selling well at the box office.

Of course, the bad box office is relatively speaking, mainly because the cost of "Miracle" is too high, and the box office sold is not much different from the movies he invested in before.

Zou Wenhuai felt that "Miracle" didn't make much money, so he wanted to be more secure and decided to let Jackie Chan shoot the sister chapter of "Dragon Brother Tiger Brother".

"Dragon Brother Tiger Brother" was the box office champion that year. The sister piece will definitely be sold as a top player. The budget of "Flying Eagle Plan" is tentatively set to be 30 million.

No one could have expected that this movie, which was planned to invest only 30 million yuan, spent 11.5 billion when it was finally completed.

Ninety percent of the crew members fell ill because they were not adapted to the local environment. The producer even stayed in prison for three months in Africa for some reason to circulate in the local area. The producer was arrested for suspected production and issuance of counterfeit coins.

"The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" became a huge hit this Spring Festival, leading the box office, leaving the movies released at the same time a few streets.

The male protagonist Wu Zhenyu's pay rose again, and he was on par with Leslie Cheung and Alan Tam. It can only be said that "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" sold too badly.

Moreover, the easter egg at the end of the movie clearly shows that the film will be filmed in a sequel, and the male protagonist Wu Zhenyu has only received a triple pay jump.

The second is Zhang Min. She basically has no chance to show her acting skills in "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles". She played the role of an Iceberg girl with a cold face from beginning to end. Even most of the fighting scenes use a stand-in, just a vase.

But "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" has only been released for a week, and it was during the Chinese New Year. The film appointment flew to Zhang Min's home like snowflakes.

Zhang Min probably was afraid of being poor in the past, so she didn't read the script much when she took the movies, so she just looked at the ones with high pay, and she connected three movies.

If it weren't for her agent Deng Baola's dissuasion, Zhang Min would have wanted to take more than one more time, and Cheng Yuling would have been able to get the schedule even if she took nine movies at the same time?

The mainstream voices in society are praised for the film "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", especially the magical computer special effects, which have cultivated a group of loyal fans of blockbusters.

As for the criticism, Kang Jianfei said he didn't see it.

As the Lunar New Year arrives, Brigitte Lin and Lin Fengjiao take their children back to Hong Kong together.

Kang Jianfei's headache now is that Ye Zipei has also come to Hong Kong, and he has a big belly. This pretty widow is pregnant and comes to Hong Kong to settle her baby. She stays in mainland China and is afraid of criticism.

When the three women collided, Kang Jianfei couldn't run away because he wanted to get together to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Holidays always make Kang Jianfei a headache, he is really unable to do anything.