Chapter 483: Spring Festival Box Office Hit, Breaking 1 Billion in Six Days

A certain movie theater in Shanghai

My cousin went to buy a lot of popcorn and drinks, and brought my parents and aunt and uncle into the theater.

There were still quite a few people, and they came at a good time. The theater was about 60% to 70% full. Wang Yunping took a few glances and found that most of them were young people, and there were relatively few people of their age.

This is also normal. Movies are watched by young people, and middle-aged and elderly people mainly watch TV, after all, TV is free.

Even if they don’t care about money, most of them don’t have that habit. Drinking tea and wine or even going out to sing K are ranked before going to the cinema to watch movies.

Wang Yunping and Wei Shan have also come to the cinema several times to support their son, but my aunt and uncle come less often, and they have only come once or twice with their family before.

So, when my aunt Wei Xia saw that the theater was not full, her first reaction was that her nephew would pay for it.

My cousin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mom, do you think the cinema is the same as our restaurant? This attendance rate is considered high."

"What's the difference? It still depends on customers to eat. The more customers come, the more money we make. This restaurant is not full of customers. Tell me how to make money?"

My cousin felt something was wrong, but Wei Xia did make sense. She didn't know how to refute it, so she could only say you don't understand.

Wei Xia ignored her daughter and asked about the cost of the movie. Wang Yunping and the others didn't know, so she made up a number.

"About 70 or 80 million."

Wei Xia then started to calculate. He didn't know the profit ratio of the movie at all, so he used his own restaurant experience, and the situation he got was not ideal.

My aunt muttered to herself, but no one else paid attention to her. Although they didn't understand it, they obviously understood that Wei Xia was making a blind calculation.

In the first two movies, Wei Yang made 500 million+ and 800 million+ respectively. I don't know how much he made, but I heard that the profit was not low.

This movie has a better momentum, and the outside world is optimistic about it. Wei Xia doesn't understand the film industry. It would be strange if she could figure it out.

So they were not worried at all. The cousin and the younger cousin even instigated a bet with Wei Xia, hoping to take this opportunity to make some pocket money. However, Wei Xia did not understand movies, but understood her son and daughter, and did not accept the offer at all, which disappointed the younger cousin and the younger cousin.

"Stop making trouble, watch a movie."

As an uncle, Wei Shan still had some prestige among the younger cousin and the younger cousin. As soon as he spoke, the two of them were honest, and the dragon logo of a certain bureau began to appear on the screen.

At the beginning of the movie, Wei Yang appeared. As mentioned earlier, compared with the original version, the male protagonist Qin Feng is set to be older.

The original version applied for the police academy, while the male protagonist of this version has already graduated from the police academy and was rejected during the job interview.

So in terms of setting, Wei Yang's version of Qin Feng is more mature, but not much more mature. After all, he is a college student, and his appearance and style are relatively young. In addition, Boss Wei has a young face and a bit of youthfulness.

Wei Yang is quite rare. Although he is not very old, he is usually calm and sophisticated. Although he looks young, few people regard him as a young man.

Even the elders in the family were a little surprised. After the changes in the past few years, their impression of Wei Yang in the past has become a little vague.

They haven't seen Wei Yang so youthful and high-spirited for a long time.

The cousins ​​didn't think much, but just kept praising their cousin for being so handsome.

They were not the only ones who had this view. Many viewers in the theater also had this idea. Many female viewers praised him directly. It was okay for singles, but it was jealous for those with partners.

But jealousy was jealousy, and Boss Wei's appearance was not covered. It could be said that he surpassed Yanzu and was better than Yan.

Even in the hearts of the male audiences who were proud of their handsomeness, they had to admit that they were not in their peak state and they really had to stay away from the edge.

After Qin Feng appeared, the other one who came out was Wang Baoqiang, and his image was also far beyond many people's expectations.

Wang Baoqiang's most famous role is Xu Sanduo in "Soldier Assault". He has a simple appearance, a simple smile, and speaks honestly.

So in the public's impression, Wang Baoqiang is a "silly boy". He has been better in the past two years, but he is the kind of silly or honest teacher.

And his image in "Detective Chinatown" is completely subversive.

The contrast of being vulgar and flamboyant, cunning and brainless really surprised all the audience, and this surprise also made the audience impressed by this role and full of expectations.

Wang Baoqiang did not disappoint the audience's expectations, and the comedy effect was outstanding, making the audience laugh.

Another impressive person is not Chen Chichi, who had more scenes in the early stage, but Xiao Yang.

This straw bag sheriff with a general's belly and the words "drunkard" written on his face provides no less laughs than Tang Ren, played by Wang Baoqiang.

And in the baggage and jokes, the main plot is also slowly unfolding.

The gold shop of Mr. Yan, a Thai gangster, was robbed. The police locked one of the suspects as the sculpture owner, but when they arrested him, they found that the sculpture owner had been killed.

After investigation, it was found that in recent days, only Tang Ren had entered the sculpture shop, and the time matched the time of death of the deceased. In addition, the surveillance showed that he had taken something away from the sculpture shop, which was probably the stolen goods.

Therefore, Tang Ren became the main culprit of murder and robbery and was wanted by the police.

Tang Ren, who had been in trouble, did not want to go to jail, so he had to flee in embarrassment, and also implicated his cousin Qin Feng who was traveling.

Qin Feng was a graduate of the police academy and was good at detective reasoning. When he was forced to flee with Tang Ren, he realized that he could not have killed anyone through his understanding of Tang Ren, and after analysis, he found that the case was suspicious.

He is obsessed with solving the case and wants to find out the truth, while Tang Ren also wants to restore his innocence.

The Chinatown Detective Team officially debuts!

The plot of the next movie revolves around solving the case, and there are various jokes during the period, making the plot light and happy under the condition of logic.

This is not an easy task, Wei Yang felt it when he filmed "Become a Famous Man".

Crime suspense themes and comedy are not so easy to integrate!

It is very important to strike a balance between the two. If one side is too hot, the whole movie will change.

For example, if there are too many criminal elements, the style of the movie will be serious and depressing. If there are too many comedy elements, it will appear frivolous and the main plot will be weakened.

One thing that Wei Yang is grateful for so far is that "Become a Famous Man" found Ning Hao and Wang Pangzi as the producers, especially Ning Hao, who started out playing black humor and is best at the combination of comedy + crime. Even if Wei Yang is cheating, he still relies on him.

With the foreshadowing of "Become a Famous Man", Wei Yang's control over this aspect has been significantly enhanced, and he has a God's perspective.

Therefore, the rhythm of "Detective Chinatown" is brisk and uninterrupted, and the style is prominent but harmonious, making the audience nervous and happy, with their eyes firmly fixed on the screen.

One advantage of movies with reasoning elements is that they keep laying hooks, causing the audience to have many questions in their minds and be willing to wait until the end to reveal them.

This also led to the fact that "Detective Chinatown" was played for more than an hour, not to mention that someone went to the bathroom, and even few people talked.

Either laughing, or concentrating on observing the plot, and some people immersing themselves in it, reasoning about who the murderer is and how the murderer committed the crime, which is also a major selling point of suspense and reasoning themes.

However, compared with the much-criticized opening of "Detective Chinatown 3" in the previous life, and the obvious hints and suspected plagiarism of "Detective Chinatown 2".

The reasoning setting of the first part of "Detective Chinatown" is the best in the series, with a relatively high threshold.

Perhaps it is not difficult for those reasoning enthusiasts, and some smart people can also detect one or two, but most of the audience will understand what is going on after the answer is revealed.

"So that's how it is?!"

After hearing Qin Feng's identification of Sinuo's adoptive father, the cousin suddenly realized and was surprised.

"My cousin is the screenwriter of this movie, right? How did he come up with this case? It's really exciting."

But the cousin was still able to hold her head: "You've read the Weiyang trilogy written by my brother. They are all mystery crime themes. What's so strange about writing a script?"

"That's different. The trilogy case is not complicated. This is a real reasoning."

The cousin was not convinced and wanted to argue, but was covered by his uncle, because the movie had another reversal at this time.

It turns out that the adoptive father who killed people was just a puppet used by Sinuo. This girl who looks harmless, pure and lovely is the real murderer.

Kill two birds with one stone!

The sculpture boss who was hostile to him was solved, and the adoptive father who had bad thoughts about him was sent to a dead end.

The famous scene appeared. Seeing the strange smile under the shadow of Zhang Zifeng, many of the audience who were originally numb were directly scared and shouted out.

But after the shock, I was also very emotional. The original plot was exciting enough, and the case within the case had a reversal, which made it even more exciting. The unexpected "mastermind" was also a surprise of contrast.

After the movie ended, many of the audiences who walked out one after another were discussing the plot and the performances of the actors.

There were even a few who went directly to the counter to buy tickets for a second viewing. There were too many details and small burdens in the movie, and many of them were ignored just now. It would be more interesting to watch it again.

Wei Yang's family did not watch it twice. Watching a movie with full concentration is actually very tiring.

Young people and people who watch movies often may not care, but the energy of older people may not be able to keep up.

In addition, most of the other movies were not attractive, so everyone simply went home. My cousins ​​wanted to watch it, but they were suppressed by the four adults.

On the way back, although Wei Xia affirmed the quality of "Detective Chinatown", she was still worried about losing money.

The cousin couldn't stand her worrying about nothing, so she asked online and downloaded a Hualuo Professional Edition APP to check the real-time box office of "Detective Chinatown".

It was almost 3 pm when they finished watching the movie, and the evening and night were the peak hours for movies.

But even so, the current first-day box office data of "Detective Chinatown" is also impressive.

"Tens, hundreds, thousands... tens of thousands, my goodness, 110 million."

The cousin was shocked by this number. She thought the box office would be high, but she didn't expect it to break 100 million directly. It's only been less than a day.

Others were also shocked and hurried over to check and ask if the data was accurate.

The cousin didn't know what to say, so she simply sent a WeChat message to Wei Yang. The latter might not be busy at this time, and he replied with a voice message in a short while.

"You haven't added the pre-sale box office yet."

The cousin didn't know where to see the pre-sale box office data, but she knew that what her mother was worried about would not happen.

This movie, the cousin will definitely make a lot of money!

…

"It's more than just a big profit. It's like killing gods and Buddhas."

That night, the main creators of "Detective Chinatown" met, and the voices of several leading actors were more excited than each other. It's no wonder they were excited. The box office performance of the movie was really great.

As of nearly midnight, today's market has been basically determined, including the pre-sale box office.

The first day box office of "Detective Chinatown" was 220 million!

Refreshed multiple first-day box office records for the Spring Festival, domestic films, and the mainland film market.

This data shocked everyone. Before this, everyone was very optimistic about "Detective Chinatown", but the goal was only to break the 1 billion mark.

Who would have thought that 1/5 of the strategic goal was achieved in one day.

220 million on the first day, maybe "Detective Chinatown" can break 1 billion during the Spring Festival.

Wei Yang was also a little surprised, but not out of control. After all, in his previous life, 2015 was the year when the film market rose and Chinese-language films exploded.

If he remembered correctly, in his previous life, 2015, the number of movies with a box office of 1 billion+ was nearly double digits, including "Mojin", "Lost in Hong Kong", and "Charlotte's Troubles", which were 1.5 billion+ or nearly 1.5 billion.

"Monster Hunt", which ranked first, had a final box office of nearly 2.5 billion for various reasons, which directly raised the box office ceiling of mainland movies by several levels.

Although "Detective Chinatown" was released half a year or even more than half a year earlier than these movies,

But the market base and the appeal of the film itself are here. It is reasonable to grab a good start before the release of each movie.

Boss Wei even despised his own conservatism. He was obviously the reborn + the master of destiny, so why was he so useless?

1 billion+?

It is his job to break the 2 billion mark before "Monster Hunt". If he can't do it, let Li Jiahang be impotent for a month.

Boss Wei was so ruthless that he didn't even celebrate the Spring Festival and continued the road show with the team. The other main creators were also full of fighting spirit and had no complaints when they saw the good results.

They were happy. The other major crews were miserable.

The box office of "The Great Wall" on the first day was just 90 million.

"The Man from Macau" was less than 60 million.

"Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons" was about 40 million.

"Wolf Totem" had a box office of just over 20 million on the first day.

Other movies such as "Where Are We Going, Dad 2" and "Dad's Holiday" also had extremely poor box office on the first day. The former can barely match "Wolf Totem" by virtue of the popularity of the show, while the latter's first-day box office was less than eight figures, which was extremely miserable.

To be honest, many of these movies actually had good box office, and some film producers should be quite satisfied.

But sometimes you are afraid of comparing goods. You were originally very happy to make 30 million, but when you see that others have made 100 million, don't say you are happy, you can't even vomit to death.

And according to market analysis, "Chinatown Detective" performed so strongly that it is bound to squeeze the market of movies of the same period.

In other words, a considerable part of the 220 million of "Chinatown Detective" is likely to be from other movies.

This statement may not be accurate. Some money cannot be earned by others, but everyone thinks so, and don't mention how uncomfortable it is.

However, this discomfort became more and more serious as "Chinatown Detective" earned more.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, the box office of "Chinatown Detective" dropped slightly, winning 180 million.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the box office fell a bit, and the box office of 192 million made many people hate it.

In the following days, although the box office continued to decline, the overall trend was normal, and even had some stamina, and occasionally fell.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the last day of the Spring Festival, "Detective Chinatown" broke the 1 billion mark as expected.

This is Wei Yang's first movie with a box office of more than 1 billion, but it is definitely not the last one...

It's not dawn yet, so it should be considered night