The summer of 2006 will be remembered in Chinese film history.
July belongs to "Crazy Stone".
August belongs to "Become Famous"!
At 6 pm on the 4th, the relevant person in charge of China Film Group, the distributor of "Fame", announced the first-day box office of "Fame".
2.6 million!
"Famous" is crazier than "Crazy Stone" - its first-day score exceeded "The Stone's" opening weekend score.
If "The Stone" is a "miracle", then "Famous" is the "miracle of miracles"!
As soon as the results of the first day came out, Wang Zhonglei felt regretful!
Why didn't you vote for "Famous" in the first place?
Why do you think "Famous" does not conform to Huayi's comedy style!
As long as you invest a few hundred thousand or a million, you will have your own share of the glory of "Famous"!
The four major investors of "Famous": Zhang Yuanjun Studio, Qingying Film Studio, China Film and Galloping Horse, all had their faces crooked with smiles!
There was no need for Zhang Yuanjun's studio to press him. Theater managers from all over the country asked China Film to increase copies.
The distribution director of China Film Group Corporation in charge of "Famous" was bombarded with calls from provincial film companies and theater managers.
"Old Liu, Sichuan Province will bring me two more, no, five copies!"
"Mr. Liu, Shancheng will add two more. I will send someone to pick them up tomorrow."
"Brother Liu, you are my biological brother. Give me two more copies."
"I don't care! Your factory is too busy and I can't wait for you to add three more."
"Don't worry about whether I can eat it or not. The copy money is a lot for you. You can get two more for me."
"You go and steal it, I don't care how you get copies, I have tens of thousands of viewers waiting to see the film."
"You give two for a place as small as a mountain city. Isn't our market in Shandong Province bigger than his? Give me four. I'll fly over at night. I want it tomorrow."
"Old Deng is bragging that he won't be afraid of dying if he takes five. Give me these five and I'll treat you to a drink at the meeting at the end of the year."
Managers from various theaters rushed to grab copies. At the same time, the creators of "Famous" also embarked on the road of publicity again.
This achievement is enough to make everyone in the crew work hard to move forward.
Especially the director Mr. Tajusuke.
He was banned from teaching before, and he felt aggrieved and depressed, and because he couldn't stand the clumsy behavior in the circle, he had no choice but to return to school to teach.
But in fact, he was very reluctant to let go of the audience. Although the ideological expression of "Famous" was not his previous style, when he saw the score of 2.6 million on the first day, he felt the audience's recognition of him again.
This is full recognition of the 54-year-old!
He led the crew on the front line of publicity.
The next day, Friday, "Fame" took in $4.3 million.
Entering the weekend, the movie-watching climax across the country has arrived, with a good result of 7.2 million reported that day!
Breaking 10 million in three days!
On Sunday, another 6.7 million will be collected!
Early on Monday morning, Director Han personally announced: "Although the precise figures have not yet been calculated, it is certain that the box office of "Fame" will exceed 20 million in the first weekend!"
The film world is in a state of madness.
"Fame" is crazier than "The Stone"!
What "Stone" achieved in one month, "Famous" only took 4 days.
On the same day, the Film Academy issued a happy announcement in large characters on its official website:
"Congratulations to our school's 2nd class students for their graduation drama, the theatrical movie "Famous", which has a box office of over 20 million in its first weekend!"
This is a success for the movie and a success for the Academy!
02 form is a perfect graduation work for my alma mater!
02 Biaoben has really become famous!
With a comprehensive cost of 4.7 million, the film successfully made a profit in the first weekend and triggered a movie-going craze.
It’s really a small thing that makes a big difference, it’s exciting!
In the second week after the movie was released, it continued to surge forward at a rapid pace.
However, due to the impact of "Garfield 2" released on Friday the 11th, the box office growth rate declined in the second weekend.
But even so, "Famous" still scored a high box office of 17 million in its second week, with the total score approaching 40 million!
This is an achievement that has never been achieved by domestic films.
The domestic films mentioned here refer to mainland films.
"Famous" is a mainland film with extremely pure pedigree. From the director to the actors to the behind-the-scenes staff, "Famous" did not use anyone from Hong Kong, Taiwan or overseas.
Speaking of small things, "Famous" and "The Stone" are both examples of small things that make a big difference.
Speaking more broadly, "Famous" tells the outside world that as long as the story is good and as long as the team is professional and united, the audience will still like to watch it. Who said that only Hong Kong and Taiwan actors can make money, but mainland actors can also do it!
The crew returned to the capital. At a symposium organized by the General Administration, with such good results, the General Administration must hold a seminar. "Stone" did not receive such treatment. Director Tian Zhuangzhuang spoke as a representative of the crew. He said with emotion:
"In fact, movies also have shortcomings. Our crew is quite poor. In order to reduce costs, we had to use digital shooting. If we could have invested 800,000 more and replaced us with film cameras, the imaging effect of "Famous" would have been even better. .”
Director Tong said: "We really need to pay attention to this issue, how to guide film investment. We cannot say that I have a good story, but because of money problems, the film cannot be made, or the effect is not good."
"We can't keep an eye on blockbusters. Blockbusters have to be made, but many of our directors and crews are not qualified to make blockbusters. We must actively invest in small and medium-cost commercial movies like "The Stone" and "Famous". Guide and expand investment channels. We will discuss this at a separate meeting later."
At the end of the seminar, Bureau Tong concluded: "This summer, the success of the two films "The Stone" and "Famous" gave the sluggish domestic film market a shot in the arm. In addition to the excellent quality of the films, I found that the two of you All crews have one thing in common, which is to put making good movies first, regardless of personal gains and losses. As far as I know, many of your actors receive very low salaries, and the salaries of your staff are not very high either. I feel that this spirit is the key to your success.”
After the meeting, Director Tong talked to Zhang Yuanjun alone for a while and praised him a few words.
""Famous" is very good, do it well. If you have any difficulties, please tell the bureau."
"There's nothing else but that the crew is too poor and can't afford good equipment." Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile.
Bureau Tong was amused: "You are crying for poverty with me. I know you just bought a villa."
"With the money given by my family, the crew is still poor." Zhang Yuanjun laughed playfully.
"After "Famous", you will really become famous and you will not be short of money." Tong Ju joked.
After a few words of laughter, everyone parted.
Zhang Yuanjun ran with the crew for another three days, and returned to the "Animal World" crew in the magical city with Luo Jin on the afternoon of the 17th.
In the morning, he was still promoting "Famous" at a movie theater in Shanghai.
As soon as he returned to the set, he was warmly welcomed by his colleagues. The only heroine Liu Yifei, as a representative, also sent a bouquet of flowers to him and Luo Jin to celebrate the box office success of "Famous".
"Thank you, thank you. I'm sorry that the filming was delayed for more than 20 days. I'll treat you to a midnight snack tonight." Zhang Yuanjun apologized.
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