After the box office results for the first week of the Spring Festival came out, major news media quickly reported on the matter.
""Southern Entertainment": The box office results for the first week of the New Year are released. "Infernal Affairs" ranks first at the box office with a total of 3.325 billion, followed by "Dark Forest" with a cumulative box office of 3.18 billion. Nine million.”
""Modu Entertainment Morning News": The cumulative box office in the first week of the Spring Festival is 3.325 billion! Congratulations to "Infernal Affairs"! Congratulations to Tan Yue!"
""Beijing Entertainment": The competition between "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest" is still fierce. "Infernal Affairs" is temporarily ahead of "The Dark Forest" with a box office of 3.325 billion."
"Movie Consulting: The first-week box office results of the two most watched movies, "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest," did not disappoint the audience, ranking first and second in the Spring Festival box office rankings respectively."
After the official website of the General Administration of Culture announced the latest box office data, the Internet immediately became lively, and related hot words were directly searched on Weibo.
"The competition between "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest" is too fierce. They are taking turns to be number one! I feel sorry for the directors of the other nine films."
"I knew that "Infernal Affairs" would definitely surpass "The Dark Forest". I hope it can keep doing so and win the box office championship during this year's Spring Festival."
"The box office gap between the two movies "Infernal Affairs" and "Into the Woods" has not widened too much. It is still unknown who will win the Spring Festival slot."
"As a domestic science fiction film, "The Dark Forest" is already very good at the box office, but "Infernal Affairs" can only be said to be even better."
"The box office of "Infernal Affairs" is also very good. Teacher Tan Yue is really amazing and really awesome!"
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Beijing.
Siheyuan.
"Old Ding, your contact person will coordinate with all parties to expand publicity efforts." Sun Daohao's eyebrows showed a bit of solemnity.
The box office performance of the two films was evenly matched, with "Infernal Affairs" slightly ahead. Until seeing today's box office data, Son Do-ho felt the need to expand publicity.
The other end of the phone paused for a few seconds: "Understood, Director Sun, I'll make arrangements now."
When a movie is released, the promotion plan will be adjusted in a timely manner based on the box office results.
Now that the box office of "Dark Forest" has been surpassed for the first time, Son Do-ho directly expanded the promotion, which was a bit surprising to Lao Ding. He did not expect it to be carried out so quickly.
"As soon as possible." The film market is changing all the time. Promotion should be done sooner rather than later. If the limelight is completely overshadowed, the opportunity will be completely lost. Sun Daohao can't help but be a little anxious.
Putting down his mobile phone, Sun Daohao sighed and whispered: "I really think I still look down on this young man."
He has been working in the film industry for thirty years. Looking at the box office results of "Infernal Affairs" every day in its first week, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. The box office growth and stability of "Infernal Affairs" were much better than those of "The Dark Forest" .
I have always been looking forward to a head-to-head confrontation with Tan Yue. Only when I met him this time did I really feel the pressure, not to mention "Infernal Affairs" is a police film.
If it is a popular movie theme on the market, the box office may be even more terrifying.
Sun Daohao took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. This guy, tsk tsk, is really the leader of the new generation of directors!"
Although the two people are now in a competitive relationship, he is still very pleased to see a young director take the film to this point. In the future, someone will finally take over the development of Chinese films.
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After Son Do-ho's expanded publicity, "The Dark Forest" once again overtook "Infernal Affairs" at the box office. However, in just two days, "Infernal Affairs" became number one at the box office that day.
As time goes by, the online discussions about "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest" have also undergone obvious changes.
Discussions about "Infernal Affairs" on Weibo are often among the top trending searches. On the other hand, "Dark Forest" is discussed less and less frequently by netizens.
Publicity programs can increase box office to a certain extent, but they only have a supporting role.
If you want a movie's box office to truly and steadily increase, you have to look at the movie itself.
With the popularity of "Infernal Affairs", many parts of the movie have been used as memes by netizens and played online, such as: I want to be a good person, but there is a mole who terminates the transaction...
Audiences who have never seen the movie are attracted by these memes and naturally want to go to the cinema to watch it.
With mutual promotion, the popularity of "Infernal Affairs" is getting higher and higher, and the box office is getting higher and higher.
Now that the movie has been released for four weeks, the box office of "Infernal Affairs" has exceeded 5 billion, and the cumulative box office has reached 5.3 billion. "The Dark Forest" has a cumulative box office of 4.7 billion, and there is a difference of 600 million between the two movies.
If it were the early stage of the movie's release, the 600 million box office gap would be relatively easy to catch up with.
However, in the past four weeks, the single-day box office has been in the tens of millions, and the two movies are about to be removed from the shelves without considering postponement.
It is already impossible for "Dark Forest" to surpass the box office of "Infernal Affairs".
And if it is delayed, "Infernal Affairs" will still be in the leading position at the single-day box office. As time goes by, the box office gap between the two movies will only get wider and wider.
Without any surprises, the two films have already competed at the box office.
Seeing the new box office data, the happiest people were the employees of Cuican Entertainment, and the chat group became lively.
"Oh my god, Mr. Tan has another movie with a box office of over 5 billion."
""Infernal Affairs" is so powerful. Who would have thought that an outdated police and gangster movie would have a box office of 5.3 billion, directly leading the box office of this year's Spring Festival."
"I think the phrase 'Mr. Tan's products must be top-notch' should be changed to 'Mr. Tan's products must be top-notch'!"
"You can't underestimate the enemy. The opponent is Sun Daohao. We still can't let down our guard until the end."
"Infernal Affairs" was a hit at the box office, and the actors in the play were of course also hotly discussed by the audience. Among them, the most discussed one was Ma Guoliang, who had disappeared from the audience's sight for some time.
During the movie's release, Ma Guoliang gained many fans on Weibo, and netizens left messages in the comment area every day.
"Once again I am impressed by Teacher Ma's acting skills. The role of Chen Yongren is interpreted so perfectly."
"My favorite part is the scene when Huang Zhicheng was thrown from the building. Teacher Ma's look in his eyes was definitely that of an actor."
"My favorite part of this movie is Chen Yongren played by Teacher Ma. He is very interesting. I hope Teacher Ma will take on more roles like this."
"Teacher Ma's acting skills can be explained in two words - stunning."
"Teacher Ma was so handsome in "Infernal Affairs" that he has become a fan."
"You need good looks and good acting skills. I'm in love with this actor, hahaha."
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Tan Yue, who was sitting in the office at this time, picked up the massager at hand and hung it around his neck to start massaging and relaxing. The screen on the computer in front of him was still on the official website of the General Administration of Culture.
Tan Yue has been paying attention to the trend of discussions about "Infernal Affairs" on the Internet. "Dark Forest" is the strongest opponent he has encountered so far, and he does not dare to relax at all. Ever since I saw some of the plots in the movie being spread as memes by netizens, I have slowly let go of my worries.
Now that the box office of the two movies has completely opened up, it has become a foregone conclusion who will be the box office champion during the Spring Festival today. The next step is to see how much box office "Infernal Affairs" can finally earn.
This movie holds a high position in Tan Yue's heart and will last forever on earth. He also hopes that "Infernal Affairs" can achieve such achievements in this world.
The aroma of tea wafted from the water cup next to the computer. Tan Yue picked up the cup and tasted it carefully.
The cell phone rang.
Tan Yue answered the phone and said, "Fat man, what's going on?"
"Are you busy?"
"Not much."
"Let's go play billiards. My shoulders have been a little sore recently." Xu Nuo held his neck and turned it with difficulty. For some reason, his shoulders had been feeling uncomfortable in the past few days.
Tan Yue said without mercy: "It's time for you to lose weight."
After the Chinese New Year, my promised weight increased as expected, and I gained another fifteen pounds. Although he still has no motivation to lose weight, he firmly believes that he will lose weight after a while.
"Don't mention this matter. Are you coming to play?"
"Let me take a look at the remaining documents." Tan Yue began to look through the non-urgent documents and said, "Let's go."
"Okay." Xu Nuo quickly hung up the phone, told his assistant at the door, and went directly to the gym on the first floor.
When Tan Yue arrived at the place, Xu Nuo had already placed the ball: "The pole for you has been prepared for you."
"Who do you think will win today?" Tan Yue looked at Xu Nuo with a smile. Most of the recent fights between the two of them ended in failure.
Xu Nuo spread his hands and said confidently: "This question of yours is unnecessary."
Because the two often play ball in the gym, people gradually gathered around to watch. Many people laughed when they heard the promise.
Tan Yue joked: "Well, the people's eyes are sharp."
"It's not easy to say more. I'll tee off first and let them see my skills in playing billiards." As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Nuo swung his shot.
More than an hour passed before I knew it.
I saw Xu Nuo standing next to the billiard table with a slumped face, looking listless.
"How's it going? Are you convinced today?"
The two played against each other for five rounds, and Xu Nuo only won one round.
Xu Nuo's mind was spinning rapidly to make excuses for himself. When he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the sound of discussion around him.
"Deputy Director Xu is no longer a match for Mr. Tan."
"Yes, Mr. Tan's skills have improved so fast that I was no match for him in the past."
"Mr. Tan is truly a talented player!"
Xu Nuo frowned and became depressed, feeling vaguely like a master who taught his disciples to starve to death. He thought that Tan Yue had learned his skills from him, but now he was no match for him and regretted that he had learned so many skills.
Tan Yue looked at the time: "It's time to go back and process the documents. Let's fight another day."
"Let's go, I have to go back to work."
The two put the cue back to its original position, packed up the billiard table, and returned to the office to continue working.
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The next day.
The official website of the State Administration of Culture has updated the data on the list of public figures.
The two male protagonists in the most popular movie "Infernal Affairs" have improved their rankings.
Ma Guoliang, in particular, has gained a large number of fans with his amazing acting skills. He has entered the top ten in the list of first-line public figures, rising to eighth place, and his career has reached a new level.
Zhang Wenhua has been promoted to the eleventh place on the list of first-line public figures. From an idol singer to now, he has made great achievements in singing, film and television. He is also one of the few in the entertainment industry.
What's more, Zhang Wenhua is still young and still has a lot of room for improvement.
Two days later.
The official blog of Bright Entertainment Company, which has been silent for a long time, released the following news:
"Since the release of "Infernal Affairs", it has received support from fans and friends. It is inseparable from everyone's support to achieve the current results."
"After receiving notification from the General Administration of Culture, the release of "Infernal Affairs" will be postponed for one month."
“For those who haven’t seen the movie yet and feel that they haven’t seen enough, remember to go to the cinema to support the children!”
Even if "Infernal Affairs" does not achieve the results it has today, it is a police film after all. It is a certainty that the sketch film will be postponed under the plan supported by the General Administration of Culture.
"Dark Forest" also announced its one-month delay at almost the same time.
There are eleven movies in the entire Spring Festival schedule, and only "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest" have been postponed.
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General Administration of Culture.
Director's Office.
Ye Wen looked at the data of "Infernal Affairs" and "Dark Forest" in her hands with satisfaction.
Tan Yue did not disappoint her this time. A police and gangster film that had long been classified as a minor category directly secured the Spring Festival box office championship. Who would have believed it before, only Tan Yue had this ability.
Police and gangster films do not have the same high requirements for actors as martial arts action films. Seeing the popularity of "Infernal Affairs", many directors have announced to reshoot police and gangster films during this period.
This is exactly what Ye Wen wants to see.
"Dark Forest" lagged behind at the box office, but its significance and impact were not bad.
Science fiction films have always been a pain point for domestic films. The success of "Dark Forest" has proved that China can also produce good science fiction films, and has set a banner for domestic science fiction films.
Ye Wen has always wanted the domestic film market to flourish, and now she has finally achieved initial results.
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In the capital, Sun Daohao's home.
Sun Daohao no longer had any extravagant hopes for the Spring Festival box office championship. With increased publicity, the box office of "Dark Forest" was overtaken so quickly. From that moment on, he knew that he was no longer destined to be the Spring Festival box office champion this year. .
He couldn't help but sigh: "After all, I am getting older, and now it is the world of young people."
"Dark Forest", which had high hopes at the beginning, still lost to "Infernal Affairs".
Sun Daohao just sighed, not too sad, but looked forward to Tan Yue's future development.
People of his age take a longer-term view. Sun Daohao has always hoped that China Entertainment can go global. At this moment, he seemed to see hope.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I can't help but want to meet and have a chat with this young man. Maybe I can learn a lot from him."
