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Chapter 185 The Lunar New Year box office is a smash! Inviting a film or television drama with a revolutionary theme? (Seeking monthly votes!)

At this moment, the moviegoers are still on tenterhooks.

They were very curious about how the story would unfold.

On the screen.

Wu Jing brought her child to the park, only to find that it had been designated as a restricted area.

Before long, military vehicles arrived.

They approached Wu Jing and said solemnly, "Sir, you have entered a restricted area."

They then took Wu Jing back to the temporary assembly point.

It was here that Wu Jing learned that something big seemed to be about to happen.

They told Wu Jing to take the child and leave immediately.

Wu Jing then learned about the news from a fervent podcast.

The podcast stated, "In ancient times, the Maya were the first to discover that human civilization on Earth has an expiration date. According to their calendar, a major catastrophe would occur in 2012."

Upon hearing this, Wu Jing immediately frowned and looked at the picture on the monitor.

"On the winter solstice of 2012, December 21, the Earth will be destroyed."

See this.

The audience also became tense.

Some girls, in particular, even felt the fear of the end of the world.

I'm already completely immersed in the experience.

Before long, as the plot progressed...

A real earthquake struck.

The whole house was shaking.

The ground began to collapse.

Wu Jing, along with his ex-wife and children, quickly drove away.

In an instant, all the houses collapsed.

Cracks began to appear on the road surface.

The camera followed the car, showing sections of the road surface cracking in the distance.

It was a truly thrilling watch.

The scene that I witnessed.

The audience's hearts were also in their throats.

They didn't know what the fate of the protagonists would be.

But seeing so many cars and houses destroyed, a feeling of despair and helplessness immediately welled up in my heart.

When blogger Free Bird saw this, his eyes widened in astonishment.

He didn't know how Song Hao filmed this scene.

It's incredibly realistic.

Before he could finish his reflection, a tall building collapsed the next second.

He couldn't believe that Chinese films today had such special effects.

However, this was just the beginning of the special effects.

Next, Wu Jing will fly his private plane over numerous high-rise buildings.

There was even a moment when he was almost buried under the building.

After a series of actions, everyone came to their senses and looked down at the city, which had been completely destroyed.

This kind of shock was enough to impress every audience member present.

Not to mention Noah's Ark, which appeared later.

Hundreds of Noah's Arks were built.

The moment the ice broke, the stunning special effects instantly drew gasps from the audience.

"My God, this is Noah's Ark!"

"My God, it has to be China."

"How could Director Song create such amazing special effects? How did he manage to do it?"

"My God! The special effects are so realistic, it's unbelievable!"

This film, "2012," subverted audiences' imaginations of disaster movies.

It has also broken through the long-standing perception of Chinese science fiction films.

They never expected that Song Hao's film would break through two industry barriers.

One is a disaster film, and the other is a science fiction film series.

Even after the movie ended, the audience was still eager for more.

They even started discussing it online.

After fermenting overnight.

The next morning, those who hadn't gone to the premiere the night before started checking online for reviews of various films.

"Jiang Hong is good at the beginning and exciting at the end. I recommend it."

"The film 'Don't Hate Makeup' feels like a high-quality production by director Chen Kai; it's very good."

These two films have withstood the test of time overnight.

So the overall evaluation is pretty good.

To everyone's surprise, the highly anticipated romance drama "My Sunshine" was criticized as a terrible film.

"Don't watch it! What a horrible movie! It's absolutely terrible."

"Yang Mi should have known better than to take this movie. What a load of rubbish, so melodramatic and ridiculous."

"I don't even want to talk about it anymore. In short, don't watch 'My Sunshine'. I should have gone to watch a disaster movie instead."

at this time.

Some people searched for reviews and opinions about Song Hao's "2012".

They originally thought that not many people would watch disaster movies during the Chinese New Year.

Unexpectedly, it received overwhelmingly positive reviews.

It even led people to believe that these were online trolls hired by Song Hao.

"It's really amazing. It's such an extreme disaster movie. It's the kind of movie where we know what we're going to see, but we're still shocked when we see it."

"The special effects are amazing, it's so impressive. Although we survived 2012 safely, many people will probably reflect on this after watching the movie. Will the earth really be destroyed one day? We should protect the earth and protect the environment."

"The special effects are really well done, very impressive, and a very good movie. After watching this movie, I did some research on Mayan culture and became obsessed with Mayan prophecies."

"The moment you know you are about to die is truly helpless. Since we cannot stop death, why not cherish the present? We live in fear of death every day, why not live in the moment?"

"It's really a good movie, a fighter jet in a disaster movie, the visuals are breathtaking."

Many film critics also gave it high praise at this time.

【Lonely as Snow】: "It was indeed very shocking when I watched it in the cinema, and it was quite scary. However, this director has already made films about the end of the world, so it will be difficult to make disaster films in the future. What else can be destroyed? Blow up the earth or destroy the universe?"

[Inner Touch of Joy]: "An unconventional disaster film, unique because of its ending. Compared to The Prophet, this film's plot is more relatable, reminding us to love ourselves and everyone around us—the Confucian ideal of being inclusive without being partisan. Only when we are filled with hope for life does a film have its meaning."

[BigZ]: "As a disaster movie, it's awesome! All 4 stars are for the unprecedented and massive apocalyptic scenes! Judging from the scale, the film's runtime more or less indicates its ambition to create an epic film!"

These positive reviews have also won over many netizens.

You know, they originally thought that you shouldn't watch disaster movies during the Chinese New Year.

But now, the overwhelmingly positive reviews have only fueled their curiosity.

The trailer for "2012" was even more exciting.

And in cinemas.

The four films all had roughly the same percentage of screenings.

"Jiang Hong" had a screening share of 20.1%.
"Don't Hate It" had a 19.3% screen share.
"My Sunshine" had a screening share of 22.3%.
"2012" had a screening share of 19.8%.
Of the four major productions, "My Sunshine" has the largest share.

After all, the presence of popular celebrities, a familiar IP, and a trending theme led theaters to believe that "My Sunshine" would be the best-performing film at the box office. This was despite Song Hao's already formidable box office appeal.

However, theaters are really unsure about releasing disaster movies during the Lunar New Year.

Therefore, they dare not schedule a large number of screenings.

Let's see how things go on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and then make adjustments accordingly.

However, they still felt that family-friendly comedies should be the main focus during the Lunar New Year.

Therefore, Song Hao only has one film, which will most likely be a flop.

However, the box office figures for the first day haven't been released yet, so no one dares to draw any conclusions easily.

soon.

As midnight approached.

Many people are waiting.

I want to see which of this year's Lunar New Year films will take the top spot.

Finally, Maoyan's box office statistics are out.

Director Zhang asked his assistant somewhat anxiously, "Xiao Liu, how much did it gross?"

Xiao Liu checked the first day's box office figures and then said, "1.72 million!"

Hearing this, Director Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

If the film grosses over 100 million yuan on its opening day, it means the film will reach a box office of 1 billion yuan.

It can be considered one of the films that has achieved some success in the box office in the past two years.

He then asked the others, "What about the other movies? What about Director Chen?"

"Director Chen's film grossed 1.14 million yuan," Xiao Liu explained.

After hearing this, Director Zhang nodded and said, "Director Chen Kai's film is also quite good."

He became curious: "Who is number one? Which one is 'My Sunshine'?"

Prior to this, he had learned that the investor, Mr. Chen, had invested in a big-budget romance drama, aiming to become the box office champion during this Lunar New Year season.

They even poached many movie stars at high prices to participate in the film.

Even though he knew Song Hao's strength.

However, compared to disaster movies, family-friendly romantic dramas are more suitable for audiences during the Lunar New Year.

However, the assistant awkwardly said, "The box office of 'My Sunshine' on its opening day was only 1.67 million yuan, while Director Song's '2012' took first place with 2.1 million yuan."

Hearing this, Director Zhang nodded and said, "It's pretty much true. It's alright. Director Song still has a lot of fans."

Despite "2012" taking the top spot at the box office on its opening day, according to Director Zhang's deduction...

Most of these box office figures were contributed by Song Hao's fans.

The real box office market needs a lot of organic audiences.

Therefore, he believes that Song Hao's "2012" will be slightly less successful in terms of subsequent box office performance.

Perhaps we won't be able to take the daily box office crown tomorrow.

However, when netizens learned that Song Hao's "2012" had actually won the box office champion on the first day of the Lunar New Year film season.

They were all stunned.

"My God, how did they take the top spot at the box office on opening day?!"

"Is 2.1 million that much?"

"What the heck?! Didn't you guys say you wouldn't watch disaster movies during the New Year?"

"I didn't want to watch it at first, but my friend dragged me to see it, and I can only say that I would really regret it if I didn't."

"It's so good! I would even say that Director Song can now step into the realm of Hollywood-style science fiction films."

"That special effect was absolutely stunning, it amazed everyone present!!"

The sheer number of online trolls finally made the hesitant viewers unable to hold back any longer.

They all asked online.

"Tomorrow is the second day of the Lunar New Year, which movie should I watch?"

One person shared their thoughts: "I've watched all four movies, from morning till night. First, I must recommend Song's '2012,' which is absolutely stunning. You won't see such sci-fi special effects in the Chinese market. Secondly, you can watch Zhang's 'Jiang Hong' and Chen's 'Don't Hate Makeup,' which are also high-quality films."

"But there's one movie you absolutely shouldn't watch, and that's 'You Are My Sunshine.' What kind of garbage and trash is that?"

This netizen posted photos of his four movie tickets to prove he wasn't exaggerating.

Perhaps it was this netizen's courage that triggered the collective outburst from viewers of "My Sunshine".

"I thought I was the only one who found the plot boring!!"

"Yeah, the acting is really baffling!! It's always about car accidents, miscarriages, cheating, and breakups."

"I'm fed up. Can domestic romance dramas please stop with all this stuff?! It's always the same old formula."

"Even dogs won't watch it, I feel like I've lost a fortune!!"

On Douban, "My Sunshine" received a terrifying 4.5 rating.

It's fair to say that aside from the initial five-star recommendations from paid promoters, almost all netizens gave it a one-star recommendation.

It even faced boycotts from fans of the novel.

"This movie completely changed the plot of the novel and is completely different from the original work. Please do not take it out on the original work."

"Yeah, fans of the original work are speechless."

"Which idiot changed the script?"

"I bet the original author regrets selling the copyright to them."

Song Hao's "2012" won the box office champion on the first day of the Lunar New Year film season.

Many of his friends and fellow artists congratulated him.

But Song Hao just laughed and said, "It's just luck."

But they all understood that with Song Hao's courage to make a science fiction film in the Chinese market, and even release a disaster film during the Lunar New Year season, he absolutely deserved such box office success.

Then, on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

The situation at the movie theaters is gradually becoming clearer.

"2012" began to increase its screenings.

Its box office performance is also far ahead.

Although Director Zhang's "Jiang Hong" followed closely behind, the gap between it and "2012" is widening.

Although Director Chen remade a film about female roles, the box office results were not as good as expected because it was just rehashing old material.

The most critical case was "You Are My Sunshine," which grossed 1.67 million yuan on its first day but then experienced a sharp decline in box office revenue.

Even by the third day, it had already fallen below 100 million.

No one expected "My Sunshine" to perform like this at the box office.

The investors even held a meeting overnight to take remedial measures.

In the following days, "2012" topped the daily box office charts with 1.81 million, 2.13 million and 2.11 million yuan respectively.

More and more netizens even lamented that if it weren't for the positive reviews on the first day, they might not have made up their minds to watch this movie.

After all, watching disaster movies during the Lunar New Year is indeed considered unlucky.

However, the quality of this film shattered their preconceived notions.

Regardless, this film will become the first large-scale, special effects-heavy Hollywood-style sci-fi disaster movie in the Chinese market!
During this period, some film critics who were not optimistic about the film were proven wrong.

They never expected that releasing a disaster film during the Lunar New Year holiday would result in such a terrifying box office performance.

That's absolutely terrifying!!

While everyone was discussing the box office of "2012", Song Hao was introduced by Director Zhao of the Marine Corps.

I visited Director Xiao of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

According to Director Zhao, Lu Zheng's side has been wanting to create a film or television drama with a revolutionary theme...

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