I really don't want to be the top streamer anymore

Chapter 274: The first day box office exploded, both domestic and overseas harvest
The box office of "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" reached 1.8 million!
Is this right?
This is not right!!!

Although this is not a very high number, at least in today's domestic film market.

During popular periods such as the Spring Festival or National Day, the first-day box office is usually over 200 to 300 million yuan.

But Xu Kong’s situation is really different.

After all, it is only April now, which can almost be said to be the quietest time in the film market throughout the year.

The Spring Festival has just passed, and there are still a few months left before the summer vacation.

Generally speaking, producers with a little confidence will not choose to release their films during this time period.

But Xu Kong's "Sweet Honey" seems to be not affected by the release schedule at all.

To put it in a more simple way, at this time, even if it is a weekend, where do so many viewers come from?
Is Xu Kong’s box office appeal that strong?
The so-called box office appeal generally means that when making a choice, the audience will be more inclined to the work of a certain actor or director.

But the current situation is that Xu Kong directly made many viewers who had no need to watch movies come to the cinema on their own initiative.

This is the most exaggerated thing. Even in the current domestic situation, among the many movie emperors and actresses, as well as well-known directors, it is estimated that only a few can do this.

……

After seeing the box office of "Sweet Honey", Peng Yu naturally and subconsciously started to look at the box office of his own movie.

He himself didn't know why, but in comparison, he was more concerned about the box office of Xu Kong's movie instead of watching his own "Running Alpaca" first.

"Five million and four hundred thousand?"

When Peng Yu saw the box office, he was stunned.

Not surprisingly, his movie ranked second in single-day box office during the same period.

But isn’t this gap a bit too big?

He originally thought that because of Xu Kong, this unpopular schedule in April would at least increase a lot of traffic and audience.

But the result was quite cruel.

Because the only movie released in April that seemed to have unreasonably high box office was Xu Kong's "Sweet Honey".

The audience went to the cinema as if they had made an appointment.

But the clear purpose was to watch Xu Kong's movie.

……

He spent a lot of time and effort in the promotion process.

They even spent a lot of money on hiring internet trolls and announcements, but the box office performance was still unsatisfactory.

Of course, this is only compared to "Sweet Honey".

If we have to look at the return on investment, it doesn't seem to be very difficult for him to make a profit from his first movie.

After all, the investment cost of the entire movie is there.

Just over 20 or 30 million.

The box office of more than 5 million on the first day is already quite good.

However, if he wants to continue to try to extort money from Xu Kong, it is highly likely that he will fail.

……

The first day box office of "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" came out. Although Chang Dachun had nothing to do with him directly, he also paid close attention to him.

In fact, when Xu Kong asked him to go to the cinema to watch and learn carefully, Chang Dachun showed a disdainful attitude.

Even when the film was screened in advance, he controlled himself and didn't go.

Until the movie was fully released, Chang Dachun finally couldn't help but buy a ticket.

After reading it, Chang Dachun's original feeling of unwillingness to accept the outcome turned into deep helplessness.

He doesn't pay attention to the box office and knows that this is not his advantage.

After all, the films they had shot before were mainly art films, and their commercial performance was not very outstanding.

Xu Kong has his own popularity and fame, and with Fengge's publicity and promotion methods, the box office will definitely not be low.

He doesn't even have any works that can compare with the other party in this regard.

But he won many awards in the past.

For example, among the three major domestic awards, although he has only won the Best Director award, at least he has been nominated for all of them.

……

But after watching "Sweet Honey", even if Chang Dachun really wanted to deceive himself again.

There is no way to deny that Xu Kong's film was indeed very well shot. There were several shots that left him feeling shocked.

When I thought about the fact that the other person was almost twenty years younger than me, a deep feeling of powerlessness came over me.

The achievement that one of his movies may achieve is enough to completely overwhelm all his hard work and efforts over the past ten or twenty years.

He had always thought that Xu Kong was just a junior, at most a more talented junior, and had never taken him seriously.

I feel that Xu Kong, who is so young and energetic, will sooner or later be taught a lesson by the reality and the cruelty of this industry.

Now it seems that there is really no comparison between people.

If the previous war of words between him and Xu Kong, including the ridicule from many netizens online, only made Chang Dachun feel angry, he was not convinced at all in his heart.

I couldn't help but curse the other party for using too many tricks.

But when I really saw Xu Kong's first finished film in front of me, it was still of a level that I might not be able to make in the future.

I really don't have the urge to resist anymore.

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

“Chang Dachun: Yes, yes, yes, this is the kind of movie I want to make!”

This seems to be a sarcastic comment from a netizen.

It became the last straw that broke the camel's back for Chang Dachun.

At this point, he was completely in a state of autism.

This has nothing to do with the war of public opinion, or the capital game between Fanhe Group and Fengge Film and Television behind him.

Simplicity, which was once what he was most proud of, suddenly became worthless and even a bit like a joke.

Such a gap is unacceptable to anyone.

……

It's not just Chang Dachun. The first-day box office of "Sweet Honey" exceeded the norm. In such an unpopular period, it earned 1.8 million yuan, which is indeed beyond the cognition of most practitioners.

"Fuck, the box office of "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" is so good that if you don't know, you would think it's the summer season now."

—"Who says it's not true? I think it's just Xu Kong. If it were any other director or actor, I don't think they would be able to achieve such box office appeal."

"Preliminary publicity and promotion are also very important. I feel that our company has helped a lot..."

—"Bullshit, you know how complicated the company's current situation is. Even if Xu Kong's movie is not produced by our company, if it is replaced by a small company, as long as Xu Kong's addition is included, do you believe that the result will be the same?"

……

In Fengge's artist department, two third- and fourth-tier artists were gossiping with each other.

Now, for the entire company, the most discussed topic is naturally Xu Kong’s recently released "Sweet Honey".

Of course, only those newcomers who have just signed the contract and have no fame dare to say these things so blatantly in the company.

An artist who has become a little famous will definitely not chat about these things with others casually, and he or she does not have the time to talk about these gossips.

"Tell me, if Xu Kong has a new movie or drama in the future, will he choose someone from our company?"

One of them seemed to have suddenly thought of something and spoke with anticipation.

But soon her colleagues poured a bucket of cold water on her.

"Don't even think about it. Even if they really choose someone, the competition within our company is probably going to be fierce. How could it be our turn?"

"Do you really think you will be the next Yu Hao?"

The Yu Hao she mentioned is the actor who played Tang Yu Xiaobao in last year's "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

At that time, the other party was indeed just Feng Ge, a newcomer who had just signed the contract for less than a year.

As a result, thanks to the TV series "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", he became a huge star overnight. Although it is not as exaggerated as becoming a top star in the domestic entertainment industry.

But the subsequent resources and development are indeed the kind that most newcomers in the domestic entertainment industry envy.

And this is just the effect of playing a supporting role in a drama by Xu Kong.

If she were chosen to be the female lead, it could be said that she would become a top star immediately afterwards.

After all, most of the newcomers entering the entertainment industry come with similar ideas.

To put it nicely, it is a hard-earned opportunity. To put it bluntly, it is just that everyone likes to daydream.

Because as newcomers at the bottom, especially those who are not valued by the company, the only thing that allows them to persist is such daydreams.

……

"Manager Zhu!"

The two talked for a while, and when they saw Zhu Yu coming over, they suddenly became obedient.

Zhu Yu just nodded lightly and didn't say much.

Although she had indeed heard most of what the two said just now.

But this situation is considered normal for Feng Ge now, and she is no longer surprised by it.

But Zhu Yu was still not quite used to it.

Because in the past, Fengge’s requirements for recruiting new people could be said to be quite strict.

We all take the route of high-quality products.

In other words, every artist who enters Fengge is aiming for the other party to develop into a first-line star or even a movie actor or actress.

This also led to the fact that most of Fengge’s employees at that time were elderly people.

But it is also the company with the largest number of second- and third-tier actors in the entire entertainment industry.

Whenever you go to the artist department, you will almost always meet second-tier or above actors who look familiar and whose names you can even call out.

But since last year, Fengge has indeed started to train new talents on a large scale.

There have indeed been several newcomers with great potential, and after Fengge invested a lot of resources, they have developed very rapidly.

But most of the time, they are like the two just now, neither up nor down.

They can only be considered as scoundrels who have entered the industry, let alone fame, and the actual commercial value they bring is quite limited.

I don’t know what the company’s top executives are thinking.

Zhu Yu naturally discovered that there was indeed something wrong with Feng Ge.

Especially since then, a large number of new people have been trained and resources have been allocated, and recently many middle and senior managers have voluntarily resigned.

But these things were not something that a small artist manager like her could get involved in.

So I can only pretend that I know nothing.

Speaking of which, although she has been in Fengge for so many years, she joined the company when she was less than 20 years old.

But in fact, it can’t be said that there is a particularly deep relationship between them.

Even within the company, I don't have any particularly good friends.

So for Zhu Yu, in addition to doing her own job well, Xu Kong is the only person who deserves her more attention.

……

"1.8 million is already very high, especially in April, which is a relatively unpopular time of year."

Zhu Yu met Xu Kong, who had been waiting for her, in her office.

Everyone was surprised at the first-day box office performance of "Sweet Honey", but no one probably expected that Xu Kong, the main character, did not look very happy or excited.

"I know……"

Xu Kong said with some helplessness in his tone.

The first-day box office of 1.8 was indeed within his expectations and was considered slightly lower.

There's no way. He didn't take it seriously at first, but now it seems.

It is true that sometimes the market is impossible to change.

Otherwise, with the early publicity and promotion of "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" as well as the reputation and external evaluation brought by the advance screenings, it would have been better to release it in popular time slots such as the summer vacation and the Spring Festival.

Considering the potential of the domestic film market in this era, breaking 200 million is a piece of cake.

But Xu Kong didn't feel particularly regretful.

After all, popular schedules also have their own risks.

At the very least, it would be impossible for "Sweet Honey" to be like it is now, with no so-called competitors and the only one dominating the market.

……

Of course, what Xu Kong is most concerned about is not the current domestic box office performance.

But it’s the first day box office overseas.

After all, he invested a lot of energy and effort in the promotion and marketing there.

"The box office figures from Korea and some other countries will probably take another hour or two to come out."

Zhu Yu answered at this time.

She also participated in the promotion and publicity of "Sweet Honey" and some other matters throughout the whole process, so she naturally knew why Xu Kong cared so much.

However, because overseas box office statistics are more difficult to comprehend, the data will be released more than half a day later than domestic data.

Fortunately, the relevant data was transmitted after a short wait.

"87 people in the Korean country, and people in the Japanese country..."

This time, "Sweet Honey" was released almost simultaneously in neighboring countries.

However, the main box office contribution definitely came from the kimchi that Xu Kong had focused on promoting.

"Second in the same period?"

Because the prices of movie tickets in Korea are almost uniform, what is calculated is the number of moviegoers, rather than the specific amount of box office revenue.

But it can be roughly calculated.

More than 80 people, although this is not a particularly impressive number of people on the first day nowadays.

But if we add the factor of Chinese films, it is indeed quite surprising.

Except for the golden age of Hong Kong, it has been many years since a Chinese film has been able to achieve such box office success in Korea.

Not to mention making it into the top two, it would be a great achievement for most of them to exceed 100,000 visitors.

If the number of visitors on the first day is counted, it is roughly equivalent to a domestic box office of more than 4000 million.

At least it proves that the early publicity was worthwhile.

What surprised Xu Kong was that, apart from Korea, the box office performance in some other countries was actually quite good.

All in all, they contributed nearly 10 million box office revenue.

The most surprising thing is that the film market in Hong Kong, China, actually earned seven or eight million in box office revenue.

Adding all the numbers together, although the domestic market is still the largest, the total box office has reached 2.6 million.

Not counting profit sharing and the like, it can be said that the cost was recovered in one day.

This is already considered a box office hit.

Moreover, it is estimated that many people have never thought of a scenario in which both domestic and overseas markets will have a good harvest.

And it’s only the first day, and in fact, the early stages are just small-scale previews in the country.

In other words, there is still considerable room for improvement both domestically and overseas.

Of course, Xu Kong also knows that box office is not the most important thing. The strongest performance of "Sweet Honey" itself is in the related awards.

……

(End of this chapter)