Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 185: Beating (3/4)

2640 million on the first day...

It’s not very high, and it’s not record-breaking or anything!
It can’t even be compared to the major movies released during last year’s Lunar New Year holiday…

However, the official cost of "The Beauty Inside" is 3000 million, and the actual shooting cost is less than 1500 million!
Add in the product placement and stuff, and it's basically guaranteed to pay off before the movie even hits theaters...

The industry is naturally clear!

The first day's 2640 million basically ensured that the total box office would not be lower than the previous film "Architecture 20", and could even exceed " Again"...

As for the specific box office, I don't know...

Look at the word of mouth...

The Beauty Inside has received very good reviews, with a Douban score of 7.6...

Most of them were good-natured jokes: "Tsk tsk, this is not inner beauty, it's obviously outer beauty, otherwise why would Ren Quan have a passionate scene? Liar!"

"Fall in love with one person, sleep with countless others. If life is like this, what else can I ask for!"

"What a beautiful movie! It's unreal!"

Even the critics gave it three stars: "The face-changing setting in Martin's Morning is already there. The more absurd the setting, the more realistic the emotions should be. Overall, it's good, but a bit dragged out. The negative impact of face-changing in love is avoided as much as possible, so the relief at the end seems forced, but it feels right!"

Douban is generally tolerant of this type of petty-bourgeois movies.

Oh, and there's another comment: "Dreaming back to "Waiting Alone," Li Bingbing can be beautiful!"

After receiving the first day box office news, Li Bingbing immediately called Shen Yan... and then it showed that he was on the phone.

I guess someone has already told him about the first day box office results...

She felt a bit disappointed, but soon her agent, Li Xing, called her... and they began discussing future promotions...

Shen Teng started chatting with Chen Zhengdao...

……

Shen Yan was indeed on the phone.

Ji Xiang called and said that "The Beauty Inside" made 2640 million on its first day and that the final box office should be million...

"3 million? Why only million? Transformers is coming out next week?"

"That's not the case. I heard that the release date of Transformers 3 is around July 7st..."

“7月 21号…”沈言琢磨了一下，点了点头：“这个档期很合适…往后也不可能影响《我的少女时代》…毕竟《我的少女时代》上映时间是8月 18号…那你怎么才给《内在美》3亿票房的预期？”

"Next week, 'Wuxia' is coming out... and it's predicted to make over 500 million!"

Shen Yan was speechless: "Five hundred million? Who predicted that?"

“A lot of people say that!”

"Nonsense... Chen Kexin knows nothing about martial arts..."

“The Warlords is great!”

"...That's because the screenwriter is awesome... It has nothing to do with him... It's not him anymore," Shen Yan changed the subject: "Who are you going to cast as the leading man in 'Big Shot'? Don't tell me Jackie Chan!"

"We definitely can't ask Jackie Chan...Jackie Chan's movies only have him as the main character!" Ji Xiang immediately replied, and then suggested: "...I'm wondering what about Jiang Wen?"

“…Not very good!” Shen Yan quickly shook his head: “Jiang Wen is too overwhelming…It’s better to find an action actor!”

"…Action actors, what about Donnie Yen or Collin Chou?"

"Why don't you talk about Zhao Wenzhuo?"

"Zhao Wenzhuo...I don't dare approach him anyway. His movies usually lose money!"

That year, Zhao Wenzhuo returned to the mainland and took on the role in "Zheng Chenggong" produced by Xiaoxiang Film Studio. That movie was a huge flop!

After that, he didn't make any movies for ten years. Then Hong Kong offered him resources again—Etone Films' Kong Chi-keung signed him to a three-film contract...

The first one is Yuan Heping’s "Once Upon a Time in China", with Zhou Xun as the heroine and Zhou Jielun as the supporting role. Isn’t this a good enough cast?
Still bleeding...

Enlight Films directly broke the contract!

Ji Xiang then added: "And his image isn't rugged enough..."

Shen Yan thought about it and suggested: "Then... you can try Wu Jing..."

"Wu Jing...his moves are fine, but he has a baby face..."

"He's almost 40, and his face shape has changed a long time ago..."

Ji Xiang nodded: "Okay, I'll ask for you...By the way, Director, who are you going to look for?"

“…After filming of ‘The Call’ is finished, let Kuo Shu-bo take the lead and direct it!”

"Ah? For this kind of action movie, we'd better find a Hong Kong director."

"Hong Kong directors don't know a damn thing about cracking down on gangs and eliminating evil... We have to find a mainland director!" Shen Yan rejected Ji Xiang's proposal with one sentence: "I'll be the producer. Besides, Wu Jing has also been a director. At worst, they can both be credited as the director!"

"I sense you don't care about this drama?"

Shen Yan was speechless: "How could I not care... If I didn't care, I wouldn't play the villain... That's it, you continue to pay attention to the market feedback of "The Beauty Inside"!"

I hung up the phone and looked at the seven or eight missed calls...

There are Li Bingbing, Li Xiaoping, and even familiar media reporters...

After scratching their heads, they all replied in unison: "I'm very happy to know the first-day box office results. Congratulations in advance to Bingbingjie... 'The Beauty Inside' might even set a new career record! Keep it up!"

……

Well, the highest-grossing movie starring Li Bingbing so far is "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame," which grossed 2.86 million yuan, followed by "The Message," which grossed 2.35 million yuan...

"Introduction to Architecture" ranked third, with 1.68 million...

The Beauty Inside grossed 2640 million on its first day (Tuesday), and it's certainly possible that it will break its own box office record!
So, the promotion was even more vigorous...

By the way, on June 6, the national market data was 28 million, "The Beauty Inside" took 5307 million, accounting for 2640% of the box office share, followed by "The Founding of a Party" with 49 million, and "The God of Wealth Inn" ranked third with 1272 million on the first day!
Last year, Wang Jing's "Future Police" and "Beauty" really disappointed many viewers.

As for "The God of Wealth Inn", it's just a clichéd shit and fart comedy...

If you have no choice, you can look at...

Now there is "The Beauty Inside", so I will definitely choose the better one!

The feedback from the cinema chains was very timely. Except for the theaters under Bona, almost all the cinema chains increased the screening schedule of "The Beauty Inside"...

On June 6, "The Beauty Inside" was screened for 29 times and earned another 13000 million at the box office!
On June 6th, the third day of release, the single-day box office finally broke 30 million... 3000 million in a single day;
On the fourth day, June 6st, which was also a Friday, the single-day box office was 31 million...

On Saturday, July 7st, the single-day box office of "The Beauty Inside" reached 1 million!
On Sunday, July 7, another 2 million was collected...

The box office revenue for the first six days was 2.11 million yuan!
It has directly set a new record for the box office of Chinese-language films in the first half of the year - so far, "New Shaolin Temple" has temporarily ranked first in the year, with 2.1 million...

Judging from the momentum of "The Beauty Inside", it is likely to exceed 4 million!

Moreover, "The Beauty Inside" was released in Hong Kong on June 6th, and the box office exceeded 30 million Hong Kong dollars in the first four days of the weekend!
During the same period, "Fortune Inn" only had 115 million Hong Kong dollars...

All-round beating!
Shen Yan thanked the audience on Weibo and also thanked Li Bingbing...

"I helped with 'Architecture 101' at Bingbing's request, so I'm grateful for 'The Beauty Inside'... Actually, before the release date was set, the distribution company asked me if I was worried about competing films in the same time slot... I didn't say anything, but the facts are already there! By the way, I want to advise all film and television investors to listen more to the audience's opinions, and not always listen to the opinions of so-called experts... How do you know if they're scamming you?"

"Also, here's a little gossip: I was chatting with a friend and just found out for the first time that a straw hat can be priced at $6000, and a coarse shirt at $... You guys really know how to make money!"

"But you're making money with your heart, but what about art? Put a little more effort into it!"

(End of this chapter)