Chapter 136: Surprise and Final Box Office

It was the fourth day of its release, which happened to be a Monday.

Since everyone had to go to work, the box office fell that day, but it still grossed 10.6 million.

But by Tuesday, the box office had only 9.7 million.

This also officially announced that "The Blade of the Dragon Saber" failed to break the record of "Hero" for eight consecutive days of box office revenue exceeding 10 million.

In the following three days, "The Blade of Red Mansions" grossed 9.2 million, 9.3 million and 9.8 million respectively.

It's the weekend again, and the box office has risen again, once again earning over 10 million, with 12.3 million and 11.8 million respectively in the two days.

"The Blade of Spring" grossed a total of 100.8 million in ten days after its release, just over 100 million.

Although we know that it is only a matter of time before "The Blade of Red Mansions" breaks the 100 million yuan box office, it is still shocking that it achieved this feat in just ten days.

Especially Wang Zhongjun, when he saw the result, he was not only shocked but also deeply regretful.

Why did you back off at that time?
Otherwise, the one who would be in the limelight at this time would not be Yang Shoucheng, but Wang Zhongjun!
At this moment, Wang Zhongjun suddenly thought of the invitation letter to the celebration party of "Cell Phone" that he sent to Liu Zhou in his high spirits, and he felt his face getting slightly hot.

In the end, all these complex emotions turned into a long sigh.

He didn't know what other people were thinking. At this time, Liu Zhou and the other main creators returned to the capital, and then they disbanded.

Liu Zhou returned home exhausted, took a shower and fell into a deep sleep.

Just when he was sleeping soundly, the reputation of "The Swordsman" spread completely.

Some criticism from haters is inevitable, but compared to "Heroes", the situation is much better.

After the release of "Hero", there was really an overwhelming amount of criticism, as if to nail Zhang Yimou and the movie to the pillar of shame.

But it’s useless. No matter how much you curse, people still like to watch it.

"The Blade of the Dragon King" does not have as many loopholes as "Hero" that can be exploited by those people.

In addition, Huayi is still thinking about whether it can cooperate with Liu Zhou in the future, so people in the Beijing circle rarely add fuel to the fire in secret.

This resulted in fewer people criticizing "The Swordsman" and more people giving it positive reviews.

The answer Liu Zhou handed in surprised many people, and many film critics called "The Blade of the Assassin" a "new-style martial arts movie."

This so-called new style of martial arts film is actually a very abstract evaluation.

When "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released, it was also called the new martial arts film, claiming to be a fusion of Chinese and Western elements, creating a martial arts film that even foreigners could understand.

When "Hero" was released, it was also called a new type of martial arts blockbuster, combining history with grand scenes and so on.

Now "The Swordsman" still cannot escape this evaluation.

But "The Blade of Spring" is indeed obviously different from traditional martial arts movies.

In terms of plot, this movie is character-based, and the story focuses firmly on the three brothers, which is different from traditional martial arts movies that are mainly plot-based.

In terms of fighting scenes, "The Sword of Embroidery" is full of realism, with every punch hitting the flesh, and having a sense of the reality of real swords and guns.

Traditional martial arts movies are more about flying over rooftops and walls, and being elegant and graceful.

Moreover, the costumes and props of "The Sword of Embroidery" are both rigorous and gorgeous.

For all the costumes and props for this film, Liu Zhou and Li Jianqun specifically looked up Ming history materials and invited historians to review them.

I dare not say that it is a complete restoration, but 80% of it is fine, especially the costumes. In order to be close to history, Liu Zhou even asked several leading actors to abandon the handsome and exquisite flying fish costumes.

After all, according to history, minor officials like the captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the general flag were basically not qualified to wear Feiyu clothing.

However, Hong Kong's traditional martial arts films do not pay much attention to costumes and props. Not only do they mix together various dynasties, they even often add some modern fashion elements, under the name of artistic beauty.

As word of mouth about "The Blade of Red Silk" spread, discussions about several actors in the drama also began to increase.

The roles played by Hu Jun and Xie Tingfeng are relatively conventional, but thanks to their own popularity, they are also quite popular.

The most popular actor is of course the lead actor Andy Lau. He is already very popular, and with the blessing of this movie, he has become the most popular actor in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau in this period.

But the most surprising one was Sun Honglei.

He just got the title of Brother Huaqiang, and now he has added another title of Brother Jiaqian, and some people even call him Brother Run.

Although netizens at that time did not like to play with memes as much as netizens in later generations, it did not mean that they did not know how to do it. Some netizens were even better at it than netizens in later generations.

In the early days, everyone thought Ding Xiu was a villain, but later they found out that he was just a lonely person.

In the end, in order to avenge his only relative and junior brother, he and Shen Lian fought against Zhao Jingzhong and the Manchu Tartars.

Although he did not appear in many scenes, Sun Honglei portrayed him with flesh and blood, and attracted a large number of fans.

The discussion about this role and Sun Honglei even heated up more than that about the pop star Xie Tingfeng.

However, the one who benefited the most was Liu Zhou.

The box office of "The Blade of Eternal Youth" exceeded 100 million yuan, making Liu Zhou the second director in the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong to have a box office of 100 million yuan.

In addition, the film was well made, and Liu Zhou received widespread praise from both the industry and the outside world.

Liu Zhou’s current status in the mainland director circle may not be as high as that of Chen Shishi, but his fame is not much inferior to his.

As for Feng Kuazi, Liu Zhou now surpasses him in all aspects.

The only one who can suppress Liu Zhou is Lao Mouzi.

Of course, Liu Zhou did not forget Zhang Tong. Although she did not have many scenes in "The Swordsman", she was still the nominal heroine of the film.

As an artist under our own company, of course we need to promote him well.

This time, Zhong Lifang used Zeng Li to make trouble, and issued a press release claiming that Zhang Tong was the second billionaire actress after Zeng Li.

But this is the fact. Among the current group of actresses, only Zeng Li and Zhang Tong can be called "billion-dollar heroines".

For others, let alone making a billion dollars, there are very few female leads who can take on the lead in mainstream commercial films.

No matter whether Zhang Tong’s role in "The Blade of the Assassin" is good or not, he has accumulated some experience now and can have access to more film resources.

In the future, when some directors in mainland China or Hong Kong select female leads, Zhang Tong will definitely be the first one to be considered.

Ordinary people may not be able to contact Liu Zhou and can only worry and do nothing, but those who can contact him have basically contacted Liu Zhou.

Especially Fan Xiaopang, who was extremely charming to him, making Liu Zhou feel itchy and he wanted to drive her car for a few laps immediately.

Although Liu Zhou felt that if he gave her a hint now, she would masturbate over to warm his bed, Liu Zhou still controlled himself.

Liu Zhou is getting too much attention now, and it is impossible for him to bring Fan Xiaopang home. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he just has to endure it.

As the New Year’s Day bell rang, time slowly came to January 10th.

"The Blade of Spring" has been released for twenty days and the box office has reached 156 million.

At this time, high-definition pirated copies of "The Swordsman" had begun to proliferate, and VCD and DVD discs had also begun to be sold on a large scale.

Now its daily movie box office has dropped to less than three million.

If it is shown longer, the box office of this movie will still have a chance to exceed 200 million.

But it is completely impossible to break the domestic film box office record of 2.48 million set by "Hero".

Liu Zhou was very satisfied with this result.

This record of "Hero" remained unbroken during the years when martial arts films were at their peak, until five years later, when Zhang Yimou broke it with "Curse of the Golden Flower".

Two days before the Chinese New Year, Zeng Li suddenly returned from the crew of "Seven Swordsmen".

Because of some investment issues for this movie, Xu Ke has been arguing with the investors for some time, causing the filming to be intermittent.

Zeng Li originally thought that the filming could be completed in one or two months, but now it has been almost three months and it still hasn't been completed.

It happened that during the Chinese New Year, the crew stopped working again, so Zeng Li came back.

After meeting Liu Zhou, I finally understood why Xu Ke left Hong Kong completely and came to the mainland to make movies after "Seven Swordsmen".

Apart from the good market in the mainland, they may no longer be able to tolerate the stinginess of Hong Kong capital.

Liu Zhou originally wanted to take Zeng Li back to Yangcheng to celebrate the New Year, but she refused.

Zeng Li hasn't been home for the New Year for two or three years for various reasons. This year, she wants to spend time with her mother on New Year's Eve.

To be honest, if it wasn't so rushed, Liu Zhou would have wanted to go home with Zeng Li.

It has been so long, and Liu Zhou has not met Zeng Li's family.

The day before New Year's Eve, Liu Zhou returned to his hometown in Yangcheng.

By the way, he hasn't been back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year for two years.

The family happily celebrated New Year's Eve and started visiting relatives from the second day of the New Year.

Wherever Liu Zhou goes, he is the center of attention, which makes him very uncomfortable.

But these relatives were all nice to Liu Zhou when he was a child, and Liu Zhou could only deal with them with an awkward smile.

It was not until the sixth day of the New Year that all the relatives visited.

The next day, Liu Zhou immediately returned to the capital and finally felt a little more at peace.

This year's New Year's Eve falls on January 31st of the Gregorian calendar.

At this time, "The Blade of Spring" had been released for more than a month and ten days, and the box office had reached more than 180 million.

Its daily box office is already less than one million, and it seems a bit difficult to break 200 million.

But what was unexpected was that during the Spring Festival, the box office of "The Blade of Red Mansions" actually experienced a resurgence.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the box office once again exceeded one million, reaching 1.8 million. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it reached 2.6 million. Until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the box office did not fall below two million.

In the seven days before the Spring Festival, it actually earned 15 million, pushing the total box office of "The Blade of Spring" to 200 million.

Liu Zhou, Han Shanping and Yang Shoucheng were all surprised by this unexpected surprise.

It was not until the Lantern Festival that "The Blade of Eternal Youth" was finally taken off the screen nearly two months after its release, with the final box office revenue being 208 million.

"The Swordsman" and Liu Zhou once again became the subject of discussion in the outside media.

In response to this, the three investors of the film are also preparing to hold a grand celebration banquet.

In fact, Han Shanping was planning to hold this celebration banquet when the movie broke 100 million yuan, but Liu Zhou thought it was too troublesome and refused.

Now that the movie has been released, Liu Zhou feels it is necessary to hold a grand celebration party.

(End of this chapter)