Chapter 320: The Martian, Part , Eight Records
Historically, the movie "Ip Man" is the biggest dark horse of the year.

Before it was released, not many people thought that this movie was anything special, it was just another Hong Kong kung fu movie.

But no one expected that "Ip Man" would become such a hit after its release in mainland China, and it took in over 100 million yuan at the box office during the Lunar New Year holiday when three other hit movies, "Red Cliff", "If You Are the One" and "Mei Lanfang" were also released.

At the time, the distributors probably didn’t expect that “Ip Man” would be so popular, otherwise they certainly wouldn’t have chosen to compete head-on with those three films during the Lunar New Year holiday.

If it was released in other periods and more attention was paid to promotion, the box office would definitely be higher.

Moreover, "Ip Man" was made into a series, with the box office of the next three films higher than the previous one. The box office of "Ip Man 4" even exceeded billion.

Together with the films such as "Zhang Tianzhi" derived from "Ip Man", it can be said that the "Ip Man" series is definitely the most valuable series of Hong Kong films since the new century.

Of course, by the last two parts, "Ip Man" was no longer just a Hong Kong movie.

The lead actor of "Ip Man", Zhen Zidan, also became famous because of this, and he jumped from an ordinary action star to a nationally famous action superstar.

Afterwards, he took on several big productions in succession, and his salary soared to over 20 million.

Later, he even collaborated with Hollywood superstar Vin Diesel in "Undercover: The Golden Circle", and had a lot of scenes, which shows how popular Zhen Zidan was at that time.

Now that "Ip Man" is in the hands of Golden Harvest, Liu Zhou will of course fully tap the potential of this film.

If it weren't for the release of Xu Ke's "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" during the Spring Festival, Liu Zhou would have wanted to move "Ip Man" to the Spring Festival period.

But it’s too long until next year’s summer vacation, so it can only be released during this year’s Lunar New Year holiday as it has done in history.

Similar to the Lunar New Year box office in the original time and space, there are still three popular movies competing with each other, but "Red Cliff" was replaced by "Battle of Guandu", but the director is still Wu Baige.

Compared with Wu Baige, Feng Kuzi and Chen Shishi, Ye Weixin seems to have no comparison, and the cast of the movie is also incomparable.

Therefore, if they want to grab the box office, they can only rely on strong word of mouth and try to release it before their three movies.

"Mr. Zhang, when will the other movies released during the Lunar New Year holiday be released?"

"Director Chen's Mei Lanfang will be released first, on December 12, while Director Feng's If You Are the One will be released on December 4, and The Battle of Guandu will be released at the end of the month, on December ."

"Then we will release Ip Man on December 8th. You can arrange for your subordinates to prepare a publicity and promotion plan based on the scale of a blockbuster."

Compared with "If You Are the One" and "Battle of Guandu", poet Chen's "Mei Lanfang" is easier to play.

The box office of this movie finally exceeded 100 million yuan, but at least it was not as strong as the previous two films.

"If You Are the One" is the final peak of Feng's comedy. The first part took more than 200 million yuan at the box office, and the second part is even more impressive.

As for "The Battle of Guandu", although it is a film that has never appeared in history, but with those big stars and directors, the box office should be around 200 million.

Since "Mei Lanfang" was released so early, I had no choice but to give it a try.

"Okay Mr. Liu."

Zhang Zhao didn't expect that Liu Zhou actually attached so much importance to the movie "Ip Man". At this moment, his importance suddenly increased by several levels.

"Mr. Zhang, please make a summary of the specific situation of Jiahe Group in the next few days. At the end of the month, that is, on November 30th, we will hold a high-level meeting together. You can also notify them later."

"Does Mr. Zhong need to be notified?"

"I will notify Mr. Zhong, and you just need to notify the people from Jiahe Group who need to attend the meeting."

Liu Zhou and Zhang Zhao discussed some company matters and then left.

In the following days, Liu Zhou stayed in charge of Jiahe Group to prepare for the share reform.

Time slowly came to November 27th, and the movies that will be released during the Lunar New Year holiday have already launched large-scale publicity.

Poet Chen in particular has high hopes for this film, hoping to restore the reputation of "Mei Lanfang" which was shattered by "The Promise". With only one week left before its release, the promotion is in full swing.

But on this day, all the Lunar New Year films, including "Mei Lanfang", were overshadowed by a failed film.
"The Martian" was released on September 28th. After a month of normal release and a month of extension, it was officially released on November 27th.

The box office of "The Martian" was 7.12 million yuan, a new box office record in the history of Chinese-language films.

Compared with the previous record holder "Red Cliff" with a box office of 4.2 million, the new record has increased by nearly million.

In fact, half a month ago, when the box office of "The Martian" exceeded 700 million, the outside world was already excited for a while.

But now that the movie has officially been taken off the shelves and its box office performance has been fixed, it has once again attracted a lot of media coverage and is even more popular.

It seems that all major media outlets have already prepared their articles, except for the final data.

So as soon as the movie was released, many reports about "The Martian" appeared on the Internet.

"7.12 million! The Martian reaches the pinnacle of Chinese-language films!"

"The Martian has officially been taken off the screen, grossing 7.12 million yuan, breaking the box office record in the history of Chinese-language films!"

"An unparalleled visual feast, a romantic space journey, an exciting inspirational story, and perfect box office performance, The Martian has brought unprecedented shock to audiences across the country.

Domestic science fiction films have ushered in a new dawn and starting point, and it is also a milestone moment for Chinese-language science fiction films. The closed door to domestic science fiction has been opened for the first time! "

Although the reports from various media outlets were well written and had attractive headlines, the most eye-catching one was Sina’s summary of the records of “The Martian.”

"Two months after its release, The Martian grossed 7.12 million yuan, setting a stunning box office record. During the two months of its release, The Martian set eight records in succession:
2008 annual box office record!
Box office record for Chinese-language films during the National Day holiday!
Box office record in the history of Chinese-language films!

The single-day box office record in the history of Chinese-language films is 61 million!

The fastest box office record of breaking 2 million in the history of Chinese-language films, just days!
The fastest box office record of 4 million in the history of Chinese-language films: just days!
Chinese-language films have set a single-day box office record of tens of millions for 14 consecutive days!
Chinese-language films have set a single-day box office record of 12 million for consecutive days!
"The Martian" is a record-breaking film. As the first science fiction film in the mainland, it is a phenomenal film. It has officially come to a perfect conclusion today. We also look forward to new science fiction works from Director Liu Zhou."

Everyone knows that "The Martian" is a great movie, but apart from setting a new record for total box office performance, no one knows what else is so great about it.

As soon as Sina's inventory came out, it immediately gave everyone a direct understanding.

Especially that column of records, it is shocking no matter how you look at it.

“The Martian is finally finished filming. It feels like a dream.”

"I don't think anyone will be able to break the records set by The Martian in the next five years. I think even Liu Zhou himself may find it difficult to break these records."

"It's hard to say. The film market is growing year after year. Maybe in two years, there will be a billion-dollar box office movie."

"A billion box office? You really dare to think so. First break the record of 7.12 million of The Martian."

"How could I not have imagined that when the mainland box office was only 3.6 or million, Titanic grossed million.

Later, everyone thought that the box office record of 3.6 million was almost impossible to break, but it was eventually broken by "Red Cliff".

So it is possible that a movie with a box office of one billion will appear in the next two years.”

"'The Martian' has set a good example for our domestic science fiction. I hope that 'Moon' directed by Zhang Yimou and subsequent science fiction films will not disappoint people."

"Zhang's 'Moon' should be good, after all, it was a collaboration between Zhang and Liu Zhou. As for the science fiction films produced by other companies, I don't know. I just hope they don't make a lot of money."

“I look forward to director Liu Zhou’s next science fiction film. I hope there will be more big scenes and special effects shots.”

……

On that day, almost all the media news was about "The Martian".

The most discussed topic online is also about "The Martian".

Not only that, it’s basically difficult for every filmmaker not to talk about The Martian.

In fact, everyone has an idea of ​​the box office of "The Martian". After all, in the last few days of its release, the box office was only a few hundred thousand or so, and the four major portals updated it every day.

But when that day really came and the box office performance of "The Martian" was finalized, people in the industry were filled with emotion.

When the movie was released, the happiest person was Han Shanping.

Liu Zhou could feel the joy and excitement in his tone through the microphone.

This time, Han Shanping did not ask Liu Zhou to go to China Film, but went directly to Golden Harvest headquarters to find him.

Han Shanping glanced at Liu Zhou's office and said with a smile:

"Your office is a bit small, and the office space looks crowded. It's time to move to another place."

"You're right. We should move to another place. I just built a 28-story building in the embassy district. I'm considering choosing an auspicious day to move there.

I will entertain Mr. Han in the big office on the top floor when the time comes."

"Hahaha, I almost forgot you're a wealthy man. Okay, I admit that you fooled me this time."

After the joke, Han Shanping talked about the real reason for coming here:
"Liu Zhou, we need to hold a celebration banquet now, right?"

"Of course we have to do it, and we have to do it on a big scale."

When the box office of "The Martian" broke 300 million, Han Shanping proposed to hold a celebration banquet. He proposed it again when it broke 400 million, and again when it broke 500 million.

However, they were all persuaded by Liu Zhou. The popularity of "The Martian" was already very high, and there was no need to hold a celebration banquet to increase the popularity. Moreover, it would be troublesome to hold so many banquets.

Later, when the box office exceeded 600 million, Liu Zhouren had already gone to the United States, so he didn't mention it.

Liu Zhou could actually understand it. In the past few years, let alone breaking the 100 million box office, even if the box office broke 10 million, 20 million, or 30 million, they would do it once.

Now the box office of "The Martian" is counted in billions, and there is nothing wrong with that.

But Liu Zhou felt that instead of doing this over and over again, it would be better to hold a big celebration banquet right after the movie is released, which would be even more sensational.

"Okay, I was waiting for you to say that. I know you've been busy lately, so I'll make arrangements for the celebration banquet. You can just come directly when the time comes."

"Then I won't be polite. I'll trouble you, Mr. Han, this time."

"What's the trouble? I hope to trouble you a few more times."

"Haha, there will be."

At this time, Han Shanping put away his smile and said to Liu Zhou in a serious tone:
"Liu Zhou, I came to see you this time because I have something else I want to discuss with you."

(End of this chapter)