Chapter 313 Strange Ticket Office (Ch 313)

Just after midnight, when Qi Jia and his companions were still on the plane,

Chen Yuwen has already received today’s premiere box office, a total of 103 million, just breaking the 100 million mark,

“What a pity! If it weren’t for the insufficient number of screenings, it might have broken 200 million today.”

Putting down the data in his hand, Chen Yuwen said to Boss Yang beside him,

“Breaking 100 million is not bad. Now theaters across the country are increasing our screening schedules. It shouldn’t be difficult to break 200 million tomorrow.”

Boss Yang smiled brightly, and he didn’t feel any regret. After all, the production cost of the entire movie was only 30 million.

Even if we add the publicity and promotion costs of 10 million, the box office of 100 million is almost enough to make back the investment, and the rest of the day will be pure profit.

This is just the benefit. The most important thing is that the movie further increases the popularity of Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan.

Once you become popular, no matter how much money you make in the future, you won’t be able to make it back.

Thinking of this, she admired Qi Jia’s vision. How could this kid be so lucky?

The first self-made movie was a huge hit. In the future, investors will have to hold their money in their hands and beg for investment.

It seems that the bet agreement between him and me will be fulfilled in less than four years, and he will be able to exceed the target this year.

But, having said that, should I find time to buy some gifts and go back to Jiaxing to see the two “enemies”?

After all, if they hadn’t committed suicide, he wouldn’t have had the chance to get Qijia to join him.

…

The next day, the news that the premiere of “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” had exceeded 100 million yuan spread all over the Internet.

Those who have seen it are recommending it to the entire internet, and those who are lucky enough to receive the premiere are arrogantly carrying their gifts to all the comment sections,

Someone has even posted his or her premiere on Xianyu, with a price tag of ¥999999. He or she is not selling it, and the main purpose is to show off.

Seeing the fans of “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” so proud, the fans of “The Best of Us” couldn’t sit still.

Fans of the two movies started to rant against each other online.

The two sides started to criticize each other from the box office of the premiere to the acting skills of the leading actors, and even to whose crew favored the fans more.

The flames of war spread from Weibo to Tik Tok and Xiaohongshu, scaring the rest of the film industry into huddling in the corner, trembling for fear of being killed by mistake.

At first, the two sides were arguing back and forth.

But after a few days, as the number of screenings of “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” increased, the box office data also began to soar.

Day 2: 196 million,

Day 3: 132 million,

Day 4: 204 million,

…

On the 15th day, when Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan returned to Shanghai after their road show,

The box office of “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” has exceeded 1.2 billion, while “The Best of Us” has barely reached 700 million, a difference of 500 million in box office between the two.

At the same time, the ratings for the movie “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” were also released.

The ticket purchasing software has a score of 9.6 and has been reviewed by 124,000 people.

Doujia score is 8.1 points, with 508,000 reviews, which is higher than 81% of youth movies and 90% of romance movies.

When you open the comment section, you will find almost all positive reviews.

In contrast, the movie “The Best of Us” is still in a locked score state whether it is the ticket purchasing software or Doujia.

It always gives people a feeling of hiding something and being embarrassed to show it to everyone.

But judging from the comments section, although there are many positive reviews, there are more negative reviews.

For a while, the Internet was full of news such as a small production with a budget of 30 million yuan defeated a big production with a budget of 300 million yuan.

Arthur’s fans and fans of the movie “The Best of Us” are in despair and no longer have the motivation to criticize their opponents on the entire Internet.

In the studio, meeting room,

Qi Jia was holding the data report of the releases in the past 15 days and reading it carefully. 45% of the screenings were almost full.

If this good trend continues, if nothing unexpected happens, the movie will be released continuously for more than a month.

Although the number of films will decrease as the audience decreases in the later stages,

But the current box office has exceeded 1.2 billion, after deducting 40 million in costs, various taxes, and the share of theaters and cinema chains.

He and Boss Yang earned about 380 million yuan, which was more than enough to cover their investment, so every additional day the film was released would mean more money.

No wonder celebrities like to invest in their own movies after becoming famous, this is really profitable!

“Do you feel satisfied?”

Chen Yuwen, who was standing by, saw what Qi Jia was thinking from his expression and asked,

“Any questions?”

Hearing something wrong in her words, Qi Jia asked,

“Look at the box office data changes over the past 15 days,” Chen Yuwen said.

According to what she said, Qi Jia turned to the box office page and read it carefully again. He just looked at the total.

This time, after a careful look, he discovered something was wrong. Unsure, he turned back to look at the trend of attendance.

It was discovered that starting from a week ago, the box office data was rising slowly compared to the still high attendance rate.

There was even a day or two when there was a slight dip.

“Why is it that as time goes on, the growth of box office data and the growth of attendance data become increasingly inconsistent?”

“That’s the problem.” Chen Yuwen nodded seriously and said seriously, “I suspect someone has touched our box office.”

“Stealing box office?”

Qi Jia was stunned. He had heard of this kind of thing before. This phenomenon would appear in every blockbuster movie released every year.

It’s about young people watching pornographic films – it continues despite repeated bans.

“Yes, but the data hasn’t changed much now. Maybe it’s a misjudgment.”

Qi Jia didn’t know much about this aspect. After hearing Chen Yuwen’s talk, he asked curiously,

“How do you steal box office tickets?”

“There are many methods, but the most commonly used ones are ‘tampering with show information’ and ‘dual system ticket sales’.”

As he spoke, Chen Yuwen raised a finger.

“The first is tampering with showtime information, which is usually negotiated between the producer and the theater.

The cinema changes the showtime information of movie A to movie B, and the audience gets tickets for and watches movie A.

But the system actually recorded the box office of Movie B, which reduced the box office of Movie A and artificially increased the box office of Movie B.”

After a pause, she raised her second finger and continued,

“The second type is dual-system ticketing, which is the most difficult to check. The theater directly bypasses the official ticketing system.

Through the private ticketing system, the box office revenue that should have been reported is intercepted. If this happens, the producers will basically have no evidence.

The only way is to report it and let the authorities investigate, but the investigation is also very difficult. “

The second one is easier to understand, but Qi Jia is a little confused about the first one.

I don’t understand why Movie B does this? After all, the movie itself has to bear the corresponding taxes for the inflated box office.

After listening to Qi Jia’s question, Chen Yuwen took a sip of water and explained,

“In theory, this is true, but in reality, people can evade taxes by concealing their true income, falsifying accounts, etc. Do you think everyone is as honest as you, thinking about paying taxes even if they earn a dollar?”

“Moreover, the inflated box office can not only attract investment and resources for the producer’s subsequent films, drive other theaters that are unaware of the truth, increase the number of screenings of B movies, but also enhance the status of the producer, the leading actor, and the director in the industry, and strive for nominations and honors for various awards. In short, the benefits are always greater than the risks.”

After hearing this, Qi Jia finally understood and began to worry.

“If the box office revenue was really stolen, what should we do?”

Chen Yuwen stretched and said,

“I have arranged for someone to keep an eye on it. There will be results in a week.”