UGB Chapter 874 New Year's Eve Event
Chapter 874 New Year's Eve Event
Chapter 874 New Year's Eve Event
During the first weekend of the movie’s release, Jiang Yuan, Shang Yan’er and others completed the promotional activities for Sakura and Peninsula.
In the two national markets, "Love Letter", as an imported film, is unique in terms of popularity and reputation.
In addition, Jiang Yuan and others cooperated in promoting the film, which added a lot of popularity to the film.
Although it did not achieve very good results in the local box office charts, the box office data in all aspects are still acceptable.
Especially because of the offline premiere promotion by Jiang Yuan and others, the fans showed up to support them with great strength, and it also made a lot of news.
The premiere of Peninsula was also very lively, and the guest lineup was even stronger than that at Sakura.
Many idols who have participated in the show together came to the premiere to watch the movie. Of course, this is also related to the fact that there are indeed more idols in Peninsula and the convenient transportation distance.
After two rounds of publicity, it successfully created a sense of overseas reputation and popularity.
After finishing the two events, Jiang Yuan and others returned to the Magic City, their home turf. At this time, the movie’s first weekend box office results had also been released.
In the small business car, Shang Yaner, Fu Yunshen, and her agent Zhang Qing were all riding in the same car with Jiang Yuan.
"First of all, the opening weekend box office champion spot is ours!"
Fu Yunshen took out his cell phone and announced the news loudly in the car.
Before it was implemented, everyone had certain predictions about this result.
After all, the daily box office trends we learned previously showed that the film was basically in a leading position.
But after the dust settled, Jiang Yuan and others applauded and cheered.
"We have successfully defeated the second season of "Star Magic Station" in the domestic market." Fu Yunshen read this paragraph entirely based on the press release.
Saying the name of such a big IP from his own mouth made Fu Yunshen feel somewhat dreamy.
Before this year, Fu Yunshen never thought that he would be able to beat such a blockbuster in terms of box office statistics.
Jiang Yuan didn't have much idea at first, but after watching the first part of the movie with Shang Yan'er on the plane, he was able to empathize with Fu Yunshen's feelings.
I originally wanted to take this opportunity to discuss with Fu Yunshen whether to sign an invitation under my own studio, but after thinking about it, I decided to wait and not interrupt Fu Yunshen’s rhythm of announcing the first week’s results.
"The small goal set at the beginning of this year has finally been achieved." Fu Yunshen couldn't help but sigh, and then continued to announce the box office data achieved by the movie so far.
"So far, the movie has been released for four days, and the total box office has exceeded 350 million!"
When announcing the final data, Fu Yunshen's voice was slightly distorted with excitement.
Before the movie was released, the entire crew, and even the market, made a rough prediction about the final box office of the movie.
Based on the type of movie and after considering various factors and conducting a comprehensive analysis, Jiang Yuan and others predicted that a total box office of 200 million would be a very good result.
Compared to other movies that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make, the filming cost of "Love Letter" is relatively small.
Most of the funds were spent on the production and promotion of the film. For example, Jiang Yuan himself did not receive much salary, but directly chose the box office sharing model.
Therefore, if we can get a box office of 200 million, we can actually create a considerable profit.
As for the predictions given by some media, they are actually lower than the 200 million set by Jiang Yuan and others themselves.
However, the box office revenue from the first weekend alone has successfully exceeded the original predictions of Jiang Yuan and others, and is even nearly twice the original predicted total box office revenue.
Such results are a slap in the face to some media outlets.
“But it’s not absolute. Many media have changed their final predictions after the first day’s box office figures were released.” Fu Yunshen said after a pause.
"So what is their final box office prediction now?" Shang Yaner asked curiously.
"I took a look, it's about 500 million." Zhang Qing said, holding his mobile phone and raising his hand.
The box office forecast of 500 million is not low. In fact, there are not many movies that can achieve such results throughout the year. It depends largely on the box office market.
"According to their predictions, there is still room for improvement." Jiang Yuan touched his chin and said, then looked at Fu Yunshen, "Do you think we can still fight during the New Year's Eve period?"
Hearing Jiang Yuan's question, Fu Yunshen also pondered for a while, "It's hard to judge for now. We have to see the box office trend on the next weekday."
"In fact, judging by the subject matter, the current final box office forecast is indeed almost the upper limit."
"But sometimes, the development of a movie's performance may not necessarily follow the rules," said Fu Yunshen.
In fact, at the moment, the release of "Love Letter" is no longer restricted by the upper limit of the genre due to the addition of various factors.
"That's true, but we are not prepared to fight a blitzkrieg that only lasts for one week." Jiang Yuan said with a smile.
The subject matter of the film had been taken into consideration beforehand, so Jiang Yuan and the entire crew were already prepared to extend the battle line in various film activities.
There are still quite a few, such as some next week's movie events that have not yet been officially announced.
"But you should have to prepare for the New Year's Eve activities in the next week." Fu Yunshen turned around and looked at Jiang Yuan and the others and said.
The reason why the next round of roadshow was not officially announced immediately after the first round of roadshow activities was also related to the schedule of Jiang Yuan and the others.
At the end of the year, it’s almost New Year’s Eve, so Jiang Yuan and his girlfriend will naturally have a lot of invitations.
For example, the New Year’s Eve Gala is one of them. In recent years, Jiang Yuan has not participated in the satellite TV’s New Year’s Eve activities every year.
Sometimes I also prepare concerts myself to celebrate the New Year with my fans, and I had planned to hold it as usual this year.
However, considering the movie promotion schedule and the fact that the tour had just been announced to be over, they finally decided to meet their fans in the form of a New Year's Eve party.
"You should be going to Star City this year, right?" Shang Yan'er asked Jiang Yuan curiously.
"Yes, they invited me to be the finale." Jiang Yuan did not hide the news that was about to be officially announced.
"We will prepare for the rehearsal in Feixing City the day after tomorrow." Upon hearing this, Zhang Qing also mentioned the itinerary arrangements.
"It's a pity that I'm in Shanghai preparing for the New Year's Eve." Shang Yan'er shook her head. Fu Yunshen sat in the front row, but he didn't care much that Jiang Yuan and Shang Yan'er had to be separated to participate in the New Year's Eve activities. He was completely focused on the movie.
He did not forget to inquire about the publicity matters, "Will there be a talk session during your performance? Remember to promote the movie."
"Don't worry, I'll remember everything." Jiang Yuan thought about it, figuring that under normal circumstances he would be given a chance to chat with the host, and if that didn't work, he could just mention it during the performance.
Zhang Qing immediately dispelled Fu Yunshen's concerns, "When we talked to the production team, they arranged a 30-second spot for us to promote the movie."
"This is a great arrangement." Fu Yunshen's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Although we don't organize a special evening party, we have some understanding of the ratings value of the time period when Jiang Yuan appears.
It happens to be the finale time, so the advertising effect at this time should be very good.
"I'll take a look and I should be able to squeeze out time for promotion when the time comes." Shang Yan'er also said.
"Very good, it's a pity that no party invited me." Fu Yunshen shook his head and sighed, then began to read a report on the first week performance of "Love Letter".
Jiang Yuan and Shang Yan'er looked at each other, feeling a little amused and helpless at how much Fu Yunshen cared about them.
In the production of the entire film, Fu Yunshen is the one who has contributed the most. Whether it is location selection, casting, or some post-production work, including publicity, etc., Jiang Yuan feels that he is the most dedicated one.
Sometimes, Jiang Yuan even felt a little guilty about his title as a director.
After all, in the outside world's evaluation, the credit was basically attributed to Jiang Yuan alone. If Fu Yunshen did not have his own style in framing and directing some of the scenes, he would probably have disappeared like the assistant directors of other films.
Before returning to China from the peninsula, Jiang Yuan asked Fu Yunshen why he was so concerned about it.
Fu Yunshen's answer was, on the one hand, his passion for the film, and on the other hand, he indeed regarded the achievement of "Love Letter" as a very important work in his career.
Such level of care is also one of the main reasons why Jiang Yuan wants to sign Fu Yunshen to his own studio and wants to have subsequent cooperation.
Of course, whether Fu Yunshen had any intention in doing so, Fu Yunshen naturally did not say it himself, and Jiang Yuan just understood it tacitly.
Although there was indeed such a starting point, it was also because Fu Yunshen really made efforts and had the ability to achieve such a result in the end.
"The reputation of the movie has continued to rise four days after its release."
A few days after its release, the film’s ratings on multiple platforms have been officially released. Although the initial scores were not low, they showed a downward trend as the number of moviegoers increased.
The stability of word-of-mouth reviews is also one of the reasons why the movie box office has maintained a relatively good performance.
"In the next week, before the New Year's Eve season officially arrives, the theaters will still have sufficient screening schedules," Fu Yunshen gave a brief analysis.
In short, the box office performance of the film in the next few days is obviously also very important, and to a certain extent may determine the fate of the film when the next release date arrives.
"By the way, what film festival were you talking about earlier?"
After learning about the situation in the first week, the vehicle had already left the airport for a while, and Jiang Yuan also thought of something that Fu Yunshen had mentioned before in the peninsula.
"Yes, we should have been automatically selected for this year's Academy Awards."
"Looking at the current box office performance and word of mouth, we may have a chance to compete for some awards." Fu Yunshen nodded and said.
When Jiang Yuan heard the name of the Academy Awards, he recalled some things.
In this world, the annual Academy Awards, like the Golden Melody Awards in the film industry, is an annual industry commendation conference with great value.
The last time Jiang Yuan heard the name of this award was when "The Invisible Guest" was released at the beginning of the year.
At that time, the box office and reputation of the movie were very good, and He Jing also said something similar.
As an award that can be regarded as a benchmark in the industry, the selection of the Academy Awards is relatively transparent and more in line with the public's perception. Basically, the film will be judged based on its commercial and artistic value.
The concrete manifestations of the two are naturally the box office and the reputation of the film.
From this perspective, Jiang Yuan’s two works released this year do seem to be strong contenders for the Academy Awards.
"And it's hard to say about other awards, but you should be the winner of the Best New Director award at this year's Academy Awards." Fu Yunshen glanced at Jiang Yuan and said with some envy.
When Fu Yunshen first debuted, he also dreamed of winning such a prestigious award as the Academy Awards for his first work.
Although he has won some awards for Best New Director, there is obviously still a gap between him and film awards of the level of the Academy Awards.
"The selection will be held next month, and we will know whether there are any winners before the Spring Festival." Fu Yunshen said after thinking about the time.
I was somewhat excited. Although I might not win the award myself, I felt involved just by witnessing Jiang Yuan win the Best New Director award.
"I should be able to attend the award ceremony then, right?" Shang Yan'er asked. She didn't care too much about the award.
In Shang Yaner's opinion, it was already an outstanding performance for her to perform well in her first play.
As for winning a Hong Kong Film Award for my first film, I still don’t dare to think about it.
In comparison, Jiang Yuan dares to think more. After all, he has won various awards, big and small, in the past two years.
Compared with this, the Academy Awards seem nothing special.
So after hearing what Fu Yunshen said, Jiang Yuan nodded naturally, "Then I really need to think about what to say in my acceptance speech in advance."
If it was his first time winning an award as a director, Jiang Yuan felt that he would need to prepare his acceptance speech carefully.
"I have already confirmed with the brand several dresses for the event, and you can take a look at which one to wear to the awards ceremony." Zhang Qing took over the topic as usual.
In just a few words, the two had even confirmed the relevant matters of attending the Academy Awards ceremony.
The confident performance of the two made Fu Yunshen and others stunned. After they came to their senses, they just smiled and said nothing.
(End of this chapter)