The night of December 12nd was destined to be a sleepless one, as the box office of "Zhu Xian" touched the hearts of countless people.

Yang Hao, Da Mimi, Liu Yifei, Ci Peikang and a group of people are waiting for the box office data of the midnight show. Countless media have already written articles and are just waiting for the midnight show box office to be released. They can fill in the data and send it out.

Now Maoyan can check box office data in real time, which is very convenient.

As soon as it was 12 o'clock, Liu Yifei and Da Mimi held their mobile phones, logged into Maoyan, and stared at the real-time box office data.

At this moment, the box office figures are also constantly jumping up.

Five million, ten million, twenty million...

At 12:15, the box office data of "Zhu Xian" had reached 6387 million.

Depending on the actual situation of each cinema, or perhaps due to some unexpected reasons, the midnight show will only last three to five minutes at night.

But when the time came to 12:15, the premiere must have already started at this time. The current box office can basically represent the box office of the midnight show.

"It's only been 15 minutes, and the box office of "Zhu Xian" has exceeded million?" Da Mimi said in surprise.

"The box office for this midnight show is so high." Liu Yifei also exclaimed.

Da Mimi and Liu Yifei have been in the entertainment industry for more than ten years and have acted in countless movies. They know what the box office of the midnight show means.

"It is indeed very high. If I remember correctly, it should have broken China's midnight box office record." Yang Hao thought for a while before saying this.

"Record-breaking?" Liu Yifei and Da Mimi were very excited when they heard the word "record-breaking".

The movies that Da Mimi and Liu Yifei starred in before had very low box office. Even with the help of Yang Hao, the highest-grossing movies of Da Mimi and Liu Yifei now are only "Knife of the Assassin" and "Go Away Tumor", which have box office of more than a billion.

Breaking the record is indeed a happy thing for them.

The box office record for China's midnight shows was set by "Fast & Furious 2015" released in 7, with a midnight show box office of 5236.9 million.

The second place is "Warcraft" released in 2016, with a box office of 5008.9 million at midnight.

The third place is "Avengers 2015" released in 2, with a midnight box office of 2962.4 million.

Not only the top three, but even the top ten midnight show records are basically occupied by Hollywood blockbusters.

For example, the big-selling "Lost in Hong Kong" a few years ago, this movie, which had the IP bonus of the previous "Lost in Hong Kong" series, only had a box office of 1088.8 million at the midnight show.

A big reason for this situation is that Chinese films have only started to rise in recent years, and there are gradually movies with box office revenues exceeding 2 billion or even 3 billion yuan.

Although Yang Hao's previous films "The Richest Tomato" and "Detective Chinatown 3" had high box office, they were released on the first day of the Lunar New Year. At this time, most people would stay at home with their families and no one would go to the movies, so there was no midnight box office.

In China, apart from the Spring Festival period, there are only a few movies in other periods whose box office exceeds 20 billion.

Moreover, movies that are not big IPs and are heavily promoted cannot attract movie fans to stay up at 12 o'clock in the evening to watch movies. This is why all the box office records of China's midnight shows are controlled by Hollywood blockbusters.
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"Congratulations~ Congratulations on the box office success..."

As a major shareholder of Douyin and Maoyan, Yang Hao has a certain influence on film promotion and marketing, which has led to Yang Hao becoming more and more successful in the entertainment industry.

The box office figures for the midnight show of "Zhu Xian" have just been released, and a large group of celebrities in the circle who have worked with Yang Hao have congratulated him either through WeChat or text messages.

The media reporters were even more excited. They loved this kind of record-breaking news, which was tantamount to a huge wave of traffic for them.

After getting the box office data of the midnight show, these media reporters immediately filled it in the previously prepared articles, which were quickly published on major portals, Weibo, and headlines through various channels.

"Shocking! The midnight box office of "Zhu Xian" is close to 7 million, breaking the million midnight box office record set by "Fast and Furious "."

"Yang Hao's new film, Zhu Xian, is a hot seller. As of 12:30, the box office has exceeded million."

"Zhu Xian defends China's box office record, with the midnight show box office surpassing Fast & Furious 7 by more than million."

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Media reporters know the secret code of traffic. They use any headlines that are attractive, and each one is more exaggerated than the other.

Saying that the midnight show box office of 60 million was 70 million is a bit of an understatement. Some outrageous media even said that the midnight show box office was nearly 100 million.

The exaggerated rhetoric made Yang Hao wonder if some media outlets were being disingenuous or if some competitor was stirring up trouble again.
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The movie "Zhu Xian" was only 2 hours long. As time passed, the first wave of moviegoers had already walked out of the cinema and returned home.

There are gradually more discussions about the movie "Zhu Xian" on the Internet.

After a short while, "Zhu Xian" started to score on Douban.

The initial rating is 8.3 points.

This is a very high score, but as we all know, Douban scores are often the highest at the beginning and will gradually decrease with the passage of time.

Commercial blockbusters like "Zhu Xian" with cool special effects are the most dopamine-stimulating. Most moviegoers are most excited and have the best perception of the movie during the period after watching the movie, and they give the highest scores at this time.

But as long as you calm down, you will find that this kind of commercial film is just for fun and actually has no substance, and the rating will go down accordingly.

It is only two o'clock in the morning. Too many netizens who have watched "Zhu Xian" are so stimulated by this cool special effects blockbuster that they have no desire to sleep. They post comments on the movie "Zhu Xian" on the Internet at will.

"How to describe the movie "Zhu Xian"? In two words: brilliant."

"I was already shocked by the acting of Da Mimi and Liu Yifei in the TV series, but I didn't expect that their performance in the movie would be even more explosive. The way Da Mimi and Liu Yifei looked at Yang Hao, there was no drama in their eyes, only emotion."

"When I saw Liu Yifei's Lu Xueqi, I felt like I was seeing Zhao Ling'er and Xiao Longnu ten years ago. I just want to say, my youth is back."

"Tsk tsk tsk, Da Mimi's Bi Yao has a really hot body, worthy of being a demon witch, I like her so much."

"The movie "Zhu Xian" is worth watching in the cinema, especially in the 3D theater. I've attached the ticket stub and hope I can win a big red envelope from Brother Hao."

……

There will be too many unexpected and uncertain things when a movie is released. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no hostile companies arranging water armies to post bad reviews, give low scores, and buy notices to hype up negative materials.

So Yang Hao went to bed very late, and kept paying attention to the comments from netizens. When he saw that most of them were positive, he finally felt relieved.
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"Get up and have breakfast." At nine o'clock in the morning, Yang Hao was awakened by Liu Yifei and Da Mimi.

"How much is the box office?" Yang Hao took the bun handed to him, took a bite, and asked casually.

"It has exceeded 100 million." Da Mimi and Liu Yifei answered in unison.

The midnight box office exceeded 100 million, which is really not low. No wonder Da Mimi and Liu Yifei had smiles on their faces like flowers.

"Yang Hao, do you think that Liu Yifei and I have good acting skills? Do we have the ability to attract box office success?" After Da Mimi asked this question, she and Liu Yifei looked at him expectantly, waiting for his answer.

"Cough cough~" After taking a bite of the bun and drinking a sip of soy milk, I was suddenly choked by what Da Mimi said.

No! Are these two girls crazy? They still have the ability to win the box office?
Isn't this too self-inflated? "Humph! Look, everyone on the Internet is praising me and Liu Yifei." As she spoke, Da Mimi handed the phone to Yang Hao.

"Yang Hao is indeed the best director at training actresses. Da Mimi and Liu Yifei performed so well in the movie Zhu Xian."

"Da Mimi and Liu Yifei have real achievements, good acting skills, and good looks. It's no exaggeration to say that they are the best actresses of the Mesozoic era."

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The media's reporting direction changes so quickly. Last night they were still frantically reporting on the box office results of the midnight show, but this morning they have switched to mindlessly praising Da Mimi and Liu Yifei.

Well! Yang Hao admitted that with his intervention, Liu Yifei and Da Mimi's acting skills have improved significantly compared to their previous lives.

But when it comes to resisting box office, Yang Hao disagrees.

Movies and TV series are different.

TV series are free, have a lot of fans, are highly talked about, and stars with strong national popularity can indeed carry the show.

After all, TV dramas are free, so audiences can tolerate poor quality. But movies are real money, so audiences won’t buy them if the quality is slightly worse.

In Yang Hao's opinion, it is a joke for celebrities to support the box office.

No matter who they are, Wang Baoqiang, Shen Teng, King Liu, Xu Guangtou, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bayi, etc., they do not have the ability to carry the box office.

The quality of the movie is not good, it would be a flop even if you invited the king of pop to come.

The most that big-name stars can do is to give the film publicity, make it more talked about, and have some benefit on the initial scheduling of the film, which may bring in tens of millions more in box office revenue, but such a small amount of box office revenue is a drop in the bucket for films that cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

"What's the meaning of your cough? Are you making fun of us?" Seeing Yang Hao's reaction, Da Mimi and Liu Yifei were very unhappy.

"I was coughing just now because you are so beautiful. I was stunned by your beauty and I choked and coughed."

"Hmph! You're smart." At this moment, Da Mimi and Liu Yifei's self-confidence swelled, with a look of pride on their faces.
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Yang Hao's system is also playing its role.

Many workers only earn 3,000 yuan a month, and they can barely make ends meet by living frugally. Many of them have not been to a movie theater for more than ten years.

But due to the interference of the system's power, they accidentally heard the movie "Zhu Xian" and saw some movie highlights on Douyin.

"The movie Zhu Xian seems to be quite good. Do you want to watch a movie yourself?"

"New Year's Day is just a few days away. Do you want to take your wife and kids to see a movie during this holiday?"

Under the interference of system power, more and more workers have the idea of ​​watching a movie.

The box office of "Zhu Xian" has therefore been rising steadily.

On the 22nd, Thursday, the box office of "Zhu Xian" was 3.59 million.

On the 23rd, Friday, the box office of "Zhu Xian" was 4.41 million.

On the 24th, Saturday, the box office of "Zhu Xian" was 6.58 million.

On the 25th, Sunday, the box office of "Zhu Xian" was 6.03 million.

"Hiss~hiss~" The first week box office of "Zhu Xian" reached 20.61 billion.

The first week box office results for "Zhu Xian" were released, leaving all the film and television companies in the industry stunned. The box office for the first four days of the first week exceeded 20 billion.

Isn’t this box office data too incredible?

According to this trend, will the box office of "Zhu Xian" eventually reach 4 billion? Or 5 billion? Or 6 billion?
The release date of "Zhu Xian" is Christmas, and New Year's Day has not yet arrived? It is not a good release date in China, so how can the box office be so high?

Although I don’t quite understand why the box office of "Zhu Xian" is so high, this does not prevent the media from reporting on it.

"Zhu Xian's first-week box office exceeded 2 billion, setting a new record for Chinese films' first-week box office."

"Zhu Xian's single-day box office reached 6.58 million yuan, setting a single-day box office record."

"Zhu Xian set a new record for the fastest box office of 1 billion and 2 billion."

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The first week box office of "Zhu Xian" was released, breaking a series of box office records and shocking countless people in the industry.

Everyone in the entertainment industry went crazy. They had never expected that "Zhu Xian" would have such a high box office. They were shocked to the point of going crazy.

The media reporters are going crazy. The traffic of "Zhu Xian" is too high. They are so happy that they are going crazy.

The spectators are going crazy too. "Zhu Xian" is a Chinese movie and it has achieved such a high box office. They are going crazy with pride.
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"Zhu Xian" is very popular in China. Because of this popularity, many people also want to know how "Zhu Xian" performs at the box office abroad?
After all, in the subconscious of many Chinese people, being awesome in China is not really awesome, only being awesome abroad is really awesome.

Foreign countries seem to be developed, but in terms of Internet applications, they are really not as good as China. Maoyan’s real-time box office viewing function has been available for more than a year, but there is no similar software abroad.

This has resulted in the first week data for "Zhu Xian" in China being released, but there is still no news about the North American box office.

But some media were more attentive and directly found news reports about "Zhu Xian" in the United States.

Move these news to major portals in China.

"Hua Xia Yang's new film is once again popular among the American people, and the cinema is packed with people."

"Incredible China, incredible flying swords, is this the Taoist culture of China?"

"The flying sword figurines from the Zhu Xian series are selling like hot cakes in major movie theaters."

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Although these American news did not directly release the box office data, all of them indirectly prove that "Zhu Xian" is also very popular in the United States.

For a time, countless media and netizens spontaneously boasted that "Zhu Xian" was a box office success in both the United States and China.
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"Zhu Xian's North American box office revenue was 4853 million U.S. dollars in its first week, ranking second in the weekly box office rankings. The first place was "A Star Wars Story", with a box office revenue of 2.2 million U.S. dollars in its first week."

By Monday, the North American movie box office rankings were finally released, and Yang Hao also learned the specific box office of "Zhu Xian" from Cynthia.

When Yang Haoya heard about the performance of "Solitaire: A Star Wars Story", his teeth ached a little. Last year, the film competing with "Witch" in the Christmas schedule was "Star Wars 7", and this year it is "Solitaire: A Star Wars Story".

This Star Wars is really exciting, with one movie released every year, and every one of them is a big hit at the box office.

Yang Hao was still satisfied with the North American box office of "Zhu Xian" which was 4853 million US dollars in its first week.

You should know that the US box office is calculated until Friday, which means that in just two days, Thursday and Friday, the North American box office of "Zhu Xian" reached 4853 million US dollars. (End of this chapter)