Pei Qian quickly clicked on the movie's promotional page.
Flying Star Journey
Action/Science Fiction/Fantasy
United States/134 minutes
Released on March 12, 2011-03-12
On the eve of World War I, a traumatized former officer, Tim (John Stanton), inadvertently transmigrated to a mysterious planet and was involved in the disputes of many forces on the planet. These forces saw him as a key figure in ending the dispute and even won the heart of the beautiful princess, Lynn (Deja Morton). However, could he really abandon the past and change the fate of this planet?
Pei Qian's elated mood was instantly doused with cold water after reading this introduction.
This story doesn't seem to be very interesting!
However, on second thought … it seemed that all films made in the United States were like this. Didn't Avatar, which was popular all over the world, also transmigrate to another planet and get intimate with the local indigenous girls?
Yes, almost.
The key was still the director and the investment!
As long as the director was reliable and the investment was high, this film would definitely be able to push Tomorrow is Beautiful to the ground with ease!
Pei Qian quickly looked for more information about this movie.
Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief after reading it.
It's done!
Director Darryl directed his first personal animated short film as early as 1988. So far, he had accumulated directing many films and been nominated for Oscars many times. In 2005, his animated film earned 600 million US dollars at the global box office and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. In 2008, his next animated sci-fi film won this award again.
The movie Flying Star Journey was based on a classic sci-fi novel published in the United States in 1911. It happened to be the 100th anniversary of the original novel. The total investment of the movie exceeded 170 million US dollars, and the actors were all stars. The male protagonist, John Stanton, worked hard to complete very strict physical training during filming. He lost a full 25 pounds while enduring the torture of injuries to complete filming. He was a model of professionalism.
All in all, Pei Qian read the information of this film from beginning to end and felt at ease.
This was the standard template for a United States blockbuster!
Look at this luxurious lineup, look at the huge investment, famous director, famous actors, and a good script. It should not be a problem to make a total box office of 600 to 700 million US dollars when it was broadcasted around the world, right?
If he were to casually do something in the country, he could easily earn 500 to 600 million yuan.
What's more, even Pei Qian had underestimated it. According to the investment of 170 million US dollars, the film's global box office earnings of 500 to 600 million US dollars could only be considered a break-even.
If it was a big hit, it would be at least one billion!
Wouldn't it be a piece of cake for the major cinemas to squeeze Tomorrow is Beautiful out of the limelight then?
Currently, on the first day of release, the movie was given 31.4% of the screenings. If things went well from here on, the number of screenings would definitely increase!
On the other hand, Tomorrow is Beautiful's showtimes had fallen to less than 15%.
The only thing that Pei Qian felt was that it was a pity that the film was released half a month later. If it could be released at the same time as Tomorrow is Beautiful, it would definitely be a success!
However, it was not too late to release it now. At the very least, it would reduce Pei Qian's future earnings!
At that thought, Pei Qian felt extremely encouraged.
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March 12th, Saturday.
Today was the weekend and he did not have to go to work. However, to Pei Qian, every weekend from today onwards would be extremely arduous!
As he ate Fish-Catching Take-Out, he checked Otto Technologies.
E1 cell phone's reservation status.
Indeed, there were less than five thousand pre-orders so far. The stock this time would be able to hold down at least four thousand units. That was about the same as Pei Qian had estimated.
On the Internet, this number also caused a lot of ridicule.
This was because of Otto Technologies.
When the E1 cell phone's news conference was first held, it was very lively. The video of the news conference was on Aili Island's digital chart. Chang You's recital even attracted many people to imitate it.
On the day of the launch, all 1,000 units were sold out in an instant, creating an illusion of high popularity.
Previously, many people had suspected that this was hunger marketing. Now that they had opened the pre-orders, the number of pre-orders was less than 5,000, which was an order of magnitude lower than the tens of thousands of pre-orders of other big-name mobile phone manufacturers.
Thus, everyone's point of ridicule changed very naturally.
"Otto Technologies really made a bad move. They should have continued with hunger marketing. They could have maintained the cell phone's popularity by selling it bit by bit. Now that it's open for sale, everyone knows how valuable this phone is. Aren't you ashamed that only five thousand people have reserved it? "
"Even if it's a little fake? It's not shameful to add one more person behind the number of pre-orders! "
"Hehe, I think Boss Chang must have become arrogant. The first three thousand cell phones were all sold out, giving him the illusion that this cell phone is very popular. That's why he made a pre-order and exposed himself instantly!"
"You said that it was hunger marketing when there was no stock. Now that there is stock, you say that this cell phone is not popular enough. The haters will always be invincible …"
"Hehe, that's the truth. I won't ask for more. I'll admit that this cell phone is popular if it can sell thirty thousand units. The key is, can it? Now, three thousand units have been sold, and there are still five thousand pre-orders. That's the peak! The truth has proven that marketing and IQ taxes cannot go far! "
Pei Qian felt much better reading these comments. He even ate a few more mouthfuls of rice.
Especially the last comment. It was righteous and powerful, completely asserting that Otto Technologies had no chance. That made Pei Qian feel very comfortable.
The only pity was that this guy probably did not know the market very well. In fact, Boss Pei had earned twelve million yuan just from selling three thousand units. Even if he returned the profits to the other departments, he would still have earned more than a million yuan.
Wouldn't Boss Pei's life be in danger if he sold thirty thousand units?
Then, Pei Qian took another look at Be Quiet.
Players' comments on Be Quiet.
Until now, players were still arguing about the purchase threshold of this game. There were very few topics about the game itself.
The sales of the game were also increasing, but less than ten thousand copies had been sold so far.
Compared to the previous games, it was simply a ridiculous start!
Pei Qian was very happy. The dissuasion process that he had carefully designed was obviously effective, and the effect was significant!
Of course, he had been scolded a lot.
This was also the point that players debated the most on the internet.
In the beginning, "BE!"
They had to go through the ARG decryption first. Many players were already holding back their anger and even threw the game to the back of their minds.
After solving the ARG puzzle for a whole week, many people finally wanted to buy it happily, only to find that there were prerequisites!
What's more, these prerequisites even took nearly an hour to complete a scary little game. Some people who did not have a camera at home even had to get a camera …
Although The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer were already free, many people who had not played these two games before did not want to download them or play them at all.
In short, these prerequisites had dissuaded a large number of players and caused great controversy until now.
Some players said that Tengda had become arrogant and let go of itself, doing meaningless publicity that affected the sales of the game, and waiting for the game to die.
There were also players who said that the game used this method to filter out players so that those impatient noobs could not enter the game. This way, it could purify the game environment and improve the game experience. It was part of the game's marketing strategy, and from the looks of it, it was very successful.
Pei Qian watched these debates with relish.
Pei Qian really wanted to tell everyone that they were all right!
I do want the game to die, and it is indeed screening out players. You are all talking about the same thing!
In addition to these two types of people who were arguing fiercely, there were some posts that made Pei Qian feel the greatness of the people's wisdom.
A player named 'super average' posted a detailed guide to passing the prerequisites, including how long to drive in The Lonely Desert Road, how to choose in Game Designer each time, how to operate the TPDb website, and so on.
The most interesting thing was that this poster also came up with the ultimate way to play truant to pass the final test: find a piece of paper, dig a hole in it, and cover it with the screen. That way, one only needed to stare at the small screen behind the hole, and one would not be affected by the ghosts around the screen at all.
The ultimate test that originally required more than half an hour of effort and extremely strong willpower to pass was passed by many people in one attempt after using this method of playing truant.
Regarding this post, Pei Qian only had one word for it: admiration!
Of course, there was also a way to make up for this loophole. That was to continue to adjust the gameplay of the game so that players' eyes had to sweep across every corner of the screen throughout the whole process and not just stare at one place.
However, considering that the current sales of the game were not very good, it was obvious that the current challenge had a very strong effect of dissuading people. Thus, Pei Qian turned a blind eye to this.
After all, only a minority of the players were able to reach this final step.
Finally, Pei Qian opened Gou Yan to check the box office of Flying Star Journey on the first day.
It was only noon, but the box office of Flying Star Journey had already broken 11 million yuan. The box office on the first day should be about 24 million yuan.
Pei Qian could not help but frown slightly. It did not seem as impressive as he had imagined.
However, on further thought, today was only the first day of screening. There would be a wave of moviegoers tomorrow and Sunday. Wouldn't it be easy to add up to 60 million yuan in two days?
Famous director, famous actors, big investment, and big scene. It was impossible to fail no matter how he looked at it. If he did not easily cut a box office of 600 to 700 million yuan, how would he have the cheek to greet others?
Pei Qian still remembered that the box office of Tomorrow is Beautiful on the first day was less than 8 million yuan in half a day. On the first day, it was about 17 million yuan. Gou Yan estimated that the box office had reached 210 million yuan.
After that, the figures for Tomorrow is Beautiful were still rising. Now, Gou Yan estimated the box office to be 230 million yuan.
Pei Qian quickly opened the estimated box office of Flying Star Journey.
"320 million RMB???"
"Such a good film has such a low estimated box office? I don't believe it! "
Pei Qian almost thought that there was a zero missing from this number.
However, on further thought, Gou Yan's box office estimate was only an estimate. It was not necessarily accurate, especially when it was based on the box office of half a day. It was even more inaccurate.
Didn't you underestimate Tomorrow is Beautiful?
Come on, Flying Star Journey. I have faith in you!
I must slap Gou Yan's face with a high box office tomorrow. I must let it know what it meant to be a dog looking down on people, oh no, a dog looking down on films!
Pei Qian looked at tomorrow's screening schedule. Flying Star Journey's screening schedule had increased from 31.4% to 32.3%. It was not a big increase, but it would still have a good suppressive effect on Tomorrow is Beautiful.
That was because Tomorrow is Beautiful had been screening for 19 days. It would stop screening in another ten days or so.
Moreover, Flying Star Journey was not the only film that was putting pressure on Tomorrow is Beautiful's screening schedule. During this period, other films were being released one after another.
Tomorrow is Beautiful's box office had now fallen to third place. The first two were Flying Star Journey and The Chaser. The latter was also a new film that had just been released two days ago. Its total box office would definitely not surpass Tomorrow is Beautiful, but it was a new film after all. It had a high screening schedule. Its single-day box office could still steadily beat Tomorrow is Beautiful.
Now, the daily box office of the three films was 20 million yuan, 8 million yuan, and 4 million yuan, respectively.
However, Tomorrow is Beautiful seemed to be past its prime under the continuous pressure of the first two films.
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The interesting thing was that this chapter said that names would be included in the book. This was called 'naming and praising'. Everyone was welcome to continue to leave comments.
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