Disaster Artist

People come and go, there is a lot of traffic.

At midnight, the voices were full of people.

The lights are bright, and I can't sleep through the night.

At the street intersection in the center of Lanchuan, traffic police are directing traffic at the busy intersection of the popular business district. The bustling vehicles are like daytime.

Belden TV's camera was filming the endless stream at the intersection, and then the camera moved slowly. When they came to the roadside, they could see the host standing beside a traffic policeman, conducting the second wave of tonight's interview.

"Officer, is this normal?"

A tall and upright police officer looked at the camera, slightly nervous.

"It's not common."

"Actually, when a few series of movies with a huge fan base were released, a large number of movie fans chose to camp in front of the cinema in order to watch the movie for the first time, just like camping in the open air, but overall, they all knew their goals. , so it's not confusing."

"The most important thing is that they won't force a midnight show."

"But tonight was obviously not normal."

"The crowd at the midnight show has far exceeded expectations, and most of them are teenagers, which also adds a lot of difficulties to our work."

"But we have increased the police force, from the bus to the subway to the vehicle, to ensure the smooth operation of all links, and to ensure that the audience can go home safely after watching the movie."

As the police officer said, "midnight scene", this has become a key word.

The audience, not only to support "unfriend" and Lu Qian, but also to show their boldness and heroism——

"Do you dare to face it?"

This is a short sentence that swept the Internet frenzy in just a few days after the full release of "Unfriending".

In fact, the origin comes from the discussion among netizens about cyber violence in movies. Because of the particularity of the Internet, many people hide their faces behind the data and recklessly vent their negative emotions, thus forming a kind of violence. , a new social phenomenon.

Then, "Do you dare to face it?" is a challenge.

Meaning, do you dare to say that you have never used any verbal violence on the Internet? Do you dare to look directly at the harm you have caused others on the Internet?

Watching "Unfriend" is like looking in the mirror. Because of the sense of substitution and immersion brought by the movie, it is easy for people to enter it. The level of fear can reflect the truth in everyone's heart.

However, the Internet is always like this. One thing was originally like this, but when it is forwarded and forwarded, it seems to be another.

I don't know what's going on. "Do you dare to face it?" was quickly and rudely interpreted as, "Do you have the courage to watch it?", which is to return to the most basic and primitive role of horror/thriller movies:

Scary.

Then netizens explained that "unfriending" is very, very scary, and not many people dare to watch it.

As a result, audiences who bravely entered the tiger's den emerged one after another.

It is precisely because of this that "Midnight Show" is even more attractive. It is like listening to ghost stories in the cemetery and watching horror movies in the morgue. If you dare to watch a horror movie at midnight, then you will be safe. Going home without incident, then it is equivalent to a hero who bravely slashes the dragon.

Tickets for the "Midnight Show" are really hard to come by.

For such a situation, the traffic police can only smile bitterly, but they are not the only ones.

The parents of those teens also frowned, standing in front of the Belden TV camera, complaining dumbfounded.

"I don't know what happened or what they were thinking."

"Watching a midnight movie will not make him a dragon warrior, nor will he win the hearts of girls."

"But I think we all did some stupid things when we were young. I won't stop him, the only hope is that he won't be scared to pee his pants in the cinema."

This parent... has a sense of humor, imagine how the child's friends will laugh at the child in the future when they recognize the parent's face on TV?

The host couldn't hold back when he was on the scene, and he laughed happily after a puff.

Is Belden TV promoting the "unfriend" propaganda?

Actually not necessarily.

Although Belden TV and Belden Cinemas are also affiliated to the Belden Group, the two subsidiaries usually do not have a cooperative relationship and have always gone their separate ways.

The reason why Belden TV reported "Unfriending" was mainly because of the news hotspots, and helping Belden Cinemas to boost the box office was just an incidental move.

Long before the negative news of "Master of Time Management" broke out, the popularity of "Unfriending" had already attracted the attention of Belden TV——

Does the movie come into reality?

There is a lot of speculation on the Internet. Even though Ji Xu re-emphasized in an interview that the movie has nothing to do with reality, and all the real news has been deleted, it still failed to stop the divergent thinking of netizens. Fantastic.

It is precisely because of this that many netizens who call themselves "detectives" go to the cinema again and again to watch movies with an adventurous mentality—

"Unfriending" is the first computer desktop movie in history. Lu Qian's attention to detail is displayed. Every picture has countless information. It seems trivial in fact, all of them are related, and finally all can play a role. Enriching the roles of the characters and linking the whole story of Jiang Qian's incident~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Now, the audience is trying to discover more secrets through the actions of the second, third and fourth brushes, just like the contemporary Sherlock Holmes .

This is how the movie box office exploded.

Part of them are Sherlock Holmes; part of them are supporters of "tragic heroes"; part of them are curious melon eaters; and part of them are foolish and daring people with an adventurous spirit.

In addition, after the news of Belden TV was broadcast, it was the first time that "Unfriend" was put on the small screen of the TV station, and the publicity effect came again.

Then, the weekend of the second week of July ushered in a box-office frenzy, which really exploded.

"Dinosaur Planet" VS "Unfriend".

The strong collision of the two movies did not disappoint. After experiencing the disappointment of "Pangu" and "Super Power Legion", the market that was waiting and waiting, brewing and brewing finally ushered in a blowout, and the audience who couldn't stand it left one after another. Entering the cinema, the box office potential of the entire market has also shown an explosive state.

Weekend three days:

"Dinosaur Planet", 450 million!

This performance also easily surpassed the direct competitors "Pangu" and "Super Power Legion", and became the second-highest box office work in the opening weekend this summer. The popcorn blockbuster that the audience has been waiting for finally debuted, plus Good word-of-mouth evaluation, the follow-up box office is worth looking forward to.

finally!

The whole market is sighing that the large-scale investment movie finally ushered in a box office explosion, proving that computer special effects blockbusters still have a market, and Tianshan Pictures also let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, what about "unfriending"?

Five hundred and thirty million!

What... what? How many come? Make sure the zero after the number is correct, right?