Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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December 12, 1983.

Back to the Future, which cost more than 50 million U.S. dollars in production costs, was screened in Liberty Cinemas and Shuangnan Cinemas.

Due to Xu Cun's political attitude toward the mainland, seven theaters and cinemas left Liberty Cinemas, and two medium-sized theaters joined Liberty Cinemas, so the current Liberty Cinemas has a total of 24 theaters and cinemas. However, although the number of theaters and cinemas in the Liberty Theater Line has decreased by five, the canvas has increased from forty-four to fifty-six. Among the seven cinemas and cinemas that have been reduced, only one is a small cinema with two canvases. , the rest are single-canvas theaters, and the three cinemas in Xucun’s New Territories and Lamma Island are now all seven-hall multiplexes.

The Shuangnan Cinema Line has 13 theaters and cinemas and 21 canvases.

In other words, during the Christmas period, there are a total of 37 theaters and cinemas with 77 canvases showing Back to the Future.

The two opponents of Back to the Future are Merry Christmas of New Art City (in the previous life, Merry Christmas was directed by Gao Zhisen. Today's Merry Christmas is directed by Huang Baiming, and the cast also includes Not a small change. For example: the actor who played Azhen was changed from Li Lizhen in the previous life to the current Luo Mingzhu, and the name was changed from Azhen to Azhu.) and Debao (currently using the brand of Baohe ) of Owl and Dumbo.

Merry Christmas was screened on 52 canvases in 24 theaters and cinemas and seven scattered theaters and cinemas of the Golden Princess Cinema Line.

Owl and Dumbo was screened in 31 theaters of Golden Harvest Cinemas and Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and on 56 canvases of cinemas.

Just to clarify, more canvases does not mean more seats—at this stage, there are more theaters in Xiangjiang and fewer movie theaters, and many theaters only have one canvas but have more than a thousand seats.

Therefore, although Back to the Future has some advantages over Merry Christmas and Owl and Dumbo in terms of the number of seats, these advantages are not too great. Of course, in terms of viewing environment, Back to the Future screened in eleven theaters and cinemas of DreamWorks is definitely a level higher than Merry Christmas and Owl and Dumbo!

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Looking at the comfortable and luxurious viewing environment, Yang Ziqiong, who was wearing big sunglasses and a peaked cap, said to Xu Cun, who was also dressed in the same attire: The cinema is so well decorated, can I earn back?

Xu Cun smiled and said: You don't understand that. Wool is always from sheep. With these decorations, at least 10% of the audience can be increased. The popcorn and cola income brought by this 10% of the audience will not be enough. Coupled with the derivative income brought by 10% higher than the box office, it only takes a few movies to earn back the decoration money.

Yang Ziqiong looked at the popcorn and Coca-Cola in Xu Cun's hands, and said, Are they very profitable?

Well……

Xu Cun said in amazement: Don't you know that popcorn and Coke are a great income for theaters and cinemas?

Yang Ziqiong shook his head and said, I really don't know.

Yang Ziqiong, who didn't want to continue this topic that seemed ignorant to her, changed the subject and said, Claudia should have told you not to get my idea, why do you still ask me out?

Xu Cun smiled and said, Because I think I have a chance.

Yang Ziqiong glanced at Xu Cun with the big eyes hidden behind the sunglasses, and said, Have you always been so confident?

Xu Cun put the popcorn and Coca-Cola on the chair, and then stated the facts: Before you, almost all the women I fell in love with now have the surname Xu. Then, Xu Cun looked directly at Yang Ziqiong and said, You are the next one!

Xu Cun's overbearing made Yang Ziqiong's heart tremble slightly - Yang Ziqiong had a little secret in her heart, she liked men who were more overbearing.

Yang Ziqiong warned herself secretly: Twenty or so girlfriends are really too many, and he is still Claudia's boyfriend, I can't fall in love with him!

After admonishing himself, Yang Ziqiong said with a smile: I think we are more suitable to be friends, even bosom friends, let alone male and female friends.

If a woman is willing to watch a movie with you, it means that she has something for you. How can Xu Cun, a veteran of flowers, not understand such a simple truth?

Xu Cun smiled and said: I never be friends with the woman I like, it's too hypocritical to do so.

Facing Xu Cun's pressing step by step, Yang Ziqiong's heart beat faster and faster, and she didn't know how to respond to Xu Cun's words.

At this moment, the lights in the cinema were turned off—Back to the Future was about to start playing.

Today is the 13th, which means that Back to the Future has finished its premiere, as have Merry Christmas and Owl and Dumbo.

In the Hong Kong area, Back to the Future had an average attendance rate of 91% on the first day, and the box office on the first day was 1.93 million Hong Kong dollars.

The average attendance of 91% and the first-day box office of 1.93 million Hong Kong dollars can be said to be a very good result-however, this is compared to films directed by other directors. Compared with Xu Cun's previous achievements in Xiangjiang, this result is very average.

The box office performance of Back to the Future on the first day of Xiangjiang is not as good as that of Xu Cun's leading film, not because Back to the Future is not well shot, nor is it because Back to the Future is not well promoted in Xiangjiang, but rather It was because Xu Cun's political leanings disliked many pro-British people, so many of them refused to watch Back to the Future, and these people accounted for a large proportion of movie consumers.

In this regard, Xu Cun has nothing to do - Xu Cun knows that this is the pain that DreamWorks must endure for the future.

Fortunately——

Back to the Future grossed $9.2 million on its first day in North America. Back to the Future performed surprisingly well in Japan, with a box office of 230 million yen on the first day. In addition, Back to the Future has performed well at the box office in other regions.

In Xiangjiang, because Back to the Future was not as powerful as Xu Cun's previous films, and Merry Christmas and Owl and Dumbo were also well shot, and with the support of the Anglophiles, Back to the Future Merry Christmas and Owl and Dumbo also opened well -- Merry Christmas averaged 94 percent attendance and 174 percent on its opening day. million Hong Kong dollars. The average attendance rate of Owl and Dumbo on the first day reached 92%, and the box office on the first day was 1.66 million Hong Kong dollars.

but--

Although the box office performance on the first day was not much worse, but in terms of word of mouth, Back to the Future completely smashed Merry Christmas and Owl and Dumbo - Merry Christmas and Owl and Dumbo Word of mouth is actually pretty good, but when compared with Back to the Future, which has an extremely novel story, they are completely inferior.

One of the reasons why Yang Ziqiong agreed to watch Back to the Future with Xu Cun was that she really wanted to see this good movie with a good reputation.

pity--

Yang Ziqiong's idea may be difficult to realize today - because, once the lights go out, Xu Cun will be very natural, or it can be said, very shameless, and he will occupy Yang Ziqiong's waist.

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