“Holy cow! What the hell! The domestic screening rate for "demon slayer" is so much higher than "this man comes from blue star"?!”
“Su Yu is fighting for Huaxia’s film honor, and you cinema lines are dragging him down?!”
“Have you been kneeling for so long that you can’t stand up anymore? They gave so many screenings to a bad movie! I’m speechless!”
“Now you’re slapped in the face, right? My Su Shen is invincible! Look at Tianxing Cinema Line, all of their screenings are for "this man comes from blue star", that’s amazing!”
“…”
The moment the first day’s box office results for both films came out, audiences and netizens from all over the world were stunned, while Huaxia audiences and netizens angrily began to curse.
They felt that the domestic cinema lines’ screening arrangements had dragged down Su Yu’s film’s box office.
If the two films had the same screening volume, how could "this man comes from blue star"’s domestic box office possibly lose?
The major cinema lines were also dumbfounded; they really hadn’t expected that the movie Su Yu produced in twenty days would be so fierce!
They had all seen the finished versions of both films, and they truly hadn’t imagined that a “sci-fi” movie with only a few people sitting in a room awkwardly chatting could achieve such a reputation and box office on its opening day.
However, it was all too late; the indignant netizens in Huaxia had already stormed their official accounts.
Calling them blind was considered mild; some even started to curse them as traitors.
They are in business, and their primary goal is to make money!
Of course, they would give higher screening rates to whoever they felt could make money.
However, this time they made a mistake.
So they could only immediately adjust the screening ratio, otherwise, the public opinion pressure and boycotts of their cinemas would be enough to make them suffer.
Lionsgate Films fell into a dead silence after the box office results came out.
Stewart looked blankly at Bob; although the first day’s box office gap wasn’t huge, his film’s reputation had already collapsed.
He could already imagine what the subsequent box office would look like.
And challenging Su Yu and belittling Huaxia for having no sci-fi was all Bob’s idea, so he couldn’t bear the consequences and infamy alone!
“You continue to record and send out a video, insisting that Su Yu’s sci-fi movie is a crooked path, and that Huaxia will never be able to make a hard-core sci-fi movie with big special effects and big scenes like "demon slayer"!”
Bob was also helpless, but things always need to be resolved, right?
They could only grasp onto this “soft sci-fi” point to counterattack.
This way, they could still save some face!
So Stewart bit the bullet and recorded a video with this content, but this time, the popularity they imagined didn’t materialize.
Because he, as a loser, was no longer qualified to jump around in front of Su Yu.
If he had won this time, perhaps his every move would have garnered huge attention and hot topics.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t! He was just an overestimating, attention-seeking, and embarrassing loser who brought shame overseas.
On the second day, Su Yu and Robert jointly auditioned Robert Jr. and Kerry for the role of Poirot.
The result was that Kerry’s Poirot appearance was a bit distracting, while the moment Robert Jr. put on a fake mustache and a top hat, he immediately gave off a feeling of Poirot possession.
In terms of acting skills, Kerry might have been slightly better, but the role is like that; it’s not just about good acting, it picks people, it picks faces.
Robert Jr.’s styling clearly conformed more to the image of Detective Poirot in the hearts of Su Yu and Robert.
Both performed a segment of the same plot content, and the comparison made this feeling even more apparent.
Finally, Su Yu signed Robert Jr. for a friendly price of 5 million US dollars in film remuneration.
As for sequels? That would be discussed later!
After all, even Su Yu himself hadn’t decided whether or not to shoot the Poirot series.
When Su Yu returned to Huaxia, the box office results for the second day of the film’s release had also come out.
"this man comes from blue star"’s global box office on the second day was 45 million US dollars!
"demon slayer" on the second day was 17 million US dollars.
Su Yu’s film box office didn’t drop but increased, being more than twice that of the opponent!
And in Huaxia’s mainland box office, "this man comes from blue star" finally broke 100 million, double-killing "demon slayer" both domestically and internationally.
No one knows if "demon slayer", with its 65 million US dollar budget, will ultimately lose money, but "this man comes from blue star" has already made a fortune.
An investment of one million chinese yuan, and it generated 76 million US dollars in box office revenue in two days?
Calculating roughly with 1/3 of the total box office as profit, it made a net profit of 25 million US dollars in two days!
Even robbing money isn’t this fast!
And Kerry, who was originally a bit disappointed for missing out on the role of Poirot, was no longer sad at this moment.
Why be sad?! Su Yu publicly said he would give him 5% of the box office share!
Perhaps the share from this movie alone would be enough for him to live triumphantly for a long time.
On the third day, the box office share of "this man comes from blue star" slightly declined, but it still remained above 40 million US dollars.
"demon slayer" was tragic, its global box office had already dropped below 10 million US dollars.
There’s no need to even think about it, this movie will definitely cause Lionsgate Films and the investors to suffer internal losses.
At the same time as the third day’s box office results came out, the results of the twentieth episode of the Blue Star Concert were also hotly released.
Su Yu’s "falling into the abyss" undoubtedly won the championship, and Huaxia also topped the ten-country list with a total score of 75 points.
The second place in this issue was Fernando from France, the third was Lucia from Spain, the fourth was Fischer from Germany, and the fifth was Chris from the United States.
The final ranking of total scores was:
Huaxia first with 75 points, the United States second with 41 points, Neon third with 32 points, Russia and France tied for fourth with 28 points, Italy and Spain tied for sixth with 24 points, Germany eighth with 23 points, the United Kingdom ninth with 21 points, and South Korea last with 6 points.
This total score ranking, while confirming that the first match of the finals would be held in Neon, also sent an interesting signal.
That is, among the top six who entered the finals, there were seven countries.
It’s a competition, and anything can happen. Audiences and netizens from various countries expressed their acceptance of such a result.
As for Germany, which missed the finals by one point? Well, they can exert themselves in the third season.
Knowing shame and then having courage!
As for South Korea, which was too far behind at the time, it’s best not to include them in the next season.
On the 24th, Su Yu’s fifth painting, "Viewing Lushan Waterfall", set a new record for its private auction price!
The fourth painting, "Spring Outing to Qiantang Lake", was privately auctioned for 299 million.
This time, "Viewing Lushan Waterfall" was directly privately auctioned for 362 million!
No one knows who privately bought it.
Since the person themselves is unwilling to step forward, the calligraphy and painting exhibition naturally cannot disclose it.
However, Su Yu’s five paintings have already been privately auctioned for an astronomical sum of over 1.5 billion chinese yuan, and many people feel that the main event might still be to come!
It is said that many capital magnates are eyeing the last two calligraphies, "the liquor offering" and "The Knight-Errant".
They are all sharpening their knives, waiting to snatch them up.