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"5 Centimeters Per Second" passed the censorship without a hitch, and as Phoenix expected, it was rated as suitable for audiences of all ages. The grading for all ages is the maximum audience grading. "5 Centimeters Per Second" does not have any bad scenes, so it is a matter of course to be able to get this grading.

The review was passed, and the publicity was done well. Now, for Meng Huo and the others, it seemed that there was only one thing left—waiting. However, this waiting process was not peaceful. A few days before the release of "5 Centimeters Per Second", a new movie that had just been released caused a sensation.

""Thirty-Six Strategies of Love" was a hit right off the bat, with the box office breaking through 150 million Chinese dollars on the first day, and theaters around the world readjusted their schedules."

Before "5 Centimeters Per Second", a love movie was the first to achieve success, breaking through 150 million at the box office on the first day, and theaters all over the world began to adjust the movie's broadcast schedule. Although these schedules did not affect the premiere of "Five Centimeters Per Second", they disrupted the schedule after the premiere of "Five Centimeters Per Second".

Originally, after a movie premieres, the theater will arrange a better time slot for the movie in the following period of time. Now because of the popularity of "Thirty-Six Strategies for Love", the schedule of "5 Centimeters per Second" has been snatched away.

"why is it like this!"

"It's too unfair to say change it!"

On Manga Island, the people in the animation department were outraged, but Meng Huo looked at the newspaper very calmly. It is an unspoken rule of Huaxia movies that theaters change their broadcast schedule due to box office. He has investigated it. So there is no surprise to this situation - he knows that as long as the box office of "5 Centimeters Per Second" is not bad, the subsequent schedule will be adjusted accordingly.

The newspaper Meng Huo was reading was "Film Weekly", and the content of this issue was about "Thirty-Six Strategies for Love". This is a romantic comedy movie. It tells the story of a 30-year-old professional woman who has never been in a relationship and tried her best to attract men's attention in order to get married. After going through a lot of trouble, she finally succeeded in finding Prince Charming .

And the script writer of this movie is very interesting, it says 'Huang Hui, a popular romance novel writer'.

"This Huang Hui is also a writer of romance novels, who is better than you?" Meng Huo asked Qin Ya.

"It's about the same...I'm a different type from her." Qin Ya was sitting beside him, eating snacks. Said: "My book sells well, but her book can't compare to mine. But she adapted it smoothly... A few years ago, the box office of the movie she made for the screenplay was almost 600 to 700 million."

"600, 700 million... Isn't that the same as now?"

Meng Huo was taken aback for a moment. According to the box office estimate on the first day,

The final box office revenue of "Thirty-Six Strategies of Love" should be around 600-700 million. This box office will look very good for new screenwriters and directors. But in the entire industry, it is only above average.

"Yeah, same, this is pretty good, okay?" Qin Ya glanced at Meng Huo: "There are only a few people who stand at the top of every industry, and they can get 600 to 700 million box office stably. Huang Hui and her It is already very remarkable, and it can be regarded as a popular screenwriter in all Chinese film companies."

"But I really didn't expect..." Qin Ya suddenly sighed again: "Huang Hui and I are good friends, I didn't expect that one day we would compete against each other in the movie."

The gap between the releases of "Thirty-Six Strategies in Love" and "Five Centimeters Per Second" is exactly one week apart, and there will be no competition between the two films on the surface. But in fact, they will still affect each other, and it is not a good thing for each other's box office revenue. And there are certain similarities in the types of the two movies, they are both love movies. This will divide the audience to a certain extent.

"Speaking of which, Teacher He Xi, don't you think this is too coincidental?"

Qin Ya frowned, and said: "Except for "Thirty-six Strategies of Love", "5 Centimeters Per Second" will premiere one week after "Entertainment Heaven", and then "Chu Xiong" at the beginning of next month. Four popular movies will be released in a row in a month , it’s not a festival day. Doesn’t it look right anyway?”

"Isn't someone else targeting us?"

The other two movies she mentioned are also highly popular works. "Entertainment Heaven" is a funny mythical movie, which tells the modern version of life in heaven. The director is Wang Tao, a disciple of the King of Comedy in Hong Kong. In recent years, his " Wang's Humor' is very hot. And "Chu Xiong" is a historical masterpiece, it is about the latest work of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and Zhang Mou, a powerful veteran director.

Qin Ya's suspicion is not unreasonable. Four highly anticipated movies will be released at the same time. Of course, Meng Huo had doubts about such an obvious thing. Ninety percent of China's movie theaters belong to several large movie companies, and the other three movies are also their works.

Logically speaking, they would not interact with popular works at the same time, and it is possible that they deliberately used them to suppress the arrogance of "5 Centimeters Per Second".

But Meng Huo wasn't worried. Whether someone deliberately lowered the box office of "5 Centimeters per Second" or not, he didn't think it would hurt his bones.

The fan base of "5 Centimeters Per Second" is fixed, no matter how bad the box office is, and as long as it is officially released, it will be difficult for others to interfere with it. The box office is the best alchemy stone. If the box office sells well on the first day, it is impossible for theater operators to arrange an unpopular time slot for it under the noses of the audience.

If they really do that, it will not only lose their money, but also their reputation...

Of course, another reason why Meng Huo is so confident is that Huaxia’s movie theater chain is not monopolized, it is controlled by different companies. These companies may join forces to suppress "5 Centimeters Per Second" a little, but it is absolutely impossible to do too much . Their interests are different. Once someone wants to turn against Phoenix Company, there must be someone who will win Phoenix Company over.

Animated films have great prospects. Apart from vigilance, there are also many people in the film industry who want to get a share of the action. Therefore, the release of "5 Centimeters Per Second" will not cause major problems.

"Don't worry about this, hurry up and work, we still have things to do!" Meng Huo dispelled Qin Ya's worries, he clapped his hands, and asked the rest of the animation department to continue working-although the production of the film was completed Yes, but they are still in charge of some peripheral image designs of "5 Centimeters Per Second", which will be officially released after the movie is released.

During the busy period, two-thirds of April passed quickly. Starting from mid-April, the movie ticket booking for the premiere of "5 Centimeters Per Second" began. On April 18, all people in Suhua City All the reserved tickets in the theaters were sold out—"5 Centimeters Per Second" caused a sensation before it was even released. (to be continued)