Chapter 489 Box Office Miracle
Sina Entertainment News

"Written and directed by Li Chen, starring Happy Twist team members Shen Teng and Mary, and with Liu Yifei as a special guest star, the hilarious youth-traveling comedy "Charlotte's Troubles" will be released nationwide on September 9."

"Thanks to the overwhelming popularity gained by the support of various stars and media on the premiere day, the attendance rate on the day of release exceeded that of Earthquake, and the final cumulative box office on the first day was 3550 million."

"At midnight on September 9, the ratings of "Charlotte's Troubles" were released on major movie platforms, and the rating on Douban was 30 points."

"Both netizens who have seen the film and cinema managers said that this is the best comedy so far and has the potential to become the third domestic film to break 500 million this year."

"Some viewers said: After watching "Charlotte's Troubles", all the worries disappeared, and the only thing that mattered was whether you were tired of laughing."

Beijing News
"'Detective Dee' stars five big names including Andy Lau, Li Yuyu, Lau Ka-ling, Deng Chao and Leung Ka-fai, and will be released nationwide on September 9."

"In the two days since its release, Detective Dee has performed well at the box office. Data provided by Huayi shows that Detective Dee earned nearly 2000 million yuan on the first day, and nearly 4000 million yuan in total over the two days."

"The reporter also received feedback from the cinema chain, conservatively estimating that the box office of Detective Dee in the first two days of its release should have exceeded 3500 million, but the actual box office figure may be slightly higher, and the basic error between the two views will not exceed 500 million."

Liu Dehua has experienced the feeling of ice and fire in the past two days.

On the one hand, with the release of "Charlotte", his Cantonese version of "Tunli People" was imitated crazily by netizens, with an astonishing click rate.

If it were just a single event, it would certainly be a happy event.

But when he starred in "Detective Dee", "Charlotte" was completely humiliated.

Even so, Liu Dehua still showed his superior emotional intelligence when he was interviewed today for the cover magazine of "Esquire".

"Hua Zai, have you ever thought that the two-day box office of Detective Dee tied with the first-day box office of Charlotte?"

If Liu Dehua is still playing hide-and-seek with the media at this time like he did before the film was released, he would be deceiving himself.

Looking at the reporters in front of him, they all had eager smiles on their faces waiting for him to give them materials.

Liu Dehua did not disappoint the reporters and said with a smile: "Detective Dee is also a human being, not a god."

"But Li Chen, he's almost become a god."

The reporters' eyes lit up and they thought to themselves that it was right.

Li Chen is the first director in China, including both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, to have a box office of over 1 billion yuan. Feng Xiaogang became the second with the blessing of "Aftershock".

But looking at "Charlotte" now, Li Chen might become the first director in China to have a box office of over 15 billion.

With the double gold blessing, he is about to become a god.

The term "Li Chen is deified" quickly became a hot search topic, especially since it was said by Liu Dehua.

"Andy Lau hit the nail on the head. Leo has indeed become a legend. This movie 'Charlotte' will probably establish Leo as the top-grossing director in China."

"Andy Lau is so miserable. If we ignore Charlotte, the box office of Detective Dee is pretty good."

After Liu Dehua finished shooting for the magazine in Beijing, he called Li Chen again.

I have to treat Li Chen to a meal.

According to conservative estimates, the song "Tunli People" can bring him at least eight-figure income.

What was a meal? As for the feeling of ice and fire, it was naturally impossible to show it in front of Li Chen.

Otherwise, Liu Dehua would not be Liu Dehua.

During the festival, the big and small kings of Huayi gathered together with their families, but the two brothers were more upset than the other.

"Is he a human? Big brother! If you say that Earthquake lost to Inception, I'll accept it."

“But I really can’t understand why Detective Dee lost to Charlotte! Are the movie kings and queens like Andy Lau, Chu Chu, and Tony Leung inferior to those who act in dramas?”

"It's because he is the director, Li Chen!"

Wang Zhonglei was cursing. He could handle anyone with ease now, but he lost his composure when Li Chen was mentioned.

Wang Zhongjun poured a cup of tea for his brother. In fact, he had almost guessed this result since the premiere of "Charlotte".

Their "Detective Dee" is still pretty good, but "Sword Rain" was a complete flop.

"Sword Rain" was released one day earlier than "Detective Dee", but the film company has not revealed the box office figures for the first three days. If it was higher than "Detective Dee", with Xiao Ma's style, press releases would have been flying everywhere.

It can't compare to "Detective Dee", and it's not even as good as "Ip Man".

Wang Zhongjun did not mention "Charlotte", but changed the subject: "Zhonglei, "Sword Rain" gave us a wake-up call."

"A middle-aged and foreign martial arts actress like Yang Ziqiong should never be allowed to take the lead role as a given!"

Wang Zhonglei exhaled and nodded: "Big brother is right."

Li Chen called Yang Siwei.

"Send your people down. If you don't have enough people, borrow from Wang Changtian. If pirated copies are reported during the seven days of the National Day, I will hold you accountable!"

Yang Siwei was unconsciously a little nervous: "I understand, boss."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Siwei started moving like a CPU.

In the following week, the National Day box office trend saw an astonishing and even jaw-dropping scene.

"Charlotte" earned 65 million on the second day with a 6250% screening rate.

It really shocked everyone in the circle and the media.

China Film Report
"Directed by Li Chen, the youth campus comedy "Charlotte's Troubles", which was released two days ago, received overwhelming praise on the first day. On the second day, it took in a staggering 65 million yuan with 6150% of the screening schedule, setting a single-day box office record in Chinese film history."

"Charlotte's Troubles broke the 6000 million single-day box office record held by Avatar, which had dominated the East for nine months, in a way that was almost beyond everyone's expectations."

“We are just one step away from setting the record for the fastest 100 million-dollar mark.”

The bright red “6150” on Weibo’s hot search list stunned everyone in the circle.

Are you sure it’s not “Avatar 2” but “Charlotte”?
Not to mention that everyone in the circle was dumbfounded, even the starring actors of Mahua felt like they were in the clouds these past two days.

I followed Li Chen in a daze and continued the domestic roadshow while the iron was hot.

In the face of the interview, Shen Teng's emotional intelligence is not low: "In the film industry, our Mahua team is still a newcomer. We can achieve such a box office, thanks to the full support of Director Li and Yifei."

"Director Li has given us such a good start in making fried dough twist. We are deeply honored and can only continue to work hard and learn from him."

He was quite serious at first, and as soon as he shouted out "learning from Director Li", he immediately attracted laughter from the Mahua team.

The road to success for "Charlotte" is not over yet.

Day 6485: million

Day 6625: million

Day 6710: million

Day 6855: million

Day 6910: million!
"Charlotte" broke the 100 million mark in three days, 200 million in four days, and 300 million in six days, breaking records every day.

The amount of discussion on Weibo is staggering.

During the seven days of the National Day holiday, the daily box office was no less than 60 million, which directly defeated the three action films "Detective Dee", "Fist of Fury" and "Sword Rain".

Before the film was released, the media was promoting the story of three heroes fighting Lu Bu.

But after the release, that was not the case at all!

All three plays combined are not even close to the performance of “Charlotte.”

What is most frustrating is that during the seven-day National Day holiday, the daily box office of "Charlotte" showed a downward trend.

The other three action films, however, are experiencing a visibly declining performance every day.

Others were surrounded by beauties during the holidays, but Yu Dong was the only one who was chased by the media and had to run away in fear.

The original “500 million guarantee” made Yu Dong the biggest joke in the circle.

I gave you a chance, but you didn't use it.
(End of this chapter)