In front of a cinema in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

You can see from a distance that many people are queuing up to buy tickets. Bored Lin Weilun felt incredible to see such a scene.

"Is there another Hollywood blockbuster released? Why don't I know?" Lin Weilun muttered.

"Brother, what are you doing? What are you queuing up to see?" Lin Weilun asked a young man.

"You don't know?" The young man was surprised.

"I don't know!"

"A horror movie inside is said to be very bloody and very good-looking. I've seen netizens in the mainland online and are crazy. Today I'm released in Hong Kong, so I'll take a look. How good-looking it is." The young man said.

Lin Weilun was stunned and thought, when did mainland movies become so popular in Hong Kong? There were so many people queuing up, dreaming.

Hong Kong has always been the pride of Chinese movies, Chinese entertainment movies, and even Asian movies. However, from 1997 to 2007, the decade of disappearing, Hong Kong movies have declined in a slump.

Lin Weilun felt incredible that so many people were actually queuing up for a mainland movie today.

"What movie is so good? So many people line up?" Lin Weilun asked.

The young man glanced at him, and obviously he didn't know anything about the person he was talking to. He said, "Wang Meng, do you know? Does Dream Factory know?"

Well……

Lin Weilun was stunned and thought for a while and said, "Is it the Wang Meng from "This and That Man from Earth" last year that was the one who was proud of her at the Venice International Film Festival?"

"Haha...you know, it's him."

Lin Weilun still knows Wang Meng. Not to mention that Wang Meng has been at its peak in the Chinese entertainment industry recently, Wang Meng has participated in everything, and "Transformers" is popular all over the world, and the popularity of the online global villages is naturally known as the same kind of character and cultural circle.

However, Wang Meng's reputation is not very big in Hong Kong and Taiwan. After all, his foundation is shallow. Even if he is popular, he cannot withstand the accumulation of time.

At this moment, Wang Meng is the kind of buyer in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Many people know about it, but they don’t have a deep impression of it, and they lack the presence of iron-core players.

"He, I know, what's wrong, is his movie released?" Lin Weilun asked.

"No, it's a movie written by him, and it's produced by his company DreamWorks."

"It looks good?" Lin Weilun asked carefully.

"I haven't watched it yet. But I heard from mainland netizens that it is a classic horror film, which is better than Citigroup, or a horror film." The young man said.

"It's better than Midi's, aren't it nonsense?" Lin Weilun didn't believe it.

As the pride of Chinese entertainment movies, Hong Kong people are confident in their own movies. Over the years, Hong Kong has been beaten by Hollywood movies, let alone the mainland.

"I didn't think so at first, but didn't you watch the interview between Chen Kexin and Tsui Hark? Both of them said it was very good. It was a rare horror movie, no less than a Citigroup movie. I am a Tsui Hark fan, so my idol said that I naturally want to watch it." The young man said.

In fact... the promotion of "Saw" in the early days was not very good in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

It was Chen Kexin and Tsui Hark who said a few good words about "Saw", which made the current scene come true.

However, Hong Kong, a small place with an area of ​​1,100 square kilometers and a population of 7 million, has more than 100 cinemas!

There are only 12 theaters released in "Saw", accounting for only one-tenth of the proportion.

This is also the reputation of Wang Meng recently, the kind words of Tsui Hark and Chen Kexin, and the relationship left behind by the DreamWorks released "You, the Deskmate" a few times ago.

Who knows whether the horror movies in the mainland are nonsense? I can’t guarantee that even if they are popular in the mainland, no one may watch them in Hong Kong and Taiwan?

It is precisely because there are few theaters released that there will be queues. If there are many theaters released, there will be queues. Unless Wang Meng becomes Jackie Chan's status.

Lin Weilun talked with the young man for a while and felt that it was nothing, so he just went and took a look.

Queue, buy tickets, watch.

However……

When I saw the movie, I felt bad. Not only Lin Weilun was the one who felt bad, but also many Hong Kong movie fans who entered the cinema.

Thinking about what I said before, the bloody scene, the blurred inferences from the pounce, the reversal at the end, the unstoppable screams, and the dazzling murder weapon, it is so scary.

The movie fans who shouted a little hoarsely walked out of the theater with a trembling and shaking. Everyone's face was a little pale. They thought it was embarrassing, but when they saw it, they all smiled bitterly.

"Hi. How about "Saw"? Is it good?"

The fans who were waiting to watch the next scene asked after seeing the fans who were the first to watch it.

As a result, they all smiled bitterly, but a few people said excitedly: "It's so beautiful, I'm trembling all over. Is it really a photo taken from the mainland? It's so beautiful."

A movie fan saw a beautiful woman not yet recovering, and asked with a smile: "Beauty, is "Saw" good? I heard it's bloody?"

As a result, the beauty was stunned and cried out with a "Wow..."

The male fan got upset in an instant and said loudly: "I didn't do anything? I didn't do anything. I just asked if the movie was good."

The male movie fan thought he had scared the beauty to tears, and was afraid that others would treat him as a bad person, so he quickly explained.

The result...is different from what he thought.

The beauty ignored him and ran out of the cinema, leaving behind a burst of laughter and cry that had just finished watching.

At the same time, not only are there incredible scenes in Hong Kong cinemas.

The same is true at the entrances of some movie theaters in Taiwan.

An inexplicable terrifying storm is sweeping over.

Hong Kong, which was released in 12 cinemas on the same day, lost 860,000 yuan in box office.

This is not a dozen cinemas released, only a dozen. I dare not say that such a box office is very good, but it is conceivable for horror movies.

This is especially true in Taiwan. Speaking of which, Taiwan’s culture is more similar to the mainland, such a terrifying storm is naturally inevitable.

It was released on one day in Taiwan and won a box office of more than 900,000 yuan.

Actually...

Speaking of which, such a box office is not very outrageous, and it is even a failure for a Hong Kong and Taiwan movie.

But this is a mainland movie, this is a mainland NC-level movie. The most important thing is that it is not that the box office is so awesome, but the reputation is simply overwhelming.

It is precisely this reputation, coupled with the terrifying storm, that is unexpected.

At the Dream Factory headquarters, Liu Zhiyuan, who received the notice, called Wang Meng.

"Director Wang, the situation is not as we thought. Hong Kong is 860,000, Taiwan is 920,000, and Macau is 150,000. In total, we only got about 2 million yuan in a day."

Wang Meng on the phone heard Liu Zhiyuan's return, but felt relieved.

Obviously, the reputation and storm in the mainland made Liu Zhiyuan think that it would be popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but after the result came out, it was not as he thought.

Wang Meng told him that he was still counting on "Saw" to sweep Europe and the United States? Seeing the box office like Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan today, Liu Zhiyuan was a little discouraged.

"Don't worry, to be honest, I'm satisfied with such a box office. It's just the first day, and our fame is almost dispensable in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and not many people know us. It's useless to be anxious. I'm satisfied with the box office of 1.5 million in three places on the first day. Now it's more than 2 million, which seems better than I expected. Wait! Let's talk about it in a few days."

Wang Meng comforted Liu Zhiyuandao.

Wang Meng had long expected that when the beginning of the period "Saw" was released at Midi, it was not as good as it is now. It was not because of its reputation that it won more than 56 million US dollars in Midi, and over 100 million US dollars in all parts of the world.

In the previous life, since it could build such a country by reputation, Wang Meng does not believe that this life will be bad.

In this life, whether it is the picture or props, as for the whole, this version of "Saw" is even more outstanding, and the buys in the previous life were made up. Wang Meng didn't believe it, it was just a box office of more than 2 million yuan.

The next week is the opportunity to counterattack.

After hearing this, Liu Zhiyuan thought Wang Meng was comforting him and asked Wang Meng: "Then! Then do we announce the first-day box office of "Saw" in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan?"

Liu Zhiyuan recently broke various NC-level records in the mainland and crushed them all the way, but the result was that Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan were not very good, and he was a little depressed.

"Announcement must be announced so that everyone knows. When we fight back later, there will be certificates." Wang Meng said.

"Okay, I'll go and announce it."

Wang Meng, who hung up the phone, was in Zhenbeibao and has always been paying close attention to Dream Factory and "Saw" in the Magic City.

The next day, when the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan of "Saw" was released on the official website, it caused a lot of discussion.

"Dreamworks "Saw", a horror storm swept the mainland. However, it seems that it is not popular in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It can be seen from the box office that Saw can only be said to be unsatisfactory. It is not bad. For many films, the box office of more than 2 million yuan in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan on the first day was already amazing, but for the horror film "Saw", which is popular in China, it is a failure.

Wang Meng once said he wanted to land overseas and eventually land in Europe and the United States. Obviously, I don’t think so. It is not good to look at the situation in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan alone. Senior movie fans all know that Hong Kong is the bridgehead of Asian films. Any movie that causes a sensation in Hong Kong will surely arouse widespread optimism in the whole of Asia, and even the optimism of European and American theaters.

If you don’t get good results in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, it will be difficult to land in Europe and the United States. At most, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia will be released in a small scale. In short, DreamWorks and Wang Meng are still far away."

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"Dreamworks' "Saw" swept the mainland, but the first day of the box office in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan was not good. Is it because our mainland fans too superficial? Or is it that the fans in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan don't know anything about it? Why is there such a sharp contrast?"—

"Brother Meng said he wanted to land in Europe and the United States? Why is the box office in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan so bad? I heard that the mainland has broken records and the box office has reached 20 million, let alone the horror frenzy it triggers. I don't understand it very much?"—

"Time will not bury a good movie, and gold also needs experience. It is proved by the establishment of a post. "Saw" is definitely not such a result. I believe that the Jedi will fight back later and don't think it will come to fight."

——.

No matter how everyone talks about it, the box office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan on the first day was indeed incredible.

In the mainland, it has a box office of nearly 20 million yuan in a week, and its reputation and sensation are still getting worse. It is obvious that everyone will not accept it if it fails in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

However……

The next day, mainland movie fans are still arguing about the box office in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan on the first day of "Saw".

The box office came the second day in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Not only the box office, but also the movie fans in the third place were shocked by this.

The popularity of the mainland was now beginning to be replicated in three places.

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Chapter completed!