“That’s so amazing, I never thought an animated film could be made so well.”
“I heard this White Snake film was made by a company in a small Southeast Asian country.”
“After watching this animation, I realized how big the gap is between our animation and theirs.”
“Yeah, it’s not even in the same league. Before this, I thought American animated films were the best. Now I know there are even stronger ones.”
“These 55 yuan were well spent. It was a visual feast! The special effects, action, scene modeling, and character movements are all master-level.”
“Right. Other animated films I’ve seen are good, but they don’t compare to this one. The characters’ expressions are lifelike and the movements are natural, without any sense of incongruity. It feels like they are real.”
After watching the premiere, every audience member praised the animation, White Snake: Rise.
This aroused the curiosity of those who were still waiting in line for the next showing.
“Brother, is it really as good as you say?”
One person reached out and pulled a viewer who had already seen it, asking curiously.
The viewer whose sleeve was pulled didn’t get angry. He simply said, “Brother, it’s not just good. You know Lord of the Rings, Titanic? Those are classics. Compared to White Snake: Origin, they are completely outclassed. I can put my hand on my heart and say, this is absolutely the most awesome animation in the world.
It’s so good, you can’t tell if it’s a real person or an animation.
Anyway, once you’ve seen it, you’ll understand what I’m saying. Whether it’s an exaggeration or not, you’ll know after you’ve seen it.”
The surrounding movie fans who hadn’t seen it yet, all looked forward to watching White Snake: Origin after hearing this.
It wasn’t just ordinary viewers who were shocked.
The industry insiders.
Were also stunned.
“Han Zong, I previously thought Lord of the Rings and Titanic were the best movies ever made. Now I realize, there are always better people out there. I never thought an animation could reach this level. Even if it cost 2.5 billion US dollars, I’d believe it. Even if it cost 5 billion US dollars, I’d believe it.”
The head of Guangxian had a look of awe on his face.
Zuo Shan Diao nodded, sighing, “It’s truly impressive.”
He then sighed, his tone melancholic, “Our Dragon Nation still has a long way to go in the film industry.
This White Snake: Origin animation, whether it’s the design of the fight scenes, or the special effects, are all at the world’s top level. Even the special effects of Lord of the Rings pale in comparison.”
“It’s hard to believe that such an excellent animated film came from a small South Asian country, a little-known film company.” The head of Guangxian sighed again.
As if he had thought of something, he looked at Zuo Shan Diao, “Han Zong, your Zhongying has dug up a real treasure. This animated film, I reckon it’ll at least make 4-500 million yuan in China. If you’re lucky, 7-800 million is also possible.”
Right now, the highest box office in China is only 460 million yuan, and that’s an imported film from the US.
The highest-grossing domestic film is the patriotic The Founding of a Republic, which made 420 million yuan.
When he heard about the box office, Zuo Shan Diao’s face broke into a smile.
As a partner, there was no doubt that his Zhongying Group would make a killing this time.
Such a high-quality animated film, with a plot that is seamless and gripping. If it doesn’t get a high box office, then no other film will.
Moreover, he believed that White Snake: Origin would do more than 4-500 million yuan. He believed it would break the box office record in the Dragon Nation. It could even achieve an even higher box office.
After all, this animated film tells the story of the White Snake, a Dragon Nation myth.
And it’s a myth that everyone knows.
With such an advantage, how could the box office be low?
He made up his mind to continue increasing marketing investment. Anyway, the production company would cover half of the marketing costs. With such a guarantee, what was there to be afraid of?
Spend money.
Promote it hard.
...
The next day.
The news about White Snake: Rise was everywhere online.
And it was all positive.
“So impressive! Never thought an animation could reach this level.”
“The storyline is gripping and original. The fight scenes are spectacular, full marks for special effects. Scene modeling, character roles, all lifelike and perfect...”
“This is real animation. What we’ve seen before is all garbage.”
“White Snake: Origin has redefined the word ‘animation.’”
“This is absolutely the most amazing animation I’ve ever seen. It’s perfect! If it were rated out of 10, I’d give it full marks.”
“I love it so much! I want to watch it again, but I can’t get tickets.”
...
The internet was filled with one-sided praise.
Douban and Mtime were basically all giving it scores above 9.5.
The comment section was all positive reviews.
...
Zhongying.
Early in the morning, Zuo Shan Diao came to the company.
He asked about the opening day box office.
“Han Zong, the box office for the first day is out.”
Hearing this, Zuo Shan Diao immediately asked, “How much?”
“35.61 million yuan. It’s broken the box office record of Transformers 2 for opening day.”
“Really? That’s great! Let everyone know. Let everyone be happy.”
Zuo Shan Diao’s face was filled with joy.
Although the film wasn’t produced by a Dragon Nation company, the New Han was their “own people.” As fellow Chinese countries, they were of the same stock and shared the same roots. Naturally, they were considered “their own people.”
Moreover, this animation tells the story of the White Snake myth.
Soon, the news that White Snake: Origin had earned 35.61 million yuan on its opening day spread throughout the Dragon Nation internet, quickly becoming a hot topic.
Even Xiao Yun Hai, who was in New Han, knew about it.
But he wasn’t too surprised. After all, he’d seen opening day box office numbers of 100 and 200 million yuan. Naturally, he wouldn’t be too surprised.
On the contrary, he thought that after spending so much money on marketing and making such a high-quality production, the opening day box office in the Dragon Nation was only 35.61 million yuan, which was less than the opening day box office in New Han.
Yes, White Snake: Origin had an opening day box office of 18.5 million Han yuan in New Han. Converted into RMB, it was over 38 million yuan.
The reason for this phenomenon was mainly that movie tickets in New Han were more expensive.
The ticket price for White Snake: Origin in New Han was 32 Han yuan, which converted to 65.8 RMB.
Secondly, watching movies was very popular in New Han.
Although the GDP per capita wasn’t high, there were a lot of cinemas. Nationwide, they had 500 or 600 cinemas, with 3,000 or 4,000 screens.
Plus, it was a project driven by the government.
And when people went to see White Snake: Origin, the local government subsidized 10 yuan.
How could the box office not be high?
At the same time.
In Hong Kong and Taiwan.
They also had good box office numbers.
Thanks to the good word-of-mouth on opening day, and the fact that the next day was a weekend.
White Snake: Origin earned an astonishing 59.3 million yuan in mainland China, once again breaking the Dragon Nation’s single-day box office record.
And it was a significant increase.
It also made a splash in Hong Kong, earning 7.15 million Hong Kong dollars in box office, breaking Hong Kong’s single-day box office record.
In New Han, it rose slightly, reaching 19.1 million Han yuan.
But that was pretty much its potential, as the market was only so big.
Hong Kong and Taiwan were the same.
On the third day.
Mainland China had already earned 47.6 million yuan in box office.
Hong Kong fell to 5.6 million Hong Kong dollars.
New Han also declined, only reaching 15.2 million Han yuan.
On the fourth, fifth, and sixth days, there was a slight decline, but it still earned the day’s box office champion in each region.
On the seventh day of release, it was Saturday again.
The mainland China region boomed once again.
The box office had originally fallen to only 31 million yuan, but it surged to 61.7 million yuan. It is said that many film schools organized students to watch it.
On the eighth day, Sunday.
It reached 72.5 million yuan.
After eight days of release.
It earned an amazing 536 million yuan in the Dragon Nation (including Hong Kong and Taiwan).
This summer, Transformers 2 took 19 days to reach the box office record of 400 million yuan in mainland China. White Snake: Origin had easily broken this record in only eight days, and it had surpassed it by a large margin.
As White Snake: Origin became a sensation in the Chinese market.
Distributors from Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, and Europe also began negotiating, marketing, and copying the film.
It would be a month later before it was released in these regions.
That was unavoidable, after all, it was the first release.
With the sensation of White Snake: Origin, it also drew the attention of the Avatar team, which was scheduled to release globally on December 16th.
Ultimately, the team decided to stick to the planned release date. They were confident that they could easily defeat a film made by a small country.
All this hype, it was just because they hadn’t seen Avatar yet.
In short, the producers and distributors of Avatar were full of blind confidence.
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