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Chapter 216 The terrifying box office growth rate

Jiang Liu knew that "Monster on the Han River" was the most watched movie in South Korea with over 10 million viewers.

The original film had a profound impact in South Korea and created box office myths.

Even if he were to be the director of the film, as long as the film was introduced to South Korea, it would still be a money-making project.

He originally planned to shoot "Monster of the Han River" with this purpose in mind.

After falling out with Colombia and Yixin's films being boycotted by Hollywood, Yixin urgently needed to establish overseas distribution channels. Jiang Liucai became more ambitious about the box office of "Han River Monster", hoping that the box office could be higher.

At least more than 500 million viewers of "The Bandit Running to the Sea".

Two movies with 500 million viewers can make CJ Entertainment and Li Meijing clearly aware of his strength.

But no matter what, Jiang Liu never dared to imagine that once "Han River Monster" landed in South Korea, it would sweep through the country like a hurricane.

July 7, Sunday.

The third day of the official release of "Monster" in South Korea.

KBS TV station:

"Monster of the Han River" received the most enthusiastic reception when it was exhibited at the 57th Cannes Film Festival in May.

After two consecutive screenings, it still failed to meet the viewing needs of a large number of reporters, because many overseas buyers vying for distribution rights occupied most of the seats.

Therefore, the film is called the only film at the 57th Cannes Film Festival that is "not a competition film, but better than a competition film".

SBS TV:

CJ Entertainment, the producer of "Monster on the Han River" revealed that "Monster on the Han River" has achieved a pre-sale rate of 99.3% on the pre-sale website interpark.

It is the first time in the Korean film industry that the sales rate has exceeded 99%. The previous record was 1% for "The Flying Taegeuk Flag" released in January this year.

Another sales website, the ticket line, also has a pre-sale rate of 91.1%.

Tickets for the weekend prime time slots at CGV and other major theaters have been bought out. It can be seen that major theaters across the country are very interested in the movie "Han River Monster".

South Korea's first science fiction film, long awaited by the nation, also lived up to expectations.

在7月16日和17日分别在全国动员了79万2762名，和74万8659名走进电影院。

As of yesterday, the 18th, the screening of "Monster on the Han River" has been further expanded in the Republic of Korea, with the number of theaters increasing to 620 nationwide.

So far, the movie "Monster on the Han River" has updated many records such as the record for the largest screening, the record for the most viewers at a test screening, and the record for breaking through 100 million viewers in the shortest time.

尤其7月29日的单日观众人数更是达到了79万2762人，比《太极旗飘扬》的最高记录59万人多了20万人。

While "The Monster from the Han River" created a box office success at its premiere, some people also raised some doubts about the plot of the movie.

For example, there is dialogue in the movie:

"How much tax will be deducted from this bounty?"

"The bounty is tax-free, so there is no tax deduction."

Some citizens said that such a dialogue is a very obvious loophole, because in real life bounties are subject to tax deduction, and the tax rate is about 20%.

However, some citizens believe that "The Monster on the Han River" should be shown tolerance. After all, Director Jiang is not a Korean national.

The content of the broadcast on the 18th has ended. At 19 o'clock tomorrow morning on the th, SBS will broadcast the belated film premiere of "Monster on the Han River" at Seongyunkwan University in Seoul.

Sung-yun University, also known as National Cheng Kung University, is a comprehensive university that is well-known in South Korea. Its performance photography department once trained many star artists such as Cha Seung-won, Bae Yong-joon, Song Joong-ki, Seo Ji-hye, Goo Hye-sun, Jung Soo-jung, etc.

On the car heading to the premiere, Gao Da Mao snatched the seat next to Jiang Liu. There was a needle under his butt, and he was restless and said, "Brother, sister-in-law called the hotel room last night."

"What did you say? How did you reply?"

Gao Da Mao looked melancholy: "Sister-in-law said that uncle and aunt are home. What can I say? You are too drunk to wake me up."

He is not stupid. In the late stages of filming "Monster", he smelled the sour smell of love between Jiang Liu and Son Ye-jin.

Sure enough, as soon as he landed in South Korea, Jiang Liu asked him to confess something to cover up his affair with Sun Yezhen. Gao Damao suffered a lot for this. Jiang Liu nodded and said, "Go back to the hotel tonight."

Ask Jiang Liu to make a trust list for those around him in recent years. Gao Da Mao, He Jing, Zhao Wenhong, and Zhou Guoshan are definitely at the top.

Jiang Liu trusted Gao Damao and He Jing because they had a large sum of money from him in Europe, but they were not greedy for profit and abandoned their families back home to hide it.

Based on this alone, Jiang Liu had to rely on and trust the two of them.

Therefore, he told Gao Damao without reservation about the relationship between him and Sun Yezhen.

Only with the protection and cover of Tall Mao Da could he walk calmly between Li Xing and Sun Yizhen.

Gao Da Mao opened his mouth, but still gave up. Jiang Liu was worth hundreds of millions, and having a foreign lover didn't seem to be a big deal, and he wouldn't have to cover it up for the rest of his life.

The car slowly arrived at the Chengyun University section. Looking at the river flowing outside the window, I was stunned by the unprecedented grand premiere.

Floating in the air, the oversized hydrogen balloon had a large promotional slogan: ["Monster on the Han River" 4 viewers in 263 days]

Under the scorching sun in July, countless young men and women blocked the roads on both sides of the red carpet.

Dozens of media reporters frantically captured Song Kang-ho, Jun Ji-hyun, Cha Tae-hyun, Jang Dong-gun, Bae Yong-joon and other well-known Korean actors on the red carpet.

"Holy shit, it's like what Song Dandan said in the sketch: the gongs and drums are noisy, the firecrackers are blasting, and there are huge crowds of people!"

Gao Da Mao said dumbfounded.

Jiang Liu, who had watched for a moment and thought about it, clicked his tongue and said, "It's indeed grand. Li Meijing has great ambitions. While promoting the movie, she also told Zhongmulu that what Samsung Entertainment can't do, CJ Entertainment can do and will do it." Establishing a foothold in the film industry.”

"Brother, what do you mean?"

Jiang Liu did not explain to Gao Damao.

They are outsiders who came to Korea with the purpose of selling movies. They cannot get involved in the industry struggle between Korean actors and chaebols in Chungmuro ​​unless necessary.

The car slowly stopped in front of the red carpet. Jiang Liu, Bong Joon-ho, Jiang Wen, Lu Yi, and Bae Douna just showed their heads, and the red carpet burst into warm cheers.

"It doesn't make sense. Are you more popular than me, the protagonist?"

Jiang Wen had stayed in South Korea for several months and was familiar with Jiang Liu's Korean name. He saw a group of half-year-old children calling Jiang Liu like crazy.

He frequently waved Jiang Liu's suit photos taken at unknown times, and was filled with wonder.

"Children are more superficial and they definitely like good-looking ones."

Jiang Wen was speechless. Apart from movies, he and Jiang Liu really couldn't communicate.

Involuntarily, Jiang Liu, who communicated cordially with the Korean audience in Korean, sped up and walked towards the host.

I don’t know that the impromptu premiere held by Lee Meijing for "Monster on the Han River" was really good.

It was the plot of "Monster on the Han River" that touched the G-spot of Korean people. After the premiere of the movie, the box office growth rate of "Monster on the Han River" did not slow down at all, like a wild horse that broke the reins and broke the Korean box office one after another. record.

The film grossed 263 million at the box office in the four days it was released.

The film’s box office revenue exceeded 300 million within five days of its release.

The film's box office revenue exceeded 500 million within eight days of its release.

The movie exceeded 11 million viewers in 600 days after its release, once again breaking the record for the shortest time for the movie "The Flying Taigeuk Flag" to reach 17 million viewers in 600 days.

Since "The Monster on the Han River" landed in South Korea, it broke a Korean box office record almost two days after its release. The box office growth rate was exclaimed by Koreans as "appalling", and Korean TV stations used "myth" to describe the feat of "The Monster on the Han River".

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