Chapter 548

But because the plot was terrible.

Plus the male lead was exceptionally weak, so the box office couldn't grow in the later stages.

The final box office prediction number given by Maoyan kept sliding down.

And Deng Chao's "Chinese Table Tennis" was even more miserable to behold,

because everyone had already seen this kind of movie to death.

Plus our table tennis is simply too strong.

So strong that it made all Chinese people lose interest.

Therefore, the box office of this movie fell far short of expectations.

The final prediction number given by Maoyan was only around 150 million.

The promotion and distribution costs for this movie alone were more than 50 million.

The total investment was even close to 160 million.

It needed to reach nearly 500 million in box office to break even.

This number was undoubtedly a devastating loss!

But movies in today's era

present a polarized landscape.

For good movies, everyone buys tickets to the death.

For bad movies, they are abandoned by gods and men, the box office collapses, and they lose their pants.

Therefore, after ten days of screening,

the final box office for these National Day holiday movies had basically settled.

"The Beginning of a Great Cause" took 290 million in box office.

The predicted final box office is 390 million.

"Chinese Table Tennis" took 80 million in box office.

The predicted final box office is 140 million.

"The Kings of the Sky" took 390 million.

The predicted final box office is 560 million.

"Lost and Love" took 1.59 billion.

The predicted final box office is 2.18 billion.

"The Battle at Lake Changjin" took an insane 3.59 billion in box office.

The predicted final box office is 5.06 billion!

If calculated based on the final box office prediction numbers,

then "The Battle at Lake Changjin" will become the first domestic film epic masterpiece to break 5 billion!

Just two years ago.

"Monster Hunt's" slightly over 1 billion was still the ceiling for domestic film box office.

Then Su Chen, by his own power,

raised the ceiling to 2 billion.

Then 2.5 billion.

Right after, "Ne Zha: I Am the Destiny" pushed it up to a height of 3.5 billion in one go.

This was already an absolute peak that countless domestic filmmakers could only look up to.

Many filmmakers in the circle were sighing.

Except for Su Chen himself,

it is unlikely that within ten years,

any movie will be able to climb over this peak of 3.5 billion.

Yet this record of 3.5 billion hadn't even lasted a month.

when it was about to be broken by "The Battle at Lake Changjin".

And on top of this 3.5 billion,

it forcibly raised it by another 1.5 billion!

It was already a height as hard to look up to as Mount Everest.

Raising it by so much more, it goes straight to the heavens!

For a moment,

(Good Zhao Zhao)

netizens didn't know what language to use to describe Su Chen's heaven-defying miracle.

Deified?

Obviously not enough.

Because Su Chen has already been deified countless times,

until it became stale.

Deified as Father?

Also not enough.

Before, he had already been titled the Godfather of the Film Circle, even the Godfather of the Entertainment Circle.

The weight of "Father" was not enough either.

Then the only way to describe it is "Deified as Ancestor".

Su Chen is the ancestor of the entertainment industry and countless netizens!

He single-handedly propped up the entire entertainment industry.

He created countless classic works for netizens to enjoy in their leisure time.

If Heaven had not given birth to our great Su Chen, entertainment would have been an eternal night!

During the release of *Zhangjinhu* and *Breakup Buddies*.

Su Chen still, without any suspense, frequently made the trending searches.

Countless self-media accounts.

Frantically hitching rides on his heat and grabbing traffic from him.

These self-media outlets' digging into Su Chen.

Had already been refined down to the level of his pores.

As long as it was even slightly related to Su Chen.

They would frantically sensationalize and report it, blowing the heat sky-high.

They made a killing.

During this period.

TV programs wanting to interview Su Chen numbered nearly a hundred.

Variety shows inviting him to record also numbered several dozen.

Endorsements wanting to collaborate with Su Chen.

Reached an even more staggering four or five hundred.

Including some internationally renowned big brands and luxury brands,

They almost all shared the same pricing standard.

Which was: as long as Su Chen agreed to collaborate, there was no price ceiling—he could name any figure he wanted!