Beijing meets Seattle is jointly produced by Beijing Digital Impression Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Beijing Hehehe Culture Media Co., Ltd., Anle Film Co., Ltd., Anle (Beijing) Film Distribution Co., Ltd. and Film Channel Program Center. Director Xue Xiaolu, who is both a screenwriter and a director, turns to romantic comedy, and tells the story of the cross-border love between Wen Jiajia (Tang Wei), a "golden loser" in Beijing, and Frank (Wu Xiubo), a "lonely uncle" in Seattle. The box office of the film exceeded 5 million, setting a new box office record for domestic romantic films.
Chinese name: Beijing meets Seattle
mbth: Finding Mr.Right
Producer: Anle (Beijing) Film Distribution Co., Ltd.
Producer: China
Director: Xue Xiaolu
Screenwriter: Xue Xiaolu
Type: Love, Comedy
Starring: Frank Wei, Wu Xiubo
Film length: 123 minutes
Release time: March 21st, 213
White language: Mandarin, English
Color: color
imdb code: tt2169322
Main role of "Beijing meets Seattle" < Wen Jiajia (Tang Wei)? Zhou Yi (Christina)
Other characters Chen Yue (Hongmei Mai)? Huang Tai (Jin Yanling) and Lao Zhong (Liu Yiwei)? Guy In Nightclub (clayton chitty) Cyclist (katherine ramdeen)? Customs Officer (victoria waterhouse) Doctor (alex dafoe)? Jose (Michelle Dennis) White Guy (brad harder)? Child (dante lee arias)
Wen Jiajia (Tang Wei), a "gold loser", is the lover of the wealthy businessman Lao Zhong. She used to be an editor of a food magazine, and she was full of romantic fantasies about love like the movie Sleepless in Seattle. In reality, because of her infatuation with the movie Sleepless in Seattle, Wen Jiajia did not hesitate to choose Seattle as the place to give birth when she was pregnant.
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Hao Zhi, once a famous attending physician of cardiac surgery in a hospital in Beijing, gave up his career as a doctor because he had to take care of his daughter who immigrated to the United States with his ex-wife.
He came to the United States to become a driver and nanny of a month center, Frank (Wu Xiubo). On a drizzly night, Frank, who went to the airport to "meet guests", met Wen Jiajia, a new arrival in the United States.
In the Yuezi Center, Wen Jiajia's style of showing off her wealth aroused the resentment of the landlord and other pregnant women. Feeling lonely, she could only confide in the driver Frank (Wu Xiubo). In getting along, Frank's thoughtfulness and tolerance gradually melted Wen Jiajia's unruly waywardness. When Wen Jiajia's rich boyfriend suddenly disappeared, Wen Jiajia, who became poor overnight, was taken care of by Frank in every possible way. During the period of living with Frank and his daughter, Wen Jiajia found the warmth of home. When Wen Jiajia, who had gone through a lot of changes, gave birth to a child and was about to end her turbulent trip in Seattle, subtle chemical changes had taken place between her and Frank, and then she found out what love she really pursued. Leaving Seattle does not mean the end, leaving is the beginning of the next meeting.
1. Accurately Positioning the Audience with the Title
The movie "Peking Meets Seattle" starring Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo was originally named "Beautiful Destiny", and it was temporarily renamed just before its release. When talking about the reasons for changing the title of the film, the relevant person in charge of the film said that the new title can more accurately express the story of the film's "love adventure", and the landmarks of Beijing and Seattle have produced two people with completely different temperament, deducing the collision caused by different time and space, culture and ideas. Just looking at the title of the film is a bit of comedy, which is more suitable for the type of film love comedy.
The cinema believes that the movie name is the most basic marketing of the movie. Facts have proved that the name change is very successful. The film "Beijing Meets Seattle" is positioned as a romantic comedy, and the target audience is a young audience with a certain degree, especially a female audience aged 2-29. Looking back at the movie name has a strong literary style and comedy effect.
2. The content of the film caters to the target audience
For the target audience of the film, it is best to be a romantic film, which embodies the elements of love, affection, adults, children, divorce, money worship, inspiration, transnational sentiment, uncle, adventure, etc., and "Beijing meets Seattle" just fits in, even the classic romantic films "Roman Holiday" and "Seattle Night".
The plot of the film reflects various problems in China society. Why do pregnant women go all the way to the United States to give birth? Why does society like to use the amount of money as the only criterion to measure a man's success? Why do beautiful young girls willingly become mistresses of rich married men in order to enjoy material life? Men or women, how can we get true love? Ordinary love can no longer satisfy the inner desire, and urban youth yearn for adventure or transnational love ...
3. Actor matching attracts the audience
The combination of "decadent man" Wu Xiubo and "literary goddess" Tang Wei is refreshing. Prior to this, Wu Xiubo's achievements in the television industry were obvious to all, and his reputation in the film industry was also good. Not to mention Tang Wei, who has temperament, acting skills and the title of winner. Her performance in the Korean film Late Autumn left a deep impression on people.
Besides, it is naturally expected that Christina and other outstanding TV actors will join us.
4. Low-key word-of-mouth marketing
Compared with the overwhelming reports and publicity of other films, Beijing Meets Seattle can even be described as low-key. Except for the publicity before the release, there are almost no advertisements and videos in traditional media.
Of course, it is also because it is difficult to unify the schedule of the two leading actors, and the actors can give very little time to promote the film. The person in charge of film production and distribution said that their main publicity efforts are on word-of-mouth marketing, which sounds simple, but it is much more difficult than event marketing and event marketing.
On the first day after its release, it earned more than 1 million box office receipts, and its reputation was surprisingly good. No matter in Douban film reviews or Weibo, there were almost no bad reviews. With the development of Internet, especially mobile Internet, word-of-mouth effect is particularly important.
5. The film itself is of good quality
The box office of a film is not only about the film marketing, but also depends on the film itself. Without the film quality as the basis, any publicity is meaningless. Before the release, after a series of screenings, audiences of all ages and professions generally expressed their affection for the film "Beijing Meets Seattle", especially the female audience, which created a good reputation foundation for the film before the release.
moreover, the story of the film is fluent and complete, logical, and the plot is relaxed, romantic and warm, which naturally arouses the audience's buzz, and it won word of mouth before it won the box office. [3]
"Beijing Meets Seattle" broke 2 million in 1 days. The director said or made a sequel
Since its release on March 21st, the romantic comedy "Beijing Meets Seattle" (hereinafter referred to as "Seattle") directed by Xue Xiaolu and starring Tang Wei, Wu Xiubo and Christina has maintained a strong box office performance. As of March 31st, the box office of "Seattle" has broken 2 million.
Last weekend, it set a record of 35 million single-day box office.
Seattle's first day box office was only 11 million. Although it won the single-day box office championship, its painting performance was poor. In the subsequent tug-of-war, it relied on word-of-mouth and topic effect, and its box office performance was heating up day by day. In the first three days of the weekend, the film won 64 million yuan, and it won 75 million yuan in four days.
In the second full week, Seattle continued to exert its strength. On Monday 25th, "Seattle" won 15 million yuan in a single day, and after another 14.7 million yuan on Tuesday, the film broke 1 million yuan in six days. The following weekend, "Seattle" won nearly 22 million on Friday, and grabbed 35 million on Saturday, and the box office successfully broke 2 million.
The 35-million-yuan performance on Saturday 3th not only helped Seattle complete the feat of breaking 2-million-yuan's accumulated box office in 1 days, but also set a new record for the single-day box office of the film itself. Together with the single-day box office of about 12 million on Sunday, the cumulative box office of Seattle has reached nearly 24 million.
if you are the one, director Xue Xiaolu: consider making a sequel
according to the current trend, the popularity of Seattle is expected to be extended beyond the Qingming file. Because last week's box office performances of Jack the Giant Catcher, The Cook and the Rogue, and The Wizard of Oz were all quite average, it is conceivable that the future of Seattle can be expected.
At present, the score of Seattle is nearly 24 million, which has surpassed 19 million's 11st Proposal. Her next goal is 325 million's If You Are the One, or even 352 million's 33 Days of Lovelorn.
Xue Xiaolu, the director, said in an exclusive interview with Tencent Entertainment that the box office performance of Seattle made the company very satisfied. "The boss said before that he wanted to make a sequel. But I don't think this can be too urgent. I have to have a good story first. "
box office skyrocketed
After successfully defeating many Hollywood blockbusters, Beijing Meets Seattle swept 8 million yuan at the box office during the Qingming holiday, and the cumulative box office has reached nearly 38 million yuan, making it the highest-grossing domestic romantic movie in non-New Year's Eve. It is predicted by the industry that the film is likely to surpass If You Are the One 2 and create a new box office record for domestic romantic movies.
Some film critics believe that "Beijing Meets Seattle" has a clear positioning of romantic comedy, and one of the highlights is the addition of comedy conflicts in the creation process. When the director creates according to the established genre film mode, he implants realistic contradictions and conflicts, which makes the film easier to be accepted and recognized by the audience, thus winning unanimous praise in the industry and the audience.
"Seattle" held a thank-you meeting after breaking 4 million yuan
The romantic comedy "Beijing Meets Seattle" directed by Xue Xiaolu and starring Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo has been released since March 21st, and by April 9th, the film has exceeded 4 million yuan. On the evening of April 1th, director Xue Xiaolu led starring Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo to attend the thank-you meeting held in Beijing. Tang Wei fulfilled his promise of "treat me to Sichuan style pork when the box office exceeded 3 million yuan" before the premiere, and invited the media and cinema staff to taste "mushroom and cabbage heart" and "Sichuan style pork". At the thank-you meeting, some media asked about Tang Wei's rumored boyfriend, but it was turned back by the host Liu Yiwei, and Tang Wei did not respond.
Although Tang Wei was a little annoyed by the events of "Sichuan style stew pork" and "mushroom cabbage heart" a while ago, at the celebration banquet, she generously hosted the media and the cinema staff to taste these two dishes, and she also gulped down Sichuan style stew pork on the stage, which not only fulfilled the promise made at the Shanghai premiere on March 17th that "if the box office exceeds 3 million yuan, please eat Sichuan style stew pork with mushroom cabbage heart", but also seemed to take advantage of it. However, apart from "Sichuan style stew pork", the media is most concerned about the recent scandal about Tang Wei's new boyfriend. First, a reporter went round and asked Tang Wei what his ideal object was in real life. Tang Wei immediately took his partner Wu Xiubo as a shield. "Frank is the standard of a perfect object." Subsequently, the reporter directly asked about Tang Wei's rumored boyfriend. The guest host Liu Yiwei came out to block the problem for Tang Wei, saying that Wu Xiubo was Tang Wei's boyfriend, which made Wu Xiubo helpless and said: "Don't push everything on me!"
Since the film was released on March 21st, the box office has exceeded 1 million in six days, exceeded 2 million in 1 days, and has already exceeded 4 million by April 9th. With such a high box office, many media are very concerned about whether a sequel will be made. Director Xue Xiaolu said humorously that there are two schemes at present, "We can shoot" Mushroom with Cabbage and Sichuan Cuisine Meat "or" Penguin Meets Mermaid ". Then she explained: "We don't want to fry bad cold rice, we must come up with a good story worth shooting with these two good actors." Wu Xiubo, on the other hand, is very jealous of the producers' big profits, and bluntly, the only requirement for making a sequel is to participate in investment.
Seattle swallows 47 million yuan to break the box office record of domestic romantic movies
Movie Network News As of the evening of April 14th, the box office of Beijing Meets Seattle has officially exceeded 47 million yuan, breaking the box office record of domestic romantic movies set by If You Are the One 2 and becoming the highest-grossing romantic movie in the history of mainland movies.
Seattle started painting on March 21st, with a box office of 8 million in the first four days and 17 million in the second week. After three weeks, the cumulative box office exceeded 4 million, and it became the mainland box office champion for three consecutive weeks. It successively chopped off many imported blockbusters such as good day to die hard, resident evil 5, Jack the Giant Catcher and The Wizard of Oz, and became the highest-grossing Chinese film in March.
During the Qingming small holiday, "Seattle" earned more than 8 million yuan and became the box office champion of Qingming file. Although two new films, Breaking Up Contract and Happy Life of Golden Wolf, entered the market on April 12th, they failed to stop Seattle from becoming the box office champion of domestic romantic films.
"Seattle" broke 5 million
In April, domestic films were still in full swing, and the domestic love movie "Beijing Meets Seattle", which cost only 3 million yuan, not only pulled down "If You Are the One 2", but also won the championship of domestic love films. As of April 21st, the box office even broke the 5 million yuan mark. Although it has been released for a month, the popularity of watching movies has not faded, and it is not easy to reach 7 million at the box office on weekends. It is reported that "Beijing meets Seattle" will be delayed until May 5th.
"Seattle" closed at 52 million yuan, making it the best-selling domestic film in April
Since its release on March 21st, the movie "Beijing Meets Seattle" (hereinafter referred to as "Seattle"), which has the exclusive online copyright of the film network, has been going up all the way, winning the box office for four weeks in a row, just like the previous "It's too bad for people to travel again" and "West"
"Seattle" grossed 8 million yuan in the first four days, 17 million yuan in the second week, and 15 million yuan in the next week. In the fourth week, its ability to absorb gold finally shrank, but it also earned 76 million yuan, ranking first in the weekly box office list for four consecutive weeks, and successively cutting off many Hollywood blockbusters, "Die Hard"