Major media immediately reported the box office data on the Spring Festival premiere day on their social accounts. The focus of the reports was naturally "The Dark Forest" and "Infernal Affairs" which netizens paid the most attention to.

""Star Entertainment": On the first day of the Spring Festival box office, "The Dark Forest" ranked first at the box office with a box office of 593 million, and "Infernal Affairs" ranked second with a box office of 575 million!"

"Entertainment Weekly: This year's Spring Festival movie market is extremely hot. Among them, "Into the Woods", which attracted the most attention, grossed 593 million at the box office on the first day, temporarily ranking first at the box office!"

"'Beijing Entertainment': 'The Dark Forest' and 'Infernal Affairs' are the most watched movies during this Spring Festival, and the competition between the two sides is fierce from the similar box office results on the first day."

""Southern Entertainment Daily": The box office results for the first day of the Spring Festival are announced, and there is a situation between two tigers. Who can win in the end between "The Dark Forest" and "Infernal Affairs"? Let's wait and see!"

After the State Administration of Culture released the data, "box office on premiere day" quickly became a hot topic on Weibo, sparking discussion among netizens.

"The box office of "Into the Woods" and "Infernal Affairs" is so top-notch. The combined first-day box office of the two movies exceeded 1 billion."

"Tsk tsk, that's why the Spring Festival is called Golden Week."

"It has something to do with the Spring Festival, but it's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the quality of the movie itself must pass the test. There are still most movies that don't have a box office of over 100 million. "Infernal Affairs" and "The Dark Forest" are both very good-looking movies.

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"Amazing, the box office gap between "The Dark Forest" and "Infernal Affairs" is so small."

"I originally thought that "The Dark Forest" directed by Sun Daohao would be the best and lead the Spring Festival with an absolute advantage in box office results. I didn't expect that "Infernal Affairs" would also have such a high box office, which is still a bit surprising."

"I believe that the box office of "Infernal Affairs" will surpass it in the future. This movie is super good!"

The message area of ​​the movie forum was also busy discussing the box office results on the opening day.

"As expected of director Son Do-ho, he overpowered Tan Yue as soon as he released the film and directly topped the box office on the opening day."

""The Dark Forest" is indeed worthy of this box office performance. I have to say that domestic science fiction movies really have hope."

"Although Mr. Tan Yue's film did not top the box office on its opening day, it is similar to "Dark Forest" and it is not impossible to surpass it in the future."

"I have watched both "Into the Woods" and "Infernal Affairs". I am planning to watch both movies again. They are so good."

"It's really amazing that a domestic science fiction movie and a police drama can achieve such box office results on the first day!"

After the box office results were announced, someone immediately took a screenshot and shared it in the chat group of Bright Entertainment Company, sparking discussion among everyone.

""The Dark Forest" is so powerful, its box office results were so high on the first day."

"The abilities of the older generation of top directors are still there."

"The box office of our company's movies is also good, not much different from the box office of "In the Dark"!"

"The competition in this Spring Festival will be very fierce. "Infernal Affairs" will collide with "The Dark Forest" that Son Daohao has carefully polished for several years."

"Mr. Tan's movies are still very good. I went to see them yesterday, and I think they should be no problem surpassing "The Dark Forest."

"Don't be too pessimistic or too optimistic. This time the opponent is very strong. No one will know who will win until the last minute."

"No more talking, we are going to watch "Infernal Affairs" at the party."

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Hedong Province, Jishui.

Tan Yue's home.

Looking at "Infernal Affairs" which ranked second at the box office on its first day, Tan Yue was not surprised.

"The Dark Forest" is at the top level in every aspect. The box office on the first day was higher than that of "Infernal Affairs", which is completely normal.

The entire production cycle of "Dark Forest" lasted several years, and the post-production work alone took more than half a year, using the current domestic

Top notch special effects.

Tan Yue has read some entertainment media's speculations on the production funds of "The Dark Forest". Although they are not accurate, they are not much different and are several times higher than those of "Infernal Affairs".

Coupled with Sun Daohao's strength, "Dark Forest" is destined to not be mediocre.

But Tan Yue still has great confidence in the later box office of "Infernal Affairs".

"Dark Forest" is not mediocre, and "Infernal Affairs" is not bad either.

Tan Yue picked up his cell phone and opened the ticket purchasing software, looked at it, and then called Xu Nuo.

A lazy voice came from the other end of the phone: "Old Tan, what's going on?"

Xu Nuo just woke up.

"Buy me a movie ticket for the nighttime screening of "Dark Forest." The movie tickets were sold out, so Tan Yue found Xu Xu and asked him to get a movie ticket.

Know yourself and your enemy.

Tan Yue only saw netizens' comments about "The Dark Forest" on the Internet. He had no idea about the content of the movie. He also wanted to watch this movie, which was called the light of domestic science fiction by many netizens.

"What time is it?"

"Evening show, any time is fine."

It is not suitable to go out during the day, so I can only choose to go out at night.

"Okay, no problem, I'll call you back in a moment." Xu Nuo knew Tan Yue's purpose of going to see the movie, so he hung up the phone and started contacting his friends.

Tan Yue put down his cell phone and waited for a moment before receiving the message of the promise and the tickets for ten o'clock in the evening. Then he put down his cell phone and looked through everyone's reviews of the movie online.

night.

After taking a short break after dinner, Tan Yue took a mask and cap and headed to the cinema.

There were still many people on the street at this time, and Tan Yue drove slowly following the traffic.

Not long after, we arrived at the underground parking lot of the shopping mall.

The mall was about to close, and there were not many vehicles in the usually crowded underground parking lot. Tan Yue parked his car, put on his mask, checked his hat in the mirror, and confirmed that there was nothing wrong. He took the elevator to the cinema on the fifth floor of the mall.

Even though it was a night show, there were still many audiences in the cinema.

Tan Yue lowered his hat. If it were summer, this outfit would definitely attract other people's attention.

But this is winter, so there are not many people dressed like this.

Tan Yue successfully obtained the movie tickets and entered the "Dark Forest" theater.

More than two hours later, Tan Yue came out of the cinema, went to the underground parking lot, and took off his mask and cap.

Sitting in the car I was very emotional.

"Dark Forest" was even better than he expected, and now he finally understood why it was dubbed the light of domestic science fiction movies.

It is very difficult for a Chinese director to produce a science fiction movie of such high quality.

After watching "Dark Forest", Tan Yue's previous confidence in "Infernal Affairs" suddenly lost too much confidence.

Judging from the online reviews in the past two days, "Infernal Affairs" has great potential, but "Dark Forest" is undoubtedly a very strong opponent. It is not an easy task to win the box office championship of this Spring Festival movie.

Tan Yue drove away from the mall. There was no use thinking too much now.

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Magic City, Jiangbei Home.

"I just like the dumplings you made, they look so beautiful." Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but praise.

When it comes to eating dumplings, the job of making dumplings is left to Jiangbei.

Jiang Beidao: "This can be considered a craft, and most people really can't learn it."

It's not Jiang Beichuan, Mrs. Jiang still hasn't learned it after more than ten years. Even if she has a look, it is very easy to cook it in a pot.

"Finished!" Jiang Bei wrapped the last dumpling and placed it on the grate.

"Okay, I'm going to make the dumplings. You can wait a moment." Mrs. Jiang came to the kitchen carrying the wrapped dumplings.

The water in the pot was already boiling, and Mrs. Jiang began to cook the dumplings.

Jiang Bei, who was still in the living room, cleared the table and put things back to their original places one by one. After washing his hands, he stood

I lit a cigarette on the balcony and looked into the distance, slightly lost in thought. What came to my mind was the box office.

The first-day box office results of "The Dark Forest" and "Infernal Affairs" have been released, directly exceeding 500 million, and even just one step away from 600 million.

Not many directors can achieve such results on the first day, which made Jiang Bei sigh with emotion: "Is this the charm of a leader in the directing circle!?"

While Jiang Bei was envious, he also felt the gap between himself and such a truly top director.

Son Do-ho has always been the target of directors of his generation, becoming the box office champion in Chinese film history. This time "Dark Forest" is another lesson for directors like them.

Tan Yue, as a latecomer, has broken the highest box office record one after another, and he can still be in this head-to-head confrontation, but he is slightly at a disadvantage.

In Jiangbei's eyes, the box office of the two movies is still starting from the same starting point, and there is no gap.

Jiang Bei took a deep breath of cigarette and said to himself: "In the next month or even two months, these two movies will have a fierce battle."

"Dark Forest" and "Infernal Affairs" are both film themes supported by the General Administration of Culture, not to mention that the quality is not bad, so there is still a great possibility of delaying the release.

On the first day after a movie is released, word-of-mouth is very important and is related to subsequent box office results.

At present, the reputation of the two movies on the Internet is very good, and they are equally ranked, which can be regarded as paving the way for the next competition. As for which movie will have the last laugh, Jiangbei is very much looking forward to it.
To be continued...