Beijing meets Seattle

Beijing Meets Seattle

"Beijing Meets Seattle" is produced by Beijing Digital Impression Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Beijing Hehehe Culture Media Co., Ltd., Anle Film Co., Ltd., Anle ( Jointly produced by Beijing) Film Distribution Co., Ltd. and Movie Channel Program Center. Director Xue Xiaolu, who is both a screenwriter and a director, has switched to the romantic comedy genre. It tells the story of the cross-border love adventure between Wen Jiajia (played by Tang Wei), a "lost woman" in Beijing, and Frank (played by Wu Xiubo), a "lost uncle" in Seattle. The film's box office exceeded 500 million, setting a new box office record for domestic romance films.

Chinese name: Beijing Meets Seattle

Foreign name: Finding Mr. Right

Production company: Anle (Beijing) Film Distribution Co., Ltd.

Production Region: China

Director: Xue Xiaolu

Screenwriter: Xue Xiaolu

Type: Romance, Comedy

Starring: Tang Wei , Wu Xiubo

Length: 123 minutes

Released time: March 21, 2013

Dialogue language: Mandarin, English

Color: Color

imdb code: tt2169322

Main characters of "Beijing Meets Seattle"

Main characters Frank (played by Wu Xiubo) ? Wen Jiajia (played by Tang Wei) ) ? Zhou Yi (played by Hai Qing)

Other characters Chen Yue (played by Mai Hongmei) ? Mrs. Huang (played by Jin Yanling) Lao Zhong (played by Liu Yiwei) ? Guy In Nightclub (played by Clayton Kitty) Cyclist (played by Katherine Remedin) ? Customs Officer (played by Victoria Waterhouse) Doctor (played by Alex Duffer) ? Jose (played by Michelle Dennis) White Guy (played by Brad Hunter (played by Tang Wei) ? Child (played by Dandy Lee Ellis)

"The Lost Golden Girl" Wen Jiajia (played by Tang Wei) is the lover of the wealthy businessman Lao Zhong. She used to be an editor of a food magazine and was full of romantic fantasies about love like the movie "Sleepless in Seattle". In reality, because of her obsession with the movie "Sleepless in Seattle", when Wen Jiajia was pregnant, she did not hesitate to choose Seattle as the place to give birth.

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Comed to the United States and became Frank (played by Wu Xiubo), a driver and nanny at a confinement center. One drizzly night, Frank went to the airport to "pick up passengers" and met Wen Jiajia, an expectant mother who had just arrived in the United States and was unfamiliar with her place of origin.

In the confinement center, Wen Jiajia's style of showing off her wealth aroused the disgust of the landlord and other pregnant women. Feeling lonely, she could only confide her heart to the driver Frank (played by Wu Xiubo). As they get along, Frank's thoughtfulness and tolerance gradually melt away Wen Jiajia's unruly and willful attitude. When Wen Jiajia's rich boyfriend suddenly disappeared, Wen Jiajia, who became poor overnight, received meticulous care from Frank. During the time living with Frank and his daughter, Wen Jiajia found the warmth of home. . When Wen Jiajia went through changes, gave birth to a child, and was about to end her journey in Seattle, subtle chemical changes had already occurred between her and Frank. Only then did she discover the love she was truly pursuing. What is it. Leaving Seattle does not mean the end, leaving is the beginning of the next encounter.

1. The title accurately targets the audience

The movie "Beijing Meets Seattle" starring Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo was originally titled "Beautiful Destiny", and it was only temporarily named before it was about to be released. Change name. Talking about the reason for changing the title, the relevant person in charge of the film said that the new title can more accurately express the "love adventure" story of the film. The two urban landmarks of Beijing and Seattle have produced two people with completely different temperaments, deducing A collision caused by different time, space, culture and concepts. Just looking at the title of the film, it has a bit of a comedy flavor, which is more in line with the genre of the film's romantic light comedy.

The theater chain believes that the movie name is the most basic marketing for the movie. Facts have proved that changing the name is very successful. The movie "Beijing Meets Seattle" is positioned as a romantic light comedy, and its target audience is young audiences with certain academic qualifications, especially female audiences between 20 and 29 years old. Looking at the title of the movie, it has a strong literary and comic effect.

2. The content of the movie caters to the target audience

For the target audience of the movie, it is best to be a romantic film that reflects love, family affection, adults, children, divorce, "Beijing Meets Seattle" fits the elements of money worship, inspiration, transnational sentiments, uncles, adventures, etc., and even the shadows of classic romantic movies such as "Roman Holiday" and "Sleepless in Seattle" can also be found in it. Found in the video.

The plot of the film reflects various problems in current Chinese society. Why do pregnant women go all the way to the United States to give birth to their children? Why does society like to use the amount of money as the only criterion for measuring a man's success? Why would a young and beautiful girl willingly be the mistress of a rich married man in order to enjoy material life? How can a man or a woman get true love? Ordinary love can no longer satisfy the inner desire, and urban youth long for it. Adventure or cross-border love...

3. The combination of actors attracts the audience

The combination of "decadent man" Wu Xiubo and "art goddess" Tang Wei is refreshing. Prior to this, Wu Xiubo's achievements in the television industry were eye-catching, and his reputation in the film industry was also good. Not to mention Tang Wei, who has temperament, acting skills and the title of Best Actress. Her performance in the Korean movie "Late Autumn" left a deep impression.

Moreover, there are also excellent TV actors such as Hai Qing joining the cast, which is naturally exciting.

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 promotion of a few shows before its release, there are almost no advertisements or promotional videos for it in traditional media.

Of course, it is also because the schedules of the two leading actors are difficult to coordinate, and the actors have very little time to promote the film. The person in charge of the film's production and distribution side said that their main publicity efforts are focused on word-of-mouth marketing. Word-of-mouth marketing sounds very simple, but it is actually much more difficult than event marketing and activity marketing.

On the first day after its release, it generated more than 10 million in box office revenue, and its reputation is surprisingly good. There are almost no negative reviews whether it is on Douban Film Reviews or Weibo. Today, as the Internet, especially the mobile Internet, becomes increasingly developed, the word-of-mouth effect is particularly important.

5. The quality of the film itself is good

The quality of a movie’s box office depends not only on the marketing of the movie, but also on the quality of the movie itself. Without the quality of the movie As a basis, any propaganda is meaningless. Before the release, after trial screenings one after another, audiences of all ages and professions generally expressed their favorable impressions of the film "Beijing Meets Seattle", especially female audiences. Create a good reputation foundation.

Moreover, the story of the film is told smoothly, perfectly and logically, and the plot is relaxed, romantic and tender. It naturally aroused the audience's enthusiasm and won word of mouth before it won the box office. [3]

The director of "Beijing Meets Seattle" broke 200 million in 10 days and said he may make a sequel

Since its release on March 21, it has been directed by Xue Xiaolu, with Tang Wei, Wu Xiubo, Hai The romantic comedy "Beijing Meets Seattle" (hereinafter referred to as "Seattle") starring Qing Qing has maintained a strong box office performance. As of March 31, the box office of "Seattle" has exceeded 200 million. Director Xue Xiaolu said in an interview Shi said that he is considering making a sequel.

The next weekend it set a single-day box office record of 35 million.

The first-day box office of "Seattle" was only 11 million. Although it won the single-day box office championship, its opening results were lackluster. In the ensuing tug-of-war, it relied on word-of-mouth and topical effects, and its box office performance gradually increased. In the three days of its first weekend, the film grossed 64 million, completing a total of 75 million in four days.

In the second full week that followed, "Seattle" continued to exert strength. On Monday, the 25th, "Seattle" earned 15 million in a single day. After earning another 14.7 million on Tuesday, the film exceeded 100 million in six days. The following weekend, "Seattle" took in nearly 22 million on Friday and 35 million on Saturday, and the box office successfully exceeded 200 million.

The 35 million on Saturday, the 30th, not only helped "Seattle" complete the feat of exceeding 200 million in cumulative box office in 10 days of release, but this result also set a new single-day box office record for the film itself. Including the single-day box office of approximately 12 million on Sunday, the current cumulative box office of "Seattle" is nearly 240 million.

In response to "If You Are the One", director Xue Xiaolu: Consider making a sequel

According to current trends, the popularity of "Seattle" is expected to be extended beyond the Qingming Festival. Since the box office performance of last week's "Jack the Giant", "The Little Mermaid" and "The Wizard of Mirror" were all quite average, it is conceivable that the future of "Seattle" is promising.

The current sales of "Seattle" are nearly 240 million, which has surpassed "101 Proposals" which was 190 million. Her next goal is "If You Are the One" which is 325 million, and even "Love Is Not 33" which is 352 million. sky".

Director Xue Xiaolu said in an exclusive interview with Tencent Entertainment that the company was very satisfied with the box office performance of "Seattle". "The boss said before that he wanted to make a sequel. But I think this can't be too urgent. I have to first Have a good story first”.

The box office soared

After successfully defeating many Hollywood blockbusters, "Beijing Meets Seattle" grossed 80 million yuan at the box office during the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, with the cumulative box office reaching nearly 380 million yuan. It became the highest-grossing domestic romantic film in the non-Lunar New Year period. The industry predicts that the film is likely to surpass "If You Are the One 2" and set a new box office record for domestic romantic movies.

Some film critics believe that "Beijing Meets Seattle" has a clear positioning as a romantic comedy. One of the highlights is the inclusion of character comedy conflicts in the creative process. While creating according to the established genre film model, the director also implanted realistic conflicts and conflicts, making the film more easily accepted and recognized by viewers, thus gaining unanimous praise from the industry and the audience.

"Seattle" holds a thank you party for breaking 400 million yuan

Since its release on March 21, the romantic light comedy "Beijing Meets Seattle" directed by Xue Xiaolu and starring Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo, As of April 9, the film has exceeded the 400 million mark. On the evening of April 10th, director Xue Xiaolu and leading actors Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo attended a thank-you party held in Beijing. Tang Wei fulfilled the promise he made before the premiere to "treat twice-cooked pork if the box office exceeds 300 million" and entertained the media and theater staff present. The staff tasted "Shiitake Mushroom Choy Sum" and "Twice-cooked Pork". At the thank-you meeting, some media asked about Tang Wei's rumored boyfriend, but they were blocked by host Liu Yiwei, and Tang Wei did not respond.

Although Tang Wei was a little annoyed by the "twice-cooked pork" and "mushroom cabbage sum" incidents a while ago, at the celebration banquet, she generously invited the media and theater staff to taste these two dishes, and she also Having a big meal of twice-cooked pork on stage not only fulfilled the promise made at the Shanghai premiere on March 17, "If the box office exceeds 300 million, please eat twice-cooked pork with mushrooms and cabbage." The incident came to a perfect end. However, apart from "twice-cooked pork", the media is most concerned about the recent scandal about Tang Wei's new boyfriend. First, a reporter went around asking Tang Wei who his ideal partner is in real life. Tang Wei immediately used her partner Wu Xiubo as a shield, "Frank is the standard for a perfect partner." Then, the reporter directly asked about Tang Wei's rumored boyfriend. Guest host Liu Yiwei came out to block the question for Tang Wei, saying that Wu Xiubo is Tang Wei's boyfriend. Wu Xiubo said helplessly: "Don't blame me for everything!"

Since the film was released on March 21, the box office has exceeded 100 million in 6 days, and exceeded 200 million in 10 days. As of April 9, it has has exceeded the 400 million mark. With such a high box office, many media are concerned about whether there will be a sequel? Director Xue Xiaolu humorously said that there are currently two options, "We can shoot "Shiitake Mushrooms, Choy Sum and Twice-cooked Pork", or "Penguin Meets the Mermaid"." Then she explained: "We don't want to cook something bad, we must think about it. A good story deserves to be filmed with these two good actors." Wu Xiubo was very jealous of the producer's huge profits and bluntly said that the only requirement for making a sequel is to participate in investment.

"Seattle" broke the box office record of domestic romance films with 470 million yuan.

Movie News As of the evening of April 14, the box office of the movie "Beijing Meets Seattle" has officially exceeded 4.7 100 million, breaking the box office record for domestic romance films set by "If You Are the One 2" and becoming the highest-grossing romance film in mainland film history.

"Seattle" opened on March 21, with a box office of 80 million in the first four days, and a box office of 170 million in the second week. After three weeks, the cumulative box office exceeded 400 million, becoming the mainland box office champion for three consecutive weeks. It has successively eliminated many imported blockbusters such as "Die Hard 5", "Resident Evil 5", "Jack the Giant" and "Old Oz", becoming the Chinese film with the highest box office in March.

During the Qingming Festival holiday, "Seattle" grossed more than 80 million, becoming the Qingming Festival box office champion. Although two new films, "The Breakup Contract" and "Jin Tailang's Happy Life" were released on April 12, they were unable to stop "Seattle" from becoming the box office champion of domestic romance films.

"Seattle" broke 500 million yuan

Movie News In April, domestic films are still making great progress. The domestic love movie "Beijing Meets Seattle" cost only 30 million yuan. Not only did it displace "If You Are the One 2", it also topped the list of domestic romance films. As of April 21, the box office has exceeded the 500 million yuan mark. Although it has been released for a month, the popularity of the movie has not faded away. It is not easy for the box office to reach 70 million in a single day on weekends. It is reported that "Beijing Meets Seattle" will be postponed to May 5.

"Seattle" ended with a box office of 520 million, becoming the top-grossing domestic film in April

Since its release on March 21, the movie "Beijing Encounter", which has the exclusive online copyright of the movie network "Seattle" (hereinafter referred to as "Seattle") has been soaring at the box office and has been the box office champion for four consecutive weeks. Like previous high-grossing films such as "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons" and "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons", the plot of this drama The expiration date of the key was also repeatedly extended. On May 5, the film was officially released and was released for 46 days. The final box office was 520 million, becoming the domestic film with the highest box office in April.

"Seattle" had a box office of 80 million in the first four days of the week, 170 million in the next week, and another 150 million in the next week. In the fourth week, its ability to attract money finally shrank, but it also brought in 76 million, a continuous Weekly topped the weekly box office rankings, defeating many Hollywood blockbusters, such as "Die Hard 5", "Resident Evil 5", "Jack the Giant Slayer", "Oz and Oz", etc., all of which were defeated by Tang Wei The first collaboration with Wu Xiubo.

During the three-day Qingming Festival holiday, "Seattle" received more than 80 million yuan, becoming a well-deserved champion. On the evening of April 14, the film's box office passed the 470 million mark, surpassing Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are the One 2" and becoming the latest domestic romance film box office champion.

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