Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 629 A New Box Office Record for Domestic Animated Films

"6023 million!" Chen Hao looked at Chang Hongsong and said.

"What?" Chang Hongsong was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said in disbelief, "Mr. Chen, you mean that the box office of "Kung Fu Panda" was 6023 million yuan in the first week? Is it true or not?"

Chen Hao shook his head when he heard the words, "I'm talking about US dollars!"

Chang Hongsong was taken aback again when he heard the words, and then shook his head with a wry smile, "Mr. Chen, don't play tricks on me! Tell me the result quickly, I'm going to be driven crazy this weekend."

Chen Hao smiled when he saw this, "I'm not kidding you, it's indeed 6023 million dollars!"

"How is it possible!" Chang Hongsong smiled helplessly, "US$6023 million, that's almost 5 million yuan! How is this possible?"

"Of course it's impossible in the mainland!" Chen Hao nodded, "But the North American film market is possible!"

Chang Hongsong paused when he heard the words, blinked, and then stared at Chen Hao and said, "You mean the box office in North America is 6023 million US dollars? But, this is also, improbable! After all, this is just a domestic animation film !"

"Why? Didn't you have confidence in the quality of "Kung Fu Panda" before, why do you think it's not as good as Hollywood animation movies now?" Chen Hao asked with a smile.

"I do have confidence in the quality of "Kung Fu Panda". After all, it took us 4 years to grind it out bit by bit, but it was $6023 million, which is more than your Chinese film box office record in the United States, right?

What's more, this is the box office for the week?Impossible, impossible! "Chang Hongsong shook his head and said.

Chen Hao raised his brows when he heard this, and he was heartbroken!

"Who told you that US$6023 million surpassed the box office record of my Chinese film in the US?" Chen Hao said angrily, "The box office of "The Martian" is US$6050 million, isn't it still US$27 short!"

"Yes yes yes!" Chang Hongsong said perfunctorily, "Just tell me the real box office immediately!"

Seeing this, Chen Hao really wanted to punch Chang Hongsong's old face, but at least he held back and got up and said, "If you don't believe me, just come and see for yourself!"

Chang Hongsong was taken aback when he heard the words, then hurried to Chen Hao's computer, and found that there was an email on the desktop, but it was all in English, he couldn't understand it, then looked at Chen Hao innocently, shook his head, "can't read!"

Chen Hao laughed when he heard the words, and then pointed to the computer and said, "Have you seen this Kung Fu Panda? It's "Kung Fu Panda", and this $60, 236, 879 can always be understood!"

"Understood, understood!" Chang Hongsong laughed when he heard the words, "One, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, ten thousand! No way, count again, one, ten, hundred, thousand , ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, ten million!

No, no, do it again, one, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, ten million..."

"Is it over?" Chen Hao said angrily.

"This, this is really, I can't believe it!" Chang Hongsong's face turned red with excitement, but his eyes were indeed filled with disbelief, "You said, who would believe this number?"

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words. This is the truth. Except for Chen Hao, no one would believe it for the first time. "But this is the truth, let's have fun!"

"Hey hey..." Chang Hongsong laughed when he heard the words, indescribably obscene, "Mr. Chen, why don't you translate it for me!"

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words, "Okay!"

North American Weekend Movie Box Office Ranking (2007.6.1-2007.6.3):
The second place, "Kung Fu Panda", was released for 1 days, with a weekend box office of 3 million U.S. dollars, Tianchi Films, with a cumulative box office of 6023 million U.S. dollars, and 6023 theaters;
The third place, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", was released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 10 million US dollars, Disney, with a cumulative box office of 4320 million US dollars, and 21626 theaters;
No. 3, "Knocked Up", released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 2930 million US dollars, Universal, with a cumulative box office of 2930 million US dollars, and 2871 theaters;
No. 4, "Shrek 3", released for 17 days, with a weekend box office of 2670 million US dollars, DreamWorks, a cumulative box office of 25523 million US dollars, and 3652 theaters;
No. 5, "Mr. Brooks", released for 3 days, weekend box office of 1000 million US dollars, Sony MGM, cumulative box office of 1000 million US dollars, 2453 theaters;
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"Hahaha..." Chang Hongsong suddenly laughed out loud.

Chen Hao was taken aback, "Why are you so surprised!"

Chang Hongsong laughed and said, "I'm so excited, it's just this week's box office, we can make back our money!"

"It's not only a return of capital, but also a big profit." Chen Hao said with a smile, "After all, the USD/RMB is around 8.2."

"U.S. dollars are really valuable!" Chang Hongsong laughed after hearing this, "It seems that we will have to go to the United States in the future!"

"Well said!" Chen Hao laughed, otherwise why would he go to North America!

Chen Hao looked at the corners of Chang Hongsong's mouth and laughed to the ears, "Not only is it a box office hit, "Kung Fu Panda" won the North American weekend box office champion, which is undoubtedly a record!
In addition, based on the first week's box office alone, "Kung Fu Panda" has already broken the global box office record of domestic films! "

"Hahaha..." Chang Hongsong laughed triumphantly again upon hearing this.

After a while, Chang Hongsong moved closer to Chen Hao and said, "I see there are a lot of letters below, are they reported by the American media, and the 8.5 points are the ratings of the United States?"

"Yes, this 8.5 points is the rating of the well-known American website IMDB. There are no more than 100 movies in the world that can reach this rating." Chen Hao nodded.

"Hahaha..." Chang Hongsong laughed again.

Seeing this, Chen Hao had black lines on his face. He wondered if Chang Hongsong was too happy, and his spirit was stimulated!
"There are still these comments!" Chang Hongsong finally stopped laughing, and continued to point to the computer and asked, "Read it to me, Mr. Chen!"

Chen Hao shook his head with a smile when he heard the words, and continued to act as an interpreter.

"Summer blockbusters cost more and more money, but often leave audiences feeling less and less interesting, except for the simple and relaxed style of "Kung Fu Panda." ---("Associated Press" review)

"Although the film is mainly aimed at children, the humor of "Kung Fu Panda" is suitable for people of all ages." ---("Hollywood Reporter" review)

"DreamWorks' 'Shrek' has met a strong competitor - Kung Fu Panda." --- ("Los Angeles Report" review)

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After hearing this, Chang Hongsong laughed out loud again, and then quickly ran out of Chen Hao's office, "I'm going to tell everyone the good news."

Seeing this, Chen Hao shook his head with a smile, no wonder Chang Hongsong was so excited, after all, it took 4 years just for this moment!
Now "Kung Fu Panda" is a big hit at the box office, and it will definitely leave a strong mark in the history of domestic animation films, and even the history of world animation films!
Foreign countries may just be surprised that a Chinese-language animation film has produced a world-class masterpiece, but for mainland animation films, this is undoubtedly an earth-shattering breakthrough and achievement.

Although domestic animation may not be greatly improved in a short period of time because of this movie, "Kung Fu Panda" is undoubtedly a booster for mainland animation.

Speaking of Haotian special effects, "Kung Fu Panda" can be said to have brought Haotian special effects into the ranks of world-class special effects companies, even if it is not the top.

But it can barely be regarded as first-class in the world. As for domestic and even Asia, it is definitely qualified to compete for the first place!

The first shot of Haotian's special effects can be called shocking!
"Ouch..."

"what……"

"Hahaha……"

……

Chen Hao heard the ghost screaming downstairs, and shook his head with a smile. Now the pressure in the hearts of all Haotian Special Effects staff has been completely released, and they can go into battle lightly again!

"Mr. Chen, I was so busy just now that I forgot to ask about the box office in the mainland." Chang Hongsong ran into Chen Hao's office again and said excitedly.

"Hasn't the media reported it?" Chen Hao said.

"The media may not be accurate." Chang Hongsong replied.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words, and then asked with a smile, "Do you know the current highest box office record for domestic animation films?"

"I know this, I checked the information before, and it was "Lotus Lantern" released in 1999, with a box office of 2900 million yuan!" Chang Hongsong said in a somewhat complicated way.

You may not believe it when you say it, but it is the truth.

Now the box office record holder of domestic animated films is "Lotus Lantern" before the new century!
In 1999, the domestic animation "Lotus Lantern" had a box office of 2900 million. At that time, it beat Hollywood's "Mulan" with a box office of 1000 million.

But it has been downhill since then, not only at the box office, but also at low production.

In January 2004, the final box office of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" was only 1 yuan, which was not as good as 30% of the previous year's Hollywood animation "Finding Nemo".

In October 2005, "Red Boy Tales of Flaming Mountain" competed with five other films including "Mythology", "Fantastic Four", and "The Police" and other five films. Take 10 million yuan at the box office.

In July 2006, "The Wonderful Child of Huashan Mountain" was the first to be released in the Shanghai area, and the final box office was 7 million yuan.This is the best achievement of domestic animation in the past 400 years since "Lotus Lantern".

2006年8月《魔比斯环》号称耗资1.3亿元的首部国产3D动画，遭遇势头强劲的《加菲猫2》，最终票房365万人民币！

These are the best-performing domestic animation films in recent years, and the others are even worse!
Therefore, it is no wonder that when Haotian announced that it would invest 5500 million yuan in the production of the domestically produced 3D animation film "Kung Fu Panda", everyone's reaction as if they were fools was normal.

"Then do you know that the box office record of the highest animation film in mainland movie history is now?" Chen Hao asked again.

"I know, the 2 million yuan of "Garfield 5673" last year." Chang Hongsong replied, and then asked excitedly, "Could it be that "Kung Fu Panda" surpassed "Garfield 2" in the first week?"

"Oh, that's a pretty good idea!" Chen Hao laughed, "But the results are already very impressive, 3800 million RMB!"

Chang Hongsong was taken aback when he heard the words, "This, this is the first week to surpass "Lotus Lantern"?"

Chen Hao nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, "Kung Fu Panda" has broken the box office record of mainland animation films, and it was the weekly box office champion last week!"

"Hahaha..." Chang Hongsong suddenly laughed again, and then ran out again.

Chen Hao shook his head when he saw this, and the reaction of the technical geek was too unconventional.

After a while, there was another howl of ghosts and wolves downstairs. Chen Hao's mouth turned slightly when he heard it, the joy of victory is always so sweet!
Afterwards, Chen Hao looked at the media reports.

""Kung Fu Panda" overwhelmed two Hollywood blockbusters, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Soul Chariot", and became the top weekly box office champion!" --- Reported by Sohu Entertainment
"3800 million RMB! "Kung Fu Panda" broke the box office record of domestic animated films that had been held by "Lotus Lantern" for 4 days in its first week!" --- New Wolf Entertainment
""Kung Fu Panda" received 3800 million in the first week, and the special effects are not inferior to Hollywood animation movies.
""Kung Fu Panda" breaks the record, and the special effects of Haotian can be called the best special effects in Asia!"--Qiandu Entertainment
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"Kung Fu Panda" had a box office of 3800 million in the first week, surpassing the 1330 million of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and the 560 million box office of "Chariot of Soul", winning the weekly box office champion!

At the same time, "Kung Fu Panda" directly broke the box office record of domestic animation films in the first week, which shocked the mainland media and the industry even more!
When they first heard about the investment of 5500 million in "Kung Fu Panda", everyone was thinking that Haotian was going to make a mess this time, but in the end they slapped everyone in the face.

Are Chen Hao and Haotian so miraculous?Even domestic animated films are so against the sky?

Of course, although everyone expressed disbelief at the box office of "Kung Fu Panda", what is even more unbelievable is the special effects displayed by "Kung Fu Panda".

This effect is not inferior to Hollywood animation movies at all, which shocked the public who always thought that there was no special effects production ability in China.

Even the first reaction was that Haotian's special effects were faked. It should be produced by a European and American special effects company, right?
For a while, it was really difficult for everyone to accept.

But the media doesn't care about these things. No matter how you say it, this is a big hit, and it is also a great joy to have such a special effects company in China.

So, blow hard!
""Kung Fu Panda" is a milestone, an epoch-making masterpiece, and the pinnacle of domestic animation films!"

"Haotian Special Effects is the number one special effects company in Asia and one of the top special effects companies in the world!"

"Haotian Special Effects is to Chen Hao what Industrial Light & Magic is to George Lucas, Weta Digital is to Peter Jackson, and Digital Realm is to James Cameron!"

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In addition to the praise of the media, the audience is also full of praise for "Kung Fu Panda"!

Fax. : Now you believe what I said, Haotian special effects and "Kung Fu Panda" have given us all a huge surprise, don't say it, I'm going to do it again!

China Entertainment Reporter: Haotian's special effects are amazing! "Kung Fu Panda" is amazing!
Qinglian Earth: I really didn't expect that "Kung Fu Panda" could reach such a level. Haotian is really awesome, and he is a fan of life!

I am 1875: "Kung Fu Panda" is amazing!It is indeed an animation masterpiece that took 4 years and invested 5500 million yuan!

Du Tianzi: Huaxia finally has world-class special effects production capabilities, looking forward to the rise of Huaxia special effects!Animated movies rise!
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　Thanks to "Fax." for the 1888 reward!

　　
　
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