China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 144 Crazy, dominate North America

In the Chinese film market, there is hardly any film that can cause such a sensational effect.

As if overnight, the entire Chinese Internet world and even the entire Chinese society were paying close attention to Li Mu's "Inception".

"I like the movies directed by Li Mu very much, like "Taken", "Assassin", "Super Body", and "How to Steal the Key".

"I have watched every movie directed or written by director Li Mu, and I give it a full score every time. I give a full score. It doesn't mean that I really think these movies are so good that they are impeccable, but I deeply realize that How difficult it is for a native Chinese director to make a film of this level."

"Ask yourself, director Li Mu's above-mentioned works are actually at the middle level in Hollywood, but it is because he is a Chinese, because he is our native Chinese director, and it is because he let me see the real hope of the rise of Chinese films. , that’s why I’ve been giving his films full marks.”

"But this time the situation is different, completely different, really, really, really completely different! This time "Inception" has really reached the top level of Hollywood!"

"The quality of a movie is a matter of opinion, so it is difficult for me to say that "Inception" is the best movie in the world, but if you ask me to list ten movies that surpass "Inception", then sorry, I Can't do it!"

This film review published on Douban by Zhou Limin, a well-known national film critic, received 3.7 likes and 1.1 comments in just three days.

For a while, discussing "Inception" became the trend of the whole society.

Many netizens have experienced the psychological construction process of thinking that the hype was too much before watching it, and calling it a masterpiece after watching it. It seems that overnight, if you don’t chat about "Inception" with colleagues, classmates, relatives, and friends, It seems that you can't get into the topic.

As for what everyone discusses after reading it, that's too much.

Discuss whether the last spinning top has fallen, and discuss whether the spinning top is the hero's totem.

After all, according to the setting, the totem should be unique and not known to outsiders.

Another example is that some people are still discussing that the main character's wedding ring is actually the main character's real totem, because some careful netizens discovered that as long as the main character wears a wedding ring scene, it must be in a dream.

Of course, those who deny the theory of the wedding ring totem have good reasons.

These people said, then according to the same logic, the hero's totem should be his wife!
Because as long as his wife appears, it must be a dream, because the dead will not appear in reality.So the totem is actually a woman!

Some people also said that although the target Fisher was implanted in his mind, although he disbanded and split up the company his father worked so hard to create, he also reconciled with his father and his past.

When the safe was opened and there was only a hand-folded windmill inside, the netizen said that he burst into tears at that moment.

"Target: 'I understand that you are disappointed in me because I can't be you'. Target father: 'NO...NO...NO, I am disappointed because you want to be another me!' Tears run!"

Of course, the most debated part is how many layers of dreams there are.Some say four floors, others say five floors.

Many junior high school, high school, and university students listen to countless classmates discussing "Inception" around them, and they also want to go to the theater to find out, but for some of them, a movie ticket may be their own. The food expenses for a few days, if you want to see it, you really want to see it, but if you don’t want to, you really don’t want to.

It was also at this time that countless students who were temporarily in difficulty swore secretly in their hearts that in the future they would work and have money, and they would be able to walk into the theater generously, and wait for the first movie they wanted to watch It must be a movie directed by Li Mu.

At this moment, countless netizens are even more concerned about the movie's box office than the film studio and Li Mu himself.Everyone recommends this movie to people around them every day, and pays attention to the box office trend of this movie every day.

Monday, 6200 million.

So far, the total box office of the film has reached 3.34 million in the four days since it was released, officially topping the box office rankings in the mainland market!

The national public opinion has completely boiled at this point.

The film won the No. [-] title in the mainland market only four days after its release, and the terrifying box office results of "Inception" completely shocked the whole country.

Douban scored 9.6 points, second only to the 1994 American film "The Shawshank Redemption", and tied for second with films such as "Schindler's List", "Farewell My Concubine", "Life is Beautiful", and "Witness for the Prosecution".

It was from this moment that the Chinese society gradually came to a preliminary consensus that Li Mu was the number one director in China.

In the past, although Li Mu's box office performance had already reached the top of China's directors, but after all, he rose too fast and lacked foundation.

But from now on, Li Mu has finally been fully recognized, and finally has the status of Huaxia's only director.

It was also from this moment that Chinese netizens began to compare Li Mu with Spielberg and James Cameron.

It's not that Huaxia netizens think that there is no one other than these two international directors who can compare with Li Mu, but that the best directors in Huaxia should be compared with the best directors in the world.

On Tuesday, it will take another 5800 million at the box office.

"Inception" continued to sweep all major theaters across the country, and continued to contribute more than 70% of the national box office with more than 92% of the film schedule.

Wednesday, 5500 million.

So far, the national box office of "Inception" has officially exceeded the 5 million yuan mark.

On the same day, when Li Mu appeared in the meeting room of China Film Group Corporation again, whether it was Han Sanping, the boss of China Film Group Corporation, Wang Zhonglei from Huayi Brothers, Yu Dong from Bernard, or Wang Changtian from Guangjian, Li Mu clearly felt the influence of these people on him. The aura in front of him was completely different.

This is a very strange feeling. It seems that nothing has changed, but it feels like everything has changed.

If Li Mu at this time is really just a young man who is not yet 25 years old, then he has probably drifted away.But the experience of being a human being in two lifetimes made Li Mu at this moment more humble and cautious than before.

Just like Li Lianlian warned Wu Jing, the more this kind of moment, the more you have to "be a man with your tail between your legs!"

These are all lessons learned from suffering.

"Looking at the box office curve, there is a high probability that it will exceed 8 million, and even 9 million is not impossible." Han Sanping patted Li Mu on the shoulder with a ruddy complexion and continued, "The most daring prediction inside China Film before the movie is officially released is only There are about 4.5 million yuan. I didn’t expect you to double the most optimistic figure of China Film Group. If you want me to say this is amazing! Netizens say you are our own Spielberg and James Cameron in China, I think you really deserve it!"

At this moment, no matter whether it was Wang Zhonglei, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, or Wang Zhonglei, they couldn't help but feel a little tingling.

Looking at the box office trend, it is indeed possible to reach 9 million in the end, but——but "Inception" was the number one box office in the domestic market before it was only 3 million at the box office!

Why did he suddenly rush towards the 9 million box office?
Sensing the change in the atmosphere in the conference room, Li Mu said in a rather sincere tone: "It's hard to say whether we can get 8 million box office, but even if we really get 8 million box office, it doesn't mean anything. Today's 1 A box office of 1 million is not the same as the box office of [-] million five years ago, the country has developed too fast in the past few years, and the number of domestic screens has also increased too fast."

What Li Mu said was not entirely modest.

That's right, the box office of 09 million in 8 looks really scary, but he knows from later generations that the domestic box office record in 10 years is about to be refreshed to 13.78 billion - yes, it is "Avatar".

If "Avatar" is a special case, how should "Transformers 3" be explained?

In 2011, "Transformers 3" won a total box office of 10.7 billion in the mainland market!

Seeing that Li Mu can still maintain such a modest and low-key under such circumstances, Han Sanping and others can't help but look at Li Mu even more with admiration.

After all, he is only 25 years old. He has achieved such a great achievement at the age of 25, and he can always remain sober and cautious, without being dazzled by his great achievements. Many people feel ashamed of Li Mu's sophistication.

"On January 1, the movie will officially hit North America. What do you think of the North American market?" Han Sanping asked again.

After thinking for a while, Li Mu replied: "There shouldn't be a big problem with the overseas box office of 4 million US dollars, but I don't have any basis for it. This figure is purely based on intuition."

Han Sanping laughed and said, "Over 1 million US dollars domestically, 4 million US dollars overseas, add up to 5 million US dollars in the global box office. Even by Hollywood standards, the global box office of 5 million US dollars is definitely considered a box office hit." .”

Li Mudao: "This is just my intuition, the final box office may not be so much."

Han Sanping smiled and said: "Oh? But as far as I know, your intuition, Li Mu, has always been to say the least. Your intuition is that 5 million US dollars is no problem, but in reality, it is often 6 million US dollars, or even 7 million US dollars. question."

The entire conference room laughed.

On January 2009, 1, Friday, the movie "Inception" officially landed in the North American film market, and won the first-day box office of 16 million US dollars in one fell swoop.

What is the concept of a box office of 2500 million US dollars on the first day?
Li Mu's previous movie "Assassin" had a box office of 1500 million US dollars on the first day, and the final global box office was 3.55 million US dollars.

"Super Body", which created a series of box office miracles, grossed US$1400 million on the first day in North America, and finally US$3.6 million at the global box office.

Zhou Xingzhi's movie "Kung Fu" has a total box office of 1700 million US dollars in North America.

Cheng Long's "Rebirth of the Dragon" has a total box office of 2200 million US dollars in North America.

Li Lianlian's "Fearless" has a total box office of 2400 million US dollars in North America.

It can be said that the first-day North American box office of "Inception" has directly surpassed the total box office of most Chinese-language movies in North America.

On January 1th, Saturday, "Inception" directly cut a box office of 17 million US dollars.

On Sunday, January 1, "Inception" slashed $18 million at the box office in North America.

So far, "Inception" has officially landed in the North American market for three days, with a total box office of 8700 million U.S. dollars. Not only has it won this week's North American box office ranking champion without any suspense, the box office performance has directly surpassed No. 25000 million. Dollar.

In addition, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes of the movie once reached 100%, although it soon fell to 95%, but it still ranked in the top 30 of Rotten Tomatoes.

The IMDB score of "Inception" is as high as 9.1 points, temporarily ranking fourth in the world's film history!

When the news spread back to China, domestic netizens were so surprised that they didn't know how to react.Many cautious people did not post comments rashly, and everyone was waiting for someone to refute the rumors tacitly, because although the box office data sounds very exciting, it is really unreliable!
In three days, the box office in North America was 8700 million US dollars?
is it possible?
I don't even dare to make it up like this!

However, with the passage of time, there has been more and more evidence that this data is not wrong, and "Inception" has indeed created a miracle in the North American film market.

A very great miracle.

What does the 8700 million box office in the first weekend represent?
Let's put it this way, "The King of Kung Fu" starring Cheng Long and Li Lian has a total box office of 5200 million US dollars in North America.

The three-day box office of "Inception" directly surpassed the total box office of "The King of Kung Fu" by 3500 million US dollars!
According to the general situation, three to four times the box office of the first three days in North America is the total North American box office of this movie.

That is to say-the total North American box office of "Inception" is likely to exceed the $3 million mark!
This is just North America, what if the whole world is added?

Soon there was an even horrifying report in China.

[Perhaps we are witnessing a miracle. It is not a big problem for the domestic box office of "Inception" to exceed 8 million yuan. Judging from the film's current performance in the North American market and some European countries, the film's global total box office may even hit 8 million yuan. Dollar mark! 】

Immediately, the "Double Eight" miracle concept swept the entire Internet in an instant.

The so-called "Double Eight" is the domestic box office of 8 million yuan + the global total box office of 8 million US dollars.

What is the concept of a total global box office of 8 million US dollars?
In 2008, the total box office of all films in the domestic film market was only 47 billion yuan. Now Li Mu's "Inception" may have a global box office of 55 billion yuan.

This is truly a movie that surpasses the national movie market!
Netizens can no longer calm down.

"Damn it, is it real or fake? Is there really a chance to win a global box office of 8 million US dollars? Isn't this too awesome?!"

"Hey, don't you believe it, the possibility of this is really not small. To say that Li Mu is really awesome this time, even though the hero and heroine of the movie are starring American actor and actress, Li Muliu is not in the role. Absolutely not a lot! Guess what? The IMDB score is directly in the top five in the world's movie history, so you can tell whether Americans like this movie or not!"

""Inception" is indeed very good-looking, but it's not so good, right? It's understandable that China's box office has exploded. After all, it's a movie by Li Mu and Liu Yifei. Most movie fans like this pair very much, but the North American market is also very popular. Why did it explode like this?"

"Let me tell you, Li Mu's reputation in the United States is very famous, "The Hunger Games", "Divergent", "Maze Runner", "Gravity", "Interstellar" and so on, his book fans add up to 8000 Wan, plus the recently released comics, called "Frozen" or something, it is even more popular in the United States, don't think that Americans don't know him."

"Damn it, Li Mu has become like this in the United States?"

"What do you think?"

Of course, there are also those who completely disagree with the so-called "Double Eight" miracle that Li Mu can create this time. These people cite the example of "Batman: The Dark Knight".

"Batman: The Dark Knight" has a global box office of 10.04 billion US dollars, but what is the three-day box office in the first weekend? $1.55 million!
"Inception"'s box office of 8700 million U.S. dollars in the first three days of the weekend seems very high, but in fact it is only a little more than half of "Batman: The Dark Knight", based on the box office trend of "Batman: The Dark Knight" , The final global box office of "Inception" is probably a little over 6 million U.S. dollars.

Therefore, the so-called "Double Eight" miracle, the so-called global box office breaking 8 million U.S. dollars, is completely the obscenity of the Chinese people!
However, some netizens quickly retorted:
"Even if the overseas box office of "Inception" is only more than 6 million US dollars, what about the domestic box office? You must know that "Batman: The Dark Knight" has not passed the review in China, which naturally has a big market less than "Inception" .Now "Inception" may earn more than 1 million US dollars at the domestic box office alone, plus more than 6 million US dollars overseas, isn't this conclusion still a global box office of nearly 8 million US dollars?!"

humming sound.

Now in the eyes of the Chinese people, it has almost become a consensus that the global box office of "Inception" will exceed 8 million US dollars.

In other words, Li Mu will surpass last year's national movie market with just one movie!

Good guy, don't play like this. No one objects to your Li Mu becoming the number one director in China, but let's not make the number two in the country too far away, okay?
Can we still play together?
The box office rankings in the North American film market generally only count the three days of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The weekend box office of "Inception" in North America was 6200 million U.S. dollars in the second weekend, easily ranking first in the North American weekly box office list, and the box office performance is still More than twice that of No.2.

Coupled with the box office from Monday to Thursday, the total North American box office of "Inception" has officially exceeded the $2 million mark at this time.

And "Inception" won the North American box office for two consecutive weeks, and the second week's box office figure was more than twice that of the runner-up, which made countless netizens seriously think about how many weeks "Inception" can win the North American box office. The problem with champions.

　Thanks to "boring middle-aged man" for the continuous rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)