China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 147

The global box office of "Inception" finally settled at about 9.56 million US dollars, but this is still not the final figure.

A movie that claims to be released globally will not actually be released on the same day in all countries, and the release date in some countries will even be half a year or even a year later than the global release date, so the final box office of a movie is actually a quite dynamic one. number.

Moreover, some influential movies will be re-screened, so maybe the box office of "Inception" will exceed 10 billion US dollars in a few years.

But at least for now, the global box office of "Inception" has been tentatively confirmed at 9.56 million US dollars.

For this reason, a college student who lives in Goose City and studies in Shanghai even slapped the table fiercely. This college student is named Wang Zishan and is a loyal fan of director Li Mu.

"9.56 million US dollars, just a little short, just 500 million US dollars to surpass No.6 "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End", what a pity, what a pity!"

Wang Zishan had never paid attention to such things as the global box office rankings before, because the list was too far away from him and China, but it will be different from now on. There will be a place for us Chinese people!
Anyway, having nothing to do, Wang Zishan simply read the latest "Global Film History Top 100 List" from beginning to end.

[No. 99, "Eavesdropping on Women's Hearts", 2000, $3.74 million. 】

[No. 100, "Batman Begins," 2005, $3.73 million. 】

"3.73 million US dollars? Director Li Mu's "Super Body" seems to be 3.6 ​​million US dollars? What about "Assassin"? 3.55 million US dollars? The gap seems not too big!"

Wang Zishan immediately searched the Internet for relevant data, and found that the latest box office figure of "Super Body" is already 3.68 million US dollars, while the global box office of "Assassin" is 3.62 million US dollars.

"It's only a few million, 1000 million US dollars that didn't make it to the top [-] global film history. It's a pity, it's a pity. It seems that the top [-] global film history is awesome."

Some time ago, it was reported in the news that "Inception" is actually the first Asian film in the top [-] global film history. Before "Inception", no Asian film has entered the top [-].

Well, it seems that the gold content of this top [-] is quite high.

So if the box office of "Super Body" and "Assassin" can be more than [-] million higher, wouldn't it mean that there will be three "Li Mu movies" in the top [-] global film history?

"Taken" is only 2.9 million US dollars, so it's not a pity that the difference is too much, but it's a pity that "Super Body" and "Assassin" are only 1000 million US dollars short of the box office.

and……

Wang Zishan suddenly thought that there is a high probability that there will be three Li Mu movies this year, namely:

"The Doomsday Collapses", starring Cheng Long, Yang Ziqiong, and Liu Yifei.

"Taken 2", starring Cheng Long, Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei.

"Gravity", starring Gong Li and Zhang Yimou.

Based on the strength of director Li Mu, and the box office appeal of Cheng Long, Liu Yifei, Gong Li, and Zhang Yimou, these three films are at least among the top [-] films in global film history, right?

Wang Zishan was shocked suddenly!
"Good guy, Huaxia Movies either won't be able to reach the top [-] in the world at all, or they will be listed in three or four directly!"

But after the excitement, Wang Zishan immediately thought: If "Assassin" and "Super Body" also enter the top 2009 list, then in [-], there will be six Chinese films on the list of the latest global film history top [-] box office ?And these six Huaxia movies are all directed by Li Mu alone!
On the list of the top [-], Li Mu monopolizes six of them, how awesome and explosive it must be!
"It's a pity, the box office difference between those two movies is only a few hundred or ten million!"

After sighing again, Wang Zishan suddenly thought that there seem to be many films in the list of the top [-] films in the history of the world, which actually include re-screening box office, so...

"Why can't director Li Mu's early films be re-screened?"

"That's right, it's a rerun!"

This idea made Wang Zishan very excited, so he immediately posted a post on the Internet, in which he strongly urged to arrange re-screenings for "Assassin" and "Super Body" immediately.

"As long as "Super Body" and "Assassin" can win 3500 million and 7500 million yuan in box office respectively in the re-screening, then three Chinese movies will directly appear in the latest top 2 box office in global movie history, and all three are Works directed by Li Mu! Together with "Taken [-]", "Doomsday Collapse" and "Gravity" to be released this year, there will be six films—maybe six films will directly appear in the list of the top [-] global film history this year Huaxia Movies! Awesome isn’t it? You only need to give these two movies a chance to re-screen, and it’s entirely possible for these two movies to become a reality!”

"And I have already analyzed that our Chinese film market is not like that of Europe and the United States. The European and American film markets are all mature markets. When a movie is released, everyone should watch it. But our Chinese film market is An incremental market, the box office champion in 01 was only 4300 million box office, but in 08 this number became 8.9 million!"

"Many people have only entered the theater for the first time in recent years. This group is very large, and this group has missed many classic movies released before. I think if there is a chance, there will be quite a few of these people. Those who are willing to go into the theater to watch these classic movies that have been missed."

"So I think whether it is "Super Body" or "Assassin", there will definitely be a market for re-screening..."

This post was first published on the Tianya Forum, and then quickly spread from Tianya to the entire Internet. The key is that there was not even a single Asian movie on the box office list of global movie history before. Good guy, according to Wang Zishan, it will be able to hit it in 2009 Suddenly, 6 Chinese movies appeared on the list, and all of them were Li Mu's movies alone.

Although the director of "Taken 2" is Chen Musheng, whoever says it is also Li Mu's movie, the promotion should focus on Li Mu's movie, because the words "Li Mu's movie" itself represent the box office potential !
For a while, the whole network was discussing fiercely:
"Damn, awesome! Li Mu monopolizes six movies on the top 2009 box office list in global movie history. If this happens, [-] will be 'Li Munian in movie history'"

"'Li Mu Nian'? I think it will work. 1992 is 'Zhou Xingchi Year' and 2009 is 'Li Mu Nian'. Yes!"

"'Zhou Xing Chi Nian' is only limited to Hong Kong movies, and 'Li Mu Nian' is the history of global film. If you want to talk about being awesome, you have to be a man who is also awesome!"

"Where are you going to petition? To be honest, I have seen both movies, but I don't mind watching them again. Now a lot of people are even blowing Korean movies. I can't get used to it. Let's see what the strength of director Huaxia is!"

"Support and support, re-screening is a must-see!"

"Splashing cold water, these two films are too close to release time, only two years ago, re-screenings are usually re-screenings of films from several years ago or even more than ten years ago, how can there be a film re-screening so close of?"

"Never mind, Li Mu's movies are really the only movies suitable for re-screening in the country. To be honest, why do people go to theaters to watch movies? Isn't it good to download and watch him on the computer at any time? Downloading to the computer to watch feature films may It’s okay, but special effects blockbusters — watching them on a computer and watching them in theaters are two completely different movies, and most of Li Mu’s movies are blockbusters with special effects, which perfectly fits the logic of re-screening.”

"You're so damn right. If you miss a small-budget movie, you can watch it on your computer. Let alone a movie with special effects, I will feel sorry for myself even if I don't watch IMAX!"

……

Li Mu has been quite busy recently, mainly writing novels - "Ex Machina", "Source Code", "Looper", "Now You See Me".

The novels are still handed over to the "Science Fiction World" magazine to be responsible for Chinese and foreign publishing. The magazine has its own publishing business in China, and often cooperates with foreign publishing houses to publish science fiction, fantasy and other types of novels abroad.

To put it simply, Li Mu's book is entrusted to them and they are responsible for the operation, and the magazine also makes money, otherwise Li Mu would not trouble others again and again.

Speaking of which, something happened to the "Science Fiction World" magazine recently. The president Qin Li, who had been of great help to Li Mu, was suddenly transferred away, and then an unpopular president was parachuted over.

It is said that it was this person who initiated the relationship to squeeze out the president Qin Li, but he didn't end well in the end. After being the president for more than a year, Yuan Shikong was rebelled by the editors of the magazine when he went out for an interview. up.

In March 2010 in the original time and space, some editors of the "Science Fiction World" magazine jointly published the "Science Fiction World's Open Letter to Fans of the National Fantasy" on Douban when the president was out for a visit, let the storm come more violently! ", the matter was reported by the media, which aroused huge repercussions among sci-fi fans, and successfully dismissed the president.

In this time and space, after hearing the news, Li Mu first invited Qin Li to have a meal, and then secretly asked her if she still wanted to work in the magazine. After receiving an affirmative answer, Li Mu mobilized some of his contacts. The president was suddenly unable to perform his duties due to his own health, and Qin Li continued to be the president.

In fact, Li Mu was also a little surprised. He thought it might be a little troublesome, but it might not be possible. He didn't expect that it would not only happen, but also happen so quickly and thoroughly.

He had already thought about it, if the matter could not be done, he would simply recruit Qin Li to his own company, and then all his published works would not be published by the "Science Fiction World" magazine for the time being, but now that the matter has been resolved, it will be There is no need for this anymore.

A few days later, Li Mu suddenly received a call from Chairman Han Sanping of China Film Group. At first he thought it was about the filming of "Founding of the People's Republic of China". "Body" and "Assassin" re-screening.

"These two films have only been released for two years." Li Mu said.

However, Han Sanping said in a deep voice: "The superiors in charge have come to me to discuss this matter, and asked me if the re-screening is really hopeful that the two films will enter the top [-] box office list in the history of the world. I said yes, but There is a high probability that the taillights will still fall off, and it may not last for a year or two. The leadership means that it can be sent to the top [-] list in the world."

"Li Mu, you may not realize the great significance of the list of the "Top [-] Global Box Office Box Office" and the significance of six Chinese films suddenly appearing in the "Top [-] Global Box Office Box Office" within a year. This is our country The great achievements in the construction of the literary and art industry, the meaning of the leaders, not only must be replayed, but also find ways to ensure the completion of the task goal of breaking into the top [-]!"

Who doesn't want to achieve?

Of course Li Mu also wants it. If it is true that in 2009 6 films can enter the top [-] list of global film history at the same time, how could Li Mu refuse?

However, Li Mu was a little surprised when he heard Director Han say that the leader asked to ensure the completion of the task. How can the box office ensure the completion of the task?If the audience doesn't like to watch you, can you still force people into it?
Or is it - unit booking?
It seems that the re-screening of the two movies is a certainty, so Li Mu simply thought about the specific operation.

"Han Dong, I would like to announce to the public at the same time that I will donate all the proceeds from the re-screening of the film that belong to Hua Shang and myself."

Han Sanping said: "That's right, this will make the publicity work easier, but if you want to donate, then all producers of the movie should donate together."

Li Mudao: "The matter of giving money is still voluntary after all. I can't do charity for them without discussing with the other companies."

Han Sanping said: "It's easy to handle. Let's call all the producers to discuss together."

the next day.

All the producers of "Super Body" and "Assassin" gathered together, and after a simple communication, everyone agreed to donate all the box office proceeds of this re-screening.

How much box office can the re-screening get?It’s amazing to get tens of millions, and the proportion of the film party’s account sharing is about 42%, which is about 3000 to 3000 million. The income of only [-] million is shared by so many producers, and a single company actually didn’t donate much.

So all the producers of the two films quickly reached a consensus.

Wang Changtian, chairman of Guangzhi Media, even said with a smile:

"The re-screening is very good at this time. Why did the netizens propose the re-screening? To make "Super Body" and "Assassin" enter the top 2 list of global film history! If this goal is really achieved this time, then wait for "Doomsday Collapse" and "Hurricane What about when "Rescue [-]" is released? Will the audience who support this matter go all out to help promote the movie?"

"If "Doomsday Collapse" and "Taken 2" both enter the top [-] box office in global film history, what about "Gravity"? Shouldn't all previous efforts be abandoned? In this way, the promotion of several Li Mu films has become a whole. The publicity money spent on one movie is promoting several movies at the same time!"

After reaching a consensus, the producers of "Super Body" and "Assassin" held a press conference a few days later, at which Li Mu officially announced:

""Super Body" and "Assassin" will be re-screened in the next period!"

And there is:

"All our producers have unanimously decided to donate all the box office proceeds from the re-screening of the two re-screened films to Project Hope."

Then Huaxia Internet became lively.

"What's the situation? "Super Body" and "Assassin" are really going to be re-screened? Didn't Li Mu really start to dream of Li Mu being the top 100 in the top 6 box office in global film history, right?"

"why not?"

"The four new films that were released within one year all entered the top [-] box office in global film history? If Li Mu really succeeds in this, how about it?"

"Mist grass, fog grass, fog grass! Don't say anything, can I kneel down for Li Mu? It's too cruel not to play like this!"

"The point is, what do I do if I think this can be done [-]%?"

"Anyway, to be able to have six 'Li Mu movies' on the list of the top [-] box office in global film history at the same time is very awesome!"

"I have to go to the theater to support it. Huaxia Film is on the rise, and director Li Mu is on the rise!"

……

After finishing two classes, Wang Zishan returned to the dormitory to surf the Internet, but a piece of news suddenly came into view. After reading the relevant news, Wang Zishan was so excited that he yelled:

"Is it really going to be re-screened? Awesome!"

"In the past, there wasn't even a single Asian movie at the box office in global film history, but Li Mu made "Inception", which not only made it into the top [-], but also made it into the top [-], [-], and [-] all the way. , and finally came to the seventh place in the global film history box office!"

"It's okay to be seventh, and I will directly list six movies!"

"What else can I say? Awesome!"

"Suddenly looking forward to the re-screening of "Super Body" and "Assassin", looking forward to "Doomsday Collapse" and "Taken 2"!"

　Thanks to "boring middle-aged man" for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)