China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 199 North American first-day box office, $8531 million

"The Hunger Games" scored 8.2 points on Douban. Generally speaking, most films with a score of 8 or more on Douban are worth watching, but "The Hunger Games" is a bit special, and it probably doesn't deserve this score.

But Liu Yifei has too many fans and is too motivated. Fans all know that "The Hunger Games" is very important to Liu Yifei, so as soon as the film was released, a large number of fans flooded into major rating sites across the Internet. , which naturally includes Douban.

The current Douban score of "Harry Potter 7" is 8.5 points, and fans want to give "The Hunger Games" a score of at least 8.6 points.

"The Hunger Games" is Liu Yifei's first major female-led movie. The big-budget movies he starred in before were all superstars such as Cheng Long, Li Lian, and Tom Hanks. This time, the investment of 7000 million US dollars "The Hunger Games" is her big name. If "The Hunger Games" can still be a big success this time, then Liu Yifei's status in the film and television industry will undoubtedly be greatly improved.

Liu Yifei's fans are very united and very fighting. The quality of "The Hunger Games" film also did not disappoint the fans.Among them, the scene where Liu Yifei and the male protagonist drove a carriage and their black leather clothes ignited a raging fire surprised countless fans.

There is also the scene where the heroine played by Liu Yifei once again performed the scene of burning clothes during an interview. At that time, Liu Yifei kept turning around in the eyes of everyone, and the long red skirt on her body instantly ignited very dazzling flames as she turned. .

The residents of the imperial capital were dazzled in the movie, and fans of Liu Yifei outside the movie were equally excited.

In addition, there are shots of a little black girl being pierced by a bow and arrow, the residents of District 11 set off a revolutionary plot inspired by the heroine, and the courage of the heroine who would rather die with the hero than give in when faced with the choice of only one life. Let Liu Yifei's fans firmly believe that this new movie by Aidou must be a very rare masterpiece.

Moreover, Liu Yifei's acting skills this time are also remarkable. In addition to his own acting skills improving over the years, Li Mu's patient training during the filming process also contributed a lot.

A TV series has [-] to [-] episodes, and the shooting cycle is three to four months.

A movie takes one and a half to two hours, and the shooting cycle is also three to four months.

Obviously compared to TV dramas, movie directors have more time to train actors.If a shot does not meet the requirements, it will be repeatedly re-shot, re-tuned, or even re-shot hundreds of times. As long as there is enough patience, actors with average acting skills can also shoot good works under the guidance of an excellent director.

In short, Liu Yifei's fans are full of confidence in the quality of the film this time.

Of course, there are some critical voices on the Internet, but fans don't really take it seriously.Of course, there are also regrets, that is, the Douban score of "The Hunger Games" finally lost to "Harry Potter 7", but is this a problem with "The Hunger Games"?It's obvious that Douban netizens worship foreigners!
Regarding the box office of "The Hunger Games", Liu Yifei's fans are really not humble at all. Many people are expecting that "The Hunger Games" will surpass "Tai囧"!

"Everyone, don't think that "Thailand" is too difficult to surpass. Can "Thailand" compare with "Inception"? No one dares to say that? But "Inception" domestic box office is only 9 million, "Thailand" has 15.7 billion! Does this mean that "Thailand" is better than "Inception"? Or it means that the director of Huashang Tool Man, Shen Junsheng, is already better than Li Mu? Impossible? In fact, the only explanation is that the market has changed It’s even bigger! In 02, the total national box office was 9 million yuan. In 10, the movie "Lost in Thailand" was almost twice the national total box office 8 years ago. This is the progress of the times!"

"What you said above is correct. The miracle of "Lost in Thailand" is actually a miracle of the overall growth of the Chinese film market. Since it is a miracle of the times, what "Lost in Thailand" can create half a year ago will be even more so in "The Hunger Games" half a year later. Can create!"

"To tell you the truth, "The Hunger Games" is much better than "囧囧". How many times have you played "囧囧" just for Huang Bo's cuckold? In contrast, "The Hunger Games" shows the kindness of the heroine , Wisdom, and extraordinary courage, let's judge!"

"I look forward to the box office hit of "The Hunger Games", and I look forward to being awarded an Oscar when it is not!"

"Anyway, it's not a matter of sooner or later. The Oscar is a dish chosen by Ren Mushen! Last year, "Gravity" won the best actress and best director, and "Manchester by the Sea" won the best actor and best picture In the future, Mushen will make an award-winning film specifically for Yifei?"

"I'll talk about the future in the future. Now I just want to see those people who say that they don't pay the box office all day long, and that the audience of the high-grossing movies in the past are actually all for Cheng Long and Li Lian to slap themselves in the face!"

"I'm afraid it's very difficult, because there is a threshold for getting slapped in the face. Do those black people have face? No! It's hard to slap a group of faceless people. Even if the box office of "The Hunger Games" can surpass that of "Lost in Thailand" this time , these people will still say: Li Mu's movie, even if the protagonist is a dog, will have a high box office, does this have anything to do with Liu Yifei's dime?"

"Fuck, stop talking, I'm already angry!!!"

"There's really nothing you can do about those sunspots!"

On November 11, the box office of "The Hunger Games" came out on the first day.

6400 million!
Good grades, but...

What the hell, the box office on the first day of "Lost in Thailand" was 1.15 million!
That's almost half the difference?
Many Liu Yifei fans have changed their tone and said:

"It's not bad. The first-day box office results are basically Li Mu's films, and the ones that are not directed by Li Mu have such results. In fact, there are only a few such as "Avatar", "Lost in Thailand", "Tangshan Earthquake" and so on. It's just a movie."

"Actually, the box office on the first day doesn't mean anything. The box office on the first day of "Gravity" was tens of millions lower than that of "囧囧". How did it turn out? It was swept in the later period! The films directed by Li Mu are all in the later period."

"The domestic box office is generally justifiable, as can be seen from the sales of the novel version. The global sales of "The Hunger Games" novel are 6000 million copies, and the mainland sales are only 300 million copies. This series is indeed more suitable for Europe and the United States."

"It was originally, and it was only a day since the black spots on the Internet climaxed. I quietly waited for the box office of the second day in China and the box office of the first day in the North American market. There is no doubt that the movie is a good movie. Neither is ideal."

Although the fans' mouths are very hard, disappointment is inevitable after all.

Compared to the disappointment and depression of Liu Yifei's fans, the entire Huaxia Internet is much more lively.

The box office of "The Hunger Games" is really not low, but who said that this is a movie directed by Li Mu?

"Yesterday I didn't dare to speak. I knew the movie wasn't very good, but Liu Yifei and Li Mu's fans are too bewildered to provoke them. Let the box office do the talking!"

"As expected, "The Hunger Games" is a bad movie, and the box office says it all! 6400 million is not low, but please remember that this is a film by Li Mu and Liu Yifei! The market believes in Li Mu, so just put his name on it , Bad movies also have high box office, but ordinary people will not always pay for the word 'Li Mu', if you make a few more bad movies, the reputation that Li Mu has built up over the years will be ruined!"

"Li Lang is out of talent? To be honest, the movie is not very good."

"Hehe, Liu Yifei and Li Mufan are still stubborn. Now we have fast forwarded to the North American box office, and I don't know where they are confident! Let's do the math, the cost of "Lost in Thailand" is 3000 million, which is still RMB , "The Hunger Games" cost 7000 million, brackets, US dollars! As a result, the box office of "Lost in Thailand" on the first day was 1.15 million, and "The Hunger Games" was 6400 million! What a tragedy!"

"Seeing Liu Yifei's fans talking about the box office in North America makes me want to laugh. This shows that Liu Yifei's fans haven't figured out what the problem is! Yes, the "Hunger Games" novel is indeed very popular in North America, but why is the novel so popular? ?Because the heroine in the novel is called Katniss Everdeen, she is an authentic white girl, but in the movie version, Li Mulen turned the heroine into a Chinese, so it’s fine if the old American readers don’t get pissed off and don’t stand up to resist. Want to be supported?"

"I actually believe 'The Hunger Games' will sell well in North America, but only if the heroine is a white girl, if it's Natalie Portman, if it's Emma Watson, if it's Anne Hathaway -- whatever. Whoever it is, it cannot be Liu Yifei!"

"Li Mu is drifting away. He has already disregarded the interests of investors in order to force his girlfriend. I hope he can learn a lot of wisdom!"

Liu Yifei's fans were really annoyed by the netizens this time.

Netizens are saying that Liu Yifei ruined the IP of "The Hunger Games".

That's right, the domestic box office of "The Hunger Games" is indeed not enough to explode, but according to what netizens said, the domestic box office after replacing the heroine with Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, and Emma Watson Can it get better?Who among these few has Liu Yifei's appeal in China?

It is even more unreasonable to say that Liu Yifei lowered the film's European and American box office, and now the North American box office has not even been released!
Of course, everyone also admits that if the heroine is really replaced by a white actress, the North American box office may indeed be better, but so what?Is Li Mu still short of money?

What happened to Li Mu just using resources to praise his girlfriend?
If you are angry, you should also find a boyfriend like this!
Isn't that what the entertainment industry is all about?Who has good resources to give to people who are not relatives or relatives? !If the entertainment industry were so fair, there wouldn't be so many actresses to sleep with.

By the way, which female star does not have a gold master behind her?

Could it be that other actresses are noble if they rely on their patrons who are decades older than themselves, and Liu Yifei is a sin if they rely on their real boyfriends?
"Even if it affects the box office in North America, so what? If you have the ability, go find a boyfriend who is willing to praise you like this. If you can't find it, don't push it!"

In the end, Liu Yifei's fans felt a little guilty about the film's overseas box office, so they simply stood up and showed off.

Compared with the controversy on the Internet, the entertainment industry seems more harmonious. As soon as "The Hunger Games" was released, a large number of stars expressed their support on Weibo.

Most of the celebrities in the entertainment circle retweeted the official Weibo of "The Hunger Games". Many of the celebrities said that they had watched it in person, and the movie was indeed very good.

"Gong Li: The movie is very good, congratulations, there is another masterpiece."

"Li Lianhua: The film is very good, and Yifei's performance is wonderful. Director Mu's another masterpiece, ten envy!"

"Cheng Long: Yifei can endure hardships in acting, and "The Hunger Games" is wonderful, keep up the good work."

"Fan Binbin: Friends who haven't watched "The Hunger Games", I sincerely recommend you to watch it. The movie is really good to watch, and the transformation from flames is very heroic!"

"Gao Yuanyuan: I just finished watching "The Hunger Games". It's very good. I don't understand why some people say it's not good. In fact, you can only know if it's good or not."

……

A hotel in Beijing.

Director Feng Xiaogang, Wang Zhonglei, Wang Zhongjun, Ge You and others gathered at the hotel, during which they also talked about the raging "Hunger Games".

Feng Xiaogang: "The box office of "The Hunger Games" on the first day is far lower than that of "囧囧". Many people have criticized "囧囧" for its vulgar jokes. Such a good script as "Lost in Thailand" was handed over to his subordinates to shoot, but he made "The Hunger Games" by himself instead."

Wang Zhonglei said: "It's okay to shoot "The Hunger Games" by myself. This novel is a bit scary. It's a pity not to shoot it. But the heroine's choice of Liu Yifei is really careless, and it's not the way to praise a girlfriend. What netizens said makes sense. You changed the heroine from Caucasian to Chinese in the original book with 6000 million copies, it would be good if fans don’t boycott it, and you still want to get a high box office?”

Ge You said with a smile: "This is called a hero's sad beauty pass!"

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "Li Mu still doesn't understand women. He wants to give a woman a villa in Ziyu Villa. It doesn't cost much, just tens of millions of RMB, but any woman is grateful for Dade's choice. " A project with such huge potential as The Hunger Games is used to curry favor with women? The casting is wrong, and the overseas box office fluctuates in hundreds of millions of dollars!"

Wang Zhongjun shook his head and said: "Not only! "The Hunger Games" is a series, one fluctuates by [-] to [-] million US dollars, and the third one is [-] to [-] million US dollars! If one is not easy to destroy, it becomes a series, and the price is too high."

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "How many women can't exchange such a big benefit? It's all invested in one woman..."

He also shook his head while speaking.

Ge You smiled and said, "True love, true love! Come, drink!"

……

Beijing time, on November 11, the box office of "The Hunger Games" was released on the second day, that is, the box office data on November 28 was officially announced.

8200 yuan!

In the first half of the year, "Lost in Thailand" was released on Saturday on the second day. At that time, it won a total of 1.45 million yuan at the box office.

No miracle happened on the second day, and the single-day box office of "The Hunger Games" was 6300 million yuan lower than that of "Lost in Thailand"!

At this time, Liu Yifei's fans were also a little resigned to their fate. Most of them no longer expected "The Hunger Games" to create miracles in the follow-up. Now everyone just hopes that the North American box office of "The Hunger Games" will not be too bad.

There are so many voices on the Internet that changing the heroine to Chinese will cause dissatisfaction among the 6000 million novel readers around the world. Liu Yifei's fans are still dissatisfied with their mouths, but it is impossible not to murmur in their hearts.

On November 11th, Beijing time, and November 28th, US time, the first-day North American box office of "The Hunger Games" was finally officially announced.

Many fans of Liu Yifei are waiting for this data. Although everyone has long stopped expecting a miracle to happen, they are still unwilling to watch the North American data of the film.

"It seems that "The Hunger Games" can't compare with "Inception" and "Gravity", but it should still be able to compare with "Doomsday Collapse", right? Remember that the North American box office of "Doomsday Collapse" was 6300 million US dollars , I hope "The Hunger Games" won't be too bad."

"I still don't feel very optimistic. There are Cheng Long and Yang Ziqiong in "The Doomsday Collapse". Even if you don't look at Cheng Long's box office appeal in North America, this film also has Yang Ziqiong. She also played a Bond girl. It has a certain reputation in North America. "The Hunger Games" is not alone in the box office, and it is understandable that it is not as good as "The End of the World."

"Is that $5000 million supposed to be there?"

In short, Liu Yifei's fans found the latest North American box office data in this very anxious state of mind.

""The Hunger Games" dominates the box office, and the results are numerous, setting a new record in film history!"

"Huh!"

"It looks good!"

"A record?"

"What records? Including the records of "Gravity" and "Inception"?"

"so excited!"

Fans were so excited that they entered the post to check the specific content.

"Adapted from the novel of the same name, jointly created by Huashang Media and Disney Pictures, directed by Huaxia talent director Li Mu, and starring Chinese actress Liu Yifei, "The Hunger Games" (The Hunger Games) has been fully launched on November 11 Thousands of theaters in North America with huge screens swept the box office and attracted US$26 million on the first day of its opening, breaking the record for the highest first-day box office of US$8531 million created by "The Twilight Saga 2: New Moon" last year. Top box office on the first day of North American film history!"

"what's going on?"

After reading the content, all Liu Yifei fans were dumbfounded.

"The highest box office record in North American film history on the first day? What do you mean? This is the first in film history? $8531 million doesn't seem like much, does it? Remember "Inception" took $8700 million? What's going on? Why? First?"

Some fans who didn't turn the corner for a while even ran to the post bar to ask about it, and it turned out...

Post Bar Netizens:

"I said, are you stupid? "Inception" had a box office of 8700 million US dollars in the first week! The first week, the first week, the first week! The important thing is said three times! The first week of the box office, that is, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and three days The combined box office! The $8531 million of "The Hunger Games" is the box office on the first day! The first day, the first day, the first day! The important thing is still said three times!!! The box office on the first day is the box office of Friday, local time in the United States!"

"First week? First day! One day?!"

"My grass!"

"The previous highest box office record on the first day in North America was "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"?"

"Do fans love movies so much?"

(End of this chapter)