China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 200 North America debut week, $1.88 million

The box office on the first day surprised Li Mu as well, with 8531 million US dollars, more than 600 million US dollars higher than the first-week box office of "Gravity", and it also ranked first in the film history's first box office and single-day box office list The first two firsts can be called terrifying.

Liu Yifei was also shocked by this box office figure. Before the film was released, she was always worried that the box office would not be good. People on the Internet said that if she is not Li Mu's girlfriend, then the heroine will never be her turn. She actually agrees with this statement. As for feelings, it may be warm, happy, and touching. Women are eager to be loved by their boyfriends or husbands. Li Mu dotes on her, and she can't repay her, so she has to try her best to satisfy some of his excessive demands.

Now the two are more and more open-minded, and they usually try various tricks.

In addition to being happy and moved, Liu Yifei is also a bit competitive. The more netizens say that Li Mu may have ruined a potential series in order to praise her, the more she looks forward to the movie box office. Wanting to impress netizens is just one of them. Wanting to compete for favor and credit in front of Li Mu is the first goal.

"Look, I didn't embarrass you, did I? I told you I'm very prosperous!"

The domestic box office of the film was not bad, and Liu Yifei breathed a sigh of relief after the data came out, but seeing that netizens were not satisfied with the box office, she became a little nervous again.

"Inception" made $8700 million in its first week in North America, "Gravity" grossed $7900 million in its first week, and "The End of the World" grossed $6300 million. "The Hunger Games" dare not compare with Inception, Earth's Center, and Doom It shouldn't be a big problem, right?

But netizens also said that there are Cheng Long and Yang Ziqiong in the end, why are you hungry?Rely on you, a vase that relies on your boyfriend?
Hunger might really be worse than doomsday?

Then the box office came out on the first day, 8531 million US dollars, surpassing the first week of the center of the earth and the end of the day, and also the first day and the single-day double list. This is no longer a question of whether the results are good or not, but a bit scary.

It feels that only the word "horror" can accurately describe the first-day box office of "The Hunger Games" in North America.

In broad daylight, Liu Yifei first sat on Li Mu's lap, and then pressed her face to Li Mu's.

"Husband, you are awesome!"

"Ah."

"Husband, you are so nice!"

"Ah."

"Huh?" Liu Yifei parted her tightly pressed face, then looked at Li Mu and said, "What else? Is this gone?"

Liu Yifei's mentality exploded at the moment.

"I'm already like this, and he praises me even if he doesn't know?"

"I've praised him twice, but he didn't even answer me?!"

"I really want to bite him on the shoulder!"

"You don't want to bite, do you?" Li Mu looked at Liu Yifei's eyes and teased, and then he put his arms around her arm, "It's awesome, compared to movies, the best thing about me is luck. I was able to meet you and get you. To say it’s really good, my best thing is actually my life, I can do my favorite career in this life, and be able to be my favorite woman.”

Liu Yifei was very beautiful at first, but when she heard the last sentence, she felt that something was wrong.

"You are so nasty."

"Where am I so dirty? Isn't that the only thing about men and women?"

"The dirtiest thing is talking too much and doing little."

"You say I do less?"

"Yes."

"I'm afraid you won't be able to take it too much!"

"I only heard that there are cows that are exhausted, but I haven't heard that there are rotten fields!"

"Wise words one after another, where did you learn it?"

"I read books at most, unlike you, who secretly watch small movies all day long."

"I watch small movies? Who did you hear? I never watch that stuff!"

"Really never watch?"

"Of course."

"Then where did you learn all the endless tricks?"

"Um...in a dream!"

……

Li Mu really doesn't think much about that stuff. In his previous life, he was a mediocre guy. Until time travel, he just got involved with a web drama director with an investment of 5000 million, but he is a small casting assistant director in the entertainment industry, and he can only call the shots. Foreground actors, special actors who play small roles, and assistant directors who are everywhere, basically have no shortage of decent girls around them, let alone Li Mu who has been a director in his previous life.

It is precisely because he has experienced a lot in the previous life that he can withstand all kinds of temptations in this life.

While chatting, the two wanted to go further, but they were always interrupted halfway.

The phones of both of them were very busy, and there were calls or text messages coming in from time to time. The two simply adjusted their emotions to deal with the congratulations from all directions.

Li Mu received calls from Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, Han Sanping, Yan Yiyun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian and others, and Liu Yifei received calls from Zhang Liangying, Shu Chang, Yao Beina, Tang Yan and others.

In addition, the two also received a large number of congratulatory text messages. Li Mu wanted to read the text messages received by Liu Yifei on a whim. Liu Yifei said that unless Li Mu asked him to read them, the two exchanged mobile phones.

In addition to Liu Yifei's female friends in the circle, there are also several congratulatory text messages sent by friends of the opposite sex. Li Mu took a look at it specially, and the friends of the opposite sex who sent text messages include: Huang Xiaoming, Zhu Yawen, Luo Jin.

Li Mu deliberately said in a strange tone: "Friends of the opposite sex, Huang Xiaoming, Zhu Yawen, Luo Jin."

Liu Yifei raised his head and said, "We are just ordinary friends, and..."

Liu Yifei suddenly started counting the text messages of the opposite sex in Li Mu's phone, and then she suddenly felt angry.

"How dare he say that she received text messages from the opposite sex?"

"Don't even look at his own phone!"

"Fan Binbin, Zhang Ziyi, Li Lianhua, Gao Yuanyuan, Jing Tian, ​​Bai Bing, Yang Mi, Tong Liya... a total of 71!"

"I accept three, and he accepts 71. What's the matter, I want to make a 72 concubine!"

As soon as the phone turned on, another call came, Zhao Liying and Liu Yifei looked up at Li Mu.

"He really made me a 72 concubine!"

……

After the data of the film's first day in North America came out, domestic public opinion immediately exploded, and related news frequently appeared on the headlines of major websites in just one day.

Netizens commented on this matter in four words: "It's so terrifying!"

I know you, Li Mu, are awesome, but I didn't let you be so awesome!
Some netizens even began to ridicule that Laomei should set up a "Hollywood Film Protection Month".

There is a "domestic film protection month" in China. As for why there is such a thing, of course, it is because Hollywood blockbusters have conquered cities all over the world before, and domestic films cannot compete with Hollywood blockbusters!

The country wants to support domestic films, so this thing was established.

Now that Li Mu's movies are always making horror-level records in North America, defeating Hollywood movies, isn't it the time for Lao Mei to set up the "Hollywood Movie Protection Month"?
As for some people complaining that Li Mu's film is not a purely domestic film, at most it is a co-production-"Gravity" must be an undisputed domestic film, right?
There are two main actors in the whole film, one is Zhang Yimou and the other is Gong Li. Is this a purely Chinese film?
The results of it?
The global box office is 17 billion US dollars!
The bosses in the circle were dumbfounded, like the Wang brothers from Huayi, Yu Dong from Bernard, Han Sanping from China Film Group, etc. Everyone knows that they can’t use common sense to figure out Li Mu’s movies. The madness of "Gravity" has been so far It's still fresh in everyone's memory, but "The Hunger Games"-8531 million US dollars on the first day?
crazy!

Anyone who reads this data will shake their heads in disbelief.

The actors in the circle are almost all dumbfounded. It was said that an actor is a bull because this actor successfully breaks into Hollywood and can get a relatively important role in a Hollywood movie. It even formed a crushing trend against Hollywood.

Why is Liu Yifei so lucky?

Also, it's normal for the entertainment industry to separate and combine. When will these two separate?Such high-quality resources as Li Mu can't always be occupied by you alone!
Liu Yifei's fans even cried with excitement.

No. [-] in film history on the first day, and No. [-] in film history on a single day, it's not powerful!
……

On Sunday, the third day after the film was released, "The Hunger Games" earned another 8300 million yuan in the domestic market. Monday was a working day, and the box office dropped significantly to 4600 million yuan. Relevant agencies predict the film's box office to be around 4900 million yuan.

Among non-Hua Shang domestic films, only "The Great Earthquake" directed by Feng Xiaogang can dominate it. Counting Hollywood films, "Avatar" is added. The domestic box office of "The Hunger Games" exceeded Li Mu's expectations. But it obviously did not meet the expectations of netizens.

Let's talk about the North American market.

影片自周五上映首日狂揽8531万美元后，周六单日票房依然高达6120万美元，位列影史周六单日收入榜第一，高出No.2《蜘蛛侠3》（5133万美元）整整990万美元。

周日单日票房4200万美元，位列影史周日单日票房榜第二位，次于《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士》（4359万），高于《蜘蛛侠3》（3993万美元）和《怪物史莱克3》（3612万美元）。

So far, the first week of the film's box office has finally come out. Three days on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the total box office of the film is 1.8851 million US dollars, ranking first in the box office list of the opening film in November and the box office list of the opening film in winter!It ranked first in the film history box office, far higher than "Batman: The Dark Knight" ($1.58 million), which has firmly occupied the first place in the film history box office for two years.

Li Mu was not just satisfied with this box office figure, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he gasped.

By searching the past life data in his mind, he found that the box office of "The Hunger Games" in the previous life was already very exaggerated. The three-year "Batman: The Dark Knight" (1.55 million) is only $1.58 million lower.

The sales volume of novels in this life is more than 1.4 times that of the previous life, and the box office of the movie is 1.2 times that of the previous life. Fortunately, it is only 1.2 times. If the box office is also 1.4 times that of the previous life, then the box office of the movie in the first week will break 2 million US dollars up.

While being surprised at the box office miracle created by "The Hunger Games", Li Mu is also analyzing the characteristics of its box office trend.

The first-day box office of "Twilight Saga: New Moon" was US$2 million, much higher than the US$7270 million of "Batman: The Dark Knight". As a result, the latter's first-week box office was US$6785 million higher than the former.

The box office of Li Mu's version of "The Hunger Games" was 1700 million US dollars higher than that of "The Dark Knight". As a result, the single-day box office on the third day of the film's release was overtaken by the latter.

This shows that the most notable feature of fan movies like The Hunger and New Moon is that the initial box office is very bad, but it is often accompanied by a lack of stamina.

This week's North American box office list:

"The Hunger Games" No. 1.88, $[-] million.

"Harry Potter 7" came in second with $5050 million.

"Tangled" third with $4900 million.

"The Hunger Games" is $2 million higher than the No.7 "Harry Potter 1.38"!
However, the latter is the second week of release, and the first week wins the second week. The box office of "Harry Potter 7" was 1.25 million US dollars in the first week, which is still 6300 million US dollars lower than "The Hunger Games".

Before the film was released, Li Mu said in an interview that "The Hunger Games" had a chance to surpass "Harry Potter 7" at the box office in North America. At that time, many people thought he was bragging. , On the contrary, it is a bit conservative.

Li Mu and Liu Yifei checked the record list of "The Hunger Games" summarized by netizens.

No. [-] on the box office list on the first day of film history.

The single-day box office in film history ranked first.

In the first week of film history, it ranked first in the opening drawing list.

Film History ranked second at the box office on Sunday.

It ranked second in the single-house box office list in film history.

It is the fastest in film history to break through the $[-] million mark.

It is the fastest in film history to break through the $5000 million mark.

The female hero movie in film history ranked first in the box office.

……

Liu Yifei was dazzled by a series of words such as first, second, fastest, etc. She asked Li Mu in a daze: "How can you be so powerful?"

Li Mu seriously analyzed: "First of all, it must be because the readership of the novel is too large. Since the novel was officially launched in 05 until today, its global sales have officially exceeded the 6000 million mark..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Liu Yifei had already hooked his neck and kissed him, and Li Mu was naturally not in the mood to continue his analysis afterwards.

When it comes to the readership of the novel, in fact, the "Hunger Games" in the previous life is really quite amazing.

In a way, "The Hunger Games" and "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" are not actually going the same way.

Compared with the latter, "The Hunger Games" in the previous life did not strictly follow the deduction model of "novels supporting movies".

When the filming of "Harry Potter" started, the fourth novel "Goblet of Fire" was officially launched.

When the filming of "The Twilight Saga" started, the novel was already popular all over the world.

This kind of trading mode in which a large group of book fans is directly promoted to movie fans has successfully ensured that the series of works frequently break box office records.

When "The Hunger Games" in the previous life was officially put on the big screen, although it already had a certain reputation, it was far from reaching the height of intense heat.

Li Mu said that the sales volume of "The Hunger Games" in this life was 1.4 times that of the previous life. What he was talking about was actually the sales volume after the film was released in the previous life. In the week of the film's release, in just six days, his novel sold 1000 million copies.

In this life, the "Hunger Games" novel has already become popular all over the world, and its readers are many times stronger than when the film was released in the previous life. It seems that its box office in this life is better than that in the previous life. pass.

What's more, without self-effacing, the word "Li Mu" is still very appealing to Laomei.

After the film was officially released, Li Mu and Liu Yifei planned to stay in the United States for a week, and then they were about to leave for China.

While the two were in the United States, the directors of the Big Six Hollywood even had to line up to see Li Mu.

Not the vice president, but the chairman!
That's right, the directors of the six major levels of Hollywood will also line up when they see Li Mu!

Not to mention miraculous movies such as "Gravity" and "Inception". Just "The Hunger Games" has become so popular, but Li Mu still holds the same type of "Divergent" in his hand And "The Maze Runner".

Li Mu had previously reached a verbal agreement with the Big Six of Hollywood, and the latter two will invite Hollywood to jointly develop, and it is possible that Hollywood will take the lead, but after all, they haven't signed a formal contract yet, have they?

How much benefit is there?
Will "Divergent" and "Maze Runner" be remakes of "The Hunger Games"?

Hollywood is like this, money is everything, face is not important at all.

Li Lianlian once said in an interview:
As long as your movie data is popular, the big bosses in Hollywood will kneel down and beg you to make a movie, really kneel down!
But once your movie data fails again, people won't know you again immediately.

But if your data is OK again later, the chairman of Hollywood can still lick his face and beg you.

You asked him why are you here again?
People didn't feel embarrassed at all: "Oh, there is no way, it's all for survival, this is survival!"

It is said that Li Lianlian was left alone for 45 minutes by the chairman of one of the eight major Hollywood companies. Then a year later, Li Lianlian's data suddenly increased. He was still the same chairman. At that time, Li Lianlian was making a movie with Luc Besson in France. I flew directly to France to ask Li Lianhe to cooperate, but this time Li Lianhe hung it up for two hours.

To put it bluntly, Li Mu's stats now are much better than Li Lianlian's back then, and he is completely worthy of the Hollywood directors queuing up to visit him.

(End of this chapter)