China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 229 The total box office is 54 billion US dollars, the second in the world is close at hand
Li Mu chatted with Guo Fan for about two hours, and finally confirmed that he was fully qualified to be the director of "Shark Beach", and then he directly invited Guo Fan to sign the contract.

The original time and space Guo Fan will officially sign the director studio under his name with Wanda Film and Television next year, and the director contract with Beijing Shiba Culture Co., Ltd. Guo Fan is one of the few directors in China who can shoot science fiction themes. Of course, Li Mu must try his best Gather it into your own company.

Guo Fan agreed to sign the contract without much hesitation. From his point of view, he wants to realize his dream of being a sci-fi director, and signing with Huashang Media is really almost the only way out, at least for now it seems so.

"After signing the contract, the project "Shark Beach" will be done by you." After Guo Fan accepted the invitation verbally, Li Mu said with a smile.

"No problem—huh?" Guo Fan raised his head in surprise and said, "What does Mr. Li mean, I will be the direct director of this movie?"

Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, why, what you said just now is sound, now you don't have confidence anymore?"

"That's not true, it's just that I thought Mr. Li meant that he wanted me to be an assistant director first to get familiar with the company's situation." Guo Fan laughed.

Li Mu smiled and said: "First, you are capable enough. Second, I believe in Huashang Media's team. Third, the filming funds for "Shark Beach" are only 1500 million. The investment scale is not large, and the overall risk is controllable."

"Then I have no problem, and 1500 million is considered a small investment scale, I feel that I really came to the right place this time." Guo Fan said with a smile.

He is a little emotional now, and he didn't expect to be able to control such a big project as soon as he came up. The investment of 1500 million yuan is not too big if you say it is big, and it is definitely not too small if you say it is small. I heard that the filming cost of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" which won 11 billion box office is only 1000 million yuan.

Li Mu shook his head when he heard the words.

"The unit of the 1000 million production funds of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" is RMB, and the unit of the 1500 million filming funds of "Shark Beach" is US dollars. "Shark Beach" is a work for the global market. , the unit is generally in US dollars.

Guo Fan: "1500 million...US dollars?"

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three days later.

Jin Chen heard some gossip, saying that Huashang Media is preparing two new films recently, and it seems that one of them is a time-traveling theme like "Cohabitation Beyond Time and Space". The box office of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" is 11 billion, and Tong Liya has directly risen to the top line because of this drama. With such a good opportunity, all the actors and actresses in the circle are active. I heard that there are several well-known females. The actors all took the initiative to say that supporting roles are fine.

"She also offered to play a supporting role? Isn't that enough?"

"Why not? The key is to have the opportunity to get acquainted with director Li Mu. Yu Feihong lost to Gao Yuanyuan in the audition for "The Way to Steal the Key", but so what? Director Li remembered Yu Feihong, Didn't Huashang Media use Yu Feihong when they filmed "Celebrating More Than Years"? I heard that Huashang invited Li Xiaoran on purpose at the beginning, because Director Li remembered Yu Feihong's audition , that’s what she’s used for.”

"It makes sense."

"Have you heard? It seems that Hua Shang hired a rookie actor to play an important supporting role this time, but he was directly rejected by that rookie actor. Now everyone is guessing who this rookie actor is, he is so awesome!"

Jin Chen also interjected at this moment: "No way, the rookie actor directly rejected Huashang Media's invitation..."

Then froze.

She suddenly thought of the call she received three days ago.

"No way, I'm... eating gossip and eating myself?"

After thinking of this, Jin Chen was no longer in the mood to gossip, so she hurriedly dialed the number back. After receiving an affirmative answer, Jin Chen hurriedly apologized, and said that she thought she had encountered a liar. The staff didn't say anything else, that is, if she was interested, she could come to Huashang to audition, but it was different from three days ago, if she had come three days ago, only She alone is different now, and now many people are competing for this role.

Jin Chen was very grateful and said that he would definitely go to the audition on time.

If there are too many people competing, she should go, after all, it is such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but if she fails this audition, she will regret it to death.

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2011年的贺岁档和春节档貌似没有太重量级的作品要上映，11月29日时有一部李人港导演执导的《鸿门宴传奇》；12月15日有徐课导演执导、李连结、周训、李羽春、樊少黄等主演的《龙门飞甲》要上。再剩下就是12月21日要上映的华尚传媒作品《源代码》，以及已经正式定档大年初一的《人在囧途之非囧》。

Speaking of the movie "Legend of the Hongmen Banquet", it's quite interesting. The director of Yuan Shikong was Lu Chuan at the beginning, but after Lu Chuan broke up with the investor, Li Rengang was replaced.

Zhao Buffett, who was first invited by Concubine Yu, was rejected, and Fan Binbin was invited again. Fan Binbin said that it would depend on the final combination of actors and the quality of the script to decide. In fact, it was a tactful refusal. After resigning one after another, the crew finally found Liu Yifei to play the concubine Yu to the rescue.

The production team of this time and space is even more difficult. In the original time and space, Liu Yifei came to the rescue in the role of Concubine Yu.
Who was invited in the end?

Tong Liya, Tong played the role of Concubine Yu in "Mythology". The ancient costume style is still very amazing, but the popularity at that time was a little bit low, but that was before the movie started. As for now - "Cohabitation in Time and Space" The total box office has exceeded 11 billion, Tong Liya's popularity is high, and the crew of "Legend of the Hongmen Banquet" almost laughed out loud!
Continue to talk about the box office situation of "The Revenant Hunter".

In the domestic market, after the film's premiere, it won 3 million box office in 2.36 days, and broke through 10 million box office on the 5th day of its release, 16 million yuan in 6 days, and 37 million yuan in 7 days, reaching 7.04 million yuan .

The box office of the film was very strong in the early stage, but it was slightly worse in the later stage. For a purely foreign film, only the director is Chinese, and the overall appeal to Chinese people is still average.

Compared with the later weakening of the Huashang market, the performance of "The Revenant" in the North American market is relatively long-term.

After topping the North American weekend box office with US$3 million in three days in the first weekend, it won the championship again with US$5900 million in the following week, while the box office of "Armor and Steel", which was released at the same time, was US$4020 million in the second weekend, ranking No. Ranked second; the third is Paramount Pictures' "Full of Strength", with a weekend box office of 1630 million US dollars.

The weekend box office of the third week was 3250 million US dollars, ranking runner-up. The champion was won by Paramount Pictures' new film "Paranormal Phenomena 3" with 5410 million US dollars. third.

It grossed $1640 million in its fourth weekend, $1310 million in its fifth and $710 million in its sixth.

As of the weekend of the sixth week, the North American box office of "The Revenant" has exceeded 1.5 million US dollars, and the overseas box office has accumulated 2.4 million US dollars. The mainland market has been officially released some time ago, with a cumulative box office of 1.07 million US dollars. Cumulative $4.97 million.

"The Revenant" is the 8th director's work directed by Li Mu himself. The global box office of the first 7 directed films is 49.16 billion US dollars. The total global box office of Shi Li Mu's works has reached an astonishing $4.97 billion.

According to the predictions of relevant agencies, the North American box office of "The Revenant" is likely to exceed 2 million U.S. dollars, and its overseas box office should be around 3.1 million U.S. dollars. The total box office will most likely break the $55 billion mark.

It is still far from the 83 billion US dollars directed by Spielberg, who has the world's largest cumulative box office, but it is only about 62 million US dollars compared with the 7 billion US dollars directed by Cameron, who is currently the second in the world's total box office. gap.

Director Cameron's next film is still far away. Director Li Mu expects to launch at least three films next year, including "The Hunger Games 2", "The Fault in Our Stars", and "Send You A Little Red Flower". The global box office of "The Hunger Games 1" is 9.13 million US dollars.

In other words, it is almost a certainty that Li Mu will officially rank second in the director's global box office ranking next year.

In Li Mu Bar, netizens have already started carnival.

"The second director in the world? If you want me to say it's really petty! "Twilight" has been filmed in four parts, and the "Hunger Games" series with the same theme has a high probability of the same. Only four of them will have a box office of 4 million US dollars. In other words, four nines 9, three nines 36, the "Hunger Games" series alone can add another 27 billion US dollars to Li Mu's global box office. The probability can tie the current Spielberg's $27 billion record!"

"I'm grass, awesome!"

"World number one!"

"Do you think this is the end? Some people say that Spielberg is not dead, he will still make new films in the future, but the question is, is he as efficient as Li Mu? You must know that Li Mu still holds the "Maze Runner" series in his hands. It hasn't been filmed yet, and the sales volume of this series of novels is tens of millions. If the "Maze Runner" series can also win a global box office of 30 billion US dollars in the future, then Director Li Mu's global box office will easily surpass it. 100 billion dollars!"

"Fuck! Li Mu has a chance to become the world's first director worth tens of billions of dollars?"

"Don't say it, it's really very possible!"

"It's awesome!"

"It's a pity that Li Mu sold the film copyright of the "Divergent" series to Lionsgate. You must know that the global sales volume of this novel is tens of millions, otherwise it would be amazing!"

"Damn it, I don't have any big words. It seems that 100 billion US dollars can't stop Director Li Mu at all!"

"Of course I can't stop it! You must know that this is only the expected box office of these series of movies. The question is, will Li Mu not make other movies? For example, the upcoming "Non-囧"? Or the upcoming "Star Fortune" My Fault" and "Send You A Little Red Flower"?"

"In a few years ago, I was still thinking that Huaxia movies were the national champions at the box office of 4000 to [-] million yuan. Looking at American Emperor, a movie can easily have a global box office of [-] to [-] million U.S. dollars. At that time, I really felt that Huaxia movies were dozens of dollars. You can't catch up with the emperor in years, and it's only a few years? It can only be said that Li Mu is really awesome!"

Netizens were having a carnival, and major media also followed up with reports. Even Liu Yifei was asked relevant questions by reporters when he participated in a certain luxury brand event.

"Hi, no, now netizens are saying that after Director Li finishes filming the "Hunger Games" series, the global box office will most likely surpass Spielberg's director, and the total box office after filming "Maze Runner" will most likely exceed [-] billion Dollar, what do you think about that?"

Liu Yifei: "Actually, when he is at home, he seldom talks about the box office. More often, he is thinking about who is suitable for which role, whether there are obvious logical loopholes in the plot, or what latest technologies are being applied in the world. In the filming of these."

Reporter: "Yes or no, your answer is worth pondering for all filmmakers in China. Director Li is not interested in box office. Director Li is only interested in how to make a good movie. As a result, Director Li made almost the highest-grossing movie in the world. , which is very philosophical.”

After interviewing a few more questions, the reporter began to care about Li Mu and Liu's relationship status.

"By the way, Yifei, you and Director Li have been together for more than three years. Have you thought about when to get married?"

"Can I ask this question? It feels too private, so I don't really want to answer it." Liu Yifei looked around and smiled again, "It's strange, no one seems to have asked him this question. If you really want to know, Then just ask him directly, it’s useless to just ask me this kind of question, how would I know.”

Well, Liu Yifei went viral after the interview, and many people feel sorry for Miss Sister.

"Although there is no answer, it seems that everything has been answered."

"I feel sorry for my Sissy for three seconds. The phrase 'If you really want to know, just ask him' has already said everything. She can't decide this matter. If the man doesn't propose, there is nothing the woman can do if she wants to marry."

"I feel sorry for you. I used to think that there was a tacit understanding between the two of them. In the entertainment industry, let alone getting married late, it is completely normal to never get married. But now it seems that it is not the same thing at all. From the interview, Yifei still wants to settle down sooner, the crux still lies in Li Mu."

"Journalists want to go on the road, Yifei's meaning is obvious, don't just interview me, go interview him!"

……

As time entered November, Huashang Media launched three more film and television works one after another.

"Huaxia Partners" directed by Chen Kexin, starring Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Tong Dawei.

Directed by director Chen Sicheng, starring Chen Sicheng, Tong Liya, Liu Jialing, Liang Jiahui, Wang Xuebing, etc., is the movie version of "Love Story in Beijing".

Directed by director Liu Junjie, "Bin Bin is Coming" starring Zhao Liying, Chen Xiao, Jiang Xin, Mao Xiaotong, Tan Songyun, Lan Yingying, etc.

At the same time, the film "Source Code" officially launched a large-scale publicity campaign. According to the company's arrangement, when the film is officially released, the company's publicity team will be divided into two groups - one is dominated by Andy Lau, Fan Wei and others. Stay in the country for publicity; the other part is mainly Yang Ziqiong, and this part is mainly responsible for publicity in the United States.

Among the actors in "Source Code", only Yang Ziqiong has a certain international reputation, and everyone is sent to the United States to promote it. In fact, it is not very useful, and the domestic market is also on the rise. Maybe the domestic box office will surpass North America. Therefore, it is appropriate for most of the actors to stay in the country for publicity and road shows.

By December, Huashang Media had completed two film and television works—one was "Search" directed by Xue Xiaolu, starring Gao Yuanyuan and others; the other was co-directed by Kong Sheng and Jian Chuanhe, and Wang Kai Playing the male lead Professor Du, Song Qi as the heroine Qian Songyi, Li Chun as the female partner, Ni Dahong as the lawyer, Liu Yijun as the villain, Zhang Ruoyun as the youngest son of the chaebol, and Chen Xiao as the younger brother of the heroine Qian Yuncai in "You Who Came From the Stars" ".

(End of this chapter)