China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 233 cost 3000 million, and the global box office was 4.26 million US dollars in two weeks

On the seventh day of release, Monday, the daily box office was 7700 million, and the cumulative box office was 7.47 million yuan.

From more than 1.3 million on Sunday to less than 8000 million on Monday, the box office has dropped a bit, but in fact this does not mean that there is a problem with the film's reputation.

In fact, the word-of-mouth of "Source Code" is very good. Douban scored 8.9 points, and it entered the top 150 of Douban movie ratings without any suspense.

The rating of Rotten Tomatoes is 91%, and the IMDB score is 8.2. Whether it is in China or overseas, "Source Code" has received a lot of praise.

"A suspenseful, beautifully crafted tale of a dead man trying to save Mordor from a nuclear apocalypse. (The New Yorker)"

"A very clever sci-fi thriller, worthy of the audience. ("Detroit News" review)"

"The theme of the movie involves a theory of parallel spaces: the world may divide and spread out an infinite number of parallel worlds with every decision and choice... (Tencent Entertainment Review)"

The reason why the box office fell a bit on Monday just shows that the movie has received a lot of attention, because it is a movie produced by Huashang Media, and it is also a work written by Li Mu himself, so countless audiences choose to enter the theater immediately Watching, this led to a large number of box office concentrated in the first few days, and the box office was abnormally high a few days before the release. The popularity is too great, and there is no process of waiting for the film's word of mouth to slowly ferment and finally counterattack.

Only those films that did not attract much attention at the beginning and were basically not favored by anyone, but the film quality is extremely brilliant, will have a greater chance of experiencing extremely low box office declines or even reverse growth, because word-of-mouth fermentation in the later stages of the film makes more people People know it already.

The popularity of the movie also triggered a big discussion among netizens on topics such as "what will you do when you have the last 8 minutes of your life" and "cherish the present", and the number of retweets soon exceeded 12000.

Seven days after the film was released, the cumulative box office reached 7.47 million. The domestic box office hit of "Source Code" even made Andy Lau, who has been popular for decades and experienced countless ups and downs, feel a little incredible.

Andy Lau knew from the very beginning that "Source Code" must be the highest-grossing movie of all his films. His previous best work had a box office of 2.86 million yuan, which is already very high, but Huashang Media has already How many years hasn't a movie with such a bad box office come out?
That's right, in the eyes of many companies, it is already considered a big hit at the box office, but it is a rare failure in several years for Huashang Media.

Li Mu attaches so much importance to the "Source Code" project, or he wrote the script himself, how could the box office be poor?
Andy Lau didn't believe that his luck would be so bad. Li Mu and Huashang Media's first failed work was caught up by him, so the success of the film must be successful, but how successful is it?

No one can be sure.

Andy Lau thought before that the cumulative domestic box office of around 7 million should be about the same, and "33 Days of Broken Love" and "Beijing Meets Seattle", which are called miracles and dark horses, are both in this range.

If the movie becomes a big hit, it is not impossible for the cumulative box office to break the 10 billion mark, but that is already the most ideal situation he can think of in his mind. It can only be said that there is a chance, but it is not great.

As a result, "Source Code" broke 7 million in seven days. If there is no accident, there is a high probability of breaking 8 million on the eighth day. Now Maoyan's box office forecast has reached 14.7 billion. I don't know if the forecast is accurate, but even if it is not accurate , it is overestimated, at least breaking 10 billion is already a certainty, right?

The box office of all Andy Lau's movies in the past ten years is not as high as that!

A movie that has worked hard for more than ten years, even though inflation is not taken into account, it is still very powerful.

Cooperating with Li Mu and his Huashang Media, the joy in it will never be felt by those who have not worked with it before.

To say that Andy Lau was most satisfied with this cooperation is actually that he was not robbed by Zhou Xingchi.

Zhou Xingchi is a movie genius. Anyone who cooperates with him, the audience's attention will turn to Master Xing before he knows it. If you give Master Xing a supporting role, he will play the leading role without knowing it.

When Li Mu first asked Andy Lau to shoot "Source Code", he didn't actually have the intention of asking Zhou Xingchi to shoot a comedian. It was later that Zhou Xingchi asked Li Mu to shoot the empty son, and Li Mu had an idea to ask Zhou Xingchi. Chi also came to play a cameo, so Andy Lau was really worried for a while when he heard that Zhou Xingchi would also join this project.

To be honest, he cherishes this opportunity to cooperate with director Li Mu. The more people Li Mu invites to join this project, the more assured he is. The more celebrities Li Mu invites, it means that he attaches more importance to this film , Zhou Xingchi is the only exception here, because according to past experience, when he cooperates with Zhou Xingchi, the audience will watch Zhou, so is he still the protagonist?
As a result, his worries this time were obviously superfluous. Although Zhou Xingchi's role this time was very good and gave the audience a different feeling, but obviously he was not robbed this time, whether it is from the comments of major media It can also be proved from the discussions of netizens in the major film review areas.

The box office has a high probability of surpassing the sum of the previous ten years' results, and the cooperation with Zhou Xingchi will not be robbed of the show. It has reversed the previous decline of many movies in a row. It can be said that "Source Code" has already had an extremely important impact on Liu Tianwang's entire career. Influence.

movie box office.

This time Andy Lau's fans are finally proud.

Previously, "I Know Women's Hearts" failed miserably at the box office. Sohu.com quoted netizens' comments, one of which characterized Andy Lau as "box office poison", which made Andy Lau's fans very angry.

Not only Andy Lau's fans, many passers-by and netizens who are not fans of Tianwang are also quite disgusted with the media's practice of calling artists "poison" at every turn. At that time, many netizens burst into foul language.

"MB Heizi!"

"Whether he is poisonous or not, there are still people who like him and make money. Apart from posting such black posts, how can you bite him?"

"The wall is falling and everyone is pushing, the reality is so cruel!"

"It seems that Fan Binbin is more responsible. If the heroine is played by Gong Li, it is absolutely impossible to only get more than 5000 million at the box office!" Ten thousand.)
But now it's all right, once "Source Code" came out, Liu Tianwang completely swept away the previous decline.

"The slap in the face is really too fast. The first second is still box office poison, and the next second the new movie is expected to have a box office of 14 billion!"

"Wrong, wrong, the box office was expected to be 14 billion one second ago, and the box office was estimated to be 15.3 billion the next second!"

This is real.

Someone really looked at Maoyan’s box office forecast a second ago, and it also showed an estimated box office of 14.7 billion, but it turned out to be 15.3 billion after [-] o’clock at night, and it was refreshed again!

"Source Code" was a big hit at the domestic box office, and Andy Lau worked even harder to make the film's box office break through the 15 billion mark. He started promoting it, and even the young people in the industry shouted that he couldn't bear it.

When faced with reporters’ questions about “How do you view the box office of “Source Code” Maoyan is expected to exceed 15 billion” and “Have you ever thought that this movie would achieve such a high box office result”, Tian Wang said:

"Of course I thought the box office would be very high. Director Lin Chaoxian is very professional. I wouldn't be surprised at how high the box office is for the projects of director Li Mu and Huashang Media."

"What's your idea? The biggest idea is that as long as you make a movie seriously, the audience will reward you!"

Compared with the domestic market, the performance of "Source Code" in the overseas market is certainly not bad, and it can even be called a big hit compared to the cost. Works such as "Rescue" are still incomparable.

On December 12, the first day of release, it earned $21 million.

On December 12, the day after its release, it earned $22 million.

On the third day, Friday, 870 million; on the fourth day, Saturday, 890 million; on the fifth day, Sunday, 840 million—the cumulative box office of the first weekend was 2600 million U.S. dollars, and the cumulative box office in North America was 4550 million U.S. dollars for five days. .

The box office of nearly 2000 million on Wednesday and Thursday is not included in the box office of the first weekend. Therefore, although the total box office of "Source Code" in North America has reached 4550 million US dollars at this time, its box office of the first weekend is only 2600 million US dollars. The runner-up in this week's North American box office list is "Mission: Impossible 4", which has been released for the second week, with a box office of 2950 million US dollars this weekend.

In addition, "Source Code" also performed well in non-North American overseas countries.

As of Monday of the second week, the film has grossed US$610 million in the UK, 570 million in South Korea, 450 million in France, 380 million in Australia, 290 million in RB, and 270 million in Russia.

In short, as of December 12, the film has been released for seven days, and it has earned a total of 27 million US dollars in box office in North America and overseas. If the domestic box office of about 1.45 million US dollars is added, "Source Code" has been released worldwide for seven days, and the cumulative box office has reached 1.1 million US dollars. One hundred million U.S. dollars.

……

"Back to 20" crew.

Whenever Bai Bing had a chance, he took out his mobile phone to check the real-time box office of "Source Code". After seeing that the estimated box office broke 15 billion, Bai Bing was smiling all day long.

Jin Chen and Reba are already acquainted with Bai Bing.

Then Bai Bing, Jin Chen, and Reba ran into someone on the set who was spreading gossip about Bai Bing and Li Mu behind his back. Jin Chen and Reba were still nameless and transparent, but Bai Bing was already hand-picked by Li Mu. One of the four little female roles, she has also starred in two major heroine movies produced by Huashang Media in the past six months - "Time and Space Traveler" and "Back to 20", so Jin Chen and Reba are usually very fond of Bai Bing, The three of them often acted together, only to bump into someone spreading gossip.

There is nothing unusual about the content of the transmission, it is nothing more than the relationship between Bai Bing and Li Mu is not simple, and it is said that Bai Bing is so beautiful, how could Li Mu not eat it?If she didn't eat, why should she be given so many good resources?How can the entertainment industry praise you so much for no reason?Just because you and Li Mu went to the same university?Don't be naive!
That's the general idea, but Bai Bing, who has always been very gentle and good-tempered, suddenly became furious, and scolded those people fiercely.

This incident was not a small one, and it even made it into the news of various portals, causing quite a controversy.

However, after this incident, more people believed that there might be something between Bai Bing and Li Mu. Many people interpreted Bai Bing's sudden outburst as anger from embarrassment.

This group of people included Yang Mi!
"I said a long time ago that there must be something between them!"

However, in the current "Shark Beach" crew, Yang Mi is also facing rumors that she is almost exactly the same as Bai Bing.

It was also rumored that she took the initiative to sleep with Li Mu for the role, and it was also rumored that she had a nose and eyes. I don’t know, I thought they saw it with their own eyes.

But Yang Mi's handling method is completely different from Bai Bing's. Bai Bing gets angry directly, and Yang Mi simply ignores it, or even just ignores it. She still talks about getting along with Li Mu intentionally or unintentionally when communicating with others. Small details, somewhat imply that since you want to misunderstand, I'll just give you some information.

Then Yang Mi found that everyone was more polite to her.

If this is really Director Li, why do you think we provoke her?
This is actually quite strange.

Both Bai Bing and Yang Mi were rumored to have that kind of relationship with Li Mu, but the reactions of the two were completely different. Bai Bing directly exploded, scolding the people who chewed their tongues, and then the ordinary people who eat melons felt that Bai Bing was out of embarrassment. Sure enough, she and Li Mu had something to do!

Then when Yang Mi encountered the same rumor, instead of putting out the fire, she took the initiative to add fuel to the fire. As a result, the ordinary people who eat melons still understood that Yang Mi must have something to do with Li Mu.

That is, no matter how you respond, it will be regarded as something serious, right?

……

As time entered the end of December, Li Mu began to transfer most of his energy to the promotion and release of the new movie "People on Journeys, Not Journeys".

The first day of the Lunar New Year in 2012 was on January 1. This year’s Spring Festival stalls still have no strong opponents. Although the current Spring Festival stalls have gradually become independent from the Lunar New Year stalls, their influence is still not comparable to that of the Lunar New Year stalls.

In addition to "Non-囧", the only films released during the Spring Festival this year are "A New Born Couple" and "The Dinner Party Is Crazy", which is also scheduled for the first day of the Lunar New Year, and then the imported movie "Sherlock Holmes 2 The Weird Game" will be scheduled. On January 1th, "Reverse War" starring Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse is scheduled for January 15th, and "Pleasant Goat, Big Wolf, Happy Year of the Dragon" is scheduled for January 1th. It seems that this year's Spring Festival file is basically "Never The world of "囧".

At least that's what the outside world thinks, the proportion of films that the theater promised to arrange for "Not Embarrassed" is astonishingly high.

The great success of the first two series in the Journey Road series made everyone believe that Li Mu will definitely create a brand new miracle this time.

When "Lost in Thailand" was released, although the previous work "People on the Journey 1" had already gained a certain amount of attention, it certainly couldn't compare with the popularity of the current two series.

Especially the second "Lost in Thailand" was really amazing. It was able to win a box office of 15 billion in that era, which was an astonishing blockbuster.

And the director of "Tai囧" is still Shen Junsheng, a tool director under Li Mu.

Now that the third "Non-囧" is directed by Li Mu himself, the effect must be far better than the previous "Tai囧", right? !
"Tai囧" has earned 15 billion at the box office. If you, Director Li, made the sequel yourself, if you don't get [-] billion, where will you put your director Li's face?

To be honest, Li Mu is quite nervous now.

He copied all the previous movies, and he knew that these movies had a high probability of becoming popular, so his mentality was very stable.

But "Non-囧", which is about to be released now, is his original script. Although he copied a lot of plots from later movies, it is still Li Mu's original work in essence.

Don't look at how the outside world blows up Li Mu as the rarest in the sky and the unparalleled in the earth, in fact, Li Mu himself knows his own strength very clearly - he is not a genius!
"So it's finally going to overturn this time?"

As the Spring Festival approached, Li Mu became a little nervous.

……

Let's talk about the global release of "Source Code".

In the second week, "Source Code" won a total of 3.7 million yuan at the box office in China, and the cumulative domestic box office reached 11.19 billion yuan.

In the North American market, a total of 2370 million US dollars was harvested in the seven days of the second week. Adding last week's 4550 million US dollars, the total North American box office has reached 6920 million US dollars.

In addition, there are overseas markets outside North America, totaling 1.93 million US dollars, plus North America and the mainland, the total global box office is 4.26 million US dollars.

The performance of "Source Code" in the domestic market has far exceeded Li Mu's previous expectations, and I don't know how much of it is due to Master Xing.

The total production cost was 3000 million U.S. dollars, and it earned a box office of 4.26 million U.S. dollars in two weeks after its release, including 1.65 million U.S. dollars in the Chinese market alone, far exceeding the 6920 million U.S. dollars in the North American market. The Chinese market has really grown. .

(End of this chapter)