China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 289 Shocking Cheng Long with a box office of 17.82 billion worldwide in five days
The 29th Golden Rooster Awards was organized by the sponsor as the most capricious one. The best feature films were awarded to three films: "Four Days and Nights", "Send You A Little Red Flower" and "Huaxia Partner". It is extremely rare to open a three-yolk egg.

This is not over yet, the best director was awarded to Li Mu of "Send You A Little Red Flower", and director Chen Kexin of "Huaxia Partner", who successfully reproduced the double yolk egg after the three yolk eggs.

In addition, the best actor was awarded to Huang Xiaoming of "Huaxia Partner" and Zhang Guoli of "[-]", successfully giving birth to the second double-yolk egg of this year's Golden Rooster Awards.

At the same Golden Rooster Awards, one egg with three yolks and two eggs with double yolks were opened at the same time, which can be regarded as creating the history of the Golden Rooster Awards, and it also added a lot of talking points for netizens.

In addition, the Best Actress was awarded to Song Qi in "Xiao Hong", the Best Actor was awarded to Wang Qingsheng in "The Great Master", the Best Actress was awarded to Hai Qing in "Search", and the Best Director's Debut was awarded to It was given to Guo Fan, the director of "Shark Beach".

Overall, this year's Golden Rooster Awards Huashang series of films and actors performed extremely eye-catching, and won a series of awards such as best film, best director, best actor and actress, best female supporting role, and best new director. Mu made this trip in person while his new film was released.

After the awards ceremony, Li Mu held offline fan meeting events in Jiangcheng and Beijing, where the Golden Rooster Awards were held. Li Mu's fans are not only huge in number, but also female groups are clearly dominant, among which young women are the absolute main force.

These people are often very powerful in combat.

At the event site, as soon as Li Mu just showed up, there were all kinds of sharp noises around him.

"Husband I love you?"

"I love you too, but don't call me husband, I'm afraid it's not a misunderstanding!"

"Hehehe..."

“The movie is very good!”

"Thank you!"

“The magic is amazing!”

"Thank you, as long as everyone likes it!"

"Husband, we want to marry you!"

"We? Do you think it's appropriate to use 'we' here?"

"Suitable!"

"Is it suitable?"

"Hehehehe..."

At the same time, movie reviews about "The Thieves" also began to explode on the Huaxia Internet. It can be said that it is mixed. A considerable number of people think that the movie does not seem to be as good as the hype, and naturally there are not a few people who like the movie. , a debate is inevitable between the two parties.

""The Thieves" is definitely not the best movie directed by Li Mu. It is indeed not as exciting as the astonishing "Inception", it is not as shocking as "Gravity", which pioneered 3D movies, and it is not as good as the very "The Martian" with Chinese characteristics is rigorous, and after seeing some netizens criticizing the film, I would like to remind everyone that no one in China can control a commercial blockbuster of this level except director Li Mu."

"Seeing some movie fans shouting disappointment, I was very puzzled. Could it be that the applause and crap that erupted in the whole theater from time to time when I was watching the movie were all fake? The cast is awesome, the special effects are awesome , awesome soundtrack, awesome fast editing, I said what do you want to see? Do you still require Director Li Mu to have the quality of "Inception" in every movie? "Magic Bandit" does have shortcomings place, but overall still a classic."

"It's super beautiful, Liu Yifei's escape from the water tank is super exciting, the fairy sister has a super good figure, and I'm ready for a second shot for a shot!"

"It's cool, popcorn, the middle level of Li Mu's works, the top level of China's movies as a whole, it's Jiangzi!"

"At the beginning, Liu Yifei's magic trick was quite explosive. Trust me, just that one segment is worth watching the whole movie."

Among all the netizens' comments, the magic show about Liu Yifei's escape from the water tank appeared the most frequently. Countless people originally planned to wait for a month or so for the high-definition version to be released on the Internet before watching the pirated version. Buy tickets and choose seats for movies.

When it comes to the expected total box office of the film, netizens are more radical than each other:
"As evidenced by this post, the domestic box office of "The Thief" must exceed 20 billion!"

"20 billion is definitely conservative. Director Li's "Non-囧" was a work a few years ago? It was 22 billion at that time. Do you know how much the number of screens in the country has increased in recent years? I guess 25 billion is no problem. 25 billion domestically, 4 million US dollars overseas, and more than 7 million US dollars at the global box office!"

"It's still too conservative. I feel that everyone underestimates our director Li! Do you remember how much "Monster Hunt" sold last year? A total of 27.7 billion! What does "Monster Hunt" have? It only lasted a week." Let’s get some box office! Do you want to watch "The Thieves" again? The director is Li Mu himself, the heroine Liu Yifei, and the actor Cheng Long—these are the most box office actors and actresses in China, right? With Lei Jiayin, Guo Da, and Morgan Freeman and other Hollywood big names, the cast lineup directly makes "Monster Hunt" a scumbag. It doesn't make sense that the box office is not as good as "Monster Hunt"? I think it is 28 billion Sure!"

"As evidenced by this post, the first domestic movie with a box office of over 30 billion is about to be born!"

"I am a time traveler. The final box office of "The Thief" is 31.73 billion. If you don't believe me, let's watch it in two months!"

Li Mu was also reading comments from netizens, and when he saw so many netizens predicting that the box office of the film would exceed 25 billion, 28 billion, or even 30 billion, Li Mu finally couldn't help but complain internally in the crew:

"Now these netizens are too daring to brag. I am embarrassed to see it. 20 billion mouths come, and the people who see it are terrified. It seems that 20 billion is easy. The problem is that it is 20 billion! Not 2 million , it's not 10 billion, it's 20 billion!"

"The result is even more exaggerated. Even 25 billion or even 30 billion box office came out. I wonder if these netizens really understand the current domestic market? It is impossible for anyone who has a little understanding of the market to guess the box office like this Bar?"

As a result, Lei Jiayin's words almost didn't piss off Li Mu to death:

"Director, do you think our "The Thief" can't reach 30 billion?"

One sentence directly stunned Li Mu.

“30亿？想什么呢？20亿顶天了！17到18亿正常，15亿左右也不算扑街——我说大头你怎么会信30亿的说法呢？这种说法有多没常识你不会不知道吧？”

Lei Jiayin looked serious: "I know! But who told Director Li that few of your previous works conform to common sense? For example, your book, a foreign novel written by a Chinese, turned out to be sold overseas. More than 2 million copies have been sold! Director Li, do you think this is in line with common sense?"

"This..." Li Mu was speechless for a moment.

At midnight the next day, Li Mu, who was in China, finally got the accurate box office figures for the first day of "The Thief".

"The box office came out on the first day, 1.86 million yuan, not bad."

"Not bad, I used to make 1 million at the box office for a film. Wow, that's amazing. Now it's 1 million at the box office on the first day! I didn't dare to think about it before. By the way, how much is the first day of "Monster Hunting"? There are many filmmakers in Hong Kong now. are studying this film”

"2.18 billion!"

"Huh? So much difference? Is there a problem with the film's reputation?"

"Brother, 1.86 million is already very impressive, right?! "Monster Hunt" is a different kind, a box office miracle! Since it is a miracle, how can it be broken so easily?"

"Yes, 1.86 million is already very good."

After hanging up the phone, Li Mu felt a little helpless, 1.86 million, isn't this score enough to explode?Why do netizens predict that the box office will exceed 30 billion? After hearing the results of "Monster Hunt", Brother Cheng Long asked if there was something wrong with the word-of-mouth of "The Thieves". Like hitting the street?
Is everyone's reaction fair to 1.86 million people?
If this number is not his Li Mu's film, but if it is the work of other domestic directors, it must have been blown to the sky by now, right?

In the end, when it came to him, Li Mu?Suspected of not performing well?

Where should Li Mu go to reason?

The data for the first day of "Detective Di Renjie: The Dragon King of the Gods", which was released on the same day as "The Thief", was also announced. It was 8100 million yuan, which is less than half of "The Thief". Voice of admiration:

"The box office broke 8000 million on the first day. Director Xu Ke is awesome! "Dragon King of God" is awesome!"

"Extraordinary, the box office of "Dragon King of the Gods" hit 8100 million yuan on the first day, and the total box office is predicted to exceed 8 million yuan. Director Xu Ke made an extraordinary move this time!"

"The box office of "Shendu Dragon King" far exceeded expectations, and the box office performance of "Magic Thief" was slightly poor."

After reading the comments, Li Mu was in a bad mood. Based on the comments from netizens, those who didn’t know thought that the box office of "Dragon King of the Gods" was how many times that of "The Thief", but the reality was just the opposite. The first-day box office of "Dragon King" was less than half of that of "The Thief", but even so, it still couldn't stop netizens from calling 8100 million a box office hit, and calling 1.86 million a slightly poor performance that did not meet expectations.

Li Mu even suspected that all the netizens in this session failed in mathematics.

Or it's not just ordinary netizens, because after the box office came out on the first day, Li Mu also received several "comforting" calls.

For example, Han Sanping, Yan Yiyun, Wang Changtian, etc. all called, and the contents of the calls were often surprisingly consistent. It was nothing more than the excellent results of "The Thief". Congratulations to Li Mu for his success again, and then the painting style changed Well, you can't expect every movie to create miracles like "Monster Hunt" and "Frozen", right?
It sounds like everyone is afraid that Li Mu will be dissatisfied with the box office, so they came here to explain it. Li Mu is a little bit dumbfounded about this. In fact, he is quite satisfied with the box office performance of "The Thief".

The blame can only be blamed on Li Mu himself who set the upper limit of his grades too high before, so that now he obviously got a very good grade, but in the eyes of everyone, it turned out to be a mediocre performance.

After participating in several domestic roadshows, Li Mu hurriedly flew to the United States to meet up with Liu Yifei, Brother Cheng Long and others. At the same time, the next day's box office of "The Thief" was finally counted.

1.83 million yuan, a slight decrease compared to the first day. "Shendu Dragon King" received 7900 million yuan in the next daily, which was also lower than the first day.

At the same time, the North American first-day box office of "The Thieves" was finally announced, with 1420 million U.S. dollars, ranking second on the North American single-day list. $2 million.

This time Li Mu was really dissatisfied.

He can't remember how long it has been since his film won the single-day championship on the first day of its release. It is not difficult for a director who won two or three consecutive box office championships in North America on weekends, and it is not difficult to win five consecutive championships and six consecutive championships. It is undoubtedly very rare for a film to lose its single crown on the first day of its release, and it is also something that Li Mu is not used to.

It's fine if you lose to a famous work, but you lose to this "Heavenly Gourmet 2", what the hell is this?Obviously everything looks ordinary, but in the end, I really have never done anything before, so I feel a little aggrieved!
Back to the domestic market.

The third day is China’s National Day. Whether it’s "The Thief" or "The Dragon King", they both ushered in a wave of box office rebounds. The single-day box office of "The Thief" rose to 1.91 million yuan. " reached 8400 million yuan.

On the fourth day, "Magic Thief" made 1.97 million yuan, but it almost failed to break through 2 million yuan.

On the fifth day, the single-day box office of "The Thief" dropped to 1.95 million yuan. It seems that the 1.97 million on the fourth day is its highest single-day score.On the fifth day, the box office of "Dragon King of Shendu" also began to decline, with a guaranteed revenue of 8400 million yuan. It seems that its goal of breaking 9000 million yuan in a single day should not be achieved.

So far, "The Thief" has been released in China for five days, with a total box office of 9.52 million yuan, while "The Dragon King of the God Capital", which was released at the same time as "The Thief", has won a total of 4.15 million yuan at the box office.

Comments from domestic netizens on this are:
"The box office didn't exceed 10 billion in five days? Director Li Mu, Liu Yifei, Cheng Long, Lei Jiayin, and a lot of Hollywood celebrities participated in the cast, etc. Baixia has a lineup for the day, and the quality of the film is not bad to be honest. But the results are really average.”

""Interstellar" has been completed for quite a long time, and it will definitely be released in less than a year. I hope that "Interstellar" can make Director Li achieve greater glory!"

"Also pay attention to "Interstellar", the investment of 1.5 million U.S. dollars is awesome, Li Mu formed a CP with Anne Hathaway in front of Liu Yifei, it is really courageous, and I heard that Liu Yifei gave Li Mu Call me Dad? Interesting, good at playing, super looking forward to it!"

It turns out that in the hearts of domestic netizens, if a film directed by Li Mu himself fails if it does not exceed 10 billion in five days?Reading the comments, Li Mu has a toothache:

"Don't these audiences realize that they are asking too much of me?"

Finally, I deeply felt why Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 3" was difficult to produce, because the audience's appetite has been adjusted too high, which makes it difficult for you to continue to satisfy the audience's expectations for him no matter what kind of results you achieve in the future. high expectations.

Who made his previous grades so good?

At this time, the box office of the film's first weekend in North America was finally counted.

Previously, the first-day box office of "The Thief" was lower than that of "Heavenly Gourmet 2", which was released at the same time.

As a result, "The Thief" succeeded in overtaking it with a score of 1250 million US dollars the next day, while the box office of "Heavenly Food 2" dropped sharply to 920 million US dollars the next day.

On the third day, "The Thieves" reported a revenue of 1120 million U.S. dollars, with a slight drop in the box office. On the third day, "Heavenly Food 2" earned a revenue of 960 million U.S. dollars. Instead of continuing to fall, the box office dropped by a very rare 40 U.S. dollars. , but because of the larger drop on the next day, even if there is a rare reversal on the third day, it still cannot let it win the championship this weekend.

In the end, "The Thief" topped the list with a weekend score of 3790 million US dollars, while "Heavenly Food 2" ranked second with a score of 3387 million US dollars.

No. 3 Universal Pictures' "The Speed ​​of Merry", only 1000 million U.S. dollars in the three days of the weekend, and No. 4 "Luggage Confirmation" was even lower, only 920 million U.S. dollars.

As of the fifth day of the film's global release, it had earned a total of 1.23 million US dollars in box office in overseas markets. If converted into RMB according to the exchange rate of the day, it would be almost 8.3 million yuan, which is less than the domestic 9.52 million yuan. At this time, the global box office of the film has reached 17.82 billion yuan.

Five days, 17.82 billion yuan, an average of 3.56 million yuan per day.

After the results were counted, Brother Cheng Long couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

According to Li Mu's previous results, the US$3790 million in the first weekend in North America is not very good, but the global box office of 17.82 billion yuan in five days is very exaggerated. Converted into US dollars, it is 2.62 million. It is very remarkable to get this figure in five days. The key to this achievement is that the domestic market has finally grown up.

Take "The Thieves" this time as an example, the domestic box office in five days was 9.52 million yuan, while the total overseas box office was only 8.3 million yuan. Li Mu is facing international blockbusters, and the domestic box office surpassed the total overseas box office for the first time. Well, this is definitely a whole new situation.

This means that even if the overseas box office of "The Thieves" is only 3 million US dollars, after adding the mainland box office, its total global box office is likely to exceed the 6 million US dollar mark.

Because the mainland market has really risen!
(End of this chapter)