China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 290 The global box office is 10 billion in 31.91 days, and domestic entertainment explodes!

a restaurant.

Li Mu, Cheng Long, and Liu Yifei chatted while eating.

When Liu went to the bathroom, Cheng Long asked about Li Muxin's TV series.

In Cheng Long's opinion, it is incredible that Li Mu's next drama will be a TV series.

"The Thief" has a global box office of 17.82 billion in five days. How much benefit is this?How many companies are involved in the film project establishment, investment, casting, filming, announcement and distribution, and dividend distribution?how many people?
"The Thief" was starred by Cheng Long himself, but he still has to say that "The Thief" is at most a small case in Li Mu's film, and the previous "Frozen" is the main meal!
The global box office of a movie is 17.44 billion, which is still in US dollars, which is almost 120 billion yuan in conversion!

Adding in the sales of the peripherals of the film, it is even more terrifying. As of now, the sales of peripherals of "Frozen" have reached 50 billion US dollars, which is 340 billion yuan!

A movie involving nearly 500 billion production value?
Who would have thought before Frozen?

Before the film is officially released, if anyone says that the film can achieve this result, there is a high probability that they will be sprayed to death directly. The cartoons made by director Huaxia have sold 340 billion yuan. Why don't you say that they sold 3400 billion yuan?No one will believe it!
However, these actually happened in reality.

"Frozen" scared the entire domestic industry to death, and when "Interstellar" with an investment of 1.5 million US dollars is released in the future, there is a high probability that it will scare to death again.

Such a big benefit involves all kinds of people and companies - Huashang, China Film, Huaxia, Guangxian, Bernard, Xiying, Yindu, Disney, how many people are waiting for Li Mu's movie to start working and eating, but you are lucky , After "Interstellar", I turned around and went to film TV series!
Huashang's TV series are indeed very popular and can indeed make money, but basically there is nothing to do with the company mentioned above. TV series and movies are completely two ways to play.

Most of the industry is waiting for Li Mu to start filming and eat meat, but when you go to film a TV series, the stakeholders involved will definitely persuade Li Mu not to abandon his main business of filming.

Cheng Long knew that it was impossible to completely ignore the interests of all parties in the industry, so he was extremely surprised that Li Mu went to make a TV series.

Li Mu turned his head and glanced in the direction of the bathroom, and said, "Uncle Long, the name of my next TV series is "Let's Get Married."

Cheng Long quickly realized: "You plan to get married after this movie?"

Li Mu nodded: "Yifei and I are both grown up."

Cheng Long stretched out his hand and patted Li Mu's shoulder: "Okay, congratulations, remember to send me an invitation when you get married, I will definitely come."

Li Mu was in a good mood: "Does it need to be said? Even if you don't invite anyone, you can't help but invite Uncle Long!"

Cheng Long was also in a good mood: "It's agreed, I will come regardless of whether you send the invitation or not. The whole country knows that the two of us have a close relationship. In the end, you will get married and Cheng Long will not look like me?"

Li Mu suddenly thought of something: "Uncle Long, don't tell Yifei about this, I'm still thinking about making a surprise."

Cheng Long patted his chest: "Don't worry, I will definitely not reveal this."

……

Toilet.

The excitement in the voices of the two white girls was already overflowing.

"Am I not mistaken? Is the one outside Cheng Long?"

"It must be, and the opposite is probably director Li Mu!"

"Li Mu?"

"Ok!"

"what……"

The two girls screamed with excitement,

At present, Li Mu's reputation in North America is still very large, and he is obviously a director, but he is treated like a North American idol.

"Wait..." One of the girls suddenly thought of something, "The young one just now, well, let's treat him as Li Mu, did he mean to ask for marriage?"

"Yes, I heard that too. He asked Cheng Long to keep it a secret, saying that he wanted to surprise his girlfriend."

"what……"

The two girls screamed again.

"Wait a little longer..." Another girl's mind flashed, "Li Mu's girlfriend is Liu Yifei, which means... Liu Yifei is getting married?"

"Yes..." The girl's eyes lit up suddenly, "Can we make a lot of money by selling the news to the newspaper?"

The other girl looked happy at first, and then returned to normal: "Did you record just now?"

"no!"

"Me neither, so, which tabloid will believe us?"

……

The two Caucasian girls left, and the door of a toilet inside was suddenly slammed open, and Liu Yifei came out with a dazed expression.

"Did he finally propose?"

"When?"

"Tonight... or tomorrow night?"

"What if I go back to the restaurant and he immediately takes out the diamond ring box and proposes on one knee? Do you want to agree to her directly?"

"Yes, Brother Cheng Long is the witness he specially invited!"

"call!"

"I hate it, it's so sudden, I'm not afraid to scare me."

"Should I immediately nod in agreement with a surprised face, or should I pretend to be surprised? Should I cover my mouth with my hand? With my left hand or my right hand? Should I shed a few happy tears? Damn, what if What if there are no tears?"

Liu Yifei walked back and forth in the bathroom several times like this, and finally took a deep breath and walked to the restaurant outside.

"Why have you been here for so long? Is there any discomfort?" Li Mu asked after helping Liu Yifei pull out the chair.

"Ah? No." Liu Yifei sat down with an unnatural expression.

Li Mu suddenly possessed a gentlemanly demeanor: "I'll cut the steak for you!"

"Clap!"

Liu Yifei made an unexpected move, the fork in Li Mu's hand fell to the ground, Li Mu immediately squatted down to pick it up, and then Liu Yifei's heart beat suddenly accelerated.

Li Mu squatted down, right in front of her, what is he going to do?
My heart almost jumped to my throat.

"Waiter!" Li Mu smiled when someone came over, "Please change the tableware."

"Huh!" Liu Yifei took a deep breath, even blushing now.

"It's a false alarm. Does he want to go back to China and propose again? Yes, it must be so. If he still shoots me in the face when he returns to China, then I will - bite him to death!"

At night, Li Mu inexplicably suspected that the coffee in the restaurant was drugged. Otherwise, Liu Yifei blushed inexplicably at first during dinner, and then became inexplicably excited after returning to the room. Nervous, this is not yet 30 years old, there is a tendency to develop in the direction of wolf and tiger.

……

Pull back and continue to talk about the box office situation of "The Thief".

In fact, five days before the film's release, after the global box office of 17.82 billion came out, everyone has already had a rough judgment on the final score of "The Thieves". This will obviously be a film with a global box office of 40 billion. Here Of course we are talking about the box office in RMB. In US dollars, it is estimated that there will be about 6 million.

As for the box office in the mainland, there are still five days before the end of the National Day holiday. Li Mu hopes that the box office in the mainland can break through the 15 billion mark in these five days.

To achieve this goal, it is naturally inseparable from the hard work of the actors in the country. According to Liu Siying, the actors who stayed in the country have divided into two groups to start a large-scale road show tour, from first-tier cities to second- and third-tier cities. Several actors flew up busy.

However, Liu Siying said that if Li Mu, Liu Yifei and Cheng Long can return to China to participate in the road show, it will definitely hit the box office of 15 billion within ten days.

Li Mu was right when he thought about it, anyway, the North American premiere ceremony has already been held, so what are they still doing here?Obviously, the box office performance in North America is not as good as that in the mainland, why don't you hurry back to China to promote it?

They left as soon as they said, and Li Mu and others took the opportunity to return to China the next day.

It was too late to take a good rest after returning to China, so I immediately devoted myself to the road show promotion of "The Thieves". The National Day period is the most critical, and after this period, there will be plenty of time to rest.

During the road show, the relationship between Li Mu and Liu Yifei was naturally the focus of questions throughout the show. When asked when the two will get married, of course Li Mu would not tell the truth, and he wanted to give Liu Yifei a surprise Woolen cloth.

"I'll let you know when the two of us get our certificates."

Li Mu answered quite well, and Liu Yifei was standing next to him laughing when he answered. After the relevant video was circulated on the Internet, many Liu Yifei fans were a little bit aggrieved by the idol.

It seems that Li Mu is obviously going to procrastinate not to get married, but in the end Liu Yifei is still at the side and his eyes are all on him. Whether Li Mu is sincere or not, these people are a little uncertain, but it is absolutely true that Liu Yifei fell into it. The light can be seen through the way she looks at Li Mu.

"I hope Li Mu won't hurt Yifei in the future, otherwise I will scold him on the Internet no matter how much I like him!"

With the development of large-scale roadshows and the continuous fermentation of film reputation, the box office performance of "The Thief" is still very eye-catching during the five-day holiday after the National Day.

On the sixth day of its release, which was also the third day of the National Day holiday, "The Thief" won a total of 1.72 million box office.

1.69 million on the seventh day of release.

1.31 million on the eighth day of release.

1.14 million on the ninth day of release.

On the tenth day of its release, which is the last day of the National Day holiday, "The Thief" won a total of 0.93 million box office on this day.

From the sixth to the tenth day, the accumulative revenue was 6.79 million yuan, plus the box office from the first to the fifth day of the release. So far, the film has been released in China for a total of ten days, and the cumulative box office has reached 16.31 billion yuan, exceeding the domestic cumulative box office of 15 days. billion target.

The domestic box office broke 15 billion, and the crew held a grand celebration party in Beijing. Many people at the banquet were drunk.

Maybe everyone is just a small role in the crew, maybe "The Thieves" is extremely impressive even if it looks at the world, and I will still be that little actor who is unknown after today, but even so, tonight can be with everyone It is still a very memorable thing to celebrate together.

Zhang Songwen looked at the extremely excited crowd in front of him with a glass of wine in his hand, and couldn't help but think in his heart: "It's great to be able to cooperate with Director Li!"

Pull back and continue talking about overseas box office.

《魔盗团》自北美首周末取得3790万美元票房后，又分别在周一到周四取得396万、371万、327万和316万美元票房，四天累计1410万美元。

Then came the weekend again.

Compared with Thursday, this week's Friday box office ushered in a surge, reaching 706 million US dollars.

Then the box office continued to rise on Saturday, reaching 873 million.

Sunday's box office fell slightly, but it also made $624 million.

As a result, the cumulative box office of "The Thieves" in the second weekend in North America was 2203 million US dollars, ranking second this week.

The champion is Sony's new film "Captain Phillips", which grossed 2600 million US dollars in three days on the weekend. The leading actor is Li Mu's old friend Tom Hanks.

Unsurprisingly, the third place must be "Heavenly Food 2", with 1420 million US dollars.

The opening weekend in North America was 3790, plus four days of weekdays earned $1410 million, plus the second weekend earned $2203 million. So far, "The Thieves" has been released in North America for a total of ten days, and the cumulative box office in North America has reached $7403 million.

In addition to North America and the mainland, "The Thieves" also performed well in France, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and other countries. The cumulative box office of this part was 1.564 million US dollars. Ten days after its release, the total overseas box office reached 2.29 million US dollars.

Converted into RMB is 15.6 billion, plus the current mainland box office of 16.31 billion.

In other words, it has only been ten days since the global release of "The Thieves", and its global cumulative box office has reached 31.91 billion yuan.

Ten days, over 31 billion!
After the news announcement was released, the domestic entertainment industry entered a stage of daily shock.

Director Zhang Yimou: "I am afraid that Li Mu's contribution to Chinese films is much higher than many people think. There were no such people in Chinese films before, and it will be difficult to produce such people in the future. Now everyone only thinks that Li Mu is one of them. A very powerful director, but he didn't realize that Li Mu's name would appear in various works in later generations."

Han Han: "Many directors compare themselves with Li Mu, and then come to the conclusion that Li Mu's film box office is many times that of their own. The reality is not like this. The distance between everyone and Director Li Mu is like a poem without a poem. The distance between the poets of the Tang Dynasty and Li Bai and Du Fu selected in "The Complete Tang Poems."

Director Chen Kaige: "Li Mu's commercialization is deeply rooted in his bones. His works are always serving the hits, and he is always trying to figure out the audience's preferences. It is hard to believe that an author who wrote "Moon" then wrote "The Hunger Games" , Li Mu's works are very profitable, but he is not happy because what he writes is not what he wants to write."

Director Feng Xiaogang: "31 billion in ten days—is it 31 billion, right? It's very powerful, and other directors can't match it. The current Chinese film is the era of Li Mu and his Hua Shang. It will still be for a long time in the future, but it won't be. Always, everyone has come from the stage of near invincibility."

Reviews:

"Never mind other people's comments. Although director Feng Xiaogang is suspected of boasting, he was indeed almost invincible before. There was a period when Feng's comedy dominated Huaxia movies. That was Director Feng's highlight moment. It is also worth mentioning. Nothing. Only Director Chen’s comment made people unable to hold back—‘It’s hard to believe that the same person who wrote “Moon” also wrote “The Hunger Games”? The director who made "Farewell My Concubine" backhandedly made "A Murder Caused by a Steamed Bun"!"

After the global box office broke the 30 billion mark, everyone is guessing how long it will take for "The Thief" to break through the 40 billion mark. Judging from the current trend, it is already a certainty that "The Thief" will break the 40 billion mark The only difference is how long it takes.

During the release of "The Thief", Li Mu, Liu Yifei and others not only had to cooperate with the promotion of the film, Li Mu was also intensively arranging the launch of "Let's Get Married".

This modern urban love drama Huashang Media has been brewing for a long time, and most of the cast has been confirmed.

First of all, Li Mu is sure to play the male lead. Needless to say, the female lead Yang Tao must be Liu Yifei.

In addition, Ruan's father and mother, and Yang Tao's mother remain unchanged, and the original crew from the original time and space will still play the role.

Duan Xifeng's wife and Yang Tao's cousin Su Qing are left, and the role of Yuan Shikong is played by Wang Tong, who is also the actor who plays Liang Zhiyuan's wife Qin Mei in the TV series "Years".

Wang Tong looks average, but her acting skills are good. Originally, there was no problem in continuing to use her to act, but Li Mu finally invited Gao Yuanyuan.

"Let's Get Married" was originally Gao Yuanyuan's drama, but this time and space was preoccupied by Li Mu. Now Li Mu somehow feels that it is quite interesting to assign Gao Yuanyuan another role in the drama.

Carambola’s best friend Lan Weiwei continued to use Liu Yan. It is said that when Liu Yan received the audition invitation, she was so excited that she didn’t sleep all night, but the next day her condition was very bad. During the audition process, she made frequent mistakes and almost cried in the end , Fortunately, in the end, I passed the audition without any risk.

In addition, there is a character named Xu Guangmei, who is Guo Ruan's ex-girlfriend. This character is played by Zhou Yang in the original time and space, that is, the player who played the Three Virgins Yang Chan in "The Legend of the Lotus Lantern".

Zhou Yang's appearance is actually good, and there is a mole on his forehead, which is highly recognizable. Unfortunately, he put too much technology and hard work on his face, and finally succeeded in breaking down a face that was based on Li Mu's aesthetic points up.

Zhou Yang is not an artist of Huashang. There are so many actresses under Huashang, so there is no need to use her. In the end, Li Mu arranged for Bai Bing to play Xu Guangmei as a cameo.

The actors have already been decided, the production team is ready-made, and the director is Li Mu himself. So far, "Let's Get Married" can be started at any time.

……

Li Mu felt that Liu Yifei might be a bit of a snake spirit recently. When he went out once, Li Mu saw that her shoelaces were loose, so he knelt down to help her tie them up, but when he looked up, he saw her covering her mouth with her hands, and the corners of her eyes were foggy. She also looked at Li Mu with a surprised and moved expression on her face. What she knew was that Li Mu was helping her tie her shoelaces, but she didn't know that she thought he was proposing to her.

"I said, it's just a shoelace, don't be so moved?"

"Ah? Hmm!" Liu Yifei replied in a daze.

(End of this chapter)