China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 36
On June 6, "Taken" earned 25 million box office in mainland China, breaking the record of the highest single-day box office created by "Kung Fu" at 2800 million.

On the 26th, it won 3100 million box office and broke the record again.

As of the early morning of the 26th, the film was released for three days, and it received a box office of 7500 million, which exceeded the box office of 5500 million created by "Kung Fu" by a full 2000 million.

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In the Xiangjiang area, "Taken" also received good news frequently.

After scoring HK$520 million on the first day of release, it directly won a super-high box office of HK$2800 million in the first week, breaking the 2500 million weekly box office champion created by "Kung Fu" for less than half a year. record.

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in South Korea.

"Taken" was released in three days with 90 viewers and a box office equivalent to RMB 5100 million. This is the third time since the movies "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" that Chinese-language movies have topped the box office list of Korean movies.

According to the chairman of the Korean distribution company, the total box office of "Taken" in South Korea is expected to exceed 1.5 million yuan.

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In the RB area.

"Taken" won a box office of 4.5 million yen in the first weekend alone. The person in charge of the RB distribution company expressed confidence that "Taken" is expected to break the highest box office record of the Chinese-language film RB created by Zhang Yimou's "Hero" , while this record was 43 billion yen.

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In the Baodao area.

"Taken" earned NT$2000 million on the first day, soared to NT$3000 million the next day, and broke the record again on Sunday, reaching NT$3800 million.

In the first weekend, "Taken" had a total box office of NT$8800 million in the Taiwan area, breaking the box office record of NT$1 million set by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which is a sure thing.

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On the afternoon of June 6, Cheng Long's latest movie "Taken" held a grand celebration banquet at Huaxia Hotel in Beijing to celebrate "Taken"'s box office miracle within three days.

Cheng Long also said at the celebration meeting that he expects "Taken" to break through 2.5 million box office. Korean movies can be released in Korea with 3000 million US dollars. With a population of 1.2 million, the market is huge, and the potential is even greater. He does not believe that 13 million box office and 2 million box office are the upper limit of Chinese films.

When asked what he expected for the North American box office of "Taken", Cheng Long said that he certainly hoped to break the record of the highest box office of a Chinese-language film in North America, which was set by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at US$1.3 million. The record has been maintained for 5 years, and it is time to be broken.

It is reported that "Taken" will be released in the United States on August 8.

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At the end of June, Li Mu sent the Chinese and English manuscripts of "The Hunger Games 6: The Burning Girl" to editor Qin Li. Within 2 minutes, editor Qin Li called.

"Congratulations, "Taken" has created a miracle at the box office. Now online, this movie is very likely to be the top box office champion in the mainland, surpassing the box office record of 2.5 million yuan created by "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou."

"Thank you. Now theaters are being built every day in China, and the number of screens is increasing rapidly every year. "Taken" may not be able to break the box office record of "Heroes", but this record will be broken sooner or later, and this time is coming. May be soon."

Qin Li smiled and said: "That's right, don't be surprised by favors or insults, then I will tell you another good news. Although the final figure has not been determined, it is basically the same. The sales volume of "The Hunger Games" in June has a high probability of breaking 6 million copies. topped the U.S. bestseller list for months, surpassing Harry Potter."

Although Li Mu was very happy, but because he knew the potential of this book long ago, he seemed a little too calm in showing it.

"That's right, very good results. If the sales volume exceeds that of "Harry Potter", it's enough to just talk about it as a publicity. We don't have to take it seriously. My book will sell well for a few years at most. "Harry Potter" will continue to sell well. The overall value is not good. Comparability."

Qin Li smiled and said: "The annual sales volume of 100 million copies is enough to make people inflated. I didn't expect you to be so sober when you sold 100 million copies this month. It's rare. It seems that I don't have anything to tell you, and there is Write a book with peace of mind, and strive to write "The Hunger Games 3" as soon as possible."

"Ok."

Qin Li smiled again: "Actually, I've been wanting to call you all this time, and I want to persuade you to write a book with peace of mind. It's really not easy for "The Hunger Games" to achieve such results in the United States, but watching your movie "The Hunger Games" The box office results of "Taken", this call is difficult to make, and it can be seen that you can achieve as much achievement as writing a book when you write a script and make a movie."

Li Mudao: "I don't want to delay writing a book when I make a movie. By the way, Editor Qin, I want to stop "The Hunger Games 3" first. The first part has only been released for half a year, and the second part has already been written. I will write the third one soon." For the first part, I feel that the time is too intensive, so I want to put the three first, and I will change my mind if the writing is different."

Of course, Qin Li hoped that Li Mu could finish "The Hunger Games" in one go. The grades of this book were too heaven-defying, and she was afraid that there would be no such grades in the future, but she couldn't tell Li Muming about this worry.

It is impossible for an author who has achieved such an achievement at such a young age to not have a little arrogance in her heart. She is afraid that she will resent the other party if she talks too much.

"That's fine, you can handle it yourself. When the new book is ready, send it to me, and I'll contact the publisher."

"Okay, thank you, Editor Qin."

"You're welcome."

After hanging up the phone, Li Mu began to think about his next book. Among the several sci-fi works he wanted to fill in early, none of the three works, "Inception", "Interstellar" and "Gravity", had original novels. Li Mu is not sure what kind of achievements he can achieve after writing. Now is the critical moment for him to make his name in the American novel world. To be on the safe side, Li Mu finally set his goal as "The Martian".

After the goal was determined, Li Mu quickly started to write. This time, he wrote more quickly because he had read the original novel.

While he was stepping up time to write novels, "Taken" was breaking box office records one after another.

In mainland China, "Taken" won 10 million box office in 1.5 days, and there is almost no suspense to break 2 million.

In the Hong Kong area, the box office of "Taken" broke through 11 million Hong Kong dollars in 6000 days, and it was about to surpass the total box office of "Shaolin Soccer" in the Hong Kong area.

In Taiwan, "Taken" swept NT$11 million in 2.5 days.

Depending on the situation, "Taken" will almost certainly break the 2.5 million box office record created by Zhang Yimou's "Hero".

Suddenly, the entire Chinese film industry was discussing "Taken", and no film company wanted to replicate the success of "Taken".So everyone is studying what makes this movie achieve such a huge achievement.

Is it because of Brother Cheng Long's strong box office appeal?
However, Brother Cheng Long's previous films did not perform well at the box office, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he suffered a blood loss. The media has even publicly labeled the box office poison, so why did this film fail again?

Is that because the director's level is high enough?
Chen Musheng's director ability is indeed good, but if you want to say that this movie has achieved such dazzling results because of Chen Musheng, everyone always feels that it is not convincing.

Is that because the investment in the film is large enough and the action scenes are exciting enough?
"Taken" invested more than 6000 million yuan, which is indeed not small in terms of investment scale, but it is impossible to say how big the investment of 6000 million yuan is.

It is true that the action scenes are exciting, and almost all viewers who have watched the movie are emphasizing this point. Everyone agrees that the fighting design of Brother Cheng Long's movie is clean and neat, without muddle along, and it is particularly enjoyable to watch.

But what the audience likes to talk about the most in the whole movie is the plot design of the movie and the successful shaping of the protagonist's personal image.

So who is the biggest contributor to the design of the plot and the successful shaping of the character's personal image?
Brother Cheng Long must be one of the biggest contributors, and the successful shaping of the protagonist's image is inseparable from Brother Cheng Long's wonderful performance.

But what else?

Script and motion design are especially critical.

The script was written by Li Mu?
Li Mu!

Who is in charge of motion design?
Theoretically, Cheng Long himself and Cheng Jiaban were in charge, but long before the film was released, it was rumored that screenwriter Li Mu was almost in charge of the film's action design, and even Cheng Long himself wanted to add some action scenes to Li Mu. rejected.

This incident was once circulated in the circle as a joke about Li Mu's low EQ.

But look back now.

In short, while "Taken" broke a series of records at the box office, Li Mu's name began to be frequently mentioned in the circle.

Not many ordinary audience outside the circle noticed Li Mu, but inside the entertainment circle, Li Mu was indeed a blockbuster.

(End of this chapter)