China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 64

Since the end of August, the autumn tiger has continued to show its power, and the high temperature weather has returned in most parts of North China. The daily maximum temperature in Beijing has been above 8 degrees Celsius for 6 consecutive days.

However, the continuous high temperature is obviously not enough to dispel the enthusiasm of ordinary people for watching movies. The reporter's investigation found that the major movie theaters in Beijing have been crowded with people recently, and the enthusiasm of ordinary people for watching movies is extremely high.

Starring Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, the movie "Assassin" directed by Li Mu immediately triggered a wave of movie-watching craze for the whole people since it was released last Friday.

The box office was 2200 million on the first day, 4200 million on the next day, and 4100 million on Sunday. As of Sunday, the film was released for three days, and the box office on the first weekend has reached 10500 million.

From Friday to Sunday, "Assassin" had a box office of 1400 million yuan in the entire Xinyinglian theater line, and 1375 million yuan in the entire Xingmei theater line.

In an interview, Gao Jun, director of the promotion of New Film Federation Cinemas, said that the current box office performance of "Assassin" is better than the company's most optimistic estimate. Previously, the company predicted that it would take at least 4 days for "Assassin" to exceed 3 million at the box office. Thinking that in reality, it only took [-] days to reach the goal of breaking the box office of [-] million.

To celebrate the box office exceeding [-] million in the first weekend, all the main creators of the film held a small celebration banquet in Beijing. Cheng Long and Li Lian were naturally the absolute protagonists of the celebration banquet.

As the director of the film, Li Mu was naturally the focus of attention of the reporters on the scene.

"Excuse me, Director Li, what do you think of the prediction that "Assassin" is expected to top China's movie box office chart?"

"Sorry, I'm not very clear, how much is the top box office at the moment?"

"The current top spot is held by the movie "Titanic", with a box office record of 3.5 million yuan."

Li Mu picked up the microphone and said: "Of course I hope that "Assassin" can break the box office record of 3.5 million yuan. Judging from the current trend, "Assassin" does have this hope, but it is still unclear whether it can break this record in the end." It’s hard to say, but I believe that with the continuous development of the domestic economy and the increasing number of theaters, the Chinese film market will continue to break previous records. I believe that the box office of the Chinese film market will soon exceed 5 million or 10 billion. , and even movies breaking 20 billion or 30 billion, thank you."

"It seems that Director Li is full of confidence in the future of the Chinese film market."

"Of course, I wouldn't be in this business if I didn't have confidence."

"However, Director Li, don't you think the claim that the box office broke 30 billion is too shocking?"

"Hahaha, just take it as my dream. After all, filmmakers are best at dreaming."

With the fresh box office release of "Assassin" in the first weekend, everyone who pays attention to the Chinese film market was shocked.

"The box office of "Assassin" exceeded [-] million in three days? Has the [-] million club become so worthless now?"

"Fuck, is Double J's box office appeal so strong? I remember reading reports that Cheng Long was box office poison two years ago."

"Li Mu... where did this Li Mu... come from?"

"What is the origin of this Li Mu? How can he direct Cheng Long and Li Lianlian's movies?"

"Don't engage in so many conspiracy theories. How many people know that the novel "The Hunger Games" written by director Li Mu has sold like crazy in the United States? It has been on the top of the bestseller list for more than ten consecutive months!"

"I have read the Chinese version of "The Hunger Games". Is this book so strong in the United States?"

"The movie is indeed very good, and Li Lianhua's role is very brilliant."

The major media finally couldn't sit still, and sent reporters one after another to cover the hard-to-find movie "Assassin".

"It's definitely a must-see. I've paid attention to the movie when it was first approved. Cheng Long and Li Lian starred. I like both actors very much, so I must go to the theater to see it. In fact, I wanted to come yesterday. Didn't come if something happened."

"I'm going to watch a movie with my girlfriend tonight. I'm afraid I won't be able to buy a ticket then, so I came here and lined up in advance."

"I originally wanted to wait until the half-price event was released in the theater before watching it. After watching the movie, the online reviews were very good, so I really couldn't wait, so I came here early this morning and queued up."

In the next few days, the box office performance of "Assassin" is still extremely impressive.

Monday, 1700 million.

1800 million on Tuesday.

Wednesday, 1600 million.

1700 million on Thursday.

Friday, 2000 million.

Saturday, 3200 million.

On Sunday, 3100 million.

As of Sunday of the second week, the movie "Assassin" has been screened in the mainland for 10 days, and the total box office has officially exceeded 2.5 million.

"Assassin" also performed very well at the box office in North America.

On August 8, the first day the movie "Assassin" officially entered the North American market, it won a box office of 31 million US dollars, ranking first in the North American film list.

Another $1600 million on the next day, $1800 million on the third day, and $1700 million on the fourth day—so far, the film has topped the North American box office charts for 4 consecutive days, which is already a record for a Chinese-American co-production film. An unprecedented achievement.

On September 2006, 9, the total domestic box office of "Assassin" officially broke through the 14 million mark.

On September 9th, major theaters and theaters across the country jointly held the "Outstanding Contribution to the Box Office of Domestic Films" commendation conference. Representatives from major theaters and theaters across the country awarded Li Mu, Cheng Long, and Li Lianlian the "China Film Box Office Champion" " and "China Film Market Outstanding Contribution Award", this is the first time in the industry.

Immediately, all the main creators of the film held a grand ceremony in Beijing to celebrate the box office breaking 3 million yuan. At the celebration meeting, Li Mu responded to the reporter's comment that some netizens pointed out that Li Mu's film lacked artistry.

"Since the beginning of this year, the film market has been relatively sluggish. Everyone is calling for the market to save the market, but what to rely on to save the market? Rely on literary films? Obviously literary films cannot bear the heavy responsibility of saving the market. To save the market, we still need to watch commercial blockbusters. Now it is no longer based on It’s time to go to a foreign country to win a few film awards to talk about the era of heroes. Now the film market is facing the continuous siege of Hollywood blockbusters around the world, and local films around the world are struggling to support. Under such circumstances, if you want to save the market, you want to To let the audience enter the theater, we must make more movies that the audience loves to watch, and establish a virtuous cycle of the film industry. I still hope that everyone will not be repelled by commercial movies, and don’t think that this kind of movie is not high-end. I hope everyone can understand it. to this question."

At the celebration banquet, Wang Zhonglei found Li Mu.

"Director Li, have you ever heard of Rob Minkoff?"

"I haven't heard of it, what are you doing?"

"An animation director in Hollywood, who has directed films such as "The Lion King" and "Little Elf Mouse"."

Li Mu nodded and waited for Wang Zhonglei to continue.

"Rob Minkoff recently found Huayi. According to him, he has always been very interested in Huaxia's Kung Fu movies, and he has always wanted to make a movie with this theme. Recently, after watching the movie "Assassin" directed by you, This idea became more and more intense, so he approached Huayi Brothers, hoping that Huayi Brothers would come forward to make such a movie about Chinese Kung Fu, and it would be best to invite Cheng Long and Li Lian to co-star."

Li Mu was a little dumbfounded.

Xin said: "What's the situation? It means that "The King of Kung Fu" will come out after all, right?"

Wang Zhonglei continued: "Rob Minkoff himself has prepared the script. If the project can start smoothly this time, he must be the director. The movie has nothing to do with "Assassin", but after all, it means to follow the trend of "Assassin". I hope you Do not mind."

"Let's shoot, I don't mind." After listening, Li Mu let out a long breath.

(End of this chapter)