China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 90 A Strong Rise
From June 6th, Li Mu took Li Lianhua, Liang Jiahui, Sun Honglei and others to fly to the Demon City to promote.Morgan Freeman doesn't have many roles, and he is a Hollywood star. The key is that he is too old, so he won't accompany Li Mu in publicity.

Liang Jiahui was very cooperative and did not mention any additional conditions.

In one day, there are five theaters, everyone is very tired, but everyone is in good spirits. The box office performance of "Super Body" is extremely strong, and these leading actors can be said to have gained both fame and fortune.

The box office was 1600 million yuan on the first day of its release. Compared with "Assassin", which was also released by Li Mu last year, the box office of "Super Body" was 600 million yuan lower on the first day, but "Assassin" is the first collaboration between Cheng Long and Li Lian. , its sensational effect is incomparable to "Super Body" in any case, and no one will think there is a problem with the box office of "Super Body" lower than "Assassin" on the first day.

Last year, "Curse of the Golden Flower" directed by Zhang Yimou was a sensation, and its box office performance broke multiple records in a row, creating many myths that it was hard to get a ticket and the audience waited in long lines. Its box office on the first day was only 1500 million. .

That's right, the box office of "Super Body" surpassed "Golden Armor" on the first day. In a sense, the combination of Li Mu + Li Lianhua + Liang Jiahui + Morgan Freeman + Sun Honglei defeated Zhang Yimou + Gong Li + The combination of Zhou Runfa + Zhou Jielun + Liu Ye.

Of course, the number of screens in China is increasing rapidly every day, new theaters are being built every day, and every day there are Chinese people who have never been to a theater for the first time in their lives. Body"'s victory is not unrelated to its later release and larger market.

In the original time and space, "Golden Armor" was the box office champion in 06, with a total box office of 2.91 million (one said 2.5), and in 08, the box office champion "If You Are the One" refreshed the figure to 3.25 million (one said 3.4 million), and waited until 09 In 4.2, the annual box office champion will be refreshed to [-] million by "The Founding of a Nation".

The day after the release is Saturday, the first holiday after the release of the movie. If there is no accident, this day is the highest box office during the entire release period of the movie.

As word-of-mouth continued to ferment, "Super Body" raked in 3300 million box office on this day.As soon as the box office results came out, the entire entertainment industry was driven a little crazy by this number, and Li Mu's name was frequently featured on the front pages of major portal websites.

Without the blessing of Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, Li Mu could still win a single-day box office of 3300 million. At this moment, no one can turn a blind eye to Li Mu's rise.

At ten o'clock at night, in a hotel in Shanghai.

"Director, how many first-day box office do you think we can win in North America this time?"

Li Lianhua sat gracefully on the sofa in Li Mu's suite in a standard cross-legged posture, and then asked in a rather calm tone.

Li Lianhua asked herself that she has seen many big scenes. "Assassin" has experienced the big scene with a global box office of 3.55 million. Now, if she is too excited, she will appear a little bit Petty.

But everyone knows that "Assassin" is really responsible for the box office of Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, and "Super Body" is her work that Li Lianhua alone takes the lead.If "Super Body" can cut the box office of "Assassin"—no, as long as it can cut [-] to [-]% of the box office of "Assassin", then her Li Lianhua's status in the international film industry will be improved exponentially.

The release date of "Super Body" in North America is a week later than that in China, and its box office performance in North America is still unknown at this time.

Hearing this, Li Mu began to search for the memories of his previous life.

The global box office of "Super Body" in the previous life was 4.588 million US dollars, and the North American box office was 1.26 million US dollars.On the first day of its release, it won the North American box office with a box office score of 1710 million US dollars.

The U.S. is a mature film market, and the total box office will not rise to the same level as in China, so the difference in release time has a certain impact on the box office performance, but it is not as great as in China.

Therefore, based on the first-day box office of 1710 million US dollars, cut off the part where Li Mu’s box office appeal is inferior to Luc Besson’s, and then cut off the part where Li Lianhua’s appeal is inferior to Scarlett Johansson, it is roughly the first-day box office of "Super Body". Achievement.

Immediately, Li Mu waved his hand and cut down 200 million US dollars for each person, and finally said casually: "I think I can get 1300 million US dollars. Sony is also very optimistic about this film, whether it is the number of openings or the investment in publicity. .”

"Hey, if I can really win 1300 million US dollars on the first day, then I am willing to do anything. "Assassin" became so popular, Cheng Long and Li linked the first collaboration of two kung fu superstars, and the box office in North America was only 1500 million US dollars on the first day. Even if this has created a global box office record for Chinese-language movies, can "Super Body" earn 1300 million on its first day in North America?"

Li Lianhua shook her head: "I dare not think about it."

Li Mu said with a smile: "People always have some dreams."

It was already late at this time, but Li Lianhua had no intention of leaving. She checked the time.

"It will be 12 o'clock soon. I want to wait for today's box office statistics before leaving. I will also witness it with the director. I won't disturb you, will I?"

"fine."

"Then let's chat."

……

The time soon reached 12:25 in the morning, and Li Mu finally received the box office statistics for the third day of the show.

"3200 million, 8100 million box office in the first three days of the weekend, not bad."

Li Lianhua dragged her chin with one hand on the sofa and said: "The ratio of the first weekend of "Assassin" to the total box office is 3.6 times. If "Super Body" can also have this ratio, the total box office will be 2.9 million."

Li Mu is not so optimistic: "The word-of-mouth of "Super Body" is not as good as "Assassin", I am afraid it will not be so easy to get the follow-up box office performance of "Assassin"."

Li Lianhua said with a smile: "That's not necessarily true, people always have dreams."

……

The publicity team stayed in Shanghai for two days. During this period, Li Mu was also a guest of "Kefan Listening", and chatted with the host about the birth of "Super Body".

However, it seems that the host seems to be more interested in Li Mu's identity as a writer, and asked a lot of questions related to "The Martian", "The Hunger Games", "Gravity" and "The Moon".

"Kefan Listening" is a high-end cultural celebrity interview column based on elite culture established by Modu Wenguang News Media Group in 2003. It is still broadcast in 2025 when Li Mu travels through. It is considered a long-lived program.

Fly to Yangcheng on the 26th, Goose City on the 27th, Chengdu on the 28th, and Li Mu’s hometown Xijing on the 29th.

It is worth mentioning that during his stay in Chengdu, Li Mu also made a special trip to meet Qin Li, the new president and editor-in-chief of the "Science Fiction World" magazine. The president was taken over by editor Qin Li, who has been in charge of external liaison work.

"You don't need to congratulate me, I am trembling every day now, the position of the president is not easy to sit, how many people are staring at me inside and out."

"It's just that no matter how many people stare at the final superior, didn't the superior choose Sister Li? The superior put this burden on Sister Li's shoulders and not on other people's shoulders. This already shows Sister Li's ability."

"You don't need to put a high hat on me here. If you really congratulate me, take the time to write more "Divergent" and "The Hunger Games 3" when you have time. The annual sales of tens of millions of copies are more than 2000 million. The income in U.S. dollars does not make you busy."

"The Hunger Games 3 is not in a hurry, and the first part of "Divergent" is just finished, and I am not in a hurry. If I want to write, I will write a brand new one. At that time, I will have three novels with tens of millions of sales in hand, and the annual income will be [-] million U.S. dollars , It’s also called having face if you say it.”

"Are you serious?"

"Of course it's true! I've already thought about the title of the book, and it's called "The Maze Runner"."

"Then the two of us, siblings, have made an agreement, and we are not allowed to go back on our word."

"Never regret it."

With tens of millions of sales volume, the manuscript fee alone is tens of millions of dollars, plus the copyright of the film and television peripherals, that is a benefit of hundreds of millions of dollars. Li Mu has no reason not to write.

In fact, he even considered writing "Fifty Shades of Grey" not long ago. Over 1 million copies sold worldwide!

Moreover, after the trilogy was made into a movie, it slashed more than 10 billion US dollars in box office worldwide, and its commercial value is extremely huge.

But who made this book—let’s put it this way, this book is equivalent to someone in China writing an H version of "Han Zhu Ge Ge", and then it became a global hit and made into a movie, and finally the movie became a global hit. (It was first published in the "Twilight Saga" fan area, and later caused dissatisfaction among Twilight Saga fans. The author couldn't afford to be provoked, so he changed his name.)
The author who wrote "The Martian", "Inception" and "Gravity" wrote an H version of "Twilight"?
just forget it.

The publicity team returned to Beijing on the 30th. Several major producers jointly held a celebration banquet with a weekly box office of 1.5 million. Li Mu himself participated in the recording of "A Date with Lu Yu" non-stop.

After "Super Body" won 8100 million box office in the first weekend, it won 1500 million box office on Monday, 1600 million on Tuesday, 1400 million on Wednesday, 1400 million on Thursday, and 1800 million on Friday. So far, the movie has been released for just one week, and the total box office has soared To 1.58 million, Li Mu's first non-Cheng Long and Li Lian starring work successfully won the Chinese film market in 07.

At noon on the 30th, Li Xuehua found her sister Li Lianhua with a serious face.

"Sister, the first-day box office in North America is out, how much do you think it is?"

Seeing her sister's serious expression, Li Lianhua suddenly became nervous.

"Guess? How dare I guess?! "Assassin" had a box office of 1500 million US dollars on the first day, but "Assassin" has Cheng Long and Li Lian in charge, and "Super Body" basically depends on me alone. Li Mu dares to guess, last time He casually said $1300 million, anyway, I dare not be so optimistic, "Super Body" can get $1000 million on the first day, and I can at least sit on the second place among domestic female stars."

"$1400 million."

"How many?"

"1400 million US dollars, the North American weekly box office champion. This result is really amazing, it seems that European and American audiences really like this style of movie."

Li Lianhua's heart was beating wildly, and she slowed down before saying, "It's Li Mu's grasp of the tastes of European and American audiences."

On July 7, according to the statistics of Boxoffciemojo, the movie "Super Body" (also known as "Lucy"), directed by Li Mu and starring Li Lianhua and Morgan Freeman, swept the major movie rankings in the first week after its release in North America. , achieved $2 million in box office revenue and topped the North American weekend box office list.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, Li Mu received a text message from Liu Yifei.

"Congratulations, "Super Body" is another box office hit worldwide, the biggest dark horse in 07."

Li Mu: "Same joy, same joy."

Liu Yifei: "Where did the same joy come from? I didn't act in "Super Body"."

Li Mu: "Congratulations on joining Huashang. With Huashang around, I'm afraid there won't be a dark horse for you to ride?"

Liu Yifei: "I'm really not humble."

Before Li Mu could reply, she immediately sent another message: "I believe you."

(End of this chapter)