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Chapter 458: The Elegant Curves of "Room"
"Room" is an art film. Even with the added bonus of the original novel and the appeal of the Shanhe couple, its commercial sustainability is still not comparable to that of "Beyond the Dream".

Although the film has received rave reviews in countries around the world, its audience is still relatively narrow compared to commercial blockbusters.

Although Shanhe tried his best to tell the story smoothly and movingly, it could not change the core of the realistic theme. The film is still full of heaviness and sadness. Moreover, the film has a natural weakness: the characters and scenes are too sparse and not novel enough.

This type of film is not a popular theme among young people, but young people happen to be the largest audience in the global film market.

After experiencing an explosive first week, although "Room" was extremely popular, its box office gradually entered a stable period.

Compared with other feature films, the box office data of "Room" is still out of reach. However, compared with Shanhe's past performance, the box office of "Room" fell significantly in the second week.

"Room" grossed 65 million U.S. dollars in three days during its second weekend in North America, a nearly 70% drop from the previous weekend. Combined with the 36 million U.S. dollars from four weekdays, the box office for seven days barely exceeded 100 million.

It is still far ahead of other movies and ranks first in the box office rankings, but it obviously does not have the momentum that crushed everything last week.

The box office curves in European countries are almost identical to those in North America. Fans of the original novel and female audiences still praise the movie as heaven, and there are still a large number of female audiences in theaters, but the box office data has inevitably experienced a huge drop.

In the next seven days, "Room" grossed a cumulative 75 million U.S. dollars in European countries, a drop that even exceeded the North American box office data.

The situation in Asian countries is better than in Europe and the United States. The box office decline in the second weekend was relatively small. Japan took in 2.5 billion yen in seven days; South Korea had nearly 300,000 moviegoers. The box office in Southeast Asian countries still exceeded 20 million US dollars.

The box office trends in China and Hong Kong and Taiwan are the most stable. The appeal of the Shanhe couple in China is so strong that audiences who go to the cinema will basically not miss their movies.

The domestic box office in the second week still exceeded 500 million yuan, and the cumulative box office in two weeks has exceeded 1 billion yuan.

"Room" grossed 280 million U.S. dollars worldwide in its second week. After ten days of release, the global box office has exceeded 800 million, cumulatively reaching 810 million U.S. dollars.

Although this data broke the global box office record for feature films and caused media around the world to report with amazement, it also made the global film and television industry breathe a sigh of relief!

Although Hua Xia Qiu is extremely abnormal, he has not yet reached the point of going against the will of heaven. The commercial weaknesses of feature films still appear in "Room". Judging from the downward trend of the box office in the second week, the box office of "Room" in the third week will inevitably continue to decline sharply.

The happiest among them is Warner Bros., whose monster blockbuster "Godzilla 2014" will premiere worldwide next weekend. "Room" and "Godzilla" are regarded as the biggest competitors by Warner Bros.

Even though "The Room" is a three-no plot movie, they are still very wary of it. After several market surveys and internal meetings, Warner Pictures scheduled the release date of "Godzilla" two weeks after the release of "The Room". According to their judgment and expectations, two weeks should be enough to consume the box office explosiveness of "The Room"!
Although Warner's distribution department was confident, they were still nervous before the movie was released. Shanhe's past record told them that this man could always create something impossible.

Fortunately for Warner, their distribution department was right. After two weeks of explosive growth of "Room", the added benefits of the original novel, the female trend and the appeal of the Shanhe couple have basically been exhausted, and the box office of the film continued to decline sharply, entering the normal rhythm of a feature film.

The North American box office of "Room" continued to fall by nearly 50% in its third week, with a three-day weekend box office of 32 million US dollars. The top spot in the North American box office rankings was replaced by "Godzilla" with 89 million US dollars.

Except for China, where the box office was still far ahead in the third week, the box office in other countries around the world continued to decline. The global box office of "Room" in its third week was less than 130 million US dollars, and the total box office in three weeks was 930 million, just one step away from 1 billion.

In the fourth week, 2th Century Fox's "Logan" was released, and the North American weekend box office of "Room" fell below million, ranking third in the North American box office rankings with million US dollars.

The film’s domestic box office also saw its biggest drop since its release, with the fourth week box office just shy of 200 million yuan.

This week, the global box office of "Room" fell to 80 million US dollars, but the global total box office still stubbornly broke through 1 billion US dollars, defending Shanhe's title of "Mr. Billion".

While the global media praised "Room" and the Sanhe couple, they all believed that the film's box office journey was coming to an end and began to summarize the film.

"Room has exceeded 1 billion as expected, and the Huaxia Qiu couple has reaped great rewards!"

"The Huaxia Qiu couple has amazing appeal, and the box office of Room may stop at 1 billion in the end!"

"The miracle of "Room" has come to an end. The original novel, women's rights, and the Hua Xia Qiu couple have pushed the drama film to an unrepeatable peak!"

...

Cinemas around the world have also begun to drastically reduce the screenings of "Room". The screening rate in Europe and the United States is even less than 5%, and in Asian countries it is also around 6% to 7%. The situation in China is slightly better, still accounting for around 10%.

Something unexpected happened to the global film and television industry. Starting from the fifth week, "Room" began to show the long-term screening advantages of art films.

Although the screening rate dropped rapidly, the attendance rate began to rise. The quality of the film and its excellent reputation supported the box office of "Room" to continue to stubbornly maintain its elegant curve.

In the fifth week, the North American box office was 20 million US dollars, and the global box office was 50 million US dollars. In the sixth week, it even fell back, with the North American box office at 22 million and the global box office at 54 million. In the seventh week, the North American box office was 17 million and the global box office was 34 million...

"Room" lasted until the tenth week, and finally came to an end after two and a half months of release.

The final global box office data reached 1.26 billion US dollars, which surprised the global media and the public.

US$470 million in North America and US$1.26 billion worldwide, these figures are incredible!
"Godzilla" was released two weeks later than "The Room", but withdrew from the North American market three weeks earlier than "The Room", with a North American box office of 200 million US dollars and a global box office of 560 million US dollars.

"Logan 2", which was released three weeks later than "Room", performed even worse, with a North American box office of only million US dollars and a global box office of less than million!

It is no exaggeration to say that even if we put aside the appeal of the Shanhe couple and the added bonus of the original work, "Room" can beat the two big-budget special effects productions based on its quality alone.

The global media once again praised Shanhe to the skies. Hathaway was deified by this film alone, and little Jacob became famous, becoming what the media called the "screen elf" and the world's hottest child star, with his salary estimated at over five million US dollars.

"Huaxiaqiu is a phenomenon. It represents transcendence and endless possibilities!"

“Sometimes, reality is more fantastic than legend. There is always a kind of person who is born to break the impossible!”

“Hathaway has become the most beautiful mother, and her commercial value has broken through the ceiling of female stars in the world! The salary is at least 30 million US dollars!”…

The release process of "Room" was full of ups and downs and many easter eggs. However, the filming plan of "Operation Mekong" was very stable after the mountain river was accidentally stung.

In more than two months, the crew traveled almost all over the Indochina Peninsula, and most of the routine real-life shooting has been completed. During this period, minor injuries and illnesses were inevitable, but the major accidents that Shanhe worried about did not occur.

Even in the most chaotic Golden Triangle area of ​​the Mekong River, the crew of "Operation Mekong" received the best local treatment.

This was due in part to the meticulous preparations in the early stages, but more importantly, it was due to Shanhe’s international reputation and China’s support.

Wherever the crew went, they were welcomed as VIPs. No one would make things difficult for Shanhe and the "Operation Mekong" crew. Even the most brutal drug cartels and armed warlords knew that Hua Xia Qiu should not be provoked. It was better to serve such a person well and let him leave as soon as possible.

Therefore, in the Mekong River area of ​​the Golden Triangle, the filming of "Operation Mekong" even received support from local drug trafficking armed forces. Many of the filming was real-life restoration, and even the drug-making scenes were arranged with the help of local armed forces.

It is a wonder that an anti-drug film can actually get the globally feared Golden Triangle drug trafficking armed forces to lend a hand.

When the crew's convoy crossed the border and returned to the country, the entire crew felt relieved. Looking at the Chinese armed police standing guard at the border with guns, everyone saluted them.

Only after seeing the chaotic hell can one know the value of peace and stability, and have greater respect for these national cornerstones that maintain peace and stability.

Looking at the armed police soldiers returning the greetings, Shanhe was filled with emotion. He turned to Zhou Luyao and Lin Chaoxian in the car and said:

"I never want to go to that kind of place again in my life. To be honest, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there would be such a place in the world. It's too depressing!"

"That's true!"

Dante Lam responded with lingering fear:
"There are often plots about the Golden Triangle in our Hong Kong movies, but no Hong Kong or Taiwan director has ever been there to shoot. I am probably the first one. The reality is even more terrifying than the movies. It is incredible. Marijuana and poppies are planted so blatantly on both sides of the road. The air is full of the smell of drugs. We dare not even buy cigarettes locally. If we go a little further, we have to be protected by local armed forces. I can't imagine it!"

Zhou Luyao nodded and responded with emotion:
"We went to an area with relatively good conditions this time. It would be even more shocking if we went to Myanmar. The situation in the Golden Triangle has lasted for decades. It is too difficult to cure it. They rely on growing poppies and marijuana to make money to support themselves. Drug prohibition forces them to go to a dead end. There were some such villages on the domestic border more than a decade ago. To cure it, they must find other means of survival. There needs to be a strong government to back them up. In the final analysis, it is still the limitation of poverty!"

"Poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. This saying is absolutely true!"

"Since the last major case on the Mekong River, our country has been involved in the security management along the Mekong River in the past two years. The situation is much better than before. The personal safety of Chinese people in the area is basically guaranteed. If it were before, we would never have allowed you to enter the area for real filming. It was too dangerous!"

"This is the significance of filming Operation Mekong!"

...

It is already July, and there are only a few large scenes left in the actual shooting of "Operation Mekong". This is also the most difficult part of the shooting plan, and will be shot in Bangkok, Thailand and China Spring City successively.

Shanhe now has a foreign follower by his side. His brother-in-law Thomas finally couldn't stand the nagging and urging of his parents and sister, so he came to China.

After playing with his nephew Xiao Xiong in the courtyard for a few days, he came to the crew of "Mekong River" leisurely.

Although Thomas appears to get along with his brother-in-law, a world-famous writer and director, easily as usual, he is actually a little afraid inside.

It's really too perverted!

It's not just about his achievements and talents, but more importantly, his day-to-day working status. In Thomas' impression, his brother-in-law has almost no free time and other hobbies. Apart from making movies and writing novels, he stays at home with his family.

This kind of person is too self-disciplined, which is completely different from Thomas's lifestyle. He admires his brother-in-law very much, but he also doesn't understand his persistence and perseverance. He is so successful, so why should he be so harsh on himself? Isn't the purpose of making money to be enjoyed?

Thomas came at a very coincidental time, as the crew had just returned to China for rest, and Shanhe gave the entire crew three days off. When he met Shanhe, Shanhe was maintaining equipment with the photography team.

Thomas hardly recognized that the dark-faced young man in work clothes was his brother-in-law, the world-famous box office king Hua Xia Qiu.
"What the fuck! Qiu, why did you become so darker!"

"Thomas, you have to call me brother-in-law in China!"

Shanhe turned around and looked at his brother-in-law who was wearing sunglasses and beach pants. He said a few words to the photographer team, took off his gloves and asked Thomas with a smile,

"Where are you from? I heard you went to South America?"

"Yes! The scenery there is beautiful. You should go and see it. Papans Plateau is simply a paradise!"

"I haven't even been to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau yet, so how can I have the time to travel so far!"

"Brother-in-law, how about I go with you this time!"

Shanhe glanced at him unhappily.
"How can I have time now? After filming the movie, your sister will be due to give birth soon, and she doesn't have as much free time as you!"

"Brother-in-law, you are so awesome. You are the best in the world in terms of achievements and wealth. You and Annie made hundreds of millions of dollars from the movie Room. How can you be so busy all day? Life is for enjoyment, not for being busy!"

Well, Shanhe hadn't had time to teach this kid a lesson, but he started to persuade himself first.
"What you said makes sense! But do you think I enjoyed it more, or you?"

"Uh... okay! You really can't be compared to normal people!"

(End of this chapter)