director of the millennium

September 2016, 9, the start of the school year.

Early this morning, Wu Yuan, who had just woken up, received a long-distance call.

"Hey, Daniel, congratulations."

"I heard that your new movie has already grossed over $5 million in China and over $7 million worldwide. That's crazy."

"I didn't expect the Asian market to be so huge. It seems that our previous views on the Asian market, especially the Chinese market, were too conservative."

“I hope Doctor Strange can achieve such great results.”

The caller was Charles Newworth, the producer of "Doctor Strange". He calculated the time difference and called Wu Yuan in the morning Beijing time to congratulate him on the movie.

There is no other reason, it’s just that the movie "Ready Player One" has performed so well in Asia.

Just relying on Asia, mainly a dozen countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia, "Ready Player One" actually achieved a box office of 7 million US dollars. This is simply a legend.

The main reason is that the box office performance of this movie in China was too horrible.

You know, before this, only one Hollywood movie could achieve a single-film box office of over 3 million US dollars in China.

That is "Fast and Furious 7". When this movie was released in China, it eventually earned 20 billion yuan in the Chinese film market, which was a result that even Hollywood was stunned by.

This time, the mainland box office of "Ready Player One" is even more terrifying. With the release period extended by one month, the current total box office in the mainland has been fixed at 29.46 billion yuan. If Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are included, the total box office will definitely exceed 30 billion yuan.

The total box office in China alone exceeded $5 million, which is $7 million more than "Fast and Furious ".

This is an achievement that Hollywood would never have dared to imagine. After all, before this, excluding "Fast and Furious 7", the box office of Hollywood movies in China was generally around 1 million to 2 million US dollars.

Even "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", which was released at the end of last year and grossed $20.68 billion worldwide, had a total box office of 8.25 million yuan in China, or just over 1 million U.S. dollars.

Considering that "Fast & Furious 7" performed so well, the "marketing method" of the lead actor Paul's death accounted for a large part of the credit, which is not normal. Therefore, Hollywood's current estimate of China's box office potential is 1 million to 2 million US dollars. Although it is not a small amount, it is still far behind North America.

Then, Wu Yuan slapped them in the face with facts, showing that the Chinese market can also produce a local movie with a single box office of over 5 million US dollars!

In other words, China's film market, at least at its peak, is no less than Hollywood. This is crazy.

Especially at the beginning of the year, "The Mermaid" also proved that the domestic box office of 5 million US dollars does not seem to be an isolated case and can be replicated.

And Ready Player One is even scarier.

This movie is also being released on a large scale in South America!

You know, South America has not only always been North America's private territory politically, but also in the field of film market, the South American film market has always been monopolized by Hollywood, and few films from other countries can open up the market in South America.

However, thanks to the huge fan base of Japanese anime in South America, Ready Player One has also achieved good box office results in South America, and has already earned a total of 10 million US dollars in many South American countries. Although 10 million US dollars is not much, it is an unprecedented good result for Chinese-language films in South America, which undoubtedly shows that Chinese-language films are going global.

Well, at least that's what some people in Hollywood who have a strong sense of crisis think.

(This year, The Mermaid and Ready Player One both achieved impressive results, which does look pretty scary.)
So Charles Nivos called Wu Yuan immediately. On the one hand, he wanted to congratulate him on the success of his movie, and on the other hand, he wanted to keep in touch with him.

No matter what other people in Hollywood think about the rise of the Chinese film market and the "rise of Chinese-language films", Marvel, which is currently working with Wu Yuan, has a positive attitude.

After all, they have a collaborative movie that will be released in China soon. At this juncture, the greater Wu Yuan's influence and box office appeal in Asia, the better it will be for Marvel!

As for the future, let’s talk about it later!
When Wu Yuan received the call and heard Charles Neworth's congratulations, he was indeed very happy.

At present, "Ready Player One" has achieved a box office of 5 million US dollars in China, with Japan and South Korea contributing a total of 1.2 million US dollars (Japan accounts for the majority), and 1 Southeast Asian countries contributing a total of 7.2 million US dollars. Together with South America, which has been released for less than a week, the total global box office of this movie has reached million US dollars.

There is no doubt that although it failed to become the box office champion in mainland China, "Ready Player One" is already the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in the world in history, and this record is expected to remain for a very long time.

Although a box office of $7 million can only be considered a middling performance in the global market, after all, in recent years, movies with box office revenues of over $10 billion have become commonplace, and a global box office of over $20 billion would rank among the top five in global history.

But for Chinese films, this achievement is truly a towering achievement.

Without considering exchange rate fluctuations, it will take at least one movie with a box office of 50 billion RMB to break this record!
Oh, so Wolf Warrior 2 will achieve a box office of 56.9 billion next year?

That's fine.

At least this result can be maintained for two years!
The most important thing is that the success of this movie has given colleagues in the Chinese film and television industry a lot of confidence. As long as they can make good science fiction blockbusters that can adapt to the overseas market, it will be very profitable and can greatly enhance international influence and popularity!
Half the world is now discussing the movie Ready Player One. Given the popularity of such a Chinese-language film, many mainland film companies are envious and some are even gritting their teeth to try it.

Just like after the success of "The Wandering Earth 1", many film companies dared to try their hand at science fiction films. Now domestic science fiction films are finally beginning to stir and are ready to explode.

Standing at the top of the industry and looking at the overall situation, Wu Yuan is very happy. After all, a bigger cake will also be good for Light and Shadow Times.

"Daniel, don't forget Doctor Strange on the other side of the ocean. The company has already set the release date. Doctor Strange will be released on November 11th."

"And it has been confirmed that it will be released simultaneously in China and North America across the ocean!"

"The company attaches great importance to the Chinese market, and even more so to you as an excellent director. We will hold a premiere in China when the time comes. You must go all out!"

Charles Nivos on the other end of the phone said with anticipation and even longing:
"Doctor Strange is also directed by you. I hope the success of Ready Player One can be replicated in Doctor Strange!"

My God, if "Doctor Strange" can get a box office of 5 million US dollars in China, then a global box office of 15 billion US dollars will not be a problem. This is too tempting!

Just thinking about it, Charles Nivos was already excited and crazy! (End of this chapter)