director of the millennium

The box office revenue of 3 billion in 10 days severely burned many people in the industry.

But it was Wu Yuan who achieved this result, and after being shocked, everyone quickly accepted it.

After all, this is Wu Yuan’s Chinese blockbuster!

In addition, the box office of mainland movies has indeed been breaking new records every year in the past few years. Not to mention the distant past, didn’t "Operation Red Sea" in the 2018 Spring Festival alone take in more than billion yuan at the box office?

Not to mention that in 2017, there was also "Wolf Warrior 56" which grossed 2 billion yuan at the box office!

Now it's the end of the year, and there's a movie that has the potential to gross over 50 billion at the box office. Moreover, the director of this movie is Wu Yuan, the only Chinese commercial film director who is considered top internationally. Isn't it normal to achieve such a result?

Some people even made comments online, joking that it was abnormal that Wu Yuan's film did not achieve such results.

Even Wu Yuan himself couldn't bear to see such "shameless" comments. He himself didn't dare to say such big words. He could only say that they are worthy of being fans.

It is common for fans to be more inflated than the artists, but this is the first time Wu Yuan has encountered such a situation. He never expected that a behind-the-scenes director like himself would have fans with a fan club style.

However, this small-scale comment did not have any impact, nor did it bring any negative impact to Wu Yuan. The screening of "The Monkey King" is still in full swing.

After generating 3 billion box office in the first three days of the first weekend, the box office performance in the second week remained strong, and it earned 10 billion again in seven days. Although in terms of average box office, it is definitely not as high as the first weekend, but it was able to get nearly 18% of the first Sunday's box office in the second week, which is already very good.

Even Guangying Times couldn't help but pop open a bottle of champagne at halftime after seeing the real-time box office data for the second week. The main creators of "The Monkey King" were so busy with publicity and roadshows that they even found time to hold a few celebratory cocktail parties at the hotel.

They had no choice but to celebrate, as "The Monkey King" had brought unprecedented popularity to the leading actors.

There is no need to talk about Zhang Yishan. This actor who debuted as a child star was almost forgotten by the entertainment industry before he starred in "The Monkey King". The popularity of "Yuzui" did not bring him too many positive effects. Instead, it was just an illusory popularity.

And with the hot release of "The Monkey King", he really made a name for himself in front of the public, and his status and influence are completely different from before.

After all, today’s capital has seen clearly that those so-called top young stars in TV dramas and the entertainment industry simply cannot handle movies. Actors who can truly succeed in the film industry are still rare movie stars.

Now that Zhang Yishan has one foot in the film industry, he will be a hot commodity in the industry for at least the next six months to a year, because he has proven himself at the box office. He has received more than a dozen scripts.

At least until he fails two or three times, the film industry will not close its door to him.

As for the other leading actors, like the heroine Tang Yan, she was originally a contracted artist of Guangying Times, but her development in recent years cannot be considered smooth. After all, to be honest, her acting skills are not very good, and she can only play the role of "silly and sweet" in her true colors. Her acting range is limited. With her age increase and after falling in love with Luo Jin from the same company, her popularity can no longer keep up with those popular 85 flowers.

But also because of the excellent box office of "The Monkey King", she has become popular again, and the effect is even better than "Flowers". After all, the quality of movies is always higher than that of TV series, even those directed by Wong Kar-wai.

The third actor, Qiao Shan, benefited the least among the main actors. After all, his character in "The Monkey King" is not much different from his previous screen images. He is still the funny fat guy in the main cast, which fully demonstrates his appearance and acting style. However, the audience has already known him in "Sewing Machine Band". His image in "The Monkey King" has not changed much, so naturally he did not bring a bright effect to the audience.

Even Zhang Hanyu, who played the villain Dapeng Demon King, gained more popularity than Qiao Shan because of his exaggerated look.

After all, we have seen Zhang Hanyu play tough guys and soldiers a lot, but we have never seen him play a villain demon king like this.

However, Qiao Shan is very open-minded. Anyway, his role in the film and television industry is just supporting roles in comedies, and he has never thought about becoming a major star. The success of "The Monkey King" has already satisfied him. At least the number of people looking for him to act in movies has increased several times more than before!
In this atmosphere where the producers, audiences and creative teams were all satisfied, by mid-January of the new year, "The Monkey King" had successfully broken 1 billion at the domestic box office three weeks after its release!
It was also at this time that "The Monkey King" began to be released in other Asian countries.

After all, this is Wu Yuan's movie.

It is very difficult for films directed by other domestic directors to go overseas now. Japan and South Korea listen to their American father and do not introduce Chinese-language films. The markets of other Asian countries combined are not as large as those of Japan and South Korea. Domestic films are too lazy to go overseas and simply close the door and play their own games.

But Wu Yuan's movies are different. He already has a large fan base in Japan and South Korea, and his popularity is no less than that of the big local directors in Japan and South Korea. In addition, he has a Hollywood background. With both benefits and influence, Japanese and Korean distributors are still very willing to cooperate with Wu Yuan.

Distributors in Southeast Asia even treat Wu Yuan's films as being on the same level as Hollywood blockbusters.

Throughout January, "The Monkey King" was released in more than a dozen countries in Asia, and the screening rate was no less than 1%. The charm of the Monkey King is not only among the overseas Chinese community, but the entire Greater China cultural circle is familiar with "Sun Wukong". "The Monkey King" is also successfully conquering the Asian market.

However, when Wu Yuan learned the good news, he no longer cared about the box office performance of "The Monkey King" in Asia.

Because there is better news at home!

"Is this true?!" Wu Yuan, holding a report issued by the hospital, widened his eyes and looked at Liu Yifei, who was sitting on the sofa with an auntie smile, with an expression of disbelief.

"Really pregnant?!"

"Am I going to be a father?"

Wu Yuan's hands were shaking and he jumped up and down like a little child. This was the first time he had a child in his two lifetimes!
An unprecedented feeling of joy hit his chest so hard that he became incoherent.

"I have to prepare well. I have to clean up the baby room at home and prepare clothes and maternal and child products for the baby..."

"Oh, and there's also a confinement nanny. We need to find a professional confinement nanny."

Seeing Wu Yuan talking incoherently about something that had yet to happen, Liu Yifei, who was sitting on the sofa, did not interrupt her. She just smiled and stroked her belly, "I'm going to be a mother."

"Time flies by so fast." (End of this chapter)