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Chapter 630 North American Box Office and Dinner Party [Please subscribe]

Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Fifth Avenue.

Rick drove here as usual and went straight to Leonardo's mansion.

Normally, he would park his car neatly in the parking space, then get out of the car calmly and go looking for his partner.

But today, he just turned the car hard and drove the front of the car into the parking space, leaving a large piece of butt outside. He turned off the car without caring and walked into the mansion in a hurry.

In Los Angeles in July, the sunshine is perfect, and the scenery in the courtyard of Leonardo's mansion is even more pleasant.

All kinds of potted plants are carefully arranged in an orderly manner, and the outdoor swimming pool is also coated with a layer of gold powder by the sunshine, making it sparkling and beautiful.

But Rick didn't care about the scenery at all. He walked straight to the pool, picked up the cocktail Leonardo prepared for himself from the ice bucket, and drank most of it in one gulp.

"Hey man, what's up, what's got you in such a hurry?"

Leonardo lowered his head slightly and glanced over his sunglasses with a pair of light blue eyes.

Obviously, he was puzzled by how rushed his manager was.

"Out."

Rick seemed to be in a hurry after taking a sip, and he was a little out of breath. He choked back as soon as he said a word.

"Coming out? What. Coming out?"

Leonardo looked confused, but he remembered it the next second. He sat up from the recliner, looked at Rick, and asked:
"You mean?"

"That's right, the movie, that director Sun's movie, has released its box office results in its first week."

Sure enough, this is it!

Leonardo quickly asked again:

"How are the results? Is it more than 2000 million US dollars?"

In Leonardo's mind, there are certain standards for a qualified commercial movie, that is, the box office must exceed 2000 million US dollars in the first week, so that the box office of the entire movie can exceed million US dollars.

In Hollywood, it can be regarded as a qualified commercial film.

Of course, the premise is that the production cost is less than 100 million US dollars.

In fact, this standard is a bit low compared to an actor of Leonardo's level.

But objectively speaking, Sun Yi's "Pacific Rim" is still a Chinese-language movie after all, although Crystal did set off a craze among young people in North America some time ago.

But after all, it is still the music industry, mainly Liu Yifei's fans. These people are not closely related to the film and television industry. No one can predict how much box office it will turn into in the end.

"Cough cough~"

Rick wanted to answer, but he became more and more anxious. He coughed twice before he finally calmed down.

He quickly raised three fingers and said solemnly: "With US$3000 million, it ranks second at the box office this week, but in terms of single theater results, it ranks first this week."

"What about word-of-mouth, how is it? What do the public fans and media critics think of this movie?"

"Perfect, simply perfect. Everyone says this is the best 3D movie since "Avatar". The action special effects and battle scene design even surpass "Avatar"!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing the news, Leonardo stood up excitedly and shook his fists several times towards the swimming pool in front of him. This look made people feel as if he was the starring role in the movie.

In fact, Leonardo was really happy for Sun Yi.

Sure enough, he lived up to his expectations. He once again proved himself in North America and also proved his Leonardo's vision of people.

You know, he suddenly chose to cooperate with a director from China as his next major project. Even though he had convinced Rick, other shareholders in the company were still not optimistic about it.

He even persuaded Leonardo not to take risks in a roundabout way.

Although the shares held by these shareholders are not high and cannot affect the decisions of Leonardo and Rick at all, they are still shareholders of the company after all, so they still have to give some face.

Today, Sun Yi's box office performance in North America is the best proof.

"Rick, officially announced that I will free up all my schedules in the next four months to prepare for the next movie. At the same time, I will notify my personal fitness trainer to help me. I will lose weight in two months. Weighs 4 pounds."

"Okay, Leon, I'll help you take care of other things, and you can just concentrate on preparing your movie. I suddenly have a hunch that maybe your choice this time will be the wisest decision in your life. Maybe you can Let you get what you want.”

"Ha, yes, actually, I think so too."

"Pacific Rim" was fully released in the United States on July 7, U.S. time, with about 24 theaters open, barely meeting the opening standards of Hollywood's A-level productions.

This number is already very good for a film not produced in the United States, especially a Chinese-language film.

Although Sun Yi made the English original soundtrack for "Pacific Rim", which does not require North American movie fans to go through the trouble of reading subtitles, for the vast majority of North American movie fans, seeing the main characters in a movie most of the time in the theater is Being a Chinese with yellow skin and black hair, I was also very unaccustomed to it.

Even though Liu Yifei's skin color is lighter than most Caucasians, they just can't get used to it.

This has something to do with traditional prejudice and consistent pride.

After all, since the new century, Hollywood has conquered the world and completely dominated the film and television industry.

On the other hand, the North American media is quite confident in the level of Hollywood film and television production.

The most brilliant and cutting-edge film and television special effects technology is all in Hollywood. You can't reach Hollywood production standards just by buying a company.

What's more, none of the 6D projects of the remaining six major Hollywood companies have been produced yet.

How could Sun Yi be faster? He must have compromised on the 3D effect.

Therefore, at that time, the North American media were not very optimistic about the movie's box office trend.

They predict that a few days before the movie is released, some loyal fans may be attracted to watch it because of the popularity caused by Liu Yifei during this period.

And after the enthusiasm of these die-hard fans is exhausted, the movie will basically start an accelerated downward trend.

Don’t blame the North American media for predicting this.

To put it bluntly, other non-Hollywood movies have not received this predicted treatment.

Just so proud.

At this time 10 years ago, even though they had just gone through a financial crisis, Americans still held their heads high and thought they were a beacon to the world, so they were extremely proud in every aspect.

When the hidden dangers of this financial crisis are slowly released and continue to ferment, after a few years, the last fig leaf left by Americans will be gone.

The whole country completely lost its spirit and threw itself into the noose of the gallows.

But at this time, she was still jumping around happily.

But it is clear that "Pacific Rim" made these media missteps.

In the first three days of the movie's opening, the numbers increased by 560 million, 640 million, and 720 million respectively, with an average increase of 100 million per day, and it entered the fourth and fifth days.

What surprised the media was that the movie's box office did not drop as they predicted, but instead experienced a rapid increase.

On its fourth day of release, the film grossed $830 million at the box office.

The increase exceeded $100 million again.

This is okay too.

But on the fifth day, the box office hit a breakthrough, unscientifically jumping to 1010 million US dollars. So far, "Pacific Rim" has grossed US$3750 million at the box office in its first week of release in North America in five days, surpassing Tom Cruise's "The Spy" by a full US$1500 million, ranking second in the box office. First week box office charts.

Just behind "Salt," starring Angelina Jolie, with less than $200 million.

You know, the US$3940 million box office of "Shot" was achieved when nearly 3000 theaters opened at the same time in the United States, while "Pacific Rim" opened in 1000 fewer theaters than them.

This number accounts for 50% of the "Huan Tai" side.

After careful calculation, the box office performance of "Pacific Rim" in a single theater actually reached almost 1 US dollars.

You know, the box office of "Harry Potter" released at the beginning of the year was only about 16,000 US dollars per theater.

Even though "Pacific Rim" is a 3D movie and the movie ticket price is relatively high, it is not to this extent.

Just as the media was shocked, the film's reputation began to ferment.

At first, as the media predicted, the first two days of the movie were filled with suspenseful science fiction fans who had watched Sun Yi's first "Shelter" and some people who were attracted by the movie's transcendent trailer.

They remembered this stunning and talented Eastern director and saw the exciting trailer, so when "Huan Tai" was released, they immediately chose to spend money to buy tickets.

The second group of fans are Liu Yifei's new fans. Out of curiosity about Liu Yifei's works and their love for her, fans chose to buy tickets to support her.

As for the rest, the largest number of movie fans are pure 3D movie fans.

They didn't know Sun Yi, and they only had a rough impression of Liu Yifei, until she sang a very popular and unique song some time ago, and they could even hum a short verse along with it.

However, they are not very fond of Liu Yifei.

It's probably an indifferent attitude.

What they care about is 3D movies.

I have to say that Sun Yi really chose an excellent release cycle for "Huan Tai".

For example, if the 3D "Avatar" is a big meal, movie fans all over the world eat it with gusto, but when they want to taste it again, they find that there is no meal left.

They waited and waited, and finally got the dish "Huan Tai".

We are so hungry, who cares that the cook who prepared this dish is an Oriental.

Try it first before speaking, and then criticize if it doesn't work.

But it doesn’t matter if you taste it this time, it’s really delicious~
Then, they started to eat Amway spontaneously, thinking about letting their friends around them also eat good food.

This is how the movie's reputation slowly fermented.

By the time the movie was released on the fifth day, it was completely uncontrollable and had completely exploded.

"It's really unbelievable. I originally thought that I would be defrauded into paying for a movie ticket, but I didn't expect that it was worth the money. The movie was so good that I couldn't believe that it was actually a movie from China."

"Crystal is so beautiful and handsome. She has a perfect figure when she pushes up on the ground, and the look of her black mecha suit fascinates me!"

"The movie is great. This Chinese director is very powerful. The whole movie has a blast rhythm and is very enjoyable."

"God, compared to "Pacific Rim", "Transformers" is so weak. Where can I buy mecha figures? I want to buy a 'Xing Tian Hao', so it's called. There is no translation in the movie. I I found a classmate who studied Chinese and he told me that when translated, it means punishing God. Oh my god, punishing God is so cool!”

Countless North American movie fans shared their opinions about the movie online.

Thanks to the spontaneous behavior of movie fans, otherwise Sun Yi would faint to death if he knew that the "Xingtianhao" in his movie was translated as punishing God.

The Western church is not allowed to have tea with him.

Perhaps the advantage of "Pacific Rim" is not just the use of IMAX3D technology, but the use of IMAX3D technology has indeed gained a lot of attention for this movie.

This is the first thing that movie fans notice, and then they pay attention to the plot, rhythm, actors, etc. of the movie. Finally, they find that the movie is actually better than they imagined.

From Los Angeles to San Francisco, from Houston to New York, from Chicago to Philadelphia, Washington, Seattle, and even Toronto and Vancouver. A movie-going trend quickly spread throughout North America.

Countless fans who heard that "Pacific Rim" was a real IMAX 3D movie decisively paid for the tickets and entered the cinema.

What followed was a shortage of tickets.

Like Chinese movie fans, watching the IMAX 3D version of "Avatar" is like eating delicious food carefully prepared by a Michelin restaurant chef. If you let him eat home-cooked food, although he can be satisfied, he will always feel itchy in his heart. .

For a time, just like in China, IMAX 3D and regular 3D movie tickets for "Pacific Rim" were expensive in Luoyang, and movie fans often queued for a long time before they could afford to buy a ticket for a few days later.

Seats are not necessarily good either.

But still, it is difficult to conceal the enthusiasm of North American movie fans.

Seeing such a grand occasion, the media joined in without hesitation and began to repeatedly ride on the popularity of "Pacific Rim".

Other movie fans were influenced by the publicity and after choosing to watch the movie, they were immediately captured by the movie and became one of the "circulatory fans".

For a time, "Pacific Rim" became famous in North America. In one word, it became a household name, and it became a must-have topic for young people to talk about when they meet.

Under this wave of national attention, the theaters could not sit still and immediately contacted John who was based in North American Starry Sky and offered to participate in the screening.

Theaters are not stupid either. They also show movies to movie fans. What is the price of an IMAX3D ticket and what is the price of a regular movie ticket?

No one can get along with money.

"Boss, the movie has achieved great success in North America. At this time, you should really stay here and watch it carefully. Those theaters that usually have high standards have lowered their proud heads and actively want to add more movies to us. times."

"Including those contacted by that damn fat guy Harvey, as well as those from my side, the movie will continue to be screened in 2800 theaters next week. Believe me, the box office will definitely surprise you."

"Whose phone number? Is it from the United States?"

Liu Yifei was sitting in front of the mirror, drawing her eyebrows carefully. When she saw Sun Yi's face beaming with joy after answering the phone, she was suddenly curious and asked Sun Yi in the mirror.

"Well, John called from the United States. The movie's first-week box office was 3700 million U.S. dollars, ranking second in the first week. It will expand the screening next week. I believe the box office will usher in a greater improvement. It can be said that this film The movie was a success."

"Hey, I knew you would succeed."

Liu Yifei put down her eyebrow pencil, opened her hands excitedly, and made a hug gesture.

Sun Yi stepped forward and hugged her, then held her shoulder and pressed her in front of the mirror again.

"Okay, okay, hurry up and draw. You have to go early for the dinner tonight."

"You dislike me. I'm not dressing up just for you, so that you can look good."

"Okay, okay, it's for me. Thank you, wife, but I still think you look the most beautiful without makeup. No one can compare with you."

"Hee can say nice things, okay, it's done, let's go."

Today is the last stop for Sun Yi and Liu Yifei's promotion, Shanghai. In addition to publicity, Sun Yi also has another task during this trip, which is to meet with the relevant person in charge of the film.

It just so happened that we had a dinner date today.

Generally, there are two types of business dinners, with family members and without family members. Everyone knows the specific differences.

To be honest, Sun Yi really wanted to experience the special cuisine of Shanghai, but the other party knew that Liu Yifei was also coming to Shanghai to promote, so he solemnly invited her.

Therefore, the two of them have to go out for the appointment.

As for why Xiao Nizi didn't ask the makeup artist from the work team to help, Sun Yi was not sure.

Maybe it’s because I want to fully experience the role of Mrs. Sun.

(End of this chapter)