China Entertainment’s Born Protagonist

Chapter 536 Overwhelming Victory

With a huge investment in publicity funds, an excellent reputation for the movie, and the industry-breaking plot, Wolverine's box office performance can be said to be unparalleled and create miracles.

On its first day of release, The Wolverine grossed an extremely high box office of 6812 million yuan in North America, temporarily ranking first in North America's box office on its first day of release in April.

It also received a box office of 5800 million in mainland China, once again breaking the mainland's first-day box office record and letting everyone see the potential of mainland movie box office.

In fact, mainland movie box office has gradually exploded since 2008.

In Japan, Wolverine's first-day box office was 20 billion Japanese dollars, which is equivalent to about 1700 million yuan. In Europe, 1600 million yuan was also recorded.

The global box office of Wolverine on the first day directly reached 1.31 million yuan.

After this box office result came out, it further stimulated more people to watch Wolverine.

People tend to follow the crowd. When they see a movie that does well at the box office, everyone will be curious and want to go to the cinema to see what the movie is like and why the box office is so good.

Under this circumstance, YouTube Movies raised its box office forecast for The Wolverine to $12 billion.

As soon as this box office prediction came out, the outside world was in an uproar.

If Wolverine really achieves a box office of 12 billion yuan, it will be the fourth movie in the history of world movies to have a box office of over 3 billion yuan, following Titanic, Lord of the Rings 2, and Pirates of the Caribbean 10.

And it still ranks second on the box office list in world film history, second only to Titanic.

This kind of box office performance is naturally eye-catching. Naturally, everyone has been discussing this box office prediction for a while, but not many people have questioned it.

Because Wolverine has an excellent reputation, the box office trend is very stable, and it has great stamina.

On the second day after its release, Wolverine continued to make great progress, with daily box office receipts of 1.19 million yuan and 0.92 million yuan on the third day.

The total global box office revenue in the three days reached 3.42 million yuan, which is very fierce.

Before The Wolverine, there was no superhero movie that could achieve such good box office results.

The success of Wolverine has directly boosted the value of Marvel IP, and most of Marvel's copyrights are now in the hands of YouTube Films.

Stimulated by the box office performance of Wolverine and the announcement by YouTube Films that Iron Man, another superhero movie invested and produced by the company, will be released this summer.

On April 4, YouTube was listed on the Nasdaq. It surged 23% on the first day, and its market value directly exceeded 17 billion yuan, approaching the 900 billion yuan mark.

After YouTube went public, on the surface, Anne still held 39.7% of the shares, Li Yinxin also held 9.92% of the shares, and the Hearst sisters held 2.31% of the shares in their personal capacity.

Several people have become billionaires, especially Anne. Her apparent net worth exceeds 350 billion yuan, making her a super rich man in the United States and a well-known celebrity entrepreneur.

People from any country like this kind of sudden wealth story. As the apparent controller of YouTube, Anne had some fame in China before.

But not that red.

Now that YouTube has been launched, her stories have suddenly become more numerous.

Domestic media also followed her up and reported on her in various ways. Just like Zuckerberg and Musk later, Anne's popularity in the country also skyrocketed.

And because of Annie's outstanding appearance, her popularity is higher than that of Zuckerberg and others.

After YouTube was launched, Annie communicated with Zhang Nanyi. She planned to finish her busy work and take a good rest for two months.

Zhang Nanyi suggested that she come to Yanjing in July or August, just in time to see the Olympic Games.

Anne naturally agreed to Zhang Nanyi's suggestion. There were exactly two months left, so she could arrange her work in advance.

Zhang Nanyi also waited for Annie to come over during the holidays and give her some Tai Chi instruction to completely improve her physical fitness.

In the layout of Zhang Nanyi's global career, Anne's role is very important, and she naturally needs special attention.

The Wolverine's box office and reputation were very good. In comparison, The Kung Fu King was very miserable.

In North America, this movie was completely squeezed out by Wolverine in both film schedule and topicality.

The movie's reputation was also very poor due to Annie's targeted publicity.

The King of Kung Fu was released in North America for three days, and the box office was only 1100 million yuan, which was about half less than the 2180 million yuan in the previous life.

With the popularity of the two Kung Fu superstars Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, the performance of the King of Kung Fu in North America can be said to have encountered a Waterloo.

The key is that the movie's attendance rate is not high, and the theater schedule has begun to be cut, and the subsequent box office will only be worse.

In fact, this is normal. Audiences have very picky tastes. If something better comes out, the good ones before will be abandoned.

Zhang Nanyi is an enhanced version of Li Lianjie in terms of fighting moves, and he is not inferior to Cheng Long in terms of comedy. Under the competition in the same period, the audience will naturally choose the better-looking Wolverine.

The key is that in the movie "The King of Kung Fu", Cheng Long and Li Liangjie don't have many fighting scenes at all.

This point was well publicized in the press release arranged by Anne.

Audiences who were looking forward to The King of Kung Fu either wanted to watch Cheng Long versus Li Lienjie and want to see them fight each other, or they wanted to see the two of them perform exciting fighting scenes, but none of them were included in the movie.

After the audience knows this situation, they are naturally unwilling to spend money to watch this movie in the cinema.

Foreign mainstream media have reported on the situation of the two movies Wolverine and The King of Kung Fu.

After all, the controversy over the previous two movies also received a lot of attention. It is impossible for the media not to report this wave of hot news.

BBC: "An overwhelming victory, in front of Zhang, the double J is vulnerable!"

CNN: "The kung fu battle ended early, Zhang Wan defeated Double J."

Fox News: “There is only one true king of kung fu, and that’s Zhang!”

Le Figaro said: "The old and the new are changing, and Zhang has taken over the scepter of Kung Fu from the hands of Shuang J."

Foreign netizens also expressed their opinions on Wolverine's victory over the King of Kung Fu.

"Honestly, I am a fan of Jacky Chen, but time is ruthless, Jacky is old, now is Zhang's era, he is the best kung fu superstar of this era.

Maybe when Zhang gets old, there will be new kung fu superstars to replace him. "

“The investment for Kung Fu King is 7000 million yuan and Wolverine is 1.5 million yuan. It is indeed unfair to Kung Fu King to compare these two movies.

But Double J is two people, Zhang is one person, two against one, this is unfair. So in my opinion, this duel still has some reference significance.

Double J did lose to Zhang, this is an unavoidable fact. "

"I am a fan of Jet Lee, and I really like this plot, where the new king defeats the old king and ascends the throne gloriously.

I also appreciate Zhang's personality. It is said that he took the initiative to arrange the movie schedule with The King of Kung Fu.

Obviously Zhang knew very well that he had to defeat Double J head-on in order for his title of King of Kung Fu to be justified.

Now, Zhang is the true king of Kung Fu! "

"I'm a fan of Zhang, please don't be impressed by Double J's fans.

Zhang and Double J are not the same kind of people at all. Kung fu movies are just a genre that Zhang is good at, and kung fu is just one of Zhang's many talents.

Zhang is a multi-faceted actor who has won Best Actor at Cannes and Oscars, a singer who has won a Grammy Award, and a very successful entrepreneur.

To be honest, Shuang J is not qualified to compare with Zhang. "

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No matter what, the overseas audience basically recognizes that this is Zhang Nanyi's kung fu era, and the double J is a thing of the past.

In China, there is not much debate on this matter. Obviously, everyone has already agreed that Zhang Nanyi is higher than Cheng Long and Li Lianjie.

On April 4, The King of Kung Fu was released in China and performed poorly, with only 24 million at the box office on the first day.

This first-day box office result surprised everyone. Some media have predicted that the total box office of The King of Kung Fu in mainland China may not exceed 3000 million.

There are three reasons for this.

The first one is, of course, the negative reviews of The King of Kung Fu overseas, which have spread to China.

Many domestic viewers already know that this is a bad movie, and the plot of The King of Kung Fu is really unacceptable to Chinese people.

A foreigner traveled to the mythical age of our country and rescued Sun Wukong with a golden hoop.

Anyone who watches this plot can't help but curse.

The second reason is due to piracy. King of Kung Fu has been stolen overseas and gun versions have appeared online.

Many people have already watched the gun version in advance and complained about the plot of The King of Kung Fu online.

The last reason is the actors.

Because of Shuang Bing's departure, Huayi now has no big-name actors of its own.

For the sake of market, Huayi hired Zhao Yanzi to play the role of the white-haired witch, while Jin Yanzi was cast by the company's transparent Zhao Liying by accident.

The Wang brothers' idea is that you celebrities are blind and leave the company, and we will bring out another star to make you regret it.

However, most of the company's artists have left. The two of them went back and forth and found Zhao Liying, who signed with the company for the Yahoo advertising audition in early 2006 and was trained as a backup for Jang Nara.

In the previous life, Huayi was at its peak. After signing Zhao Liying, it still gave her some good resources.

For example, let her film an Olay commercial with Zhou Xun, play an important supporting role in "Golden Wedding", etc.

For a newcomer who is not a major, Zhao Liying has a good start.

Later, the legend of Hengdian's seven-year supporting role was all a promotional material for Zhao Liying's team.

But at this time, if Zhao Liying promotes Hengdian as a small player in the future, it will not be considered a promotional release.

Because in this world, Huayi has too much time to take care of itself. After signing Zhao Liying, they just ignored it.

Zhao Liying is really a bit player who has been running in Hengdian for two years.

The Wang brothers thought of cultivating new stars and took stock of the female artists in the company, and then they discovered Zhao Liying.

No matter what, Zhao Liying was still very cute in appearance. The Wang brothers couldn't find a better candidate, so they asked Zhao Liying to play the role of Golden Swallow.

But at this time, Zhao Liying had no acting skills and no temperament at all. Naturally, her performance as Jin Yanzi was a mess.

The other heroine, Zhao Yanzi, is also a bunch of stuff, with flaws all over her body.

Huayi externally promoted the King of Kung Fu as Double J plus Double Zhao. As a result, the audience of Double Zhao did not buy it at all, and there were all kinds of ridicule on the Internet.

This has also led to a further decline in the reputation of The King of Kung Fu.

But no matter what, Zhao Liying still benefited. Although she was scolded by many people, she still gained a certain degree of popularity.

The King of Kung Fu suffered a disastrous box office failure at home and abroad. The Wang brothers lost their money and all their savings over the years. It was a foregone conclusion that Huayi was declared bankrupt.

As the saying goes, once a person loses power, everything will go wrong. Soon, someone will start to add insult to injury.

These two people were hanging out in the circle and had offended many people in the past. In addition, some people wanted to please Zhang Nanyi, so there were many things against the Wang brothers.

Someone even stabbed the authorities, and the two were ready to be investigated.

Regarding the situation of King of Kung Fu and Huayi, Zhang Nanyi did not deliberately understand. He was still filming on the crew leisurely.

The work rhythm of the Hanba crew is still on weekends. Although the overall shooting is not busy, it is more efficient.

After the crew members got enough rest, the overall work enthusiasm was very high.

By April 4, after two months of filming, the first part of Drought Demon was officially completed.

The crew will take a 5-day break on May 5st and will regroup on May 6th to shoot the second part of Drought Demon.

Ayase Haruka flew back to Japan in advance to handle some work there.

Zhang Nanyi took Liu Yifei and Jing Tian back to his home in the villa.

(End of this chapter)