China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 11 Box Office Explosion
As the movie time decreases minute by minute, the movie finally comes to an end.

Such a family with constant troubles and lack of care was united by the youngest daughter's beauty pageant trip. During this period, various troubles continued, but the family gradually improved.

At the final beauty pageant, when all the audience present thought that the little daughter would appear in a completely different appearance from the pretentious performance style of the previous contestants, and that she would not win the first or second place, but at least she would win the applause of the whole house in the end.

who knows.
It turns out that the grandpa taught her little daughter how to use the lion's roar like this, and she thought it was a cute and timid unusual move that is rarely seen in beauty pageants.

It really satirizes the beauty pageant.

This ending was so true that the people present did not expect it. The whole audience burst into laughter. There was a strong sense of humor in the irony of the plot. Even Liu Yifei on the side covered her face and laughed, slapping Li Mu on the shoulder and asked.

"How did you come up with it, so funny?"

Li Mu shrugged
"intrinsic!"

After the movie was screened, the audience burst into thunderous applause. Apparently they were very satisfied with the movie.

"Mr. Li Mu, this is your first movie. What are your expectations for the box office?" Then reporters swarmed in. This film is all about unknown actors. It can be said that the biggest talking point is the director, a A director from China.

"The more the merrier, of course. If possible, I hope it can exceed 800 million in the first week." Li Mu remembers that the box office of this film in his previous life was close to 400 million in the first week. It was purely due to word-of-mouth fermentation in the later period that the box office gradually increased.

In this life, with Warner's assistance in distribution, doubling the number should not be a big problem.

"This is your first movie, and it was released in Hollywood. As a Chinese director, do you think that the domestic market has better prospects than the Chinese market?" a reporter from New York Entertainment Weekly immediately asked.

It was obvious that this was a trap. Li Mu took a deep look at the reporter. The reporter was not afraid and didn't feel anything was wrong at all.

"China has a population of close to 13 billion. This is a huge market with the most potential. If the beautiful country represents the present, then China represents the future."

"Director Li Mu, what do you think of the quality of this film?"

"The quality of the film depends on the audience. The audience says it is good only if it is good. I say it is useless."

"Director Li Mu,"

In 02, the total number of movie screens in the United States was around 34000. This time Warner released it and will release it on a total of 3600 screens. The number of screenings will be adjusted later based on performance.

At this time, Li Mu is waiting in the hotel room for Friday's box office data. Generally speaking, if the Friday box office data is not bad, the weekend data will increase significantly. This is the word-of-mouth effect.

In another room, Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei were also waiting anxiously, especially Liu Yifei, walking around the room.Liu Xiaoli felt like she was stunned by her daughter.

Finally, at about 2 o'clock in the morning, Li Mu received an email from Warner in his mailbox. The box office amount read, $2. Looking at the numbers in front of him, Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief. The first movie since his rebirth was finally not messed up. .

The rest depends on the weekend results. It is expected that 800 million will be indispensable.

Li Mu quickly picked up his phone and sent a text message to Liu Yifei. The little girl was still waiting for his message.

"Xiao Muzi sent a text message, is the box office out?" Liu Yifei shouted to her mother.

"More than 220 million box office!" Liu Yifei hugged Liu Xiaoli, extremely happy.

Liu Xiaoli looked at the amount in the text message and couldn't help but be shaken. This boy was about to take off.

The next morning, the Rotten Tomatoes Index was updated. "Little Miss Sunshine" had a Rotten Tomatoes Index of 97%, an IMDB score of 8.6, and rave reviews.

“A very nice family comedy”

"There is a surprise at the end, and the director did a great job"

“Highly recommended, my boyfriend and I laughed so much yesterday”

"A very inspiring family story"

Of course, there were some bad reviews, but Li Mu simply ignored them. Anyway, he was not RMB, so he couldn't like everyone. Even if it was RMB, some people might not like it, and they would like Mei Dao.

Warner Richard also got a call in the morning, and in summary, he was very satisfied with the box office.

In the past three days, Li Mu, Liu Yifei, and Liu's mother did not return to China and remained in the beautiful country.

For the promotion, Li Mu went to the nearest movie theater near Los Angeles, while the others declined. The leading actors were very dedicated, and this was a great opportunity to become famous.

After Li Mu got the first week's box office data, he quietly returned to China with Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli.

The first week's box office data was $932 million, directly ranking first at the box office that week.

It beat out "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "Friday Next" which were released for more than a month.

However, Li Mu knew that this was only short-lived, because "Cat and Mouse", which was only screened in Los Angeles, had not yet been released nationwide.

"Cat and Mouse", also known as "How to Get Away with Murder", is directed by the top director Spielberg and stars DiCaprio. These two people alone can make people breathless.

"Cat and Mouse" premiered in Los Angeles on the 16th and was released nationwide on the 25th.

In Li Mu's memory, "Cat and Mouse" grossed more than 3300 million U.S. dollars in its first week, with a North American box office of 1.64 million U.S. dollars and a global total of 3.52 million U.S. dollars.

This is a blockbuster that can beat "Little Miss Sunshine" at the North American box office alone, but its cost is about 5200 million, which is more than 8 times that of Little Miss Sunshine."Chicago", which was released on the 27th, ranked 02th on the domestic box office list in 10, with a North American box office of US$1.70 million.

Christmas is next week, and light-hearted family comedies like "Little Miss Sunshine" will only have more, not less, box office sales.

Li Mu thought that not many people in the country knew about him, so he didn't take too many precautions and prepared to go back in a big way. However, he was stopped by reporters at the airport and refused to let him go.

When the box office of the first week in North America came out, all the newspapers and media companies in the imperial capital were excited. Even the media from other provinces were looking for Li Mu all over the world, hoping to get first-hand information. This was the second Chinese director to break into Hollywood. The status speaks for itself.

As a result, I worked blindly for a long time and couldn't find anyone.Only then did we discover that Li Mu was still in the United States, and the photos from the premiere were also revealed.

Through some connection, I finally found out Li Mu's flight back, but no, everyone was waiting.

Seeing Li Mu coming out, a swarm of people ran over carrying cameras and microphones.Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then whispered to Liu Yifei

"You go to the left, I'll handle it."

Liu Yifei looked at the group of reporters, pressed her hat, and followed Liu Xiaoli away gently.

"Wait a minute, come one by one, don't rush, otherwise I won't accept the interview." Li Mu suppressed his angry attitude.

Upon seeing this, airport security personnel rushed over to maintain order.

"Come one by one from left to right." Li Mu said. He couldn't avoid it anyway. These paparazzi were like sharks smelling blood. It was better to accept them openly.

"Director Li, is the box office of $932 million in the first week as you expected? What do you think the total box office in North America is?"

"To be honest, the box office was much better than I expected. I originally thought it would be around 800 million. I expected the North American box office to be 5000 million US dollars."

"Director Li, congratulations on winning the North American box office championship. Are you confident in winning the title again?"

"Next week, Spielberg's "Cat and Mouse" will be released nationwide. It is estimated that next week's box office champion will be this film."

"Director Li, according to data, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Li Yin had a box office of US$660 million in its first week, losing to "Little Miss Sunshine". Do you think you have surpassed Director Li Yin?"

Hearing this question, Li Mu couldn't help but cast a glance. This was the one who was here to cause trouble.

I looked at this reporter's badge. He was from the Southern Entertainment Newspaper. He was a well-known professional troublemaker.

"I don't think that my directorship is better than that of director Li Yin. "Little Miss Sunshine" just happened to be on a good schedule and took advantage of it."

"Are you in love with Miss Liu Yifei?"

When Li Mu heard this, he said, good guy, this reporter is unconventional. I'm afraid he's from the Gossip Club.

"We are just classmates. Because there was a lack of female companions at the premiere, we specially invited Miss Liu Yifei to attend."

"Director Li, do you have any plans for your next movie? Will it still be released in Hollywood?"

The other reporters looked at Li Mu, obviously asking about the core point.

"The next movie is being planned and will be released in China." Li Mu revealed that there is nothing to hide about this matter, because Li Mu's next actions will be known immediately.

"Will the next one be a comedy movie?"

"The next film will be a domestic musical." Li Mu's answer made the reporters paused and instantly burst into even greater enthusiasm.

This is a musical. There has been no musical in China for many years. No one thinks that musicals can be successful in China. Some people even commented that musicals have no place to survive in China.

This was a mouthful of words, but Li Mu immediately refused to follow the interview and remained silent.

"Director Li Mu's "Little Miss Sunshine" won first-week championship in North America"

"Little Miss Sunshine director Li Mu threatened that his next film will be a musical"

"Li Mu, the leader of the new generation of directors"

""Little Miss Sunshine" beat "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at the box office in its first week"

"The story that director Li Mu and actor Liu Yifei have to tell"

"Actor Liu Yifei is suspected of falling in love with director Li Mu"

The next day, all kinds of news about Li Mu went crazy. News and scandals were flying all over the sky.

Li Mu hid directly in Nortel and was waiting for the storm to pass.

Li Mu knows very well that his current status is very embarrassing. Even if he says he is high, he is indeed high. He is the third Chinese Hollywood director and No. 1 in Mainland China.

But except for one movie in Hollywood, there is no domestic production and no awards.

[Makiko, I’m having an affair with you. ψ(*｀ー)ψ】——crystal kitten
[Just read it, the writing is good, the editor is very literary (ω)]——lucky puppy
[Hmph, treat me to dinner tomorrow as compensation] - crystal kitten
[Okay, we can only go to the canteen, there are a lot of paparazzi reporters outside now] - lucky puppy
[The canteen is the canteen, I want to make you poor (｀ω)]——crystal kitten
(End of this chapter)