During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 497: God Descends to Earth and Sweeps Everything

No one in the industry expected that when everyone was still shocked by the first-day box office performance of "Gravity", Lu Chuan, who had been silent for two days, suddenly jumped out again.

But this time it was different. Lu Chuan was not fighting alone. He called his parents.

Mr. Lu, who is over 70 years old, expressed his indignation on the Internet to support his unfilial son, and many old men and women followed suit.

In their words, "The Banquet" is full of artistry, but it has been slandered because of malicious competition.

Moreover, he always uses a preaching tone as soon as he opens his mouth, relying on his seniority to give orders about the world.

In addition, due to the release of "Gravity", the screening schedule of "The Banquet" was squeezed. This group of people also called on theaters to schedule screenings as fairly and justly as possible, taking all aspects into consideration, rather than treating each other differently.

What's even more ridiculous is that this bunch of idiots actually called on the audience to go to the theaters and truly experience the core of the movie, and not be blinded by "a small group of people".

In their words, film review websites are too unprofessional and have no reference value at all. Professional evaluations should still be left to professional film critics.

Almost everyone in the circle was just having fun, and no one paid any attention to Lu Chuan and his son. However, netizens did not tolerate it and started to mock them directly.

"Isn't this fucking brain-dead? It means that the audience understands Hammer's movies, just buy tickets and watch the movie, and stop talking nonsense on the Internet? I'm going to fucking do that"

"It's really refreshing. Lu Chuan is in his forties and he needs his father who is over seventy years old to help him out. It's a joke."

"Does this mean that Rikutaro's movies are bad and we can't say that? If we say that, we'd be unprofessional? You're really an old-fashioned person."

"The cinema chain is not stupid. If they show The Banquet, they may not even be able to collect the electricity bill after one show. Are they showing it to ghosts?"

"My lord, times have changed."

"Everyone, please stop talking. Those old stubborn people are so stubborn that their necks are buried in the ground. What if they get angry and get blackmailed?"

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The joke about Lu Chuan and his son is just a joke. People in the industry are still discussing more about "Gravity", whose first-day box office was really too explosive.

Han Sanping sat in the office, listening to his secretary's report, with a smile on his face that even AK couldn't suppress.

He had a hunch that another phenomenal movie was about to be born.

As it stands, the potential of "Gravity" may even reach the 20 billion mark.

"By the way, what's the current situation of overseas box office?"

The secretary with a nice figure bowed slightly and said, "Director Han, the data statistics on Warner have not been completed yet. We probably won't know until the end of the first weekend."

At this point, the secretary paused slightly, as if recalling something: "But according to Summit Entertainment's previous email, the North American box office was over 3400, so the data should not be bad."

Han Sanping nodded: "Well, pay close attention. If there is any news, release it as soon as possible. In addition, increase the publicity of "Gravity" and allocate all resources to it."

"Understood, Director Han."

On the other hand, Ye Ning was also very happy. Although Wanda’s share in this movie was not large, only 10%, being able to participate in such a project meant that her strength was recognized by the industry.

At this moment, Ye Ning had the same premonition as Han Sanping that this movie might create a new history, so he immediately called his secretary.

"Notice, add 3 more spots to the schedule for Gravity"

"Okay, Mr. Ye."

The theater chains are just as happy as the producers. No matter how much Wei Jin earns, they must get a share.

Therefore, all major cinema chains adopted the same strategy as Ye Ning and adjusted the screening rates again.

There are even quite a few small cinemas where "Gravity" is shown in rotation in almost every hall. Even so, movie tickets are still selling well.

According to feedback from theaters, starting from the second day, the average screening rate of "Gravity" reached 68%.

With extremely high screening schedule and the weekend holiday, "Gravity" was a direct hit.

The next day, the single-day box office revenue reached 1.25 million, blatantly breaking the single-day box office record of 3 million previously held by the imported blockbuster "Transformers 1.22"!

At the same time, it also directly created a new record for domestic films - 2 million in 2.14 days.

"Hiss! Is this box office crazy? Has he and his family taken all the profits?"

Many people gasped and first suspected that they had seen it wrong. After confirming it many times, they finally accepted this horrible fact.

"This is too freaking evil!"

This is the first time that the industry has felt so powerless.

Just like when Zhang Yimou's "Hero" came out, it swept away all enemies and looked down on the world. Today's "Gravity" also has a bit of the momentum of "after my flower blooms, all other flowers will be killed"!
There is no way. After Gravity was released for two days, the other movies could hardly even get a bite of soup.

Li An's "Life of Pi" has maintained a single-day box office of around 10 million due to the great director's appeal, excellent quality and good reputation.

Unfortunately, with the release of Gravity, the single-day box office was cut in half, with daily revenue of less than five million.

"1500", which was already under great pressure to make a profit, was no exception, with its daily revenue dropping from million to just over million.

As for Lu Chuan's "The Banquet", it couldn't even survive, with the daily revenue dropping below 500,000, and was crushed by Wei Jin.

Even these movies with big directors or big casts can't stop it, let alone other movies like "My Husband Is Not Reliable", the Korean hit "Wire Worm", and other movies, there is no need to say more.

They were all suppressed by "Gravity" without any suspense!

A hurricane sweeping across the Chinese-language film industry is raging wildly. For the first time in the Lunar New Year period, Wei Jin has demonstrated its unparalleled dominance!
Even Cheng Long, who was on the roadshow with Wei Jin, found it unbelievable.

At this moment, Cheng Long was both happy and nervous.

The good news is that in this movie that may make history, although his role is a bit small, he is definitely the leading male role, and he will have a lot of blessings no matter what.

What makes him nervous is that in about ten days, the movie which he wrote, directed and starred in will be released. He doesn't know whether he can take advantage of the favorable situation, but if he is directly crushed head-on, then his reputation as a director will be completely ruined.

As if he had sensed Cheng Long's mood, after leaving the road show in Shanghai, Wei Jin smiled and joked:
"Brother, think about it from another perspective. No matter what, you are the biggest winner of this Lunar New Year movie season, just like Ge You back then, hahahaha."

Ge's three movies "Let the Bullets Fly", "The Orphan of Zhao" and "If You Are the One 2" raked in over 10 billion yuan at the Lunar New Year box office, becoming the biggest winner of the year and becoming a legend in the industry.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Long could only try to find a way to have fun: "Director Wei, I can only think this way, haha."

The miracle of "Gravity" is still going on. On the third day, the box office closed at 1.21 million.

After three days of release, the box office of "Gravity" exceeded 3.35 million yuan.

The key online reputation remains at around 8.1 points, and its potential is very long.

"Is this really crazy?!"

Countless production companies in the industry are expressing this sentiment. After only three days of release, Gravity has already demonstrated its overwhelming power.

According to this situation, this movie may even make it through the entire Lunar New Year holiday season.

Now, the pressure is on the producers of upcoming films.

Beijing, Berna headquarters.

Fatty Yu, sweating profusely, ripped open the collar of his shirt. His slightly bulging belly rose and fell, and he was obviously breathing heavily.

Jin Qiao, who was already pregnant and successfully got married, considerately handed over a tissue.

“The air conditioner seems to be turned on too hot”

After forcibly saving his dignity, Fatty Yu threw the box office report of Gravity aside and looked up at his deputy: "Has the premiere of Great Shanghai been arranged?"

"Yes, I have already communicated with Huang Xiaoming and Zhou Runfa, Director Yu."

"Don't stop publishing these articles and promote them as much as possible. Time is running out."

When Fatty Yu thought about the more than half-month overlap with Gravity, his scalp tingled and he muttered in a low voice:

"Damn, I should have put it off until January."

On the other hand, Mr. Fu from Yindu Entertainment, the producer of "The Grandmaster", felt very fortunate.

If it weren't for the King of Sunglasses' various outrageous operations, "The Grandmaster" would have been planned to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Unexpectedly, I made a mistake and actually avoided my biggest competitor.

"Hehe, now I can sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers."

Wei Jin was unaware of the turmoil in the industry. After finishing his roadshow in Hangzhou, he received a call from Hunter.

"Boss, the data is out"

Hearing Hunter's excited tone, Wei Jin's mood also became a little overwhelmed.

In the first three days of the weekend, North America closed at 7455 million US dollars, Europe closed at 3122 million US dollars, and Australia closed at 2188 million US dollars.

Add to that Hong Kong's 2200 million, Taiwan's 3100 million, and Japan and South Korea's 1468 million US dollars.
In the first three days of its first weekend, "Gravity" grossed 2.58 million U.S. dollars worldwide, topping the global first-week box office list!

The key is that it has a good reputation worldwide, with an imdb score of 8.6, which is better than the domestic reviews.

According to the current situation, the global performance of "Gravity" is in no way inferior to that of "Inception". From the perspective of schedule competition, it even has more advantages.

The competition in this year's North American Lunar New Year box office was not too fierce. Among the movies released at the end of November, only "Life of Pi" posed a threat. Its global box office has reached 11 million US dollars, but its momentum has been curbed.

Meanwhile, "Les Miserables", although a century-old classic, posed no threat due to its inherent disadvantages in subject matter.

The most threatening one is "The Hobbit". Since it was produced and distributed by Warner, the two parties made a certain exchange of interests and the release date was postponed to late December, so there is basically no big competition.

It can be said that "Gravity" currently has almost no rivals in the global market and can be said to be the only one dominating the market.

Coupled with the extremely long harvest period of 3D science fiction movies, the slogan of "Gravity" breaking the 10 billion US dollars worldwide is really very likely to be realized.

"Very good, Hunter, try to get as many screenings as possible. Whether you can make $10 billion depends on you."

"Boss, rest assured, the number of prints sold this week in North America will not be less than 4000, and there will be corresponding increases in other markets as well."

"it is good."

After chatting about work for a while, Wei Jin hung up the phone and took Zeng Li and others straight to the airport to their next destination.

The roadshow schedule was very tight, and even during the roadshow in Shanghai, he didn't even have a chance to spend time with Liu Shishi.

However, when talking about Liu Shishi, Wei Jin thought of the news that had been making a lot of noise these days. As for Miss Cai, he really had no energy to complain about her.

Miss Cai’s deceptive signing of the contract really led to trouble.

Lin Genxin, who had previously participated in "Xuan-Yuan Sword" and had met Wei Jin once, proposed to terminate the contract with Tang Ren, but how could Miss Cai agree to it? She directly offered a sky-high penalty for breach of contract.

Therefore, Lin Gou decisively took Tang Ren to court and made public the promises made by both parties when they signed the contract.

People in the circle only then learned that when the contract was signed, Tang Ren promised to give Lin Genxin the leading male role in at least one or two TV series a year, as well as a supporting male role in a movie, so the latter agreed.

But it has been more than two years, and Lin Genxin has only gotten supporting roles, and even had to play a supporting role to someone like Jiang Jinfu who signed the contract later. How could he not be a bomb?

Tang Ren has offended many people in the circle over the years. Now that something bad has happened, many people have been making sarcastic comments on Weibo, which has made Miss Cai very angry.

Shaking his head, Wei Jin withdrew his thoughts and closed his eyes to rest on the private plane.

When the plane landed in Guangdong, Wei Jin saw that China Film Corporation had already announced the global box office information.

The media went into a collective climax, with related reports flooding the internet.

"Gravity grossed $2.58 million worldwide in its first three days of the weekend, becoming the world's weekly box office champion!"

"The Chinese sci-fi blockbuster "Gravity" swept the global market and was crowned the king."

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As expected, from the airport to the hotel, Wei Jin's phone almost never stopped ringing, and the text messages and WeChat messages were countless.

However, what surprised Wei Jin was that he received a call from Jing Tian just after he settled down in the hotel.

"Brother, you are awesome. Tickets to the local cinema in London are selling like crazy. The media is reporting all over it."

Listening to the girl's clear and excited voice, Wei Jin's fatigue from the hasty roadshow seemed to be swept away. The corners of his mouth curved upward, and his voice became subconsciously gentle:
"Tiantian, how is the crew going? When will you be back?"

"Well, the filming is going pretty smoothly. We estimate that the exterior shots will be finished in another ten days or so, and we will be able to move to the Hollywood studio before Christmas. We expect to wrap up in early January."

Wei Jin nodded. Basically, Hollywood's production methods would not deviate much from the shooting plan.

"Okay, I should go to North America after New Year's Day, and I'll come to see you on the set then."

In addition to breaking new box office records, "Gravity" is also within its sights to win an Oscar, so related work needs to be prepared in advance.

"Well, that's a deal."

"Ah."

After spending some time with the girl, Wei Jin hung up the phone and went to the bathroom.

At this time, the beautiful Zeng Li was already bathing in warm water, waiting for him to visit her.
(End of this chapter)