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Chapter 612: 1.5 billion in the first week

Facts have proved that this is the charm of an Oscar-winning director who does not manage artists and has access to top film and television resources!

As long as Wang Shu is not an artist agent, every actor in the entertainment industry will have hope in their eyes, and subconsciously believe that they will have the opportunity to get a role and reach the peak of their life!

You can even have the opportunity to step onto the international stage by starring in a movie directed by Wang Shu!
If we take Huayi, Chengtian and other film and television companies as an example, when their films are released, at most their actors will praise them, while actors outside their companies will basically not express their opinions.

This is because many actors know that the films invested by Huayi will only promote the actors under Huayi.

Unless you join Huayi and accompany Mr. Wang or Director Feng, it will be difficult to get a role.

Even if you join in and play along for a while, you still may not get the role because of the complicated relationships and the "first come, first served" principle.

In contrast, although Wang Shu founded Yikeshu Film and Television Company, he did not engage in artist management and did not have any actors under his management.

In other words, anyone has the opportunity to work with this Oscar-winning director who has the resources to step onto the international stage.

Opportunities are not only reserved for those who are prepared, but also for those who have the courage to fight for them.

For a time, many actors in the circle published reviews about "Life of Pi" in various ways, all of them vying for the opportunity to star in the movie directed by Wang Shu.

After watching "Life of Pi", many people once again understood Wang Shu's ability to make art films.

If I could participate, I can’t say I would be able to win an award on the international stage.

For example, walking on the red carpet of the three major European events or the Oscars is a sure thing.

Zhang Ziyi, just by walking the red carpet of the three major European film festivals and the Oscars, can be called the first person after Gong Li. Not only is she praised in various ways, but she has also become the top actress in the country.

Anyone who sees it will feel envious.

Now, Wang Shu, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, has the ability to make people catch up with Zhang Ziyi, or even surpass Zhang Ziyi!

Moreover, Wang Shu’s company does not manage artists. As long as you can gain the other party’s favor, you can get the opportunity!
Li Binbin, Fan Binbin, Zhang Ziyi and others first published a film review of "Life of Pi" on their blogs, and the actions of the three instantly triggered a chain reaction.

Many actors in the circle suddenly reacted when they saw this.

Yes, isn’t this a way to attract Director Wang’s attention and gain his favor?

What's more, so many actors have done that. If they don't, do they still want to win Wang Shu's favor and get the role?
Because of these mentalities, many actors have followed suit and published film reviews about "Life of Pi" in various ways.

On November 11, the first-day box office of "Life of Pi" in mainland China was released, which was 22W.

On the 23rd, 2367W.

On the 24rd, 2403W.

On the 25rd, 2509W.

After one week of release, the box office exceeded 1.6 million.

Based on this box office trend and the rave reviews, breaking 3 million is a foregone conclusion.

There is even a chance that the box office will reach 4 million.

Now it is 2009, and there are only more than screens nationwide, far from the size of more than that would rise many years later.

For an art film to achieve a box office of 3 million or even 4 million is already an extremely terrifying result.

As for North America, Fox is also very powerful, with more than a thousand screens.

Its first-day box office reached 1563 million US dollars.

The box office on the next day was 1854W.

The third day’s box office: 2036W.

4th day box office, 2011W.

Judging from its box office performance and word of mouth, it is also certain to break 2 million US dollars.

In 2009, a movie with a box office of 2 million US dollars in North America was already considered a very high-grossing movie.

Although it cannot compare to the box office success of Marvel's superhero movies, Marvel's superhero movies are commercial films, while "Life of Pi" is an art film.

As an art film, if it can achieve a box office revenue of 200 million US dollars in North America, it will be an extremely proud achievement!

Not to mention, since "Life of Pi" is a project undertaken by the eight major Hollywood film and television companies, once it lands in theaters, it will be released all over the world.

At this moment, good news has come not only from mainland China and North America, but also from Australia, Chile, Peru, Mexico and other countries that "Life of Pi" has won the weekly box office championship since its release.

5th Century Fox even made a bold estimate that by the time "Life of Pi" is released, the global box office will exceed $ million.

Converted into RMB, it is nearly 35 billion!
Wang Shu is not in the country at the moment, but has gone to the UK.

"Life of Pi" officially landed in British theaters one week after its release in mainland China.

The crew held a premiere in the UK, and Wang Shu, as the director, was present in person.

Since the film has achieved extremely impressive results worldwide, 20th Century Fox made the premiere extremely grand.

This makes Wang Shu look even more powerful.

During the premiere, a reporter interviewed Wang Shu.

"Shu, I heard that "Life of Pi" has been registered for the 63rd British Academy Film Awards. Are you confident that you can win the award?" asked the British reporter.

The British Academy Film Awards, also known as the British Oscars.

Established in 1947, the award is presented annually.

Originally, the main objects of recognition were British films and foreign films starring British actors. Now, as long as the film is officially released in the UK, it can be nominated, and the award has been changed to honor films from all over the world.

In the original timeline, at the 63rd British Academy Film Awards, Kathryn Bigelow defeated her ex-husband James Cameron for the first time and won a total of 6 awards for "The Hurt Locker".

The Hurt Locker not only won big at the BAFTAs, but also at the Academy Awards.

The film tells the story of Sergeant Williams James being transferred to the Army's Desperate Company bomb disposal team after the U.S. military invaded Iraq. During a warehouse bomb disposal mission, Williams believed that the Iraqi boy used as a corpse bomb was someone he knew in the military camp.
It is very consistent with American political correctness and also suits the tastes of those old men at the American Film Academy.

Therefore, he received many awards.

If Wang Shu didn't have some confidence, he wouldn't dare to confront this movie head-on.

It’s not that this movie is so well made, but that it just hits the spot of those old guys at the American Film Academy.

Whether a movie can win an Oscar is decided by the old guys in the film academy.

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Even "Interstellar" failed to satisfy the G-spots of many old men in the American Film Academy and still won't win an award.

Wang Shu smiled and said: "Of course I have confidence, but whether I can win the award ultimately depends on the college." The British reporter also smiled when he heard this.

As we all know, as an art film, "Life of Pi" has achieved impressive box office results worldwide despite only being released for a week.

If Wang Shu's answer showed a lack of confidence, it would be completely hypocritical.

The reporter then said: "Life of Pi is a very good movie. I hope it can win an Academy Award."

"Life of Pi" was also registered for the Academy Awards, but the British reporters did not ask about it.

Because, although the British Academy Film Awards is called the British Oscars, it is nothing compared to the Oscars.

The entries for the British Academy Film Awards are almost the same as those for the Oscars, which makes the British Academy Film Awards even more embarrassing.

This is the UK, and British journalists only talk about the British Academy Awards, not the Academy Awards.

Then he asked some more questions, and Wang Shu answered them one by one, ending the conversation.

The premiere was a complete success with a huge crowd.

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Wang Shu did not stay in London for long and flew back to China early the next morning.

On November 11, "Twilight" starring Kristen landed in mainland theaters.

This vampire idol movie that was a big hit in North America did not do well in the East, with only about one million box office on the first day.

In fact, it’s not that the movie is not suitable for the local environment, but the fact that this movie was released last year and was only introduced into China a year later.

In this era, piracy is rampant.

Audiences in the mainland who want to watch this movie have already watched pirated copies on the Internet, so they will not spend money to go to the cinema.

It is inevitable that the box office is not high.

At the same time, Wang Shu was also promoting Pacific Rim.

Compared to his joyous promotion of "Pacific Rim", Zhang Weiping was almost unable to sit still.

With "Life of Pi" in front and "Pacific Rim" in the back, how will "Three Shots Surprise" invested by New Picture survive?
I still had hope before "Life of Pi" was released.

As long as the box office of "Life of Pi" is not satisfactory, "Mr. Right" will have a chance.

Now, it is a foregone conclusion that "Life of Pi" will break 3 million yuan, and there will be the first domestic monster movie to follow.

In addition, Wang Shu is a very talented director, and Zhang Weiping is very worried that the box office of "Three Shots Surprise" will be hit by the pressure of these two films.

But no matter how worried he was, "Three Shots Surprise" was finally released as scheduled.

It is impossible to shift gears.

Zhang Yimou is also a big director and he can't afford to lose face.

On December 12, "Three Shots Surprise" was released.

The national master is a great director after all, especially in this era, he has a strong appeal.

Once the movie was released, the box office reached 1806W on the first day.

Compared with other domestic films, this box office result is truly top-notch.

Especially since "Movies and TV Series" is an art film, its box office has surpassed many domestic Chinese-language films.

However, it is slightly inferior to "Life of Pi" directed by Wang Shu.

"Life of Pi" broke 2000 million yuan on the first day, while "Mr. Little Big Woman" only made 1800 million yuan.

In fact, in the original timeline, the box office of Guo Shi’s "Three Shots Surprise" exceeded 2100 million on the first day of its release.

Now it only has 1800 million, which is really influenced by "Life of Pi".

A week later, the box office of "Three Shots Surprise" exceeded 100 million yuan.

At the same time, Zhang Weiping was interviewed by Yangcheng Evening News.

Yangcheng Evening News: "What is the cumulative box office of "Three Guns" today? Has it met your expectations?"

Zhang Weiping: "Last night's number was 1 million, which was a little short of expectations."

Yangcheng Evening News: "Did you anticipate this before?"

Zhang Weiping: "I expected it, there's nothing much to say about it."

"Nowadays, the most important thing when making a movie is not your own feelings, but the feelings of the people. This is Zhang Yimou's first movie after the Olympics. His contribution to the Olympics has been seen by people all over the country. His personal brand actually far exceeds this box office. Add to that popular stars such as Sun Hongliang, Xiao Shenyang and Yan Ni. The chemical reaction produced by this combination should have achieved higher box office results."

"But things are not going as planned!"

Yangcheng Evening News: "Is it because of Director Wang's Life of Pi and the upcoming Pacific Rim?"

Zhang Weiping did not answer this question, but said: "I am a very confident person. If I see the right thing, I will not go wrong. Starting from "Hero", the marketing projects I started were very targeted, and the following films have never failed. This time, "Three Guns" did not recruit screenwriters in China, but directly introduced Hollywood scripts, so the selection range is very wide. Use foreign things for China's benefit."

The reporter from Yangcheng Evening News understood what Zhang Weiping meant.

In the past two years, people inside and outside the circle have been saying that Wang Shu's films are more Hollywood-style.

Zhang Weiping is trying to show that foreign things can be used for Chinese purposes. The films produced by New Picture are also Hollywood-style.

Simply put, Zhang Yimou's art films are no worse than Wang Shu's in all aspects!

The reporter from Yangcheng Evening News then skipped this topic and asked, "Three Guns has been controversial. What do you think?"

Zhang Weiping: "Controversy is a good thing, because it shows that everyone cares about Yimou's films. Three Guns certainly has symbols that highlight Zhang Yimou. If Hero was about 'water', then Three Guns emphasizes the 'mountains' of the Danxia landform. In addition to the unique story, it is not lacking in depth. Zhang Yimou talks about many hot topics in today's society in the film, such as the withholding of wages for migrant workers and the 'gluttony, clinginess and annoyance' caused by extramarital affairs. As a director, I think the best attitude for making a movie is not to compete with yourself, don't pretend, and don't pretend to be so noble. In fact, you are just an ordinary person."

The reporter from Yangcheng Evening News pursed his lips. Why did these words sound like they were directed at someone?
Then he asked, "How much influence do you think word of mouth has on the box office of a movie?"

Zhang Weiping: "Among the factors that influence audiences to go to the cinema to watch a movie, word of mouth accounts for about 50% to 60%, and the other half comes from the audience's perception. Some audiences will watch the movie no matter what you say, good or bad, as long as they pay attention."

Yangcheng Evening News: "You said that China Film Group has a monopoly on the market. How exactly is that manifested?"

Zhang Weiping: "He can share the profits and get the benefits without spending a penny. China Film Group doesn't actually have many cinema chains, but its biggest power is importing movies. It is well known that it uses the schedule of imported blockbusters to squeeze out domestic blockbusters. If you don't cooperate with him, he will release two imported films in this schedule to compete with you and let the dog bite you."

"'Three Guns' chose to cooperate with Huaxia this time, so it was chased and blocked by imported blockbusters such as '2012' and 'District ' during its release period, as well as some films in which China Film Group participated."

Yangcheng Evening News: "Among the imported blockbusters such as "2012" and "District ", other imported blockbusters besides these two, as well as the films in which China Film participated, do you mean "Life of Pi" and "Pacific Rim"? "

(End of this chapter)