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Chapter 398: No one can fight, Changcheng is far ahead

Looking at the entertainment news about the withdrawal of "Lost in Thailand", Li Yu smiled happily.

The promise Zhang Yingmou made at the premiere may have come true.

Five hundred million is just the starting point of "The Great Wall", not the end point.

Li Yu set the expected performance at 500 million, mainly considering the new theme and the powerful dark horse "Lost in Thailand".

Although the expectation of 500 million is a bit conservative, if Lost in Thailand is released, it will be difficult for The Great Wall to completely suppress Lost in Thailand.

The best result is a slight lead.

As a result, the strong rise of "Lost in Thailand" will inevitably squeeze the screening volume of "The Great Wall", affecting the final performance of "The Great Wall".

The situation that allowed "Lost in Thailand" to escape was very favorable for "The Great Wall".

The entire Lunar New Year period in 2012 was a favorable situation with no strong competitors.

Without "Lost in Thailand", Feng Xiaogang's "1942" is on the sidelines.

The rest include "The Grandmaster", "The Banquet", "The Guillotines" starring Huang Xiaoming, "Drug War" starring Johnnie To, etc.

Li Yu could only say this: none of them were capable of fighting, and they posed no threat to The Great Wall.

"The Grandmaster" is considered one of the better ones among them, but that's all.

It was released once more later, and the total global box office for the two releases was only about 4 million.

This big Hong Kong production featuring a galaxy of superstars made the investors lose so much money that they wanted to go to the roof.

"The Great Wall" was like a tiger breaking into a flock of sheep during the 2012 Lunar New Year holiday.

"Li Yu, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but 40 million on the first day, it's not like we haven't achieved such a result before, are you smiling so happily?"

Da Tiantian rolled her eyes. She thought that Li Yu was smiling like a fool just now because of the box office.

"You've become too proud, and now even 40 million on the first day is not worth your while?
Also, I want to remind you that I am not laughing because of the 40 million box office on the first day, but because Lost in Thailand was withdrawn from the theaters. "

"Lost in Thailand?"

Da Tiantian obviously didn't expect to get this answer, and her expression was full of surprise.

But she did know that Li Yu attached great importance to "Lost in Thailand".

Li Yu had mentioned to her before that Feng Xiaogang's "1942" was nothing, and Xu Zheng's "Lost in Thailand" was the real rival worthy of attention.

"Is Lost in Thailand that great? Our The Great Wall made 40 million on its first day. We don't need to be afraid of it even if it is released."

Da Tiantian, who doesn't understand the reason, thinks Li Yu overestimates "Lost in Thailand".

Li Yu looked at the innocent Da Tiantian and shook his head.

Da Tiantian didn’t understand the value of the box office of 36 million on the first day and over 1 billion after 21 days of release.

“You’ll understand when Lost in Thailand is released.”

Li Yu only said this one sentence.

If Lost in Thailand had missed the Lunar New Year holiday, it is highly likely that it would not have achieved the same results as before.

However, relying on the quality of "Lost in Thailand" and the reputation established by its predecessor, it is still not a problem for it to become a dark horse, and it is also certain that Xu Zheng and Guangdong will make huge profits.

"According to what you said, Lost in Thailand has been withdrawn, and our biggest rival has disappeared. Wouldn't The Great Wall have a better development?"

Da Tiantian grasped the key point and asked.

"Of course, didn't I say before that my expectation for the first film is 500 million? Without any rivals, the final result may far exceed this number.

You heard it right, it’s not just a little bit better, it’s far better.”

Li Yu said happily.

He even wanted to thank Xu Zheng for giving him the 2012 Lunar New Year box office.

In the next few days, the trend of "The Great Wall" will move in the direction predicted by Li Yu.

The Grandmaster, written by screenwriter Xu Haofeng, director Wang Sunjing, and martial arts director Yuan Heping, was highly anticipated before its release. In fact, on the first day of its release, the Grandmaster did not disappoint everyone, taking away 30 million yuan in the single-day box office in front of The Great Wall.

However, "The Grandmaster" did not last long and only lasted for one day. It started to go downhill from the second day. The film received mixed reviews.

Those who speak well of it praise it to the skies, while those who speak ill of it criticize it to the point of being worthless.

Anyway, it is a fact that everyone can see that the box office of this movie has been declining.

The King of Sunglasses, a masterpiece that took eight years to prepare and three years to shoot and produce, did not bring any surprises to the audience and investors.

The performance of its peers was not very good, which was in effect an assist for "The Great Wall".

These days, the box office of "The Great Wall" has remained stable at over 40 million every day.

After the performance of "The Grandmaster" declined, theaters further increased the screening of "The Great Wall", allowing the single-day box office of "The Great Wall" to exceed 50 million.

"The Great Wall" has already taken the lead in the 2012 Lunar New Year box office.

Under such circumstances, it is natural that audiences prefer "The Great Wall" when buying tickets.

Many audiences just go with the flow. They will go to see whatever movie they hear is popular. The most popular movie right now is undoubtedly "The Great Wall".

A week later, the weekly report of "The Great Wall" came out, and it successfully won a box office of 3.1 million yuan, leaving the second place far behind.

"The biggest dark horse of the Lunar New Year box office has emerged, and that is The Great Wall, directed and written by Li Yu.

Li Yu has once again proved with his works and achievements that he is the new king of commercial films in China."

“The national teacher’s prediction was correct; 500 million is just the beginning of The Great Wall, not the end.

It has earned 3.1 million in just one week. Let's wait and see what kind of surprises The Great Wall can bring us next."

In addition to media reports, Li Yu's fans and ordinary audiences also expressed their opinions.

"It's so exciting. I have to say Director Li has a great eye for selecting actors.

It was really a good choice to find Fu Dalong to play the role of the First Emperor. I felt as if I was seeing a historical figure walking out of a history book.”

"The special effects and scenes are really great, and the most important thing is the plot. To be honest, after I came out of the cinema, I wanted to kick every trash can and telephone pole on the roadside. The plot of leading the human race to rebel against the heaven with flesh and blood is too exciting."

“I have already watched the first part, and now I am looking forward to the second part. After all, the second part is the real battle of the Great Wall.

It’s a pity that the movie has too many special effects, so it probably won’t be released for a while, and I’m going to be starving for movies.”

……

Huayi.

Feng Xiaogang no longer has any temper towards the media and netizens for once again giving Li Yu the honorary title of King of Commercial Films.

Although I don't want to admit it, it is a fact that Li Yu is currently the most box office-appealing and best-selling film director.

But he was still not convinced in his heart. He admitted that Li Yu was very strong and he did not think he was worse than Li Yu.

He felt that his academic performance in recent years was not as good as Li Yu's, except that he had started to dabble in art.

In many cases, playing art means losing some commerciality.

If he goes back to making Feng-style comedies, he will still be the king of Lunar New Year films and the king of commercial films.

Seeing the success of "The Great Wall", Feng Xiaogang had an idea in his mind.

How about his next film be a classic Feng comedy?

He didn't believe that he, the king of Lunar New Year films, would really lose to Li Yu in a head-on confrontation.

The second part of "The Great Wall" has too many special effects and will not be released in the short term.

His next Feng-style comedy will be a head-on confrontation with the second part of "The Great Wall".

Let’s see whether the king of new commercial films is stronger, or the Feng-style comedies of the old-fashioned Lunar New Year films are stronger.

In order to achieve this goal and prove himself, Feng Xiaogang plans to go back and join forces with the screenwriter who once helped him reach the top.

(End of this chapter)