China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 164 No. [-] in the world, No. [-] in North America
Li Mu's office.

"The single-day box office performance of "Gravity" in the domestic market has rebounded significantly in the past two days. According to the current development trend, the domestic box office of the film is likely to exceed 14 billion yuan." Assistant Chen Zhixi couldn't hide her excitement.

Li Mu nodded and said: "The global release of "Avatar" has a big impact on the performance of "Gravity" in the global market, but it is a big boost to the domestic market."

Chen Zhixi said: ""Avatar" is a sensation in the world, and the concept of 3D movies has further penetrated into the hearts of the people. Countless viewers who were not too interested in the concept of 3D movies before this time really can't hold back their curiosity anymore. But "Avatar" was released in China. The date is more than half a month later than the global date, so all viewers who are interested in 3D movies because of "Avatar" in this half a month, if they want to see the style of 3D movies first, they can only choose to watch "Gravity" first. "It's gone."

Li Mu said with a smile: "I didn't expect this schedule to have such an unexpected effect."

On December 2009, 12, the movie "Avatar" was officially released worldwide.

The beautiful planet Pandora, the incomparable 3D effect, the amazing floating mountain, and the immersive shock when the protagonist rides Elanca, and the magical application of facial capture technology in the movie.

It even includes the audience base laid by "Gravity" in advance-all these factors are superimposed, and "Avatar" is bound to be born in a manner that shocks the world.

"The Skymen send a message that they can do whatever they want and no one can stop them, and we have a message for them too. Set off like the wind and gather the other tribes, say that Turok Makedo is calling them, follow me Come, fly! My brothers and sisters, we want to prove to the people of the sky that they can't do whatever they want, here——is our land!"

This line in "Avatar" can be regarded as one of the most classic speech scenes in film history, and it has made countless people excited.

In just one month, two 3D visual blockbusters that shocked the world were released one after another - "Gravity" and "Avatar" naturally became objects of comparison among movie fans around the world.

"Avatar" is the work of director James Cameron who has honed his sword for 14 years, and it is technically the pinnacle. A fictional planet dedicated to a Na'vi language.

And "Gravity"?

Although it was released more than a month earlier than "Avatar", in the original world, this movie did not really come out until three years after "Avatar" was released.

As a later work, "Gravity" can be said to stand on the shoulders of "Avatar".Many of its shooting techniques and technologies are actually ahead of "Avatar".

As a traveler from 2025 and a director with more than ten years of experience as a photographer, Li Mu is naturally familiar with the development of the shooting techniques of later generations.

Although due to the limitation of realistic conditions, many shooting techniques of later generations cannot be applied at present, but there are also quite a few innovative techniques based on existing conditions that have been applied by Li Mu to the shooting, and the effect can be called a stroke of magic.

Therefore, when global audiences compare the two movies, they cannot form a one-sided situation anyway.

Soon, details of the box office rankings for the sixth week of North American release of "Gravity" and the first week of "Avatar" North American release will be released.

On the first weekend of its global release, "Avatar" officially ended the five-time North American box office championship of "Gravity" with a box office score of 8600 million US dollars in the first weekend.

"Gravity" came in second with $3800 million.

So far, the North American box office of "Gravity" has officially exceeded the US$5 million mark, reaching US$5.328 million, and its global box office has reached US$14.3 billion.

紧接着，2009年的12月25日-12月27日。

"Avatar" was released in its second week, and "Gravity" was released in its seventh week.

"Avatar" achieved its second consecutive top spot in the North American box office with a box office of 8400 million US dollars at the weekend without any suspense. The two-week decline of only 2.4% shocked the world film circle.

At the same time, in the seventh week of its release, "Gravity" earned a total of US$3100 million at the box office in the North American market, ranking third on the North American box office list that week.

至此《地心引力》北美总票房正式突破6亿美元大关，达到6.02亿美元；全球总票房正式突破15亿美元大关，达到15.6亿美元；国内总票房正式突破14亿元，达到14.7亿。

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SINA entertainment.

Xiao Zhang and his colleagues now have to check the latest box office data of "Gravity" at least three times a day. Everyone also went from "What's the situation?" at the beginning, to "Fuck!" Can it be more awesome?", and finally developed into "Can I check the data on my knees?".

But no matter how awesome the legend is, it will end one day.

Now that the box office trend of "Gravity" has shown signs of decline, Xiao Zhang and his colleagues can't help being both excited and regretful.

The excitement is that everyone has witnessed the birth of a miracle, but it is a pity that "Gravity" still cannot surpass the box office of "Titanic" after all, and cannot officially take over the title of "King of the World" from James Cameron.

At present, it seems that James Cameron is most likely to break the global box office record of "Titanic"!
The box office trend of "Avatar" is really great, even better than the miracle "Gravity"!

"It's a pity. It would be great if it could surpass "Titanic". Then the number one film in the history of the world will be a Chinese movie! It's a pity."

"Be content! Before director Li Mu, who in the whole of Asia knew what it was like to be on the top [-] box office in the world's film history? There is not a single film in the whole of Asia! But what about this year? Although it includes re-screening part of the box office, it is only one year In that time, six films from Asia have been on the list! Well, all six films are directed by Li Mu, and two of Li Mu's works are in the top ten, and "Gravity" even directly ranked second in the world-so we can say , such a heaven-defying result, what else can we regret?"

"It's really awesome, but I can't be the first. I still feel a little regretful in my heart."

"No need, Li Mu is still young, there will always be number one."

After discussing with his colleagues for a while, Xiao Zhang turned and returned to his desk. As usual, he searched the Internet for the latest North American box office data.

Suddenly his eyes lit up, and then he turned to his colleagues and said, "The North American box office chart came out last weekend, and "Gravity" slipped to third place—wait a minute, what's going on?"

"what happened?"

Colleagues gathered together after hearing the words.

Xiao Zhang's hand pointing at the computer screen began to tremble slightly: "Look carefully!"

Colleagues were a little confused when they saw that Xiao Zhang was so excited.

"Gravity" has a global box office of 14.7 billion US dollars, which is awesome, but there is still a big gap from "Titanic"-what is there to be excited about?

At this time, Xiao Zhang started to stutter slightly:

"Look, North America... North American box office... $6.2 million!"

"I see, what's the matter?" Colleagues still couldn't understand why Xiao Zhang was so excited.

Xiao Zhang's face turned red:
"If... I remember correctly, the box office of the current North American film history... champion is 6 million US dollars!"

"Om" sound.

Colleagues suddenly felt their scalps go numb!
That is to say, although "Gravity" failed to be the number one box office in global film history, it miraculously achieved the number one achievement in North American film history? !

In the Yankee market, a Chinese film has become the number one in film history?
Not even the champion of the year, but the champion of film history!

"Hold!"

"Hold on, don't get excited, check right away, is the number one in North American film history worth 6 million dollars!"

"You don't need to look it up, everyone, the news from North America has already been reported. The previous champion of North American film history was "Titanic", with a North American box office of 6.01 million US dollars, and "Gravity" with 6.02 million US dollars. It is indeed the first! "

"Hurry up and publish, breaking news!"

"Don't get excited, this is just a preliminary statistic. Usually, the box office figures will be revised after a few days. In the past, the champion became the runner-up after the revision, and the runner-up became the champion after the correction."

"It's okay, it's okay, "Gravity" hasn't been released yet, even if it is corrected to lose a little box office in a few days, the follow-up box office revenue can make up for it!"

"The box office of "Avatar" is too strong. I estimate that the record of "Gravity" will last for at most 6 weeks."

"Even if it only lasts for one day, our Chinese film will appear as the box office champion in North American film history!"

"It makes sense!"

……

The TV series "Myth".

Hu Ge sat on the ponytail and said: "I never cared about the North American box office charts and global box office charts before, but now I have to look at them every day."

Ren Quan also found a small Mazha from the side to sit down, and said, "Who said it wasn't? Director Li Mu was really too aggressive this time, and he went straight to the second place in the global film history box office list. It's too scary."

Zhang Shi, who played Zhao Gao, also came over and said: "It's a pity that I didn't get the first place, otherwise it would be so beautiful."

"It's a pity!" Brother Hu shook his head.

"What a pity!" Ren Quan nodded.

"What a pity!" Zhang Shi sighed.

At this time, Bai Bing, dressed in a white ancient costume, came over with a few bottles of energy drinks:

"Brother Zhang, Brother Quan, and Brother Hu, come drink some water."

The three of them took the drinks respectively, and Brother Hu smiled and asked, "Oh, that's not right, Bai Bing, you call them both Brothers, and just call them by my name, we can't favor one over another like this."

Bai Bing rolled his eyes and said: "Who told you to use such a name to take advantage of others? It's normal to call someone else's surname + brother, but it's normal to call someone else's name + brother. It's normal to call you brother. "

Now the four of them were all amused by Bai Bing.

Finally, Ren Quan asked:
"By the way, Bai Bing, why did you think of buying drinks and snacks for the crew again?"

Bai Bing smiled and said: "Because I'm happy, the news I just saw, my brother and boss is the first in film history."

Ren Quan was surprised and asked: "Director Li Mu? He has already been number one in China, and he is still far behind in foreign countries, right?"

Bai Bing smiled and said, "It's not far, it's already surpassed. According to the news I just saw, Shige is number one in North American film history."

Ren Quan, Brother Hu, and Zhang Shi looked at each other a few times, then Brother Hu took out his mobile phone, entered relevant keywords and clicked search.

"I saw the news. The latest global box office of "Gravity" directed by Li Mu is 14.7 billion US dollars, and the North American box office is 6.02 million US dollars, surpassing the North American box office record of 1997 million US dollars released by "Titanic" in 6.01, officially reaching the top. -"

Brother Hu looked up at several people, and then continued after a while: "Top one in North American box office chart history!"

The three of them felt a heat flowing in their chests, as if they suddenly had the legendary internal force.

Is this the first in North American film history?
Awesome!
"No. [-] in the world, No. [-] in North America!" Ren Quan's novel muttered.

Obviously this news shocked him enough.

Not far away, Tong Liya unscrewed the functional drink in her hand and took a small sip. Her eyes fell on Bai Bing, who was busy distributing drinks and snacks to everyone, and a trace of envy flashed in her eyes.

Bai Bing is not an acting professional, but he is the heroine in the first place.

How many actors who are serious and professional in acting have nothing to film.

Being an actor is a very cruel profession. 90.00% of the people in the industry are struggling to make ends meet with extremely meager income. Tong Liya is not too miserable, but she can never say how good she is.

Why does Baibing have such good resources?
It is said that it is because she is the junior sister of director Li Mu, but this junior sister is somewhat misnamed.

I heard that Bai Bing was director Li Mu's freshman after graduating from the University of Western France. The two had never even met each other in college, but with such a relationship, Bai Bing can occasionally blurt out a sentence, that is, This sentence of senior brother will make no one in the entire crew dare to underestimate her.

"The role of Concubine Yu was selected by Director Li for me. So he should have a good impression of me. When "Mythology" is finished, should I also take the initiative to find him? If I can sign into Director Li's If the company..."

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["Gravity" won the first place in North American film history! ! ! 】

[Second in the global box office list and first in the North American box office list, has "Gravity" been seriously overrated? 】

[Director Li Mu's die-hard fan said bluntly: "Gravity", the number one film in North American film history, is actually far inferior to another director Li's film - that is, "Inception"! 】

["Titanic" abdicated, and the Chinese film "Gravity" became the top box office chart in North American film history! 】

["Gravity" broke the record of "Titanic" in North American film history and successfully became the champion of North American film history! 】

[The pioneer of the global 3D movie storm - director Li Mu and his "Gravity"! 】

[Director Li Mu said bluntly in an interview: ""Gravity" is probably the highest peak of my directing career in my life."]

The fact that it is the first in North American film history is simply entertainment news at the level of a nuclear bomb, especially for Chinese netizens.

Almost overnight:
On the Internet, the whole people are boiling.

Inside the circle, they were dumbfounded.

Especially the domestic directors and actors couldn't believe their eyes.

The God-like "Titanic" was won by director Li Mu just like that?

Especially those actresses who are interested in developing internationally, they have brainstormed ways to impress Li Mu with a few G's.

……

Li Mu's office.

In the afternoon, Li Mu returned here after being interviewed by a blockbuster program on CCTV. Shen Li, the person in charge of Maoyan Films, came to report to Li Mu on the company's development.

"Mr. Li, before the release of "Gravity", the proportion of online ticket purchases in the country was 2.3%. After some time ago, tickets were hard to find and scalpers raised prices. Now more and more people have realized the advantages of online ticket purchases. .As of last weekend, the proportion of domestic online ticket purchases has increased to 6.4%, and of this 6.4%, our Maoyan movies accounted for more than 6% of the share."

Li Mu nodded: "The development is good, continue to maintain, and the development of mobile Internet products must be paid special attention to."

"Ok."

After Shen Li left, Li Mu began to think about the development track of Maoyan Movie in his previous life.

Before 2014 in the original time and space, despite the powerful stimulation of "Avatar", in fact, online ticket purchases did not really enter the vision of most ordinary audiences.

It was in 2014 that Maoyan Films monopolized the source of the film through tens of millions of subsidies after obtaining the joint distribution rights of "Heart Blossoms". The proportion of ticket purchases began to expand rapidly.

Ticket compensation is a big killer, but Li Mu doesn't really want to use this tactic for the time being, but if any competitor doesn't open his eyes and use this tactic to deal with Maoyan, then Li Mu, who has a lot of cash in his left hand and right hand, will naturally not fight with him. Be polite.

　Thanks to "boring middle-aged man" for the reward.

　
(End of this chapter)