China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 305 4 billion in 7.44 days, the mainland explodes all over the world
April 4, Duongquan City, Xishan Province, evening.

Liu Cixin took his wife and daughter to a theater near the city center.

Today is the day when "Passengers in Space" is released. As a deep science fiction fan, Liu Cixin will naturally not be absent from the screening of "Passenger in Space".

It is worth mentioning that just some time ago, the total sales volume of his "Three-Body" series has officially exceeded the 1000 million volume mark, and it has also won high attention abroad.

The reason why his "Three-Body" series has achieved such dazzling results is, first of all, inseparable from the extremely high quality of the novel itself. Secondly, it is undeniable that it is also inseparable from Li Mu's vigorous promotion from time to time.

Li Mu talked about "The Three-Body Problem" more than once in public as his favorite science fiction novel, and Liu Cixin was his favorite science fiction writer.

With Li Mu's current status and influence, his vigorous promotion, and the excellent quality of the novel itself, the sales of the novel were naturally out of control.

The biggest regret is that Liu Cixin's wife and daughter have never read his novels. Liu Cixin understands this. Women all over the world have little interest in science fiction themes.

But who doesn't want his wife and daughter to like his work very much, right?

Strange to say, my wife and daughter are obviously not very interested in science fiction themes, but they are very obsessed with Huashang science fiction movies.

This is true from "Inception" to "Gravity".

Just like today.

It was my daughter who insisted on dragging the couple to watch the movie.

After the film officially started, my daughter expressed her sincere admiration for the vast and boundless universe scene in the film, especially when the spaceship passed by Arcturus, the huge and shocking ultra-close-up star picture made Liu Jing, Liu’s daughter, couldn’t help but sigh. exclaimed.

When a family of three came out of the theater, their daughter Liu Jing chattered about the plot all the way. It is true that "Passengers" is a science fiction blockbuster, but its large content about human nature, men and women, and love can also arouse the interest of non-science fiction audiences. .

"Li Lianhua did a great job."

"But I always feel that Duan Yihong's leading actor is too selfish."

"I accidentally woke up and had to live alone in the spaceship for the rest of my life. It's very pitiful, but being pitiful is not an excuse to drag the heroine into the water."

"But the movie is still very good. By the way, Dad, don't you have a good relationship with Li Mu? Most of the copyrights of your novels have been sold to director Li Mu. Why doesn't he make your novels?"

"Hey, I don't know when I can see Dad's novel in theaters."

The daughter's words successfully made Liu Cixin lose sleep.

Yes, when can Li Mu film his novel?Or is it that the value of his novels is not high enough?To be honest, "Passengers" is indeed very good, but Liu Cixin feels that if his novel can also be filmed, it will definitely not be worse than "Passengers"!

"How about I call Li Mu and ask? Forget it! Let alone the cost of tens of millions of dollars, Li Mu must have his own plan!"

……

The domestic box office of "Passengers" was 1.58 million on the first day, 2.65 million on the next day, 2.21 million on the third day, and 0.91 million on the fourth day. The total box office in the four days of premiere and zero-hour screenings was 7.44 million, and Maoyan predicted a box office of 19.3 billion.Perhaps looking at this number alone, it is not that impressive to domestic audiences who are used to seeing Huashang movies with box office of 27 billion or even more than 30 billion, but for director Guo Fan, it is already a qualitative growth.

It is not uncommon for directors of the Hua Shang family to achieve box office miracles, and "Space Passenger" itself is far from a miracle, but "Space Passenger" and "Lost in Thailand", "Monster Hunt", "The Richest Man in Xihong City" and so on After all, it is different. Although the latter is rare, after all, as long as there is a complete script, many directors can shoot it.

"Space Passenger" is different. Although the film has problems of one kind or another, it is a very rare sci-fi blockbuster after all. It can even be said that the entire China, except for Li Mu himself, can make sci-fi movies with this effect Yes, this is Guo Fan.

Then the domestic audience was excited.

"To be honest, there is still a certain gap with the works of director Li Mu. However, this is only Guo Fan's second work in Huashang, okay? It is said that Chinese science fiction movies can compete with Hollywood. Yes, these Nian Hua Shang's sci-fi movies have indeed become a hit all over the world, but in the end, aren't these brilliant works all the work of director Li Mu? A single tree cannot make a forest, and the rise of director Guo Fan is of great significance!"

"The film is 3.5 stars. I personally give it 5 stars. Who said that Li Mu is the only one in China who can make real science fiction? Isn't the successor here?"

"Maoyan predicts 19.3 billion? Well, Maoyan predicts that its own films have always been conservative, and everyone understands it!"

The release of "Passengers" is definitely not as exciting as "Gravity" and "The Martian" back then, and the sensation it caused is not as big as "The Richest Man in Xihong City" which was just released not long ago, but for Chinese science fiction fans, the film is It is of great significance. In the small circle of science fiction, director Guo Fan began to receive a lot of attention.

At the same time, the first week box office of "Passengers" in North America was also released.

2450 million U.S. dollars, ranking second this weekend.

The No. 2470 film is called "Revenge of the Rival", and its first weekend box office was 20 million US dollars, which is only [-] US dollars higher than "Space Passenger". This disappointed Guo Fan, who was also looking forward to winning the North American championship.

However, the first weekend's 2450 million US dollars is actually quite good. After all, the leading actor of the film can be regarded as having any influence in North America. Li Lianhua has a certain influence, but after all, he still cannot be compared with local North American stars.

Ranked third is "Captain America 2", with a box office of 1700 million US dollars this weekend, but it has been released for a month and a half at this time, and its cumulative North American box office has reached an astonishing 2.3 million US dollars.

The overseas performance of "Passengers" is not only concerned by people at Huashang Media, but also by ordinary netizens.

In recent years, the entire Internet has been talking about Chinese films conquering the world, and Chinese films standing up to Hollywood, but who doesn’t understand that the Chinese films here actually refer to films directed by Li Mu?

In addition, do Huaxia Films have any works that have exploded in the global market?

Three works such as "John Wick", "Source Code" and "Shark Tank" actually performed well overseas, but they are far from being big hits. I wonder if "Passengers" will work this time!

As a result, the North American box office in the three days of the first weekend was 2450 million US dollars, and there was another 3500 million US dollars outside North America. In this way, the cumulative overseas box office reached 5950 million US dollars in the three days of release.

It is only 50 US dollars to break 6000 million. According to past experience and word-of-mouth of the film, the overseas box office of "Space Passenger" is at least 3 million US dollars.

If it is calculated at 3 million U.S. dollars, plus the domestic box office—even if it is calculated at 20 billion U.S. dollars, it will be less than 3 million U.S. dollars!
In other words, the total global box office of "Space Passenger" is likely to be 5 million to 6 million US dollars?
In addition to director Li Mu, is China going to produce another director who can make $6 million in box office?
For a while, the Internet was boiling.

China's film industry is boiling.

Li Lianhua and Duan Yihong are on fire!
All the big and small stars across the country are inevitably jealous.

It is said that celebrities love to play tricks in Hollywood blockbusters, as if as long as they show their faces in Hollywood blockbusters, they are considered to have international influence.

So is a film like "Passengers", which is likely to have a global box office of US$5-6 million, as good as the last Hollywood blockbuster?

It's so worth it!

We can't easily grab a movie directed by Li Mu, but it shouldn't be that hard to grab a movie directed by Guo Fan, right?Who knows when Director Guo's next film will start?
"Space Passenger" has not yet been released, and many actors' small thoughts have already started to move ahead of time.

……

Beijing City, the crew of "Let's Get Married".

After finishing the day's shooting mission, Li Mu opened the Maoyan movie and looked at the data of "Passengers", then nodded with satisfaction, and then he suddenly thought: "Liu Cixin of The Original Spacetime will win the Hugo Award next year, right? No. I know whether he can still win the award in this time and space."

"Maybe it's time for the company to launch the "Wandering Earth" project!"

And then there's Edge of Tomorrow.

"John Wick 2", which was launched in the second half of last year, has been officially completed some time ago. Next, will Wu Jing be arranged to play "Wolf Warrior 2" or "John Wick 3" immediately after?
Li Mu thought for a moment, then shook his head. Neither film was very suitable. Then Li Mu thought of the script he had been working on for several years - "Edge of Tomorrow".

(End of this chapter)