Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

In contrast to "Green Lantern", the European and American markets reported good news about the box office decline during the three days of the second week of "The Universe"'s release.

The second weekend in Europe grossed US$55 million over three days, a slight increase of 10% from the first weekend. The skyrocketing film schedule and the film's reputation maintained the box office data in European countries.

In European and American countries, "The Instant Universe" unexpectedly occupied a high position in the summer movies.

In Asia, the performance of Shanhe and "The Instant Universe" is even more amazing!

Ten days after the film was released, the film had a huge response in East Asian countries. Not only was it topical and widely disseminated, but its influence touched all aspects of society.

In Neon China, the topic of "nihilism" caused by movies continues to ferment, causing more and more people to turn their attention to the thoughts and current situation of the younger generation, and discussions and calls from all walks of life are getting louder and louder.

Many well-known neon writers and literary celebrities have spoken out on the Internet or in the media, suggesting that young people watch the film, praising the original intention of Shanhe's filming and the core theme of the film.

Takeshi Kitano, a big fan of Yamakawa, publicly declared directly on the TV show:

"...Shanhe Jun is a role model that all young people in the East should follow. His genius cannot be imitated by anyone, but his sense of mission and responsibility is admirable. He always uses his works to bring positive impact to society and bring people Come to the direction of life!"

Harukami Muraki also rarely expressed his views on Shanhe and "The Instant Universe" to reporters:

"I got along with Mr. Shanhe for a period of time in Dunhuang. He is a very charming creator. In order to break through his own artistic attainments, he can put aside everything. I watched "The Instant Universe" and I was able to watch it in the movie. I have seen too many elements of Dunhuang murals. In terms of artistic breakthrough, Shanhejun succeeded, and the core of the film is also very touching. I had the same feelings as him in "Norwegian Wood"..."

The famous educator Shirasu Jiro, the president of the University of Tokyo, publicly recommended the movie "The Instant Universe" to young people in a speech:

"...The biggest shortcoming of Neon in the past two decades is not the economic or political malaise, but the fact that the younger generation has lost the correct understanding of themselves and society, and is confused, numb and has no sense of responsibility. Everyone should go and see Shanhe Jun's new movie, I hope everyone can wake up from numbness and confusion and find the meaning of life like Xiulian and Joey in the movie..."

And "The Instant Universe" has indeed attracted neon young people.

During the three-day weekend of its second week of release, Neon’s box office reached an astonishing three billion yen!

The cumulative box office in ten days was 7 billion yen, which is not much different from Neon’s domestic popular anime movies.

The unexpected explosion of neon in "The Instant Universe" made several actors and characters in the movie extremely popular.

Among them, the most popular character is neither the absolute heroine Xiulian nor the funny duo Nicholas and Waymond, but the big devil Joey played by Ma Li!

This character not only reflects the confusion of young people in Neon today, but her various weird looks and spoofs are too in line with the two-dimensional aesthetics of Neon’s younger generation.

Ma Li became very popular in Neon Atypical, and even the peripherals that Disney didn’t pay much attention to were sold very well in Neon.

The figures and costumes of Big Devil Joey are quite popular among young people.

Bang Country is similar to Neon, and "The Instant Universe" is also very topical in its country. There is no shortage of young people in this country who have given up on themselves, including many well-known entertainers in the entertainment industry.

The thoughts and discussions aroused by "The Instant Universe" are also considerable.

Its appeal to young people is not much worse than neon. It also attracted nearly 300,000 people to watch the movie in the cinema over the three days of the second weekend.

Within ten days, the cumulative number of viewers of "The Instant Universe" in the country has approached 700,000.

In Bang Country, the most popular characters have been replaced by the funny duo Nicholas and Wilmund. Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang have soared in popularity in Bang Country.

The most popular variety show "Running Man" in Korea even filmed a special episode of "Instant Universe", with two male hosts Yoo Jae Suk and Kim Jong Kook playing Nicholas and Wimund.

Song Ji Hyo plays Soo Ryeon, and Ha Dong Hoon plays the devil Joey.

In the show, several hosts not only imitated the characters in the movie, but also quoted a lot of funny plots and scenes from the movie.

It triggered laughter all over the baseball country, and the ratings broke through the ceiling of the show.

This program was even spread to China through the Internet. It also amused many domestic netizens and became extremely popular on the Chinese Internet.

In China, not to mention, filmmakers and young movie fans directly put "The Instant Universe" on the altar.

Titles such as "the youngest film master", "representative work of structural postmodernism", "epoch-making Chinese film", etc. can be seen everywhere on the Internet and in print media.

Lian Shanhe's experience in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes has been rumored on the Internet. It feels like Zhang Wuji has practiced the "Nine Yang Magic" and appeared in Guangmingding!

In recent days, the number of tourists in Dunhuang has nearly doubled, and it is even harder to get a ticket to the Mogao Grottoes.

During the three days of the second week of the weekend, domestic theaters have pushed the film schedule of "The Instant Universe" to the extreme, with an average of over 80%.

The film schedules of Hollywood blockbusters such as "Thor" and "Skyrim" were directly reduced to the minimum.

Domestic box office data has also risen to a new level.

Friday, 111 million.

Saturday, 120 million.

Sunday, 115 million.

Breaking 100 million in a single day for three consecutive days!

In just ten days, the domestic box office accumulation of "The Instant Universe" has reached the threshold of one billion: 950 million yuan!

In the three days of the second weekend, "The Instant Universe" reached the peak of box office and word-of-mouth:

The global box office in three days exceeded 190 million US dollars!

The cumulative global box office in ten days was US$550 million. In exclamation, the Hollywood media raised the global box office forecast of "Instant Universe" to US$1 billion.

Filmmakers around the world are lamenting the metamorphosis of mountains and rivers!

Although "The Instant Universe" is called the first 3D live-action comedy movie, the special effects in the movie are indeed several times more sophisticated than the original film.

But compared with the big Hollywood productions and huge investments, there are very few special effects production scenes in the movie, and most of them are real scenes.

Hua Xiaqiu relied on his creativity and his own charisma to push a Chinese comedy movie to a box office height that only Hollywood A-level productions can achieve!

This is even more unreal than the news that the global box office of "Gravity" exceeded 1.9 billion US dollars!

The major producers in Hollywood have secretly made a decision. Huaxia Qiu Te is definitely the biological son of God. His luck is too terrible. In the future, he will still have to avoid watching his movies and watch "Green Lantern", and he will be sent away directly. gone!

Shanhe not only sent away "Green Lantern", but also sent away Time Warner President Jeffrey.

"Green Lantern" failed so miserably that it not only caused huge losses, but also directly pushed the DC movie universe to the edge of the cliff.

This responsibility is too great. Someone must stand up and take the blame, and Jeffrey is the best candidate.

Early Monday morning, Jeffrey submitted his prepared resignation letter to the board of directors.

Although he had a bad premonition before, he really didn't expect that "Green Lantern" would fail so miserably!

What a natural and man-made disaster!

On the same day, Time Warner held a board meeting and accepted Jeffrey's resignation. Former vice president and chief operating officer Richard Parson took over the position of president.

When a new official takes office, three things will happen!

Burn everything to Shanhe!

Richard Parson's first task when taking office is to restore the reputation of the DC Universe and re-plan the entire DC Universe plan.

First of all, Shanhe's "Joker" is the best legacy left to him by Jeffrey. The best way to restore the reputation of the DC Universe is to make a hit movie.

And Shanhe is basically the spokesperson for popular products!

Under the instructions of Richard Parsons, Time Warner quickly ended its dispute with Disney and gave up 5% of its investment share to Chuhe Film and Television in order to start filming "Joker" as soon as possible.

Secondly, Richard Parson started preparations for the reboot of "Superman" in a tough way, and set his directorial target directly on two talented directors, Shanhe and Nolan.

He asked Time Warner's public relations department to arrange a meeting with Shanhe and Nolan as soon as possible, and prepare to personally persuade one of the two to join the "Superman" reboot project.

Third, "The Dark Knight Rises" is scheduled for Christmas this year, and "Catwoman" is directly mentioned as the core character of the DC universe superhero.

According to Richard Person's plan, the role of Catwoman will not only serve as the interactive link between Batman and Superman, but will also bring Shan He and Hathaway, the world's most famous couple, into the DC universe plan. Come.

Richard Parson made up his mind to find a way to get involved with Shanhe.

Hua Xiaqiu’s talent and luck are so great! Invincible!

Richard Parson took a sip of coffee with a comfortable expression on his face in the luxurious office seat of Warner President.

He is very proud of his newly appointed top three talents. If Hua Xia Qiu can become Disney's lucky star, he can also become Warner's lucky star. Nothing is impossible. Warner can still give Hua Xia Qiu what he gets at Disney!

Going with the flow is the right path!

Jeffrey is too indecisive! A few years ago, he proposed to do his best to stop the cooperation between Hu Chuhe Film and Television and Disney, but Jeffrey was always hesitant.

If I had listened to him at that time, we wouldn't be in the current situation!

Well now, Warner is in deep trouble, but Disney is making great strides!

However, he is confident that he can save the situation. Huaxia Qiu and Nolan are the two keys.

Especially Huaxia Qiu, he is a Chinese, and Hollywood is not the foundation for him. Chuhe Film and Television is Huaxia Qiu's concern. Disney and Warner make no difference to Huaxia Qiu!

As long as the hoe is wielded well, there is no corner that cannot be dug down!

Coincidentally!

At the same time, Shanhe, Bruckheimer and Zhong Lifang were also talking and complaining about Warner's various scandalous operations.

"Warner will always do something to destroy its walls when everyone is most optimistic about him. In 1978, Richard Donner's "Superman" became popular in Europe and the United States, but Warner inexplicably excluded him. "Superman 2", as a result, the reputation of "Superman" collapsed, and it has not yet been successfully restarted.

In 1984, Tim Burton successfully brought "Batman" to the big screen, but again, Warner fired Tim. As a result, "Batman" was filmed twice and then collapsed. Nolan, "Batman" will probably be the same as "Superman". I'm really not optimistic about their DC universe plan! "

Shanhe didn't care about Warner's operations and only listened to Bruckheimer's complaints as gossip.

Zhong Lifang on the side asked,

"Jerry, what do you think of the new Warner president? I think he is quite tough!"

"Richard Parson is an old man from Warner. He has a deep foundation in Warner. He is a very resourceful and practical person. His approach to taking office was very direct. He did not get entangled with Disney and quickly finalized the "Joker" project. "Project, stabilize the situation, Qiu, I'm afraid he will have some thoughts on you!"

"Are you interested in me?"

Shanhe looked at Bruckheimer and laughed,

"Why, he still wants me to become a shareholder of Warner?"

"why not?"

Bruckheimer looked at the mountains and rivers and asked,

"For you, what's the difference between Disney and Warner? But I don't recommend that you get involved in Warner's muddy waters. There are too many factions within them, especially after the merger with New Line Cinema. Richard Pablo I'm afraid I won't be able to be the president of Wilson for a few more years, and I'm not very optimistic about Warner's prospects!"

Bruckheimer has been in Hollywood since the 1970s, and it can be said that he knows several major Hollywood companies well.

Faced with the reminder from his old friend, Shanhe smiled and nodded.

"You know, I am not interested in the disputes between the six major Hollywood companies, and I have no interest in the comic book movie universe. I think after filming "Joker", Warner and I won't have much intersection!"

"hehe…"

Bruckheimer shook his head and smiled.

"Qiu, you and Warner have already interacted. Annie is the starring role of Catwoman in Batman. I think Warner can't give up on this superhero. If I were Richard Parson, I would invite Annie as soon as possible to start the project. Catwoman!”

"That's Annie's choice!"

Shanhe smiled when he heard this, "But I will help my wife review the script!"

"Haha... It seems that DC Comics must find a good screenwriter first!"

…

The box office of "The Transient Universe" fell sharply in its third week. The subject matter of the movie is too limited. After all, it is just a sketch-style life comedy.

Even if Shanhe intercepted Future's creativity, adapted the movie in Shanhe style, and even added many different elements, it still could not change the basic attributes of the movie.

On the first working day of the third week, "Ephemeral Universe" closed in North America at a daily price of 11 million U.S. dollars, a drop of more than double.

Tuesday, 10.4 million.

On Wednesday, it fell below 10 million for the first time, to 9.8 million.

The producers and directors in Hollywood finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Hua Xiaqiu finally did not go against the grain!

How embarrassing would it be for them if a 60-million-dollar comedy really produced a scene like "Titanic"!

On Thursday, the box office of "The Instant Universe" dropped another wave of blood, 1.05 million!

During the three-day weekend of its third week, "The Universe" grossed $46 million at the box office.

Compared with last weekend's box office, the box office dropped by more than 70%, but it still dominated the North American weekly box office rankings for three consecutive weeks.

"The Universe" was released in North America for three weeks and 17 days, with a cumulative box office of US$287 million, breaking the box office record for North American comedy movies held by "The Hangover".

The box office in European countries also plummeted in the third week, with a seven-day box office revenue of US$56 million!

On the other hand, box office sales in East Asia and Southeast Asian countries are still very strong.

Neon's seven-day box office in its third week still exceeded 3.5 billion yen, and its cumulative box office exceeded 10 billion.

In the third week of "Bang Country", the flow of people continued unabated. Nearly 400,000 people still walked into the theater to watch the movie, and the cumulative number of viewers has exceeded one million.

Southeast Asian countries also contributed nearly 10 million US dollars in box office revenue throughout the week.

Domestically, like Europe and the United States, the decline has been larger!

The seven-day cumulative box office in the third week will reach 300 million yuan, and it is expected to see a greater decline next week.

Chuhe Film and Television has discussed and analyzed this sudden box office drop:

First, there are too many pirated copies. Needless to say pirated discs, the biggest impact is the high-definition version that appears on the Internet.

Secondly, as Shanhe said, although the film has been significantly adapted by Shanhe, the rhythm, scenes and lines still have a more Hollywood flavor, which makes it feel somewhat disconnected from the domestic status quo, and the audience has some cultural differences.

Thirdly, the movie-watching audience of "The Instant Universe" is relatively narrow. Young people like it, but it does not suit the aesthetics of middle-aged people. It feels a bit too exaggerated and noisy!

Although the movie has suffered a large decline, it is still the undisputed dominance of the domestic schedule. Compared with other movies, "The Instant Universe" is still unstoppable!

The domestic box office has accumulated 1.3 billion in three weeks, breaking the comedy box office record of 1.5 billion just set by "囧" is a foregone conclusion!

"The Universe" has been released globally for three weeks, with a cumulative box office of US$770 million, leaving the former global comedy box office champion "Mama" far behind.

He has reached the top of global comedy movies and has become a veritable "King of Comedy"!

Online and print media in various countries have reported and commented on this.

Film critics from various countries have once again spoken out, making comprehensive discussions on the shooting techniques, innovative breakthroughs and film connotations of "The Universe".

He also issued an appeal to filmmakers from all over the world, hoping to see more similar movies appear in the future, bringing more directions and possibilities to the development of movies!

The media and film critics are still busy adding various definitions to "The Instant Universe", and Shanhe has started a new move here.

On June 27, Warner Pictures, Disney Pictures and Chuhe Films simultaneously announced that Shanhe's new film "Joker" has been approved.

"Joker" is jointly produced by Warner, Disney and Chuhe Film and Television, with an initial budget investment of US$75 million. It is directed by Shanhe screenwriter and stars Heath Ledger.

The movie is expected to start shooting at the end of August, wrap up in November, and be released in the first half of next year.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately became the biggest entertainment news of the day, together with the record-breaking "Instant Universe".

"Failure means Huaxiaqiu, success means Huaxiaqiu. Warner Pictures sees the reality clearly!"

"Warner's new president's new method: If you can't beat him, win him over!"

"Hua Xiaqiu wants to conquer the DC universe? First defeat "Green Lantern" and then defeat "Batman"?"

…

The media reports aroused the interest of the melon-eating people in country M.

Huaxia Qiu is so interesting!

I had just destroyed the superheroes in the DC comics, and after a few days of rest, I turned around and started shooting the big boss in the DC comics. It was interesting!

Comic fans in country M were particularly enthusiastic about it, and fans of Marvel Comics and DC Comics even quarreled over it.

"Hua Xiaqiu is the major shareholder of Disney. If you want to make Marvel comics, you should make Marvel comics. Except for Superman and Batman, all the other superheroes in DC comics are garbage!"

"You're right. Hua Xiaqiu shot "Joker". I guess he also thinks that the DC Comics universe is too rubbish. He chose a villain boss as the protagonist!"

"Marvel comics are rubbish. There are old men looking for death with broken shields, strong-mouthed kings with hammers, and wealthy second-generation losers flying around in iron suits. The most powerful one is actually a green-skinned toad, Superman. One finger can destroy them all!”

"Hua Xiaqiu made "Joker" because of friendship and commitment to Heath Ledger. At least it shows that he likes the story of Batman. The Amazing Avengers is full of popcorn heroes, and no director who pursues it can do that. Choose Marvel Comics!”

"Haha...DC Comics is so awesome, why did they make "Green Lantern" so rubbish?"

"Rogers said it well: Xiulian can defeat ten thousand Green Lanterns! Haha..."

"Nicholas is better than Green Lantern!"

…

"Son of the bith! Just wait and see, Hua Xiaqiu will restore the honor of DC Comics!"

…

Shanhe didn't care what people in M ​​country thought of his new film. After he finished writing the storyboard, he left everything to Bruckheimer and Warner's producer Tim Robert, and couldn't wait to board the flight back to China.

I haven’t seen my son for a month, and I don’t know how much he has grown taller and heavier?

More than ten hours later, the family laughed happily as they watched Shanhe holding the babbling little bear.

The little bear, who is more than four months old, has begun to gradually recognize familiar people. He is not familiar with the silly man in front of him.

He had just woken up, and all he wanted to do was play babbling with Doudou, who was also a drool monster. He didn't want to be hugged by a stranger.

The two small hands were waving towards Shan He's face, with considerable strength.

"Hey! You brat, how dare you hit me!"

Shanhe sticks to the little bear's milky face with one sip.

"I am an old man, I have to remember it clearly in the future!"

"Wow wow..."

The little bear was kissed by Shanhe and cried all of a sudden.

Xie Meiyu on the side quickly took the crying little bear from Shanhe's hand and drooled.

"Who told you to go all the way to country M for a month without leaving your home? Our precious little bear is behaving well, oh oh... look at Doudou here!"

Little Bear, this brat, is very smart. As soon as he got into the familiar grandma's arms, he immediately stopped crying. He looked at grandma with big round eyes and kept saying "baaaah".

"Is your precious grandson complaining to grandma? That's your father. Don't hit him again!"

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Shanhe looked at his son speaking an alien language to Doudou in his grandmother's arms, hugged his wife beside him, and kissed her cheek gently, feeling full of warmth!