Chapter 606: Nothing Can Stop It
In the days that followed, box office data from overseas markets came back one after another.
In North America, a total of three new films were released on the 14th, "Dayu Controls the Water" produced by Longlin and distributed by Warner, Sony's "Spider-Man: Parallel Universe" and Universal's "Predator City: Deadly Engine".
Among them, "Dayu Controls the Water" opened in 3,972 theaters, with a revenue of 34.3 million US dollars on the first day and 102.3 million in the first three days of the weekend. It is incomparable with "Black Panther", a North American hit of more than 70 million on the first day and nearly 292 million in the first three days of the first weekend, and the home advantage of others is too strong.
But Lu Lin really doesn't think "Black Panther" has any meaning, especially the duel for the throne, which looks quite dramatic.
However, there are no heavyweight blockbusters in North America this week, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is an animated version with a limited audience, and the first weekend box office of $35.4 million ranks second on this week's box office list, and the first is naturally "Dayu Controls the Water".
For this achievement, Lu Lin, other executives of Longlin Pictures, the domestic public, and even the media and people in North America are not surprised.
After "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun" was introduced into the North American market, Lu Lin's works gradually had a fixed audience, and it was difficult to come up with a big hit, but fortunately, the results were stable most of the time, and three or four billion could always be obtained in North America.
really wants to come up with a big hit, it is estimated that "Three-Body Problem 2" will have to be joined by heavyweight Hollywood movie stars.
On the European side, unexpectedly the evaluation of "Dayu Controls the Water" is very high, especially the plot of the Kun thief who built an embankment to block the river, but was finally killed by the fire god Zhu Rong sent by the Emperor of Heaven, which always reminds them of Prometheus.
In addition, the special effects scene is indeed grand, and in the eyes of many Europeans, the scene of God destroying the world with a flood is just like that. and then attracted people's word of mouth, triggering a wave of movie-watching craze.
Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, as the basic market of Longlin Pictures, have always had a very stable box office performance.
In the mainland market, "Dayu Controls the Water" is reaping huge box office every day, but it can't stop the upcoming new films.
"Weather Forecast" and "Ip Man's Biography" are a little bit of a highlight. The former is starring Xiao Yang, Xiao Shen Yang, Chang Yuan and other comedy stars, and the latter is led by Zhang Jin, who is famous for "The Grandmaster".
Kung fu movies have long since declined, but comedy movies are often hits.
Xiao Yang is also favored by the market because of his outstanding performance in "Love Saint" and "Detective Chinatown 2". Even if it is not as good as Shen Teng, it should always be compared to the big expansion, some film company bosses think.
After the release of clinker, the word-of-mouth of "Weather Forecast" collapsed, with a comic score of 3.9, a proper bad movie, which surprised the market.
In fact, if you look at the main creative lineup, you can roughly think of the quality of the film, the main actors: Du Juan, Wang Xiaoli, Chang Yuan, Yi Yunhe, special starring: Xiao Shen Yang, Yue Yunpeng, none of them can be called outstanding in acting skills.
Many viewers tend to ignore the acting skills of comedians, but actually excellent comedians usually have convincing acting skills.
Not to mention, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" exploded at the box office because of Shen Teng, but if another person plays it, there is a high probability that it will become a bad movie.
is a batch of new films on December 21, which can be regarded as the annihilation of the whole army.
And the mainland box office of "Dayu Controls the Water" also quickly broke through 2 billion and 3 billion, moving towards the 4 billion mark, so that some media issued an article saying that there is no one in the Chinese film industry who can stop Lu Lin's footsteps, and only Lu Lin himself can stop him, and only "Living Together in Time and Space" released on Christmas is "Living Together in Time and Space".
On Sunday, the 23rd, Longlin Pictures will hold the premiere of the new film "Living Together in Time and Space" in the lecture hall of Beijing Jianzhu University.
Because it is a low-cost film, the box office is expected to be limited, and the publicity and distribution costs must be saved. The gymnasium couldn't be visited, and the theaters were busy making money, so the premiere location was finally chosen in the school auditorium.
"Hey, why do you think Director Lu wants to bring the movie to our premiere? I still want to take my girlfriend to see it on Christmas Eve!"
In the dormitory, a rugged boy sat on the top bunk bed, swinging his arm and wondering.
The bunk also said, "That's it, after reading this at school, I have to find another reason on Christmas Eve!"
The one next to him couldn't stand it anymore, "Hey, I said can we stop bragging? Before you two say this, can you find the girl who is willing to watch a movie with you?"
The top bunk said, "You are so nagging, it's easy to have no friends!"
"Oh, don't talk about this, the event is about to start, let's get over quickly!" So the few jumped out of bed, put on thin cotton pants and down jackets, and went out in the direction of the auditorium.
Along the way, the students who went to the direction of the auditorium were like a torrent. Groups of three or five, chattering.
Some said: It is said that celebrities are not as good-looking as on the screen, and they don't know what Lu Lin is like in reality?
"I've been to see it, it's pretty tall and handsome. It's a girl, I'm not as good as on the screen!"
"Why did Director Lu suddenly cooperate with her? I still like the "Origin of the White Snake" that he played with Da Xiangyan!"
"Me too, Xu Xuan and Xiaobai are so touching!"
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The premiere was scheduled for 2 p.m., and Lu Lin was around 1:40 p.m., taking a bus to the front of the auditorium. Because the cast is small, there was no red carpet ceremony, just a few business vehicles, which pulled the creators over.
The girl who was sitting next to Lu Lin, looking out of the car window, the students who still maintained a warm smile in the cold wind, couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, when I see them, I feel old!"
Lu Lin wanted to be relieved, but after thinking about it, this 83-year-old was one year older than himself, so he said: "But you have a young mentality, only nineteen!"
But it was a stalk in the movie, after Gu Xiaojiao, played by Yaya, was deceived, the police came to record the case and asked her how old she was. Say nineteen, ask again, thirty-one!
"If it's really nineteen, how nice it would be!" said the girl casually, looking out the window, a little distracted.
Lu Lin saw that her tone was lost, and looked at her face, no matter how delicate the makeup was, it couldn't hide the natural aging. Counting her age again, even Lu Lin himself trembled in his heart and remained silent.
Escorted by security personnel, the group entered the main venue. The leaders of their own school received them, and in their words, they praised Lu Lin and Xu Zheng a lot, of course, they were just polite words to listen to.
The mental journey of the premiere link is to share some interesting stories during filming. For example, Xu Zheng talked about his dough pulling link, saying that rubber bands were used in filming. said that he found a fifteen-year-old noodle master to learn, but he could only learn four or five out of ten from others, and he always "crossed" when shooting, and there was no way, so he used rubber strips, referred to as ......!