Chapter 194. Chinese box office record

From October 1st to 3rd, "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" earned $120 million in three days, topping the North American weekend box office list and setting a new record for the opening of North America in October.

Opened in 53 overseas markets, and swept $152.2 million in the first week of release, setting a new record for overseas openings in October. "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" has reached a total of $298 million at the global box office in its first weekend, setting a new global record for opening in October.

On October 10, 10 days after its release, the cumulative box office of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" in North America has reached 230 million US dollars. On October 10, "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" topped the North American weekend box office list with $65 million in three days.

As of Sunday, the cumulative global box office of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" has reached $544 million, becoming the global box office champion of Marvel Studios this year. On October 20, 20 days after its release, the cumulative box office of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" in North America has reached $367 million, and as of Sunday, the cumulative global box office of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" has reached $768 million.

On October 25, the cumulative global box office of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" has reached 860 million US dollars, creating the highest box office record in the history of R-rated films in the world. On October 25, 25 days after its release, the cumulative box office of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" in North America has reached 425 million US dollars, becoming the highest-grossing film in North American film history in October. As of Sunday, the cumulative global box office of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" has reached $950 million.

On October 31, the cumulative global box office of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" has reached 1.005 billion US dollars, which has greatly improved the global box office record of R-rated films, and it is also the first R-rated film to break 1 billion at the box office.

"Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" is also the first film of Marvel Studios to collect $10 just by relying on Europe and the United States.

The release of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" not only made Chinese films raise their eyebrows in the world, but also played the prestige of the Chinese, "Jingwu Hero" and "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" two movies, released for two consecutive months, in Europe and the United States to obtain 2 billion US dollars, 14 billion yuan of income, in two months to kill the European and American film and television circles corpses everywhere, and Li Anjia Li Jie's movies are also listed as an unprovoked combination in the Hollywood film and television circles.

But the release of "Jingwu Hero" and "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" also let the European and American film circles know how action movies in the new era should be filmed, so at this time, many Hollywood film companies began to shoot action movies, and their action directors were all invited Chinese, but fortunately, several of China's best martial arts instructors were all under Ang Lee, and Ang Lee spent a lot of money to stay.

But there are always some people who are tempted by profits, and will go to Hollywood to teach them how to shoot action movies, this kind of thing, you can't stop it, you can only say that you can delay it as much as possible.

With the release of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" in Europe and the United States, Asia's "Jingwu Heroes" has also come to an end, and the film has set a new pre-sale record for Chinese films, the first-day box office of Chinese films, and many other records. It broke through 1 billion in only one day, setting a new record for "the fastest Chinese film to break 1 billion" in Chinese mainland film history, and the single-day box office remained above 360 million in the first week of a consecutive week, setting a new box office record in the first week of mainland film history. As of 18:00 on October 16, the box office reached 4.4 billion in 16 days of release, surpassing the record of 3.8 billion in "My Sassy Girlfriend". As of October 21, the film has exceeded 100 million in a single day for 14 consecutive days since its release. On October 31, the cumulative box office of the film exceeded 6.2 billion, becoming the first member of the 6 billion yuan club in mainland film history.

On October 31, the film officially ended, with a cumulative box office of more than 8.7 billion in Asia, plus 6.87 billion yuan in Europe and the United States, totaling 15.57 billion yuan, 2.22 billion US dollars, ranking 6th in the global box office list only if the box office is counted.

As soon as this news came out, the whole country was in an uproar, the movie was really fucking profitable, the investment of "Jingwu Heroes" was only 30 million yuan, of course, all the actors in it were all played with zero salary, otherwise the 15.6 billion box office was not even enough for the salaries of these actors here, and this movie has also become a god film for Chinese fans, because it is filmed for the country, so the movie covers almost all the first- and second-tier stars, as well as many actors and actresses, international superstars who go out with China.

The only regret is that the net profit of this movie is only 6.5 billion yuan, but that is also 216 times the profit.

After the accounts were settled, Ang Lee waved his hand and donated all 6.5 billion yuan.

For a while, Ang Lee became the "first charity in China" after the "national hero", of course, he is not the first charity in China, his 6.5 billion can only rank 9th in the donation industry, but others have donated many times, and Ang Lee is a one-time donation, so he is the person with the most one-time donations in the country.

Ang Lee's actions were once again well praised by the national media, and more people liked the movie, because Ang Lee's achievements are too high, so that the current Chinese people are proud to be able to watch Ang Lee's movies, every time they see which country's record is broken by Marvel's movies, these fans who have bought tickets to support are very proud.

Just when the whole country was discussing Ang Lee, another big event happened in China's business community, Wang Lin, China's former richest man, announced the acquisition of two theater chains in the United States, AMC and RCG, at a price of 6.6 billion US dollars, that is, 46.2 billion yuan, merged to become the second largest cinema chain in the United States with 550 theaters and 9400 screens, and changed its name to Huaxia Cinema Line, the reason for the formation of this cinema chain is to let more Chinese films attack Hollywood, make money from Americans, and export Chinese culture to Hollywood.

This is the largest US acquisition in China at this time, although it is not a high-tech industry, but as long as it can open a crack in the United States, it is a good start.

Wang Lin, as Ang Lee's elder, will definitely attend his press conference, and he also sat on Wang Lin's deputy.

But it's a pity that even if Ang Lee just came to help, his fame was so great that after Wang Lin announced the completion of the acquisition, the reporter exclaimed and pointed all the microphones at Ang Lee, making Ang Lee very embarrassed.

But the reporter didn't care which one, after all, this was the first time Ang Lee walked out of the Marvel Tower in two months.

Looking at the reporters who were all asking questions to him, Ang Lee smiled and said.

"I came here today as a junior, and I am very grateful to Uncle Wang for what he can do for our Chinese film industry, and I can also tell people around the world with great pride from today that the second largest cinema chain in the United States is controlled by our Chinese." ”

"Hello Director Li, I'm a reporter from Cultural and Creative News, I want to ask you if you have any other works that will be released globally next?"

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"Yes, I filmed a sci-fi blockbuster costing 300 million yuan for Uncle Wang's theater in the United States, the male protagonist is Chen Long, and the movie will be a month later, as the pioneering work of Huaxia Cinema, please cheer you on. ”

"Director Li, hello, I am a reporter from Miracle News, you are now an internationally renowned director, but the United States said that you can only shoot kung fu films, and you are rashly using science fiction films as the pioneering work of such an important occasion, is it a bit too risky, after all, science fiction is the strength of the United States. ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"I know what you mean, but before I made a movie, did anyone know that I would be a big director, so there is nothing that this movie is good at or not good at, the main thing is to be attentive, of course, my company has made a ten-year plan for Marvel Studios, and now it is a little inappropriate to say that it is a little inappropriate, and when I develop my own conference, I will announce my Marvel ten-year three-stage film production. ”

"Director Li, hello, I am a reporter from the People's Network, although your reputation is very high, but now there are many people on the Internet who say that you worship foreign countries, saying that you have made good movies in China and now you are showing all the excellent movies abroad, is this disrespectful to Chinese fans, of course, this is not what I said, but there is a high demand on the Internet now, I just want to hear your explanation. ”