After the start of the "War of the Three Kings", theaters in the big cities of North America, Europe, China, and Japan were running at full capacity every day, and the temperature of all the screening halls was boiling hot during this cold winter.

And fans and filmmakers all over the world, their eyes are unconsciously staring at the box office report card that rises every day, judging from the fact that the major gaming companies did not dare to open the movie "King of the Three Kings" handicap this time, I am afraid that no one dares to pat their chests and say that they can predict the final result, and can only let the facts speak.

And in this war, Chinese fans and filmmakers are closely staring at the box office figures of "The Legend of the Great Sage", this time unlike "Youth Pi" and "Slam Dunk", the last two times Li Xiaole sacrificed the cultural trump cards of India and Japan respectively, both won the global box office mark of one billion, and this is the first time he took out a Chinese theme on the world stage, as soon as he made a move, he took out China's "national essence", and all Chinese have only one wish - to surpass "Slam Dunk" and "Youth Pi"!

This is not just Li Xiaole's personal honor, everyone puts their sense of national honor on the achievements of this movie, whether it is office workers, students, or even those old people who don't care about movies, the first thing every day is, turn on the computer, radio, buy a newspaper and look at the entertainment version of the countdown to the Olympics, "The Legend of the Great Sage" daily box office number record!

After taking home 160 million in North America in three days after its premiere, major Chinese media began to publish the daily box office figures of "The Legend of the Great Sage" on a daily basis.

Monday received $16.39 million, ranking fourth in the history of "non-holiday Monday" in film history, second only to the $24.49 million on the fourth day of "Night Knight", $18.14 million on the fourth day of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", and Avatar in the same period - even if you ignore holiday factors such as Memorial Day and Independence Day, it can still rank 11th in the single-day results of Monday in film history; ”

Tuesday earned $16.09 million, ranking fourth in the history of "non-premiere Tuesdays", second only to "Night Knight" on the fifth day of "Night Knight" with $20.87 million - even if you ignore the premiere factor, there is only one more "Avengers" in front of it; and "Avatar" released at the same time 16.75 million~! ”

Wednesday received $16.45 million, ranking third in the history of "non-premiere Wednesdays", second only to "Transformers 1" on the second day of "Transformers 1" and "Night Knight" on the sixth day of $18.38 million; and "Avatar" released at the same time 17.38 million ~! ”

"Thursday received $10.33 million, ranking second in film history on December 31 Chinese New Year's Eve; second only to "Avatar", which was released in the same period, with 17.67 million. ”

"Friday earned $23.55 million, the first in the history of the box office on the second Friday after its premiere - even if it competes with those works that opened on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the $23.55 million earned by "The Legend of the Great Sage" on the eighth day of painting can also rank 10th in the history of the "January 1st New Year" in film history. At the same time, this data is second only to the $24.78 million of "Avatar" in the same period, ranking high in film history; ”

"Saturday received $28.55 million, up 21 from Friday. 2%； Sunday's harvest was $22.9 million, down just 19. 8%。 On the surface, "The Legend of the Great Sage" will be a box office blockbuster that makes full use of the New Year's Pass to give full play to its long-term advantages, and next week's "grab three and four" is a foregone conclusion, and the North American box office review on January 4 is likely to witness the fall of the 300 million level. And after Martin Luther King Jr.'s anniversary, crossing 400 million is not a dream—if the new film in January is not successful, "Avatar" is allowed all the way to the presidential anniversary schedule of Valentine's Day in February, it is very likely to kill 4. 500 million, 500 million......"

These statistics are those of the dollar theaters, and they don't seem to include the "abnormal" theater marketing before "Life of Pi", which made Indian fans outraged, but the Hollywood major league officials did not make any response.

And in a week, in the global market, "The Legend of the Great Sage" indiscriminately triggered a big explosion at the box office, and in China, the box office exceeded one billion in just eight days!!

Last weekend, it is expected to grab gold on 14,604 screens in 65 countries1. With an overseas performance of $7.5 billion, on December 31, Black Pearl announced that the total global box office of "The Legend of the Great Sage" in the first five days has reached $251,053,697. This result is not only the best of the year and the sixth in film history, but also the second place in non-sequel films in film history, second only to "Avatar" in the same period with $271,055,597.

In 65 countries/regions~~ "The Legend of the Great Sage" and "Avatar" launched an unprecedented battle for box office dominance~ The two won the championship in 31 and 34 countries respectively, "The Legend of the Great Sage" Russia's $20.8 million, France's $20.3 million, the United Kingdom's $13.61 million, South Korea's $11.4 million, Australia's $11.3 million, Spain's $10.9 million, etc.

The first-week box office performance in Japan, Italy and other places that opened a few days late is also more expected.

Although the box office of "Inception" is also hot, this movie has suffered from the fact that there is no 3D version of the release, and the same number of viewers is nearly one-third less than the box office of "The Legend of the Great Sage" and "Avatar".

Everyone predicts that "The Legend of the Great Sage" and "Avatar" may eventually surpass "Titanic" in the world18. A bumper harvest of 400 million may not be realistic, but squeezing out the $1.1 billion mark jointly belonging to the four strong films of "Slam Dunk", "Youth Pi", "The Dark Knight" and "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", it has risen to the second place in film history, but the third is already 60% certain.

In Warner's publicity office, the new CEO Kevin Tessohara personally attended the discussion meeting and asked the great director Christopher Nolan to make a version of "Inception 3D" immediately and release it at the end of the month.

"With the same number of moviegoers, we lose the box office, then our news on the page will be snatched away by "The Legend of the Great Sage" and "Avatar", and the more we get to the back, the bigger the gap will be."

But Christopher Nolan's answer was very simple, the English gentleman pursed his lips and rejected the proposal on the spot: "Computer graphics only have two functions, one is to seamlessly deceive the audience visually, which is what I am trying to do, and the other is to simply throw money at the spectacle, and I have no interest in this~~."

I know you'll be happy if you make 3D, but you have to understand that my film doesn't rely on the shock of a simple big scene, but on the interlocking tension of the plot, and the sudden realization of the audience at the end and the open-ended ending at the end. Although 3D movies can give the audience a greater shock from the picture of watching the movie, it also weakens the audience's understanding of the logic of the plot. It will undoubtedly weaken the plot structure~"

In the face of great artistic changes, old-school artists are always an insurmountable obstacle for people, and no matter how hard Warner's top management is, coercion and temptation, they can't change the British film director's point of view, and in the end they can only smile and shake their heads, which is also a non-war crime, after all, "Inception" has been a huge success, and the producers have celebrated for Nolankai champagne at any time...... The other two opponents can only be blamed for being too dazzling...... Li Xiaole and James Cameron are simply monsters~~

No one noticed that when Nolan walked out of the door, his clenched fist never let go, until he walked into the toilet, the British gentleman kicked and smashed the trash can in the toilet with a "bang", and the people outside the toilet heard a series of scolding from inside: "Damn 3D~~!" Damn Digital Photography ~~~!! Fuck the damn computer CG!!"

At this time, the astonishing box office figure in the first week of "The Legend of the Great Sage" not only made Chinese fans fall into complete madness, but also made mainland filmmakers feel blood-pumping and excited to stay up all night, you must know that in the past, only Hollywood blockbusters were rampant in China, and domestic films took so many years to gain a firm foothold and compete with Hollywood films in China, but on the international stage, Chinese films have not really reached the influence of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

No one expected that as soon as Li Xiaole's "The Legend of the Great Sage" came out, there would be ten "Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons" combined, and Hollywood would be turned upside down, which is equivalent to telling all Chinese movies a miraculous fact, as long as Chinese themes can be filmed well, they can also move every fan in the world!! Chinese culture is not inferior to Hollywood!!

This time, "The Legend of the Great Sage" did not play any small tricks, there was no opportunistic shortcuts to buy the box office, it was completely released in the world step by step, how much box office can this movie get in the end? Is it 800 million? 1 billion? Or more!?

Open the Internet to see the most real reaction of mainland fans, fans during the New Year's Day holiday are completely caught in the charm of "The Legend of the Great Sage", "This is a real Chinese blockbuster." "Li Xiaole asked the American director how to shoot epic themes!" This kind of praise is the most used evaluation by various movie fans.

Even the famous film critic Zhou Dusk, who has been "Li Xiaole's Black" for 7 years, threw himself into Li Xiaole's admiration this time, and published a comment on his blog:

"Since "Hero", the Chinese film industry has entered the era of flooded blockbusters, but their editing level is almost like the level of online writers, they can only make movie stories into paintings, costumes, and scenery displays, and they have emptied the wallets of wave after wave of domestic audiences, and they have been embarrassed again and again as soon as they go abroad. There is also a Li Xiaole! He truly surpasses all Chinese directors by ten levels! Even if it is Jiang Wen, there is a difference of 108,000 miles between Zhang Yimou and him!

He told everyone that China is not without good stories! It's just that these directors and editors in China are blind in their eyes and deaf in their ears for many years!! Don't think about your own culture! What are "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter"~ We only need to take out one chapter of the four famous novels, and we can make them disappear! ”