Take a look at the major newspapers, all the film critics on it are full of praise for "Flying House Travel", what "the warmest movie of the century", "a life documentary beyond animation", "the most connotative animated film" and so on, all of which are full of film critics' comments.

However, "Guinea Pig Assault" was not so lucky, compared with the other two competitors of the same period, I really couldn't find any bright spots, and the title of the movie "Hollywood Letter Man" was simple and straightforward: "Disney made a big mistake!" ”

"Disney originally wanted to compete for the brutal summer season with two animated films at the same time, but compared to works such as "Slam Dunk" and "Flying House", "Guinea Pig Agent" seems much more mediocre, if it were not for children's love for guinea pigs, it is hard to imagine how long this movie would last in the fierce competition."

Looking at the media score, the score of 67 points is actually not very bad, and it has even reached the upper middle level of previous years, but for the two competitors with a score of more than 90 points, it seems very shabby.

In fact, frankly speaking, "Flying House Travel" is indeed very good, in Li Xiaole's impression, this movie should have won nearly 300 million US dollars in North America and 73.1 billion US dollars at the global box office, which is already quite amazing for an animated film.

In the North American market, it is understandable that "Slam Dunk" has not taken advantage of it for the time being, but animated films have always been Hollywood's weapon to run rampant in the audience, and the real key point this time is the competition for overseas box office, especially the two major box office countries of China and Japan.

After a while, Li Xiaole received a call from Han Sanpin, and Han Sanpin said excitedly: "Last night's box office statistics came out, and the country was 39.78 million ~~~!" is not only the current box office champion, but also the new first-day record for animated films, which has surpassed the results of last year's "Kung Fu Panda". Saying that, the chairman of China Film sighed again and again: "Alas, it's a pity, this is a Japanese theme, it would be nice if it was a Chinese movie, it's a pity." ”

"What's the situation in Japan?" Li Xiaole had long expected this achievement, "Slam Dunk" has an extremely deep audience base in China, which is far from what Han Sanpin, a post-60s generation, can understand, just like almost all senior film critics did not think that this movie would be much success in China when "Transformers" was released.

"I haven't asked about Japan yet, you wait...... I'm going to check it right away. Han Sanpin was stunned, put down the phone, and when Han Sanpin spoke again 5 minutes later, his tone was obviously a little trembling: "Xiaole...... It's incredible, guess how many? ”

"Is 1 billion yen over?" Li Xiaole cautiously tried to say that the total box office record of Japanese films should be 30.4 billion for "Spirited Away", about 2.3 billion US dollars at the box office, and 1.6 billion yen on the first day, "Slam Dunk" should be about 1 billion yen on the first day, which is considered very good......

"No...... Not 1 billion, but 1,561,230,000 yen......" Han Sanpin said excitedly.

"1.5 billion?" Li Xiaole was also slightly surprised when he heard it, remembering that "Howl's Moving Castle", which ranked second in the single-day box office, should be more than 1.4 billion, which means that this result should be the second place in the premiere of Japanese animated films? It seems that the previous manga promotion in Japan has played a role beyond imagination...... It may be possible to challenge a new record for Japanese cinema.

"This is a new record for a Chinese director in Japan...... No, you should have broken at least 3 records......" Han Sanpin laughed and said, as a Chinese heard that the movie shot by his own country company had conquered the Japanese market, Han Sanpin had an inexplicable pride.

"Uncle Han, please help me keep an eye on the data in Japan, I have limited ability in Japan." Li Xiaole's biggest fear now is that the Japanese side will falsify the data for his own face.

"Don't worry, China Film has its own connections in Japan, and I will put pressure on them." Han Sanpin also lowered his voice and said, if "Slam Dunk" can continue to be a sensation in Japan, this is not only cultural, but also politically a great wealth, for China Film, it will greatly improve its status in the national cultural industry, and Han Sanpin naturally has to take it seriously.

In general, the results of "Slam Dunk" are higher than people's expectations for him, whether it is North America, Japan, or the Chinese market, in the three largest box office harvests in the world, this animated film undoubtedly shows the strength of top films, although temporarily in the North American market, "Slam Dunk" slightly lost to the other two films, but in Japan and China, it is a big victory over the opponent, "Flying House Travel" and "Guinea Pig Raider" in China and Japan combined box office is less than one-third of "Slam Dunk".

This also means that "Slam Dunk" has won a temporary victory at the global box office.

Li Xiaole told Lei Ting about this achievement, and said to her half-jokingly: "It seems that before I revitalize Chinese films, I will first help Japanese films enter the Hollywood market, and I am afraid that I will be scolded as a traitor again." ”

Lei Ting replied lukewarmly: "Don't be complacent yet, there are "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Ice Age 3" later, I don't think we will keep it hot all the time." "You must know that in terms of word-of-mouth in the early stage, these two movies are much stronger than "Slam Dunk" in the eyes of film critics.

Li Xiaole said disapprovingly: "That's not necessarily, this movie is different from other cartoons, I believe there will be many people who will watch it more than once." ”

"Really? Even if many people watch it, the trump card of our company's summer file is still "The Avengers". Lei Ting said speechlessly.

But just when Disney was still calculating whether "Flying House" could make persistent efforts to break the global box office record of 900 million for "Shrek 2", the box office results of "Slam Dunk" on the second day surprised them again, this Japanese anime film has seen a rapid rise, and the box office has climbed from 12.37 million to 16.37 million, surpassing the 13.17 million of "Guinea Pig Agent", and it has begun to catch up with "Flying House" that got 25.67 million at the box office on the same day.

In Japan and China, "Slam Dunk" is even more soaring, continuing his lonely pursuit of defeat at the box office, compared to other movies, he does not pose any threat at all.

And this momentum means that "Slam Dunk" is likely to break through the $500 million level on the global box office list and become the No. 1 animated film in Asia...... You know, the previous record holder "Spirited Away" only grossed $27.8 billion.

"It seems that there is no problem in recovering the cost at all, and it will not affect the completion of the film and television base." Lei Ting also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I'm afraid Asian filmmakers will thank you this time, you helped them open up a new Hollywood channel"

"Thanks? It would be nice if they didn't poke me in the back. Li Xiaole laughed self-deprecatingly.

And just when the Hollywood Major League was still motivating and debating whether to raise "Slam Dunk" to 3,500 or 4,500 yuan, the box office results on the third day came out, so that all the debate stopped immediately, and the box office of "Slam Dunk" in North American theaters on this day was still improving, reaching 27.43 million, surpassing the 27.12 million of "Flying House" in one fell swoop, becoming the champion of the single-day box office.

The executives of Disney were dumbfounded, they didn't expect that the up and down attack of their two movies would be exchanged for such a result? Forget it if you lose in the Sino-Japanese market!? Will it still lose in the North American market?

A Disney spokesman was furious at the major league's theatrical distribution meeting, scolding Todd Hardy for favoring Black Pearl, calling them "robbers from Asia, moths that have invaded Hollywood" and "must be resolutely suppressed", which made Todd Hardy's expression gloomy.

This is really funny, "Flying House" and "Guinea Pig Squad" got 6,000 screens, but lost to "Slam Dunk" with 2,000 screens, can you blame the major leagues for not supporting Disney?

In this regard, Wagner, as the representative of the Black Pearl Company, directly slapped the table and angrily denounced Disney's hypocrisy, but Disney's nonsense still played a role, and in the end, the major leagues also reluctantly postponed the timely adjustment of the number of screens and postponed the time to next week.

This is obviously very unfair to "Slam Dunk", because next week, Fox's Blue Sky Studios' box office harvester "Ice Age 3" will be opened, and "Flying House" and "Guinea Pig Agent" can get a satisfactory box office in the first week, which will be satisfying for them.

For the competition between the parties in the major league, the Black Pearl Company is obviously inexperienced, and Wagnera specially called Li Xiaole to apologize: "Sorry, Li ...... This time I made a mistake in my work, I didn't expect those people at Disney to be so shameless......"

And Li Xiaole replied confidently: "It's okay Ms. Wagner, "Slam Dunk" is not an entertaining one-week movie like "Guinea Pig Squad", and the effect of fan word-of-mouth will make more people interested in going to the theater, after all, our audience is actually different from other Hollywood animations, our audience is over 15 years old, and they are all ideal consumers......"

At this time, there is no need to worry, this kind of unpopular theme still needs to be slowly fermented and accepted by the market, Li Xiaole understands in his heart that this is actually a long-distance running race to compete for endurance, and his goal is not "Flying House Travel...... It's the No.1 animated movie on the film history list, and "Shrek 2", which got 900 million global box office......