"Hee-hee, didn't expect that, right?"

In the car going to the premiere of "Tomb Raider", Lin Lin tilted her head, looked at Sun Peng and said with a smile: "Isn't it a surprise?" Excited? got a box office of 150 million in 10 days, which is ......"

Surprise? Excited?

didn't listen to his cousin's words at all, Sun Peng just glanced at her silently, and interrupted her angrily: "Lin Lin, do you think that under the domestic box office of more than 400 million US dollars, I will be excited and surprised by the more than 100 million overseas?" ”

"Uh......"

Hearing this, Lin Lin pouted and said, "But compared with the previous Chinese animations, this time is already a great improvement!" If it goes well, the overseas box office will definitely reach 250 million, plus the 4 billion box office that will inevitably break in China...... $800 million is already a solid deal...... No, I think 900 million is possible, this is an achievement that has never been achieved in domestic animation! ”

Blinking her eyes when she said this, Lin Lin continued: "DreamWorks' first self-led animation work can win more than eight or nine billion US dollars at the global box office, and you are still not satisfied?" Exaggerated, right? ”

In Lin Lin's opinion, her cousin is hypocritical!

In the past week, both at home and abroad, the topic of Lao Bai and Laobai has completely exploded anyway - everyone is talking about the box office of "Mulan", all talking about his 3.5 billion dollar rhetoric, and all talking about the huge honor that Lao Bai will receive when "Tomb Raider" is released and the total box office crosses that line......

By this time, no one doubted this anymore.

But now that Lin Lin's new film has finally been completed, when she rushed back to participate in the premiere and follow-up promotion of "Tomb Raider", she found that Sun Peng seemed to be a little dissatisfied, how could this not make her feel that this kid was hypocritical?

“……”

Rolling his eyes, Sun Peng, who was a little irritable, said angrily: "This "Mulan" ...... Tsk, anyway, you don't understand, its overseas box office shouldn't be so low! ”

Disney's original "Mulan" on Earth was released in 1998.

Moreover, the main market of the original version is in Europe and the United States, and it can still win more than 300 million US dollars at the box office, but in this era of this world, it is not even 300 million...... Such a result is too far from Sun Peng's original expectation!

Especially the box office in Europe and the United States, it makes people want to vomit blood!

If the current trend continues, North America, Europe, and Oceania together will probably not exceed $150 million, which is almost half the level on the planet. In contrast, Asia has become the place where "Mulan" has achieved outstanding results, second only to domestic madness.

With such a result, it is difficult to make Sun Peng happy.

Lin Lin, who was difficult to understand about this, was naturally helpless, so she could only shake her head and say: "Okay, didn't you yourself say that you should consolidate the domestic market first and then consider Europe and the United States?" This is DreamWorks' first animation, and it's already very good to have the current results, much better than the animators in the country. ”

"I know, just a little bit I don't understand."

Knowing what his cousin meant, Sun Peng licked his somewhat dry lips and smiled bitterly.

"If you want me to say anything, there's nothing strange about it."

Blinking his eyes, Lin Lin suddenly had an idea in his heart, tilted his head and grinned: "What do you think, when you just shouted the slogan of $3.5 billion for four movies a few days ago, what was everyone's reaction?" ”

"At the beginning...... Smell a rat? ”

"No, it's not just suspicion!"

Waving his hand, Lin Lin smiled: "Because there are so many people who are hacking you, saying that you are arrogant, saying that you are carried away by your own success, so fans and even some passers-by have sympathy for you......"

"Sympathy? You mean sympathy? ”

When Sun Peng heard this, he finally couldn't help it, and his eyes widened subconsciously.

"Don't be surprised, it's really sympathetic!"

Winking at Sun Peng, Lin Lin was suddenly happy: "You kid, don't think that you don't want to be a cow now, just disgusted when you hear that others sympathize with you...... I didn't understand it at first, but when I went to make a movie this time, a veteran producer told me that fans and passers-by in Europe and the United States should generally have a sympathy for you at that time...... Of course, the basis of this compassion is your huge fame in Europe and the United States! ”

Hearing this, Sun Peng finally realized: "You mean...... It is precisely because he was hacked so badly that he aroused the disgust of ordinary people? Sympathy for me? ”

"Haha, that's right, that's it!"

Nodding, Lin Lin said with a smile: "First, because of this, and secondly, your fame in Europe and the United States is really big now, especially because there are too many fans accumulated through those dozens of songs, even far more than the fans accumulated by picture books and scripts, they are likely to be the main force supporting you this time!" ”

"This ...... It's really possible! ”

After thinking about it again, Sun Peng also nodded in agreement.

Chen Tianhou and Luo Tianwang's English songs are indeed too popular. Maybe the first two albums are nothing, but as soon as the release time of the first few albums is confirmed, even the top European and American names have to reschedule and release their new albums to avoid the edge.

If it's just once or twice, maybe it's still the usual singer fire and composer obscurity, but when the same thing happens three or four times, and the record company desperately uses laobai's high-quality works to promote, laobai naturally accumulates a huge number of fans!

It's like James on Earth? In Cameroon, the director has achieved the extreme, and naturally there are countless people who seek after him......

"Huh? That's not right! ”

Nodding just now, Sun Peng suddenly frowned and looked at his cousin beside him: "Is there something wrong with what you said?" Since they all sympathize with me so much, and the quality of "Mulan" is not bad, why ......"

"Hehe, I really don't know if I should call you stupid, or if you are too naïve?"

"Hey, what do you mean?"

"I mean, don't you understand the truth that things must be opposed?"

Glancing at her cousin, Lin Lin said angrily: "Originally, you were a hacked guy, in a sense, you would be a weak person in the public opinion environment in Europe and the United States, but when "The Lion, the Witch and the Magic Wardrobe" was a huge success at the box office, this sympathetic weak status has been slightly reversed, but because it is a Hollywood movie work, everyone is used to it, so it is not obvious, but when "Hero" was released, it was also a great success, and after the box office exploded, ......"

"I'll go, and this kind of operation?!"

When he heard this, Sun Peng had already completely understood, and he was dumbfounded!

"That's right, that's what it does!"

Nodding, Lin Lin's expression also became helpless: "So you understand why I'm not optimistic about the overseas box office of "Tomb Raider", right?" You are a Chinese after all, and "Tomb Raider" is also a pure Chinese movie, but Europe and the United States have long been accustomed to the history of Hollywood, the representative of the West, dominating the global movie box office list, if you are a Chinese person, you suddenly came out of nowhere......"

If this is the case, Lin Lin will have a headache.

Obviously, "Tomb Raider" was filmed very well, and it should be the type that can be eaten by both East and West, but it was placed at the end of the four movies! If the rebellious psychology of Western audiences reaches its peak at this time, it will really hit the streets.

Judging from the recent investigation done by the producer, maybe this is really the result.

“……”

The corners of his mouth twitched, and Sun Peng was completely speechless.

After a long time, he smiled bitterly, shook his head helplessly, and said: "In this way, in order to prevent me from reaching the box office goal of 3.5 billion US dollars, there will be many people who were originally interested in "Tomb Raider" and will not go to the cinema?" ”

“…… It's possible. ”

Seeing that Sun Peng's expression was very disappointed, Lin Lin's eyes rolled, and he hurriedly continued: "But don't worry, if Western audiences have such a rebellious mentality, then our Chinese audience is just the opposite - they can't wait to push a Chinese person to the throne of the world's top filmmaker, and you just gave them this opportunity!" ”

"So, the box office of "Mulan" is super big, and this is also the reason?"

"At least partially, if I had to say it."

After smiling, Lin Lin patted Sun Peng on the shoulder and said, "So you don't have to worry about the final box office of "Tomb Raider", let alone your ultimate goal of $3.5 billion. Even if this movie doesn't have a penny at the box office overseas, we alone can lift the total box office to you more than $3.5 billion......"