Since the end of August, the autumn tiger has continued to exert its power, and the high temperature weather in most parts of North China has made a comeback, and the daily maximum temperature in Beijing has been above 33 degrees Celsius for 6 consecutive days, and many citizens have said that this year's high temperature weather makes the people unbearable.

But the continuous high temperature is obviously not enough to dispel the people's enthusiasm for watching movies, the reporter's investigation found that the major movie theaters in Beijing have been crowded recently, and the people's enthusiasm for watching movies is extremely high.

The movie "Assassin", starring Cheng Long and Li Lian and directed by Li Mu, has immediately triggered a round of national movie-watching craze since its release last Friday.

The box office on the first day was 22 million, 42 million the next day, and 41 million on Sunday, as of Sunday, the movie was released for three days, and the box office on the first weekend has reached 105 million yuan.

From Friday to Sunday, the box office performance of "Assassin" in the entire theater line of the New Film Association was 14 million yuan, and the box office performance of the entire theater line of the Xingmei Theater Line was 13.75 million yuan.

Gao Jun, the head of the publicity of the new film association cinema, said in an interview that the current box office performance of "Assassin" is better than the company's previous most optimistic estimate, and the company's internal prediction that it will take at least 4 days for the box office of "Assassin" to exceed 100 million, but he did not expect that in reality, it only took 3 days to achieve the goal of breaking 100 million at the box office.

In order to celebrate the box office of over 100 million in the first weekend, all the main creators of the movie held a small celebration banquet in Beijing, Cheng Long and Li Lian are naturally the absolute protagonists of the celebration banquet, and Li Lianhua's popularity skyrocketed with the role of the fox, which also attracted a lot of attention.

And Li Mu, as the director of the film, is naturally the focus of the reporters on the scene.

"May I ask Director Li, what do you think of some people's predictions that "Assassin" is expected to top the box office charts of Chinese movies?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know very well, what is the top of the box office list at the moment?"

"The current top spot is held by the movie "Titanic", and the box office record is 350 million yuan."

Li Mu picked up the microphone and said: "Of course I hope that "Assassin" can break the box office record of 350 million yuan, judging from the current trend, "Assassin" does have this hope, but whether it can break this record in the end is still hard to say, but I believe that with the continuous development of the domestic economy and the continuous increase in the number of theaters, the Huaxia film market will continue to break the previous record, I believe that the Huaxia film market will soon have a box office of 500 million, 1 billion, or even 2 billion or 3 billion. Thank you. ”

"It seems that Director Li is full of confidence in the future of the Chinese film market."

"Of course, I wouldn't have done this without faith."

"But Director Li, don't you think it's too appalling to say that the box office broke 3 billion?"

"Hahaha, you just think it's a dream of mine, after all, what filmmakers are best at is dreaming."

With the fresh release of the box office of "Assassin" in the first weekend, everyone who pays attention to the Huaxia Film Market was shocked.

"The box office of "Assassin" broke 100 million in three days after its release? Has the Billion Yuan Club become so worthless now? ”

"Damn, is Double J's box office appeal so strong? I remember that two years ago, I saw a report that Cheng Long was a box office poison. ”

Li Mu ...... This Li Mu ...... Where the hell did it come from? ”

"What is the origin of this Li Mu? How can you come up and direct Cheng Long and Li Lian's movies? ”

"Don't engage in so many conspiracy theories, how many people know that the novel "The Hunger Games" written by director Li Mu has sold crazy in the United States? Top of the bestseller list for more than 10 months in a row! ”

"I have read the Chinese version of "The Hunger Games", is this book so strong in the United States?"

"The movie is really good, and Li Lianhua's role is very outstanding."

The major media finally couldn't sit still and sent reporters to cover the movie "Assassin" and it was hard to get a ticket.

"I definitely want to watch it, I paid attention to it when the movie was first established, starring Cheng Long and Li Lian, I like the two actors very much, so I must come to the theater to see it, in fact, I wanted to come yesterday, and then I didn't come when I had something temporary."

"I plan to watch a movie with my girlfriend tonight, but I'm afraid I won't be able to buy tickets by then, so I'll line up in advance."

"I originally wanted to wait for the half-price event in the theater to come back and watch it, but the online reviews of the movie were very good, so I couldn't afford to wait, so I came to line up early this morning."

In the next few days, the box office performance of "Assassin" was still exceptionally impressive.

Monday, 17 million.

Tuesday, 18 million.

Wednesday, 16 million.

On Thursday, 17 million.

Friday, 20 million.

Saturday, 32 million.

Sunday, 31 million.

As of Sunday of the second week, the movie "Assassin" was released in the mainland for a total of 10 days, and the total box office officially exceeded 250 million.

"Assassin" also performed very well at the box office in North America.

On August 31, the movie "Assassin" officially entered the North American market on the first day of box office 15 million US dollars, ranking first on the North American film list.

Another $16 million the next day, $18 million on the third day, and $17 million on the fourth day — the film has topped the North American box office charts for four consecutive days, which is an unprecedented feat for a Sino-American co-production.

On September 14, 2006, the total box office of "Assassin" in the mainland officially exceeded the 300 million mark.

On September 15th, major cinemas and theaters across the country jointly held a commendation meeting for "Outstanding Contribution to the Box Office of Domestic Films", and representatives from major cinemas and theaters across the country awarded Li Mu, Cheng Long, and Li Lianjie the "Chinese Film Box Office Champion" and "Outstanding Contribution Award for Chinese Film Market", which was the first time in the industry.

Immediately, all the main creators of the film held a grand celebration meeting in Beijing with a box office of more than 300 million yuan, and at the celebration meeting, Li Mu responded to reporters' comments about some netizens pointing out that Li Mu's film lacked artistry.

"Since the beginning of this year, the film market has been relatively sluggish, and everyone is shouting for the rescue of the city, but what can be relied on to save the market? Relying on literary films? Obviously, literary films can't afford to save the city. To save the market, or to watch commercial blockbusters, it is no longer the era of going to foreign countries to win a few film awards to talk about heroes, the current film market is facing Hollywood blockbusters in the world, local films around the world are struggling to support, in this case, if you want to save the market, if you want to let the audience into the theater, you must make more movies that the audience loves to watch, and establish a virtuous circle of the film industry, or I hope that everyone will not have a rejection of commercial films, don't feel that this kind of movie is not advanced, I hope everyone is aware of this issue. ”

At the celebration banquet, Wang Zhonglei found Li Mu.

"Director Li, have you heard of Rob Minkov?"

"I haven't heard of it, what are you doing?"

"An animation director in Hollywood who has directed films such as 'The Lion King' and 'Elf Mouse'."

Li Mu nodded, waiting for Wang Zhonglei to continue.

"Rob Minkov recently found Hua Yi, according to him, he has always been very interested in Chinese kung fu movies, and has always wanted to make a movie with this theme, recently after he saw the movie "Assassin" directed by you, this idea has become stronger and stronger, so he found Huayi Brothers, and wanted Huayi Brothers to come forward to prepare such a movie about Chinese kung fu, and it is best to invite Cheng Long and Li Lian to co-star."

Li Mu was a little dumbfounded.

The heart said, "What is the situation?" It means that "The King of Kung Fu" is still going to come out after all, right? ”

Wang Zhonglei continued: "Rob Minkov has prepared the script himself, if the project can be successfully launched this time, the director must be him, the movie has no connection with "Assassin", but after all, there is some meaning to follow "Assassin", I hope you don't mind." ”

"Pat it, shoot it, I don't mind." After listening, Li Mu took a long breath and said.