As of the early morning of September 28, the national box office of "Assassin" has exceeded 350 million yuan, surpassing "Tantecic" is a foregone conclusion.

As of the early morning of the 27th US time, the total box office of the film in North America exceeded $113 million, and according to the prediction of professional institutions, the North American box office of "Assassin" may reach $130 million, and the global box office of the film may exceed $300 million.

Li Mu became the hottest film director in China with this film, and his name was frequently seen in the newspapers. Even ordinary viewers who don't usually pay much attention to the behind-the-scenes of movies know about this young director who creates various box office miracles at every turn.

In addition, Li Mu has published a number of novels in the United States, and the deeds of firmly occupying the top of the bestseller list of the New York Times in the United States for more than ten months have also been dug up and hyped by netizens again.

At the end of September, the government organized a number of "Assassin" seminars, all the film-related creators participated, and everyone gathered together for a meeting to study the deep-seated reasons for the global success of the movie "Assassin".

Li Mu was forced to speak several times, but in fact, why "Assassin" was a global hit, he couldn't say clearly, the action scenes were exciting? Drag racing design ingenuity? Will the bullet turn? Cheng Long Lee's double-J showdown? It seems that all of them are right, but it seems that none of them are very well-founded.

So Li Mu mainly talked about the conception process of the film, and as for the reason for the film's big hit, it is better to leave it to others to study.

The global success of the movie "Assassin" not only made Li Mu's status in the circle increase rapidly, but also brought him a lot of tangible monetary gains.

According to the agreement signed at the beginning, Li Mu will get 3% of the global box office of the movie, according to the current box office trend, Li Mu can probably get a dividend of 10 million US dollars from the movie "Assassin", which is converted to about 80 million yuan, which is already a rather staggering number, if the number is reported by the media, it will almost certainly cause an uproar.

On October 1, the daily box office of the movie "Assassin" has fallen below hundreds of thousands of yuan, and the box office potential of the film is close to the limit.

As of the early morning of October 2, the national box office of the movie "Night Banquet" was 12 million yuan, and the film distributor immediately said that the company was satisfied with the box office of the movie, but director Feng Xiaogang bluntly said that "Night Banquet" was an underrated movie when facing reporters.

When the reporter asked Director Feng what he thought of Li Mu, Feng Xiaogang replied: "Li Mu is one of the few directors in Chinese film who really understands what the audience likes to watch, and the most important thing is that he is the most handsome among the directors who have made achievements." ”

After hearing this, Li Mu immediately replied through the reporter: "Thank you Director Feng for your praise, I dare not take the evaluation of 'the most handsome director' seriously." ”

said that he didn't dare to take it seriously, but when he faced the reporter, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and anyone could see that Li Mu's evaluation of "the most handsome among the directors" was quite useful.

In mid-October, the movie "Assassin" was released worldwide, and the film finally won a total of 310 million US dollars at the overseas box office, and if you add the box office of 360 million yuan in the mainland, the global box office of the movie "Assassin" has reached a high of 355 million US dollars.

In addition, the film's overseas DVD copyright and TV broadcast rights were sold for 20 million US dollars, and the DVD copyright in mainland China was finally sold at a price of 18 million yuan, while the original price of the movie "Hero" was 17.8 million yuan, and the transaction price of DVD audio and video rights of "Wuji" was 16 million yuan.

The reason why the transaction price of DVD copyright is not too high is actually seriously affected by piracy in the market, and according to the agreement, audio-visual companies can only officially launch DVD products 60 days after the release of the film, which undoubtedly discourages audio-visual companies from bidding.

With the related matters of the movie "Assassin" coming to an end, Li Mu is also thinking about his next movie.

During this period of time, he has often asked himself, what is the biggest difference between himself and other domestic directors?

"Hurricane Rescue" was his first screenwriting work, grossing $270 million worldwide.

"Master of Hypnosis" is his second screenwriting work, but he was not involved in the specific filming process.

"Assassin" is his third screenwriting work and his first directing work, grossing $355 million worldwide.

That's right, "global sale" is the most unique label on his Li Mu, and now he wants to continue to strengthen this label on himself.

He quickly thought of a movie, Scarlett Johansson's "Superbody", directed by Luc Besson, which was officially released in 2014 and reportedly cost only $40 million, but the film grossed a whopping $450 million worldwide.

From a return on investment perspective, Superbody is definitely a good choice.

After the goal was determined, Li Mu quickly began to write, in the original movie, the heroine Lucy is a Caucasian American, and of course it must be modified to Chinese here.

In addition, Li Mu also moved the plot that happened in France in the movie to Xiangjiang, and the director of the original movie, Luc Besson, is a Frenchman, so the movie will arrange a plot that takes place in France, in fact, whether it happened in Xiangjiang or France does not have a big impact on the overall storyline.

Now Li Mu is already a sweet spot in the eyes of many companies in the circle, his every move is always watched, and several bigwigs in the circle who can speak have to make a phone call with Li Mu from time to time to keep abreast of Li Mu's latest developments.

The new script on his side had just begun to be written, and the phone call from Director Yan Yiyun over there came.

"Do you have an idea for the next movie?"

Li Mu didn't hide it: "I've been writing a script for the past two days. ”

Yan Yiyun on the other end of the phone immediately became interested: "Already writing?" What kind of story is being told? ”

Li Mu said: "It's a bit like the story of a female superhero." ”

"Female superheroes?" The other end of the phone was visibly stunned for a moment, "Similar to "Catwoman"? ”

Li Mu said: "It's almost too much, the main line is the story of a woman who gains extraordinary strength because of an accident." ”

After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, he asked, "Why don't you continue to make movies with male protagonists as the main actors?" The theme of female superheroes has not been successful much in the world. ”

Li Mu said: "I suddenly thought of such a story, and I thought it was quite funny, so I wrote it." ”

Yan Yiyun said: "There is no shortage of investment in making movies now, if you are sure of the movie, you will invest more, if you are not sure about the movie, you will accept more investment, and everyone will share the risk." ”

Li Mu said: "Thank you Director Yan for your advice, I remember." ”

Yan Yiyun said: "Okay, then I won't bother you, you can write the script well." ”

"Okay." Li Mu said.

On the other end of the phone, Yan Yiyun shook his head.

Female superhero movies, he instinctively feels that they are not very reliable, as he just said on the phone, this kind of movie is not very successful in the world, and Chinese female superheroes? Just listening to the concept feels a bit inconsistent!

However, the specific details will have to wait until I see the script, because it seems that Li Mu is very good at creating miracles.