Since June 24, Li Mu has taken Li Lianhua, Liang Jiahui, Sun Honglei and others to publicize the flying demons. Morgan Freeman doesn't have many roles, and he is a Hollywood star, the key is that he is too old, so he will not accompany Li Mu to engage in publicity.

Liang Jiahui was very cooperative and did not mention any additional conditions.

In one day, five theaters, everyone was tired, but everyone's spirit was very good. The box office performance of "Super Body" is exceptionally strong, and their leading actors can be described as fame and fortune.

The box office on the first day of release was 16 million, compared with "Assassin", which was also released last year, which was also Li Mu's work, the box office of "Super Body" on the first day was 6 million lower, but "Assassin" is the first cooperation between Cheng Long and Li Lian, and its sensational effect is that "Super Body" can't be compared to it in any way, and the box office of "Super Body" on the first day is lower than that of "Assassin", and no one will find it a problem.

Last year, Zhang Yimou's "The City Full of Golden Armor" was a sensation, and the box office results broke many records in a row, creating many myths of long queues of audiences who are hard to find a ticket, and its first-day box office was only 15 million.

That's right, the box office of "Super Body" on the first day surpassed "Golden Armor", in a sense, the combination of Li Mu + Li Lianhua + Liang Jiahui + Morgan Freeman + Sun Honglei defeated the combination of Zhang Yimou + Gong Li + Zhou Yanfa + Zhou Jielun + Liu Ye.

Of course, the number of screens in China every day is increasing rapidly, new theaters are rising every day, and every day there are Chinese people who have never entered the theater for the first time in their lives.

In the original time and space, "Golden Armor" was the box office champion in 06, with a total box office of 291 million (2.5), and in 08, the box office champion "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" refreshed the number to 325 million (one said 340 million), and in 09, the annual box office champion will be refreshed to 420 million by "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic".

The day after the release is Saturday, the first holiday after the film's release, and if nothing else, this day is the peak of the box office during the film's entire release period.

With the continuous fermentation of the movie's word-of-mouth, "Super Body" won 33 million box office on this day. As soon as the box office results came out, the entire entertainment industry was a little crazy by this figure, and Li Mu's name frequently made headlines on the front pages of major portals.

Without the blessing of Cheng Long and Li Lian, Li Mu was able to win a single-day box office of 33 million, and no one can turn a blind eye to Li Mu's rise at this moment.

At ten o'clock in the night, a hotel in the magic capital.

"Director, how many first-day box office do you think we can win in North America this time?"

Li Lianhua sat elegantly on the sofa in Li Mu's suite in a standard leg-like sitting position, and then asked in a rather calm tone.

Li Lianhua asked herself that she had seen a lot of big scenes, she had experienced the big scene of "Assassin's global box office" of 355 million, and now the box office of 33 million in a single day, if she is too excited, she can't help but look a little childish.

But everyone knows that "Assassin" is really responsible for the box office of Cheng Long and Li Lian, and "Super Body" is her work in which Li Lianhua takes the lead alone. If "Super Body" can cut the box office of "Assassin" - no, as long as it can cut six or seven percent of the box office of "Assassin", then her Li Lianhua's status in the international film industry will be exponentially improved.

The release date of "Super Body" in North America was a week later than in China, and its box office performance in North America was still unknown at this time.

When Li Mu heard this, he began to search for the memories of his previous life.

In the previous life, "Super Body" grossed $458.8 million worldwide and $126 million in North America. On its first day of release, it topped the North American box office with $17.1 million.

The United States is a mature film market, and the total box office will not rise to a higher level a year than in China, so the difference in release time has an impact on the box office performance, but it is not as big as in China.

Therefore, based on the first-day box office of $17.1 million, cutting the part of Li Mu with poor box office appeal Luc Besson, and then cutting the part of Li Lotus with poor appeal of Scarlett Johansson, is roughly the first-day box office result of "Super Body".

Immediately, Li Mu waved his hand and cut $2 million for each person, and finally said casually: "I think I can get $13 million, Sony is also very optimistic about this film, both the number of openings and the publicity investment are good." ”

"Well, if I can get $13 million on the first day, I'm willing to do anything. "Assassin" became so popular, Cheng Longli connected the first cooperation of the two kung fu superstars, and the box office in North America on the first day was only 15 million US dollars, which also created a global box office record for Chinese films, "Super Body" can have 13 million on the first day in North America? ”

Li Lianhua shook her head: "I don't dare to think about it." ”

Li Mu smiled: "People, you always have to have some dreams." ”

At this time, it was already very late, but Li Lianhua had no intention of leaving, she glanced at the time.

"It's going to be 12 o'clock soon, I want to wait for today's box office statistics to come out before leaving, and I will witness it with the director, it won't bother you, right?"

"It's fine."

"Then let's talk."

……

The time soon arrived at 12:25 in the morning, and Li Mu finally received the box office statistics on the third day of release.

"32 million, 81 million box office in the first weekend and three days, not bad."

Li Lianhua dragged her chin with one hand on the sofa and said: "The ratio of the first weekend of "Assassin" to the total box office is 3.6 times, and if "Super Body" can also have this ratio, the total box office will be 290 million." ”

Li Mu is not so optimistic: "The reputation of "Super Body" is not as good as "Assassin", and I am afraid it is not so easy to get the follow-up box office performance of "Assassin". ”

Li Lianhua smiled: "That's not necessarily, people, you always have to have some dreams." ”

……

The propaganda team stayed in the magic capital for two days, during which Li Mu was also a guest on "Kefan Listening", and chatted with the host about the birth of "Super Body".

However, it seems that the host seems to be more interested in Li Mu's identity as a writer, and asks a lot of questions related to "The Martian", "The Hunger Games", "Gravity" and "The Moon".

"Kefan Listening" is a high-end cultural celebrity interview column based on elite culture opened by Modu Media Group in 2003, which will still be broadcast in 2025 when Li Mu crosses, which can be regarded as a longevity program.

On the 26th, he flew to Yangcheng, on the 27th he flew to Goose City, on the 28th he flew to Chengdu, and on the 29th, he flew to Li Mu's hometown of Xijing.

It is worth mentioning that during his stay in the city, Li Mu also took time out to meet the new president of the "Science Fiction World" magazine, Qin Li, editor-in-chief, some time ago, A Lai officially resigned as the president and editor-in-chief of the magazine, and the new president was taken over by Qin Li, who has been responsible for external liaison.

"You don't have to congratulate me, I'm trembling every day now, the position of president is not easy to sit, how many people are staring inside and out."

"It's just that no matter how many people star, didn't the superior choose Sister Li in the end? The superiors put this burden on Sister Li's shoulders and not on the shoulders of others, which already shows Sister Li's ability. ”

"You don't have to put a high hat on me here, if you really congratulate me, you can find time to write more "Divergent", and then write "The Hunger Games 3" when you have time, with tens of millions of copies sold every year and more than 20 million US dollars in income, it is not for you to be busy in vain."

"The Hunger Games 3 is not in a hurry, and "Divergent" has just finished the first part, I am not in a hurry to write a brand new one, and I will have three tens of millions of selling novels in hand, with an annual income of 100 million US dollars, and it is also called saving face when I say it."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true! I have the title of the book in mind, and it's called "Moving Labyrinth". ”

"Then our sister and brother can be regarded as having said that they are not allowed to go back."

"No repentance."

With tens of millions of sales, the manuscript fee alone is tens of millions of dollars, plus the copyright of film and television peripherals, that is the interest of hundreds of millions of dollars, Li Mu has no reason not to write.

In fact, not long ago, he even considered writing "Fifty Shades of Grey", which is definitely a wonderful flower in the Western publishing industry, and the H version of the novel based on the hit work "Twilight" has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide!

And later, after the trilogy was made into a movie, it slashed the global box office of more than 1 billion US dollars, and the commercial value is extremely huge.

But who made this book - let's just say it, this book is equivalent to someone in China wrote an H version of "Huanzhu Gege", and then it was a global hit and made into a movie, and finally the movie was also a global hit. (First published in the "Twilight" fanzone, it later caused dissatisfaction among Twilight fans, and the author couldn't afford to hide it, so he changed his name.) ）

The author who wrote "The Martian", "Inception", "Gravity" wrote an H version of "Twilight"?

Forget it.

On the 30th, the publicity team returned to Beijing, and several major producers jointly held a celebration banquet with a weekly box office of 150 million, and Li Mu himself participated in the recording of "Lu Yu has an appointment" non-stop.

"Super Body" won 81 million box office in three days on the first weekend, and won 15 million box office on Monday, 16 million on Tuesday, 14 million on Wednesday, 14 million on Sunday, and 18 million on Friday.

At noon on the 30th, Li Xuehua found her sister Li Lianhua with a serious face.

"Sister, the box office in North America on the first day has come out, guess how many?"

Seeing her sister's serious expression, Li Lianhua suddenly became nervous.

"Guess? How dare I guess?! "Assassin" grossed $15 million on the first day, but "Assassin" has Cheng Longli in charge, and "Super Body" basically depends on me alone. Li Mu dared to guess, last time he casually said a $13 million, anyway, I don't dare to be so optimistic, "Super Body" can get $10 million on the first day, I can at least sit among the female stars in China. ”

"$14 million."

"How much?"

"$14 million, the weekly box office champion in North America. This achievement is really amazing, it seems that European and American audiences really eat this style of movie. ”

Li Lianhua's heart was pounding, and she slowed down before saying, "It's Li Mu's grasp of the tastes of European and American audiences." ”

On July 2, according to Boxoffciemojo statistics, the movie "Super Body" (also known as "Lucy"), directed by Li Mu and starring Li Lianhua and Morgan Freeman, swept the major movie charts in the first week after its release in North America, earning $37 million at the box office and topping the North American weekend box office list.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, Li Mu received a text message from Liu Yifei.

"Congratulations, "Super Body" is another global box office hit, the biggest dark horse in 07."

Li Mu: "Rejoice and rejoice." ”

Liu Yifei: "Where did Tongxi come from?" "Super Body" is not played by me. ”

Li Mu: "Congratulations on joining Huashang, are you afraid that there will be no next dark horse for you to ride?" ”

Liu Yifei: "It's really not modest. ”

Before Li Mu could reply, she immediately sent another message: "I believe you." ”