In the Chinese film market, there is hardly any film that can cause a sensation of this scale.

It seems that overnight, the entire Chinese Internet world, and even the entire Chinese society, are paying keen attention to Li Mu's "Inception".

"I like director Li Mu's movies very much, I like "Hurricane Rescue", I like "Assassin", I like "Super Body", and I also like "How to Steal the Key".

"I have watched every movie directed or written by director Li Mu, and I will give a full score every time, and my full score does not mean that I really think these movies are impeccable, but I deeply realize how difficult it is for a native Chinese director to make a film of this level."

"Ask yourself, director Li Mu's above works are actually at a medium level in Hollywood, but it is because he is a Chinese, because he is our native Chinese director, and because he has made me see the real hope for the rise of Chinese films, so I have always given full marks to his films."

"But this time it's different, it's completely different, really, really, it's completely different! This time, "Inception" has really reached the top level of Hollywood!"

"It's a matter of opinion whether a movie is good or bad, so it's hard for me to say that Inception is the best movie in the world, but if you ask me to name ten movies that surpass Inception, then I'm sorry, I can't!"

This film review, published on Douban by nationally renowned film critic Zhou Limin, received 37,000 likes and 11,000 comments in just three days.

For a while, discussing "Inception" became a trend in the whole society.

Many netizens have experienced the psychological construction process of thinking that the hype was too much before watching it, and calling it a masterpiece after watching it, as if overnight, if you don't talk about "Inception" with colleagues, classmates, relatives, and friends, it seems that you can't melt into the topic.

As for what everyone discussed after reading it, that's too much.

Discuss whether the final spinning top has fallen down, and discuss whether the spinning top is the hero's totem.

After all, according to the setting, the totem should be unique and not known to outsiders.

For example, some people are still discussing that the protagonist's wedding ring is the real totem of the protagonist, because some careful netizens have found that as long as the protagonist wears a wedding ring, it must be in a dream.

Of course, the reason for denying the marriage ring totem theory is also very good.

These people say, then according to the same logic, the totem of the male protagonist should be his wife!

Because as long as it is his wife, it must be a dream, because dead people do not appear in reality. So the totem is actually a woman!

Some people also said that although the target Fisher was implanted with ideas, although he dissolved and split the company that his father had worked so hard to create, he also reaped the reconciliation with his father and his past.

When the safe was opened, and when there was only a hand-folded windmill inside, netizens said that at that moment he was in tears.

Target: "I understand that you are disappointed in me because I can't be you." Target father: "NO...... NO…… NO, I'm disappointed because you want to be another me!" Tears run!"

Of course, the most debated thing is how many layers of dreams there are. Some say it's four floors, others say it's five.

Many students in junior high school, high school, and college listen to countless classmates around them discussing "Inception", and they also want to go to the theater to find out, but for some of them, a movie ticket may be their food expenses for a few days.

It was also at this time that countless students with temporary difficulties secretly swore in their hearts, swearing that in the future, they would work, have money, and be able to walk into the theater generously, and when they arrived, the first movie they wanted to watch must be a movie directed by Li Mu.

At this moment, countless netizens even care more about the box office of this movie than the filmmaker and Li Mu himself. Everyone is recommending this movie to the people around them every day, and they are paying attention to the box office trend of this movie every day.

Monday, 6

2 million.

So far, the total box office of the movie has reached 334 million in four days after its release, officially topping the box office list in the mainland market!

At this point, the national public opinion has been completely boiling.

The movie won the first place in the mainland market only four days after its release, and the terrifying box office results of "Inception" completely shocked the whole country.

Douban scored 9.6 points, second only to the 1994 American movie "The Shawshank Redemption", and tied for second place with movies such as "Schindler's List", "Farewell My Concubine", "Beautiful Life" and "Prosecution Witness".

It was from this moment that the Chinese society gradually had a preliminary consensus that Li Mu was the first director in China.

In the past, although Li Mu's box office results had already topped the first Chinese director, he still rose too fast after all, and lacked the background.

But from this moment on, Li Mu finally got full recognition and finally had the status of the only Chinese director.

It was also from this moment that Chinese netizens began to compare Li Mu with Spielberg and James Cameron.

It's not that Chinese netizens already think that there is no one who can compare with Li Mu except these two international directors, but that the best directors in China should be compared with the best directors in the world.

On Tuesday, another 58 million box office was won.

"Inception" continues to sweep major theaters across the country, and continues to contribute more than 92% of the national box office with more than 70% of the film schedule.

Wednesday, 55 million.

So far, the national box office of "Inception" has officially exceeded the 500 million yuan mark.

On the same day, when Li Mu appeared in the conference room of China Film again, whether it was Han Sanping, the boss of China Film, Wang Zhonglei of Huayi Brothers, or Yu Dong of Berner and Wang Changtian of Light Limited, Li Mu obviously felt that the aura of these people in front of him was completely different.

It's a wonderful feeling, it looks like nothing has changed, but it feels as if everything has changed.

If Li Mu at this time was really just a young man who was not yet 25 years old, then he would probably have drifted away. But the experience of being a human being in two lives made Li Mu at this moment even more modest and cautious than before.

Just like Li Lianjie told Wu Jing, the more moments like this, the more you have to "be a man with your tail between your legs!"

These are all lessons learned from losses.

"Looking at the box office curve, there is a high probability of breaking 800 million, and even 900 million is not completely unthinkable." Han Sanping patted Li Mu on the shoulder with a ruddy face and continued, "Before the official release of the movie, the most daring prediction within China Film was only about 450 million yuan, but I didn't expect you kid to come up and directly double the most optimistic figure of China Film. If you want me to say that's amazing! Netizens say that you are our own Spielberg and James Cameron, I think you really deserve it!"

At this moment, whether it was Wang Zhonglei or Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, and Wang Zhonglei, they all couldn't help but feel a little numb.

Looking at the box office trend, it is indeed possible to reach 900 million in the end, but - but the first box office in the domestic market before "Inception" is only 300 million box office!

Why did you suddenly rush to the box office of 900 million?

Feeling the change in the atmosphere in the conference room, Li Mu said in a rather sincere tone: "It's hard to say whether you can get 800 million box office now, but even if you really get 800 million box office, it doesn't mean anything, today's 100 million box office and the 100 million box office five years ago are not the same thing at all, the country has developed too fast in recent years, and the number of domestic screens has grown too fast."

Li Mu's words were not entirely modest.

That's right, the 800 million box office in 09 looks really scary, but he knows from later generations that the domestic box office record in 10 years will be suddenly refreshed to 1.378 billion - that's right, it's "Avatar".

If "Avatar" is a special case, then how to explain "Transformers 3"?

In 2011, "Transformers 3" won a total of 1.07 billion box office in the mainland market!

Seeing that Li Mu could still maintain such a modest and low-key attitude under such circumstances, Han Sanping and the others couldn't help but be even more impressed by Li Mu.

After all, he is only 25 years old, and he has made such great achievements at the age of 25, and he can always stay sober and cautious, and he is not carried away by the huge achievements.

"The movie will officially land in North America on January 16, what do you think of the North American market?" Han Sanping asked again.

Li Mu thought for a while and replied: "There shouldn't be much of a problem with the overseas box office of $400 million, but I don't have any basis for it, this figure is completely based on intuition and casually."

Han Sanping laughed and said, "There are more than 100 million US dollars in China and 400 million US dollars overseas, and the global box office adds up to 500 million US dollars. Even by Hollywood standards, the global box office of $500 million is definitely a box office hit."

Li Mu said: "It's just my intuition, and the final box office may be far less than that."

Han Sanping smiled, "Oh? But as far as I know, your Li Mu's intuition has always been to say less, your intuition is 500 million US dollars is no problem, then in fact, it is often 600 million US dollars, or even 700 million US dollars."

The whole room laughed.

On Friday, January 16, 2009, the movie "Inception" officially landed at the North American Film Market and won $25 million at the first-day box office.

What is the concept of $25 million on the first day?

Li Mu's previous movie "Assassin" grossed $15 million on the first day, and ended up with a global box office of $355 million.

"Super Body", which created a series of box office miracles, grossed $14 million on the first day in North America and $360 million worldwide.

Zhou Xingzhi's film "Kung Fu" grossed $17 million in North America.

Cheng Long's "Rebirth of the Dragon" grossed $22 million at the North American box office.

Li Lian's "Huo Yuanjia" grossed $24 million in North America.

It can be said that the first-day box office of "Inception" in North America has directly surpassed the total box office of most Chinese films in North America.

On Saturday, January 17, "Inception" directly cut $30 million at the box office.

On Sunday, January 18, "Inception" slashed $32 million at the North American box office.

So far, "Inception" has officially landed in the North American market for three days, with a total box office of $87 million, not only winning the North American box office list this week without any suspense, but also directly throwing off the second place by more than $50 million.

In addition, the movie's Rotten Tomatoes freshness once reached 100%, and although it soon dropped to 95%, it still ranked in the top 30 of the overall Rotten Tomatoes rankings.

The IMB score of "Inception" is as high as 9.1 points, temporarily ranking fourth in world film history!

When the news came back to China, domestic netizens were so surprised that they didn't even know how to react. Many cautious people did not take the liberty to post comments, and everyone was waiting for someone to refute the rumors quite tacitly, because although this box office data sounds very exciting, it is really unreliable!

Three days, $87 million at the North American box office?

Is it possible?

I don't dare to make it up!

But as time goes on, there is more and more evidence that this data is not wrong, and "Inception" has indeed done wonders in the North American film market.

A very great miracle.

What does the 87 million box office in the first three days of the first weekend represent?

Let's just say that "The King of Kung Fu", starring Cheng Long and Li Lian, has a total box office of $52 million in North America.

The box office of "Inception" in three days directly threw off "The King of Kung Fu", with a total box office of 35 million US dollars!

According to the general situation, three to four times the box office of the first three days of the first weekend in North America is the total box office of the film in North America.

In other words, the total North American box office of "Inception" is likely to exceed the $300 million mark!

And that's just North America, but the whole world?

Soon there was a report in China that was even terrifying.

[Maybe we're witnessing one.]

Miracle, the domestic box office of "Inception" breaking 800 million yuan is not a big problem, judging from the film's current performance in the North American market and some European countries, the film's global total box office may even hit the 800 million US dollar mark! 】

Immediately, the concept of the miracle of "Double Eight" instantly swept the whole network.

The so-called "Double Eight" is a domestic box office of 800 million yuan + a total global box office of 800 million US dollars.

What is the concept of a global box office of $800 million?

In 2008, the total box office of all films in the domestic film market added up, and the total global box office of Li Mu's "Inception" may reach 5.5 billion yuan.

This is a real movie that surpasses the national movie market!

Now netizens can no longer be calm.

"I'm rubbing, is it really fake? Is there a real chance of taking $800 million at the global box office? That's awesome, isn't it?!"

"Hey, don't believe it, it's quite likely. To say that Li Mu is really awesome this time, although the male and female protagonists of the movie are starring American actors, Li Muliu also has a lot of roles! And guess what? IMB scores are directly among the top five in the world's film history, so you can say whether Americans like this movie or not!"

"Inception is really good, but it's not that good, is it? It is understandable that the box office in Huaxia exploded, after all, it is Li Muliu Yifei's movie, and the vast majority of fans like this pair very much, but why did the North American market also explode like this?"

"Let me tell you, Li Mu's reputation in the United States is very famous, "The Hunger Games", "Divergent", "Moving Labyrinth", "Gravity", "Interstellar", etc., his book fans add up to seventy or eighty million, plus the recent comics, called "Frozen" or something, it is even more popular in the United States, don't think that Americans don't know him."

"Damn, has Li Mu been like this in the United States?"

"What do you think?"

Of course, there are also those who completely disagree that Li Mu can create the so-called "Double Eight" miracle this time, and these people cite the example of "Batman: The Dark Knight".

"Batman: The Dark Knight" grossed $1.004 billion worldwide, but what was the box office in the first three days of the first weekend? $155 million!

The $87 million box office in the first three days of the opening weekend of "Inception" does seem very high, but in fact, it is only a little more than half of "Batman: The Dark Knight", and the final global box office of "Inception" is about a little more than $600 million.

Therefore, the so-called "Double Eight" miracle, the so-called global box office breaking 800 million US dollars, is completely the meaning of the Chinese people!

However, some netizens soon retorted:

"Even if the overseas box office of "Inception" is only more than 600 million US dollars, what about the domestic box office? You must know that "Batman: The Dark Knight" has not been reviewed in China, which is naturally a big market less than "Inception". Now "Inception" is likely to get more than 100 million US dollars at the domestic box office alone, plus more than 600 million US dollars overseas, isn't this still a global box office of nearly 800 million US dollars?!"

Buzz.

Now, in the eyes of the Chinese people, it is almost a consensus that the global box office of "Inception" will break 800 million US dollars.

In other words, Li Mu is going to surpass last year's national film market with only one movie!

Good guy, don't play like this, you Li Mu want to be the first director in China, no one objects, but let's not throw the second in the country too far, okay?

Can we still play together?

The box office rankings of the North American film market are generally only counted on Fridays. Saturday. In the three days on Sunday, "Inception" grossed $62 million in the second weekend of its North American release, easily topping the North American weekly box office list, and the box office performance was more than double that of the second place.

Combined with the box office from Monday to Thursday, the total box office of "Inception" in North America has officially exceeded the $200 million mark.

And "Inception" won the North American box office week for two consecutive weeks, and the box office figure in the second week was more than twice that of the runner-up, which began to make countless netizens seriously think about "Inception".

The question of how many weeks it will win the North American box office.