After three days of domestic release, the total box office exceeded 300 million yuan, breaking a series of records in Chinese film history, and fans across China suddenly found the mentality when they watched "Inception" sweeping the world at the beginning of the year.

"What did Director Li Mu say at the beginning of the year?" This movie could be the pinnacle of my life', and the result? It's been less than a year, and there is an even more awesome "Gravity"?! What about the pinnacle of this life? Big liar! ”

"One of the big regrets at the beginning of the year was that the box office of "Inception" failed to break the double ten, that is, the domestic box office exceeded one billion yuan, and the overseas box office exceeded one billion US dollars. It's a pity that in the end, the double ten were all a little bit worse. I thought that it might take another five or six or even seven or eight years before I had another chance, but I didn't expect Director Li Mu to really be able to live, it's been less than a year, isn't this opportunity to break the double ten come properly? ”

"Breaking the double ten? The box office of "Inception" is already the seventh in film history, right? If it can really break the double ten this time, the global box office of "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight" is just $1 billion, and it is now the fourth in film history! ”

"How can Double Ten sound good on Double Eleven? Didn't Boss Ma Yunma hold a Double 11 Singles Shopping Festival this year? It seems that the sales volume reached 50 million yuan in one day, and I feel that Double 11 is very good, or I will simply take Double 11 this time. ”

"I'm rubbing, you really dare to think about it! Box office results Double 11? I just checked, and now the second in global film history is "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King" directed by Peter Jackson, with a global box office of $1.119 billion, Double 11, do you want "Gravity" to enter the second place in global film history? ”

"What don't you dare to think? You speak with your conscience, is "Gravity" shocking or not? Have you ever seen such a shocking movie in ten years? ”

In short, now almost all fans across the country are always paying attention to the overseas box office of "Gravity", especially the North American market box office in the overseas box office.

The domestic box office of "Gravity" has broken the record of "Inception", if its overseas box office can break the record of "Inception" again, then "Gravity" will properly surpass "Inception", and it is not impossible to think of a global box office of $1 billion or even $1.1 billion at that time.

On November 16, 2009, the latest week's North American box office list was officially announced.

"Gravity" grossed $24 million on the first day, $27 million on the second day, $28 million on the third day, and a total of $79 million in the first three days of the opening weekend, ranking first in the North American box office list this week.

Roland Emmerich's "2012" earned $61 million this week, making it the runner-up.

In third place was Disney's A Christmas Carol, which grossed $21 million in its opening weekend.

"Gravity" grossed $79 million in the first three days of the opening weekend, which is already quite an explosive achievement, but domestic fans are inevitably a little disappointed.

For no other reason, "Inception", which was released at the beginning of the year, grossed $87 million in the first three days of the first weekend, and although "Gravity" exploded in word-of-mouth, the North American box office in the first weekend was a full $8 million lower than "Inception".

In this way, wouldn't the previously confident Double 10 box office or Double 11 box office be out of play?

Do foreigners understand movies?! The movie "Gravity" is so awesome, but the box office in the first weekend was not as good as "Inception"?

When the box office in North America was officially released in the first week, Li Mu and Gong Li were promoting the movie in the magic capital.

Roadshow scene.

The beautiful reporter interviewed Li Mudao: "May I ask Director Li, we saw that the North American box office of "Gravity" has come out, 79 million US dollars, this achievement is very rare, but after all, I am still not in a hurry for your movie "Inception" at the beginning of the year, do you have anything to say about this?" ”

"Well, that's it." Li Mu organized the language and said, "In the movie "Gravity", Ms. Gong Li's character once said: 'Either I bring back a legendary story and return to Earth safely, or I will be reduced to ashes in ten minutes, no matter what the ending is, I will accept it calmly, no matter what the result is, this is an extraordinary journey. ’”

"What I want to say is that I have tried my best to shoot "Gravity" to the best of its ability, whether it really managed to break through the Double Ten box office and enter the top three in global film history, or whether the box office is far less than expected, no matter what the outcome is, I accept it calmly, no matter what the result is, the process of shooting this film is an extraordinary journey, thank you."

After Li Mu finished speaking, the audience began to applaud warmly.

In fact, the box office of "Gravity" is really exaggerated.

The film was officially released worldwide on November 13, and as of November 15, the film has been officially released for three days, with a Chinese box office of 300 million yuan, a North American box office of 79 million US dollars, and an overseas box office of 110 million US dollars outside North America.

In just three days after the release of the movie, the cumulative global box office was 230 million US dollars, which has in fact become the best global box office result for the premiere of a non-sequel film, but it is because the North American premiere box office of the film is lower than that of "Inception" that Li Mu has gained a lot of sympathy.

"I feel sorry for Director Li, such an awesome movie, the North American box office is not as good as "Inception"."

"It's actually completely understandable that the box office is not as good as "Inception", after all, Inception is already a masterpiece in the hearts of countless fans, but it's really a pity, I'm afraid that this time the desire to enter the top four or even the top three in global film history will come to naught."

"I hope Director Li can make persistent efforts and don't take this little setback to heart."

Looking at the comments of netizens, Li Mu was a little stunned in his heart, "Gravity" had a global box office of 230 million US dollars in three days after its release, how did he make it seem like he hit the street this time?

Isn't it "Inception", which did not have the same box office as the North American premiere at the beginning of the year? So what? Even if Cameron's "Avatar" is moved, the premiere box office is still not as good as his "Inception"?

Who knew that not only these netizens, but also many friends in the entertainment industry came to enlighten Li Mu.

For example, Han Sanping of China Film, Huang Jianxin from West Film, Yu Dong from Bernard, Wang Changtian from Light Limit, Yan Yiyun from West Film, and even Cheng Long and Li Lian all called him to enlighten him and told him not to be discouraged, not being able to surpass "Inception" does not mean that "Gravity" is not good enough, and it does not mean that he Li Mu is not good enough this time.

Of course Li Mu knows this, so these people think that the North American premiere box office of "Gravity" is not as good as "Inception", Li Mu will be very depressed?

The global box office is 230 million US dollars in three days, what is Li Mu not satisfied with?

Why do you think Li Mu has such high requirements for himself?

Week 2.

The box office of "Gravity" in China is still maintained at a high level of seven or eight million yuan, which is far better than "Inception" in the same period, and at the same time, a large number of reports began to appear in the media about scalpers reselling "Gravity" 3dimax movie tickets, and a movie ticket was even hyped up to three or five hundred yuan by scalpers.

One of the eldest sisters angrily told reporters that she bought two 3dimax tickets for "Gravity" at a price of 300 yuan each, and when she asked to see the face of the ticket, she was also rejected by the "scalper", only to find out that it was a movie ticket three days later after the payment got the ticket.

This made her extremely angry, because she had planned to take the train back to her rural hometown in three days.

And in the magic capital.

"Gravity" has a strong visual impact on its large screen, clear and realistic stereoscopic images, and extremely shocking viewing experience, which has triggered a lot of audiences to compete for movie tickets.

Watching the 3dimax version of "Gravity" as a family has become a new cultural fashion for the citizens of the magic city, so much so that tickets are released three days in advance, and they are often sold out in a few hours in the morning.

The leaders of Media Group, Shanghai Film Group, New World Group and Daguang Cinema Line decided to pre-sell 3dimax movie tickets for the whole month of November in advance after research on the spot, further alleviating the contradiction of the audience's difficulty in purchasing tickets.

There have even been a number of newspapers with the thrilling headline that buying "Gravity" movie tickets is sad to buy Spring Festival train tickets, which has caused a huge sensation at the whole social level.

Not only that, but the schedule of "Gravity" in many theaters has been turned on 24 hours a day, and even the second half of the night can be full.

At this time, almost all domestic filmmakers were dumbfounded, and even the entire entertainment industry, everyone could hardly use words to describe this unprecedented grand occasion of the whole people watching movies.

The only regret is that the North American box office of the movie is not as good as "Inception", otherwise, everyone can't imagine how much global box office this movie can win.

Do you really want to be in the top three in film history?

And it was in this atmosphere of almost national madness that "Gravity" finally ushered in its second weekend since its release.

November 20-22, 2009.

North American box office charts.

01, "Gravity", $77 million.

02, "Warm Rugby", $35 million.

03, 2012, $27 million.

04, "Planet 51", $13 million.

……

When the news came back to China, ordinary viewers didn't feel anything for the time being, but the entertainment reporters who have been paying attention to the North American box office list all year round were dumbfounded.

It can be said that the box office of "Gravity" of $77 million in the second week is even more incredible than the $100 million in the first week of "Gravity".

Under normal circumstances, the box office of a film in the second week will be much lower than the box office of its first week, and the box office drop between two weeks will often be between 40% and 60%, and sometimes even higher.

When "Hurricane Rescue 2" was released this year, the box office fell by 51% in the second week compared to the first week.

"2012," which is currently in theaters, grossed $61 million in its first week and dropped to $27 million in its second week, a drop of 55%.

And what about this week's Gravity?

The box office in the first week was $79 million, the box office in the second week was $77 million, and the box office in the second week only fell by $2 million compared to the first week, a decrease of only 2.5%?!

It's a miracle, isn't it?!

And it's an indisputable box office miracle!

In 1997, "Titanic" directed by James Cameron was officially released worldwide, and its box office trend can be called wave after wave.

The box office of the second and third weeks even surpassed the box office of the first week, and its miraculous box office trend even lasted for two full months.

Everyone knows what happened next, "Titanic" finally won a crazy $1.8 billion box office around the world, and since then it has firmly occupied the first box office in global film history for 12 years, and its box office results have not been broken so far.

Today, the miracle of the past has finally reappeared.

"Gravity" grossed $79 million in its opening weekend and $77 million in its second weekend, a drop of 2.5 percent, and since the release of "Titanic" in 1997, no film in the North American film market has achieved such a sky-defying box office trend.

In other words, "Gravity" at least broke the smallest box office drop in the second weekend in the North American film market in 10 years.

"Inception", also directed by Li Mu, grossed $87 million in the first weekend and $62 million in the second weekend, with a 28% drop in the box office the next weekend, while the box office of "Gravity" fell by only 2.5% in the second weekend!

["Gravity" fell slightly at the box office in the second week of its release, and it continued to be the box office champion in North America. 】

In this press release, the entertainment reporter specially sorted out the box office trends of many movies such as "Titanic", "Inception", "Gravity", "Hurricane Rescue 2", and finally came to the conclusion: The box office trend of "Gravity" in the second weekend is almost a perfect replica of "Titanic" that swept the world 12 years ago.

And then the fans across the country were excited.

"I've long said that "Gravity" can't be worse at the box office than "Inception", which movie has had this kind of immersive viewing experience before? When did the kind of movie where satellite debris hit and most viewers unconsciously reached out to block it? With such an awesome movie, how can the box office be inferior to "Inception"? Obviously, it is the number of 3D screens and 3dimax that limits the box office ceiling of the film, but its subversive film technology has allowed it to successfully win the same sky-defying box office trend as "Titanic"! ”

"Double ten at the box office? I don't think I can beat Double 11 this time, at least Double 12! The domestic box office is 1.2 billion yuan, and the international box office is 1.2 billion US dollars! ”

"Rub, now the second global box office in film history is only 1.119 billion US dollars, isn't Double 12 going to drive the second in the world off the horse?"

"What's wrong with the second in film history?! "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" grossed $74 million in the first weekend, $51 million in the second weekend, and the box office fell by 31% in the second weekend! Now our Li Mu's "Gravity" has a higher box office than it in the first weekend, and the box office in the second weekend is even higher than it, and the box office in the second weekend fell by only 2.5%! is the second strongest in film history everywhere, why can't "Gravity" compete for this second? ”

"Damn, listening to your calculations, "Gravity" surpassing "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" is almost a certainty?"

"I suddenly remembered the year "Wuji" was released, and many Chinese people were saying that foreign directors could make "The Lord of the Rings" with hundreds of millions of dollars, and Chinese directors could only make "A Bloody Case Caused by a Steamed Bun" with hundreds of millions of dollars, and Chinese films lagged behind the West for decades - okay, it's only been a few years? We in Huaxia will be able to make a movie of the level of "The Lord of the Rings"! ”

Immediately afterwards, the media counted the global total box office data of "Gravity" so far.

In U.S. dollar terms, China grossed $103 million in mainland China, $201 million in North America, $241 million overseas outside North America, and Gravity grossed $545 million worldwide as of the weekend of the second week.

Some netizens immediately searched the global box office rankings on the Internet, and then started to rummage from top to bottom.

"No. 41, "King Kong", $549 million at the global box office."

"No. 42, "Mission Impossible 2", with a global box office of $546 million."

"No. 43 - "Gravity" has successfully entered the top 50 in global film history in just 10 days after its release? Awesome! ”

At the same time, director James Cameron finally watched the movie "Gravity" directed by director Huaxia in the 3dimax hall of the theater, 90 minutes later, when the screen dimmed, when the name of "director Li Mu" finally appeared on the big screen, director Cameron finally came back to his senses.

He wanted to say something to the people around him, but in the end he chose to remain silent.

Li Mu ...... Li Mu! ”

In the end, the old man only recited Li Mu's name twice.