Asheville, North Carolina.

The Hunger Games set.

Li Mu sat in front of the monitor, Liu Yifei sat next to Li Mu, and Josh Hutcherson, the actor played by the actor Pita, and Stanley Tuzzi, the actor of the host of the capital, sat in the center of the stage.

Machines No. 1 and No. 2 were aimed at the stage, and machines No. 3 and No. 4 were aimed at the thousands of ensembles under the stage.

Labor in the United States is very expensive, and this scene made Li Mu really feel what it means to burn funds.

With all the preparations of all departments, Li Mu gave an order, and the filming officially began.

This scene is about the dialogue between the male protagonist Pita and the host of the capital, and the content of the dialogue is broadcast live throughout.

Every "tribute" who participates in the Hunger Games must grasp this opportunity that is a matter of life and death, once the game begins, the difference between food, weapons, and medicine is the difference between life and death.

And only through the live broadcast to get the most popular "tribute" from the audience in the capital city will have the opportunity to get the most generous supplies in the game.

This is a live interview that does everything possible to please the audience in the capital.

"It's funny, Peta, tell me if there are any girls at home that are special to you?" The moderator asked.

Pita shook her head and said, "No, it doesn't count."

The host said, "No? I don't believe it! Look at your face."

"Woo ......"

Someone suddenly interrupted the filming at the scene, and the crew turned their heads to look in the direction of the laughter, and then everyone was surprised to find that the person who laughed turned out to be the director.

"Click......"

"Director?"

"It's okay, it's okay, my problem, all departments are ready, let's do it again soon."

Liu Yifei leaned over and smiled, "What's wrong?"

Laughter is contagious, although she didn't know what Li Mu was laughing at, it didn't affect her to laugh at all.

Li Mu smiled: "It's okay, I just suddenly felt that the role of the host should be played by Lu Yu.

"Lu Yu?"

Liu Yifei couldn't get this laugh at all, and Li Mu didn't explain, he picked up Liu Yifei and drank the remaining half of the bottle of water, and then continued filming after giving an order.

Peta: "I've always had a crush on a girl, but I didn't really think she would know me until the day of the lottery."

The host said with a look of regret, "I'll tell you, Peta, you get out of the arena and you'll win what you want, and she'll be with you when you get home."

Saying that, the host turned his head to the audience and said excitedly, "Right? Friends!"

With the applause from the audience, the host laughed.

Peeta still had a suppressed face, "Thank you, but I don't think it would be useful to win."

"How so?" The moderator asked puzzled.

Pita sighed deeply, "Because she and I are here."

"Unlucky." The host lamented.

Pita reluctantly said, "That's true."

"I wish you all the best." After saying that, the host shook hands with Pita and then introduced to the audience again, "Pita Morak!"

"Click, it's over!" Li Mu shouted.

……

"Let's go to the movies in the evening." After finishing work, Liu Yifei proposed to Li Mu.

Li Mu checked the next schedule, and then said, "Okay, I'll buy tickets right away, the movies currently being released are "Iron Man 2", "Date Night", "Spare Tire Queen", "Battle of the Gods", "How to Train Your Dragon", which one do you want to watch?"

"Just watch "Iron Man 2", I remember the first part was good." Liu Yifei's head was pressed closely, and he looked at several movie messages on his mobile phone next to Li Mu's face.

"Okay, then watch Iron Man 2."

To tell the truth, "Iron Man 2" is very average, compared with the first and third parts, there is a certain gap in quality, and this movie Li Mu has watched it more than five times online and offline in his previous life, but since it is now

When his girlfriend wants to see it, Li Mu naturally wants to accompany her.

Among these five movies, Li Mu has never watched "Date Night" and "Spare Tire Queen", but when he looks at the name of this movie, he is willing to watch "Iron Man 2" for the sixth time.

In the evening, the two chose a theater closer to the hotel and chose two seats in the back.

After the subtitles came out at the end of the film, the two didn't get up and leave in a hurry, Liu Yifei turned his head to Li Mu and said, "I don't feel as good as the first one."

Li Mu smiled: "You don't have to feel it, it's just not as good as the first one."

Liu Yifei added: "But it was a good box office on the first weekend, and it seems that the audience likes this movie very much."

"Iron Man 2" grossed $133.6 million in the first three days of its opening weekend, which is indeed very high.

might as well make a comparison with Li Mu's previous movies.

"Gravity" grossed $77 million in its first three days of weekend.

"Doomsday Collapse" grossed $63 million in its first three days of weekend.

"Inception" grossed $87 million in its first three days of opening weekend.

"Iron Man 2" is more than 4.6 million higher than Li Mu's previous "Inception", which had the best result in the first weekend of three days, which of course feels high in Liu Yifei's eyes, but in fact, the first weekend score of "Iron Man 2" actually did not break any records.

Li Mu said: "The results are okay, it's not too outrageous, just looking at the results of this movie, it's not difficult for us to make this film to surpass it, whether it is the global total box office or the first weekend box office." The first weekend results of "Iron Man 2" are indeed good, but the movie has a mediocre reputation, and it is estimated that there will not be a too good box office curve in the future. The most powerful thing about this movie is that it is part of the Marvel Universe, and there will be many Marvel hero movies in the future that will form a linkage with this series of movies, and even multiple heroes will converge in one movie in the future, and then these movies will reap the amazing effect of one plus one is far greater than two."

"Net bragging." Liu Yifei complained, and then the two stood up together and walked out.

In fact, Li Mu is not talking nonsense.

Because in the original time line, that is, in 2012, the opening weekend box office of "The Hunger Games 1" was $155 million, more than double the opening weekend box office of "Gravity", which is a typical fan movie feature, and most of the box office is concentrated in the first week of the film's release.

How exaggerated is this number?

At present, the best box office result in the first weekend of North American film history is Nolan's "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight", which grossed $155.34 million in the first three days of the first weekend, which is only $340,000 higher than the $155.0 million of "The Hunger Games 1".

In other words, in the current timeline, if Li Mu's version of "The Hunger Games 1" has an additional box office of $340,000 than the original version, it will directly top the highest first-weekend box office in North American film history.

So is it possible for Li Mu's version to surpass the original?

Li Mu felt that this possibility was still quite large.

On the box office appeal of actors.

Jennifer Lawrence, the eldest cousin when she first starred in "The Hunger Games 1", was still a little-known newcomer, and although "Winter's Bones" gave her some attention, it was far from having any strong box office appeal.

Now Liu Yifei has starred in two "Hurricane Rescue" in succession, as well as "The King of Kung Fu", "Inception", "Doomsday Collapse" and other blockbuster movies, it can be said that Liu Yifei's popularity and box office appeal in the North American market are far stronger than Lawrence at that time.

Let's look at the fame of the two versions of the director.

The gap between director Gary Ross and Li Mu is undoubtedly even greater, just the two movies "Inception" and "Gravity" have made Li Mu's fame in Europe and the United States catch up with James Cameron.

Finally, let's look at the number of fan groups of the original work.

The Hunger Games series has only published the first two titles, but the total global sales have exceeded 50 million copies, which is far stronger than the original in previous lives.

"The Divergent", "The Moving Labyrinth", "The Hunger Games" - only these three books

The total global sales have exceeded 120 million copies, and if you add a series of "The Martian", "Gravity", "Interstellar" and so on, the total sales of all Li Mu's literary works will be even more terrifying.

The sales of more than a dozen best-selling books drive each other, and Li Mu's reputation in the director's industry is also driving the sales of books, and the result is that the scale of fans of "The Hunger Games" in this life is much larger than in previous lives.

Since the conditions of "The Hunger Games" in this life are far stronger than in the previous life, what reason is there for it to have a lower box office performance in the end?

Therefore, Li Mu feels that this version of his "The Hunger Games" is very likely to win the first place in the history of the North American box office in the first weekend.

After Li Muliu and the two got up and left the theater, a Chinese audience member on the right side of the two stood up.

"Hey, guess what I encountered at the theater today?" At this time, the Chinese American made a phone call as he walked out.

"What happened?" The other end of the line asked.

This Chinese pouted and said: "I met a person who can brag very well, who is also Chinese, and the man should be a director in reality, and he actually bragged to his female partner that the box office of "Iron Man 2" was nothing at the box office in the first weekend, and he could make a movie with higher results - what a big score! "Iron Man 2" grossed $133.6 million in the first three days of the opening weekend, ranking fifth in the overall list of film history's opening results.

The other end of the phone laughed, "It's outrageous enough."

The Chinese here said, "It's a pity that I entered the venue late, and the light in the hall was dim and both of them wore hats, so I couldn't see the faces of these two people, otherwise I really want to take a good look at what these two people look like, and it's amazing to dare to talk like this."

At this time, the other end of the phone smiled and said: "Okay, in fact, I'm also quite curious, with the box office trend of "Iron Man 2", it is already a sure thing that the global box office will surpass the first one, and there is only one director Li Mu in China who has the ability to make movies of this level!"

"Li Mu?"

In the theater, this Chinese brother's mind suddenly exploded.