Chapter 244: Young and Old

In the next week, there were almost no movies on the market that could compete with [Wolf Warrior], so that this dark horse in the film market in early April continued to harvest the box office.

As of April 12, the second weekend, the total box office of [Wolf Warrior] exceeded 450 million yuan, setting a box office record for domestic action war-themed movies.

[Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage] was also released on the 12th.

This animated film, which has a box office performance that surprised everyone, has been released nationwide for two months from February 13 to the present, with a total box office of 1.758 billion, becoming the new domestic film box office champion, surpassing the second place [Thai Embarrassment] with a box office of nearly 500 million.

It's a pity that it is still a little short of the box office record of [Transformers 4] of 1.979 billion.

Since the 90s of the last century, the box office record holder of the Chinese film market has always been Hollywood blockbusters.

From [Titanic] to [Avatar], and then to last year's [Transformers 4], every time this kind of blockbuster lands in the Chinese market, it will create a jaw-dropping result.

In 1998, [Titanic] swept the mainland with a box office of 360 million, becoming the audience's memory of the times, occupying the top of the mainland box office list for 11 years.

At that time, domestic movies with a box office of tens of millions were considered big hits, and hundreds of millions of dollars were unimaginable.

Until 2002, when the movie "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou was released, when there were only more than 1,000 theaters in the country that year, it achieved a mainland box office result of up to 248 million yuan, accounting for a quarter of the total box office of the year.

[Hero] is known as the pioneering work of Chinese mainland blockbusters.

It is also this film that has made our filmmakers regain their confidence that Hollywood movies are not invincible, as long as we can work hard, sooner or later, we will regain the box office championship in the mainland film market.

It's a pity that just when the box office of domestic films is getting higher and higher, and the Chinese film market is thriving, Cameron's cross-era work [Avatar] landed in China.

This movie directly brought the domestic box office record to more than 1 billion, and finally fixed at 1.428 billion.

The emergence of [Avatar] was a dimensionality reduction blow for domestic films at that time, and domestic film companies and directors couldn't believe that movies could still be made like this?

Later, domestic movies also produced many box office hits, such as [Jinling Thirteen Hairpins], [Longmen Flying Armor], [Let the Bullets Fly], etc., but unfortunately there is still a lot of distance from the 1 billion mark.

It wasn't until 12 years that the emergence of a domestic comedy movie [Thai Embarrassment] surprisingly achieved a box office result of more than 1.2 billion, becoming the first domestic film with a box office of more than one billion, narrowing the distance with [Avatar].

Then domestic movies that broke one billion yuan sprung up one after another.

Zhou Xingchi's [Journey to the West], Gu Wei's "Chinatown Detective", Ning Hao's "Heart Flower Road", etc., also made everyone see the hope of our own people to regain the box office record in the domestic film market.

Even if the 14-year-old [Transformers 4] refreshes the box office record to 1.979 billion, everyone is no longer desperate, because according to the current development momentum, domestic films are just around the corner to catch up with or even surpass Hollywood blockbusters.

The appearance of the "Return of the Great Sage" only confirms this view once again.

"We are happy and happy, and we can achieve such results thanks to Director Tian and the production staff of the crew, as well as the results of your propaganda and efforts, Mr. Wang.

No problem, I will return to Beijing after a while, and of course I will not be absent from the celebration of the movie.

Hahaha, you're welcome, let's cooperate for a win-win situation, and no one depends on anyone.

I'll give you the share of [Tang Detective 2], Mr. Wang, and we'll meet again when the time comes."

In the morning, in the hotel room, Gu Weigang hung up the phone call from Wang Changtian.

I stayed up all night filming last night, and Gu Wei's biological clock was a little disordered during the filming of the movie [Embroidered Spring Knife 2], mainly because there were too many night scenes, most of the time I rested during the day and filmed at night, coupled with frequent fight scenes, it was very tiring.

"What is the final box office of [Return of the Great Sage]?"

Yang Mi, who was lying next to Gu Wei, listened quietly to him answering the phone, and his slender jade hand and fingers like chives swiped across Gu Wei's sturdy chest.

After filming a rivalry with Yang Mi last night, I returned to the hotel and walked to her door to be gently taken by her, and naturally entered her room.

"The total box office is 1.758 billion, which is about the same as expected."

"This is the first 1.5 billion+ movie in China, it's really amazing, when will I be able to make a movie that is a big hit at the box office?"

Yang Mi's whole body was hanging on Gu Wei's body, his head was against his chest, and he said a little sourly.

"Sister Mi has several movies this year, maybe which one will be a big hit?

I have hope when I watch the end of the month [Why Sheng Xiaomo], at the beginning of this year, the TV series version of [He Yi Sheng Xiaomo] was very popular, and it should not be difficult to achieve a good box office result with the traffic of this big IP. ”

Yang Mi's current movie resources look really good, last year's cooperation with Deng Chao's [Breakup Master] was a box office hit, and later filmed "City in Love" directed by Wen Muye.

At the end of last year, he cooperated with Huang Xiaoming to shoot the movie version of "He Yisheng Xiaomo", and now he is filming the second part of "Embroidered Spring Knife" with Gu Wei.

After this play, there is also [I am a witness] with Lu Han.

It can be said that after returning from Hong Kong Island, after the explosion of [Ancient Sword and Strange Tan], Yang Mi turned red and purple, and various film and television drama resources continued.

"I hope so~

Don't you know, when filming [Why Sheng Xiaomo], baby played Huang Xiaoming's sister in the play, and the two of them sprinkled dog food on the crew. ”

Referring to [Why Sheng Xiaomo], Yang Mi couldn't help but complain.

"They've already started talking about marriage, and this kind of behavior is normal."

Gu Wei remembered that this year was the year of Huang Xiaoming's wedding with Baby Century, but it was a pity that no matter how high-profile the wedding was, no matter how much money was spent, the emotional disagreement would eventually go to a strange place.

"The movie you helped Wu Jing promote is also very popular, the box office is more than 400 million, but it seems that the reviews on the Internet have not been very good recently."

"It's normal, [Wolf Warrior] is a main theme movie in the final analysis, and now some people can't stand up after kneeling for a long time.

Others who watched stood up and had to scold a few words before they were willing. ”

Gu Wei's tone was rather disdainful.

"Let's just talk about this kind of thing, don't say it outside.

Although you are very popular now, there are also a lot of sunspots, so be careful to catch your words. ”

Yang Mi said with some concern.

"Don't worry, Sister Mi, am I such an indiscriminate person?"

Gu Wei said with a smile.

"I'm afraid that you will be too arrogant to become famous at a young age, and I have also experienced this stage of yours."

Gu Wei knew that Yang Mi was for his good, so he gently turned over and pressed Yang Mi under him.

"Sister Mi, I'm a young man and an old man, you should know this."

(End of chapter)