Chapter 609: Are you also cowardly sometimes?
800 million, 1 billion, 1.2 billion…

The average daily box office of "The Wandering Earth" exceeded 6 million during the entire National Day holiday, and especially on the weekend of the th, the daily box office barely exceeded million.

Major film and television companies in the industry are going crazy. According to reports from media reporters, it is difficult to buy tickets for "The Wandering Earth" in more than 80% of cinemas across the country.

During this period of time, everyone finally felt that there is strength in numbers.

I remember that the movie "Shaolin Temple" starring Li Lianjie set a record of only one cent per ticket and eventually broke the domestic box office of 100 million yuan. However, many people have not experienced the situation at that time. Unlike the current craze for watching "The Wandering Earth", it is actually happening around us.

In terms of overseas markets, "The Wandering Earth" earned more than 4 million US dollars in the first three days of its weekend in the North American market, which is the same as the opening performance of "Gravity" which was released on the th in the first three days of its weekend, with only a slight difference in the fraction.

But the difference is that the opening score of "The Wandering Earth" on the evening of the 1st was only more than 3160 million US dollars, while "Gravity" was million. This shows that the box office trend of "The Wandering Earth" was stable with an increase on Saturday and Sunday, while "Gravity" directly declined.

This made the distributor Warner Bros. very excited, and Mike, who was responsible for the promotion and distribution of "The Wandering Earth", was praised by the company's senior management.

In 2012, Warner Bros. won the annual championship. Even in this summer season, Warner Bros. was the undisputed champion. However, as the summer season passed, the box office revenues of several other films produced by Warner Bros. dropped significantly.

To this end, Warner executives have focused on next year's "Godzilla" and "Edge of Tomorrow" on the one hand, and on increasing the publicity and promotion of "The Wandering Earth" on the other.

It can be said that if there was no "The Wandering Earth", Warner's final results this year would not have been able to maintain its championship even with the box office of "Gravity".

The only thing that worries Warner executives is that "Gravity" is also one of the blockbusters invested by Warner. Seeing the internal friction between the two blockbusters released by their own company, many people think it is a pity.

As for other overseas markets, due to the time of introduction, except for Japan and South Korea, the film will be released one week later than China and the United States in other regions, and currently there are only some accumulated preview box office.

Even so, the global box office performance of "The Wandering Earth" in the first three days of its release reached an astonishing 1.45 million US dollars. The mainland market contributed 2013 million US dollars of the box office according to the exchange rate in 1.94, which made many media people exclaim that the Chinese film market has surpassed North America.

At this point, no one doubted the market performance of The Wandering Earth. The low-cost films that were rescheduled were secretly glad that they had chosen to escape.

Especially the producers of Huayi Company, which was originally scheduled to be released at the end of September, sang "Little Apple" happily, feeling lucky that the film escaped disaster.

The film market in October was completely ignited by "The Wandering Earth".

Among the domestic films that are about to be released, there are only a few big cats and small cats, which do not attract much attention.

As for imported films, the distributors of "Logan", "The Lone Ranger", "Stalingrad" and others are all feeling nervous.

Especially for the upcoming Hollywood blockbuster "Logan", although the producers and distributors are extremely conflicted, they have no choice but to go ahead with it.

There's no way, it's too late to escape now.

What's more, they have promoted "Wolverine" as a fighter who is not afraid of Chinese special effects blockbusters.

Previously, at the end of July, "Logan" was released simultaneously in 7 countries and regions around the world, winning the global box office in its first week, with a cumulative global box office of 2 million US dollars in the first week, especially in the North American market, where the film earned 62 million US dollars at the box office.

Excluding the mainland market, the movie’s box office has exceeded 3 million US dollars, making it one of the higher-grossing films in the “X-Men series”.

“I am confident that I can take on The Wandering Earth. Because the two films have different styles and target different audiences…

Everyone suggested rescheduling the film, even if it meant losing tens of millions in publicity and promotion costs. They said that The Wandering Earth was too good at making money at the box office, but I strongly disagreed.

I just said that the fans of the X-Men series are waiting for this movie, Fox cannot let them down, and I believe they will not let me down..."

In the past two days, the head of Fox, one of the six major Hollywood studios, has frequently appeared in the media, desperately promoting "Logan".

But what they didn't expect was that the harder Fox promoted it, the worse the effect was.

Because the mainland market has always been in a situation where domestic films have been crushed by Hollywood imported films, now there is finally a domestic film that has made a big breakthrough. It looks like it will be able to crush the imported films severely, and the audience and netizens will naturally know how to choose.

At the same time, the Internet was also bustling with activity, giving people a feeling of great joy.

"Haha, 'Anti-China Warrior', I didn't expect that imported films would be afraid one day."

"You guys also have your moments of cowardice. It's really fucking satisfying. Director Gu is awesome."

"Wow, The Wandering Earth is too fierce. It looks like it's heading for 3 billion."

"I can only say that Director Gu is really good at it. When The Wandering Earth was announced to be released on National Day, the producers of Wolverine 2 brazenly said they were not afraid of competing with domestic films, even those directed by Director Gu. What happened? They must be dumbfounded now."

"The Wandering Earth has completely crushed the domestic market, but the North American market is interesting, with The Wandering Earth and Gravity competing fiercely. Both films are distributed by Warner, haha."

“I wonder how much The Wandering Earth will do at the North American box office!”

2013 was the year of Hollywood blockbuster competition, with major film companies competing to launch their own blockbusters.

Currently, "Iron Man 3" ranks first in the North American box office this year, and it is still showing in theaters since its release in May.

There is a pattern in the North American market at present. From "Avatar" sweeping the world in 09, to the record-breaking "11" released in 2012, to the box office of "Iron Man 3" exceeding 12 billion US dollars this year, the Hollywood box office will explode almost every two years.

In fact, this is because a two-year cycle for a Hollywood movie from project establishment, shooting, production to post-production happens to be just one cycle.

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I don’t know who leaked the news about what happened at Han Sanping’s retirement banquet online.

The majority of netizens learned the details at the first opportunity. There were many versions of the situation at the scene. Some said Gu Wei and Wang Zhongjun fought on the spot, while others said they cursed at each other.

But netizens don’t care about all this. Right now, “The Wandering Earth” is very popular, and the popularity of its director Gu Wei in China has reached its peak.

When all the major directors in the circle were interviewed, they all envied the box office of "The Wandering Earth". The same was true for the celebrities in the industry. While they were complimenting the film, they were also looking forward to working with Gu Wei and the films produced by Xingchen Film and Television Company in the future.

As a result, Warner's Wang Zhongjun was in trouble, and netizens listed the movies produced by Huayi.

Wow, there are really not many great ones, but on the contrary, there are definitely a lot of bad movies.

Later, according to gossip, Wang Zhongjun was so angry that he even smashed several of his beloved drawing boards.

Faced with the now-powerful Xingchen Film and Television Company and Gu Wei, Huayi obviously has no choice but to confront them head-on.

Since we can't confront it head-on, let's change the subject.

Therefore, Feng Xiaogang began to use the topic of being the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala to promote the Lunar New Year movie "Personal Tailor".

First, Feng Xiaogang held a press conference to promote the core content of "Personal Tailor". The topic of discussion was the theme of the movie: "Rack your brains to fulfill the dreams of every customer for personal tailor-made products."

This then extended to this year's Spring Festival Gala, where Feng Xiaogang jokingly said he would rack his brains to make everyone happy.

It must be said that Huayi Company did divert some netizens' attention from the private conflict between Wang Zhongjun and Gu Wei with the help of Feng Xiaogang. However, the majority of people still discuss this matter recklessly on the Internet, but sometimes some things happening in the entertainment industry can indeed attract the attention of netizens.

Just suddenly, there was a prostitute scandal in the media and it quickly made the headlines.

Maybe this is not a big deal for people in the circle, but for netizens, it is a topic worth discussing and hotly debated.

Later, it was reported that it involved a top-tier Taiwanese actor. Once the news was announced, countless netizens showed up to watch the incident.

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In the circle, Chen Kaige’s "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" officially announced the male lead to the outside world.

The male lead candidate is neither one of the most popular young actors in the industry nor one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong Island as previously speculated by netizens.

Instead, it was Wang Baoqiang who contributed a series of classic characters such as Xu Sanduo, Sha Gen, and Shu Ge.

All the male actors in the industry who auditioned found this result hard to accept.

Many netizens also can’t understand why many big directors in the circle are so optimistic about Wang Baoqiang, who came from a grassroots background.

Let’s count them one by one, from the original director Li Yang, to Jia Zhangke, Feng Xiaogang, and now Brother Chen Kai.

Wow, netizens suddenly discovered that Wang Baoqiang has almost gathered all the big directors except Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen and Gu Wei.

After the news came out, netizens joked that Wang Baoqiang would not be the first to achieve the Grand Slam record of working with big directors.

Of course, this is different from some female stars in the entertainment industry who like to "collect stamps". This is the affirmation of Wang Baoqiang by many fans. After all, not everyone can conquer major directors with their acting skills.

After a few days of roadshows, Gu Wei finally had some free time.

The National Day holiday has not yet ended, and the film market is still extremely lively, but "The Wandering Earth" is the only one dominating the market.

In the villa, Gu Wei was talking to Ye Ning on the phone. They were discussing the animated film "Swallowed Star".

This is also one of the reasons why Gu Wei temporarily left the roadshow team.

"Director Gu, the post-production of 'Devouring the Stars' has been completed. Will it be reported if it is released? We spent a lot of money to make it. If it is pulled off the shelves midway, we will suffer a huge loss." Ye Ning asked worriedly on the phone.

Gu Wei was lying on the sofa in the living room, Liu Yifei was browsing her phone beside him, and Liu Xiaoli was preparing dinner.

"It shouldn't be!" Gu Wei said with some uncertainty, mainly because the animation industry had suffered a devastating blow during this period.

In 07, a TV series called “Legend of the Seven Heroes of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit” was repeatedly and continuously reported by the audience and was finally forced to be taken off the shelves.

In the past two days, the domestic cartoons "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" and "Boonie Bears" were also reported. The result was that they were suspended, rectified, and a large amount of "child-harming" content was deleted.

Even "Journey to the West" produced by CCTV has been reported many times. If it weren't for the support of relevant departments behind it, it would have been taken off the shelves long ago.

It has to be said that the contents of the parents’ reports are varied.

For example, in "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf": the lambs always tease the village chief and are reported for disrespecting their elders.

"Boonie Bears" involves guns, ammunition and violent conflicts.

The consecutive suspension of several popular cartoons has resulted in a cold winter for the entire animation industry, and no one knows how to produce content.

Oh, and be careful when you speak, don't use language involving violence, sex, etc.

We must also be careful when fighting to ensure that there are no casualties or harm to children.

"Alas, we still can't make animation in our country. It requires a lot of investment, but the limitations are too great. If you are not careful, the money you spend will be wasted." Ye Ning was also annoyed. Although he didn't watch cartoons, he was speechless after learning about the specific situation.

The key point is that the most exciting fighting scenes are in the early stage of "Devouring the Star". According to this logic, it is estimated that this animated film should be cut down into a "family warm drama" to avoid these situations.

"I'll go see Director Han tomorrow. If that doesn't work, I'll go see the General Administration. We can't invest so much money and end up banning the film."

Gu Wei didn't finish his words. Banning the film was a small matter. It was a joint venture between three companies, Light Media, Wanda and Star Films. Even if the film could not be released, each company would lose at most tens of millions. To put it bluntly, according to the current box office of "The Wandering Earth", the profit would be recovered in a few days. But if this happened, the domestic animation industry would be completely ruined.

Think about it, if even Star Films doesn’t dare to make animations, who can we rely on?

"Okay, go talk to Director Han first. If that doesn't work, we can go talk to the leaders of the General Administration with Lao Wang."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei rubbed his forehead and wanted to laugh. No wonder so many domestic directors hope to establish a rating system. It seems that everyone has encountered such troubles.

Seeing Gu Wei like this, Liu Yifei put down her phone and asked, "What's wrong?"

After Gu Wei told the story, Liu Yifei couldn't help laughing.

"No wonder. Previously, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf and Boonie Bears were always on TV, but I noticed they were suddenly gone these past two days."

"Do you still like watching this?" Gu Wei asked with a smile.

"I have nothing to do. Some people are busy promoting the movie and have no time to pay attention to me. It turns out that love will disappear, right?" Liu Yifei looked into Gu Wei's eyes and said with a resentful tone.

"Ahem." Gu Wei almost choked on this, and immediately thought about it, saying with a desire to survive, "If you're bored, go find Chang Chang to play with. She's not on set to film anyway."

"It's boring if I don't become a light bulb." Liu Yifei rolled her eyes, then seemed to remember something and continued, "By the way, has the TV series been finalized yet? People are waiting!"

"I was so busy that I forgot. I'll confirm it in the next few days. You can talk to Changchang about it."

"Oh, men are just forgetful."

"Girls are just stingy."

"Men are all big pigs."

"It's time to eat." Liu Xiaoli called out, and the two stopped bickering.

Looking at Gu Wei who was fleeing in panic, Liu Yifei silently thought in her heart that she would give him a hard time tonight.

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(End of this chapter)