China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 157 Sweeping the World (Chapter Together)
At this time, Kung Fu Panda is open on 4136 screens in North America, and "Juno" will not be released for a few days. There is currently no opponent in the schedule that can compete with "Kung Fu Panda".

Just waiting for the final data to come.

Various information about the premiere of Kung Fu Panda has been circulated, especially the movie itself, which has been rumored by many netizens to be amazing, making audiences who have not watched it full of expectations.

Especially children, they are clamoring to watch this animated movie.

After all, there are very few movies suitable for children in China.

Li Mu took out his mobile phone and looked at the text message Liu Yifei sent him, and his heart felt hot.

When Li Mu was thinking about how to get out, the official leader on the side also walked over with a smile.

"Director Li, we need to develop more movies like this in the future. We will definitely encourage them to promote the development of the tourism economy."

At first glance, it looked like it belonged to the Tourism Bureau, and what I wanted to do was to vigorously promote tourism.

In the past two days, I guess I have also enjoyed the sweetness brought by watching movies.

Fortunately, I chatted with Li Mu for a few words and then left.

Yu Feihong rarely found a free moment next to Li Mu, so he trotted over quickly: "Director Li, it's really hard to find you!"

There are people in the circle on the left and people in the circle on the right. Yu Feihong has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.

"Hey, senior sister, you're not filming a movie, so you came here to watch the premiere?" Li Mu joked, looking at Yu Feihong's long dress with an ancient charm and her graceful figure, no wonder he is remembered so much by later generations. , it is not unreasonable.

Yu Feihong and Duan Yihong must have been invited to the premiere of "Kung Fu Panda", and the invited candidates, Li Mu, had seen it in person.

"The movie has encountered a problem, and I want to ask you for advice."

Yu Feihong is also quite troubled now. This is his first time as a director, and he has too many ideas in his mind and cannot choose between them.

"Tell me."

"When I was directing, some new ideas would come up from time to time, and they kept coming." Yu Feihong slowly confided her difficulties to Li Mu.

She also consulted some directors on these issues, but she always felt uncomfortable.

"Shoot it!" Li Mu said bluntly.

After hearing these three words, Yu Feihong suddenly felt clear-headed. Sure enough, asking Li Mu was different from asking those directors. Everything else gave her a choice to serve the plot.
Having said so much, I feel that in the end I have returned to the origin of the problem.

"Actually, many famous directors have encountered your situation, such as Director Jiang Wen. You can ask him. It's a good thing to have ideas. If you don't have any ideas, just shoot them and then find the ones that are most suitable for the movie when editing. That one."

If it were a new director making ordinary films, Li Mu might not suggest this, but Yu Feihong, she has such capital.

It's totally fine to take a few more shots, and maybe it can add a lot of color to her "Love Has an Afterlife".

After listening to Li Mu's words, Yu Feihong felt like he had an epiphany, and hurriedly took Duan Yihong back to practice.

Well, before leaving, Duan Yihong looked at Li Mu eagerly, as if he had been wronged.

Yes, after all, he is the male protagonist. There are many scenes in this shoot, and it is probably Duan Yihong who is the most troublesome.

After Li Mu dismissed the people, he hurried to the five-star hotel he had booked and took the independent elevator to the presidential suite.

As soon as he swiped the room card, the door closed and a black and white figure like a giant panda hung on Li Mu.

"Hehe, how's it going? Is it heavy?" Liu Yifei said happily.

Looking at Liu Yifei wearing Liu Yifei's black and white clothes, she has a rather ascetic style.

"Reward me and I'll tell you again."

I have to say, the lips are very soft and waxy.

After a while, the two separated.

Liu Yifei hooked her hands around Li Mu's neck, looked at him, pressed her forehead against hers, and smiled: "Have you tasted my strawberry-flavored lipstick?"

Li Mu pursed his lips, "Well, I haven't tasted your strawberry-flavored lipstick yet."

hehehe~
"You're so stupid, I'll give you another chance."

Liu Yifei scored twice and took the initiative to kiss her again.

The two of them played this little game and had a great time.

At night, Li Mu was still checking the data of "Kung Fu Panda". Liu Yifei was wearing cool clothes indoors. Against the backdrop of the warm lamp, her straight long legs were flawless.

He casually picked up the hair dryer and blew his hair. The warm air from the hair dryer stirred his long hair like a waterfall. Under the swaying light, it carried the unknown fragrance of hair lotion and penetrated into Li Mu's nose.

Life is so beautiful!

Who is such an idiot to play with the computer at this time? Li Mu quickly closed it and said, "I'll help you dry your hair."

Seeing that her boyfriend was so considerate, Liu Yifei smiled happily and handed the hair dryer to Li Mu: "Don't just blow it in one place, it will burn your scalp."

"Understood." Li Mu combed his hair carefully, and the warm wind blew gently.

Liu Yifei naturally enjoyed this moment and leaned on Li Mu's shoulder.

After a while, Li Mu touched it and felt that his hair was almost dry. "Let me tie your hair."

Liu Yifei's little eyes were full of doubts. Who was still tying her hair even though she was already asleep?

"Can you do it?" Liu Yifei questioned, but found that Li Mu was not here to tie her hair at all, but specifically to tie her hair.

It was a noisy night, and various reports on "Kung Fu Panda" on major domestic portals dominated all the headlines.

The publicity information for the "Notice of Voting" and "Assembly Number" has been compressed to an invisible location.

Although Feng Xiaogang was a little depressed, it was okay. After all, the schedule difference between "Assembly" and "Kung Fu Panda" was nearly three weeks, so the impact was not big.

However, the "Notice of Voting" will be affected, and it is only a little more than a week apart.

Chen Kexin is helpless now. Li Lienjie's name is also there, but he still can't compete with this popularity.

The data in North America has not yet been released, but according to statistics from investigators, "Kung Fu Panda" is the absolute mainstream among those who go to the cinema to buy tickets.

"Kung Fu Panda" is still on the advertising space in New York's Times Square, and people passing by can see it when they look up.

Li Mu returned to Mengying's editing room, where the rough cut of "The Invisible Guest" had been completed.

Li Mu proofread it and prepared for fine editing.

Ning Hao basically stayed here, working on his "No Man's Land" day and night.

"That sister actually gave you a holiday, it's rare."

"Women will only affect my editing speed." Ning Hao said proudly.

"Tsk, tsk, that sister isn't here, so you are being tough when it comes to saying this."

Ning Hao was still arrogant. If Li Mu hadn't known from the company's employees' chats that Ning Hao was dragged away by Xing Aina a few days ago, he would have believed his lies.

It is estimated that until the day he dies, his whole body will be soft, but his mouth will still be hard.

The editing of "The Invisible Guest" is not easy. The plot clues are divided into two lines, the present tense and the past tense, and the main narrative mode is "interspersing the past tense with the present tense", which is the so-called flashback.

Every flashback passage must have a sender. The senders in "The Invisible Guest" are all characters in the film, so his or her memories will be subjective, so some of the flashbacks will be Fictionalized by the narrator.

The truth and falsehood of these passages are intertwined with each other, seeming to "deceive" the audience, which is the effect Li Mu hopes to see.

North American media and film critics have also received favorable reports on "Kung Fu Panda".

“You can see the original Chinese Kung Fu and cute pandas in the movie!”

"Wonderful animated movie, if you've never seen it, trust me you will be well worth your time!"

"Monkey Fist, Snake Fist, Tiger and Crane Double Shape, Mantis Fist, there is always a Kung Fu you like!"

The North American first-day figures are finally out, with more than 2200 million US dollars. Although it is slightly inferior to the first day of "The Twilight Saga", compared with normal movies, this first-day box office is definitely not low.

Fan films will be pretty hyped for a few days when they first open, but then the decline will be huge.

On the second day, "Kung Fu Panda" sold more than $2500 million, an increase of 13%.

On the third day, the box office grossed more than 2100 million U.S. dollars, and it took in 6860 million U.S. dollars in the first week.

The North American weekly box office champion was easily won.

Panda fever and Kung Fu fever began in the beautiful country.

The term "Kung Fu Panda" has been at the top of Google's search list in the past few days, which shows how popular it is.

This is especially true for children, which has led to a boom in sales of panda peripherals.We still have to wait a few days for the film to be released in China, and people online can't wait. The premiere can only be seen by a small number of people, and the vast majority of the audience needs to wait for the official screening in all theaters.

News of the box office in North America has also spread, and the Chinese people's expectations are even higher. After all, the Americans and Americans like it, so there is no reason why our own people don't like it.

"If your animated movie can sell for such a high price, why should others survive?" Although Ning Hao was in the editing room, he must have known this information.

Everyone in the industry now knows that China is still very weak in the field of animated films, but it seems that Mengying will also get involved in this field in the future.

Other companies also want to learn from it, but they don’t have the strength.

Mengying's animation team was trained at DreamWorks Animation and has practical experience in making movies like "Kung Fu Panda".

where are they?
In China, even Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit was banned due to complaints from parents. Let alone making a movie, it is difficult to find opportunities to practice.

In 5 days, "Kung Fu Panda" directly exceeded 9000 million US dollars and launched an attack on [-] million US dollars.

At this time, the domestic release is finally about to begin, and movie fans must have been eagerly awaiting it.

Many people have finally waited for this time to arrive. "Kung Fu Panda" ushered in the first wave of movie ticket sales just after its release.

"I'm sorry, all the tickets for the past few days have been sold out. We have temporarily added films to the schedule. Please wait a moment."

The ticket seller of a Wanda Cinema in the Imperial Capital was a little surprised when he saw the crowd, many of whom came with their families.

And some children cried when they saw that there was no way to sell them.

She also quickly called the leader to see how to arrange it.

This kind of situation occurs very frequently in some economically developed cities.

"Boss, do you have tickets? Please help me. My child is begging to watch it and can't be coaxed." Li Mugang came out of the editing room, and the sound of people begging for tickets came from the office.

"Okay, let's coordinate with the company and give each person a few." Li Mu has the ability to provide employees of his own company with some benefits, so he naturally has to give them some benefits.

"thank you boss!"

The crowd cheered. It is really difficult to buy a ticket these days. It was hard to get a ticket for "Transformers" again.

"Lu Yu, please go and get in touch about this matter." Of course, if something happens, it has to be done by the secretary. Li Mu can just give the instructions.

Lu Yu nodded. She also wanted to go and have a look. Just as her boss gave her order, she immediately started contacting him.

Soon, Lu Yu had already contacted her, and she chose the earliest session after get off work for herself.

When Lu Yu came to the cinema, he found that the queue area was already crowded. Everyone was lining up desperately to buy tickets for fear that they would accidentally fall behind others and have their movie tickets taken away.

Fortunately, she already had a ticket, and Lu Yu felt very lucky, otherwise it would have been too hard for her to be among the people buying tickets.

The first day's box office will not be released until tomorrow morning. Li Mu is very calm. Both the movie itself and the promotion of "Kung Fu Panda" are far better than the previous one. It has reached its current peak.

"Kung Fu Panda" is an animated movie that is aimed at all ages and has a lot of family viewing elements. It has a humorous style and a lovable image.

The box office will definitely not be low, but Li Mu cannot guess how much it will receive domestically.

"Amu, you're here." Liu Yifei opened the door excitedly.

Shu Chang and Zhang Liangying were also there, and Liu Xiaoli was still busy in the kitchen.

"Liangying gave us twenty concert tickets as a thank you for the premiere." Liu Yifei took out twenty tickets from her bag and handed them to Li Mu, "You can give them away."

Li Mu picked them up and looked at them. They were all good positions in the infield: "Okay, thank you."

This can be regarded as a benefit to some employees of the company.

"I have to thank Director Li. I still have a lot of these tickets. If they are not enough, just tell me." Zhang Liangying quickly waved her hand to indicate that they were not valuable.

Several people were also chatting about things in the circle, and they were chatting very enthusiastically.

After all, three people and one woman acted together, and Li Mu occasionally chimed in with a few words.

However, while eating, Liu Yifei said something that surprised Li Mu.

"Ah Mu, mom also bought tickets for "Kung Fu Panda" and plans to watch it tomorrow."

Liu Yifei sold Liu Xiaoli directly.

Liu Xiaoli looked calm, but it seems that this panda is very popular among men, women and children.

"Then thank you auntie for your contribution to the box office." Li Mu also said cheerfully.

"Can it surpass the first-day box office of "Transformers"?"

At this point, everyone turned their attention, and everyone was curious about the box office.

"There is a chance, but it's actually hard to say."

The data has not come out, so it is difficult to guess, but judging from the current popularity, the chance is not small.

"Definitely."

Liu Yifei gave a more certain answer than Li Mu, full of confidence.

The next day, Li Mu received the data report in the office, and the box office feedback on the first day had been fed back!
2462 million!The first-day box office set a new historical high for imported blockbusters.

It was 221 million higher than the first-day box office of "Transformers".

"I rely on!"

People in the industry were shocked when they heard the news. Although they had expected a high box office, they did not expect to directly beat "Transformers", which only broke the record in July.

And just like "Transformers", the first day of release is not a weekend, so this record has a high gold content.

This lazy and gluttonous panda conquered the domestic audience, and his chubby and sturdy body knocked off the box office record of all animated films in the Chinese Film Market.

"2462 million, pandas set a historical record!"

"The first-day box office record of "Transformers" was broken, and "Kung Fu Panda" is coming!"

"The magic spell of cartoons has failed, and "Kung Fu Panda" is on its way to setting a record!"

Speaking of the name of the cartoon curse, it has a long history.

Prior to this, animated films released in China seemed to be under a curse. No matter how well they performed in the international market and how good their reputation was, they seemed to only be able to attract younger audiences, and thus failed to reach the 5000 million mark. forward.

This is really aggrieved. If it is acceptable that "The Lion King", which has been regarded as a classic, took over 1995 million at the box office in 4000, then this year, "Ratatouille", which has received rave reviews, has only received rave reviews. It's so ironic to be in the company of a third-rate live-action movie like "Heart of a King" with a box office of over 2000 million.

What's even more pitiful is "Shrek 3", with 760 million, which makes people speechless.

As soon as "Kung Fu Panda" came out, the curse of animated movies that had been in power for 12 years came to an end.

Based on the box office of "Kung Fu Panda" on the first day of 2462 million, let alone the total box office exceeding 5000 million is not a problem, even 2 million can still hit it.

The previous "Transformers" is the biggest example.

The sales in North America have exceeded [-] million on the sixth day, and the weekend is coming again. These days will be the second round of explosion of "Kung Fu Panda".

"Old Sun plans to invite Li Mu to come back and teach the animation majors a lesson." Xie Xiaojing was still nagging in Tian Zhuangzhuang's ear. Old Sun is the dean of Beidian Animation College.

"If you want to invite me, just tell him directly. There's no need to ask me to come."

Tian Zhuangzhuang was speechless. These dogs came to him one by one, making him seem like a microphone.

Doesn't this mean you have a better relationship with him? Xie Xiaojing was still muttering.

Immediately afterwards, "Kung Fu Panda" surged all the way. The higher the buzz, the higher the box office.

It has already exceeded 5 million yuan in 4 days of domestic release, which is [-] hours faster than the speed of "Transformers".

Everyone in the circle was fucked, and the speed was so fast that no one could even react.

The two Chinese elements "Kung Fu" and "Panda" were combined into the same category, and it turned out to be very powerful, setting historical records in succession.

In the second week in North America, the box office championship was snatched away by "Juno", but it has already won more than 3600 million at the box office, ranking second, with a cumulative total of more than 1.42 million US dollars.

At this time, various countries around the world are gradually starting public screenings.
South Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Mexico
South Korea took in more than 800 million US dollars at the box office in the first weekend alone, setting a new record for Korean animated films.

The Japanese weekend box office grossed more than 250 million US dollars in two days.

In its first three days in the UK, the film grossed over US$1300 million.

Not just in Asia, "Kung Fu Panda" has begun to stir up waves on the world stage with its cultural symbols of China.

(End of this chapter)