China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 539 The future box office top

"After thinking about it for a while, it seems that Liu Yifei is indeed the Bai Qian who is most consistent with the original work. Alibaba Pictures, please don't make this mistake!"

"Fei Bao is the god Bai Qian in my mind! If Liu Yifei hadn't played Bai Qian, I would have refused to watch the movie!"

"What else do you think of you? If you don't fight for the best actress in Cannes, your movie will definitely be a flop!"

Netizens are worried about the casting for the movie "Three Lives Three Worlds".

However, Zhang Qiang, CEO of Alibaba Pictures, feels that he is the one suffering the most at this moment.

Weibo is constantly "bombed" and "tortured" by fans from all walks of life every day.

"I also knew that I wanted Liu Yifei to play the role, and you didn't have to ask for it."

Zhang Qiang looked at the various comments on Weibo and felt annoyed. He sighed again, "Forget it, let's solve it as soon as possible."

Then he called the secretary and gave instructions:

"Yes, Mr. Li, but "囧囧" should be placed at the end of the Lunar New Year file and it will not cause much conflict with "The Secret of the Dragon". Moreover, there is a gap in the genres of the two movies, which can be compensated."

Li Mu smiled and said, "No need, let's let "囧" return to the Lunar New Year show and talk to Director Xu about it."

Making changes at this time is, on the one hand, to protect the box office of "Monster Hunt" when it is released, so as to avoid conflict with "The Return of the Great Sage". After all, the cost of "Monster Hunt" is increasing again and again. If something unexpected happens again, then It was really a waste of money.

Li Mu thought about the fact that Lu Yang and Wu Ershan were currently planning to release "The Secret of the Dragon" in the middle of the Lunar New Year season.

"Ok."

"Then let's first ask Mr. Li if he has time to go to the film festival."

"Do we have two movies during the Lunar New Year period?"

"Jurassic World" is still popular around the world and has now exceeded the US$12 billion mark. It also happens to have exceeded the 12 billion yuan mark in China.

"Director Li, Mr. Jiang from Anle Films plans to postpone the release date of "Monster Hunt" by 10 days to July 7, staggered with "The Return of the Monkey King."

"Okay, that's settled then. Let's talk to Director Xu later."

Liu Weijuan nodded.

"Director Yan and Director Xu, the schedule choices they handed over seem to be a bit conflicting at the moment."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang."

Li Mu said lightly that it would be more appropriate to put "囧 in Hong Kong" in the Lunar New Year slot. "囧 in Thailand" was also released from the Lunar New Year slot.

Movie fans and friends are talking a lot. Some people comment on the movies selected every year, some support it, and some people think that certain movies can also be on the list.

Two of Li Mu's films made this list.

Li Mu has made the final decision that there is no need for his own movies to compete in such a close schedule. Everyone understands this.

Liu Weijuan took out the estimated release dates of "Charlotte" and "囧".

Among them, the most discussed ones are the 25 movies with the highest ratings from movie fans in the past 25 years, one for each year.

"Please help me make an appointment with Mr. Li from Mengying Media. If possible, the sooner we can meet, the better."

On the other hand, it is of course a show of goodwill to Mengying Media. During the mid-to-late July schedule, "Monster Hunt" will take a step back, and "The Return of the Monkey King" will no longer have an opponent that can stop it.

At this time, IMDB, the world's largest movie website, gathered all the editors to come up with a series of lists. In order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the IMDB website, it aroused heated discussions among many netizens.

This is a win-win situation for both parties. After all, Mengying Media has also invested in "Monster Hunt". Although it is not as good as his own son's "The Return of the Great Sage", it is naturally the best if it can avoid palm-to-palm slaps.

At this time, Li Mu was in the company, and Liu Weijuan was talking to him about the schedule of two movies.

"Okay, I understand this."

"It seems they all want to compete for the National Day slot."

Zhang Qiang was picking up the pen when he suddenly stopped in mid-air and thought for a while.

The director with the most films on the list is Nolan, with 5 films included.

Among them, Peter Jackson won three consecutive years with the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

"Ok?"

"Well, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Peter Jackson, and Lee are all my favorite directors, and I think this list is very reasonable."

Opinions are not unanimous in some years, but IMDB has made money. After all, movie fans around the world are commenting. This is real traffic and influence.

Although the current schedule can accommodate a few lucrative movies, the nature and type of these two movies are somewhat overlapping. They are both comedies. Putting them together, they are somewhat self-defeating.

"Steve's several movies are completely underrated and he should not only have 'Saving Private Ryan'."

One is planned to be released on September 9, and the other is planned to be released on September 30.

Seeing that his boss seemed to have nothing else to do, the secretary was about to turn around and leave when he remembered something and reminded him, "By the way, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Li from Mengying Media will also be there at the Shanghai International Film Festival next week. I remember You seem to be going to the Shanghai Film Festival too.”

Li Mu ranked fifth.

The remaining three directors, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Peter Jackson, each have three films on the list.

The secretary nodded, then slowly retreated and closed the door.

Li Mu nodded slightly. The schedule of "Monster Hunt" has been changed many times. The July 7 release date was set before Mengying Media became a new investor.

"The Pursuit of Happiness" in 2005 and "Gravity" in 2012.

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Compared with foreign netizens who have different opinions, the domestic side is much more united.

After all, in these 25 movies, only Li Mu appears, so if you don't support him, who else can you support?

"Awesome, Director Li!" "I think "2012" is a bad movie if Director Li is missing? That was a movie that influenced the subsequent development of the world, why wasn't it selected?"

"Handsome, the only Asian director on the list."

"Looking at the box office rankings, Director Li is about to reach the top of the box office."

Li Mu's fans cheered. It is very honorable for their favorite director to win these lists.

Another hotly debated list from IMDB is the global director box office ranking.

Only 10 people were counted, the top five are:

Michael Bay, cumulative box office: 55.90 billion US dollars, representative works: "Transformers 1.2.3.4", "Pearl Harbor", "The Island", "Jedi Men".

Li Mu, cumulative box office: 59 billion US dollars, representative works: "The Pursuit of Happyness", "2012", "Gravity", "The Martian".

James Cameron: $61.31 billion, representative works: "Avatar", "Titanic", "Terminator", "Alien 2", "The Abyss".

Peter Jackson, cumulative box office: US$65 billion, representative works: "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogy.

Steven Spielberg, cumulative box office: 88.88 billion US dollars, representative works: "Schindler's List", "War of the Worlds", "Saving Private Ryan", "ET", "Jurassic Park".

(Statistical time, as of June 2015, 6, only counts movies that have been downloaded and movies released globally)

When the list came out, there was an uproar in the country, and fans went crazy.

According to IMDB's statistical algorithm, Li Mu's "Jurassic World" is not included in the statistics. The current global box office has reached 12 billion US dollars.

Adding this together, the figure reaches more than 70 billion, approaching the number one spot in film history.

Moreover, some attentive netizens have calculated in detail and sorted out the cumulative box office summary, and found that Li Mu’s box office value is quite high, because some movies that were released domestically and whose copyrights were sold abroad were not recorded. It’s true. IMDB says it only counts global releases.

And the animated movie "Kung Fu Panda" is not included in the statistics.

"59 billion, how much is the RMB? There is still a lot that is not included here."

"It seems that I won't be able to see "One Piece" finish in my lifetime, but I will have the opportunity to see Li Mu reach the top."

"With the addition of "Jurassic World," it ranks second in the world at the box office, only missing Spielberg by over a billion. Not much, really not much."

"It's a bit crazy upstairs. It's not much more than a billion, but don't tell me, I don't think it's much either, hahahaha!"

Even netizens who are not fans of the movie are screaming.

The domestic Internet seems to be exploding.

All major media outlets are also vying to report on it, and one report after another is vying to be released first. At this time, the same goes for foreign media.

The list is fermenting around the world.

"The list of directors with the best box office appeal in the world!"

The media headlines are even more exciting. After all, Li Mu is the representative of China, the only Chinese on the list, and the only candidate from Asia.

In fact, not only netizens were shocked, but the industry was also stunned.

"More than 70 billion US dollars!"

Brother Chen Kai was shocked and a little emotional when he heard the news when he was leading the team to promote "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain".

"Director Li's film would have exceeded US$50 billion without including "Jurassic". Isn't it so scary?"

Wang Baoqiang's voice was very obvious, but everyone nodded, not because they didn't know, but because they were shocked.

In the crew of "The Great Wall", everyone was in an uproar, and discussions were heard everywhere.

Li Mu went over to visit the class two days ago.

"It brings glory!"

Zhang Yimou was a little happy.

"Xiao Tian, ​​you have a share of credit for this. I saw you also acted in a few movies."

Liu Dehua joked with a smile, while Jingtian was excited but also a little shy.

"Brother Hua is joking again. This is not my credit. Director Li did a good job."

"Hahaha!!!"

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"Lao Li is so scary!"

Ning Hao, Xu Zhuo and others were also a little surprised. No one knew about this. When they were counted, it was shocking.

"Mr. Li, you are awesome!"

"Mr. Li, the most handsome!"

"Boss, please have dinner."

In Mengying Media Company, the employees cheered enthusiastically, and Li Mu smiled and heard everyone's "wish".

That sentence of "please have dinner" is too obvious.

Li Mu was also very happy at this time. He did not expect that the cumulative box office of the films filmed over the years would be so terrible.

"Okay, let's all gather for dinner tonight, Lu Yu, make a reservation at the restaurant."

Li Mu waved his hand and said very proudly.

(End of this chapter)