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Chapter 794: Ten Billion Dollars, Reaching the Top

“According to overseas media reports, as of January 2019, 1, the global box office of DC blockbuster Aquaman has exceeded $08 billion.

This is the highest-grossing film since the DCEU (Warner's recent film series from "Man of Steel" to "Justice League"), and also the third highest-grossing film in DC history.

Moreover, the box office of Aquaman is very close to the highest-grossing DC film, The Dark Knight Rises, with $10.8 billion, and the second-highest, The Dark Knight, with $10.05 billion. Li Mu is creating and rewriting the history of DC and commercial films."

As "Aquaman" broke the billion mark, various overseas press releases were flying all over the place. Warner naturally wanted to give "Aquaman" a final round of publicity sprint to see if it could reach a higher level.

It is obviously not difficult for "Aquaman" to become the number one in DC history.

It’s just that with the release of the list of directors of the highest-grossing films in history by Forbes, there was some commotion in the world film industry for a while.

Last year, Steven Spielberg topped the list with a cumulative box office of $100.09 billion, but this time the name at the top of the Forbes list has changed.

Because "Aquaman" broke the 10 billion US dollars, Li Mu broke through the 100 mark and directly topped the list with 101.85 billion US dollars.

Different from the previous IMDB statistics, Forbes' statistics also included several hundred million dollar movies made by Li Mu in recent years, namely "Operation Red Sea" and "Dying to Survive".

This news was like a huge rock, hitting the water pool and causing huge waves.

In the hearts of movie fans all over the world, box office is still a very important criterion for a director. Otherwise, those directors who are hailed as the world's top directors are all box office + honors.

When the news was announced, Li Mu was still handling business in the company and was not aware of it for a while.

Until Nolan called suddenly.

"Congratulations, Lee!"

Li Mu was a little confused: "Christopher, what happened?"

"Oh, you don't even know about such a big thing. Maybe you should check the news." Nolan said with a smile, and then talked to Li Mu.

Li Mu was a little excited for a moment.

"Next time you come to Hollywood, maybe you should treat me to a meal." Nolan smiled and chatted with Li Mu for a few more words before hanging up the phone.

Before Li Mu checked the news reports, Spielberg called to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, now I am number two in the world"

Steven Spielberg laughed, and it was obvious that he didn't care much about this ranking, or he didn't take it seriously. After all, he had already won all kinds of honors and lists, and he was getting older. He was probably more concerned about how to make the movies he wanted to make.

"According to the progress of your film, I might collapse in two years."

Li Mu was also somewhat happy, although he did not particularly care, but after all, reaching the summit and not reaching the summit were two different things.

"I really shouldn't be so hardworking. Maybe I should just enjoy my life!"

Steven Spielberg sighed, but couldn't let go of the movie.

Li Mu estimated that Spielberg would retire only when he could no longer shoot, just like Zhang Yimou, who always had stories that touched him.

At the same time, the news quickly spread in the media and on the Internet, and people who cared about the film industry or not, and who watched movies or not, were all surrounded by the news.

There is no doubt that this is a major event that shocked the entire film industry, entertainment industry, media and the Internet!

For a time, almost all entertainment media, newspapers, and magazines put this news on the front page.

"Oh my god, wasn't I still a little far from the top when I checked IMDB a while ago? How come I've jumped to the top all of a sudden?"

"The guy above, you better explain how you checked IMDB, funny dog ​​head expression!"

"Forbes' statistical method is a little different, but I think it's reasonable. In fact, Li Mu should have reached the top a long time ago. I can only say that he is awesome."

"Except for Li Mu, there are no Asian directors in the top 50. I can only say that it's amazing that the only one made it to the top."

"Ten billion dollars, how much money is that? Oh my god"

"I have also contributed a lot to this 10 billion US dollars. If I calculate carefully, it is several hundred dollars. I can be regarded as participating in a 10 billion dollar project!"

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There was a huge uproar on the Internet and the topic reached the top of the list.

Li Mu received a lot of congratulations.

"Director Li, you must come to the press conference for My Motherland and Me in a few days."

While congratulating, Huang Jianxin also strongly invited Li Mu to come, which shows that he is a walking box office support.

"No, Director Huang, I'm a producer and you're the executive producer. It doesn't matter whether I go or not." Li Mu said with a wry smile.

"Why doesn't it matter? You are now the world's number one director at the box office, and Mengying has invested money, right? We always pay attention to a good omen, come on, it must be right."

Huang Jianxin gave a bunch of reasons, "Besides, all the big companies have to send people. If you don't come, they will send people. Why bother with so much trouble, right?"

"Okay, okay." Li Mu smiled helplessly, "I can go."

"Okay, then it's settled."

“.” If many friends and acquaintances just expressed their congratulations, then this banner from Beijing Film Academy was just a daily operation.

In the past, the banners of Beijing Film Academy were not very sophisticated, with honorary awards, movie box office, participation in competitions, various selections and so on.

However, with the development of the film and television industry, honorary awards will naturally be given. But for alumni, higher honors are still required, and for students, any honor will be enough.

But as for the box office, in recent years, it’s not very elegant to put it up, it looks a bit tacky.

In the millennium, a movie that grossed over 100 million yuan was not worth bragging about. Let's put it out there: Congratulations to our school's alumnus for directing the movie "XXX" which grossed over 100 million yuan.
This is very impressive at first glance, and although there are not many movies with box office revenue of tens of billions in recent years, there are a few every year, which is not surprising.

But if you say that the world box office has exceeded 10 billion and ranked first, does it look tacky to put it up?

That is certainly not tacky. After all, in other words, it is an honor, which is even harder to win than the Palme d'Or.

There is one Palme d’Or every year, but can there be a new director who tops the world box office every year?

As for the ones ranked, there is a huge gap after the second place. In recent years, it has basically been only Li Mu and Spielberg who have been wandering around on the top.

"Yes, yes, a little to the left."

"Yes, right here, exactly!"

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The school staff hung the board upright, and a group of students were watching below.

"That's awesome, Brother Pastor Li. This movie has a box office of 10 billion. If I can make 100 million, my mom will wake up laughing in her sleep."

A student from the directing department looked up at the words on the banner. He recognized every word, but when they were put together they seemed so incredible.

"Stop dreaming. Forget about whether I can make a movie after graduation. I'd be lucky if I can make a TV series. I guess I'll have to go back and take on a few more commercials to see if I can get enough money to make a low-budget movie to test the waters."

The person next to him responded, looking at the words on the banner with great envy.

But at this time, the people in the performance department were chattering non-stop.

"The last time Pastor Li came to school, I didn't come back. I was so disappointed that Yang Qiru found me."

"It would be great if I could act in Pastor Li's movie. I'm afraid the next one will also make hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office!"

"I don't know if it's hundreds of millions, but think about it, Brother Huang Bo also has a box office of 10 billion, but his is RMB. Brother Li Pastor can only look up to him."

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What many students didn’t know at this time was that not far away, several leaders of Beijing Film Academy were also looking towards the gate from a high-rise building.

"Old Wang, if you have time, please invite Li Mu to come back and visit more often. It's our alma mater, so it's only right that he comes back more often."

Zhang Huijun sat in the main seat and glanced at the banner fluttering at the gate, but he couldn't see the big words on it from his perspective.

"Director Zhang, you know that Li Mu has rarely come back since Old Tian retired. But everyone knows that he is nostalgic."

"As Lao Wang said, the last matter of Studio 421 was settled without any further ado," Sun Lijun said with a smile.

"Well, so if something happens, we will help as much as we can, but given his current situation, I'm afraid we can't be of much help." Zhang Huijun said with a faint smile.

"But Lao Wang, you can think of a way, like art exams, you can ask alumni to come back and be art exam tutors or direct some non-professional courses."

"Director Zhang, you know that both of them are people who fear trouble. They just want to have some free time. One or two times is fine, but more than that is not okay." Wang Jinsong waved his hand.

“Hahaha, that’s right.”

Zhang Huijun suddenly remembered that he had previously invited Li Mu to be a visiting professor at the Beijing Film Academy. It took a long time before he finally agreed.

"Old Ning, you can give me 10 billion for anything. The requirements are not high. RMB will do."

Xing Aina looked at the report, took a deep breath, and couldn't help but teasing.

"There is still some hope of getting 10 billion, maybe in my lifetime."

Ning Hao lay flat on the sofa. "Old Li's data is indeed a bit scary. I haven't seen him make many movies."

"Director Li's films are of high quality. He took nearly half of the two films that grossed over 2 billion yuan."

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Such conversations were not only happening here with Ning Hao, but also with Han Sanping and Han Jianu.

"To be honest, I would be happy if you could direct a movie with a box office of 1 billion." Han Sanping couldn't help but shook his head.

"Tsk, I'm now a big screenwriter with a box office of 4 billion. I don't even look down on some small directors." Han Jianu spoke with great confidence.

Li Mu's incident this time has completely caused a stir in the industry. Although everyone had expected it, after all, the data was there, but when Forbes announced it, it was indeed shocking.

Naturally, the media would not sit idle and continued to dig deeper into the value of this explosive news, beginning to interview industry veterans and industry leaders.

(End of this chapter)