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Chapter 678 [104] What is the King of Asia? !

Wednesday, November 2006, 7.

"Fast and Furious 3" premiered in China.

Yu Xin has just signed the distribution contract for "Invisible Spy" with China Film Group, and the film will be officially released on February 2 next year during the Spring Festival.

This is the first film confirmed to be released during the Spring Festival next year.

It also set a precedent for early release dates, with a full half-year promotion period. In fact, the post-production of "Invisible Spy" has just begun, but this year the Film Bureau has a new censorship policy.

With the intervention of China Film Corporation and Chen Yu's reputation, the Film Bureau also made some concessions.

Script review is easy, but the content is divided into two parts. One is the green screen review, which is the overall story without the special effects, so as to facilitate the scheduling and reservation of the film.

This way, the final film review time can be shortened.

Many future commercial blockbusters will actually adopt such a censorship strategy.

"Brother Yu, Third Master told me before that Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou's new films both seem to want to be released during the Spring Festival!"

"Now that I heard that your new film is about to be released, I have chosen to change gears. San Ye actually meant to give it a try, but Zhang Weiping and Huayi don't have that confidence!"

Yang Lu was talking to Chen Yu on the phone.

Apart from Chen Yu's "Operation Bourne", the two most anticipated blockbusters in mainland China this year should be "Night Banquet" directed by Feng Xiaogang and invested by Huayi. Chen Yu was ultimately unable to catch up with the filming.

As for Zhang Yimou's film, of course, it was "Curse of the Golden Flower", in which he also did not participate.

Therefore, after the two parties had a meeting with Han Sanpin, they had no more contact with Chen Yu. Since this was a project led by China Film, Huayi and New Picture were also aware that it was not something Chen Yu could decide on.

In other words, China Film Group wants to manipulate next year's Spring Festival period to significantly increase China's box office.

So Han Sanpin definitely hopes that there will be more movies during the Spring Festival, but Zhang Weiping and Huayi chose to retreat, so they should move forward instead.

Because there are only a few schedules, and if it can't be released during the Spring Festival, then it can only be released during the Lunar New Year.

"That's normal. After all, the Spring Festival release has only been implemented for a year!"

"No one is confident that the Spring Festival will be able to come together again this year!"

"Plus, I will definitely get the first place in the schedule. New Picture and Huayi may not be willing to be the second place!"

At other times, Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang can always get high-ranking films, so there is no need for them to compete with Chen Yu for an unclear schedule.

If Chen Yu was not a reborn person, he would actually do the same.

Currently, China is not as big as North America. The market size is limited to one period, and in their view, the audience can only consume one movie.

Although the current number of moviegoers and screens are much larger than in 06 in Chen Yu’s previous life.

Chen Yu estimates that by next Spring Festival, the level of 08 should be reached.

08 is comparable to 10!
These are all changes and investments made in the industry after he was reborn and boosted the market box office; even Yu Xin, together with China Film, invested in the first IMAX cinema in the capital, and has already started selecting a site.

With the first one, the second, the third... will they be far behind?
After hanging up the phone with Yang Lu, Chen Yu packed up and prepared to attend the premiere of "Fast and Furious 3" in Shanghai with the "Fast and Furious 3" crew.

In the early morning, all of China, including Hong Kong and Formosa, will start the midnight show at the same time.

The domestic news has been widely circulated, and the market feedback of "Fast and Furious 3" in North America has also made Universal very confident about this movie.

"Fast and Furious 3" took in $1190 million in North America on Monday and $1003 million on Tuesday. Today's figure is expected to be similar to Tuesday, or even a little more, making over $3000 million in three days.

"Fast and Furious 3", including pre-sales, has exceeded 1 million US dollars, and the total box office is about to reach 8000 million.

The box office of "Taken" has obviously declined this week, reaching 1.32 million so far. It is estimated that the final North American box office will be similar to the market's forecast, which is around 2 million.

Of course, 2 million in North America is already quite impressive; "Fast and Furious 3" is still working hard for this number.

In China, "Escape Plan" was released for one week and the total box office was 1.2 million RMB, which is better than several of Jackie Chan's previous films, but there is indeed a big gap between him and Chen Yu.

The pre-sales of "Fast and Furious 3" alone have reached 1.5 million, far breaking the record of more than 9000 million set by "Departures".

The pre-sale of "Mission Impossible 3" was only over 8000 million, but the final box office set a new record in the history of imported Chinese films, reaching 8.09 million yuan so far!

And it is precisely because of the popularity of this Hollywood blockbuster a month ago that Chen Yu’s reputation has now reached a new height.

Many of his fans have already rushed in without thinking, and Chen Yu's works have almost become synonymous with quality.

So this summer, as soon as I heard that the new Hollywood movie starring him was released, I bought movie tickets as soon as possible.

The combination of series + starring + Hollywood created a new pre-sale record in China.

While many movies are still pursuing box office revenues of tens of millions, the pre-sales of Chen Yu's movies have reached over 1.5 million. It has to be said that China's film market has become quite fragmented and disparate.

Hollywood films, such as those by Chen Yu, Zhang Yimou and others, all make hundreds of millions of dollars; while others only make between millions and tens of millions.

Even though Chen Yu himself has attracted moviegoers across the country, the overall market has not yet reached a completely hot level.

Therefore, next year's Spring Festival period is actually very critical. We have to make the audience interested in going to the cinema. This is what domestic films need to do nowadays.

“10、9、8……2、1！”

"Showing!"

With the countdown and cheers from the "Fast & Furious 3" crew and a group of fans, "Fast & Furious 3" welcomed its midnight show in China.

566 million!
"Fast and Furious 3" did not break the 3 million midnight screenings of "Mission: Impossible 773", but it exceeded the record of 415 million set by "Departures".

The reasons are of course multifaceted.

One is the working day, the second is the intensity of publicity, and the third is the influence of the series.

Tom Cruise still has a strong appeal in China, and he and Chen Yu are a powerful combination; but now that Chen Yu is the only starring actor in "Fast and Furious 3", the number of die-hard fans will definitely be less.

But the pre-sales also show that Chen Yu still has a large number of fans, which is why the pre-sales of "Fast and Furious 3" far exceed those of "Mission Impossible 3".

Although Chen Yu doesn’t know how much box office revenue "Fast and Furious 3" will eventually earn in China, at least this midnight screening and pre-sale are already a good start for a big hit.

And things turned out exactly as Chen Yu had expected.

"Fast and Furious 12" premiered on Wednesday, the 3th, and took in 3762 million yuan in mainland China, breaking the box office record for a weekday premiere.

There was a slight decline on the 13th, and starting from Friday, Chen Yu officially entered the market verification period.

5321 million!
This is the domestic box office of "Fast and Furious 3" on Friday. It has exceeded 3 million in 3 days. Although it cannot be compared with "Mission Impossible " and "Departures", all Chen Yu's fans are looking forward to the arrival of this day in the next opening weekend.

Most of the previous 1.5 million pre-sales were also in these two days. Many people were too busy on weekdays to buy tickets, so they bought them in advance this weekend.

The pre-sales for Saturday, July 7, had already reached 15 million on Friday night, and 5200 million on Sunday. The pre-sales for both days just broke 4170 million. Market analysts from all industries are predicting that these two days will break a single-day box office record in Chinese film history.

The single-day box office record for a domestic film is 7120 million, set by "Escape Plan" during the Spring Festival.

The box office record in Chinese film history, including Hollywood imported films, is 7310 million in a single day, which was set by Mission: Impossible 3 last month.

Now, everyone will witness the birth of a new single-day record.

This is enough to show that Chen Yu now has an unprecedented box office power in the Chinese market.

He is the box office!

Every new film released in China will set several new records.

And every time a movie is released, it will accumulate a huge number of fans again; the accumulation of such batches of loyal fans is the reason why records are broken time and time again.

Of course, the main factor that enables each improvement is that Chen Yu’s name is now a guarantee of the film’s reputation.

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Chen Yu = hot item!

This is almost a certification in the minds of all movie fans.

Just like when Stephen Chow was in Hong Kong, it was one nonsensical masterpiece after another that made him the king of the Hong Kong box office market.

Now, a new box office king has been born in the mainland!

"Chen Yujun!"

"Yu Jun~~"

"Chen Yuesang——"

As soon as Chen Yu and the "Fast and Furious 3" crew arrived at Tokyo International Airport, they were greeted with a thunderous welcome from Japanese fans.

"God, I just thought Chan was super popular in their country!"

“I didn’t expect he’s so popular in Japan!”

“The King of Asia is worthy of it!”

"Tae, are you serious that you were born in Japan? Hahaha!"

"..."

Lucas Black and Bow Wow looked at the huge crowds of people at the airport to welcome him, and for the first time they realized why Universal called Chen Yu the "King of Asia", because his popularity in Asia is indeed unparalleled.

Especially in Japan, everyone feels that its popularity is even higher than in China.

This is also the popularity that Chen Yu has accumulated through one movie after another.

It is also a coincidence that many of Chen Yu's works have some inextricable connection with Japan; apart from his early works "Kara is a Dog" and "Blind Well", "Nuan" has a high box office in Japan because the leading actor is a Japanese actor.

In addition, Huo Jianqi himself is very popular among Japanese movie fans, so Chen Yu is a lucky guy.

That’s when the popularity started.

But the following "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", Tokyo Film Festival, "House of Flying Daggers", "Kung Fu", "Initial D"... and the recent "Extraction" and "Departures", almost every one of them was a hit in Japan.

In addition, he is the first foreign actor to be awarded the award in Japanese history, which makes the value of this award even more prominent.

In Japan, Chen Yu's current popularity is comparable to that of Hollywood blockbusters.

And if he had promoted it with a Hollywood movie, it would have been a sure win, so the pre-sale of "Fast and Furious 3" was almost on par with "Mission: Impossible 3". If nothing unexpected happened, the final box office in the Japanese market would exceed million US dollars!
This should be Chen Yu’s fourth movie in Japan to break the 100 million mark in a single market!
"Extraction", "Departures", "Mission: Impossible 3", and next is "Fast and Furious 3"!
“Treasure Island and Hong Kong should also break the record!”

"It grossed 1500 million in Hong Kong in three days, and 1200 million in pre-sales over the weekend. It looks like it could gross 3000 million in a week!"

“I don’t know if it can break 100 million!”

This has always been one of Chen Yu's goals.

Although there are films that have grossed over HK$97 million in the Hong Kong market—Titanic grossed HK$1.3 million in 6000—the upper limit of Hong Kong’s local films has been around HK$ million in recent years.

Stephen Chow himself created several historical records, and after Chen Yu joined, the base of domestic films in the Hong Kong market reached a height of 8000 million Hong Kong dollars!

"Mission Impossible 3" reached more than 9000 million, but ultimately failed to break million.

So Chen Yu really wanted to give it a try in "Fast and Furious 3", even though it's a Hollywood blockbuster.

But Chen Yu believes that if the Hollywood movies he starred in could make over 100 million yuan, then domestic films would surely be able to do the same by then.

Although there are many Hong Kong directors who are complacent and always say nonsense like Hong Kong films are dead.

But after the purge in 19, Hong Kong films have begun a journey of recovery. The Hong Kong film market, which was previously dominated by Hollywood, has also begun to replicate itself, just like the mainland's counterattack against Hollywood.

In the past, the box office of Stephen Chow’s works was only around 6000 million.

But in 2023, "The Bad Kids" broke the million yuan mark and entered the top ten of Hong Kong's total box office, becoming the only local Hong Kong film and shocking the whole of Hong Kong.

Just when everyone was touting that this movie was a special case, less than a year later, "Kowloon Walled City" once again broke the 100 million yuan mark!
Where there is one there are two, and when there are two there are three.

"Breaking the Hell" once again emerged as a dark horse, entering the top ten of Hong Kong's box office chart in ten days, the top eight in half a month, and the top three in a month, once again defeating all those who were pessimistic about the Hong Kong market.

Facts have proved that China Film’s strategy has always been correct.

Only with cultural confidence and strength can local films have absolute voice.

Chen Yu's current venture into Hollywood is only to sound the clarion call for a cultural counterattack in the future; China failed to do so in his previous life, so Chen Yu wants to try it in this life.

As for why the Formosa market was able to break the record again, it was because of Justin Lin.

It is full of gimmicks in itself that a director from Taiwan is directing a Hollywood blockbuster!
So although "Fast and Furious 3" may not be as popular as "Mission: Impossible 3" in mainland China this time, it has set new records in Hong Kong and Taiwan; and Japan has also set a new height for movies starring Chen Yu.

Unlike the global market of "Mission Impossible 3", "Fast & Furious 3" is a Hollywood blockbuster tailor-made for Japan.

The title of the film is Tokyo Drift, and Japanese movie fans have certainly been looking forward to it for a long time.

The previous version of "Fast and Furious 3" grossed 1.58 million worldwide and over 6000 million in North America, but it earned nearly half a billion US dollars in Japan, which is enough to show how popular this movie is in Japan.

Chen Yu is the lead actor in this life, and with even better reputation and publicity than in the previous life, if nothing unexpected happens... it will be even more explosive!
(End of this chapter)