China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 470 The Two Billion Era Arrives

Wu Jing, Zhang Yi, Huang Xiaoming and others all felt the tremendous pressure of impending storm.

"Furious 7" premiered in China on April 4, and premiered overseas a little more than a week earlier than in China.

The film grossed an impressive 1.436 million US dollars in its North American premiere.

The performance in overseas markets outside North America was even more exaggerated, with a box office of 2.4 million.

The film's performance in the overseas film market was truly amazing, breaking many records.

This is the best movie sequel in North America since 2013's "The Hunger Games".

The film's premiere in 63 countries overseas ranks third in world film history.

The reason why this movie performed so well is not only because its quality was greatly improved compared to its predecessor, but also because of the death of Paul Wolfe, one of the leading actors.

Paul Wolfe is one of the main actors in the "Fast and Furious" series, and "Fast and Furious 7" is his last work.

He passed away in a car accident in November 2013.

According to foreign media reports, many people went to the cinema with the idea of ​​seeing him for the last time.

"The movie 'Fast and Furious 7' is gaining momentum overseas! There is no doubt that it will make 10 billion US dollars at the global box office..."

Wu Jing stopped there and didn't say the rest, but everyone present knew what he wanted to say.

If "Furious 7" completely replicates its overseas success in China, then "Operation Nujiang" will become a stepping stone for it.

Li Yu’s loud slogans against Hollywood will also become a joke.

Li Yu himself is relatively calm.

He doesn't think "Furious 7" will have much impact on "Operation Nujiang River".

His film "Operation Nujiang" has been released for almost half a month.

The box office exceeded 10 billion within a week of its release, and then grew at a rate of more than 1 million. It only fell below 1 million in recent days.

As of today, the total box office of "Operation Nujiang" has reached nearly 16 billion.

This result surpassed "The Great Wall: Part Two" and was only 4 to 19 million yuan away from the 3 billion yuan of "Transformers 4".

"Fast and Furious 7" is indeed very strong. The movie earned 22.9859 billion yuan at the domestic box office, which is equivalent to 3.9 million US dollars.

After the release of "Fast and Furious 7", it will definitely have an impact on the screening and box office of "Operation Nujiang River".

However, "Operation Nujiang" has easily obtained the overtime card. With gradual improvement, it will have no problem reaching 20 billion and surpassing "Transformers 4".

Li Yu personally thinks that it will not be a big problem to hit 22 billion or 23 billion and compete with "Fast and Furious 7".

No matter how good "Fast and Furious 7" is, it can only tie with "Operation Nujiang River" in China.

Regardless of whether the outcome is a draw or Li Yu wins, his declaration to fight against Hollywood will not become a laughing stock.

April 4th finally arrived, and "Fast and Furious 12", which set multiple records overseas, was officially released in China.

With many previous works as a foundation, the advantage of a strong fan base was reflected on the first day of its release.

The movie earned over 4 million yuan at the box office on April 12, surpassing the 3.1 million yuan of "Operation Nujiang".

Less than half a month later, the record for the longest premiere day in China set by "Operation Nujiang" was broken again by a foreign language film.

However, due to the existence of "Operation Nujiang River", "Fast and Furious 7" failed to encounter a favorable environment with no strong competitors at the same time, and the growth of this movie after its premiere day was not as good as that of the original time and space.

In the original time and space, Furious 7 grossed 15 billion yuan in 20 days, easily taking the No. 4 spot in China's box office from Transformers 7. However, with the hindrance of Operation Nujiang River, Furious 18 only grossed about billion yuan in half a month, million less than in the original time and space.

At this time, the total box office of "Operation Nujiang" has exceeded 20 billion and is heading towards the 21 billion mark.

"Operation Nujiang" defeated "Transformers 4" released last year, allowing Chinese-language films to return to the top spot in China's box office.

This news has an exciting effect on the Chinese film industry and audiences.

"It's the No.1 domestic box office. After half a year, Director Li has taken this honor back from foreign films. I'm uneducated, so I can only rely on the word 'awesome' to get around. I want to say Director Li is really awesome."

“20亿！！！我记得进入10亿时代都没过去多久？这么快20亿时代就来了？照这个势头发展下去，30亿、40亿的时代是不是也快来了？”

"It all depends on Director Li. At that time, China Film Group and a certain department spent a lot of money to invite Wu Baige back, hoping that Wu Baige's super blockbuster movie would secure the top spot in the domestic box office.

Even if he was given a chance, he was useless. He spent 6 million yuan to make a joke.

Director Li's "Operation Nujiang" had a total investment of only 2.5 million yuan, but the box office has exceeded 20 billion yuan. This is the pride of Chinese films."

While people were praising Li Yu, they also dragged Wu Baige out and whipped his corpse.

Who made Wu Baige so crazy back then?
He relied on his qualifications as a returned Hollywood director to bully Li Yu, a junior.

If he did something dishonorable, he cannot blame netizens for not giving him a decent chance.

Sometimes, the stupid netizens feel it’s a pity.

Wu Baige cooled down too quickly.

Now this person has disappeared.

Hollywood gave up on him as a loser more than a decade ago, and the investors in mainland China, Hong Kong Island and Taiwan who were badly cheated by him no longer believe in his aura as a Hollywood director.

He couldn't make it any further.

Netizens are thinking that if Wu Baige were still active in the circle, he might have some reaction when people dragged him out and criticized him, and everyone would have fun watching it.

Unfortunately, the person is gone and can never come back.

In the field of public opinion.

Some people praised Li Yu and "Operation Nujiang River", but there were definitely people who sang a different tune.

"What's so great about it? Isn't it just a mainstream movie that harvests the love of the Chinese people? If it weren't for the love of the Chinese people, how could this movie have such good results? Haha."

"You dare to open champagne to celebrate when Furious 7 is still chasing you? Aren't you afraid of being slapped in the face?
"Avengers 2" has premiered in North America and other places, and it will soon premiere in China.

By then, Furious 7 and Avengers 2 will jointly crush Operation Nujiang River, and it will lose its top spot at the domestic box office.”

“The fans of a certain director named Li are really stupid and short-sighted.

They can even do stupid things like opening champagne at halftime. I’m looking forward to seeing them get slapped in the face after Avengers 2 is released.”

Li Yu's fans and some netizens had an argument with those people who couldn't stand seeing good domestic films, and the two sides were arguing fiercely.

At the same time, Wu Jing, Zhang Yi, Huang Xiaoming and others expressed their concerns to Li Yu.

"Operation Nujiang" has entered a period of decline, and the competition between it and "Furious 7" has not yet been determined.

If "Avengers 2" gets involved, the living space of "Operation Nujiang River" will be further squeezed, and "Operation Nujiang River" may have to be withdrawn from theaters early.

This is a major event that cannot be ignored.

(End of this chapter)