China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 607 The Golden Lion King is so awesome

The day before Aquaman was released, the popularity soared to its highest point.

Whether it's a mule or a horse, you have to take it out for a walk before you can convince people.

The media reporters and DC fans who watched the preview praised "Aquaman" to the sky. However, after its release, it failed to satisfy ordinary audiences and failed to attract passers-by into the theaters, and it will still face a sudden death.

Li Yu himself was very calm, but the people around him were more anxious than him.

Guo Shi, Chen Kaige, Da Tiantian, Huang Xiaoming, Fan Xiaopang and others all sent messages to Li Yu, congratulating him on the box office success of the movie that was his first collaboration with a Hollywood film company.

The next day, the much-anticipated moment finally arrived.

As "Aquaman" was officially released in theaters across the country at the same time, a large number of audiences flocked to the theaters.

The number of screenings given to "Aquaman" by major theaters also shows how strong Li Yu's influence is in China.

Major cinema chains scheduled over 55% of the first-day screenings for Aquaman.

In contrast, "Wonder Woman" a month ago did not receive such treatment, with only about 35% of the screenings on the first day.

This has a lot to do with Li Yu’s good reputation.

Li Yu's commercial films have always been synonymous with box office hits, and major theaters are certainly hoping that Li Yu's new film "Aquaman" will continue to be a big hit.

At least with Li Yu's support, "Aquaman" has a higher chance of selling well than other movies.

Therefore, all the movies released at the same time as Li Yu were unlucky.

As soon as Li Yu arrived, he occupied more than half of the screening time.

If the popularity of "Aquaman" continues to rise and gets very good market feedback, Li Yu will continue to take up part of the remaining 40% of the screening time.

In the end, Li Yu proved with solid results that he did not disappoint the major theaters.

The first-day box office of "Aquaman" can be described as explosive, with a first-day box office of 2.5 million.

With just one move, Li Yu set the best opening record for a DC movie in China.

Previously, the DC movie with the best opening performance in China was "Batman v Superman" released last year, which took in 1.21 million yuan on its first day.

Li Yu directly doubled their previous best result.

After all, Li Yuhua's reputation as a director at the National University of China is not boasted about, but is built up through one excellent work after another.

There is a time difference between the United States and China. The first-day performance of "Aquaman" was revealed by the media at around eight or nine o'clock in the morning of the second day after its release.

It’s eight or nine in the morning in Beijing, but it’s still midnight in California.

It's already twelve o'clock noon in Beijing, but it's only eight o'clock in the morning there, and office workers have to get up and go to work.

By the time Hua Na received the battle report of "Aquaman" in China, it was already one or two o'clock in the afternoon in Beijing time.

Seeing the first-day performance of 2.5 million, the senior management of Huana were very excited.

After several years, DC movies are finally back on their feet.

They knew that Li Yu had a great influence in the Chinese film market, which was the main reason why they wanted to cooperate with Li Yu.

But after receiving the battle report, they found that they had underestimated Li Yu.

They had previously considered that Aquaman was a foreign language film after all, and even with the support of Li Yu, a famous Chinese director, its performance in the Chinese market would not be as good as that of Li Yu's Chinese-language films. They took the factor of acclimatization into account.

They internally estimated that Aquaman could make 15 billion in China. Now it seems that their imagination was not big enough and they should raise the number a bit.

With 2.5 million on the first day, 15 billion is no longer a problem and can be easily achieved.

in the country, talented netizens have begun to display their talents unscrupulously again.

"Director Li is awesome. This movie hasn't been released overseas yet, but it's already a huge success just looking at the results in China. I'd also like to give special praise to Mr. Xu Jinjiang, who plays Aquaman. Mr. Xu is really amazing. He's the God of Thunder in the sky, the Golden Haired Master King on the ground, and the Aquaman in the sea. He's a real hunk who can do everything on land, sea, and air."

It’s true, both Thor and Aquaman look very similar to Xu Jinjiang.

There must be a reason why netizens would make such a joke.

"While watching the movie, I thought the armors of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals looked a bit plastic. But my girlfriend told me that Director Li knows science and knows that metal armor will rust if thrown into the sea. Also, metal is too heavy and people wearing it will not be able to swim (dog head)."

"Okay, I know you have a girlfriend, no need to show off."

"My feeling about this movie is that the plot is just so-so, but the visual effects are just too good. Also, why does Aquaman look a bit like the Monkey King when he's wielding the trident? Is Director Li trying to pay tribute to the Monkey King?"

Chinese netizens are very happy.

Netizens in the United States couldn't help but greet Huana.

"It's obviously a film produced by an American film company. Why didn't we Americans like it, but the Chinese liked it first? @Huana, come out and get scolded."

"It is said that this is the best DC movie in recent years. Please release it in the US soon. I can't wait."

After Huana was scolded a lot, they also wanted to slap themselves twice.

If they had known that Li Yu was so powerful, why would they hide? They should just go for it and have a big fight with Spider-Man: Homecoming and Deadpool vs. Wolverine. It's still unknown who will win.

However, they have already emphasized that "Aquaman" will be released in the United States in half a month.

Any further changes would waste a lot of publicity resources, so we could only leave it as it is.

The national teacher was very envious of Li Yu's achievements in his first battle in Hollywood.

"Director Li, congratulations. I've seen your film Aquaman, and I think it has a good chance of winning the Oscar for Best Visual Effects." The national master has always had a filter for the Oscars.

He thought that as long as he took good pictures, he could really win an award there.

Li Yu is more pessimistic. He said: "Don't hold such unrealistic fantasies. I don't think Aquaman can win an Oscar. It may not even be nominated."

The Oscars are not very friendly to the superhero genre, and there is nothing wrong with that. Li Yu supports it.

Because most superhero movies don’t have much substance, they just need to be cool, handsome and exciting.

Win the market and lose the jackpot, that's fair.

It is undeniable that the special effects of the movie "Aquaman" are really good.

However, even Wen Ziren couldn't get a nomination at the Oscars with this movie, let alone Li Yu's identity as a Chinese director.

This is true. Wen Ziren started cursing on social media after the Oscars. He felt that the special effects team should at least get a commendation. It doesn't matter if they don't get a prize, at least they should be nominated.

People are prejudiced against Wen Zi, any foreign director, let alone Li Yu, a Chinese director. Their prejudice will only be greater.

"Don't be so pessimistic all the time. Although they have regional discrimination against films and directors from other countries outside the United States and Europe, you have to consider that this is Warner's movie. Warner will help you win a big award. It will also be good for them if the movie wins an award." The national teacher said to Li Yu with an optimistic attitude.

(End of this chapter)