The Crown Prince of Huayu!

"It's all your fault that my image has been ruined."

After coming out of the cinema, Tong Yi wiped her eyes and complained to Han Jiadong.

Like the囧 series, the Detective Chinatown series is also densely packed with funny elements, and it can even be seen as adding a detective element to the囧 series.

That’s why Han Jiadong added Detective Chinatown to the “囧” series.

The first part is the funniest among them, and the jokes are more rounded and natural.

It also gave birth to such classic scenes as "Sister Wang is back", "He slandered me, he slandered me", "But I am your uncle... cousin" and so on.

In comparison, the second part also has quite a few laughs, but most of them are forced together without any consideration of rationality, that is, they are funny just for the sake of being funny.

For example, when the three protagonists were being chased on the street, they were stripped naked just for the sake of being stripped naked. The plot was stiff and the action design was unnatural.

There is also a scene where three people change into women's clothes in the hospital. It is understandable that the other two people changed into women's clothes, but considering Qin Feng's character, changing into women's clothes and posing on the catwalk after putting them on is definitely for the sake of comedy and ruins his character.

At this moment, Tong Yi was blaming Han Jiadong for making the movie too funny, which made her laugh so hard that she lost her image.

But after complaining, he quickly hugged Han Jiadong's arm and asked some questions about the movie that he didn't understand.

Early that evening.

The first day box office figures for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "Lost in Journey: Detective Chinatown" were released one after another.

The former was 72 million, setting a personal best record for Stephen Chow.

It also surpassed the 60 million of "Lost in Thailand", setting a new first-day box office record for a domestic film.

But this record did not last long and was surpassed by another even more terrifying number.

1.02 billion!
"Lost in Journey: Detective Chinatown" grossed 1.02 million on the first day!
Second only to the 3 million of "Transformers 1.15", it undoubtedly broke the first-day box office record for domestic films.

It is also the second domestic film after "Lost in Thailand" to exceed 100 million yuan in box office in a single day!

With lower ticket prices, it surpassed "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" in terms of single-day box office and attendance.

With the joint efforts of the two films, the total box office on the first day of the Lunar New Year exceeded 1.8 million, setting a single-day box office record for the Spring Festival.

And both films maintained strong growth afterwards.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" grossed nearly 200 million in three days.

"Lost in Journey: Detective Chinatown" even achieved a terrifying revenue-earning rate of 2.7 million in three days.

On February 14, Valentine's Day, both movies experienced a huge explosion in sales.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" had a daily box office of more than 88 million, setting a new daily box office record.

"Lost in Journey: Detective Chinatown" set a single-day box office record with a box office of 1.42 million!

It is not only a box office record for Chinese-language films.

It is also a record in mainland film history!

At the same time, it also set many records, including the fastest to break 100 million, the fastest to break 200 million, the fastest to break 300 million, and the fastest to break 400 million.

As the gap between it and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" further widens, the screening schedule has slowly begun to tilt towards "Lost on Journey: Chinatown Detective".

There has been a heated debate online about the two movies.

Before the box office results came out, fans of both sides started attacking each other's movies.

For example, Stephen Chow's fans could not find any fault with the plot of "Detective Chinatown", so they began to attack the movie as a "three-no" product with no big scenes, no special effects, and no Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars. They also said that the jokes in the movie were all left over from Stephen Chow's movies.

Han Jiadong's fans mainly attacked "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" for being a patchwork movie. It should have been a smooth and natural story, but it was filmed into three seemingly unrelated stories. Every time a monster was captured and the next one was defeated, the previous monster disappeared.

In the movie, Sha Seng and Zhu Bajie were portrayed as such bad guys who ate so many people, but in the end they were let go and spared without any convincing reason.

Under such mutual attacks, the scores of both sides were terrible.

"Lost in Journey: Detective Chinatown" scored only 6.3 points, just barely passing the passing line. It not only set the lowest score in the Lost in the series, but also set the lowest score for director Han Jiadong's works.

Previously, none of Han Jiadong's films had a rating lower than 7.5.

The performance of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was even worse, with a score of only 5.1, far below the passing line.

When the box office results came out, the war of words, which was originally evenly matched, soon began to become one-sided.

Sometimes movie box office doesn’t mean anything, but sometimes it is the most telling.

Netizens are the best at fighting when the wind is in their favor.

As one side gains, the other loses, and Han Jiadong's fans can be said to have won a great victory.

But there are still some stubborn fans who say that the mainland is Han Jiadong's base camp, and that such a comparison is unfair to Stephen Chow. If they have the guts, they should compare the box office in Hong Kong.

This statement quickly gained support from many people.

Because compared to the one-sided crushing trend that has gradually begun to emerge in the mainland, the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" in Hong Kong is indeed higher than that of "Lost in Chinatown Detective".

Although Han Jiadong has had considerable influence in Hong Kong in recent years, last year's "Avengers" took in more than 1.7 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong, second only to "Avatar" with more than 1.3 million and "Titanic" with more than million.

Ranked third in Hong Kong film history.

The box office revenue was more than 30 million more than the highest-grossing Hong Kong local film "Kung Fu".

However, because Han Jiadong is not close to Hong Kong and has never even attended the Academy Awards, the domestic films he made are not as popular in Hong Kong as Hollywood blockbusters.

Of course, the lead of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is limited.

It grossed over 9 million in its first week, only less than 1 million more than "Lost in Journey: Detective Chinatown".

The subsequent trend is even worse than "Lost in Journey: Detective Chinatown"

However, Han Jiadong's fans did not want to accept this forced 1:1 draw.

I think that since you think it is unfair to compare in the mainland, why do you go to Hong Kong to compare? Isn't that double standards?

If you have the guts, compare the overseas box office.

After these words were spoken, even the stubborn fans fell silent.

They are just talking tough, but they are not stupid. Unless they are mentally ill, who can compete with Han Jiadong in overseas box office?
You should compare with Cameron and Spielberg.

Not to mention "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", which only earned 7456 US dollars in North America in three days, even "Kung Fu" which previously earned more than million US dollars in North America, cannot compare with Han Jiadong.

Although the first two films in the "囧" series did not perform well overseas, thanks to the influence of Han Jiadong, they only earned less than 100 million US dollars in overseas box office.

But after introducing detective elements, this embarrassing series became a hit overseas.

In its first week of release in North America, it earned over 30 million US dollars at the box office, second only to "Hero" and ranked second among mainland Chinese films. If "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "The Forbidden Kingdom" are included, it can also be ranked fourth.

The box office in other countries and regions combined is even higher than that in North America.

In the end, it took less than two weeks for the overseas box office to exceed $100 million!
The detective part of the movie has received almost unanimous praise from detective fans around the world.

Of course, it is hard to say whether it is simply because of the addition of common detective elements in the world, or because the second season of "The World of Cultivation" which is currently being broadcast globally has made many foreigners curious about the mysterious oriental world.

But the result is that this movie did achieve the best result for Han Jiadong as a domestic film.

After snatching some screenings from "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", the domestic film industry stepped up its efforts and quickly surpassed "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

In the end, it took only more than three weeks to surpass the 1.3 billion box office record of "Avatar".

After five years, the box office record in mainland China's film history was finally taken back!

And before the key was extended, the box office had been pushed up to as much as 1.5 billion.

Foreign countries.

The North American box office finally settled at more than 70 million US dollars, which is an average result among Han Jiadong's films, but among mainland films, it has exceeded the more than 50 million of "Hero", creating the best result in North America.

Combined with the box office revenue from other countries and regions, the overseas box office alone reached more than 200 million.

Including the box office in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the final total box office has reached as much as 500 million US dollars!
Directly set a new record for domestic films!

It is also the first domestic film to gross over 500 million US dollars worldwide!
No one can shake his position as the domestic box office king.

The nearly 1.7 billion box office of "Lost in Thailand" in mainland China, and the nearly 30 billion total box office in mainland China last year, have made Hollywood even more covetous of the mainland market.

Last year, the number of imported films was increased from 20 to 34 through the "Memorandum of Understanding between China and the United States on Solving WTO Film-Related Issues."

The box office share also increased from 13% to 25%.

During the same period, a movie had a box office of nearly 1.7 billion yuan, and another movie had a box office of nearly 1 billion yuan. This also gave the industry great confidence, and they believed that the current mainland market definitely has the potential to produce a movie of 2 billion yuan level.

Major film producers and film companies have begun gearing up.

Even Internet giants have begun to enter the market waving checks.

Xiao Ma's Big Dog had originally shelved "The Crossing", a project with an estimated investment of over 400 million yuan, because of Han Jiadong's pessimism. But now, under the persuasion of John Woo, he has started to think about it again.

Han Jiadong went abroad after spending the New Year with Tong Yi, and came to Los Angeles with Liu Yifei to attend this year's Oscars.

Compared to only two nominations at the Golden Globe Awards a month ago, this time "Gravity" received a total of ten nominations!
In addition, there is no special effects blockbuster like "Avatar" this time. Not to mention the important awards, the awards for visual effects are very likely to make up for the regrets of "Interstellar".

Before the award ceremony begins.

Inside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

"Hi! Han, Crystal."

Anne Hathaway greeted the two of them enthusiastically.

After winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, she is still the favorite for the Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards this time.

During the chat, Han Jiadong reminded her, "Be careful not to speak too long in your acceptance speech this time, thinking of this woman who once topped the list of the most hated female star in the United States in her previous life."

Last time, Anne Hathaway thanked a lot of people at the Golden Globe Awards and was scolded by many American netizens.

If she comes again this time, she will probably really repeat the mistakes of the original time and space.

Anne Hathaway smiled and said, "It's not up to me. You know, I'm an emotional person. If I could really win an award at such an important awards ceremony, I really wouldn't be able to control my emotions. I would be so happy and excited that I would say a lot..."

Han Jiadong was just giving a reminder out of his obligation as a friend, and after a brief chat, he didn't say anything more.

He took Liu Yifei to his seat and from time to time dealt with some people who came up to him and greeted him and tried to please him.

Among them are big stars such as Lawrence, Kristen, Emma Watson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Andrew Garfield, Theron, and Downey.

Liu Yifei, who was sitting next to her, was overwhelmed and filled with pride.

Wait until the awards ceremony begins.

Liu Yifei couldn't help but secretly put her hand on Han Jiadong's hand.

Han Jiadong looked over in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, just a little nervous."

"You don't stand a chance of winning any prize anyway, so why should you be nervous?"

Liu Yifei couldn't help but roll her eyes at him: "This is an Oscar winner! Even if you don't win the award, you'll be very nervous and excited, right? No one in China has ever been nominated before."

She doesn't think she's great just because she's the first domestic actor to be nominated.

But with this nomination, at least it can shut up many people who question her acting skills.

Han Jiadong shook his head: "The Oscars are just like that, there's no need to over-mythologize them."

Although the Oscars are the world's number one film award today, winning an award or even the Best Actress award does not mean that you are the best in the world this year.

After all, each award has preferences and different judging criteria.

For example, according to domestic standards, Zhang Ziyi's performance in "Memoirs of a Geisha" is definitely not as good as Gong Li's, and she even seems to be overshadowed.

But in the Golden Globe Awards, Zhang Ziyi was nominated, but Gong Li was not.

Because she is the only female star in China who has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, Zhang Ziyi has been praised by the media for a long time.

In addition, although the Oscars are a global film award, it is obviously not easy for non-Hollywood films to get nominated.

Because it is voted on by thousands of judges who have watched it.

The requirement is that as long as the film is screened in no less than ten theaters in North America, it is eligible to participate, but if you want enough judges to see it, ten theaters are obviously not enough.

It can even be said that one must have a certain degree of popularity in North America and be frequently reported by the media in order to have a chance of being nominated.

This condition alone eliminates almost all domestic female celebrities.

After all, domestic actresses have basically no chance to play the leading role in a Hollywood movie.

The movie starring Liu Yifei this time has a global box office of nearly 800 million US dollars. She alone completed more than 70% of the film's scenes, which naturally left a deep impression on the judges.

In addition, the quality of the film itself is solid, which adds a lot of points to her. Hollywood also wants the Chinese market, so it is understandable that she would be given a nomination.

(End of this chapter)