This star is going to the moon

Chapter 500: A single film grossed 100 billion yuan in China in 29 days, setting a new record! The SLS rocket has finally made its debut!
[Alas, it's such a pity that the An-225's mission ended in such a way.]

[Unexpectedly, the last time the An-225 flew domestic cargo transport was its last flight.]

Ah, I even took pictures of it at the airport in Shijiazhuang that time.

The An-225 is too big; it almost always lands at the airport in Shijiazhuang when it comes to China, since that's the place I'm most familiar with.

The jewel of world aviation technology has been destroyed. War only brings destruction everywhere, so we must oppose war.

[You oppose war, but what if war comes knocking on your door? Are you going to just give up and protest like India?]

[In fact, many technologies were born out of war. Even the An-225, which you call the "jewel of world aerospace technology," was developed during the Cold War space race. The space shuttles and rockets it transported were designed to accelerate the construction of "space military facilities."]

Uh, never mind, it's already destroyed anyway. Do you guys think there's any chance this An-225 can be repaired?

I remember there was another half-finished one; I wonder if we could piece this one together and use it?

[Perhaps it's possible, but I doubt Xiong Er has enough funds for repairs, and there's inherently little demand for super-aircraft of the An-225 class, so they probably won't bother with repairs.]

While you're discussing airplanes, I just want this war to stop escalating and, please, prevent it from becoming World War III. It's best if it ends quickly.

[It probably won't be fast. After all, if it were really fast, whether Xiong Da quickly and completely took control of the airport, or Xiong Er pushed Xiong Da out in an instant, then the An-225 wouldn't have been destroyed by artillery fire.]

Indeed, given the timing of this event, some preparations will likely need to be made in certain areas...

Lu Yun does know this.

Because of his extraordinary identity in this life, he wrote an internal report from a business perspective and submitted it to his superiors, directly as the owner of a large technology group.

Because he is the owner of a large technology group, a trendsetter in China's aerospace technology, a leader in many advanced technologies, and the chief designer and high-level participant in several of China's mega-space projects...

Therefore, his internal reports are highly valued.

In some respects, the domestic leadership in this generation is much better prepared than in the previous generation.

Whether on a commercial or military level.

And so, the western part of the village was rolling around in the mud, while the eastern part continued to develop steadily.

Incidentally, a meeting was held—the United Nations General Assembly.

At the meeting, the US, along with a small country that's rarely mentioned in the news, submitted a draft resolution regarding the current situation in Xiong'er for a vote. The content of this draft resolution... well...

It was vetoed by Xiong Da.

It also warned the Americans not to meddle, because it was already negotiating with Xiong Er.

It was at the home of the third brother, White Ross Bear.

The Chinese representative, having received orders from home, also said, "They're just family brothers discussing how to divide their inheritance; what are you, an outsider, doing getting involved?"

As many netizens have said, the international situation is being monitored by their parents, so they can just focus on doing their jobs well and enjoying themselves.

So after March, the domestic box office of "The Wandering Earth 2: The Ladder Crisis" reached 9.98 billion yuan in one month!

In other words, February in a normal year is indeed short, with only 28 days.

If it happens to be a leap year with an extra day in February, it's a sure thing to reach 100 billion in a month!

Fortunately, "The Wandering Earth 2: The Ladder Crisis" has applied for an extended key, so it is sure to break 100 billion yuan at the box office in March!
The film grossed over 100 billion yuan in 29 days, breaking many domestic records.

Yes, domestically, this is just the domestic box office.

If overseas box office revenue is included, "The Wandering Earth 2: The Ladder Crisis" will have surpassed 100 billion yuan at the box office even earlier.

One month after its release, "The Wandering Earth 2: The Ladder Crisis" has grossed $1.7 million overseas, which is roughly 10.8 billion yuan.

If we rewind the domestic and overseas box office figures, the combined box office would have taken 21 days to reach 100 billion.

The total box office of 110 billion yuan in one month has delighted Chinese netizens, and Lu Yun is also quite happy.

However, he also knew that he still needed to practice "Ball 2 Ladder", after all, he had seen even more ruthless opponents in his previous life.

"Ne Zha" grossed over 100 billion yuan in half a month, and its total box office in a month is close to 140 billion yuan!

Currently, various domestic box office prediction agencies predict that "The Ball 2: Ladder" may reach a domestic box office of around 120 billion yuan.

The overseas box office reached just over $3 million, which is equivalent to 20 billion yuan.

After all, last year's sci-fi blockbuster "Dune" only grossed $4 million worldwide, and "Godzilla vs. Kong" also grossed over $4 million.

The total box office of "The Ball 2: Ladder" reached 140 billion RMB, which is equivalent to 22 billion USD.

This is an incredibly impressive achievement.

It could easily rank seventh on the all-time global box office chart!
Of course, if they can surpass it slightly, they might be able to compete with the sixth-place team's 141.6 billion RMB.

That was Spider-Man: No Way Home, starring Tom Holland, which was released last year.

As for the slightly lower box office, there's no need to worry about falling to eighth place, since the original seventh place only had 120 billion RMB.

Um... only.

That was "Jurassic World," released in 2015.

This news naturally delighted Chinese and American movie fans.

[I can't believe it actually worked! Awesome!]

[Haha, I remember the film industry was lamenting that Chinese films were doomed, right? This is what you call doomed?]

Yes, I remember them calling it a "film and television winter."

[It's clearly their own movies that are bad and nobody watches them, yet they have the nerve to claim that Chinese films are finished and that the film industry is in a winter—how shameless!]

[It seems our domestic film market is truly substantial. A single film can easily gross 100 billion yuan, and it's not that other films are suffering poor box office results by siphoning off their own earnings. For example, "The Killer" is projected to gross nearly 30 billion yuan, a figure that would typically place it second or third in previous years.]

Indeed, if we look back a bit further, 30 billion would have been enough to be the highest-grossing film of its time.

I once imagined that a single domestic film would reach 100 billion yuan in box office revenue, but I never expected it to be achieved so quickly.

Have you noticed? Guo Fan is a new generation director, and Lu Yun is a young actor. Is it because those old directors are outdated?

[That's why those old guards, even though they're clearly outdated, still cling to valuable resources in the film and television industry, resulting in them producing a bunch of garbage that nobody watches, and then blaming it on a "film and television winter" or some "bad environment."]

Haha, it's obvious they're the ones ruining the environment.

Yes, they are the very embodiment of the film and television industry's winter. Once they're gone, the spring of film and television will arrive...

[The Uncharted movie, adapted from the video game, is coming out in a few days. It stars Tom Holland, who plays Spider-Man. Are you guys going to see it?]

[Don't watch it, movie adaptations of video games are bound to be bad!]

[Haha, I'm a space enthusiast! I've been looking forward to watching the SLS rocket for the past few days, and it's finally going to make its debut!]

(SLS Rocket Network Image)

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