Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 181: Box office explosion, Zhang Yimou: The child is mine...

The next day at noon, the first full-day box office statistics for "Iron Man" were released.

It just reached 4000 million!
It doubled the single-day box office record previously held by "Kung Fu"!
And this is Friday's box office.

Given the current popularity of "Iron Man", the box office on Saturday and Sunday may continue to increase.

The first full-day box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" was only 1500 million.

Although it also rose by 50% compared to yesterday.

But the gap with "Iron Man" is undoubtedly getting bigger and bigger.

It can be seen that Zhang Yimou's scandal and the fact that "Iron Man" was released at the same time.

The impact on the box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" is still very large.

The most important thing is that the gap in reputation between the two movies is even greater than the gap in box office!
"Damn, I regret watching Curse of the Golden Flower. What kind of crap is this Zhang Yimou film?"

"Isn't this just a palace version of Thunderstorm? Am I paying money just to watch a few celebrities perform Thunderstorm for me?"

"There is no harm without comparison. The gap between 'Curse of the Golden Flower' and 'Iron Man' is really huge!"

"If I couldn't get tickets for Iron Man, I wouldn't be watching Curse of the Golden Flower!"

"It's not that there's a big gap between 'Curse of the Golden Flower' and 'Iron Man,' it's that there's a huge gap between domestic films and Hollywood films!"

"Isn't Xu Yi a Chinese director? It's just that my skills are poor. What does this have to do with whether it's a Chinese film or not?"

"You can't stop treating Xu Yi as a Chinese just because he's in a Hollywood movie!"

Later that evening, the first-day box office of "Iron Man" in the United States was also counted.

There were 3800 cinemas showing the film on the first day.

The box office on the first day was 4500 million US dollars.

Although it cannot compare with the first-day and single-day box office record of 2 million US dollars set by "Pirates of the Caribbean 5550".

But it’s still pretty awesome!

Then it was released on the third day.

Since it was Saturday, the single-day box office of "Iron Man" directly reached 4800 million!
Once again breaking the mainland's single-day box office record!
The single-day box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" also increased.

It increased from 1500 million the day before to 1650 million.

The gap with "Iron Man" continues to widen.

Then on the fourth day of the release.

The single-day box office of "Iron Man" has declined to only 4500 million.

The single-day box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" also declined to only 1350 million.

So the first week box office performance of "Iron Man" is 1.53 million.

The first week box office performance of "Curse of the Golden Flower" was 5500 million.

Based on this result, it would be considered good if the final total box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" in mainland China could exceed the first-week box office of "Iron Man".

However, no one knows yet what the total box office of "Iron Man" in mainland China will eventually reach.

There should be no suspense as long as it exceeds the 2.5 million box office of "Hero"!

And there is a big gap in box office revenue in mainland China.

The box office gap in the United States is even greater.

Three days after its release, "Iron Man"'s first weekend box office in the United States reached 1.36 million US dollars.

Not only did it win the weekly box office championship without any suspense.

It also broke the first weekend box office record of 50 million US dollars set by "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" with a slight advantage of less than 1.356 US dollars.

This box office result once again shocked the entire United States!

All major mainstream media around the world have also reported on it!

However, "Curse of the Golden Flower" received little attention due to its early publicity.

Zhou Runfa, a star who was rejected by Hollywood, has no box office appeal in the United States.

Not to mention Jay Chou.

Not to mention Europe and the United States.

Even in Asia, apart from China, it only has some influence in Southeast Asia.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be known only as the “Asian Little King”.

You have to know that according to the standards of Hong Kong and Taiwan, as long as you have a market in Southeast Asia, you can be considered an Asian superstar.

If he can find a market in Japan or South Korea, he will be a true world superstar!

And Gong Li also has no box office appeal in the United States.

As a result, the box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" in the United States during its first weekend was only 48.9 US dollars.

Not even 50 meters!
So when the box office results were reported back to China.

Domestic media, netizens, and audiences.

Even countless ordinary people.

I was also shocked immediately!
"That's awesome!"

"Too powerful!"

"It actually broke the box office records of both China and the United States!"

"Xu Yi is a man of his words!"

"Now that 'Iron Man' has grossed 6 million dollars worldwide, it should be no problem, right?"

“6亿米刀？《加勒比海盗2》全球票房超过10亿米刀！现在《钢铁侠》打破了《加勒比海盗2》在米国的首周末票房纪录，全球票房超过《加勒比海盗2》，也不是没有可能！”

"Hiss... a global box office of 10 billion, this is too terrifying..."

"Now Xu Yi can really be considered an internationally renowned director..."

"There should be no doubt who is China's number one director now, right?"

"Oscars? Europe's three major film festivals? Compared to the director of a movie that grossed over $10 billion worldwide, these awards are nothing!"

"And what about Zhang Yimou? He's really embarrassed himself abroad this time!"

"Don't mention this guy. I used to think he was so awesome, but now he's like this?"

Not to mention Xu Yi’s fans!
And even if they are more arrogant now, no one dares to express dissatisfaction!

"Brother Xu Yi is awesome!"

"Brother Xu Yi is so awesome!" "Hahahahaha, I knew that what Brother Xu Yi said would come true!"

"Only those haters would question Brother Xu Yi. True fans would absolutely believe Brother Xu Yi without a second thought!"

"Those haters really think we're all idiots. We believe in Brother Xu Yi because he has never let us down!"

Not only that, but the following day is Wednesday.

When China's box office statistics came out on Tuesday.

I found that on Monday, the box office of "Iron Man" had dropped to only 3000 million.

The box office on Tuesday not only reversed its decline after last Saturday's box office decline, but also reversed its decline again.

It even reached a terrifying single-day box office of 5000 million!
It also broke the mainland's single-day box office record again!
However, the box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" dropped from 900 million on Monday to less than 500 million.

This is due to the poor reputation of "Curse of the Golden Flower" and the poor box office performance in the United States.

Apparently, some cinemas have given the screening schedule of "Curse of the Golden Flower" to "Iron Man".

If this continues, the final total box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" in mainland China will not be able to surpass the first-week box office of "Iron Man".

Whether it can break 100 million is still a question!

And at this moment, Zhang Yimou finally stood up and held a press conference.

He also admitted at the press conference that the two children, as well as the one in the belly, were indeed his.

But he did not have any children out of wedlock.

He and the child's mother had actually been married for a long time.

It just hasn't been announced to the public yet.

And publicly apologize to everyone for this.

But no one believed his explanation.

And most people actually don't care about this matter anymore.

I won’t go to see “Curse of the Golden Flower” just because Zhang Yimou admitted it.

What everyone cares about now is how much the global box office of "Iron Man" will eventually reach!
And repeatedly watching "Iron Man"!
The remaining small number of people who still care about this matter are also waiting to see how the government will deal with it!

Regardless of whether Zhang Yimou had a child out of wedlock, having more children than allowed is definitely a fact!
"You're only admitting it now? It's already too late!"

"It's because the box office of 'Curse of the Golden Flower' wasn't doing well that we had to admit it!"

"You've been married for a long time? You must be kidding! You don't even want to show your marriage certificate. You must have just gotten it!"

"What about the issue of having more children than allowed? What about the government?"

"Actually, these are all lies. The most fatal thing is that the box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" in the United States is too low!"

"It's fine if the movie is just bad, but they have to embarrass themselves abroad!"

"Want to make money from foreigners? Do you have Xu Yi's ability?"

……

Half a month later, "Iron Man" was released for three weeks - the first weekend plus two weeks.

The box office in mainland China reached a terrifying 6.5 million Chinese yuan!
It left "Hero", whose box office in mainland China was only 2.5 million yuan, far behind!
It has undoubtedly become the highest-grossing movie in mainland China!

And this is not the limit!

Although the single-day box office of "Iron Man" in the mainland has declined.

But in the end, the total box office in mainland China exceeded 10 billion Chinese yuan.

The possibility is definitely very high!

This box office result has far exceeded the imagination of countless Chinese people!
Including Xu Yi himself, everyone was very surprised!
However, for Xu Yi, who had experienced the miracle of "Nezha 2" in his previous life.

Although it was a bit unexpected, it was not beyond his understanding.

At the same time, the box office of "Iron Man" in the United States also reached 3.36 million US dollars.

The box office for the first weekend was 1.36 million US dollars.

The box office in the second week was 1.25 million US dollars.

The box office in the third week was 7500 million US dollars.

It is still slightly ahead of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", which has the same number of days of release.

However, compared with the overseas box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", "Iron Man" is far behind.

Excluding the box office in China, it is only 2.8 million US dollars now.

Previously, the total box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in the United States was 4.2 million US dollars.

The global total box office is 10.66 billion US dollars.

That means the overseas box office reached 6.46 million US dollars.

It is almost 1.5 times the box office in the United States.

But there's no way around it, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is produced by Disney.

The distributor is also a distribution company under Disney.

Lionsgate's distribution capabilities are definitely far inferior to Disney's.

Especially in overseas distribution capabilities, the gap is even greater.

"Iron Man" could surpass "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in the US box office.

In addition to the quality of the film, it is also because it almost monopolized the Christmas period.

Unlike "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" which was released in the summer, the competition was very fierce.

In addition, the global influence and popularity of superhero movies are still very limited.

Therefore, it is still very difficult for "Iron Man" to surpass "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in global box office.

Although "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was not released in China.

In other words, "Iron Man" has an additional Chinese market compared to "Pirates of the Caribbean 2".

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After all, in today's Chinese film market, it is almost the limit for a movie to have a box office of over 10 billion Chinese yuan.

Unlike before Xu Yi was reborn, he relied solely on the domestic market.

It can produce a movie that ranks among the top ten in the global box office.

(End of this chapter)