Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 217: Airborne bulletin board, 4 million Midao in three days!

A few days later, the single “thatgirl” was officially released for a week.

Digital sales directly exceeded one million.

It not only broke the previous single-week sales record of 65 set by tiktok.

It also became the first song to sell over a million copies in a single week.

This also made "That Girl" land directly at the top of the Billboard chart without any suspense.

It became the 15th song in Billboard history to debut directly at number one.

So when this news spread back to the country.

Countless netizens were shocked again!

"Damn, another Billboard No. 1 single! And it's straight out of the blue!"

"This guy is going to heaven!"

"It turns out that truly talented people can shine wherever they go!"

"The one upstairs, I suspect you are implying something to someone."

"He's not implying one person, but a large group of people!"

Not to mention Xu Yi’s fans!
"Brother Xu Yi is awesome!"

"Brother Xu Yi is so awesome!"

"So what if it's on the bulletin board? Our brother Xu Yi can still reach the top whenever he wants!"

"Where are those black fans? Come out and slander our Brother Xu Yi again if you have the guts!"

"The key is, is it useful to discredit Brother Xu Yi? Even if Brother Xu Yi doesn't hang out in the domestic entertainment industry anymore, he'll still be awesome abroad!"

"That's right, even if those rumors about Brother Xu Yi are true, foreigners don't care about them!"

"Brother Xu Yi earns even more overseas. Are the haters angry?"

A few days later, there was only one week left before the official release of "Joker".

"Joker" has begun preview screenings on a small scale.

Wait for the questionnaires to be collected after the preview.

However, the ratings were found to be polarized.

Many viewers gave it an A or A+ rating.

What impressed me most was the leading actor’s acting skills.

But some viewers even gave it the worst grade, F!

That means it is unqualified!

The ratings on the IMBD website are also polarized.

Except for 9 and 10 points.

Many people also scored 1 point.

The average score is only 7 points.

The comment sections of major American film and television websites are filled with malicious insults and racial discrimination!
"Oh shit, this is absolutely the worst movie I've ever seen!"

"A Chinese person playing a clown? Stop kidding!"

"Natalie Portman is a bitch! A bitch who got slept with by an Asian!"

"I really regret watching this movie!"

"Xu, you should go back to China and be a rich man. Hollywood and the United States are not suitable for you!"

However, there are many bad reviews, but even more good ones.

The Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating, rated by professional film critics, has reached 100%!

Xu Yi's acting skills were also praised by many American audiences!
"Oh my god, I never thought that one day I would see a Chinese actor play the clown. The key is that after watching it, I thought he performed very well!"

"Xu's acting is truly amazing! I don't think there will ever be another actor who can surpass him in the role of the Joker!"

"It seems DC's Batman is going to be tough to make unless they can get Xu to play the Joker!"

"That's right, from now on the clown will become Chinese!"

"Let's congratulate Xu in advance for winning the Best Actor Oscar next year!"

"Maybe he really did it!"

"When Xu said at this year's Oscars that he would win the Best Actor Oscar, no one would have believed it!"

"Xu Zhen is so crazy! And that song 'that girl', I love it so much!"

“I’ve watched the MV for ‘thatgirl’ at least ten times!”

"How on earth did he manage to be a director, a singer, and a songwriter, and now even his acting is so good!"

"Maybe this is genius. Ordinary people can't understand genius!"

"Now it all depends on how much the box office of Joker can reach."

"Although I still don't believe that an R-rated film can earn $10 billion at the global box office, what if Xu creates another miracle?"

"No matter what the final box office of this Joker is, and no matter whether he can win the Oscar for Best Actor next year, this Joker has already succeeded and will surely become an eternal classic, at least in my heart!"

"No, after the Joker fired that shot, this movie was destined to be regarded as a classic by countless people, not just you!"

……

In the blink of an eye, it was October 10th.

Friday.

"Joker" was officially released in the United States.

Because the heat is so high.

There are no competitors.

The number of cinemas showing the film on the first day reached 4200.

In addition, it will be released simultaneously in more than 30 other countries and regions.

This even includes Taiwan Province and Hong Kong City.

Xu Yi flew to the United States to attend the premiere of "Joker" in the United States.

When he and Natalie Portman, dressed in sexy clothes, appeared on the red carpet of the premiere.

All the reporters around immediately went crazy!

"Xu, are you determined to win the Best Actor Oscar next year?"

"Xu, do you think Joker can really become the first R-rated film in history to gross over $10 billion worldwide?"

"Xu, are you and Natalie really dating?"

"..."

"..."

Obviously, the views of these journalists on Joker are completely different now. And it’s not just these journalists.

Except for those who give bad reviews maliciously.

Now almost everyone knows that Xu Yi will almost certainly be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar next year.

And the chances of winning are definitely very high.

After all, it is already October.

There won't be any particularly popular movies released in the next two months.

So everyone can basically guess who Xu Yi will be competing against next year.

Even on some betting websites, the odds of Xu Yi getting an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and receiving the golden statue are the lowest!

The odds of being nominated for Best Actor are only 1 to 1.01!

That is to say, if you bet 100 million dollars, even if you win, you can only win 1 million dollars!

However, it remains to be seen whether the global box office of "Joker" can really reach 10 billion US dollars.

Everyone is still very skeptical.

Before this, the highest-grossing R-rated film in the world, "The Matrix 2", had a global box office of only 7.3 million US dollars.

But "The Matrix 2" is a special effects blockbuster with a total investment of more than 1.5 million US dollars.

The box office of the previous film "The Matrix" also reached 4.7 million US dollars.

"Joker" is just a low-budget movie with a production cost of only 5000 million US dollars.

There are no special effects either.

If it weren’t for the current popularity of Joker.

Xu Yi's acting skills have almost guaranteed him a spot at the Oscars for Best Actor next year.

Plus, the Joker himself is a classic DC character.

It can be said that there is absolutely no comparison between these two movies!
As for the "romance" between Xu Yi and Natalie, these reporters are actually not that concerned about it anymore.

Even Warner no longer mentions it during promotion.

Because of the current popularity of "Joker".

There is no point in continuing to hype up a mere "romance".

As for those negative reviews online, everyone actually knows why.

And these reporters had all been notified before.

Questions in this regard are not allowed.

At the same time, Xu Yi answered these questions one by one.

"No one can know the result until the awards are announced."

"But I said I want to win the Best Actor Oscar, so I'm going to do it."

"The box office success of Joker is entirely determined by the audience."

"Of course, I definitely want a box office of 10 billion US dollars, although I know it is difficult."

"I admire Natalie very much, and she also said that she admires me, but not all mutual admiration will eventually lead to being together..."

……

The next day, Saturday, at noon, the first day box office statistics of "Joker" were released.

5600 million dollars on the first day!

It surpassed the previous "Iron Man"'s first-day box office of 4500 million US dollars, a full 1100 million US dollars!

Last year, it was enough to break the first-day box office record in the United States set by "Pirates of the Caribbean 2"!
But this record was broken by "Spider-Man 5" in May this year.

It directly increased from 5550 million meters to 5980 million meters.

Then "Joker" took in $5150 million on Saturday, down just over 9% from Friday.

This drop is already very small.

After all, "Joker" is an R-rated movie.

Those under 17 must be accompanied by a parent.

The audience is definitely not as good as those movies that are suitable for all ages.

This also causes the box office of "Joker" to drop very quickly in the later stages.

Then on the third day, Sunday, "Joker" had a single-day box office of 4250 million US dollars.

This was another 17.5% drop from Saturday.

In this way, the box office of "Joker" in the United States during its first weekend reached 1.5 million US dollars.

It just broke the previous record of 3 million US dollars in the first weekend, which was also set by "Spider-Man 1.48".

And before "Spider-Man 3", this record was held by Xu Yi's "Iron Man"!

At the same time, the overseas box office of "Joker" reached 1.9 million US dollars!

Therefore, the global box office of "Joker" in its first weekend was nearly 3.4 million US dollars!

As soon as the box office figures were released, all social media in the United States went viral!
"Oh my god! An R-rated movie can actually make so much money!"

"This world must be crazy!"

“Is this movie really that good?”

"Didn't the internet say this movie was terrible?"

"I've decided to go see this movie tomorrow!"

"It's a pity that I'm not yet 17 and can't go to the cinema by myself."

"Me too. I can only wait until the movie is released and then rent the video."

Not to mention the netizens in China.

The entire Chinese Internet was in an uproar!
"Awesome! So awesome!"

"3.4 million RMB box office? That's equivalent to 26 billion Chinese yuan!"

"The global box office of Joker is really going to reach 10 billion US dollars now!"

"That bastard Xu Yi made a killing again!"

"No wonder all the stars in China are heading to Hollywood. That bastard Xu Yi makes more money from a single movie than all the other entertainment companies in China combined make in a year!"

"That's Xu Yi. Except for Fang Shilong, other Chinese celebrities who go to Hollywood can only get a small salary at most!"

"Even Fang Shilong only got a share of the box office revenue from one of his movies! And his subsequent movies flopped, so he had to return to China to make a living!"

"But even so, it's still much more profitable than back home!"

"The key is that Hollywood's influence is far beyond what the domestic entertainment industry can compare to! No matter how famous a domestic star is, no one will recognize you abroad!"

(End of this chapter)