Huayu: Starting from "The Heavenly Bodyguard"

The box office reached 1180 million on its opening day!

This number is like a giant Ivan.

Although the domestic box office has already started to grow, the fact that a single day's box office exceeded 10 million yuan still left everyone speechless.

If its reputation doesn't collapse later, it will definitely break 100 million.

The key is that it's already reached the point where it's going to kill you, so how much more can it collapse?

While it's not unusual for a movie to gross over 100 million in 2007, it's quite alarming when a newcomer makes the mark.

It is a consensus within the industry that domestic action films are on the decline.

Regardless of whether he is Jackie Chan's successor, Jackie Chan has yet to have a film that grossed over 100 million yuan in mainland China.

Moreover, it's no secret that Shen Mo has landed a role in a big Hollywood production.

If John Wick breaks 100 million, Shen Mo can still hold his own in Hollywood. The thought of this makes many people feel very annoyed.

Without needing to promote it silently, the media went wild.

"John Wick goes head-to-head with Spider-Man 3, $1260 million vs. $1180 million."

"The film 'Give Me Back My Dog's Life' is a terrible movie that can create a box office miracle. This kind of shameless hype should be regulated."

"Shen Mo, the new generation of kung fu superstar."

Shen Mo rose to prominence like a comet, with his debut film grossing over 100 million and securing a role in Hollywood. Major film companies are starting to get restless.

The most proactive of them all was Huayi Brothers, who kept asking Huang Xiaoming to help them curry favor, while never mentioning the Forbidden Kingdom movie.

The two brothers have made it clear that they are willing to invest at a premium in Shen Mo's next film, "John Wick".

Wang Jinghua regretted it very much.

If Zhang Tianai and Shen Mo hadn't been separated, the situation might be completely different now.

Although the relationship between the two sides is not good now, Zhang Tianai is still there after all.

After thinking it over, I decided to have Zhang Tianai ask Shen Mo about his management contract.

They even suggested that Zhang Tianai visit Shen Mo more often, hoping to create some rumors about them.

Zhang Tianai is feeling very wronged. It was Wang Jinghua who prevented her from being with Shen Mo, but now she's the one making her go.

What do you take me for?

Besides triggering various reactions from industry insiders, the messages also ignited public opinion, and the internet became lively as well.

First floor: "I'm just being stubborn. The movie was indeed good, but it was definitely a bad movie."

Second floor: "I'm stubborn too. Two shots to the body and one to the head, even a god would be worried."

Third floor: "Are we even able to watch it? You've all confused us."

Fourth floor: "The movie was good, but I just didn't want that bastard Shen Mo to be so smug, so it's a bad movie."

Fifth floor: "That damn Shen Mo, he looks so damn cool with a gun. No wonder he managed to take down both Tianxian and Annie."

Despite the commotion outside, Shen Mo still had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

The May Day holiday is only seven days long, so we immediately ramped up our roadshow efforts.

After discussing it, China Film Group and Starlight Media also began to increase their advertising budget.

Although Lu Zheng is not short of money, this is Da Tiantian's movie, and Shen Mo, that grandson, is smart enough to put Jing Tian as the female lead in all the external publicity.

They have to pay more! Don't let us lose the lead role that's already in our hands for 100 million yuan.

He even personally went to Wanda Plaza to address the root cause and increase the number of screenings.

Although Han Sanping and Lu Zheng had different starting points, the fact that Han Sanping was able to hold off the formidable "Spider-Man 3" during the May Day holiday is a boost to the film industry.

Moreover, he values ​​the potential of "John Wick" and Shen Mo.

With the film's positive word-of-mouth growing and efforts from all sides,

John Wick's box office reached 1410 million on its second day.

Most of the actors who participated in the film were lured in by Shen Mo and were just doing it for fun.

Now that the movie's box office is exploding, they've suddenly taken it seriously.

This is a role in a movie that grosses over 100 million yuan, an opportunity that could take their careers to the next level.

After discussing it, everyone decided to split into several groups and expand the city range of the roadshow.

The box office totaled 7832 million yuan during the seven-day May Day holiday, and it is expected to break 100 million yuan soon.

By the eighth day, the holiday was over, and the box office had dropped to just over two million.

Shen Mo quickly recalled everyone and decided that they would stop running.

Barring any major unforeseen circumstances, with another twenty days of screenings, the box office is guaranteed to exceed 100 million.

When Shen Mo got home, he threw his phone to Yanzi and crawled into bed, not planning to come out.

It took me a whole day and night to recover.

When he arrived at Wula Grassland by bicycle, Yanzi cooked him instant noodles while telling him how many people had come to see him that day.

First, there were Han Sanping and Lu Zheng. They couldn't find Shen Mo, but they both agreed that they would hold a celebration banquet once the box office exceeded 100 million.

Another example is Jiang Zhiqiang. His film was released in Hong Kong one day later than in mainland China, and his box office has already exceeded 15 million in the past few days.

Hong Kong Island is, after all, just a city; no matter how developed its economy is, its size is limited.

At this rate, it should easily gross over 30 million, which would make it a blockbuster film.

He's also already in talks with foreign film distributors, and thanks to box office success in mainland China and Hong Kong, things are progressing smoothly.

After finishing his noodles, he first called Han Sanping back.

After answering the phone, Han Sanping first praised Shen Mo, and then the two talked about the celebration banquet.

Shen Mo will naturally follow orders, as long as it doesn't delay his trip to the US to join the production team at the end of the month.

Then I called Jiang Zhiqiang again. The copyright issue couldn't be explained over the phone, so I arranged a meeting.

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In the blink of an eye, "John Wick" has been in theaters for more than 20 days and its box office has reached 110 million yuan.

Currently, it's still generating over two million in box office revenue per day, and it will likely surpass 1.3 million in the end.

The sale of the copyright also went smoothly. "John Wick" is an action movie with no viewing threshold, and film distributors from all over the world flocked to it.

The small business sold for $500 million, South Korea for $300 million, and Southeast Asia and Europe for another $300 million.

These regions have already sold for 11 million US dollars, and there's still no deal to be reached in North America, the largest market.

Everyone says action stars make money, but Shen Mo didn't think Jackie Chan and Jet Li's box office numbers were that exaggerated. It turns out that the copyrights for action films are easy to sell.

Aside from the copyright issues in these places, what surprised Shen Mo the most was that Jeremy, the Warner Bros. employee he had shoved into a grenade, actually contacted him.

The old man was completely different from his initial disdainful attitude; he now hoped that Shen Mo would sell the copyright and remake rights of "John Wick" to Warner Bros.

From the start of the call, the old man began to complain about how much psychological trauma Shenmo had caused him.

After all that talk, the goal was to get Shen Mo to sell him "John Wick," so that Warner Bros. could consider giving Shen Mo a role in their remake.

The price he offered was not low, ten million US dollars, which met Shen Mo's expectations.

However, Shen Mo definitely cannot sell the remake rights. He still has three films he hasn't made yet. Selling the remake rights would be digging a hole for himself.

In the end, it was agreed that they would talk again when Shen Mo arrived in the United States.

The domestic box office figures haven't been settled yet, but the overseas rights payments have already been received.

After taxes and Jiang Zhiqiang's share, Shen Mo had more than eight million US dollars in his account.

The poor kid, used to being poor, looked at the more than 60 million in the account and didn't know what to do with it.

Making movies is fucking lucrative!

He first transferred five million to his parents, which scared the old couple half to death. Only after explaining the source of the money did they feel at ease.

With a wave of his hand, Shen Mo decided to buy a house.

During this period, no investment is as safe as buying a house.

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