The entertainment empire began with Liu Yifei's premarital pregnancy.

However, right after the movie was released, Feng Xiaogang realized that he had lost.

Neither the special effects nor the plot of the film can rival his "Assembly".

Even after leaving the movie theater, Feng Xiaogang was still somewhat dazed.

How could Lin Bufan have made such a wonderful movie?

"Does this mean that future movies will all be dominated by special effects?"

As Feng Xiaogang watched the audience passing by, he continued to discuss the plot and special effects of "2012".

Are there any tickets left for the movie "2012"?

"What? It's gone?"

"Is there none for tonight either?"

"Okay, then give me a ticket for tomorrow..."

"The night after tomorrow? That'll do..."

Upon its release in 2012, thanks to Lin Bufan's box office appeal, almost every screening of "2012" was sold out on the first day.

It sold 6700 million on its first day.

This was in 2007, when most movies were striving to break 100 million yuan, but Lin Bufan's movie grossed over 67 million yuan on its opening day.

It directly broke the opening day's box office record.

Lin Bufan was somewhat surprised when he learned of the box office results.

However, after the initial surprise, Lin Bufan thought about it and realized it was only natural.

First of all, this era is not incapable of producing high-grossing films. For example, back when Jet Li's "Shaolin Temple" had a ticket price of only one cent, it sold over 100 million yuan at the box office.

After that, in 1995, "True Lies" broke 100 million at the box office again, and in 1998, "Titanic" directly raked in 360 million at the box office.

These facts are sufficient to demonstrate that China can accommodate high-grossing films.

The reason your film isn't doing well at the box office is simply because it's bad.

Another issue is piracy.

We live in an era of rampant piracy; pirated copies of movies typically appear within three days of their release.

Moreover, the picture quality is exceptionally clear. You only need to buy a pirated CD for five yuan outside and watch it at home, without having to spend tens of yuan to go to the cinema.

The reason why Lin Bufan's "2012" was able to achieve such high box office is primarily due to the director, Lin Bufan.

Based on the reputation Lin Bufan had built up with his previous films, people would immediately think that any movie he made would be good, and they would naturally choose to watch it.

In addition, this movie is a Hollywood blockbuster, a special effects extravaganza.

Watching this kind of special effects blockbuster in a movie theater and at home are completely different experiences.

Furthermore, after negotiating with major cinema chains last time, Lin Bufan signed a contract stipulating that if any pirated copies of Kyoto Animation's films appeared on the market before they were removed from theaters.

The final investigation revealed which theater chain had leaked the content, and Kyoto Animation will reduce the number of copies printed by that chain.

For cinemas, movie copies are their lifeblood, especially for hit movies, where they practically need to keep the copies running non-stop.

In the current domestic environment, piracy is not impossible to prohibit, but rather, in many cases, some cinemas are actually engaged in the piracy business.

For cinemas, how much money can a movie make at the box office?

You can't earn millions at all; you'd be better off making money by piracy.

But Kyoto is different. Movies produced by Kyoto often gross over 100 million yen, or even several hundred million yen, earning them far more than just a few hundred or a few million.

With such a large market, cinemas naturally don't want pirated copies to appear on the market and affect their profits.

Therefore, after the release of "2012", there were no pirated copies for several days, and as the word-of-mouth grew, many people thought it over carefully.

A movie ticket costs only a few dozen yuan. If you don't watch it, and everyone around you is discussing the plot, how embarrassing would that be? So everyone generously spends their money to go to the cinema to watch the movie.

As a result, "2012" averaged around 7000 million yuan in box office revenue per day for a week after its release, breaking the 5 million yuan box office record in a week.

It's clearly aiming for a total box office of 8 million or even higher.

Not only in China, but also on its opening day worldwide, the revised version of "2012" broke the original's record.

The original 2012 grossed $2360 million on its opening day in North America, but now it has risen to $4210 million, almost doubling its box office.

The main purpose of this was publicity; the publicity budget for this movie alone reached 50 million US dollars.

The film grossed over $1.02 million in North America in its opening weekend.

At this point, including domestic box office, the film has grossed over $2.8 million worldwide, and industry insiders are saying it is likely to join the $10 billion movie club.

While "2012" was enjoying great success, "Home Alone" didn't have a very good start, only grossing $1290 million.

While many executives at Extraordinary Film Company, including Carter Dennis, thought the film might only gross $1 million, Lin Bufan was not worried at all.

The movie "Home Alone" is a film with a long tail effect. When the original version was released, it only grossed more than five million US dollars on its opening day, but now it has doubled.

However, at this moment, Lin Bufan had already shifted his focus elsewhere.

……

"Mr. Lin!"

Inside the Beverly Hills mansion, Bart Elvis walked in with several people.

"Mr. Lin, let me introduce you. This is Flynn Osvid, the president of Strong Wind Bank."

"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

Flynn Osvid hurriedly bowed and greeted Lin Bufan.

Strong Wind Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Strong Wind Investment Company. Lin Bufan can easily determine his status with just a word.

"kindness!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly, then looked at the people behind them.

"Mr. Lin, these are the outstanding talents selected from the investment team as you instructed: Claire Casey, Clements Ed, Dennis Balker..."

Claire Casey, Clements Ed, and Dennis Balk hurriedly greeted Lin Bufan in front of them.

"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

In the United States, although racial discrimination exists, it is almost exclusively limited to the lower classes. It's not that the elites in the upper class don't discriminate, but rather that they understand that compared to so-called racial discrimination, the most important thing is 'money'. Without money, you are nothing.

Once they become rich, they discriminate even against their own people, let alone those of a different race.