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The film grossed 7545 million yuan in its first three days, and the daily box office for the next two days was over 2700 million yuan. What does this indicate?

This means that if "Taken 2" were given just one more day, its cumulative box office would likely surpass 100 million!

Box office surpasses 100 million in four days?!

Transformers broke 7 million in five days in July, which was already a historic achievement. But just two months later, an even more amazing film, Taken 2, appeared.

Of course, the box office trend of "Transformers" is relatively long-tailed. Even if "Taken 2" beats it in terms of the fastest to break 100 million, its total box office will most likely not be as high as "Transformers".

But to put it another way, "Taken 2" will most likely break 100 million yuan at the box office in its first four days, and the record of "Transformers" breaking 100 million yuan in five days will definitely not be maintained!

Huang Heming sat down at the computer, his excitement growing, and wrote a title on the document:

"Taken 2 raked in 7545 million yuan at the box office in its first three days and is expected to set a new record for the fastest film to gross over 100 million yuan."

"(Reported by Huang Heming) The action blockbuster 'Taken 2,' directed by Shen Qing and starring Shen Qing and Fan Bingbing, has made a remarkable debut, raking in 7545 million yuan at the box office in just three days..."

……

Hangcheng.

Shen Qing and Fan Bingbing were still catching up on sleep at the hotel in the morning when Shen Qing suddenly received a call from Han Sanping.

"Thomas Tull, the founder of Legendary Pictures, has flown to China and specifically asked to see you."

"Do you know what it is?"

"They didn't say, but I guess it's because Taken 2's box office performance in North America was too outstanding."

"The established promotional plan can't be stopped."

"He specifically mentioned that he could wait, or he could come to the city where you are active to see you."

"Let him wait a bit."

After hanging up the phone, Fan Bingbing asked curiously, "Who called?"

Thomas Tull, founder of Legendary Pictures.

"The founder of Legendary Pictures?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Flew all the way from Hollywood just to see you?"

"Um."

"You're telling him to wait?"

"Hollywood is a very cruel and realistic place," Shen Qing said, turning over. "When your data is bad, it's no use kneeling down and begging for mercy. But once your data is good, the other party will kneel down and beg for mercy very readily."

"what?"

"It is said that Li Lianjie had a personal experience. The data of a certain movie suddenly improved, and the chairman of one of the Hollywood Big Eight flew all the way to France to meet him. He was humiliated by Li Lianjie for several hours. Li Lianjie described that the chairman of the Hollywood Big Eight was so eager to kneel down and beg him to make the movie. And just a short time before, this person had just humiliated Li Lianjie."

……

Los Angeles, USA.

"You guys go ahead, I have some personal matters to take care of, so I won't be going."

"That's such a pity. I heard there's a really good Chinese movie that's the box office champion this weekend. We'll definitely go together next time we have time."

"it is good."

Zhao Jiarun watched his classmates leave for the movie and couldn't help but shake his head.

Americans are strange; sometimes they'd rather sell their blood to watch movies, travel, and sunbathe.

He used to not understand this behavior at all, but now he understands it a little.

American society is not atomized enough. Watching movies, traveling, and sunbathing are strong social needs. If you don't watch a movie or sunbathe once a week, you will be ostracized by your community. Once you are ostracized by your community, it means that your social class will fall.

Falling down the social ladder in the United States is indeed terrible, but is it really worth paying so much for it?

If this money is saved up, it can protect against unexpected events. Without this savings, what will you do if you encounter unemployment, illness, or emergency?

Homeless?

Or wait to die?

and many more?

Is Huaxia Film the box office champion this weekend?

To my recollection, there are very few Chinese films that have won awards in North America.

Among them, "Hero" is one, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is another, and then there are several films starring Jackie Chan. This is yet another new one.

He returned home, turned on his computer, and began looking up this week's North American box office charts.

No.1 Taken 2, 1 week in theaters, $43354000 in its opening weekend.

No. 2, The Game, 1 week in theaters, $22675000 in its opening weekend.

NO.3 Bloodstained Heaven...

After briefly glancing at the rankings, Zhao Jiarun returned his gaze to the first line.

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, it is indeed $4335 million, not $433 million. It can't be wrong either, the second place is $2267 million, the top eight are all over $1000 million, and 'Taken 2' is in first place, so the number is definitely correct."

But isn't this number a bit too exaggerated? It's even exaggerated to the point of being somewhat illogical.

Despite its huge hype, "Hero" only grossed $1780 million in its opening weekend and a total of $5300 million in North America.

As a result, "Taken 2" grossed $4335 million in just one week.

Judging from the current situation, the total box office in North America is definitely heading towards breaking $100 million!

Only one Chinese-language film has grossed over $100 million at the North American box office: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Is another one about to emerge?

I'm definitely going to go see it tomorrow!

……

News about "Taken 2" has finally exploded in China.

The box office results for the first three days of the year in mainland China dominated headlines on major portal websites.

7545 million in three days.

1.024 million in four days.

The box office in mainland China exceeded 100 million yuan in four days.

Breaking the record for Transformers to reach 100 million in 5 days.

Hong Kong grossed HK$1300 million over its first three-day weekend.

With a total box office of $4335 million in its opening weekend in North America, it is undoubtedly the North American weekend box office champion!

The box office figures, especially in North America, are simply astonishing to Chinese people.

Not to mention the $4335 million opening weekend, even the total North American box office of over $4000 million is only a handful of Chinese-language films.

Only a handful of Chinese-language films have grossed over $4000 million overseas.

As a result, Taken 2 did indeed gross $4335 million in its opening weekend in North America.

Normally, it's a sure thing that the total North American box office will exceed $100 million, and it's not impossible for it to surpass the $130 million of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

What else can I say?

What else can we say besides "awesome"?

The discussion on the Chinese internet has gone crazy.

"To be honest, I don't understand how someone with an Asian face can really make so many movies at the box office in North America?"

"Isn't Jackie Chan Asian? Isn't Li Lianjie Asian? Isn't Chow Yun-fat Asian? Isn't 'Taken 2' better than 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'?"

"I haven't seen it yet, but it feels a bit strange that it's making so much money at the box office..."

"You son of a bitch, you haven't seen this before, what are you talking about!"

"The main reason is that the first movie was so amazing. The first movie laid the foundation, which is why the second movie was so successful."

"The first one was amazing, plus another one!"

"I've been watching 'The Pawnshop No. 8' recently, and I was thinking that if such a place really existed, Shen Qing must have been there, and he might have pawned something to the pawnshop."

I specifically watched Shen Qing's two previous TV movies, and to be honest, they were just so-so.

"This is getting interesting."

……

Beijing.

Yang Mi couldn't help but laugh when she saw the netizens' discussion.

"If he really went to Pawnshop No. 8, he must have traded something for 'that' ability. He has so much energy, he never seems to get enough of it."