Millennium director

"Avatar?"

Liu Yifei became even more confused.

She can understand that competition for the Lunar New Year stalls this year is fierce.

Zhang Yimou's "Three Guns Surprise" is scheduled to be released on December 18.

"The Tomb" starring Lin Chilin and Jay Chou is also scheduled to be released on December 18.

"October Siege" starring Nicholas Tse, Leon Lai, Tony Leung Jiahui, Fan Xiaopang and other big names will also be released on this day.

In addition, "The Storm 2" will be released on December 10. It has not been confirmed yet, but it is likely to be released in December or January. The blockbuster "Confucius".

This year’s Lunar New Year festival has at least five highly topical movies competing together.

This does not include "2012" released in mid-November, "Mulan" released at the end of November and "Little Soldier" and "Flower Field 2010" released during the Spring Festival.

It is indeed true to say that this year is the first year of the explosion of mainland movies.

In previous years, the Lunar New Year film and the Spring Festival film included only three or five big-budget movies at most.

Adding up the two schedules this year, there will be almost ten movies with big names, big topics, and high investment being released together.

Although "Along with the Gods" and "Painted Skin 2" are not inferior to these movies in terms of investment and popularity, Wu Yuan wanted to avoid them, and Liu Yifei could understand.

The main thing she doesn't understand is that according to Wu Yuan, it seems that "Avatar" will also become a big threat to the Lunar New Year festival.

It’s not that she thinks Cameron is bad, Liu Yifei certainly knows that Cameron is the top commercial film director in Hollywood and the king of box office.

But this is China!

It’s hard to say how much appeal Cameron has in China.

Except for "Titanic," none of Cameron's other films have been released in China.

And "Titanic" was already 12 years ago, and now the fans have changed a lot. He may not be as famous as Feng Xiaogang in China.

Maybe "Avatar" can achieve good box office results in North America and even Europe, but in mainland China, it shouldn't be able to compete with Chinese-language films such as the Lunar New Year movies, right?

After all, this is a foreigner.

This is Liu Yifei's simplest idea.

After Wu Yuan heard her thoughts, the corner of his mouth curled up and he said with an inexplicable expression: "You will know when the time comes."

Wu Yuan had no intention of telling her that "Avatar" would take over a billion box office in the Mainland.

If you say this, to be honest, no one will believe it at the moment, not even Wu Yuan said it.

No novel would dare to be written like this.

But sometimes reality is stranger than fiction.

"Anyway, "Along with the Gods" and "Painted Skin 2" will be released in October and November, which is just right."

"October is the National Day schedule that the company is working hard to expand. After several years of expansion, the National Day schedule is now quite popular and can support a blockbuster."

"Although November is before the Lunar New Year season, it has always been regarded as a warm-up for the Lunar New Year season. Whether it is "2012" or "Mulan," it will not affect the release of "Painted Skin 2."

"I believe these two movies will achieve good box office results, and may even beat the box office of "Gravity"!"

"The domestic market potential is huge now!"

Two days later, Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan completed their Paris Fashion Week activities.

"I can finally go home and rest!" Liu Yifei cheered.

For a salty fish like her, the intense work during this period was really exhausting.

From the filming of "Kingsman" to the filming of "Interstellar" to the Venice Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week, she did not take a break for eight or nine months in a row. In between, she and Wu Yuan only traveled for a few days after work.

This is really high-intensity for Liu Yifei, who used to only film one movie and attend less than ten events a year.

"In the next period of time, you can have a good rest." Wu Yuan also smiled and comforted: "Except for the premieres of two movies that require you to attend, by the first half of next year, you should have no work, right? "

"That's not the case." Liu Yifei shook her head: "Some endorsement activities, advertising shoots, and magazine shoots still need to be done."

"But these jobs are not busy. Four or five days a month should be enough, and you can rest as much as you want in the rest of the time."

"Then do you want to come to the United States to visit me in your free time?" Wu Yuan said expectantly.

He is going to the United States to do the post-production of "Interstellar" next. He will not return to China for at least a year, and he has to finish it in one go.

"Well" Liu Yifei rolled her eyes, reached out and pinched Wu Yuan's cheek, and said with a smile, "That depends on your performance~"

The next day, the two took flights to China and the United States respectively, and began their exotic relationship.

Wu Yuan was busy doing post-production work, leaving all other irrelevant work and things behind.

Liu Yifei, on the other hand, replaced Wu Yuan in China and attended some work that he was unable to attend.

On September 30, the day before National Day, "Along with the Gods" held a grand premiere in Beijing. Liu Yifei attended on behalf of Wu Yuan.

After the premiere, the film will be released nationwide on October 1st.

In its first hour in the early morning, "Along with the Gods" earned 8 million at the box office, breaking the mainland's first-hour box office record.

As a movie with family affection as its biggest selling point, "Along with the Gods" is branded as a magic and fantasy movie, but it is actually a movie suitable for the whole family to watch together.

On the day of its premiere, relying on Zhang Guorong's appeal and reputation as a fantasy blockbuster, the box office took 46 million yuan that day. Although it did not break the first-day box office record, it was still an extremely good result.

Audiences who watched the movie on the first day also immediately expressed their opinions on the movie online.

"Remember to bring enough tissues before watching the movie!"

"The fantasy movie we promised, why is it so tear-jerking!"

"It's such touching maternal love. Jin Dahong is also really miserable. He specializes in breaking the hemp rope at the smallest point."

"I originally thought it was a special effects film like "Painted Skin," but I didn't expect it to be a tear-jerking blockbuster!"

On Douban.com, "Along with the Gods" received thousands of short reviews and hundreds of full-length reviews on the day it opened, with a rating of 8.1.

Although there are only a few people who choose to review and rate Douban after watching the movie, but the ratings and word-of-mouth also show that this movie is indeed of high quality.

On the second and third days of its release, the box office of "Along with the Gods" continued to rise. It exceeded 100 million in the first weekend, making it the most watched movie during this National Day.

In the second week, the box office of "Along with the Gods" continued to grow, with a cumulative box office of 240 million in seven days, successfully pushing the total box office to more than 300 million.

However, at this point, the movie's box office has also entered a stable period. In the third week, the box office only received more than 80 million, and the total box office barely exceeded 400 million.

Judging from the current box office trends, there should be no problem for "Along with the Gods" to surpass "The Founding of a Republic" released in September.

After several years of development, the domestic film market has finally grown up, and movies with box office of over 100 million, even 200 million or 300 million are becoming more and more common.

The popularity of "Along with the Gods" has just subsided, and "Painted Skin 2" is about to be released soon!

In October and November 2009, the mainland film market completely became a world dominated by the era of light and shadow! (End of chapter)