Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

"Room" is an art film. Even with the bonus of the original work and the appeal of Shanhe and his wife, its commercial sustainability is still not comparable to "Young Yi".

Although the film has a great reputation in countries around the world, the audience of the film is still relatively narrow compared to commercial blockbusters.

Although Shanhe tried its best to tell the story smoothly and movingly, it could not change the core of the realistic theme. The film is still full of heaviness and sadness, and the film has a natural weakness. The characters and scenes are too rare and not novel enough.

This type of film is not a film theme that young people like. Young people happen to be the largest audience in the global film market.

After the first week of the explosion, although "Room" was extremely popular, the box office gradually entered a flat period.

Compared with other drama movies, the box office data of "Room" is still untouchable. Compared with Shanhe's past performance, the box office of "Room" fell sharply in the second week.

"Room" was released in North America for three days in the second weekend, and the box office was 65 million US dollars. The box office fell by nearly 70% compared with the previous weekend. Together with the 36 million US dollars in four weekdays, the box office in seven days barely exceeded 100 million.

It is still far ahead of other movies and ranks first in the box office rankings, but it obviously does not have the momentum of crushing everything last week.

The box office curves in European countries are almost exactly the same as those in North America. The original fans of the novel and female audiences still praise the movie as heaven, and the female audience groups in the theaters are still endless, but the box office data inevitably ushered in a huge drop.

In the second week, the cumulative box office of "Room" in European countries was 75 million US dollars, and the drop even exceeded the North American box office data.

The situation in Asian countries is better than that in Europe and the United States. The box office drop in the second weekend is relatively small. Japan has 2.5 billion yen in seven days; South Korea has nearly 300,000 moviegoers, and the box office in Southeast Asian countries still exceeds 20 million US dollars.

The box office trends in China and Hong Kong and Taiwan are the most stable. The appeal of the Shanhe couple in China is too strong. As long as the audience goes to the theater to watch movies, they will basically not miss their movies.

The domestic box office in the second week still exceeded 500 million, and the cumulative box office in two weeks has exceeded 1 billion yuan.

The second week of "Room" had a global box office of 280 million US dollars. After ten days of release, the global box office has exceeded 800 million, and the cumulative total has reached 810 million US dollars.

Although this data broke the global box office record for feature films and caused global media to report and marvel, it also made the global film and television industry breathe a sigh of relief!

Although Hua Xiaqiu is extremely invincible and perverted, he has not reached the point of going against the will of heaven. The commercial weakness of feature films still appears in "Room". Judging from the decline in the box office in the second week, the box office of "Room" in the third week will inevitably continue to fall sharply.

The happiest one among them is Warner Pictures. Their monster blockbuster "Godzilla 2014" will premiere globally next weekend. "Room" and Hua Xiaqiu are regarded as the biggest competitors by Warner Pictures.

Even though "Room" is a three-no drama movie, they are still very wary of it. After several market surveys and internal meetings, Warner Pictures scheduled the release of "Godzilla" two weeks after the release of "Room". According to their judgment and expectations, two weeks should be enough to consume the box office explosiveness of "Room"!

Although Warner's distribution department vowed, they were still uneasy before the movie was released. Shanhe's past record told them that this man can always create something impossible.

Fortunately for Warner, their distribution department did not guess wrong. After two weeks of explosion, the bonus of the original work, the female trend and the appeal of the Shanhe couple have basically been exhausted. The box office of the film continued to fall sharply and entered the normal rhythm of a drama movie.

The North American box office of "Room" in the third week still fell by nearly 50%, with a box office of 32 million US dollars in three days over the weekend. The top of the North American box office rankings was replaced by "Godzilla" with 89 million US dollars.

Except for China, which still leads the box office in the third week, other countries around the world also continue to decline. The global box office of "Room" in the third week was less than 130 million US dollars, and the total box office in three weeks was 930 million, just one step away from 1 billion.

In the fourth week, 20th Century Fox's "Wolverine 2" was released. The North American weekend box office of "Room" fell below 30 million, and ranked third in the North American box office rankings with 21 million US dollars.

The domestic box office in China also ushered in the biggest drop since its release, and the box office in the fourth week will break 200 million yuan.

This week, the global box office of "Room" fell to 80 million US dollars, but the global total box office still stubbornly broke through 1 billion US dollars, defending Shanhe's title of "Mr. Billion".

While praising "Room" and the Shanhe couple, the global media all believed that the film's box office journey was coming to an end and began to summarize the film.

"Room" broke 1 billion as expected, and the Huaxia Qiu couple reaped a lot of rewards!"

"The Huaxia Qiu couple has amazing appeal, and the box office of "Room" may eventually stop at 1 billion!"

"The miracle of "Room" has come to an end. The original work, women's rights, and the Huaxia Qiu couple have pushed the drama film to an unrepeatable peak!"

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The theaters in various countries around the world have also begun to significantly reduce the screening of "Room". The screening rate in Europe and the United States is even less than 5%, and the screening rate in Asian countries is also around 60-70%. The domestic situation is slightly better, accounting for about 10%.

The global film and television industry has unexpectedly experienced a situation. Starting from the fifth week, "Room" began to show the long-term screening advantage of literary and artistic films.

Although the film scheduling rate has dropped rapidly, the attendance rate has begun to rebound. The quality and excellent reputation of the film have supported the box office of "Room" to continue to stubbornly maintain an elegant curve.

In the fifth week, the North American box office was 20 million US dollars, and the global box office was 50 million US dollars. In the sixth week, there was even a reverse decline, with the North American box office being 22 million US dollars, and the global box office being 54 million US dollars. In the seventh week, the North American box office was 1,770 US dollars. million, with a global box office of 34 million...

"Room" lasted until its tenth week, and finally came to an end after a full two and a half months of release.

The final global box office figure was 1.26 billion US dollars, which shocked the global media and the public.

470 million U.S. dollars in North America and 1.26 billion U.S. dollars globally. This data is incredible!

"Godzilla" was released two weeks later than "Room" but exited the North American market three weeks earlier than "Room". The North American box office was US$200 million and the global box office was US$560 million.

"The Wolverine 2", which was released three weeks later than "Room", was even worse. The North American box office was only 1.7 billion US dollars, and the global box office was less than 300 million US dollars!

It is no exaggeration to say that even if we put aside the appeal of the Shanhe couple and the bonus of the original work, "Room" can surpass two big-invested special effects productions based on its quality alone.

The global media once again blew up the world. Hathaway was considered a god with this film alone. After that, little Jacob became famous and became what the media calls a "screen wizard" and the most popular child star in the world. His salary is very high. Over five million dollars.

"Huaxia Qiu is a phenomenon. He represents transcendence and never-ending!"

"Sometimes, reality is more fantastic than legend. There is always a kind of person who is born to break the impossible!"

"Hathaway has become the most beautiful mother, and her commercial value has exceeded the ceiling of global female stars! Her salary is US$30 million!"

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The release process of "Room" was full of ups and downs, with lots of Easter eggs, but the filming plan of "Operation Mekong" was very stable after Shan He was accidentally stung.

In more than two months, the crew traveled almost all over Indochina, and most of the regular live-action shooting has been completed. During the period, minor injuries and minor injuries inevitably occurred, but there were no major accidents that Shanhe was worried about.

Even in the most chaotic Mekong Golden Triangle, the crew of "Operation Mekong" received the best local treatment.

Part of this was due to the meticulous preparations in the early stages, but more importantly, it was Shanhe’s international reputation and China’s backing that played a role.

Everywhere the crew went, they were treated like VIPs. No one would embarrass Shanhe and the crew of "Operation Mekong". Even the most ruthless drug gangs and armed warlords knew that Huaxia Qiu could not be messed with, and they would still wait for such people. Well, it would be better to let him leave as soon as possible.

Therefore, in the Mekong River area of ​​the Golden Triangle, the crew of "Operation Mekong" even received the support of local drug trafficking armed forces. Many of the filming were restored in real scenes, and even the drug production scenes were arranged with the help of local armed forces.

It is also a miracle that an anti-drug film can actually make the Golden Triangle drug trafficking armed forces, who are frightened around the world, come to help.

When the crew's convoy crossed the border and returned to China, the entire crew felt relieved. Looking at the Chinese armed police standing guard at the border with guns, everyone saluted them one after another.

Only after seeing the chaotic and disorderly hell can we understand the preciousness of peace and stability, and only then will we have more respect for these national cornerstones that maintain peace and stability.

Looking at the armed police soldiers who returned the greetings, Shanhe felt infinite emotion in his heart. He turned to Zhou Luyao and Lin Chaoxian in the car and said:

"I never want to go to that kind of place in my life. To be honest, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there would be such a place in the world. It's so depressing!"

"That's true!"

Lin Chaoxian responded with lingering fear:

"There are often plots of the Golden Triangle in our Hong Kong movies, but no director from Hong Kong or Taiwan has actually been there to shoot. I guess I was the first. The reality is scarier than the movie. It's incredible. Cannabis and poppies are so bright. Planted on both sides of the road, the air smells like drugs. We usually don’t dare to buy cigarettes locally. If we go a little further, we have to be protected by local armed forces. I can’t imagine it!”

Zhou Luyao nodded and responded with emotion:

"This time we went to an area with better conditions. Going towards Myanmar will be even more shocking. The situation in the Golden Triangle has been going on for decades. It is too difficult to cure it. They rely on growing opium poppy and marijuana to make money to support themselves. Drug prohibition For them, it forces them to go to a dead end. There were some such villages on the domestic border more than ten years ago. To cure them, they must find other means of survival. They need a strong government to back them up. In the final analysis, they are still limited by poverty. !”

"It is absolutely true to say that unruly people come out of poor places!"

"Since the last major Mekong River case, our country has intervened in the public security management along the Mekong River in the past two years. The situation is much better than in the past. The personal safety of our Chinese people there is basically guaranteed. If it were before, we would not be able to let you It’s too dangerous to enter the local area for real-life shooting!”

"This is the point of filming "Operation Mekong"!"

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Time has entered July, and only the last few major scenes of "Operation Mekong" are left. This is also the most difficult part of the shooting plan, which will be shot in Bangkok, Thailand and Spring City, China.

At this time, Shanhe had a foreign follower around him. His brother-in-law Thomas finally couldn't stand the nagging and urging of his parents and sister and came to China.

After spending a few days playing with his nephew Xiao Xiong in the courtyard, he came to the crew of "Mekong River" leisurely.

For his brother-in-law, a world-famous writer and director, Thomas seemed to get along with him easily, but in fact, he was always a little afraid in his heart.

It's really too abnormal!

It's not just about his achievements and talents, but more importantly, his working status day after day. In Thomas's impression, his brother-in-law has almost no free time and other hobbies. In addition to making movies and writing novels, he stays at home with his family.

This kind of person is too self-disciplined, which is completely different from Thomas's life. He admires his brother-in-law very much, and he doesn't understand his persistence and perseverance. He is so successful, why should he treat himself so harshly? Isn't making money for enjoyment?

Thomas came by chance. The crew just returned to China for rest. Shanhe gave the whole crew three days off. When he met Shanhe, Shanhe was maintaining equipment with the photographer team.

Thomas hardly recognized that the dark-faced young man in work clothes was his brother-in-law, the world-famous box office king Hua Xia Qiu.

"What the fuck! Qiu, how did you get so dark!"

"Thomas, you have to call me brother-in-law in Hua Xia!"

Shanhe turned his head to look at his brother-in-law wearing sunglasses and beach pants, explained a few words to the photographer team, took off his gloves and asked Thomas with a smile,

"Where are you from? I heard you went to South America?"

"Yes! The scenery there is beautiful, you should go and see it, the Papans Plateau is simply a paradise!"

"I haven't even been to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau yet, how can I have time to run so far!"

"Brother-in-law, how about I accompany you this time!"

Shanhe glanced at him unhappily,

"I How can I have time now? Your sister will be due to give birth after filming the movie, and she doesn't have as much free time as you!"

"Brother-in-law, you say you are so awesome. You are the best in the world in terms of achievements and wealth. You and Annie have earned hundreds of millions of dollars from the movie "Room". How can you be so busy all day? Life is for enjoyment, not for busyness!"

Forget it, Shanhe didn't have time to educate this kid, but he started to persuade himself first,

"What you said makes sense! But do you think I enjoy more or you enjoy more?"

"Uh...Okay! You are really not comparable to normal people!"