Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the Year of the Sheep, "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World", "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven", and "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demon: Snow Mountain Demon" began to be released together.

The box office on the first day just exceeded 100 million, ranking second behind "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" with 120 million. This is the only time the film fell behind during the Spring Festival.

The ensuing word-of-mouth storm swept across China. "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" attracted more than 100,000 viewers to rate it in one day on Douban.com, with 51.4% of the five-star ratings and a Douban score of 9.1. .

In comparison, "Havoc in Heaven" has a Douban score of 4.5, and "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons" has a Douban score of 4.1. They are two serious money-making bad movies, and their reputations are extremely bad!

Comparing the two, "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" is even more brilliant, with sales of 150 million on the second day of the year, and breaking through the extreme on the third day of the year, breaking 200 million in a single day. The two bad movies were directly knocked to the bottom. !

The domestic media and the public immediately exclaimed,

"The domestically produced masterpiece "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World" is released, turning on the god-killing mode!"

"The Colorful Lights live up to expectations, and "Nezha" completely equals Hollywood animated movies!"

"Who said that the domestic public's aesthetic taste is vulgar? "Nezha" has thrown two bad money-making movies into the abyss!"

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The word-of-mouth and box office frenzy caused domestic theaters to quickly tilt their film schedules towards "Nezha". On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, when Shanhe and his wife went to the United States to attend the Oscars, the single-day box office of "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World" exceeded 200 million. 50 million, setting a domestic single-day box office record.

On its first four days, the box office of "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" exceeded 700 million yuan, breaking the first-week box office record of Shanhe's "The Young Man". The box office forecast given by Maoyan.com is that the domestic box office is expected to exceed 3 billion yuan.

"Nezha" and the Colorful Lights once again ignited the national media and the public, leaving the entire Chinese film and television industry stunned. This is just an animated movie, but it can reach such a level. It is unreasonable!

In the second week, "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" will be launched in film markets around the world. The entire Chinese film and television industry is paying attention to the film's overseas performance.

Can "Nezha" achieve such success abroad?

The Shanhe couple on the plane were also talking about this topic.

"Dear, Colorful Light is growing up so fast. "Nezha" is no less impressive than Disney's animated movies. Bernier is fascinated. He has watched it three times. Yesterday, he even pestered Mom Xie to get it. Wearing a red bellyband, braids, and holding a toy red tassel gun, you want to turn yourself into Nezha!"

"Haha...Tian Xiaopeng and Jiaozi did a great job, beyond everyone's imagination. However, the overseas box office of "Nezha" is not as optimistic as the media said!"

"Yeah, I think so too!"

As a native of M country who grew up in the West, Hathaway’s judgment is more intuitive than that of mountains and rivers.

""Nezha" will definitely not do well at the box office in Europe and the United States. The cultural differences are too big. I have lived in China for several years, and I speak Chinese the same as the Chinese, but there are many things in the film that I still can't understand. , and the translation of English subtitles is also difficult to accurately convey the original meaning of the movie, such as "Emergency is like a law", the meaning and artistic conception of this sentence cannot be expressed in English! "

"you're right!"

Shanhe responded with a smile:

"Chuhe Film and Television and Colorful Lighting have anticipated this. Overseas box office mainly depends on Asia. Neon and Bangguo, plus Chinese cultural circles such as Southeast Asia, are the perfect markets for Chinese films!"

"Honey, do you think Chinese-language movies can beat Hollywood?"

Shan He looked at Hathaway and shook his head.

"It is not realistic in the short term. Chinese-language films are still in a period of brutal growth. Chuhe Film and Television is just a special case. Hollywood has accumulated too much. It will be good if Chinese-language films can hold on at this stage!"

"But China is developing too fast!"

Hathaway leaned on her husband's shoulder and responded:

"I have been paying attention to your country since I started dating you. Over the past ten years, China has undergone earth-shaking changes, especially in the past few years since we got married. The Western media always said that China's economy will collapse, but I am in China After living for so long, I have never felt this at all. In a few years, China will not be much worse than Country M. Qiu, I know the government of Country M too well. In order to maintain the inherent order, they will do whatever it takes! "

Shanhe put his arm around his wife's shoulders, turned around and kissed her cheek,

"Annie, there are some things that we cannot change. We can only wait and see. Besides, things are not as bad as you think. Trust me, I won't let you make a painful choice!"

"Well, honey, of course I believe you!"

Shanhe patted his wife on the back and changed the topic and asked:

"Dear Wonder Woman, don't think about world peace for now. Have you thought about your Oscar acceptance speech?"

"Haha... all I can think of now is you and the children!"

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The overseas box office performance of "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" has indeed shown two levels of differentiation.

In various Asian countries, the film set off a wave of craze. Neon's first weekend exceeded 800 million yen in three days, ranking first in the Neon Weekly box office rankings. It received an excellent reputation. Many Neon animators exclaimed that China is no longer It is a big market for neon animation. The story and production level of "Nezha" have caught up with neon animation, and it will be the biggest competitor of neon animation in the future.

Bangguo also mobilized nearly 150,000 moviegoers in its first week, triggering as much heated discussion in the country as Neon.

Not to mention Southeast Asian countries, Nezha has easily conquered Chinese people everywhere. During this Spring Festival holiday, Chinese families packed movie theaters with their children.

However, in European and American countries, "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World" received a cold reception. In comparison, not only the screening scale was small, but the box office was also very shabby.

It was released in 300 theaters in North America, with a box office of 4 million US dollars in the first week, and even less in European countries. The cumulative total in each country during the first three and three days was less than 2.5 million US dollars.

The polarization of word-of-mouth is serious. Asian audiences praise it, but other races feel it is empty and boring. They can't understand Nezha's fate, nor can they understand Nezha's persistence!

However, the Chinese public was enthusiastic about the subversion and belief of Nezha in the film. In the second week of its release, the domestic box office did not drop at all. During the Spring Festival holiday, it still swept the Chinese film market with a daily box office of more than 200 million yuan.

It exceeded 700 million in four days and one billion in six days!

The opening chapter of this Fengshen animation universe unstoppably broke the box office records of all Chinese movies, even Shanhe's works were no exception. It really shocked all Chinese filmmakers speechless!

The colorful light prism is like a Nezha in the movie industry. This is a rhythm that defies the heavens. How many characters in the list of gods can be put on the big screen? According to this calculation, a colorful light prism can sweep all of them. Huaxia Film Company!

This is definitely a real-life version of "The Devil Boy Comes to the World"!

At this time, all employees in Colorful Lighting Company were extremely excited. They expected that "Nezha" would explode, but no one expected that it would explode like this!

Previously, the most optimistic person was director Tian Xiaopeng. The slogan he proposed within the company was to break through 2 billion. Others had even lower goals. If they reached more than 1.5 billion, it would be considered a great success. After all, this was only the beginning of the entire universe.

But the realization is so magical. At this pace, "The Devil Boy Comes into the World" will become China's first movie to break 3 billion yuan, and even the box office record of their boss Shanhe will be far behind.

You must know that Shanhe's records are described by the media as "unbreakable records", "Only Shanhe itself can break the record", "Sunward will dominate China's box office rankings for a long time"!

Now their animated movie is actually going to overthrow the boss's rule. It's really incredible!

"It's a pity that the boss went to Hollywood. I really want to see the boss's expression right now. It will probably be very interesting!"

"Haha... The boss is walking on the red carpet of the Oscars right now. He should have guessed it already! He had even persuaded Ning Hao and Lao Yu to push the schedule of "The Road to Flowers"!"

"The boss is so perverted. As soon as "Operation Mekong" is released, the records of "Nezha" will probably be wiped out!"

"Now I want to see the faces of the people in the production center. They were really awesome in front of us in the past!"

"This is not easy. Once the intranet is launched, it's time for us to show off our awesomeness!"

"Haha... everyone together!"

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Shanhe had indeed just held his wife's hand and walked across the Oscar red carpet amidst thunderous cheers.

The on-site host of CCTV 6 will naturally not miss the couple that the Chinese audience is waiting for. After asking a few commonplace Oscar awards questions, the female host Guo Wei actually directed the question to "Nezha".

"Shanhe, "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" has triggered a phenomenal movie-watching craze in China. The media has predicted that the film's box office will break your record. What do you think?"

Shanhe smiled and joked,

"I will happily sit on the bench and watch!"

"hehe…"

"No kidding, I am indeed very happy to see that domestic animated films can have such explosive power at the box office. I watched the finished film "Nezha" two months ago. As soon as I watched it, I knew it would be a phenomenon. level animated film, I was very excited at the time. Colorful Lighting has been established for ten years. Originally, in my imagination, ten years was just a cultivation period, but Colorful Lighting, with the dedication and hard work of Chinese animators, has grown into a huge success. The results are amazing, I am very grateful to them and proud of them!”

"What do you think the final box office of "Nezha" will be?"

"It has exceeded 3 billion domestically and 600 million US dollars globally!"

"When do you think our domestic film market and film production level will catch up with Hollywood?"

"The domestic film market should be growing very fast, but the improvement of production levels cannot be accomplished overnight. The country still lacks talents and technology. Hollywood has accumulated nearly a hundred years of experience. It will take several generations of efforts for us to catch up. !”

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More than an hour later, the 87th Academy Awards ceremony opened with Hollywood actor Neil Harris hosting it.

No matter how many times he attends the Oscars, Shanhe still can't get into the atmosphere. For Hollywood actors and filmmakers, the Oscars are a grand holiday party.

Nominate the winners to win Vanity Fair rewards, and the guests socialize with each other and enjoy their own festival.

But Shanhe, the most dazzling figure on the scene, has never been able to find a sense of belonging. He does not belong to Hollywood. He is not even a guest, more like a bystander!

Calmly watching the host sing, calmly facing the attention of the camera, calmly smiling in the face of the guests’ teasing and compliments, even calmly going on stage to receive the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, then calmly saying a simple thank you, calmly receiving applause Walking off the stage cheering.

In addition to Shanhe's Best Adapted Screenplay award, "Room" made a lot of gains in the first half of the Oscars. It won Best Editing and Best Art Direction, and Helen Mirren also won Best Supporting Actress. , before several awards were awarded, "Room" had already become the biggest winner at the Oscars.

When the previous best actor Chiwetel Ejiofor walked onto the stage, Shanhe turned his attention completely to the awards. The result of the best actress was about to be announced. This was the biggest reason for Shanhe and his wife to participate in the Oscars.

Previously, almost all media and filmmakers believed that the least suspenseful award at this Oscar was Best Actress, and Hathaway's chance of winning the award was more than 90%.

Despite this, Hathaway, as a client, still held Shanhe's hand nervously and apprehensively. Winning an Oscar for Best Actress has been Hathaway's long-standing wish and obsession. This is her best The chance to win may be once in a lifetime!

Shanhe patted the back of his wife's hand and comforted:

"Annie, relax, the trophy will be yours!"

There was no upset. Black actor Chiwetel said Hathaway's name. Amid the cheers of the audience, Hathaway hugged her husband and shed tears of excitement. Her fifteen-year acting career ended. No more regrets,

"Annie, everyone is waiting for you!"

Hathaway raised her head from her husband's arms, wiped her eyes, smiled brightly at Shanhe, and then walked onto the stage.

After receiving the trophy from Chiwetel, Hathaway raised the trophy to the mountains and rivers.

"My dear, this is the promise you made to me, and you fulfilled it!"

Shanhe in the audience smiled and gave his wife on the stage a thumbs up.

Hathaway's speech continued,

"I am the luckiest woman in the world. Since I was born, I have had a perfect family, with parents who love me, an elder brother who loves me, and a naughty younger brother. When I was a child, my ideal was to be a nun, but my My family changed me, they allowed me to step onto the community stage, and then I became an actor. From the age of fifteen, winning an Oscar has been my dream, and it was my husband and I who made it happen. There is no more perfect luck in the world than this. The person I love most makes my dream come true together. This feeling is wonderful!

Thank you to the academy for the recognition, thank you to the audience for their support, thank you to everyone on the crew, and thank you to my family members across the Pacific! "

Hathaway suddenly switched to Chinese,

"Grandma, Grandma, Master, Grandma, thank you to Mom, Qiu and Dad, Bernier and Diana, I won the award, my dear, you will always be my hero!"

At this time, the Qiu family, who were far away in the capital, happened to be watching the live broadcast in front of the TV. Seeing Hathaway's award and speech, the whole family began to applaud and discuss happily.

"My mother wins the prize!"

"Haha... It's still interesting that Nini won the award. It's very festive. Look at Xiaohe. She won the award. The smile on her face is so fake. She doesn't look festive at all!"

"Dad, Xiaohe's award is not the grand prize. He has won too many. Unlike Nini, the best actress award is the grand prize. This is her first time!"

"I don't think it has much to do with how many times you win the award. Xiao He just doesn't care too much!"

"Nini is such a thoughtful kid. She even thanked us in Chinese on TV!"

"What my wife said is that I am really satisfied with Nini as my daughter-in-law. She waited for Xiaohe for many years thousands of miles away, and she didn't show any pretense when she got married. She gave birth to a baby Xiong'er and a baby Huihui. It's okay. Xiaohe didn't look for these domestic female celebrities at the beginning. Look at their style, they are really not as good as Nini!"

"No, my grandson is lucky!"