Chapter 409 "Avatar" Is Coming!

"Avatar?"

Liu Yifei was even more confused.

She could understand that the competition in the Lunar New Year box office was fierce this year.

Zhang Yimou's "Three Shots Surprise" was scheduled for December 18.

"The Tomb of the Assassin" starring Lin Chi-lin and Jay Chou was also scheduled for December 18.

"The Besieged City" starring Nicholas Tse, Leon Lai, Tony Leung, and Fan Xiaopang was also released on this day.

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

This year's Lunar New Year box office has at least five highly talked-about movies competing together.

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

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

In previous years, there were only three or five big-budget movies during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival.

This year, there are almost ten movies with big names, high popularity and high investment.

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

What she doesn't understand is that in Wu Yuan's words, it seems that "Avatar" will also become a big threat to the Lunar New Year.

She doesn't think Cameron is not good. 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", Cameron's other movies have not been released in China.

"Titanic" was 12 years ago, and the current fans have long been replaced. His fame in China may not be as well-known as Feng Xiaogang.

Perhaps "Avatar" can achieve good box office results in North America and even Europe, but in mainland China, it should not be able to compete with Chinese films such as the Lunar New Year period?

After all, it is an outsider.

This is Liu Yifei's most simple idea.

After Wu Yuan heard her idea, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he said inexplicably: "You will know when the time comes."

Wu Yuan did not intend to tell her that "Avatar" would sweep more than 1 billion box office in mainland China.

To be honest, no one would believe this at the moment, even if it was Wu Yuan who said it.

Novels dare not write this way.

But sometimes reality is even more outrageous than novels.

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

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

"Although November is before the Lunar New Year period, it has always been regarded as a warm-up for the Lunar New Year period. Neither "2012" nor "Mulan" will affect the release of "Painted Skin 2."

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

"The domestic market potential is huge now!"

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

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

For her, a salted fish, the high-intensity work during this period is really exhausting.

From the filming of Kingsman to Interstellar to the Venice Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week, she didn't rest for eight or nine months in a row. She only traveled with Wu Yuan for a few days after work.

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

"You can have a good rest for the next period of time." Wu Yuan also smiled and comforted: "In the next period of time, except for the premieres of two movies that you need to attend, you should have no work in the first half of next year, 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 the rest of the time."

"Then do you want to come to the United States to see me when you are free?" Wu Yuan said expectantly.

He will go to the United States to do the post-production of Interstellar next. At least he will not return to China before the New Year, and he has to get it done in one go.

"Hmm" Liu Yifei rolled her eyes, stretched out her hand 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 a cross-border love.

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

And Liu Yifei replaced Wu Yuan in China and attended some work that he could not attend.

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

After the premiere, the film was released nationwide on October 1.

In the first hour of the early morning, "Along with the Gods" earned 8 million box office, breaking the first hour box office record in the mainland.

As a movie with family affection as its biggest selling point, "Along with the Gods" is under the banner of magic and fantasy movies, but in fact it is a movie suitable for the whole family to watch together.

On the day of the premiere, with the appeal of Zhang Guorong and the reputation of a fantasy blockbuster, the box office took 46 million yuan. Although it did not break the first-day box office record, it was also an extremely excellent result.

And the audience who watched the movie on the first day also expressed their opinions on the movie on the Internet as soon as possible.

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

"Where is the fantasy movie you promised? Why is it so tear-jerking!"

"Such a touching maternal love, Jin Dahong is really pitiful, the hemp rope only breaks at the thinnest point."

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

On Douban, "Along with the Gods" received thousands of short reviews and hundreds of long reviews on the day it was released, with a score of 8.1.

Although only a few people choose to comment and rate on Douban after watching the movie, this score and reputation can also show that the film 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, breaking 100 million in the first weekend, becoming the most watched movie in 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 7 days, successfully pushing the total box office to more than 300 million.

However, at this point, the box office of this movie has also entered a stable period. The box office in the third week only earned more than 80 million, and the total box office barely broke 400 million.

Judging from the current box office trend, it should be no problem for Along with the Gods to exceed the box office of Founding of a Republic released in September.

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

The popularity of Along with the Gods has just come down a little, and Painted Skin 2 is about to be released!

The mainland film market in October and November 2009 has completely become the world of the era of light and shadow! (End of this chapter)