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Chapter 646: The Martian Explodes in North America!

"The Martian" is really suitable for the whole family to watch in the cinema.

Especially suitable for North American families.

Middle-aged and elderly people can feel the former glory and power of NASA from the movie, and young people are already full of interest in space and science fiction.

Of course, the most important thing is that "The Martian" is easy to understand and there is no threshold for watching movies.

And easy to understand + light-hearted and sunny themes mean that it can be accepted by most audiences in the market.

Different from the original "The Martian" which only had a box office of 18 million US dollars on the first day of its release.

Wu Yuan's name is very appealing in the North American science fiction circle, and the publicity is different.

In this life, "The Martian" earned 36 million US dollars on the first day of its release.

The box office in the first three days of the first weekend broke 110 million US dollars. Although it failed to beat "The Conjuring" which is still in hot release, the box office results are also very gratifying.

In the second week of its premiere, which is also the first full week, "The Martian" made a full effort, with a box office of 268 million US dollars in seven days. Not only did it win the North American box office champion this week, but the total box office also successfully broke 300 million US dollars!

Many Hollywood forecasting agencies predict that the North American box office of "The Martian" should reach 500 million US dollars, making it a strong contender for the North American annual box office champion this year.

In addition to North America, other countries also began to release the film on a large scale in the second week. At least more than 20 countries and regions around the world have kicked off the "The Martian" craze.

Similarly, Hollywood blockbusters generally hold a premiere in North America and Europe.

The European premiere is generally held in London, England.

The same is true for "The Martian".

In London, on August 24th, local time, the film "The Martian" held a grand premiere.

Director Wu Yuan attended with the leading actors Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean, Chiwetel Ejiofor and others.

It is worth mentioning that Chinese actors Gong Li and Wang Xueqi, who participated in the film, also appeared at the premiere.

Especially Gong Li, she was very stunning in a red dress, attracting countless British media present to take pictures.

In addition, the famous British actor James McAvoy also appeared on the premiere red carpet with his sister Joy McAvoy.

The premiere held in London was even more grand and grand than the one held in Los Angeles.

Perhaps this is a manifestation of "having to save face outside".

After all, the premiere in Los Angeles was held at Disney's home, while the premiere in London was held in a foreign country, so the face must be maximized.

After the premiere in London, "The Martian" began to be screened on a large scale in Ouzou.

It still received numerous praises and was hailed as the "masterpiece of the year". There are fewer science fiction films in Europe, especially hard science fiction films.

After all, science fiction films can only be born in countries with thriving technological development.

Only countries with thriving technology will have rich imagination and confidence to depict the fantasy of the future science fiction world.

And old Europe is now like a country that is entering old age. Let alone vigor, there is only the air of twilight. How can it be possible to produce good science fiction films?

Now and in the future, there are only two major countries on both sides of the Pacific Ocean that can produce excellent science fiction films continuously. This is beyond doubt.

The failure to produce good science fiction films does not mean that Europeans do not like to watch science fiction films.

On the contrary, the market for "The Martian" in Europe is also very large, because Wu Yuan is very famous in Europe, and the quality of the film itself is very good!

On the day of its large-scale release in Europe, "The Martian" achieved a box office of 10 million euros in the whole of Europe!

This is also a high box office that has not appeared for many years, and half of it was contributed by the UK.

Because movie tickets in the UK are very expensive, so expensive that for the British, watching movies is a little luxury.

There are many European movie fans who complained after watching the movie, why it was not the European Space Agency that helped NASA in the end.

After all, judging from the current level of aerospace technology, the European Space Agency is still leading the Chinese Space Agency, although the European Space Agency is a joint agency.

But Wu Yuan chose to promote the Chinese Space Agency, his hometown, which made the Europeans, who were always proud and maintained the "old aristocratic" style, feel dissatisfied.

However, Wu Yuan didn't care about these little emotions at all.

He even left Europe directly after attending the London premiere. The main publicity work in Europe was handled by Matt Damon, and he just patted his butt and returned to Asia.

There was no way.

The European film market is really like yesterday's flowers.

The whole of Europe is tied together, and the film market in one year may not be as large as that of China.

After all, the population of the entire European Union is only more than 400 million, even if non-EU countries are included, there are only more than 700 million people, which is not comparable to China with a population of 1.4 billion, let alone the whole of Asia.

In Wu Yuan's eyes, the main ticket bases besides North America must be in Asia.

Japan and South Korea, which are already developed countries.

China and Indonesia, which have large populations.

Various small countries in Southeast Asia.

The box office markets of these countries are either very mature and large, or they are in a period of rapid growth.

That’s not even counting the Indian film market which is played behind closed doors.

“It’s a pity that we can’t enter the Indian film market.”

"Indians are really too xenophobic, especially in the film industry. Even Hollywood is useless."

On the plane back home, Wu Yuan talked about India with some regrets to a certain manager sent by Disney to coordinate the release of the film in Greater China.

Bollywood is really a magical place.

Their films are completely self-contained and have obvious national characteristics.

Few foreigners will go to see Indian films. Except for "3 Idiots", most Indian films are not well accepted internationally.

The poor acceptance here does not mean that there is a problem with the plot, but that many popular films have a strong Indian cultural style and religious background.

If you are not Indian, you can't understand it at all.

And Indians are not very interested in foreign films. Unless they are in the film industry, ordinary Indian audiences and fans only watch films made in India.

For example, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is popular all over the world, is not popular in India and is repeatedly suppressed by Bollywood local films.

Even foreign films can't get much screening in India. The market is not open to you at all. The attitude of protecting Bollywood's own local films is very clear.

Under such circumstances, the film market of this country, which is currently the second most populous country in the world and will have the largest population in the future, has nothing to do with Wu Yuan.

Whether he makes Chinese films or Hollywood films, they can't enter the Indian market.

Unless he develops in Bollywood.

Thinking of those Bollywood movies that suddenly dance while talking, Wu Yuan shuddered: "Forget it, if Indians don't welcome us, then we won't welcome them."

"It's enough for "The Martian" to be successful in East Asia!" (End of this chapter)

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