Chapter 790: Reheating an Old Dish? No. 1 in the Domestic and North American Single-Day Box Office Charts This Year!

Chapter 790 Reheating an old story? This year's domestic and North American single-day box office No. 1!

With the end of the premiere of "Avengers 2", Chen Fei's domestic schedule has officially come to an end.

In the next two days, he will take a simple rest in the capital for a few days, and then join Jia Zhangzhang and Ke to go to France to attend the opening ceremony of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The next morning, Chen Fei slept until more than 11 o'clock before opening his eyes.

As usual, he tucked in Liu Yifei's quilt, turned around and walked out of the bedroom and came to the kitchen.

After a while, the mellow smell of coffee filled the kitchen area.

After making coffee, he took the cup into the study and began to deal with some emails that had accumulated recently.

After finishing all this, the time was already more than 12 o'clock.

Liu Yifei had just gotten up at this time and was washing and putting on makeup in the bathroom, preparing to go out for dinner with Chen Fei in the afternoon and buy some snacks for dinner.

While waiting, Chen Fei had nothing to do, so he simply paid attention to the specific box office situation of several domestic films released during the May Day period.

What surprised him was that the love movie "Left Ear" released on the 24th of last month, after a 15-day screening period, the daily new box office was still more than 6 million!

So far, the total box office of this movie has exceeded 450 million.

Su Youpeng boasted before that he would break the box office record of youth-themed movies. Unfortunately, he failed to achieve it, but the current result is also very good!

The first directorial debut movie was a hit, which undoubtedly laid a good foundation for his future directorial career.

However, youth-themed movies are still at the bottom of the "film circle contempt chain" after all. If you want to challenge higher in the future, you may have to try to get in touch with other themes.

On the other hand, the art film "Intruder" participating in the May Day period has now dropped to 680,000 new box office after more than 10 days of screening.

According to the notice given by the cinema chain, the film's screening rate is only a pitiful 0.8%.

If nothing unexpected happens, the day when "Avengers 2" is released will be the day when it officially reaches its end.

As for the Mary Sue movie "Why Sheng Xiaomo" starring Huang Xiaoming, Yang Mi, and Yang Ying, with the support of fans, the daily new box office is barely maintained at around 10 million.

However, the score of Maoyan and Douban has dropped to 5.4, which is pitiful!

On the other hand, "Drug War 2: Heaven and Earth Showdown" is leading the trend!

The box office on the first day was 134 million, and 422 million in the first three days of the weekend. So far, the box office has soared to 853 million, which is really fierce.

And the most important thing is that the daily new box office of this movie is still maintained at around 60 million, which is obviously heading for a billion box office!

The mainland film industry is almost numb.

It is obviously just a Hong Kong film, but it suppressed the momentum of a number of domestic films and won nearly 1 billion box office.

How can you reason with this?

Of course, movie fans don't care about these things. They spend money to have fun, so they will watch the best movie.

As for the competition between mainland movies and Hong Kong movies, these are not in their consideration at all.

"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go out for dinner first, we are almost starving!"

Liu Yifei jumped out of the cloakroom and walked out holding Chen Fei's arm.

"Wait a minute, I'll get the car keys first."

As he said this, Chen Fei took the key of a Mercedes-Benz G and walked towards the garage with Liu Yifei.

Miss Liu's favorite car is still the red Ferrari, but the car is too eye-catching and not suitable for a low-key trip for two people.

On the way, Chen Fei was using the navigation system and looking for a place to eat. Liu Yifei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly murmured with some emotion: "Wang Jinghua's agency should be considered to be completely in decline, right?"

Chen Fei was a little surprised: "Huh? Why do you say that?"

"Look at this news."

While waiting for the red light, Liu Yifei handed the phone to Chen Fei.

He looked down and saw that the official blog of Shidi Culture had actually posted a notice:

"The three-year contract between Shidi Culture and actor Zhou Dongyu has expired. Unfortunately, the two parties failed to reach an agreement on renewal. While respecting the actor Zhou Dongyu's own opinions, the two parties will not renew the contract in the future, and there will be no conflicts or disputes. The road ahead is long and the mountains are high, please take care!"

The red light just turned green at this time. Liu Yifei took the phone and began to repeat Zhou Dongyu's response to the outside world and the company:

"Thank you very much for the care of Sister Hua and the company over the past three years. I hope that we will still be close friends when we meet again in the future. In the future, I will continue to work hard, abide by the rules, and live up to the expectations of fans..."

At this point, the three-year contract between the two parties officially came to an end.

At the same time, Zhou Dongyu also happened to officially graduate from Beijing Film Academy, and his future is bright!

Chen Fei laughed and commented: "This woman is much smarter than Zhu Yawen, and she is also snobbish. She has always been holding on to the benefits she deserves..."

From signing a contract with Shiyi Culture when she enrolled in Beijing Film Academy to terminating the contract with Shiyi Culture after graduation, she was able to "attack when advancing and defend when retreating", playing a good game.

...

Because the Cannes Film Festival is about to hold its opening ceremony, there has been an endless stream of news about Cannes on the Internet these days.

Today, a famous Chinese actress showed up at the airport, and tomorrow another famous director will go to Cannes. It is very lively!

On the morning of the 12th, Chen Fei met up with Jia Zhangke who came from Shanxi Province.

"Director Jia? You are tired from the journey. Do you want to take a rest first? Or should we set off directly?"

"Let's go directly. We can rest after arriving in Cannes."

Old Jia is in his prime now. At the age of 45, he has accumulated countless film experiences and has endless energy.

Before this, he had won the Golden Lion Award, one of the three major European awards, and then won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival with "Still Life".

Now, with "Mountains May Depart", he has once again been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

This time he went to Cannes with full confidence and firmly believed that he would definitely gain something.

"Okay, let's get ready to go."

After that, Chen Fei took out his mobile phone and called Liu Yifei and Zhu Yawen respectively, telling them to meet at the airport.

The three of them are the main actors in the movie "The Worst Man in the World". As for the others, they are purely guest stars, and their scenes are only a few minutes long, so there is no need to join in the fun.

Liu Xiaoli wanted to go to France for a visit, so she also planned to go with the crew.

As for "Mountains May Depart", it was much more lively!

When Chen Fei and Jia Zhangke arrived at the airport, Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jingdong, and Dong Zijian were interviewed by reporters.

Zhu Yawen and Liu Yifei hid in the VIP lounge early and didn't deal with the group of reporters at all.

According to their status, there was no need to chase these hot searches.

As expected, the appearance of Chen Fei and Jia Zhangke once again attracted the siege of many media and reporters at the airport.

"Yes, we are going to France to attend the Cannes International Film Festival."

"Whether we can win the award is still unknown, but we will work hard to promote it and hope to gain something."

After briefly accepting interviews from several media, Chen Fei took the lead in hiding in the VIP terminal.

After a while, Jia Zhangke led several main creative members of the "Mountains May Depart" crew in.

"Hello, Director Chen! Yifei, Mawen... Hehe!" Zhang Yi, a "family member", grinned and greeted them happily.

As a veteran of the company, he is one of the representatives of the acting, strength and connections. His status in the circle has been rising steadily in recent years, which is enviable.

However, Chen Fei heard from Huo Wenxi that the contracts of several "veterans" at the agency are about to expire.

What they will choose in the future is still unknown.

"Mr. Chen, long time no see. Congratulations in advance on your winning the grand prize in this Cannes trip."

Facing Wang Jinghua and Dong Zijian, mother and son, Chen Fei just smiled and nodded, and had no intention of chatting with them.

After years of development, the two sides have long been strangers because of the previous "definition restrictions on bad artists".

It must be said that Chen Fei's toughness at the conference did make him a lot of potential enemies.

As soon as the red-headed document of the General Administration came out, many people in the circle scolded him.

But he did not regret it. This kind of guy involved in gambling, drugs, and prostitution should be banned, "It's not a pity to die!"

...

It was already evening when they landed in Cannes.

When the group successfully checked into the hotel arranged by the organizer, it was already late.

Because of Liu Xiaoli's presence, Liu Yifei did not sneak into Chen Fei's room this time, and obediently followed her own mother to another room.

Everyone went to the hotel cafeteria to eat a bite of food, and then went back to their rooms to rest and prepare for the red carpet of tomorrow's opening ceremony.

Before going to bed, after saying goodnight to Miss Liu, Chen Fei checked Weibo.

As expected, there were several hot news on the headlines, and there was even a film preparation plan that surprised both China and Hong Kong!

"The 68th Cannes International Film Festival will kick off in Cannes, France. Mainland directors Chen Fei and Jia Zhangke, together with the main creative members of the two major crews of "The Worst Man in the World" and "Mountains May Depart", have gone to Cannes to promote the film."

"The thriller and crime film "The Intruder", directed by Wang Xiaoshuai and starring Feng Yuanzheng, Qin Hailu and others, has been released for 13 days and the total box office has closed at 10.46 million. It has now been officially announced to be taken off the screen."

"After 20 years, director Liu Zhenwei once again wrote the script and directed it himself. Following "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Pandora's Box" and "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: The Monkey King", this is the third film in the series The film, namely "A Chinese Odyssey 3: The Final Chapter", has been officially launched and will be open to the film and television industry for casting in the near future. "

"At the media conference, director Liu Zhenwei said in an interview: Over the years, fans have over-interpreted "A Chinese Odyssey", and this time in "A Chinese Odyssey 3", I will solve all the questions in the first two films for the audience."

"It is reported that the story of the movie "A Chinese Odyssey 3" will continue "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella". Unfortunately, Stephen Chow has completely bid farewell to the "A Chinese Odyssey" series. "

Looking at the news about the launch of "A Chinese Odyssey" in the next few days, Chen Fei's eyes are a little complicated.

"This is a cold rehash. At first glance, I thought it was so hot. "

He still remembers clearly that before his rebirth, this movie shamelessly cheated him out of a movie ticket!

It was fine before, but how could Stephen Chow, who is now successful and famous, still act in such a movie?

He doesn't even appear in the movies he directed, let alone the movies directed by other directors.

However, with the popularity of the first two "A Chinese Odyssey", the news of the establishment of the third one has indeed caused a lot of heat on the Internet.

After all, this is the sequel of Zhou Xingchi. Even if he is not the star, it will still be watched and hotly discussed by the whole network.

There are many comments on the Internet:

"My youth is over. I didn't expect that after 20 years, I can still see the sequel of "A Chinese Odyssey", and it's the finale. This is too surprising!"

"The only regret is that this movie failed to invite Stephen Chow. Alas, otherwise I must go to support it with a movie ticket."

"Supreme Treasure, alas, it's time to put a full stop to my life..."

Looking around, most people are still nostalgic.

The crew also intentionally or unintentionally guided the promotional route towards "sentiment", and successfully gathered a large number of Westward Journey fans.

However, just as Hong Kong announced the successful project of the film, Teacher Liu jumped out immediately as if a bug had been activated!

"I protest! The Westward Journey series is a blasphemy against the classic masterpiece Journey to the West. How could Sun Wukong have love? The crew should apologize to the entire network for this..."

Chen Fei was immediately amused.

Although he knew that Teacher Liu would definitely jump out to "criticize", he never expected that his reaction would be so fast.

The first shot was to ask the crew to apologize, and there would be fun to watch next!

...

The next morning, everyone got up early.

Because she had to attend the opening ceremony red carpet, Liu Yifei got up early and started working with her accompanying makeup team.

As a female star, this aspect is always inevitable, and this is also the responsibility of a brand spokesperson.

On the other hand, Chen Fei's side is much simpler. After all, he doesn't have so many messy endorsements, so just preparing a suit is enough.

While Liu Yifei was doing makeup, Chen Fei contacted his old acquaintance Mary Lehmann.

As a professional public relations team of the Cannes Film Festival, Mary Lehmann is very experienced.

When Chen Fei won the first Palme d'Or, it was she who helped.

Of course, that time to win the Palme d'Or was also a combination of time, place, and people. After all, the chairman of the jury was Spielberg, who was definitely "one of our own".

Chen Fei was not very familiar with the Coen brothers, the chairman of the jury this time.

Looking around, among the entire jury group, only French actor Sophie Marceau and American actor Jake Gyllenhaal were relatively familiar to him.

"Fei, long time no see."

After greeting him cordially, Mary Lehmann introduced her efforts during this period:

"I organized more than 30 film screenings, which will be gradually launched after the opening ceremony, and will invite all the film critics and judges who came to Cannes to watch the film.

At the same time, I also contacted several judges through intermediaries, and will try my best to win them over to cast a crucial vote for the film to win the award.

During the review period, many TV stations and radio stations will carry out large-scale publicity for this film to increase the possibility of winning the award..."

Experienced public relations can be perfect, and Mary Lehmann is obviously such a person.

However, Chen Fei finally did not forget to remind him: "I need to emphasize to you again that our first goal for this award is the Best Actress Award.

As for the Palme d'Or, you don't need to put too much effort, just go with the flow."

For other directors, the Palme d'Or must be their first goal, but Chen Fei has already won it, so naturally he has no interest.

He came to Cannes for Liu Yifei!

Therefore, the Best Actress Award is his biggest goal.

"Don't worry, I understand."

Mary Lehmann nodded, and did not stay here for too long, and soon left the hotel.

...

As the most valuable award among the three major European awards, Cannes is undoubtedly the goal pursued by many people.

When Chen Fei walked out of the hotel, he suddenly found that the hotel was already "crowded with people".

The female stars were busy preparing for the red carpet, while the crew directors were busy entertaining, and various activities, press conferences, cocktail parties, etc. were also widely distributing invitations, which was very lively!

The large army of Chinese filmmakers is the most important force in this trip to Cannes.

Except for Zhou Xun, all the other four Dan and Shuang Bing came here and were invited to prepare to participate in the opening ceremony red carpet.

In addition, several major domestic film and television companies such as China Film, Shanghai Film, Huayi, Bona, LeTV, and Alibaba also appeared in Cannes.

La Peikang led the team personally and started looking for suitable movies to introduce into China early.

The same is true for several other companies. Although they do not have import rights, they can also cooperate with foreign film producers to import in batches and make a fortune!

"Director Chen, congratulations, the movie box office is a big hit again."

In the waiting area of ​​the red carpet of the film festival opening ceremony, when Chen Fei heard Ren Zhonglun's congratulations, he reacted belatedly.

"The first day box office of "Avengers 2" is out?"

"That's right!" Ren Zhonglun nodded and said in surprise: "Have you not read the news yet? The box office of your movie on the first day was not ordinary, it almost broke the 360 ​​million of "The Martian"! "

"I'll go take a look after the red carpet of the opening ceremony is over."

The two of them were chatting, but at this time, the domestic film industry was completely exploding!

Weibo, major entertainment websites, portals, social platforms and other places are all flooded with the latest entertainment news.

"Produced by Marvel, directed by Chen Fei, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and others Science fiction blockbuster "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron",

On the day of its domestic premiere, the box office revenue was 345 million! Successfully broke the previous first-day box office record of the year set by "Fast and Furious 7"! "

"Reprinted from The Hollywood Daily: "Avengers 2" grossed US$135 million at the box office on its first day of release in North America, successfully ranking No. 1 on the North American single-day box office list this year!"

"According to statistics, the total box office of director Chen Fei's films has officially exceeded 11 billion US dollars, and he is still the first person in the world in box office of commercial films!"

"It is reported that Spielberg, who ranks second in the global box office of commercial films, currently has a cumulative total of 9.15 billion U.S. dollars in box office, and the gap between him and Chen Fei is as high as 1.85 billion U.S. dollars!"

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