My Animation Era

  Chapter 778 Terrible box office (for subscription)

   Scar is dead.

  A rain extinguished the surrounding fires. After the dispute ended, Simba boarded the Glory Stone and let out a lion's roar at Savannah.

   At this moment, the king returns!

  At the end of the movie, the newly born Lion King Simba and his wife Nala stood on the Glory Rock, still the same old mandrill, holding a little prince in both hands, announcing the birth of the little prince to all the glorious citizens.

  The big screen instantly went black.

  The title of [The Lion King] was played on the pitch-black screen, and the guests and audience attending the premiere ceremony stood up and applauded the movie.

   "Thank you, thank you all!"

  Du Hao in the front row also led the creative team to bow to the audience to express their gratitude.

   "Great movie!"

   Someone in the back row suddenly yelled, and it was very abrupt in the applause. The others were stunned when they heard it, and then the applause became more enthusiastic.

"thanks, thanks!"

  Due to the enthusiasm of the audience and guests, even Gu Miao, a non-creator, had to go on stage, holding a microphone to share with everyone the behind-the-scenes stories about the creation of the movie "The Lion King".

  He said something that surprised everyone.

  The faces of the two characters, Peng Peng and Ding Man, were drawn by the animator after Ma Kui and him, and the Chinese dubbing of the movie will also be made by the two of them.

"I go…"

  The little bear sitting in the front row always covered his face and said, "I just said that the African warthog looks more and more familiar, so it's you!"

   "Ahem!"

   Gu Miao, who returned to her seat, blushed a little when she heard this. After all, it was the first time for him to experience a cameo role as an African warthog.

   "Don't say this."

   "You watched the movie too, how do you feel?" Gu Miao asked curiously.

"great!"

   "From my point of view, it feels like watching an epic drama performance." Mr. Xiong said with a smile, "Congratulations! You Wanbao should be able to make a lot of money relying on this movie, right?"

   "It's hard to say, it's hard to say."

  Gu Miao shook her head with a smile. Although he was very confident and his performance at the premiere greatly boosted his confidence, it was hard to say about the box office.

   It's not 1994 after all.

  …

  The movie "The Lion King" was released simultaneously in many places around the world. Among them, North America and Huaguo are the top two ticket warehouses, and they are also the regions where the movie "The Lion King" is promoted. The box office results are very touching.

  After the premiere, Gu Miao looked forward to it for a whole day. Apart from eating, drinking and going to the bathroom, he didn't even sleep.

  Du Hao is the same.

   After all, this is a crucial step for Wanbao Animation, a key work that determines the status of a world-class animation company. It would be a lie to say that it is not nervous.

   Fortunately, the result was satisfactory.

   On the second day after the premiere, Gu Miao and Du Hao got the first-day box office results in China and North America. Among them, the domestic box office was more than 57 million, while the North American box office reached an astonishing 55.2 million US dollars!

   Please note, this is a one-day box office.

  The domestic single-day slashed 57 million yuan, and the box office is expected to be no less than 200 million in the first week. Although it is shocking, it is still slightly inferior to the 55.2 million US dollars in North America.

  US$55.2 million in a single day, equivalent to nearly 400 million yuan, what kind of terrifying figure is this?

   Judging from the box office trend, the box office performance of the movie "The Lion King" in the first week of its release has steadily exceeded 100 million?

"It's not about to exceed 100 million, but it has already exceeded 100 million!" Lao Zhang took out a box office form with the latest statistics and said, "Look, as of 11:00 noon today, the cumulative box office of the movie "The Lion King" in North America has reached 1.082. One hundred million U.S. dollars."

   Fog Grass!

  Gu Miao and Du Hao were completely dumbfounded.

   In less than 40 hours, the box office has exceeded 100 million US dollars. This is still the performance of a box office in North America. Counting the box office in other regions, isn’t it expected to reach 200 million US dollars in the first week?

  Is it so popular?

  Although it was expected, when the results came out, Gu Miao was still shocked by the exaggerated performance of "The Lion King".

  Global weekly box office champion?

  Why are you still arguing about this? According to the posture of the movie "The Lion King", if I don't win a monthly championship, I feel sorry for the support of the audience!

   It turns out.

  August is a very good schedule, and the movie "The Lion King" is also very lucky.

  At first, what everyone was worried about was that the sci-fi blockbuster produced by a well-known director, which was released at the same time, turned out to be an embroidered pillow that was "popular but not popular".

  This August, everyone thought it was a battle between two heroes.

   But the current situation is that although the audience of that sci-fi blockbuster was applauded, the box office is far inferior to "The Lion King", and it is powerless to resist.

   As for the other concurrent films?

Stop it!

  The Hollywood movies released this month are nothing high-quality, and most of them are low-cost assembly line samples.

  And domestic movies...

   Yes, there is such a martial arts movie, but it collided with a "Hollywood blockbuster" like "The Lion King", and the end was extremely miserable.

   Even the director was still very dissatisfied, and complained about the unfairness of the theaters on Weibo, saying that the "Lion King" family accounted for nearly 90% of the film schedule. How does this make other domestic films survive?

  The theater chain is not a soft persimmon, and quickly responded positively: "Can't survive? If your movie is popular, will we not arrange it for you?"

   "You still take care of domestic films. You really want to be taken care of. The month before that is the protection month of domestic films. Why don't you release them?"

   "Besides, "The Lion King" is also an animation film produced by our Huaguo company. Isn't that also a domestic film?"

   Good guy!

  The anger of the theaters made the martial arts director completely dumbfounded, he hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a word.

  The audience didn't sympathize with him either.

   After all, the domestic protection month is ahead, and he doesn’t want to release it himself, so he has to wait until the end of the protection month, so who can blame him for being crushed by others?

   "I figured it out."

   Regarding the current public opinion on the Internet, Gu Miao said thoughtfully: "The reason why the movie "The Lion King" has achieved such good results in China is also related to the previous protection month."

   "The Lion King" came by coincidence!

  The previous month happened to be the domestic film protection month, and a large number of domestic films were released together, making the audience dizzy.

   Finally made it through this month, "The Lion King" and Hollywood science fiction blockbusters were born.

  The sci-fi blockbuster was well-received or not, and most passers-by audiences were not very interested, so the main box office flocked to "The Lion King", which had a double hit at the word-of-mouth box office.

  So, this also created the phenomenon that the movie "The Lion King" also achieved excellent box office in China, and even dominated the theaters, leaving other movies unable to breathe.

   The right time, place and people!

  The "Lion King", which has all three elements, is absolutely unstoppable in this August, not only in China and North America, but also in Europe, in neon, and in every corner of the world. It is also very popular.

Then…

  Sichuan Opera is coming!

   I only recognize the 94 version of The Lion King. After all, I have seen it on TV before, so I am not familiar with the live-action version of the remake!

  (end of this chapter)