Chapter 343 Global Release

Chapter 343 Global Release

Chapter 343 Global Release
Wow!
The premiere of "Inception" ended with warm applause and crowds of fans.

Because they had to fly to New York in a hurry to attend the movie premiere in North America by taking advantage of the time difference, Wang Hao and other film crew members did not stay here for long.

However, their departure did not extinguish the excitement in the hearts of the audience. Soon, more than half of the audience bought tickets for the second show, ready to watch this classic movie that will go down in the history of science fiction movies again.

Seeing such an exaggerated scene, the propaganda leader who was about to leave couldn't help but ask Han Sanping who was accompanying him:
"I'm afraid the box office of Xiao Wang's movie won't be low, right?"

Master Han San hesitated for a moment, then replied:

"That's for sure. His film Inception is a classic just from the storyline alone. It also stars Hollywood superstars, is a 3D movie, and has unique special effects.

Not to mention domestically, even internationally... I'm afraid its box office performance will break all the records that Chinese films have ever achieved."

The leader nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this, and then reminded Han Sanping:

"Then Mr. Han, your Huaying Group must do a good job of protecting this film, and the relevant departments will also actively cooperate with you.

in addition……"

The big boss paused, then continued: "Notify me when the movie celebration party is held."

Although these words were spoken to President Han, those around the two men were all shrewd figures who had experienced the ups and downs of officialdom. They immediately kept these words in mind and prepared to arrange the tasks related to "Inception" as soon as possible after returning.

However, those who moved faster than them were the entertainment reporters from major news media and the more well-known film critics who were invited to attend.

They all know that "Inception" will definitely be a huge hit in the future, and the various concepts contained in it will be talked about by everyone.

Therefore, they need to reveal relevant movie information as soon as possible to seize the opportunity and attract the attention of fans who have not been able to see the movie.

Moreover, for this kind of movie, it can be said that the praise is never too much, and no one will ever say that they were paid, so they can absolutely write about it in great detail and use the most exaggerated methods to attract the attention of movie fans.

That same night, in less than half an hour, promotional releases about Inception and related film reviews appeared on major platforms.

"A dream journey that can be called the ultimate"

《The Benchmark of Chinese Science Fiction Films》

"Zhuang Zhou dreamed of being a butterfly. Was it a dream? Or was it real?"

New Hope for Chinese Films

Such compliments were showered on Inception as if they were free. Although some fans felt that they were a bit exaggerated, given Wang Hao's good reputation as a director in the past, more movie lovers were tempted and could not help but click on Tao Piaopiao to make online reservations.

Then they were surprised to find that within the last three to four days, almost all the seats for "Inception" in the theater were booked out, and they couldn't get any recent tickets at all.

The fans' crazy ticket-buying behavior almost pushed the box office of the midnight preview of "Inception" that night to over 10 million.

This data can be said to have directly broken the box office record set by "Transformers 3" last year.

At the same time, the pre-sale box office of "Inception" announced on the official Tao Piaopiao page has directly exceeded 4 million, and is rapidly moving towards the 5 million mark.

Every industry insider who saw this data exclaimed in his heart that another "Wolf Warrior" was coming.

It’s a pity that Wang Hao, who is flying to Hollywood, cannot see these data for the time being.

The main creative team of "Inception" chartered a plane to Los Angeles, preparing to hold another North American premiere there.

Wang Hao is quite famous in China, and Leonardo is also quite famous overseas. Compared with the domestic film market, the overseas market is actually the real stage for "Inception".

As the investor and distributor of the film, Sony Pictures, after watching Inception, directly waved its hand and provided 3800 theaters, nearly 8000 screens, for the film to be released.

This amount is already the screening standard for Hollywood's S-class blockbusters, and it directly broke the record for the number of screens released by Chinese directors' films in North America. This is enough to show how much Sony Pictures and those theater companies value this film and Leonardo.

Moreover, in terms of publicity, Sony Pictures did not cheat Galaxy Pictures like many Hollywood companies cheated Chinese companies. Many of its investments are tangible and visible, and related poster materials are also spread all over major cities in North America.

Even for this North American premiere, Sony Pictures made a big fuss and invited many friendly celebrities and directors to attend.

Although Wang Hao had some unpleasantness with Nolan because of this movie and his reputation in the Hollywood director circle is not very good, but with the hot sales of the first few works of "Spider-Man Universe" in recent times, Sony Pictures has also gained momentum in the Hollywood circle, and naturally there are people who want to make friends with it.

Wang Hao received the data from China after the plane landed, and he just smiled slightly, as if this premiere box office result, which was enough to make countless directors envious in China, was not worth mentioning to him at all.

However, he still told the news to several crew members, which made everyone very happy.

After all, Wang Hao may not care, but the actors who participated in the movie cannot help but care whether they can have a representative work.

Everyone came to the Hua Xia Theater in Hollywood with great joy. All the fatigue caused by the flight was gone because of the good news they had just received.

Afterwards, the response to the premiere of "Inception" in North America almost completely replicated the premiere in China. The audience watching the movie on site also burst into great enthusiasm, and the applause was non-stop.

In particular, the famous director James Cameron also attended the premiere of "Inception" today.

This guy has some friendship with Leo because of their previous filming of "Titanic". Also, because Wang Hao's "Inception" is a 3D movie, and James Cameron has been vigorously promoting this film technology recently, he was invited.

After watching "Inception", when the microphone was handed to him, this famous Hollywood director couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

"I like this movie very much. It is a very creative and imaginative, surreal science fiction movie. It is also full of philosophical speculation and exploration of dreams. In this respect, it is comparable to The Terminator."

As James Cameron's masterpiece, the "Terminator" series of films is almost comparable to "Star Wars" in Hollywood science fiction films.

He was able to say this, and he was planning to use his fame and status in the film and television industry to help Wang Hao. You have to know that if he said this today, the fans who came to watch "Inception" would be dissatisfied, and that would damage his reputation.

However, Wang Hao also knows that any big director who can reach that position is a shrewd person.

In particular, James Cameron has a very accurate judgment on the commercial attributes of a film. It is obvious that he said this because he believes that Wang Hao's "Inception" will definitely achieve excellent results all over the world.

And the facts turned out to be just as he expected.

Soon, thanks to the good publicity in the early stages and Leo's fame, "Inception" grossed $3427 million on its first day of release in North America, becoming the highest-grossing movie on the first day in North America in 2012.

Of course, 2012 has just begun, and there is only one big production, Inception, released in North America. If it doesn’t take first place, who will?

However, if the $430 million box office from the advance screenings at midnight the day before is included, the North American first-day box office of "Inception" reached a staggering $3857 million, surpassing last year's "Transformers 3" in North America with a first-day box office of $3730 million.

It is also worth mentioning that "Inception" was released in 142 IMAX theaters in North America, with box office revenue of 311 million US dollars; it was released in 85 IMAX theaters in overseas markets, earning 162 million US dollars, bringing the total box office of IMAX 3D to 473 million US dollars on that day.

According to the information Wang Hao obtained from Sony Pictures, "Inception" was released simultaneously in 110 countries and regions around the world, and the estimated first-day overseas box office excluding China and North America was as high as 2790 million US dollars.

Later in China, Wang Hao also received news that the first-day box office of "Inception" in the mainland directly exceeded 1 million, reaching 1.12 million, breaking the first-day box office record set by "Transformers 3" in the country last year, becoming the movie with the highest first-day box office in the history of the mainland film market.

It is said that when the results came out, Huaying employees heard excited shouts coming from President Han’s office.

If China and North America are included, the total global box office for "Inception" on the first day and the first weekend is 8770 million US dollars.

Although this figure has not exceeded 100 million, the achievement is almost the first in the history of Chinese directors' international achievements.

Even the Chinese directors Li An and Wu Yusen, who are also very famous overseas, have achieved slightly inferior results in their previous films compared to him.

As for the cumulative box office, although Li An and Wang Hao are seniors, Wang Hao is also a model worker in the director industry.

The global box office of movies like "The King's Avatar", "Taken", "Source Code", and "Wolf Warrior" combined is enough to crush them, not to mention the current "Inception" which is about to become a hit.

The news that Inception grossed $8770 million worldwide on its first day was immediately reported back to China, and then Galaxy Pictures informed major news media, which then quickly made the front-page headlines of major news media.

Of course, even faster than those traditional media is CCTV’s movie channel.

Because the Sixth Princess's editing and production team arrived in New York yesterday on a special plane with the "Inception" crew.

After all, because of the relationship with Wang Hao's uncle, Galaxy Pictures and Six Princesses have always had in-depth cooperation. The broadcasting rights for the premiere ceremony of "Inception" in New York were also obtained by Six Princesses.

Therefore, the movie channel was the first to get the relevant news and make reports at the first time.

As major media outlets rushed to report on the film, it naturally attracted more audiences to go to the cinema to watch this classic 3D science fiction film.

Therefore, the global box office exceeding 8000 million US dollars on the first day was just an appetizer. On the second day, theaters in North America took the initiative to increase the screening ratio, and the number of theaters was adjusted from 3800 on the first day to 4100.

The number of screens has also increased from nearly 8000 to more than 9000.

As a result, the North American box office of "Inception" rose to 2 million US dollars on the second day, and the global box office directly exceeded 4019 million US dollars.

Now Sony Pictures, which participated in the film's investment, can finally rest assured.

Because "Inception" not only has a good box office growth, but also has a very high reputation.

In China, after the movie was released, the score on Tao Piao.com jumped directly to 9.8 points and remained very strong, with no sign of declining at all.

On Douban, which is also a film community, "Inception" also received 96% of five-star ratings.

And the comment section of the movie is full of praise.

You should know that Wang Hao’s previous works "Source Code" and "Wolf Warrior" did not receive such treatment. In the comment sections of those two films, many people complained that Wang Hao was playing the patriotism card.

The dreams and philosophy in "Inception" really hit the spot for these literary young people and petty intellectuals.

[Maybe the radio and television didn’t know where to start (covering mouth and laughing).]

[Cameron is responsible for innovating film technology, while Wang Hao is responsible for innovating film structure. ]

[A movie is so good that even if you know it is a hoax, you will still give it five stars without hesitation.]

[You finally understand how tired I am of having this kind of dream every night. 】

[I have watched Director Wang Hao make one movie after another until now, and I have also watched him grow rapidly.

From being immature and unfamiliar at the beginning to gradually becoming mature, from being well-behaved at the beginning to being infused with soul, and then to now.

I think "Inception" is director Wang Hao's best work to date. It is as precise and classic as a textbook, and is extremely accurate in all film elements... The story also achieves a perfect balance between business and art.

If you ask me to recommend a science fiction movie, I can only say that "Inception" will not disappoint you.

And if you asked me to recommend the best science fiction movie, I would definitely not say Inception.

Because I think that given Director Wang Hao's age and his pursuits, he will definitely contribute better works in the future.

I have no doubt about this! 】

(End of this chapter)