Chapter 524: Will Barbie win the annual box office championship? Director Zhou will be written into

Chapter 524: Will Barbie win the annual box office championship? Director Zhou will be written into

"Director Zhou, this guy, is he here to provoke people?"

Top director Nolan was also shocked after learning the data of "Barbie".

He and Zhou Qing actually have a pretty good relationship. They worked very well together on "Interstellar".

It was also at that time that Nolan really began to notice Zhou Qing.

Although Nolan had heard of Zhou Qing's reputation before, after all, Zhou Qing's performance in the three major battles was too fierce, and his reputation in the circle was indeed very loud.

But Nolan is not from one of the top three, and he is not on the same track as Zhou Qing.

So at most Nolan would just secretly say that this kid is pretty awesome.

Apart from this, there is basically no more attention.

According to common sense, Nolan and Zhou Qing will not have any intersection in the future.

But who would have thought that Zhou Qing would make it to Hollywood!
Entering the Hollywood commercial film track.

The other party first gained fame through screenwriting, and then collaborated with Luc Besson and himself to initially lay the foundation.

Finally, it conquered the Oscars, the North American and global box offices step by step.

At that time, Nolan truly regarded Zhou Qing as a formidable opponent.

Although Nolan cannot compare with Zhou Qing in terms of Oscars, at least in terms of box office, Nolan is firmly ahead of Zhou Qing.

Especially since the other party released a movie "Oppenheimer" this year, which is Nolan's ambitious work.

Nolan still has great confidence in letting "Oppenheimer" make a bid for an Oscar.

This way, I can compete with Zhou Qing at the Oscars.

But who would have thought that before the post-production of "Oppenheimer" was completed, Zhou Qing threw a big bomb into Hollywood.

"Barbie" grossed over 7000 million US dollars on its first day.

What is this concept?
Nolan has been making movies all his life, but only "The Dark Knight Rises", the peak of his career, can rival him.

The movie "The Dark Knight Rises" grossed 7575 million US dollars on its first day.

It can be said that it is on the same level as "Barbie".

Nolan has never reached this level in the past 20 years.

Now "Barbie" has completely caught up.

This makes it really hard for Nolan not to feel sad.

"Over 7000 million US dollars in box office on the first day? A new top director has emerged in Hollywood."

Little Leo also sighed.

This kind of achievement is enough to sweep away more than 95% of directors in Hollywood.

Only the super directors who are truly at the top of the pyramid can achieve this.

In addition, Zhou Qing has won two Oscars for Best Director in the past. When you take all the factors into consideration, wow!
Impressive!
It’s really amazing.

Director Zhou is definitely one of the most awesome directors in Hollywood history, the kind that stands at the very top of the pyramid.

Although Zhou Qing was considered a well-deserved famous director in Hollywood before, he always lacked a little foundation.

After all, judging from the box office data, Zhou Qing is not too outstanding.

And now?
"Barbie" makes up for its last shortcoming.

From now on, Zhou Qing is a very influential figure in Hollywood.

"Barbie" was a huge hit at the North American box office, earning $7050 million on its first day."

"Director Zhou Qing's entry into Hollywood was a huge success. Barbie grossed $7050 million on the first day!"

“US$7050 million! Barbie becomes one of the highest-grossing movies in North America!”

Because "Barbie" is a Sino-US co-production, and the director and screenwriter is Zhou Qing, the entire Chinese entertainment industry is paying close attention to the film.

Moreover, because this is Zhou Qing's attempt to impact Hollywood, it will attract even more attention.

Director Zhou has been at the top of Chinese entertainment for many years. It is no exaggeration to say that he dominates Chinese entertainment. He has no rivals at all.

What kind of achievements will be made if it now heads to Hollywood?

Will he continue to sweep Hollywood like he did in Chinese entertainment, or will he return home empty-handed?

Everyone wants to know the answer.

Although on the surface everyone supports and affirms Zhou Qing's entry into Hollywood, there are still many people on Weibo cheering for Zhou Qing.

But secretly, there are countless people waiting to see Zhou Qing make a fool of himself.

"You really don't know what's good for you. Do you think it's so easy to get into Hollywood?"

"He doesn't think he can make it in Hollywood, does he?"

"All over Hollywood? Do you really think you're a god?"

Many people even secretly mocked Zhou Qing in this way.

I feel that Zhou Qing is really too arrogant and inflated.

Is it so easy to get into Hollywood?
After all these years, if you count carefully, the Chinese entertainment director who has done the best in Hollywood is indeed Zhou Qing.

Below Zhou Qing comes Wu Yusen.

Apart from this, there is no one else.

To be honest, the box office data Zhou Qing has currently achieved in Hollywood is already the ceiling for Chinese entertainment directors.

He is the first person, and no one can surpass or reach his level.

But Zhou Qing is still not satisfied?
Really ignorant.

I don’t know how many people are secretly waiting for Zhou Qing to fall.

But thinking back, Zhou Qing slapped them hard in the face, making their faces slap loudly.

7050 million US dollars!
What a joke!
How could a film directed by a Chinese entertainment director actually achieve such a high box office?

This kind of thing actually happened?
You should know that the box office of the classic blockbuster "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" was only more than 7000 million US dollars on the first day.

The total global box office sales exceeded 10 billion US dollars.

Now you tell me, can "Barbie" also sell 10 billion at the global box office?

What the hell!

It's exaggerated. It's really exaggerated.

Everyone in the Chinese entertainment industry was severely shocked.

Director Zhou is worthy of being Director Zhou. It’s okay for him to sweep the Chinese entertainment industry, but he also swept Hollywood?
Doesn’t this mean that from now on, Zhou Qing is not only the most awesome director in Chinese entertainment, but also one of the most awesome directors in Hollywood?
"More than 7000 million US dollars? That's more than 7000 million US dollars?"

It can be said that Master Zhang was directly frustrated by Zhou Qing, and he was frustrated again.

He originally thought that the first-day box office of his movie "Man Jiang Hong" of over 4 million yuan was quite impressive, and it brought him to Zhou Qing's level.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, they have already gone to Hollywood to become the king!

There is no comparison. How can this be compared?
Even Master Zhang’s best performance in Hollywood is just “Hero”!

But how much was the overseas box office of "Hero"?

The total box office is not even as good as the one-day box office of "Barbie".

I have to say, this gap is really big.

The moment he saw the box office data of "Barbie", Master Zhang Guoshi suddenly felt that the first-day box office of "Man Jiang Hong" on the 4th was not that impressive.

“Is Barbie so exaggerated in Hollywood?”

"No wonder Qingzi didn't care about the Chinese market and went to Hollywood instead."

While Zhu Yawen was stunned by the North American data of "Barbie", he finally realized what was going on.

You should know that "Barbie" was released simultaneously in Hollywood and mainland China. When the Hollywood data came out, the mainland data was actually also released.

However, it must be said that the box office data of "Barbie" in mainland China is not very optimistic.

The box office on the first day only took in 3000 million!

I don’t know how many people were shocked at the time.

Of course, this also surprised Zhu Yawen.

This is Zhou Qing. Every movie he makes is a hit, and they are all the kind that become box office champions.

It has always been a super giant in the film market, sweeping all films of the same period and having no rivals.

As a result, Zhou Qing’s new film only earned 3000 million on the first day?

It's totally off the mark!
You have to know that during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, even the first-day box office of "Boonie Bears" exceeded 1.35 million, reaching million.

Even the boring and somewhat obscure animated movie "Deep Sea" grossed 7800 million on its first day.

As a result, "Barbie", a film directed by the top director of China Entertainment, only grossed around 3000 million?

It can be said that everyone’s waist was severely sprained.

There were even media outlets hyping up the news, saying that director Zhou Qing had suffered a setback and that he had run out of ideas.

This made Zhu Yawen very angry.

Until now, Zhu Yawen's eyes were almost blinded by the light.

So what if "Barbie" does poorly at the domestic box office?
The North American box office was a huge success.

Zhou Qing's "Barbie" was not made to impact the domestic entertainment market, but to impact the Hollywood market.

From this perspective, Barbie is undoubtedly a huge success.

Those media outlets that are advocating Zhou Qing’s failure and claiming that Zhou Qing is not capable of anything can now all shut up, right?
……

The release of "Barbie" can be said to have completely ignited the North American film market.

It became the first blockbuster hit in North America since 2023.

Many authoritative organizations have predicted that "Barbie" has a good chance of becoming this year's annual box office champion.

Because of several blockbuster movies in 23, everyone has quietly taken stock.

It's really hard to find someone with the same hit looks as "Barbie".

Such as Nolan's "Oppenheimer", the game adaptation "Super Mario Bros.", "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and so on.

Either it is a masterpiece by a famous director, a top IP, or a sequel to a blockbuster, they are all obvious hits.

But no matter how much we analyze these hits, we can't see that they have the strength to compete with "Barbie".

When the thought of this comes, everyone in Hollywood feels very nervous.

Especially those Hollywood director colleagues, each of them is extremely frustrated.

Hollywood is such a big place, with so many great directors and top stars.

Can't even defeat an outsider?
Let a director from China become the king?

However, no matter how the parties react, one thing is beyond doubt.

This year, this month, this day, the name "Zhou Qing" caused a sensation in Hollywood.

This name has been all over Hollywood, leaving an indelible impression on people.

It may even be written into film history!

“Not a bad start.”

Overall, Zhou Qing himself is quite satisfied with the box office of "Barbie".

However, as a reborn person, I already knew the box office potential of "Barbie", so I was not surprised.

If it were in China, Zhou Qing would definitely just give up.

Because Zhou Qing's rank in the country has really reached its peak, so he doesn't care much about publicity.

I don't really care about it.

Anyway, just focus on promoting it one month before the release.

After the release, I really didn’t bother with that anymore.

But now?
Zhou Qing decided to stay in Hollywood and give it another try.

"Barbie" was the annual box office champion for 23 years in its original time and space, and ranked 16th in Hollywood film history. It can truly be written into film history.

It is also extremely important to Zhou Qing.

He doesn't ask for the performance of "Barbie" to surpass the original, but at least it can't be lower than the original, right?
Of course, it would be best if we could go one step further on this basis.

"Sissi, I'm going to stay in Hollywood for a while."

"At least, it should be after the Oscars."

Liu Yifei then called Zhou Qing, and Zhou Qing told the girl his decision.

That’s right, Zhou Qing plans to attend this year’s Oscar Awards ceremony in person.

Firstly, the quality of "Barbie" is better than the original, and it has received more nominations than the original, so maybe it can actually win an important award?

Secondly, Zhou Qing also needs to promote "Barbie" on the Oscar stage.

There is still a full month during this period, which is crucial.

"I know, this is a critical period for Barbie."

The girl was very understanding, so she strongly supported Zhou Qing's decision.

You know, "Barbie" is Zhou Qing's battle to become a god, how can she not support it?

"Zhou Jun, say hello to dad."

After chatting with Liu Yifei for a while, the girl took the little guy over.

When Zhou Qing saw the little guy, his heart almost melted.

"Come on, call daddy."

Zhou Qing was entertaining his silly son through the video and was enjoying it very much.

"Are you stupid? It's only been a few months, how can he speak?"

The girl burst out laughing.

"Just take care of your business over there, and don't worry about home. Everything is fine."

After chatting with the girl for a while, the two of us ended the video conversation.

Zhou Qing packed up simply, changed his clothes, and went out excitedly.

As quickly as possible, he reunited with Commander Gossip, Harley Quinn and other main creators.

"Director Zhou."

"Director Zhou."

As the male and female protagonists, these two now look much more excited than Zhou Qing.

Everyone felt that they had endless energy and were just waiting to follow Zhou Qing to continue the big fight.

"Barbie is currently doing very well at the box office, and it's a good start. This is all thanks to everyone's wonderful performance and their hard work in promoting it recently."

"But now we have only taken the first step, and we cannot take it lightly."

"Let's keep working hard and strive to take the box office of Barbie to a new level!"

Zhou Qing didn't waste any more time talking nonsense. He continued to lead the main creators and started the hard work of publicity.

In fact, everyone felt a little tired during the road show, but after the box office of "Barbie" came out, everyone was revitalized! (End of this chapter)