For viewers who don't understand "Tenet", this sentence may be the best explanation. Although many viewers don't know what the story is after watching the film, the film relies on the strong box office appeal of Li Hyuk and Nolan.
It achieved a box office of 715 million in the first three days, creating the highest first-week box office since 2020. The previous one was 695 million for "The Eight Hundred".
There are also good news in overseas markets. North America took in a box office of 63.23 million U.S. dollars in three days, Europe took in a box office of 35.39 million U.S. dollars, and other regions also took in a box office of more than 20 million, making "Tenet" gross 220 million in the first week.
Global box office in U.S. dollars.
This result was considered a good result even before the epidemic, not to mention this special period, it is already very good.
The global sales of "Tenet" have given the film market a shot in the arm, and many films that were waiting to be announced have also announced their release dates.
Everyone believes that had it not been for the impact of the epidemic, "Tenet" would have achieved even better results. If nothing else, the box office in North America alone would have exceeded US$60 million in its first week and would have exceeded 100 million.
In this era of commercial blockbusters, a movie's first-week box office will account for one-third or even two-thirds of the total box office. Therefore, the higher the first-week box office, the higher the possibility of making a big profit.
In order to cooperate with the promotion of "Tenet", Li Hyuk accepted an interview with Penguin Video on the set of "Da Qin Fu" and talked about this movie.
Due to the epidemic, this time it was a video interview. The host greeted Li Hyuk: "Hello Li Hyuk, long time no see. Say hello to everyone!"
"Hello Yu Shuang, hello viewers of Penguin Video." Li He waved hello in front of the camera.
This Yu Shuang is not the Yu Shuang from LPL. This Yu Shuang is an entertainment news reporter and host who has interviewed Li Hyuk before. The Yu Shuang from LPL has also interviewed Li Hyuk, because Li Hyuk also participated in LPL's Anniversary All-Star, under the
There is a club RNG.
"God's Coming"
Although they usually don't care about the club's affairs, RNG still brought a lot of surprises to Li He, winning several league championships and the MSI championship. Even after the disastrous defeat in the 2018 S game, in 2019
He made a comeback and won the club's first S-level championship, achieving a Grand Slam.
As a generous boss, Li He is not stingy with his investment in the club. The salaries of several star players of RNG are always at the top of the league. At the same time, the business operations are also very standardized. While demanding results, it also brings huge benefits to the players.
commercial value.
Even when a certain club caused a stir due to salary arrears and yin and yang contracts, RNG was still able to pay high salaries and maintain high expenses. The most important thing is that through the realization of commercial value, RNG was able to be proud of itself.
There is no need for Li He to pay extra for profits and losses, which can be regarded as a model of club operation.
If it were replaced by Black Star, the former owner of RNG, the club might not be able to survive...
The positive feedback this club has brought to Li Hyuk is also excellent, which is of great help to him in promoting his brands and movie brands. Without further ado, let’s get into the interview session.
"Many viewers said they couldn't understand the newly released movie "Tenet". When you read the script for the first time, did you think you understood it?" Yu Shuang asked.
"When I read the script for the first time, I thought I understood it, but when I read it the second time, I felt that I might have read it a little hastily. Whenever I read it over and over again,
I was so deep in this maze that when I was shooting the last scene with Robert Pattinson, I was asking him some basic questions.
I remember one of the questions I asked him was: Are you dead or alive?"
"Hahahaha, it seems that our protagonist is also very confused. It is really difficult to talk about this topic without spoiling it. But when I watched the movie, I thought: I think I understand it. By the end
I thought again: No, I actually didn’t understand.” Yu Shuang uttered a small rant.
"Haha, I am in the same state. I have a habit of reading scripts, that is, after reading ten pages, I turn back five pages. Nolan is a very traditional director. He likes to use paper scripts, so the script looks very thick.
, My first feeling after reading the script was, am I in this movie? What is my name? Then it triggered a series of philosophical questions." Li Hyuk also used gestures and expressions when speaking,
Very funny.
"Hahahaha, so understanding the plot still requires a certain amount of brain cells. Let's focus on the action and stunts. This movie rarely uses special effects. Almost all the scenes were shot in real life, and there are a lot of action scenes.
Did you personally go into battle?" Yu Shuang asked.
Li He nodded and replied: "Yes, we actually went through a lot of training before filming. Many actions that appear to be played backwards are not actually played backwards, but are shot through the actual actions of the actors. It is still quite difficult.
of."
"It can be seen that the crew is very attentive. In the trailer, we can also see that there is a scene where a plane blows up a building. How did you shoot this scene?"
Li He scratched his head and said: "I also asked Director Nolan this question at the beginning, and his answer was: Let's buy a real plane to blow up. I remember my expression at the time, thinking this is too crazy, but the crew was indeed
The one who did this was to buy a real airplane and then blow up the building."
"Oh my God," Yu Shuang asked in surprise, "Will this be expensive?"
"Actually not really, the plane was actually scrapped, and the engine was dismantled and sold before filming. After the final calculation, I found that it actually cost less than doing special effects." Li He replied with a smile.
The interview lasted for more than forty minutes, not only the "Creed" interview, but also some interviews about Li Hyuk's personal and future work plans.
The interview video was broadcast on Penguin Video that night, attracting many fans and moviegoers to watch. When Li Hyuk said that he actually didn't know what he was filming, everyone laughed.
The female fans breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Li Hyuk himself didn't understand it, so he didn't have to blame himself for not understanding what the story was about in the film.
During the interview, the actual shooting of the film was revealed, as well as the special behind-the-scenes production of "Tenet", which allowed the audience to better understand some of the conditions of the film's production, and thus feel the degree of care put into the film.
In this way, by the time the film was released and ten days after its release on September 13th, the Chinese box office had accumulated 1.436 billion, which is approximately 205 million U.S. dollars. The final box office is expected to reach more than 2 billion RMB, which is already a very good result.
The global box office reached 586 million U.S. dollars. After that, it would not be a problem to recover the cost or even make a profit. Warner Pictures and Nolan both breathed a sigh of relief. The film made money and everyone was relieved.
Nolan's contract with Warner Pictures ended. Due to the huge sales of Creed, other Hollywood film companies became more aggressive in wooing Nolan. Nolan is amazing. An original science fiction action movie can be a global hit, especially
At this special time, directors like this are the targets of various film companies.
Those who couldn't grab Nolan also paid attention to Lee Hyuk. It can be said that with "Tenet", Lee Hyuk once again consolidated his status as a first-line movie star in the world.
The invitations for several Hollywood movies that have been sent out have already reached a salary of 20 million US dollars. This can be regarded as entering the Hollywood 20 million salary club, just like Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and other A-list stars.
He is an A-level movie star.
However, Li Hyuk’s development strategy is definitely to focus on Chinese-language films. Hollywood films will not be accepted if they do not have particularly good scripts. The increase in his net worth in Hollywood will also help the Chinese-language films starring him to break into the market.
global market, rather than being limited to the domestic market.
Although this truth is a bit nonsensical, breaking into Hollywood means breaking into the world. Chinese-language films are still far behind in this regard, and there is still a lot of work to be done. Hollywood’s globalization strategy has been developed for decades, and Chinese-language films did not happen overnight.
You can catch up.
In this special period, when both sides are catching up with the gap, Chinese-language films should seize this rare opportunity, steadily produce excellent works, and then promote them to the world. One day, Chinese-language films will also be the best and most precious in the world.