After Li Yi's trip to UCLA.
"Love is a Gift" quickly became popular on North American social networks with the full promotion of Dean Pictures.
It began to be forwarded by countless people. This short video, which was less than two minutes long, amazed many people.
Especially the second creation based on the short film "Christmas Gift" has made many netizens marvel at Li Yi's ability to turn decay into magic and mediocrity into astonishment.
No matter how high the traffic of a short film is, its monetization ability is very limited, but this time, it is different.
Because "Love Is a Gift" has boosted Li Yi's fame in North America, and the currently being screened "A Dog's Purpose" was also written by Li Yi, it naturally became the largest traffic brought by "Love Is a Gift" beneficiary.
And after the movie was screened for five days and one week after it was released, the following week after the expanded screening of "A Dog's Purpose", although the box office inevitably declined on weekdays, the decline was only 100%. About thirty points.
Truly as stable as a dog.
For this reason, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or not. Before Li Yi returned to China, “A Dog’s Purpose” officially announced that the box office exceeded 100 million!
Previously, the first week's box office was 85 million US dollars, and the box office was over 100 million US dollars. In terms of publicity, it can be said that they are two completely different concepts.
Therefore, when the news that "A Dog's Purpose" had a box office of over 100 million was spread back to China, it happened to coincide with the domestic premiere of "A Dog's Purpose". It can be said that it was a coincidence that it didn't come as good as it came!
But for other movies of the same period, it's hard to watch.
Li Yi himself is the well-deserved number one in commercial films in China, not to mention that this time he is taking an international route.
Moreover, first in North America and then in China, it can be said that Li Yi does not talk about martial ethics!
In Li Yi's memory, the box office of "A Dog's Purpose" in China was not particularly high in that world, only more than 600 million Chinese dollars.
But here, it can be said that they are two completely different concepts.
Because, first of all, "A Dog's Purpose" is no longer just a Hollywood movie, but a co-production. The key is that the male protagonist is still a Chinese actor.
Secondly, the influence and appeal of the film's director Li Yi in China cannot be matched by directors from another world.
In addition, the unexpected early release in North America, and the box office just exceeded the US$100 million mark before the domestic release, has further boosted the popularity and anticipation of this movie.
This can be seen from the theater schedule.
Although Luo Teng's new film "Flying Fire Star" and Zhao Zheng's new film "Eagle" can be said to be no worse than Li Yi's "A Dog's Purpose" in terms of cost.
The cast is not weak, and it is a main theme movie, which is very suitable for the National Day schedule.
Unfortunately, according to a certain theater manager, main theme movies are indeed more suitable for the National Day schedule. However, domestic main theme movies can be divided into main theme movies directed by Li Yi and main theme movies directed by other directors.
Obviously, for Luo Teng and Zhao Zheng's main theme film, they did not receive the same treatment as Li Yi's "Garland Under the Mountain"!
As for exposure and topic popularity, it is difficult to compare with "A Dog's Purpose" whether it is "Bolide" or "Eagle".
Therefore, in terms of film schedule, both "Bolide" and "Eagle" were at a disadvantage!
The result was not beyond everyone's expectations.
On September 30, the three movies premiered at the same time.
As a result, "A Dog's Purpose" continues Li Yi's usual style. Although the reputation is not as good as that of Li Yi's first dog movie "The Story of Hachiko", the reputation of this movie is also very good. , with a score of 8.8 points, ranking first in the same period!
And the facts have also proved that not all the main themes are "Wreaths Under the Mountains".
"Bolide" also continues Luo Teng's style of bad movies. This movie is a Chinese aviation-themed story.
It's a pity that Roten's usual style is once again vividly displayed in this movie.
The rating on Popular Film Critics Online was only 6 points!
On the other hand, Zhao Zheng's "Eagle" has a good reputation, with a score of 7.8 on the Popular Film Critics website.
As a result, the first-day box office of the three films was released, and "A Dog's Purpose" took the top spot with a first-day box office of 110 million yuan.
"Eagle" ranked second with a box office of 62 million yuan, and the worst was "Flying Firestar", with a box office of less than 50 million yuan on the first day!
On National Day, all three movies had significant box office gains.
"Eagle" had the largest increase, with a single-day box office exceeding 100 million.
In this regard, as long as the main theme movies are well shot, they do have a great advantage in the National Day period.
The box office of "A Dog's Purpose" also increased, continuing to lead the box office with 130 million.
Although "Flying Firestar" was heavily promoted, the quality of the film was not good. Although there was an increase, the box office on National Day was only 60 million.
Compared with Luo Teng, who was about to cry without tears, and whose intestines were filled with regret, Huang Zhenyi, who had moved the schedule in advance, Tang Lu, who had postponed it later, and Ping Xiaosi, who had decisively moved out of the way as soon as he saw the news, all breathed a sigh of relief.
In the following time, although the box office of "A Dog's Purpose" was not as exaggerated as "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and "Garland Under the Mountain".
However, with the addition of September 30 during the seven-day National Day holiday, the domestic box office has successfully pushed to 1 billion Chinese dollars!
In North America, after "A Dog's Purpose" successfully exceeded 100 million in the first ten days, it continued to make steady progress in North America during the National Day Weekend in China, with a box office of nearly 50 million.
The total box office in North America reached 150 million US dollars.
And this is a co-production.
It can be said that the successive success of "A Dog's Purpose" in China and North America has also made companies that have always wanted to make co-productions focus on this type of animal movie theme.
In fact, I don’t blame them for thinking this way. The main reason is that Li Yi’s movie, not only "A Dog's Purpose" has blossomed in China and North America, but also the previous "The Story of Hachiko" did not go to theaters in North America, but it is available on DVD Release sales were also very high.
So, there are traces to follow.
With the cooperation of "A Dog's Purpose", it can be said that Dean Pictures is very eager to continue to cooperate with Li Yi, and they are even thinking about whether they can start filming the third episode of "A Dog's Purpose". Two.
Fanhai Films, Dean Pictures, and even China Film Group are trying their best to persuade Li Yi to start the sequel.
After all, "A Dog's Purpose" is really profitable, and the key is that this is a rare case of a Sino-US co-production that has exploded in both countries' markets.
But Li Yi had no such idea at all.
Because in his opinion, "A Dog's Purpose" has finished telling the story, and making a sequel will be just a similar story. It will be difficult to surpass the first one, and he has new ideas.
