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Chapter 224 April Belongs to Twilight City
And this weekend,

Those capable of posing even a slight threat to Twilight City

Two of the films are from previously released movies: Nim Island, starring Jodie Foster, and the thrilling 21, both with budgets around $3500 million, similar to Twilight.

There are also two other movies that are being released this weekend alongside Twilight: The Nightmare of the Night, a remake of the classic horror film, and The Street Kings, starring Keanu Reeves and Chris Evans, both of which are $2000 million B-movies.

In the view of most people in the industry at present,

Their box office performance should be similar to that of Twilight.
It grossed $10-20 million in its opening weekend, $20-30 million in its opening week, and ultimately reached around $50-60 million in North American box office.

If they're lucky, with overseas box office revenue, the global box office could exceed one hundred million US dollars, and they could recoup their costs just from the box office alone.

The remaining DVD market and copyright operations are all pure profits!
Why can't industry insiders imagine the future of Twilight?

Because most of them are middle-aged men in their forties and fifties.

I simply cannot understand the irresistible allure of a clichéd story like Twilight for young girls.
They were completely unaware that Twilight had already become the subject of a storm of discussion on the internet.

While Hollywood wasn't paying much attention,

Twilight has quietly opened in 4066 theaters across North America.

Meanwhile, just over ten hours before its North American release...
Due to the time difference, movies released on the same day have already been released in mainland China.

With the support of China Film Group, this screening reached an unprecedented scale.

Compared to 800 copies of Whiplash,
This time, there were 660 film copies and 550 digital copies.
The number of copies reached a terrifying 1210!
It surpasses last year's "The Warlords" and "Assembly", as well as this year's "CJ7" during the Spring Festival, and is currently the film with the most copies.

China Film Group has already gone to great lengths to ensure the box office success of Twilight in China.

the next day.

Liu Yifei was sitting quietly backstage, waiting for the promotional event for "King of Kung Fu" to start.

at this time,

Cheng Long walked in from outside.

He greeted Liu Yifei warmly as soon as he arrived: "Liu Yifei, when I passed by the movie theater just now, I saw a lot of people queuing up to buy tickets."
So I got out of the car out of curiosity and went to see what they were watching. Can you guess which movie they were watching?

"Twilight!"

Liu Yifei answered without hesitation, her face full of confidence.

"So confident?"

Cheng Long was slightly taken aback.

He could have guessed that Liu Yifei would guess correctly, but he didn't expect her to be so confident.

We were just chatting there.
The box office performance of Twilight on its opening day yesterday must have been very good.

Jet Li interjected with a laugh, "The other movies are no match for it; it's our turn to defeat it!"

Michael Jackson, the lead actor, also said with a smile, "Twilight is very popular, and there are many people discussing it on the internet."

Cheng Long glanced at Liu Yifei,

He smiled and waved his hand: "There's no need to talk about defeating or not defeating. The target audiences of the two films are too different, so they don't affect each other much."

The target audiences of Twilight and The Forbidden Kingdom are almost completely different, and can even be said to be completely opposite.

After a pause, he looked at Liu Yifei curiously: "You and Gu Bei must have a good relationship, right? Did he tell you about the opening day box office of Twilight?"

"No, I'll ask him!"

Liu Yifei took out her phone and dialed Gu Bei's number.

She hadn't paid much attention initially, assuming Twilight would definitely be a box office success.

Because she had never seen Gu Bei so confident about any film, not even the two he directed himself. Now, after being questioned by Jackie Chan, and with Jet Li's words about defeating him,

Liu Yifei also felt a surge of curiosity, wanting to know how much Twilight City's opening day box office would be.

Cheng Long saw her actions and immediately guessed that Liu Yifei and Gu Bei's relationship was not ordinary!

"beep--"

“Sisi, I…”

Gu Bei had just opened his mouth when
He was interrupted by Liu Yifei on the other side: "Gu Bei, I'm currently participating in an event with Jackie Chan and Jet Li. We're quite curious about the opening day box office of Twilight."

Gu Bei immediately understood.
Liu Yifei was afraid that her first words would be something inappropriate!

He looked at Eric from Peak Entertainment next to him and said with a smile, "It's a pity that the box office figures haven't come out yet. Eric and I are also waiting anxiously here. Eric is so eager that he wants to go and do the statistics himself."

"Is the success of this movie that important to Eric?" Liu Yifei asked curiously.

"Of course, this is Summit Entertainment's first time releasing a film on a large scale in North America. If it fails, their North American distribution business will be practically crippled."

Gu Bei said lightly.

There was half a sentence he didn't say.
If Twilight fails, Eric will lose his position as president.

"Bruce, why aren't you worried at all?"

Eric's anxiety was palpable. "I only increased the marketing budget for Twilight from $2000 million to $3000 million after you persuaded me to do so."
If this movie fails, my career is basically over!

"Don't worry, your position as president of Peak Entertainment is very secure!"

Gu Bei said confidently.

His confident tone lessened Eric's anxiety somewhat.

at this time,

Eric answered the phone: "Coming! Coming!"

Gu Bei immediately opened the new email in Eric's inbox, which contained the opening day box office figures for Twilight, compiled by the distribution manager based on data from theater managers.

"How many?"

Liu Yifei also heard Eric's voice and asked curiously.

"call!"

Gu Bei looked at the numbers in his email, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled, "Xixi, the opening day box office is $5200 million!"

Twilight was a success!
Rose Pictures and Summit Entertainment went all out.
The number of cinemas has been increased from the original 3419 to 4066.
With an additional 647 theaters and an extra $1000 million in marketing expenses, Twilight's opening day box office surpassed $5000 million!
According to the tiered revenue-sharing agreement signed between Summit Entertainment and the cinema chain.

Twilight received 80% of the box office revenue in its opening week and 70% in its second week.

The film grossed $4160 million on its opening day, exceeding its production cost of $3700 million!

Congratulations, Gu Bei!

Liu Yifei offered her blessings in a soft voice.

Before Gu Bei could speak,

Eric had already pounced on them from the side.
He excitedly hugged Gu Bei: "Bruce, you were born for Hollywood, your business acumen is just amazing!"

Now, this weekend belongs to Twilight!

"No!"

Gu Bei broke free from Eric's arm, his tone resolute, "The entire month of April will belong to Twilight City!"

(End of this chapter)