That afternoon, Paramount's official website announced that "McGee Bear" would be released in Europe and the United States, while it would be delayed for a week in other regions.
Within an hour, Marvel also released a statement, delaying the premiere of "The Lord of the Rings 2" in other regions by a week.
Hollywood was in an uproar.
"F * ck, is this a joke?"
"Kungfu Xiao is deliberately picking on Paramount. Haha, this is going to be a good show. "
"Paramount and Marvel are rivals now. Xiao is too much of a character. "
"Do you think Paramount will change the release date again?"
"Definitely not. If they really do that, Paramount won't have the face to stay in Hollywood. "
Marvel's behavior almost made Ricky Franklin furious.
"This is too much, Xiao is too much." Franklin cursed.
Since they couldn't avoid it, they could only face it head-on.
Franklin changed the release date again, claiming that it was a mistake by the staff of the publicity department. Marvel also changed it for the same reason.
The two companies were completely at loggerheads.
On January 28th, the 3D movie "Dr. Mutation" was released worldwide. The ticket price in Europe and the United States was 60 USD and the average ticket price in other regions was 40 USD.
"Dr. Mutation" was different from "2012". There were 16,000 screens in the world at the same time. Although the ticket price was much lower than "2012", the box office on the first night was still much higher than "2012".
However, everyone's evaluation of the movie was not high. The average score was about 7.5.
After all, it was just a commercial film with a 3D brand. It relied on visual effects and was not artistic at all. It was already very good to get 7.5.
On January 29th, "Dr. Mutation" box office reached 1.123 billion and was unsurprisingly the box office champion of the day.
Then it was the weekend. "Dr. Mutation" ushered in a big boom, earning 1.572 billion and 1.728 billion USD respectively.
In just three days, the total box office of "Dr. Mutation" reached 4.861 billion USD and had no problem breaking the 10 billion mark.
On the other hand, "McGee Bear" only earned 158 million on its opening night and earned 248 million at the box office on January 31st. It was a complete loss.
Xiao Yunhai's goal of making Marvel's movies top the top ten in the global box office was half completed.
Xiao Yunhai knew very well that since "Professor Mutant" could achieve such results, the other three would definitely not have any problems.
In this way, from the first place to the fifth place would be Xiao Yunhai's. At that time, the entire film industry would probably go crazy.
Time flew by and it was already February 9th. "Dr. Mutated" had earned $9.256 billion USD and was the box office champion for 12 consecutive days.
However, the movie had reached the end of its tether. Since February 10th, the box office had been hovering around 200 million US dollars. The screen price had dropped from 16,000 US dollars to 7,000 US dollars. Even the cinema that Xiao Yunhai rented was no longer showing the movie.
This situation lasted for a whole week. Then, the movie's potential was exhausted and it completely collapsed. However, the box office had already earned 11.3 billion USD.
The poor "McGee Bear" had only earned 987 million USD. Even if the online download fee was included, it would probably not be enough to cover their shooting costs.
During the screening of "Dr. Mutation", the post-production of "Captain America" was completed. According to the timing, it was just right to take over "Dr. Mutation".
However, Xiao Yunhai didn't do that. Instead, he still chose a blockbuster movie from Paramount. Anyway, he was sure to win and not lose. Who was afraid of who?
This made Ricky Franklin, the CEO of Paramount, very distressed, but there was nothing he could do.
The shooting of "Grandmaster" went very smoothly. On February 16th, the 24th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the movie was finally completed.
Xiao Yunhai did not even hold a press conference. He went back to Yan Jing with Zhao Wanqing.
For more than a month, Xiao Yunhai was almost crazy about having a child.
When Zhao Wanqing did not have any scenes, she could go back for two days. However, he was the director and the crew could not leave him at all times.
Xiao Yunhai had no choice but to watch the videos that Zhao Wanqing took with her phone.
After returning home, Xiao Yunhai immediately ran to his parents' place. Looking at the two babies that had already grown up a little, a feeling of doting spontaneously arose.
Xiao Changfeng smiled and said, "Yunhai, now that you can't see your children outside, do you feel especially worried?"
Xiao Yunhai nodded and said, "That's right. I've never felt this way since I was young. Dad, Mom, you must be exhausted from this period of time, right? "
Chen Xiuzhu said, "Of course not. There are four of us looking after the children, plus a nanny. It's much easier than taking care of you and Ling 'er. By the way, there's a piece of good news that I haven't told you. Yesterday, Yuanyang brought you a red booklet. It said that you have been elected as Hua Xia's literary and commercial representative. After the new year, you need to bring it to the government's great hall to participate in a meeting and discuss politics with the leaders. Son, you're really impressive now. "
In this world, the representatives who could participate in the government's work meeting after the new year were all outstanding talents from various industries. The corresponding examination was also very strict. Regardless of whether it was their character or the results they achieved, they had to reach the standard.
Xiao Yunhai being able to become one of them at the age of 26 was absolutely an unprecedented thing.
Xiao Yunhai already knew from Xiao Yuanyang yesterday. He smiled and said, "To be honest, I'm really not interested in this whatever representative. Might as well give me more time to accompany the children. "
Xiao Changfeng said, "This is an honor. Actually, you passed the examination last year. It's just that Old Master felt that you were too young and participated in it too early. It's not quite good. "
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Then what's going on this year? Old Master seems to be unable to withstand the pressure. "
Xiao Changfeng said huffily, "How can he withstand it? Your '2012' sold more than 20 billion USD and ranked number one in the world box office rankings. Don't talk about Hua Xia. Even internationally, no one can compare to you. If you can't even become a literature and arts representative, then what do you want the others to do? Also, you're now worth more than 600 billion USD and are the richest man in the world. Your achievements in business are unprecedented. Adding that 20 billion USD in donations, do you think the government won't invite you to participate in the meeting? If they don't put this hat on you, I'm afraid that your hundreds of millions of fans won't agree. "
Zhao Wanqing smiled and said, "Dad, don't praise him anymore. You see, his tail is almost sticking up to the sky. "
Xiao Yunhai grinned and said, "Wife, you're too boring. It's rare for Dad to praise me. Just let him say it. Don't worry, your hubby can hold on. "
Everyone burst into laughter.
Xiao Changfeng shook his head and sighed, "You, this temperament of yours should also be changed. Let me tell you, when you go to the meeting, you must listen more carefully. If by any chance you say something wrong on that kind of occasion, you'll lose a lot of face. "
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dad."
In the next few days, Xiao Yunhai was either busy at home celebrating the New Year or went to the company to work on the post-production of A Generation Grandmaster.
On February 18th, Captain America had its world premiere and earned 512 million USD that night, which was even higher than Doctor Strange.
It was all thanks to Hua Xia that they could get such a good result.
Because it was almost the New Year in Hua Xia, everyone had worked hard for a year and had a lot of money in their hands. Many people chose to go to the movies.
Captain America was the third 3D movie, so its appeal was naturally much higher than other 2D movies.
The next day, Captain America earned 1,598 million USD and swept the world's film industry.
Next, 1,357 billion, 1,524 billion, 1,123 billion, 1,248 billion, 1,361 billion … a series of box office numbers directly blinded the eyes of the world's filmmakers.
Compared to "Dr. Mutant", "Captain America" had a better reputation and box office.
Xiao Yunhai was naturally very happy to see another movie that earned more than 10 billion USD. On the phone, Xiao Yunhai told Raúl that after all four movies were screened, he would hold a grand banquet.
At that time, he would give all the main cast members of the movies a big red packet.
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