readsfreenovel Chapter 435 "Interstellar Travel" explodes
Chapter 435 "Interstellar Travel" explodes
The Hollywood Reporter's headline read: "Interstellar: Yi-Bai Fu redefines the boundaries of science fiction cinema."
Dave Izkov of The New York Times clearly extracted material from the interview, writing a sentence that has been repeatedly quoted by major media outlets: "If science fiction films have an altar, Fu Yibai is already sitting right in the middle of it."
The reaction on social media was even more enthusiastic. The hashtag #Interstellar# trended as the number one trending topic globally after the premiere, with fan-organized discussion threads flooding the internet.
Someone captured a screenshot of Cooper entering the black hole and captioned it, "This is the most breathtaking scene I've ever seen in my life."
Some people even edited together clips of Cooper and Murphy's father-daughter relationship, with the caption "Bring enough tissues, you'll need them."
Fu Yibai continued scrolling through the emails.
Margaret attached a summary of the first day's data from overseas markets to the email.
The film was released simultaneously in six major overseas markets: the UK, France, Germany, Australia, South Korea, and Japan, grossing a total of $1800 on its opening day.
Due to censorship procedures, the film is scheduled to be released in mid-December in China, a month later than in North America.
She added at the end of the email: "At this rate, the global opening weekend box office is very likely to exceed $6 million. Once the Chinese market opens, the numbers will be even more impressive."
$6 million in the first week.
If this prediction comes true, Interstellar will break his personal record for the highest-grossing opening weekend.
The previous film, Pacific Rim, grossed $1.19 million in its opening week in North America and less than $4 million worldwide.
Just then, the sound of slippers on the floor came from the stairs. Scarlett came down from upstairs, wearing a blanket, her hair disheveled, and her eyes squinting.
She bypassed the dining table and squeezed into Fu Yibai's arms, burying her face in his chest and saying something in a muffled voice.
"When did you get up? I turned over and you disappeared."
Fu Yibai reached out and pulled the blanket up to cover her bare shoulders.
Scarlett peeked out from his arms, glanced at the box office figures on the laptop screen, and blinked.
"Fu! You're amazing!"
"Alright, come down for dinner."
Fu Yibai placed Scarlett on a chair to the side.
Annie came downstairs after she finished putting on makeup.
She walked behind Fu Yibai, bent down and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, rested her chin on his shoulder, glanced at the data on the screen, then kissed him on the cheek and whispered congratulations.
The four of them sat at the table for a while. Fu Yibai continued to look through emails and media comments, Scarlett and Annie started discussing whether to go to Santa Monica Beach to sunbathe, while Fan Binbin was browsing Weibo's trending topics on his phone.
The hashtag #InterstellarTravel# has been trending on Chinese social media for a whole day.
Although the film has not yet been released in the country, the positive reviews from its overseas premiere have already spread back to China via the internet.
On Weibo, some people translated comments from foreign media, some shared photos from the red carpet, and others extracted several shots of Fan Binbin from the trailer to make GIFs, captioned "Sister Binbin really went crazy this time."
Deng Chao also reposted a trailer for "Interstellar" on Weibo, with a caption of only four words: "Boss is awesome."
Huang Bo quickly followed up by reposting Deng Chao's Weibo post, adding, "I'll also give him a compliment, boss is awesome!"
Deng Chao replied with a dog emoji in the comments section.
Fan Binbin laughed for a long time after seeing this interaction.
In the afternoon, Scarlett and Anne took Fu Yibai to Santa Monica Beach.
Los Angeles in November is still warm, with sunshine on the beach and the Pacific wind carrying a salty smell.
Scarlett left a trail of footprints on the beach barefoot, while Annie followed behind her, helping her tuck her wind-blown hair behind her ears.
Fu Yibai sat on a beach chair, watching two women chase and play at the edge of the waves, the distant sea surface gilded with a layer of broken gold by the sunlight.
From November 7th to November 10th, box office figures continued to climb.
On its second day in North America, it grossed $3800 million; on its third day, $4100 million…
It grossed $3.58 million in its opening week, firmly holding the top spot at the North American weekend box office.
The performance in overseas markets was equally strong.
The combined opening weekend box office in the UK, France, and Germany exceeded $1.78, while South Korea and Japan contributed $8300 million and $7600 million respectively.
By November 12, the global box office had surpassed $6.95 million.
Fu Yibai was receiving congratulatory phone calls from various parties in Hollywood.
The six major Hollywood studios also sent out project invitations, which Fu Yibai neither accepted nor rejected.
They just used the excuse of preparing to compete in next year's Venice Film Festival and Oscars to brush it off.
Scarlett was lying on his lap, aimlessly changing channels with the remote control.
Annie sat at the other end of the sofa, flipping through an English science fiction novel.
After Fu Yibai hung up the phone, the two women spoke at the same time.
"Finished talking?"
"For now, what's wrong?"
The two women smiled at each other and pulled Fu Yibai upstairs.