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Chapter 1422: Chapter 1174: 10 Billion Box Office Club

Eight billion!

Eight point three billion!

Eight point five billion!

Eight point seven billion!

Eight point nine billion!

This is the fourth week of “Kung Fu Hustle” being in theaters.

Luck’s been on our side; though September is here, we didn’t run into any new blockbusters. We barely managed to clinch the weekly box office champion again.

Four consecutive wins!

…

Zhong Continent.

Today.

“How is it still increasing!”

“It’s already dropped, but having this kind of growth in the fourth week is indeed a bit outrageous!”

“This thing is heading towards nine billion!”

“The global continents rejoined, the market has changed indeed.”

“The market has changed, and the pie has grown, but you need the strength to swallow it whole!”

“That’s true.”

“The market merged back in January.”

“Though the overall box office has indeed increased greatly, no one saw ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ blowing up to this extent before.”

…

Qin Continent.

Another day.

“Good news, good news!”

“The box office of ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ from Qin Continent has surpassed nine billion!”

“A bit of a pity it’s slow to rise now.”

“Indeed, after breaking nine billion, it only climbs less than a billion a day.”

“The further it goes, the harder it gets.”

“I really want to see ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ break ten billion!”

“That’s it, I’ve decided to watch it a second time to support Fish Papa!”

“Count me in!”

“I’ll join too, it’s time for fans to step up!”

…

Qi Continent.

Many people are watching the real-time box office rankings:

“Finally, it’s run out of steam—”

“Today, ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ only did thirty million in sales, surpassed by many new films.”

“Screenings are already scarce.”

“The initial weeks had the strongest scheduling, but with diminishing returns afterwards, schedules will inevitably be adjusted downward.”

“Hope for reaching ten billion seems slim.”

“Unless there’s an extension.”

“An extension would at least need to be a month, but doing so might end up being an unprofitable promotional move.”

“Let’s see if Starlight decides to extend.”

…

Chu Continent.

Many people were suddenly stunned!

“Eh?”

“Today, it seems to have risen against the trend?”

“I remember yesterday it was thirty million.”

“Today, it exceeded forty million!”

“Maybe it could make fifty million today?”

“What’s going on?”

“Did Starlight ramp up the promotion?”

“It seems to be the fans’ voluntary support!?”

…

Yes.

No one expected it.

Just as “Kung Fu Hustle” seemed to be faltering in its box office run, Xian Yu’s fans surprisingly started to rally each other:

“Where are the Fish Papa fans!?”

“Anyone free, go watch ‘Kung Fu Hustle’!”

“I’ve watched it five times already!”

“Bowing to the five-watch veterans!”

“For Fish Papa, for ten billion at the box office, for Qin Continent cinema!”

“I watched three times too. Oddly enough, normally I’d be sick after three viewings, but with Fish Papa’s ‘Kung Fu Hustle’, I still found it utterly enthralling after the third time!”

“Boost it up!”

“I’m not a Xian Yu fan, but for the sake of Qin Continent films, I’m in for this wave!”

…

Starlight.

Film department.

Ol’ Zhou looked at the box office trend with intense eyes:

“It seems we might hit a hundred billion!”

“Not much time is left. Some cinemas are preparing to take it off the schedule.”

“Should we extend?”

“If we extend, we’ll need to subsidize the theaters.”

“For Teacher Admirable Fish, and for our company, a bit of subsidy to hit a hundred billion at the box office isn’t bad at all. Most importantly, we are now second in Qin Continent’s film history, just a tiny bit away from surpassing Zhang Lin’s representative work in box office. Surpass Zhang Lin, and Xian Yu would become the top box office filmmaker in Qin Continent.”

“Zhang Lin’s box office record seems to be, ninety-seven billion?”

“Alright!”

“Let’s extend by a week!”

“Xian Yu’s fans are all supporting us, we can’t let everyone’s efforts go to waste. Worst case scenario, we’ll directly book the whole cinema ourselves in the end!”

…

Weekend.

Starlight launched the extension strategy!

The movie “Kung Fu Hustle” stayed in theaters for an additional week. Although screenings were minimal, more and more people started to pitch in!

“Where are He Sheng’s fans!”

“Go for it!”

“This is Brother Sheng’s first film with the potential to reach the ten billion mark. Even Starlight initiated the extension!”

“Are Lulu’s fans here?”

“Go for it!”

“Fish Papa’s fans are giving it their all, how can we Sheng fans stand by?”

“Although our numbers don’t match Fish Papa’s fans, everyone adds a little strength!”

“Alright!”

“Watch another showing!”

“I’ll bring my friends to watch it together!”

…

Those on the righteous path get more help!

When many movies are hitting key box office milestones, they often receive various supports!

And “Kung Fu Hustle” in its push for ten billion also received help!

Many Qin people lent their support!

Because “Kung Fu Hustle” was about to break Qin Continent’s highest box office record!

The last week.

In the extended week.

Billions in box office revenue were entirely topped up by the fans and Qin Continent locals, even though these people had already provided support before!

“Hahaha!”

“Thrilling!”

“Ninety-seven point three billion!”

“Surpassed Zhang Lin’s highest-grossing film!”

“Keep the grit up!”

“Surpassing Director Zhang Lin is not our goal!”

“Our goal is ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ reaching a hundred billion!”

“Only a hundred billion feels fulfilling!”

Zhang Lin’s peak masterpiece was called “The Great Unity.”

Back when Blue Star hadn’t been divided into eight continents, “The Great Unity” earned ninety-seven billion at the box office!

Like Xian Yu’s “Kung Fu Hustle,” it was a movie acclaimed both in revenue and reputation!

That year.

The Qin people fiercely supported, also eager to buoy Zhang Lin into the ten-billion club, but unfortunately, they fell short by a bit.

And at this moment.

Xian Yu’s “Kung Fu Hustle” succeeded, he surpassed Zhang Lin’s masterpiece, becoming Qin Continent’s box office number one!

…

Finally!

On the last day of the extension week!

The box office of the film “Kung Fu Hustle” already reached nine hundred and ninety million!

“Ah!”

“Go for it!”

“Long live Fish Papa!”

“Just one step away from a billion at the box office!”

“Maybe I’ll be that number one billion!”

“A historic moment for Qin Continent is about to come, we can’t collapse at the end!”

“Darn it, I’ll buy out a showing!”

“I’ll also buy out a showing.”

“Pfft!”

“Big spender!”

“It’s not about big spenders or not, other movies do this at the final box office push, just go all out in the last few hours!”

“Look fast!”

“Real-time box office!”

“A hundred billion, we’re at a hundred billion at the box office!”

…

A hundred billion at the box office!

The exact figure is one hundred billion, four hundred and thirty million!

Who knows how many big spenders secured private screenings to pump up the box office for “Kung Fu Hustle” at the last moment!

At this point.

The movie “Kung Fu Hustle” officially concluded its theatrical run.

And Qin Continent’s first film to break a hundred billion at the box office was born!

It was “Kung Fu Hustle”!

Xian Yu’s “Kung Fu Hustle”!

This is also the first film to break a hundred billion at the box office since Blue Star’s reenactment of global merging!

At this moment.

Even Lin Yuan was somewhat touched.

Because Lin Yuan knew, if it weren’t for all those supporting at the end, “Kung Fu Hustle” might have topped at around over eight billion.

The final tens of billions were from fan support; Qin folks powered purely by love!

They had actually already watched the film, some even more than once, yet they continued to buy tickets and rush to the cinema!

They were doing it not only for themselves but for the rise of Qin Continent cinema!

At this moment.

Lin Yuan stared intently at the box office numbers of “Kung Fu Hustle.”

Meanwhile, on the blog.

Qin Continent director Zhang Lin suddenly posted an update: “Congratulations to Xian Yu, congratulations to ‘Kung Fu Hustle’, the box office leader of Qin Continent!”

He also included a picture.

In that picture, he was wearing the custom costume from back when he made “The World is Essentially One.”

Then.

He smiled while holding up a “Kung Fu Hustle” poster.

As a person of Qin Continent, he didn’t mind his record being broken by Xian Yu.

Because Qin Continent needed someone to break its records for Qin Continent cinema to have a brighter future!

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