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Chapter 383 Did Zhou Yang plagiarize?
Three days later, The Matrix will be released worldwide!

Despite the overwhelming praise from celebrities and media at the premiere, Zhou Yang remained vigilant, knowing that everything was just beginning and that now was not the time to be complacent.

The Matrix had a huge budget, with a production cost exceeding $300 million, and it would only be profitable if its global box office surpassed $600 million.

Otherwise, he would suffer a huge loss!

For the next day and night, Zhou Yang didn't rest for a moment, keeping a close eye on the changes in global box office figures.

In just three hours, the box office exceeded 40 million US dollars!

Twelve hours later, the box office had reached 90 million US dollars!
Eighteen hours later, the box office climbed to $18 million!

24 hours later, the box office has exceeded 220 million US dollars!

The box office reached $220 million on its opening day!
While The Matrix did not break Titanic's opening day box office record, it successfully entered the top three of the all-time box office charts for opening day!
Seeing that "The Matrix" grossed over $200 million on its opening day, Zhou Yang, who had been working all day, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Honey, you should take a rest. You haven't closed your eyes all day."

Seeing Zhou Yang's fatigue, Fatty Di spoke with concern.

“Okay, I’ll rest for a bit,” Zhou Yang nodded in reply.

Despite his good health, working through the night still took a toll on him.

Moreover, judging from the opening day box office, The Matrix's performance has been satisfactory, and he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhou Yang closed his eyes to rest for a while, but unknowingly slept for a whole day.

When he woke up, Fatty Di walked towards him excitedly, speaking incoherently.

"Honey! It's exploded!"

Fat Di shouted excitedly.

It exploded?

Could it be a natural gas explosion?
Zhou Yang instantly woke up, jumped out of bed, and even before he could put on his shoes, grabbed Pang Di and ran outside.

"The box office is booming, why aren't you watching?" Fatty Di explained eagerly.

Zhou Yang stopped in his tracks, a wave of fear washing over him. "Explain yourself clearly! You scared me to death. I thought there had been a natural gas explosion."

"No, no! The box office has exploded! Look at this!" Fatty Di excitedly handed over her phone. Zhou Yang took the phone, stared at the numbers on the screen, and was completely stunned.

5.23 billion US dollars!
On this day of rest, The Matrix reached a record $3.03 million at the box office!
This achievement is not only a great success in the field of science fiction films, but also a glorious creation of the Chinese people!

This film was entirely funded by Chinese capital, and all the lead actors are local!

It broke the record for the highest single-day box office for a Chinese-language film, a milestone that can be considered an important point in the history of Chinese-language cinema!

Today, Zhou Yang's Weibo comment section is filled with excited messages and congratulations from fans!
"Fantastic! The Matrix has set a new single-day box office record in the Chinese film market!"

"Amazing! Box office revenue exceeded 300 million US dollars in one day, that's impressive!"

"Brother Yang is simply the king of the box office!"

"Unfortunately, it failed to break the global single-day box office record..."

"It can only be attributed to the fact that Titanic was just too excellent!"

"Haha, these are all Yang Ge's works. Now, his only competitor is himself."

"Who else!"

"..." The box office figures for "The Matrix" continued to climb, and on the third day, the daily box office reached a new high of $3.16 million.

A week later, the opening week box office results were revealed, and "The Matrix" raked in $18 billion, closing in on the top three spots on the all-time world box office chart for the opening week.

Meanwhile, during its first week of release, The Matrix remained a hot topic, with discussions about the film taking place everywhere on overseas social media.

Fans left comments:
"This movie made me unable to distinguish between reality and virtuality, as if I had entered another dream."

"A grand worldview, rigorous logic, and a thrilling, fast-paced plot—far surpassing Hollywood popcorn movies!"

"The bullet time design is so cool! I'm completely stunned!"

"This is a truly awesome sci-fi film! It's profound in its ideas and philosophical in its content; I give it a perfect score!"

"There are still some parts I don't understand, I need to watch it again!"

"Zhou is so cool! His performance of Chinese Kung Fu was amazing!"

"..."

The box office appeal of "The Matrix" led to the emergency withdrawal of several major Hollywood films scheduled for release, forcing them to postpone their premieres.

This includes the film "Beasts of Violence," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Hollywood's first tough guy.

According to the investors' plan, with an action movie star like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the film, even a random movie could earn hundreds of millions of dollars.

As for The Matrix? It's just a science fiction film, which at most can only attract some science fiction fans to watch it.

However, unexpectedly, The Matrix not only broke new ground in terms of plot depth, but also demonstrated a very high level of action scenes, making it a popular film of the season.

Even if Sylvester Stallone were to appear, he would probably be no match for "The Matrix"!

During an interview with Dwayne Johnson, a curious reporter specifically mentioned the unexpected cancellation of the release of "Beasts".

"Mr. Johnson, was the sudden withdrawal of your latest film, *Beasts*, due to concerns about its ability to compete with *The Matrix*?"

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said with a wry smile, "Just finished watching 'The Matrix,' it's such a cool and profound movie, completely different from 'Rampage.' However, everyone has their own preferences when it comes to the two movies, so they can't be compared. As for the withdrawal, that's the distributor's decision, I don't know anything about it."

Although Johnson tried to balance his remarks, he inadvertently praised Zhou Yang's "The Matrix".

As the controversy intensified, The Matrix's box office soared.

Despite a slight decline in daily box office revenue during the second weekend, the cumulative box office still surpassed $8 million!
Two weeks later, the box office soared to $26 billion!
This achievement has already placed it among the top three highest-grossing films in world film history!
Second only to Titanic and Lord of the Rings!
This is the first Asian film in history to break into the top three at the world box office!

Major media outlets seized this eye-catching opportunity and began hyping up Zhou Yang and the movie "The Matrix".

Zhou Yang: A Beacon of Asian Cinema, Showcasing the Rise of Chinese-Language Films!

Hollywood steps aside, Chinese-language films emerge! Zhou Yang leads a new trend!

Zhou Yang, a filmmaker who has made outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese cinema!

Exploring the secrets behind Zhou Yang's success: Understanding the allure of "The Matrix".

Zhou Yang's gamble on his film dream: The story behind it is truly moving!

While people were basking in the joy of The Matrix's soaring box office.

A news item about "The Matrix being suspected of plagiarism" suddenly topped the Weibo hot search list.

(End of this chapter)