Before long, a day had passed.
The opening-day box office numbers from around the world were in.
In North America, Space Jam 3 grossed $213.2 million on its opening day.
That easily surpassed the $156.7 million record previously set by Avengers 4.
It became the highest-grossing film on opening day in North America.
What was most surprising was that it was a sports movie.
No one had expected a sports movie to outperform a Marvel superhero film.
But then again, it made sense.
The movie's promotion hadn't had much going for it until then, but Wang Yi's championship victory had become its biggest selling point.
Wang Yi and his team's epic comeback from a 0–3 deficit had been the best possible trailer for the movie.
After all, hundreds of millions of people around the world had watched Game 7.
The opening light show at Game 7 had promoted the movie, and Wang Yi had promoted it again after the game.
That was the best kind of publicity.
So it was hardly surprising that the movie had become a box office sensation.
In China, the public's enthusiasm was unprecedented.
Although only half a day's worth of ticket sales had been counted on opening day, that half-day alone had already grossed an astonishing 1.12 billion yuan.
It had easily broken the opening-day box office record of 1.05 billion yuan set by Detective Chinatown 3.
Since its release, Space Jam 3 had broken box office records in North America, and in China it had broken the opening-day record in just half a day.
Its total reached 1.57 billion yuan.
Its opening-day box office alone was something many films couldn't match in an entire month.
At the same time, the movie was winning rave reviews in China.
In just one night, countless short videos