Movie Release, Records Broken Again

Time flew by, and by late May 2005, it had arrived.

In the study of Lin Yuan's estate in Douglas Town, Taylor Swift, GAKKI-chan, and Charlize sat beside him with smiles on their faces.

Their eyes were all fixed on the projector in front of them.

The projector cast the worldwide box office figures for Mad Max 4 and The Doomsday Journey onto a white screen, bathing it in a pale blue glow.

For so many years, they had always relied on printed documents for box office results. This time, they finally had a touch of high technology.

But printed materials were still indispensable. Lin Yuan sat on a leather sofa, holding a freshly printed box office report, the paper still warm from the printer.

"Estimated total box office: 11 billion USD. Another record broken." GAKKI-chan placed a cup of heavily sweetened milk coffee on the coffee table before Lin Yuan. "That's a full 1.5 billion higher than the combined total of The Spy King 2 and The Road to Legend."

Her voice carried undisguised amazement.

Everyone knew Lin Yuan's movies would never perform poorly at the box office, but for the Mad Max 4 and The Doomsday Journey pairing to defeat the combination of The Spy King 2 and The Road to Legend was truly a delightful surprise.

After all, The Spy King 2 was part of Lin Yuan's franchise, the gold standard for extreme thrills and spectacular large-scale action scenes in his movies.

Whether it was the towering fire tornadoes amid the Canadian wildfires, the collapse of the ancient Great Ice Wall, or nuclear submarines prowling the deep waters of the Arctic Ocean, audiences had cheered themselves hoarse. Such grand scenes were unimaginable in other action films.

Before release, Taylor Swift, Charlize, and GAKKI-chan had all believed that