Chapter 497: The

Likewise, news that Batman: The Dark Knight's advance pre‑sale was out also sparked endless discussion among foreign netizens.

"This Eastern director's moves are hotter than vodka; Hollywood's face must be brighter than Red Square now!"

"Oh my, Lin Mo, he's amazing; he really made Hollywood bow its head!"

"Ah, this must be that they stole our film tech! Batman's cape inspiration definitely comes from Bangzi Country! Director Lin Mo must have studied there!"

"South Korea is truly the light of Asian cinema!"

"I have a strong feeling that after Batman: The Dark Knight releases, we'll immediately have a remake called 'Even Harder Batman', with the lead riding a motorcycle wearing a bamboo hat..."

"The International Film Association should sanction this monopolistic behavior!!!"

"......"

Obviously.

Lin Mo's new film secured exclusive IMAX screenings worldwide, which infuriated Bangzi Country, Dao Guo, and A San's nation.

Reading that comment, they're fuming.

Soon.

Batman: The Dark Knight's pre‑sale has begun.

The world has launched a ticket‑snatching war.

Domestic scenes are downright exaggerated.

Ticket snatching?

You rely on humans to snatch? How could they possibly win?

Scalpers, proxies, and even people who custom‑write scripts to grab tickets have caused the ticketing platform to crash multiple times.

The moment Batman: The Dark Knight's pre‑sale opened abroad.

The enthusiasm of those foreign film fans is utterly unstoppable.

Some even cosplayed as Joker to hijack the ticket booth...

Of course, it's just role‑playing.

In short.

The global pre‑sale of Batman: The Dark Knight is truly terrifying.

Over here.

At home, Re Ba held up a video she'd just found and showed Lin Mo: "Honey, look—this news is trending; one of your fans was using twelve phones to grab tickets simultaneously, and his hand cramped so badly he ended up in the hospital..."

What a guy!

Hearing the news, Lin Mo was momentarily stunned.

He glanced at it; it was still a video released by official media, and in it the boy, on his way to the hospital, kept refreshing the ticket page...

Re Ba swiped her phone again, laughing, "There's an even crazier one! Look at this scalper gang that seized an internet café..."

The video showed police reporting the capture of a professional ticket‑snatching crew that rented 200 computers in the café to swipe tickets simultaneously; the leader lamented that after a month of script preparation, the tickets vanished within a second of release.

In the footage, the suspect wore a T‑shirt printed with "20 years of professional proxy‑snatching," and kept muttering about the screening schedule during interrogation.

Re Ba laughed so hard she slapped the sofa.

"Good boy, those who don't know would think it's the Spring Festival ticket rush!" Lin Mo chuckled.

"Anyway, these past few days have been full of bizarre news, honey; doesn't that just prove your new film's pre‑sale box office exploded!" Re Ba said, laughing.

Exactly.

Batman: The Dark Knight's global pre‑sale box office topped over $200 million on day one.

A week has already passed.

The cumulative global pre‑sale gross has reached $810 million.

In RMB, that's close to 6 billion.

How could that not be terrifying?

Finally.

Batman: The Dark Knight's global pre‑sale box office exceeded $1.2 billion!

Asia: $570 million!

In Huaguo alone, Batman: The Dark Knight's pre‑sale gross hit $400 million—USD, mind you.

One word to describe it: terrifying!

North America: $460 million!

Europe: $270 million!

Because Batman: The Dark Knight was shot in Mi Guo, and at the time local netizens often posted videos of the crew on YouTube and TikTok.

The name Director Lin Mo already carries a lot of weight among these foreign film fans.

Several of his films are beloved by foreign fans.

Especially this new film, which is a superhero theme.

That's exactly to their taste.

Moreover, judging from the trailer, the movie is top‑tier in quality and every aspect.

So…

Support must be given!

The three major overseas cinema chains.

They are Pacific Film Union, which has the densest IMAX screens.

Then Europa Light & Shadow, which started as an art‑house chain.

Star Alliance, the largest chain in North America.

The agreement signing process with these three major cinema chains and Morning Light Group was, of course, not that pleasant.

After all, when they first heard that Batman: The Dark Knight would have an exclusive screening window, they immediately slammed the table and shouted it was impossible, absolutely impossible!

What's more, signing such an agreement is tantamount to selling one's soul to the devil.

But...

Now that the global presale box office for Batman: The Dark Knight has come out.

It can only be described in two words: genuinely good!

Here.

Today, Jiang Wen Laoge brought Zhou Yun's Sister-in-law to Mo Du.

Lin Mo acted as the host.

Of course, he warmly received them.

Seeing Jiang Wen Laoge, looking at his energetic and spirited appearance, wearing sunglasses, he was a suave fellow.

Lin Mo just went up to greet him, when Jiang Wen snatched off his sunglasses, revealing his signature roguish grin: "Brother, your presence has shocked me to the core!" He patted Lin Mo's shoulder, "A few days ago abroad, those foreigners asked if I knew you, I said——" Suddenly switching to a thick Beijing accent, "He's my half-brother!"

"Haha!"

Hearing that, Lin Mo was directly made to laugh by Jiang Wen Laoge.

Besides, Re Ba also covered her mouth and started laughing.

Zhou Yun then linked arms with Re Ba and said: "How's it been lately with Director Lin... you two..."

It's obvious, she's referring to Lin Mo and Re Ba's married life.

They're not preparing to have a child, are they?

In women's conversations, Lin Mo and Jiang Wen naturally have no interest.

In the car, Re Ba and Zhou Yun sat in the back, Lin Mo drove, and Jiang Wen sat in the passenger seat.

"Old brother, you're really hitting it big now, having an exclusive screening window!" Jiang Wen said while pulling out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, but suddenly remembering that the good younger sister-in-law was preparing for pregnancy, he hastily put it back: "San Ye's original words were: 'I, Han Canping, have been in the film industry for most of my life, and I've never seen a director who could make Hollywood kneel and sing Conquest!'"

Lin Mo, steering with one hand, laughed and shook his head: "San Ye overpraised me; actually I'm just lucky, having caught the rise of our country's film industry."

"You call that luck? Those Hollywood bastards are practically smoking from their ancestors' graves!"

Jiang Wen Laoge came to Mo Du to participate in an event.

So, he didn't have dinner together with Lin Mo.

But anyway.

The premiere of Batman: The Dark Knight is still a few days away, and he certainly is waiting to watch it.

See how this super blockbuster conquers Hollywood!