Chapter 872 Isn't It Money? (2/3)
Although Shen Changlin looks down on Wu Yusen, Wu Yusen's experience in breaking into Hollywood back then is still very admirable!
Wu Yusen collaborated with Xu Ke to create two parts of "A Better Tomorrow". By the time of the third part, the two sides were at odds, and they broke up, leaving Wu Yusen unemployed.
Xu Ke filmed "A Better Tomorrow: The Song of the Sunset"...
Wu Yusen collaborated with Zhang Jiazhen and took refuge with Princess Jin. The following year, he filmed the masterpiece "The Bloody Heroes"...
Then Zhang Jiazhen went to the United States for various promotions with "Bleeding Heroes" to find opportunities for him. His first film "The Ultimate Target" was okay, but Wu Yusen's sang brother Yun Dun collapsed. Later, with " "Broken Arrow" has initially gained a firm foothold.
Then came "Face/Off", "Mission: Impossible 2"...
Especially "Mission: Impossible 2", which took in a box office of US$215 million in North America, ranking third on the annual box office list. It was not only a hit in North America, but also sold a US$330 million overseas. "Impossible 2" grossed US$546 million at the box office and won the top spot on the global box office list in 2000.
Still very cool!
Of course, the main reason why "Mission: Impossible 2" became a hit was the popularity of Tom Cruise.
But the success of this film led to Wu Yusen's rapid expansion, and thus the disastrous failure of "Wind Talker"...
Not to mention the "Fatal Crack" that not many people mention!
Why is Wu Yusen suddenly mentioned? Because the producer of "The Hunt" wants Changlin Film and Television to co-produce...
PPT, that is, the intention is written to predict the box office of 2 billion...
Guo Songjiang directly replied, 'If Director Wu lacks a pension, give me a WeChat account and I will give him some money, and I will not invest in the movie...'
Really, that’s the direct reply!
Shen Changlin knew about this but did not express his position...
In fact, for Wu Yusen, this is actually quite a tragedy.
Everyone ages and becomes outdated sooner or later. Not everyone can shoot a great work like "Kagemusha" in his twilight years like Akira Kurosawa.
But even a movie like Kagemusha suffered a huge loss at the time, and Kurosawa no longer had anyone to invest money in making movies for him.
The original film of "The Manhunt" now seems to be a rather clichéd, mediocre and Jack-of-all-trades story.
If you let an outdated director who is over 70 years old make a remake, it will most likely be like this, mixed with countless old jokes and awkward things to talk about.
After watching Wu Yusen's "Pursuit", it is obvious that he has tried his best!
Judging from the assassination and dancing at the beginning of the movie, he was really serious about filming...
It's just that no matter how hard they try, they have reached this point, which is really tragic.
Also, in "The Hunt", movie stars from China, Japan and South Korea compete in English, and the English-speaking circles in Greater East Asia coexist and prosper together, let me fuck Bage Yalu Assi...
Talking back to "Knives Out", it was released in North America for 17 days, with a box office of 127 million US dollars. According to the latest forecast, the target is around 160 million US dollars.
Not as good as Shen Changlin's previous collaboration with Jackie Chan in the two-part "Avenger"...
It is understandable that "The Vengeance" is an action movie, and Jackie Chan's appeal, at least in the field of action movies, is quite strong!
"It will be released on September 1st. This is not a good choice!"
"How to say it?"
"It's scheduled to collide with "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" and "Dunkirk", and then there will be "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "War for the Planet of the Apes"..."
Shen Changlin waved his hand indifferently: "It will definitely make money. No matter how bad my movie is, it will still be very easy to sell a box office of 500 million..."
"...But everyone is waiting for you to break the record of "Wolf Warrior 2"!"
"You're overthinking!" Shen Changlin was a little speechless: "The box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" is unprecedented, and I'm not sure if there will be others in the future... But to reach a box office of 5 billion, it requires the right time, place and people..."
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It is August 30th, and "Wolf Warrior 2" has been released for 35 days, with a cumulative box office of 5.72 billion...
220 million more than the original time and space.
Not surprisingly, the landing point should be around 5.85 billion!
Shen Changlin doesn't have the courage to break this record...
He is not Li Chen or Fan Xiaopang. When promoting "Sky Hunter", he used the slogan of "Wolf Warrior 2"...
'The super hot trailer of Li Chen's "Sky Hunter" points to Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2"', ''Sky Hunter' continues the myth of "Wolf Warrior 2"! China has produced its own "Top Gun"', '"Wolf Warrior 2" is a tank game, "Sky Hunter" is a plane game'
Overwhelming, building momentum in the early stage.
It’s useless. After watching the preview screening of “Warriors”, theater representatives directly stated that they would schedule at least 30% of the films!
Talking back to "Wolf Warrior 2", the box office was 5.8 billion...
Incredible miracle!
And it ranks among the top 100 in the global box office list, ranking 71st...
The first non-English language film in film history to achieve such an achievement.
Then many people said, 'Whether a movie is a good movie or not should be decided by foreign box office. After all, good ideology and culture have no national boundaries; otherwise, no matter how high the domestic box office is, it will just be the collective self-entertainment of the people.'
'It's just a pornographic film about your country's citizens masturbating!'
Then, Shen Changlin posted on Weibo: 'So? It's not money?'
Then many people criticized him for being narrow-minded and saying that he did not have an international perspective...
Shen Changlin was speechless and commented: "The American movie "Justice and Freedom" can be exported to the whole world. It is based on the victory of World War II and the destruction of Big Brother in the Cold War... Why should we?
No, you just want to make "Wolf Warrior" internationally recognized. Are you thinking too much?
If you want to export Chinese justice, it's very simple. Just destroy the five permanent members and the other four permanent members. That's it. No, just destroy one of them!"
"Please compare the box office performance of the films from the above countries in China.
It is true that the high box office of foreign films in China shows that other countries have achieved the export of soft power in China, but on the other hand, it also shows the hugeness of the Chinese film market.
The high box office shows that the values expressed in the movie are generally recognized by Chinese audiences. When this recognition tends to be directed towards domestic films, why does this high box office and high recognition become meaningless?"
"Movies like "Wolf Warrior 2" are not liked by Europeans and Americans, so they are not really good. In turn, let's ask, what Chinese movies can Europeans and Americans like? "The Good Man" or "Destined to Die"?"
"What about universal values? The universal value in your eyes is such a high-profile one as "liberal democracy", but you turn a blind eye to the thousand-pound bombs and the various black hands of the intelligence agencies behind it?
Or have you already become part of this bloody chain?
You shout universal values on your lips, but in your heart you are all about the balance of power and the prosperity of those who follow me and the destruction of those who go against me?"
Then, the topic turned to the sixth generation, especially Lao Jia and the so-called universal values...
Shen Changlin just sprayed it and did not participate in the subsequent discussion.
Chapter completed!