At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 510 Advice
New Line's forecast for "Taken" is $1500 million.

This prediction is based on Tom Yum Goong's $1206 million box office!
Why not benchmark "Red Fan District"?
Because "Red Fan District" cannot be copied, many people know that "Red Fan District" made Jackie Chan knock on the door of Hollywood, but before "Red Fan District", New Line has already bought Jackie Chan's DVD copyright, that is to say, Jackie Chan is already popular in North America, or in a small area.

By the time of "Rush Hour", a bunch of Jackie Chan's movies had already been broadcast on several North American TV stations, especially "Who Am I"...

Taken has no such treatment...

Of course, Donnie Yen is well-known in North America, and "Once Upon a Time: The Iron Monkey" earned $1469 million at the box office.

But Donnie Yen's popularity is definitely not as good as Jackie Chan's.

New Line's promotion of "Taken" is quite reliable, bought a few TV commercials, and then directly opened the film in 1868 theaters!
In the first weekend, it directly smashed the box office data of 1980 million US dollars, and won the North American weekly box office championship!
This news is much more explosive than the $3250 million in the first week of "Human Purge"-this is a Chinese-language movie.

What "Fearless" had 1056 million in the first weekend, it's also awesome...

That's Li Lianlian - Li Lianlian has been a big name in Hollywood in recent years, not to mention anything else, when "Hero" was released in North America, the title was directly called "Jet Li's Hero", so many big-name superstars in the film were directly ignored by Hollywood filmmakers Yes, Zhang Yimou raised an objection, but no one paid attention!

How hanging is Li Lianlian?

"Fearless" does not have an English version, and North American audiences are directly asked to watch the Mandarin version. How can they understand the plot?

Watch subtitles.

"Red Fan District" is in English, and the mojo box office classifies it as an English film.

After all, it is logical and reasonable that "Fearless" is a big hit at the box office in North America, and it is a surprise that "Taken" is a big hit.

……

"The Banquet" was released for three weeks, and the box office exceeded [-] million. The celebration banquet came as scheduled...

Regarding the box office exceeding [-] million yuan, Feng Xiaogang especially thanked the media for the discussion on the movie.

"These discussions generate more audience interest and then walk into theaters."

When the reporter asked about the Oscar competition with "The Golden Flower", Feng Xiaogang did not answer directly: "This is not a sports competition, it is just that two films participate in the same film awards, and whether they can be shortlisted is another matter. What we have to do is to be aggressive and always move forward to make the next movie."

"Some netizens think that "Crazy Stone" is the development direction of Chinese movies. What do you think?"

"...I watched that movie. Ning Hao is really great, but I think a director can't rely on just one movie. If he can't keep up with it, he will be easily forgotten by the audience, and he has to come again and again..."

"His next film, 'Crazy Racer', has been launched..."

"Really..." Feng Xiaogang smiled: "This is a good thing!"

The reporter was about to ask again, when the person next to him pushed him away: "Director Feng, "Taken" was released in North America, and the box office was 1980 million US dollars in its first week. Do you know about this?"

"...I really don't know...Is it the action movie made by Xudong?"

"Yes, according to the predictions of the American media, the total box office should be higher than 4000 million US dollars...a record high for a Chinese-language action movie in North America...Does Ziyi know about this?"

Zhang Ziyi was still smiling, but when she heard this, she couldn't hold back anymore: "I also just received the news..."

"Xudong publicly stated that he would not cooperate with you, is there such a thing?"

"...I don't know, don't I?"

"He wrote on his blog, saying that he plans to produce four American films, and several action films... In addition, the North American partner of "Exquisite Ancient City" has already finalized Lionsgate... He also said that "Wrangler" is invested by a Taiwanese film company B-movie...do you regret your decision in the end?"

Zhang Ziyi's face was cold, Huang Zhonglei couldn't listen anymore: "This is the celebration banquet of "The Banquet"...let's talk about "The Banquet"."

"... "

……

Shen Xudong did post a blog, and by the way replied to netizens' questions about "The Wrangler".

Coincidentally, the producer of "The Wrangler" is Joseph Drake!
He explained to Shen Xudong the situation of "The Wrangler", which is a typical B-grade film with a very simple plot: the widowed detective Aidan Lancelin is ordered to investigate a serial murder case, and has a confrontation with the cruel and crazy murderer "Apocalypse Four" The story of "Knights" fighting wits and bravery, the selling point is wisdom...

It belongs to the high imitation version of "Seven Deadly Sins".

Joseph Drake told Shen Xudong by the way that the funding for this film was basically provided by a Taiwanese film company called Longxiang Entertainment.

Wang Yingxiang's company.

This gentleman is the Taiwanese filmmaker who bought "Ji Gong" for 3000 million yuan, and he also promoted the opening of the Taiwan market to Hollywood, and the glory of Hong Kong films will no longer be lost!
Why invested in "The Wrangler"... Oh, "The Wrangler" was later renamed "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", probably because Zhang Ziyi thought it was a trick.

Shen Xudong mercilessly explained this on his blog, satirizing Zhang Ziyi's lack of vision...

The so-called big Hollywood production is a B-movie...

Oh, the company was warned, he was so upset that he almost tore his face off!
Since the face has been torn apart, then... there is no need to show mercy.

Not only did she publicly hate Zhang Ziyi, but she also talked about the North American screening of "Carol", saying bluntly: Gong Li should be nominated for an Oscar, and he has accomplished what someone failed to do.

Does Zhang Ziyi read blogs?

I don't know, she didn't respond anyway...

After all, Shen Xudong's status is different now. The two films "Purge" and "Taken" are big sellers. Next week, "Carol" will be officially expanded...

Even in Hollywood, he is the one that a bunch of companies are vying to work with!
Well, maybe not so exaggerated, but he has announced four film projects, which is really eye-catching...

……

"Yes, this is the original novel of "The Fault in Our Stars". I hope it can be released as soon as possible..."

Shen Xudong took the manuscript and said to Joseph Drake, who flipped through it and only read the outline of the plot-a story about love, life and death between two teenagers suffering from cancer.

Eyes lit up: "The love between a terminally ill boy and a terminally ill girl, the momentary disillusionment between life and death, full of sense of dramatic conflict, there is definitely a market for this theme!"

"It's good if there's a market. I plan to release the novel first, and then start making movies..."

"...I have no objection," Joseph Drake nodded, "Should the director continue to look for Jason Reitman?"

"Whatever..." Shen Xudong is full of confidence in "The Fault in Our Stars". This film is purely based on the plot, and it doesn't matter who the director is.

Oh, Jason Reitman is the director of "Juno", Joseph Drake admires him, but... if "Juno" is a big hit, the value of Jason Reitman as the director will naturally follow improve.

In the original time and space, Jason Reitman directed "In the Clouds" after "Juno", and the co-actor became George Clooney, so he may not be able to see "The Fault in Our Stars"...

"Then I contacted the publisher..."

"Don't worry, the movie version will start at the same time, let's choose the protagonist first, and I have to go back to China!"

"You're not going to the premiere of 'Carol'?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "I won't go if anyone knows me!"

Joseph Drake shook his head: "You have to go, you have to integrate into the circle...Let's talk about Zhang Ziyi, why she is famous is because she has a good relationship with Wendi Deng and entered that circle..."

Shen Xudong was a little surprised after hearing a lot from him...

Is Hollywood also divided into mountains and circles?

(End of this chapter)