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Bruce, there is no doubt that you are one of the most popular people in Hollywood, but I think many people now have a question, why did you accept the movie The Sixth Sense?

The host asked a question, and then quickly added:

I mean, in your past movies, your image is that of a tough guy, but in this The Sixth Sense, Wu just said that there is no action scene in the whole movie, and all the actors rely on their acting skills. Speaking of which, it seems that this is not in line with your previous acting career? Or do you want to challenge yourself and undergo transformation?

Bruce Willis shrugged and said with a smile: Stallone can transform, why can't I?

As soon as this was said, the audience was amused. The host immediately asked:

Oh, can I understand it this way? Is it because Wu successfully helped Stallone transform in Black Hole Frequency that you took on this The Sixth Sense?

The camera gave Wu Yuchen a close-up, and he kept a faint smile.

Bruce Willis chuckled and shook his head: Okay, no more joking. To be serious, before I received this script, I had dozens of project offers waiting for me, but I turned them all down. I dropped it and picked up The Sixth Sense because the story is really great!”

Then he looked at Wu Yuchen and said: Of course, it's also because this is director Wu's project. Wu's Black Hole Frequency and Sniper Phone Booth were two consecutive films with global box office exceeding 300 million. I don't think there is anything more to say. To prove that he is really a great director!”

The host took over the conversation and looked at Wu Yuchen: Wu, what about you, why would you consider choosing Bruce Willis? I found that you like to transform action stars into actors, such as Stallone before. This is your A fetish?

Wu Yuchen quickly shook his finger and said:

Oh no, no, I want to correct your point first. Whether it's Bruce Willis or Stallone, their acting skills are very good, but they were overshadowed by their past action scenes, and I'm just letting them This hidden side of them is just being unearthed!

This is how it is on this kind of show, they compliment each other and then tell some interesting stories from the filming period.

I can guarantee that our cast is full of talented actors, not just Bruce, but also Jennifer and our little actor Hailey~

When Jennifer Connelly saw Wu Yuchen passing the words to her, she immediately showed an elegant smile, feeling that she was worthy of the exchange of knowledge.

…

The promotion of The Sixth Sense is naturally centered around Bruce Willis, and one of the gimmicks is the transformation of Bruce Willis.

Looking at these top tough guys and action superstars in Hollywood, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, etc., they will all be labeled with stiff expressions and poor acting skills. Several of them have been rated as Razzies. of.

In fact, people don't say that his acting skills are top-notch, but he is really not that bad. It's just that this label has given the public a fixed impression that the tough guy action star has no acting skills. Therefore, making a fuss about this this time can also attract many people into the cinema.

The second publicity point of the movie falls on Wu Yuchen. The Berlin Golden Bear can be mentioned, but most arrogant old American audiences don't care about any awards outside of North America, so the focus is still on his two previous Hollywood movies.

The first is Black Hole Frequency at the end of 1997. The film's final total box office in North America was 167 million, ranking sixth in the North American box office rankings in 1997. Thanks to Stallone's fame accumulated around the world, its overseas box office exceeded 2 billion, the total global box office reached 372 million US dollars, surpassing the 330 million US dollars of 007: Tomorrow Never Dies, ranking fourth in the global box office in 1997. As for the top three, the first is the discontinued Titanic with more than 2.2 billion, the second is Jurassic Park 2 with 618 million, and the third is Will Smith's Men in Black with 590 million.

Then there was Sniper Phone Booth in early 1998. Relying on the leading actor DiCaprio and Titanic, a hurricane that swept the world, the North American box office was 183 million, ranking third in North America in 1998, and the global box office was 381 million. , ranking third in the global box office in 1998.

As far as the results of these two movies are concerned, they are among the top in Hollywood in the past two years. Not many directors can do it. Therefore, there is no doubt that Wu Yuchen is worthy of being praised.

In fact, it can be seen from the remuneration. This time The Sixth Sense was 60 million, Bruce Willis received 20 million, and Wu Yuchen was 5 million plus 10%. The two of them accounted for almost half.

After the show was recorded and returned to the hotel, Wu Yuchen saw Disney's Myers walking towards him with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but ask: Myers, has something happy happened?

Oh, it's nothing. The box office of Tarzan exceeded 150 million US dollars, and I can finally compete with Mr. Eisner~

Today's Disney CEO Michael Eisner is known as the Emperor of Disney, and is also known as a tyrant in private. Everyone in Disney is not afraid of him, and they all tremble in front of him.

Tarzan is the famous Tarzan cartoon, with a production cost of 130 million. It is Disney's key project this year. Tarzan received a very good response after it was released last month. Now the box office in North America alone has exceeded 150 million, and the global box office is not far behind, not to mention the profits from peripheral products derived from the animated film are even more amazing. Therefore, these people were relieved, and there was no need to fear that His Majesty the Emperor would be angry again.

Wu Yuchen just smiled when he heard what he said. This movie has nothing to do with him and will not hit him. Then he asked: Myers, how is the situation of Blair Witch that I asked you to pay attention to?

I went to see it. To be honest, it was a very bad movie, but their propaganda method was really clever, making people think that those young people really encountered witches and were killed! It has been released on a small scale for 10 days, with only 30 theaters. It has a box office of 500,000 yuan. You are right, their large-scale release time is likely to coincide with ours.

After listening to Myers' words, Wu Yuchen asked: Can we expose their tricks? Or find some fans who have already watched the movie to denounce their false propaganda?

Myers shook his head and said: I will try, but don't hold out too much hope. If you want to expose them, you have to find those young people and show them in public, but I can guarantee that they have been hidden. I guess It won’t happen for half a year.”

Wu Yuchen also sighed after hearing this. Blair Witch is a movie that was purely based on marketing. It was made for nothing, but it ended up achieving a super high box office of 140 million US dollars in North America and 248 million US dollars globally.

He knew about this movie in his previous life and it was a classic example of viral marketing, but he couldn't copy it because it had to rely on publicity from a big company and it had a very bad reputation, so he never considered making money from it.

But this time when he arrived in North America, Wu Yuchen found that this was going to collide with his The Sixth Sense. This was a bit disgusting!

But as Myers said, you can't do anything about it. It relies on marketing in the first place. If you go to support the fire and increase people's popularity, they have already planned it for half a year in advance. Those who have been deceived by lies will not believe it. If you tell the truth about lies, they will scold you for being so unsympathetic.

Wu Yuchen can only put it aside. He has confidence in The Sixth Sense and he will know it once the movie is released.

At this time, Myers smiled at Wu Yuchen and said: Wu, congratulations, I heard that your movie has sold out in Asia~ In fact, you can consider establishing closer cooperation with our Disney, so that your next movie will be released , it will save a lot of effort.”

Oh, Myers, it's not like I haven't approached Disney before, but it's a pity that you were not even willing to give us 10 million US dollars. Wu Yuchen joked.

When My Sassy Girl was considering Asian distribution a few months ago, because Justin Wu wanted to release it simultaneously, he naturally considered big distributors like Sony and Disney first. At that time, Sony quoted US$9 million, Fox quoted US$8.5 million, and Disney was only willing to give US$8 million. Now that My Sassy Girl has become popular, things are starting to come together again.

Wu Yuchen is not sure about the current box office of My Sassy Girl in Asia. After all, the movie is still being released, but Cai Yinong gave a rough idea. The number of moviegoers in Bangkok has exceeded 3 million, the Neon box office has exceeded 1.5 billion yen, Hong Kong Island has exceeded 30 million in 2 weeks, and the Bay Area has exceeded 150 million yen.

If Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and other regions are added to this, Wu Yuchen estimates that the overseas box office has reached 350 million yuan. This is only two weeks of box office. By the time the movie is released, it will not be a problem to reach 500 million yuan. Converted to US dollars, it's over 60 million, which is not a small number for any Hollywood distributor.

At the beginning, they felt that the appeal of Chinese-language films in Asia was no longer what it used to be, and there were no action scenes, so no one was willing to pay more than US$10 million. Looking at it now, let alone spending 10 million US dollars to buy it, I can make a profit of 20 million US dollars, so I regret it again.

Oh, Wu, because of this matter, Eisner has severely scolded the person in charge of Asia and removed him from his post. Don't worry, I will personally handle all projects related to you in the future. Mr. Eisner will also always pay attention. Myers promised, patting his chest.

Wu Yuchen just laughed when he heard this. If he was looking for a unified distribution channel in Asia, the best target would be Sony. They are the strongest in Asia, and you, Di Baobao, would be a little less interesting.

Wu Yuchen said a few perfunctory words, and then asked: How is Runaway Bride over there?

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What's going on with The Sixth Sense? On the other side, loud-mouthed Julia Roberts, who had just returned to the hotel after the show, asked.

Today's big-mouthed Julia Roberts is a well-known sister in Hollywood and the first female star to enter Hollywood's 20 million club.

The biggest enemy of her new movie Runaway Bride this time is The Sixth Sense.

Bruce Willis and Wu Yuchen, who is currently in the limelight, have joined forces. Although it is not the action movie that the audience expected, the theater chain still gave them an opening number of 3,000. The producer said.

Big Mouth Sister frowned. Although the number of openings was not as high as her Runaway Bride, it was not far behind. Although The Sixth Sense and Runaway Bride are not the same type of movies, they are released in the same period, so there will naturally be competition.

Then she turned to an elegant and handsome middle-aged man next to her and asked, Richard, what does Bruce think? Does he really want to transform?

This man is none other than Hollywood A-list star Richard Gere, the leading actor in the movie The Runaway Bride.

Richard Gere spread his hands: I don't know either...

In fact, many people don't understand Bruce Willis's transformation. Stallone's transformation was because he was getting older and began to decline. However, Bruce Willis has been in his prime in recent years, so there is no need to rush to transform now. Bar?

Every actor has his own characteristics. For example, Julia Roberts relies on her friendly smile to win people's hearts. Everyone likes to watch her romantic comedies. Her Notting Hill was a hit two months ago, and this time Runaway Bride is still in the same style.

Playing into their own highlights and strengths is the key to people like them becoming superstars, but now Bruce Willis has given up action dramas and tough guys to act in such a pure drama when he is popular? You must know that the career lifespan of a male star is much longer than that of an actress, and she has not yet transformed.

The producer here smiled and said: This is a good thing for us. Bruce gave up what he is best at, and naturally he will lose some of the audience. With you and Richard joining forces again, we will definitely win this time!

Julia Roberts' big mouth curved into a smile. The Pretty Woman that made her popular back then was her collaboration with Richard Gere. This time the two of them work together again will naturally attract many people to the cinema.

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Wu Yuchen was not disappointed after knowing that his 3,050 openings were 200 less than Runaway Bride. The situation was much better than in the previous life.

Although the big star Bruce Willis joined the cast of The Sixth Sense in the previous life, the producers actually lacked confidence because this is a new director, and this movie is still a transformation of Bruce Willis, without the action scenes. It doesn't look like it's going to be a big hit, so the number of openings is only 2161. It won't increase until word of mouth explodes in the second week.

And this time, with Wu Yuchen’s guarantee, Disney also fought hard with the theaters, and finally got 3,050 theaters to open.

Although it will compete with Runaway Bride and there will be Blair Witch to get involved, the capacity of the North American summer season is very large, and it is no problem to accommodate three large-scale productions at the same time, not to mention that all three of their movies are It's not a big production, no big scenes.

The Runaway Bride, which cost the most, cost 70 million, and the two protagonists accounted for 35 million. What other big scenes could there be?

The final battle is the movie’s reputation!