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Chapter 382 Jason Cullen (Earth)

The movie "Heavenly Visitors" was translated as "He Comes From Heaven" in mainland China.

It sounds like an art film.

But look at its cast, Truman, who is already the idol of the whole people, must be the little plum who is the idol of the world, Dragon Ma, who everyone knows through "Game of Thrones", and Wesley, the first generation of blade warrior, in Hollywood It's not exactly a fantasy lineup, but in Continental, it is.

The last movie "Shang Qi 2" with Truman as the leading role earned a box office of 17 billion US dollars worldwide. Truman became the No.1 Hollywood actor's salary last year. Together with the best picture Oscar won by "The Waves", it became Truman's most proud report card of the year.

In the prime time of October this year, once the promotional work of "He Came From Heaven" started, the growing fans of eating fish began to spread the word. Everyone is lamenting that "Spawn" cannot be screened in mainland China, and "Spawn" filmed by the same crew He is from Heaven" perfectly filled the regrets of fans.

This golden autumn in October, competing with "He is from Heaven" in the mainland box office market is "Fengshen 3" and "Supernova Era". Completed and changed to the Spring Festival file.

Compared with last year's October stalls, this year's October stalls in mainland China are less smoky.

Last year, the phenomenon of troika running side by side did not appear, and the public opinion war was not so fierce. "Fengshen 3" is the preface of the first two films, "Fengshen 1" has a good reputation, and "Fengshen 2" box office is average , to the third part, Wu Dao is not confident enough.

The director of "Supernova Era", Director Sun, is a newcomer in the film industry. He has transferred from a best-selling author. When interviewed by the media, both films said that "it will be fine if you don't lose money".

In addition to "Fengshen 3" and "Supernova Era", there are also several novels or comic-adapted movies such as "Bartman" and "Wild Journey". It is not wrong to say that this October is a month of "fellows" in the mainland film industry. Pass.

So in such a rhythm, it is not so strange that "He is from Heaven" can win the box office champion on the first day of the prime time. After all, the opponent is not strong enough. Some want to see Dragon Mother.

In short, the large fan base has made this feature film with "very simple scene but many stars" and "connotation to win long-term income" rush to the top of the list at the box office of 1.5 million.

This is very beyond the expectations of the investors who eat fish, because according to this figure, the final box office of "He Comes From Heaven" may exceed 20 billion.

More than 3 million US dollars.

Coupled with the previous income of "Spawn" and "Heavenly Visitors" in theaters in North America and Europe, the total may exceed... 10 billion US dollars?
The box office figures flew over like snowflakes, and the profits of the two movies, in China, North America, and Europe, were rising steadily.

……

The media on the mainland now has a sense of awe for Truman.

This awe is firstly due to Truman's Oscar and the box office performance of "Shang Qi 2", and secondly because of the huge fan base of eating fish.

Therefore, the reviews of the movie "He Came From Heaven" always seem a bit timid. Some commenters think it is very similar to "The Man From Earth", others think it is also like "[-] Angry Men", and some people think it is similar to "The Man From Earth". He is like "Game of the Brave", in short, the conclusion is "a fan movie and a brain-burning movie worth watching."

It's an interesting review for a fan movie, but indeed, for Fish fans, "He Came From Heaven" makes up for the year they haven't seen Truman on the big screen.

Of course, there are also some people who think that this movie is boring, just a few people chatting and dreaming there, which makes sense.

……

Hollywood only noticed the popularity of "He Comes From Heaven" in mainland China in early October.

It's not that they are insensitive.

It’s just that all the attention to Truman was on "Spawn". The environmental girl's resistance to "Spawn" made the media focus too busy. Some people also noticed that when Truman produced "Spawn", there was still some The first movie "Heavenly Visitors" on the weekly box office list was produced by it.

But one or two pieces of news cannot stir current affairs.

Until "He Comes From Heaven" broke 10 billion yuan in the golden time of November, becoming the box office champion of imported movies in mainland China that year, and when it switched from exporting to domestic sales in Hollywood, and then returned to Hollywood, the media seemed to wake up collectively and began to report this anecdote anecdote.

"CH made two movies with the same crew! Now they're both on the weekly box office charts!"

This news made many readers feel a little confused. That’s right, Xiao Lizi has two movies on the line, and many people have watched them. Is that news?
But for Hollywood, really.

A collective wake-up call began to make the media take out calculators to calculate the income of "Spawn" and "Heavenly Visitors".

According to the box office figures given by theaters in North America and Europe, as of mid-October, "Spawn" earned US$10 million, and "Heavenly Visitors" earned US$3.2 million, for a total of US$2.8 million.

If "Heavenly Visitors" can get another 3 million US dollars in the mainland, this will already be close to 10 billion US dollars.

It looks...it doesn't seem to have lost money.

And it's kind of magical.

Just like the news headline said, "A group of people, two movies, both topped the weekly box office rankings", this kind of manipulation is enough to shock Hollywood for a whole year, can it still be played like this?

Some media interviewed Xiao Lizi for this, because they wanted to know whether Xiao Lizi had received two payments, so as to judge the cost of "Heavenly Visitors".

"The agreement I signed included "Spawn" and its derivative works." Xiao Lizi said, "So I only have one payment."

"How do you evaluate this shooting method?" The reporter asked.

"It's very interesting, but only CH can do it. He has a kind of magical power." Xiao Lizi said, "Don't be jealous of him, no one can do it except him."

The media's interview with Xiao Lizi answered a lot of doubts, which brought some other voices, which were ridicule of Cullen House.

What's sadder than investing in a money-losing movie, that is, investing in a movie that made money, but lost the opportunity because of your poor business vision.

The reporter asked this question to Jason Cullen and Sony at the press conference of their cooperation.

"Jason, do you regret it? Spawn and its spinoff, Heavenly Visitors, have grossed over $10 billion."

Jason Cullen's expression changed immediately.

"I want to correct you." He said, ""Heavenly Visitors" is an independent work, it is not included in the contract I signed with "Spawn", it will also be independently accounted, so even if CH gets 10 billion The box office in US dollars can only be maintained without losing money."

"So you're trying to say there's nothing wrong with your decision to withdraw your investment from Spawn?"

"..." Jason Cullen wanted to say "of course", but he couldn't open his mouth.

THR commented: "...Even if Jason Cullen's mouth is hard, he should know in his heart that he was wrong, and he lost the opportunity to make himself recorded in film history."

(End of this chapter)