How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 333 Three people who couldn’t win the prize played with dinosaurs
So under such circumstances, the reports of "The Passion of the Christ" in major media became increasingly negative.

Words such as blaspheming the Bible, disrespecting God, etc. were directly directed at the Passion of Jesus.

Then--

It backfired.

One month later, "The Passion of the Christ" has grossed US$3.70 million at the box office in North America.

This is a very exaggerated figure.

Because "Lord of the Rings 3", which had just exceeded one billion U.S. dollars at the global box office, only took in a box office of 3.79 million U.S. dollars in North America, only 900 million U.S. dollars more than "The Passion of the Christ".

You must know that it is [Lord of the Rings 3] that has inherited the heritage and fan enthusiasm of the first two [Lord of the Rings] series, and the total investment in the entire series exceeds 3 million US dollars, which is evenly distributed to each of the [Lord of the Rings] series. 】The cost is as high as hundreds of millions.

And what about [The Passion of the Christ]?

The cost of 2500 million US dollars is less than a fraction of the cost of "Lord of the Rings".

This wave of "The Passion of the Christ" has made huge profits for the producer [-]th Century Fox just by relying on the performance of the North American film market.

Not to mention that "The Passion of the Christ" not only performed well in the North American film market, but also performed extremely well in the European film market. In one month, it grossed more than 2 million US dollars at the box office across Europe.

And relying on the box office of North American and European movie markets, the cumulative box office of "The Passion of the Christ" exceeded 5 million US dollars.

That is to say, other film markets except Europe and the United States are not interested in "The Passion of the Christ".

Taken together, the box office revenue of "The Passion of the Christ" was approximately US$[-] million.

Otherwise, this wave of 2500th Century Fox Pictures is really likely to use the [-] million US dollars of "The Passion of the Christ" to leverage a movie with a box office of close to [-] billion US dollars.

Then maybe [The Passion of the Christ 2] will be released.

Of course, it's difficult.

Because [-]th Century Fox has made a fortune with The Passion of the Christ, but it has also been under considerable pressure from all aspects.

And the pressure is very strong and long-lasting.

This can be seen from the subsequent package sale of [-]th Century Fox's film division to Disney Pictures.

After all, in terms of top blockbusters, [-]th Century Fox has produced "Titanic" and "Avatar", and also collaborated with George Lucas on the "Star Wars" series.

When it comes to comic-book hero movies that have become popular in later generations, 1th Century Fox has the [X-Men] series, which can be said to be the No. [-] comic-book movie.

When it comes to action movies, [-]th Century Fox later had the "Wind Rescue" series.

Even Twentieth Century Fox has launched the "Chronicles of Narnia" series that somewhat follows the "Harry Potter" series.

Even in the field of animation, [-]th Century Fox later produced series such as "Ice Age" and "Garfield".

But [-]th Century Fox, which owns so many successful series, actually split off the film department and let Disney acquire it.

It's really a bit unreasonable.

……

Just as the popularity of "The Passion of the Christ" is slowly dissipating, it's time for the new Oscars ceremony.

[The Lord of the Rings-The Legend of Sauron] crew.

Zhang Nan, who had finished filming her role and was about to join the crew of "Jurassic World", was attracted by director Peter Jackson after the filming party.

"Zhang, do you think I will go to this year's Oscars?" Peter Jackson asked.

Zhang Nan was a little confused when asked.

going or not?
Did you know that this year’s Oscar stage is basically held just for you?
Zhang Nan really can't be wrong in having this idea.

After all, "Lord of the Rings 3" will be nominated for 11 awards and win 100 awards at this Oscar, achieving a basically unprecedented [-]% award rate achievement.

Under such circumstances, you ask me, will you go?
"Didn't Oscar give you some relief?" Zhang Nan asked sideways.After all, for awards like the Oscars, it cannot be said that there are no secret operations, it can only be said that they are all carried out secretly.

Especially for an event like [Lord of the Rings 3] with a 100% winning rate, it is absolutely impossible without establishing good relationships and planning in advance.

"Toby (President of New Line Cinema) mentioned it to me and said that this Oscar will give me a good explanation." Peter Jackson answered honestly with a little worry.

Zhang Nan became even more confused when he heard this, "Everyone has said so, why are you still hesitating?"

"But the rumors I received in the past two sessions are also like this!" Peter Jackson gave his worried answer.

Zhang Nan's eyes twitched a little when he heard this.

This has a bit of a fable effect like the boy who cried wolf!
"I suggest you go to a stall." Zhang Nan gave advice.

Peter Jackson turned to look at Zhang Nan, "What should I say?"

"I have participated in the first two parts, so this last one is also good. It's easy to get together and get together!" Zhang Nan made up a random reason.

Peter Jackson nodded after hearing this, feeling that it made sense, and wanted to discuss it with Zhang Nan again, but Zhang Nan had already run away in advance.

……

[Jurassic World] crew.

After Zhang Nan finished filming "Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron" and gave some advice to Peter Jackson, she immediately took root in the crew of "Jurassic World" without even attending the Oscar ceremony.

Because Zhang Nan knew very well that it would be too difficult for him to win another Oscar at the Oscars.

Fortunately, Zhang Nan is not alone.

Neither James Cameron nor Spielberg attended this year's Oscars.

Because the situation of these two people is the same as Zhang Nan.

A person who has been famous in Hollywood for many years and has won all the awards he should win has a very low possibility of winning another award.

The other one was blacklisted by the Oscars because his speech on the awards stage was too arrogant after the success of "Titanic", and the possibility of winning the award was even lower.

At this time, the three of them had a dispute over a scene from [Jurassic World].

James Cameron felt that he had to spend a lot of money to shoot this scene perfectly.

Spielberg, on the other hand, had reservations and wanted to film this scene perfunctorily.

Zhang Nan, on the other hand, remained neutral without saying a word.

Without it.

The reason for this dispute is mainly because the filming funds for "Jurassic World" are a bit insufficient.

Logically speaking, this kind of thing should not happen in [Jurassic World], which invested 4.2 million US dollars.

But unable to hold on to the US$4.2 million in funds, more than half of the US$2.2 million was directly withdrawn from the account by Zhang Nan.

Therefore, there is not much money left for the filming of "Jurassic World", only about [-] million US dollars.

This amount of money is definitely enough to make an ordinary special effects movie.

But when it comes to shooting movies with 3D special effects technology, it’s a bit stretched.

After all, a few years later, when the technology was relatively mature, the filming of "Avatar" cost US$3 million.

Now that filming of "Jurassic World" has started many years in advance, if you want to achieve the effect of "Avatar", the amount of funds required will naturally be more.

Seeing that Spielberg and James Cameron were about to have a quarrel, Zhang Nan persuaded him: "How about we shelve this scene for now, wait until the other scenes are filmed, and then make a decision based on the balance of funds?" "

After hearing Zhang Nan's pertinent words, the two looked at each other and ended their dispute.

(End of this chapter)