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Chapter 368 Declined [The Return of Superman]

A blood loss situation like [Superman Returns].

Zhang Nan feels that even if he only makes a cameo in it, it will be a huge blow to his reputation as a box office mascot.

But facing an old customer like Bryan Singer, Zhang Nan really didn't feel comfortable rejecting him directly.

Fortunately, Bryan Singer did not go through formal channels to discuss this matter with him this time.

It seemed that it was a bit difficult, so Zhang Nan quickly said in his words, "As long as the conditions are right, I will not refuse" in his words.

But although Zhang Nan's performance was spot on, Bryan Singer came here just to ask for help. His mentality and attention were particularly concentrated and sensitive, and he immediately understood the meaning of Zhang Nan's words.

"Zhang, the budget of [Superman Returns] is already as high as 2.7 million U.S. dollars. If we invite you to guest star at the market price of 3000 million U.S. dollars, the total budget will soar to 3 million U.S. dollars..."

The words were not finished, but the embarrassment Bryan Singer wanted to express was already expressed very clearly.

You are too expensive.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Nan did not follow Bryan Singer's intention to continue the conversation, but interrupted and pretended to be surprised: "2.7 million U.S. dollars! Warner spent so much money?"

Bryan Singer nodded and said with some emotion: "The important reason why I turned down 3th Century Fox's [X-Men [-]] to film [Superman Returns] is that Warner Pictures is really sincere. foot."

Zhang Nan nodded when he heard this, and then became a little curious as to why Warner Pictures spent so much money on the "Superman Returns" project directed by Bryan Singer.

We must know that the "Jurassic World 1" starring him, if his exaggerated fixed salary of 2.2 million U.S. dollars is thrown away, the total production cost was only 2 million U.S. dollars.

But after thinking for a while, Zhang Nan roughly figured it out. The reasons are probably as follows.

First, the influence of the Superman IP in North America is no worse than that of Jurassic.

The rebooted "Jurassic World 1" has grossed 16.5 billion US dollars worldwide. Warner Pictures, which makes everyone salivate, feels that if they make a "Superman", the effect should be good.

Second, although Bryan Singer is not as good as Spielberg, after filming two [X-Men] films, in the eyes of Warner Pictures, his ability to make comic-book superhero movies should still be good. Can stand up to the filming of [Superman Returns].

Third..., it is estimated that Warner Pictures does not want to benchmark the success of "Jurassic World 1" with a global box office of 16.5 billion US dollars, but is thinking about the box office of "Superman Returns", which only needs to reach [-] to [-] million. Accept that reaching [-] or [-] million would be very good, and breaking [-] billion would be the best result.

But judging from the final results, Warner Pictures probably did not expect that the final box office of "Superman Returns" with a 2.7 million investment would be 3.91 million, resulting in a loss of more than 1 million US dollars.

However, Warner Pictures did not expect that as director Bryan Singer, he should have felt the quality of "Superman Returns" now, and I am afraid it would not be up to standard. After all, he shot every scene.

This is true.

Bryan Singer came to Zhang Nan this time because he realized that there was something wrong with the filming of "Superman Returns", and he wanted to try to save "Superman Returns" by recruiting Zhang Nan.

To be honest, when Bryan Singer took this trip, he was laughing at himself in his heart: he was making a Superman movie about saving the world, but in the end, he asked Zhang Nan to rescue him. The irony was a bit strong.

But no matter what Bryan Singer thinks, Zhang Nan is definitely not willing to get involved in the film "Superman Returns".

So Zhang Nan said to Bryan Singer: "Bryan, since Warner Pictures is so optimistic about [Superman Returns] and has paid 2.7 million US dollars, my 3000 million US dollars guest salary should not be a problem!"

Bryan Singer's face was full of bitterness when he heard this. He wanted to explain, but he hesitated.

After all, the film "Superman Returns" has such a large investment amount, and there is some unfavorable news that really cannot come from the director's mouth.

Looking at Bryan Singer's performance, Zhang Nan waved his hand to stop his hesitant performance, made an embarrassed expression and said: "Bryan, we are also old friends. To be honest, if I You are alone, have no worries, just for our priceless friendship, let alone lowering the pay, so what if I help you make a cameo with 0 pay?
But now I have a group of people following me to eat, and I really can’t decide on my salary alone. "

Zhang Nan's inner words were not at all heartfelt, but Zhang Nan's performance was quite heartfelt.

Bryan Singer listened with some silence.

It's not that Bryan Singer was fooled by Zhang Nan's "sincere" performance. That's not to say that his ability level for a well-known director is still online.But he knows that Zhang Nan's current salary price was achieved step by step, and every step was not easy. It was pushed up by the hit works. It is true that he can't do it just by opening his mouth and asking for help. Arrived.

"Okay, I was rude." After saying this somewhat sadly, Bryan Singer left Zhang Nan.

Then Old Luke saw the opportunity and approached Zhang Nan and asked curiously: "When did you have such a strong relationship with Bryan Singer?"

"iron?"

Zhang Nan shrugged doubtfully, "How did you tell?"

Old Luke was stunned and said, "The emotion and rhetoric you just expressed..."

Before Old Luke could finish his words, Zhang Nan raised his head slightly and snorted: "Why do you think I am the best actor at the Oscar?"

Old Luke was speechless for a while.

How did you win the Oscar? You don’t know. Ask me?
……

The premiere of [Fantastic Four] ended on a polite note.

Then the box office of "Fantastic Four" also followed a satisfactory trend under the moderate tout and in a satisfactory schedule.

The first day’s sales were US$2126.3 million, and the first week’s sales were US$6682 million.

According to the rule that the first-week box office of the movie is roughly one-third to one-quarter of the total box office, the media gave "Fantastic Four" a predicted North American box office of 1.8 to 2.5 million US dollars, 3.6 to 5 million US dollars. Global box office forecast in U.S. dollars.

However, when the time came to the end of October, the facts showed that [Fantastic Four] did not follow the script predicted by the media.

It ultimately grossed US$1.54 million in North America and US$3.33 million globally.

It’s definitely a return on capital, but it’s not much profit.

And just when [Fantastic Four] came to an end.

Zhang Yimou from the Mainland also brought his new work after "Ambush from Flying Daggers" - "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles". After successively drawing the "Myth" of Chenglong, it appeared in Mainland, Neon, North America, Xiangjiang and Bend. The film market is bent.

And the results~
It would be a bit ugly not to mention it.

Mainland China had the highest box office, with a nod of 3000 million yuan, but converted into US dollars, it was only 410.7 million US dollars.

Then there is Neon’s $251.6 million.

Then there was the box office in North America that dropped to less than one million US dollars, with only 25.2 US dollars.

The next ones are Xiangjiang’s US$3.6 and Wanwan’s US$3180.

With a total box office of more than 6000 million yuan, "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles", a project with an investment of 6000 million yuan, directly lost 5000 to [-] million yuan.

It can be said that the box office performance of this wave of "Ride Alone for Thousands of Miles" directly rubbed Zhang Yimou's face on the ground.

Those who felt that Zhang Yimou had settled down in the film industry began to jump out and attack Zhang Yimou fiercely.

This made Zhang Yimou very sad in the mainland during this period.

　Orally wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival

　　
　
(End of this chapter)