How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 374 [Brokeback Mountain] and [Huo Yuanjia]

Seeing Zhang Nan's silence, Old Luke continued to explain why the two projects "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" and "Jurassic World 2" have not received film offers for a long time.

"Disney Pictures plans to look at the box office results of [Pirates of the Caribbean 2] before making a film appointment for you based on the actual situation. Universal Pictures is due to Spielberg's recent busy schedule of DreamWorks being acquired by Via. The acquisition of COM could not be dealt with, so the preparations for [Jurassic World 2] were delayed."

Hearing this explanation, Zhang Nan nodded, then took a stack of documents from Old Luke's hand and began to flip through them quickly.

[National Treasure 2], [Spider-Man 3], [The Bourne Supremacy 3]...

These films have done quite well at the box office, and they all have some friendships from the past. Everyone is happy to have a cameo.

Finally, Zhang Nan set his sights on [Rush Hour 3].

The original space-time dragon shooting [Rush Hour 3] was actually a helpless move.

After all, although the box office of "New Police Story" and "Myth" in the original time and space are good, the cost is higher.

Therefore, the original purpose of filming "Rush Hour 3" is to use this Hollywood blockbuster series to stabilize its status in Asia.

But now, under his influence, Chenglong has controlled the cost investment of "New Police Story" and "Myth".

These two movies cannot be said to be hits, but they can also be said to have made a fortune.

So at this time, Chenglong is filming "Rush Hour 3" and his mood is probably that he wants to return to Hollywood.

Of course, Zhang Nan is not too concerned about whether Chenglong can return to Hollywood.

only……

It’s almost 2006 now.

Although in the current mainland film market, there are still not many films that exceed [-] million yuan.

But in the next few years, the box office of leading films in the mainland film market will rise step by step every year.

In 2007, the box office was 2008 to 2009 million, in 2010 it was [-] to [-] million, in [-] it was [-] to [-] million, and in [-] it soared to the order of [-] billion.

Get some attention at home.

After all, the future trend is visible to Zhang Nan. The mainland market share will become larger and larger, and the environment will get better and better.

And here in Hollywood, well...

Now Zhang Nan's scalp felt a little numb when he thought of the dark-skinned brown curly-haired mermaid.

"Let's keep all these guest appearances, and then..."

Zhang Nan paused for a moment and continued: "Since Disney wants to see the actual box office of [Pirates of the Caribbean 2] to prepare, New Line Cinema has quietly produced [The Golden Compass]. , then we can’t be idle, we have to make some preparations in advance.”

"What preparations are you making?" Old Luke was a little confused.

Zhang Nan: "Be prepared with two hands. One hand is to prepare how much the salary will be reduced if their wishes are met. The other hand is to prepare how much the salary will be increased if it is not as they wish. If these preparations are not done well, how will we be the first to do so when the time comes? Time to talk to them?”

Old Luke heard the emotion in Zhang Nan's tone that wanted the lion to open his mouth, and nodded silently.
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A few days later.

The time went from December 2005 to January 12.

Like last year, the North American film market in winter still maintains its off-season box office characteristics.

That is, there are no blockbusters.

The movie market is still dominated by three blockbusters: "Harry Potter 4", "The Chronicles of Narnia 1" and "King Kong".

No, to say raging may be a bit inappropriate.Because the status of these three films in the North American film market is close to hanging on, they only make hundreds of thousands of dollars at the box office every day in the cold winter.

The entire atmosphere in Hollywood is full of weakness.

But compared to the lackluster production in North America, the Asian film market has an endless stream of films from big directors and superstars, which are relatively popular.

First it’s January 1rd.

Li An, who was defeated in Hollywood due to the failure of "The Incredible Hulk", brought his new work - "Brokeback Mountain", but the movie was only released in Wanwan and some European film festivals.

Compare [Brokeback Mountain] and [Hulk].

There is only one result, and that is Director Li An's directing style, which has changed too quickly.

The previous movie was full of male hormones. When angry, he turns green, big and brainless [Hulk]; the next movie is about estrogen abnormalities, two European gentlemen, you and me, and we have a long-lasting friendship. 【Brokeback Mountain】.

To be honest, the influence of the film "Brokeback Mountain" is not small, and it has a great shock to Asia.

Let's say that.

[Brokeback Mountain] Before, people had only one adjective for this kind of love, and that was gay.

But after [Brokeback Mountain], Brokeback Mountain is on par with Goji.

However, it was shocking. Due to the subject matter, the box office of "Brokeback Mountain" was still greatly restricted.

However, these should have been expected by Li An. After the failure of "Hulk", he filmed "Brokeback Mountain" probably to win awards.

And then September 1th.

Starring Li Lianlian with zero salary, [Huo Yuanjia] is invested by Xiangjiang Galaxy Film and Television Company.

Driven by Zhang Nan's Longbow Distribution, it has a full release in Asia and a partial release around the world.

Before release.

Li Lianlian is hesitant because he has not made a film in Asia for many years and does not know how much box office appeal he still has in Asia.

The producer, Galaxy Films, is also not sure how far this movie "Huo Yuanjia" will go, and I feel very uneasy.

But after the release, Li Lianlian and Xinghe Film and Television all breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the box office performance of "Fearless" is quite good, it directly scored 3020 million Hong Kong dollars in the already lonely Xiangjiang Film Market.

This is a very exaggerated result.

Let’s put it this way, although 2006 has just begun, [Fearless]’s box office of 3020 million Hong Kong dollars has already been booked to top the Hong Kong annual box office rankings in 2006.

We must know that the Hong Kong film industry in 2006 has also recovered a little bit of its vitality in recent years due to the slow rise of the Asian film and television market. It can be said that the Hong Kong film industry this year has continued to produce masterpieces and masterpieces.

Not to mention Zhang Yimou's "Full City with Gold Level", this year there is also Chenglong's "Baby Project"; Liu Weiqiang and Mai Zaohui's new work "Injury City" after "Infernal Affairs"; Liu Tianwang Starring in the costume film "Mo Gong"; directed by Du Qifeng and starring Louis Koo in "Heisehui: Harmony Is Precious".

Under such circumstances, Li Lianlian still relied on "Fearless" to win the annual box office championship in Xiangjiang, and he won it at the beginning of the year.

Of course, [Huo Yuanjia]'s box office performance in the Mainland is not as outstanding as in Hong Kong.

However, although it failed to win the first place and did not even enter the top three, "Huo Yuanjia" also achieved the feat of exceeding 2006 million in box office and became No. 4 in the mainland's annual box office rankings in [-].

(End of this chapter)