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Chapter 420 [Rush Hour 3]: Chenglong’s last ditch effort

8 month 10 day.

[Rush Hour 3] is here.

At the premiere, Zhang Nan had just finished walking quickly on the red carpet when she was pulled in front of the camera by Chenglong, allowing a group of invited media to take crazy photos in order to give [Rush Hour 3] Increase the exposure.

Yes.

Although Chenglong had asked Zhang Nan about his opinion on the box office of "Rush Hour 3" when he made a guest appearance before, Zhang Nan also gave a box office prediction of about 3 million US dollars, which was unlikely to be a hit.

But "Rush Hour 3" is Chenglong's best opportunity so far to return to Hollywood.

Therefore, even though Chenglong knew that Zhang Nan was not optimistic, he still worked hard to increase exposure for "Rush Hour 3".

after all……

Chenglong's character is like this, he dares to fight and fight hard.

Of course.

Chenglong didn't go too far. He just pulled Zhang Nan and stood in front of the camera for a few minutes, and then he and Will Smith sent Zhang Nan to the screening room.

It can be regarded as giving Zhang Nan enough face.

"Anan, I heard that your [Harry Potter] spin-off project has been completed. What are your next steps?" Chenglong asked on the road.

Zhang Nan turned his attention to Will Smith aside and said: "After I finished my guest appearance in Will's [I Am Legend], I took the time to go to France, and finally returned to the mainland to film [The End of Days 2]. I will do that project." I went back to make preparations before, and now I’m just waiting for me to join the group.”

Hearing the name [Rebirth at Doomsday], Chenglong couldn't help but breathe a little faster, and looked at Zhang Nan with eyes full of envy.

Without it.

Needless to say, the global box office effect of the three "Doomsday Survival" series was US$58.2 billion.

It directly promoted Zhang Nan from a top Hollywood star to the position of Hollywood's limit-breaking celebrity, directly leaving others several levels behind.

The reason why Zhang Nan is able to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in salary from the Big Six in Hollywood today is because of the background support of these three "Survival of the Doomsday" films.

If only this is the case.

After all, you are strong and everything you say is right.

But the problem is that after the end of the "Survival of the Doomsday" trilogy, Zhang Nan used the concept of rebirth in a clever way. Based on "Survival of the Doomsday", he directed and acted in the "Rebirth of the Doomsday" series.

And the effect is quite good. The first "Rebirth 1" directly became the first movie to break the global box office of 20 billion US dollars.

This is not the most enviable thing.

The most enviable thing is that after seeing the success of "Rebirth 1", many film and television companies have also learned to make remakes of classic series.

But what about the final box office~
It can't be said that it was terrible, and it basically didn't cause any splash.

It was at this time that people realized.

The main reason why [Rebirth 1] can be successful, aside from Zhang Nan's reasons, is not the novel concept of the rebirth stream, but that the original series needs to be exciting enough.

So how can we achieve the excitement of [Doomsday Survival], the predecessor of the [Doomsday Rebirth] series?

Everyone took a look at the directing team of "The Last of Us": James Cameron in his prime, Spielberg in his prime, George Lucas in his prime, Roland Emmerich in his prime, an older version but still okay. The dynamic Francisco Coppola, the spirited and spirited version of Luc Besson.

These people are not dead yet, they are alive and well.

But except for James Cameron, all of them are no longer at their peak, and the effect when they are gathered together is not very good.

Most importantly.

The status of these people in Hollywood today is much higher than when they were filming "Survival of the Doomsday".If you really get a few people together, regardless of whether they are willing or not, the price alone is a bit more than worth the gain.

Therefore, in Chenglong's view, Zhang Nan's preparation for the "Survival of the Doomsday" series was simply like gathering the top directors at the most appropriate time to create a unique platform for his personal interpretation career. A gold mine was created that no one else can replicate.

Here Chenglong was lamenting Zhang Nan's operation was so wonderful, and over there Will Smith, after hearing Zhang Nan's follow-up arrangements, quickly said: "How about after attending the premiere, Zhang, you come with me to the set Cameo?”

Zhang Nan nodded upon hearing this.

……

The next day.

The first day box office of [Rush Hour 3] is out.

$1895.4.

It's not as good as "The Bourne Supremacy" which was released a week earlier, but it's better than last year's "Mission: Impossible" by Tom Cruise.

But it's just a difference between one and two million, not a big disparity.

However, Chenglong had some expectations.

Because the box office on the first day was higher than [Mission: Impossible 3].

So can we expect the box office of the follow-up "Rush Hour 3" to exceed the US$3 million of "Mission: Impossible 3.98" and reach US$4 million?

And if this wave of "Rush Hour 3" can have a box office of 4 million US dollars, then the "Rush Hour" series can continue to be filmed.

But the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is a bit cruel.

The box office performance of "Rush Hour 3" the next day was abnormal.

Because logically speaking, for a movie released on the first Friday, the box office on the next Saturday will be higher than the box office on the first day because it is screened all day.

But [Rush Hour 3] pulled the crotch.

Only US$1711.5 million was reported the next day.

Fortunately, on the last day of the first weekend, Sunday, [Rush Hour 3] stabilized its data, with a single daily closing of 1303.1 million U.S. dollars, making [Rush Hour 3]’s first-week box office equal to [Mission: Impossible 3]. Data - box office of $4800 million.

按照一般电影的票房走势来估计的话，【尖峰时刻3】的北美总票房落点将在1.5亿美金至2亿美金的票房之间，全球票房则是在3亿美金至4亿美金之间。

……

[I am Legend] crew.

Zhang Nan was sitting in the dressing room. A special effects makeup artist was applying flour-like shaping material to Zhang Nan's face.

Looking at himself in the mirror, slowly developing towards the image of the original Voldemort, Zhang Nan was speechless.

Because of his strong opposition, Warner Pictures optimized the image of Voldemort in the [Harry Potter] series. It is no longer so hairless, but based on his image, which is considered relatively normal. .

“With all these special effects makeup, the audience can’t tell who I am, so why bother spending 3000 million US dollars to hire me?
How about I give you half of the salary, and then you find a special effects actor to star in it, but in the end I still sign my name, so I feel relaxed, and Will you also make money, how about it? "Zhang Nan asked puzzledly to Will Smith on the side.

Will Smith was a little moved when he heard this.

After all, half of the US$3000 million salary is almost as much as the US$2000 million fixed salary of his starring role in "I Am Legend".

But I thought that if I did this, the movie would be successful at the box office, but if it failed, the matter would be leaked.

Then he will probably have to be cut into eight pieces by Warner Pictures, the producer of "I Am Legend".

(End of this chapter)