China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 270 Box Office Bull Market
"By the way, Director Li, there is a movie coming from Warner Bros., please tell me whether I can take it or not."

"Ok?"

"'Cloud Atlas', I heard, is a suspense science fiction film with a production cost of 1 million US dollars. Unfortunately, I was given a third-rate role."

Zhou Xun said somewhat helplessly.

If given a good role, Zhou Xun probably wouldn't hesitate.

However, the role given was small and pitiful. Zhou Xun, who was used to playing leading roles in China, now felt a sense of disparity.

However, this role came about because she had gained some international fame after starring in Li Mu's "Drive My Car", so Warner took the initiative to find her.

Another science fiction movie?Li Mu couldn't help but complain in his heart, Warner is planning to fight with science fiction films, right?

"If you want to broaden your horizons and experience the way Hollywood shoots, that's fine, but if you rely on this movie to open up international routes, that's a bit difficult."

"Cloud Atlas" has a pretty good reputation, but it's a pity that the movie didn't do well at the box office.

Zhou Xun is still thinking.

Huang Xiaoming on the side looked at Zhou Xun who was still thinking with envy. Although he had a small role, he couldn't bear the fact that this was a Warner Bros. blockbuster.

Most people don't get this opportunity. If it were Huang Xiaoming, Warner probably wouldn't even take a look at it.

"Then just go and see the world, and people may not necessarily want me."

Zhou Xun thought for a while and decided to take it.

Zhou Xun's news about hitting Hollywood has not yet been fully confirmed, so he did not choose to announce it. Li Binbin is in Cannes, but has already made a high-profile announcement that he will join "Resident Evil 5" to play the role of Ada Wong.

Nadiya, the international distributor of "Black Swan", has purchased the overseas distribution rights of "The Secret Fan", and she was also spotted by Paul Anderson, the producer and director of "Resident Evil 5" during the promotion of "The Secret Fan" , inviting her to play the role of Ada Wong.

This news made many actresses in the industry envious. This is a double harvest.

Another Hollywood success!
Zhou Xun didn't have much psychological fluctuations. Although Ada Wang has a lot of roles, she also has Hollywood movie offers, and the production cost of "Resident Evil 5" is only 4000 million US dollars, which is considered a B-level production, while "Cloud Atlas" [-] million U.S. dollars, an A-level production.

However, Zhang Ziyi, who is also far away in Cannes, does not look very good. She has almost sunk to the bottom after the scandal of splashing ink and fraudulent donation.

If it goes according to the script, she is the star and producer of "Snowflake and the Secret Fan", and everything should belong to her. Unexpectedly, she was snatched away by Li Binbin.

But now she can only rely on Gu Changwei's "The Favorite" to make a comeback.

Originally, there were only a few people in China who could enter Hollywood. Unexpectedly, after her silence, everyone rushed forward and she was the only one lagging behind.

“Not only are these female stars’ careers getting better and better, but so are their Weibo posts!”

Huang Xiaoming found that Weibo is really a place of right and wrong. On the surface, everyone congratulated me, but as we are both actresses, we must know what the other person is thinking.

For example, Fan Binbin congratulated Li Binbin on Weibo at this time.
It's obvious that you two didn't like each other at Cannes.

Fan Binbin wore five red carpet looks in six days and was dubbed the "Queen of Cannes" by foreign media. Several outfits even won first, second and third place in the Cannes red carpet voting.

Moreover, the drafts issued in China are all full of sexy words. It’s strange that Li Binbin can find them pleasing to the eye.

Cannes, which is still being held, continues to welcome new filmmakers, such as Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz, the creators of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides". This film will be paired with "The Hangover 4" Compete in the same period.

Zhang Weiping was probably unwilling to stay in Jinling, so he brought the latest two-and-a-half-minute trailer of "Thirteen Hairpins" to Cannes to look for potential buyers. On the way, he even asked Zha Lang to do an exclusive interview for the film.

"We are still in the pre-war stage. Let international film companies know that Zhang Yi's $[-] million blockbuster will be released in China at the end of this year. My goal has been achieved. I am personally very confident that the overseas copyright of this film will be released." The transaction reached a new high for Zhang Yi’s movie, which is also a new high for Chinese-language films.”

On the set of "Gravity", the plot has reached the later stage. At this time, Yu Lai (played by Yu Nan) is filming as he prepares to fly back to the Heavenly Palace to escape.

Yu Lai has entered China's Tiangong-[-] space station and will return to Earth on the Tiangong-[-] space capsule.

At this time, the entire Tiangong-[-] space station was collapsing due to the impact of debris, and the space capsule Yu Lai was riding in was also constantly shaking.

Sitting in the return capsule, Yu Lai took off the mask on her head, but the densely packed buttons in front of her made her a little blind.

After all, Yu Lai is only a doctor of medicine, not an astronaut expert, so although he has gone through half a year of special training on how to control the space capsule, he is still blind. The densely packed buttons are all written in Chinese. , it still made her, a half-time novice, very uncomfortable.

I can only calm down, search for the buttons one by one, and read their Chinese names.

"The energy key is... this?" Yu Lai tried to press a button, and then the screen in front of her lit up, and she smiled happily.

After a heavy day of filming, Li Mului collapsed on the bed, picked up his phone and read the email sent by David. He also responded to Liu Yifei's message and then sent a Weibo post to "Kung Fu Panda 2" to promote it. .

In North America, the R-rated comedy "The Hangover 2" has been in theaters for a week. It earned 8600 million U.S. dollars in its first week, losing to the more than 4 million U.S. dollars of "Pirates of the Caribbean 9000" and only finishing in second place.

However, this achievement is dazzling enough. After all, the cost of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" was US$2.5 million. This blockbuster can make four "The Hangover 2" films.

The domestic premiere of "Kung Fu Panda 2" is tomorrow. Li Mu has no plans to participate because he is filming "Gravity", and this media preview has given the film the best publicity.

In just a short time, Li Mu's Weibo account was filled with comments from actors, directors, and netizens.

"Support Director Li's "Kung Fu Panda 2"!"

"support!"

"It's not easy. Your Weibo seems to be of no use except for advertising, but I forgive you and finish filming "Gravity" as soon as possible!"

"It's rare to see a living person, I'm looking forward to "Kung Fu Panda 2"!"

As soon as Liu Yifei saw Li Mu's Weibo post, she directly forwarded it, liked it, and commented on it, all in one smooth operation.

For the world premiere of "Kung Fu Panda 2", Sichuan provincial officials provided great convenience. Many stars gathered together, and Cheng Long, who had not been to Cannes because of something else, also showed up.

The scene was grand. Liu Yifei once again appeared on behalf of Li Mu, and everyone was surprised.

Anyway, the treatment is almost the same as that of Li Mu.

The domestic audience was very enthusiastic and sold out all the midnight screenings. Now it is really hard to get tickets for the midnight screening of "Kung Fu Panda 2".

"Let me tell you about the audience at the premiere. Everyone applauded loudly and it was all praise. And the scene where little A Bao looked at her mother helplessly made some female viewers cry. The portrayal of this emotional drama is better than the previous one. Much better.”

Liu Yifei called Li Mu after attending the premiere.

"Well, go to bed early!" Li Mu smiled.

"Hurry up!" Audiences were discussing excitedly online. However, no matter how good the film reviews and discussions are, they all depend on the box office results. This is the best affirmation of the film.

Two domestic films in May that exceeded 6000 million yuan, "Xiu Chun Dao" took over 2800 million at the box office in the second week and over 2.06 million in the third week. At this time, the cumulative box office has reached 200 million. It is estimated that it will take [-] in the fourth week. [-] million will have to be released.

"Guan Yunchang" starring Donnie Yen was completely useless at 2 million, and it couldn't move after the box office reached 1.8 million. Moreover, it was released two days earlier than "Xiu Chun Dao", so the release date is not far away.

"Kung Fu Panda 2" comes with great momentum, and it can almost compete with its opponents. There has never been an animated film as powerful as "Kung Fu Panda 2".

Ye Zhu, Chen Lianbao, Gao Jun and other theater leaders were confused when looking at the data from their own theaters.

The domestic box office on the first day exceeded 6000 million yuan.

In fact, the film market in the past three months has not been as good as expected. For example, "Guan Yunchang" and "Warring States" not only did not perform as expected at the box office, but it was even difficult to recover investment.

""Kung Fu Panda 2" grossed 1.25 million at the box office in the first two days of its first weekend, breaking 2 million in [-] days, once again breaking the record for the first day of domestic animation and the fastest record of breaking [-] million."

"The children's film shows its potential again on June 2st. Parents and children can watch "Kung Fu Panda [-]" together."

According to theater chain data, family viewing accounts for 43%, which is a very scary figure.

"Kung Fu Panda 2" was released on the last weekend before Children's Day. Most children will participate in activities at school on Children's Day, so parents regarded watching Panda as having passed Children's Day in advance. The weekend was packed with family viewing groups.

"Kung Fu Panda 2" had a two-day box office of 1.25 million in its first weekend, and exceeded 2 million in two days, almost catching up with the two-day box office of "The Martian."

The first weekend box office in North America was more than 6900 million, making it the box office champion of the week. "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" ranked second with a box office of 6300 million US dollars in its second week.

In the crew of "Gravity", Guo Fan came with Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaoming. "Passengers" has finished filming and is about to go home.

"Director Li, let's go. Congratulations on a smooth ending!"

"Director Li, the filming went smoothly!"

Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaoming came over one by one to congratulate them in advance.

Because it’s only been a few days since “Gravity” was finished filming.

Starting in June, imported Hollywood blockbusters are gradually coming, and this summer vacation, kicked off by "Kung Fu Panda 6", will be extremely intense.

"Transformers 3", "The Smurfs", "Cars", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part [-])"...

In China, "The Great Cause of Party Building", which has already been completed and produced in the later stages, was submitted to the General Administration for review. However, the feedback came back that it did not pass.

"Director Han, you are a bit funny."

The script of this tribute blockbuster must have been well thought out. The fact that the final film failed to pass muster is either the fault of the director or the actors, needless to say.

"It's bad luck." Han's three comments couldn't help but cursed a few times, "We can only delete Tang Wei's scene."

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Li Mu shook his head. This involved at least a dozen actors, so the adjustment was not small.

Although it is said that Tang Wei has lifted the ban, it seems that starring in the main theme is still not accepted.

In early June, the wave of "Kung Fu Panda 6" continued. The box office became a hit in the first week of its release, reaching nearly 2 million yuan, creating a box office bull market.

At this time, the entire "Gravity" crew seemed quite excited, because today is the last scene, and the completion of filming means that "Gravity" will officially wrap up.

"How are you preparing?" Li Mu looked at Yu Nan and asked.

In the last scene, Yu Nan successfully returned to Earth, but the space capsule landed in a river. Because the space capsule took in water and sank, she almost drowned.

"Director, it's okay. I can swim and can hold my breath for a long time." Yu Nan smiled nonchalantly, "And there's a lifeguard nearby, so there's absolutely no problem."

"Okay, if you get ready, we'll start filming right away." Li Mu still gave Yu Nan enough preparation time. This scene was still a bit dangerous.

Then Li Mu walked up to the lifeguard and said, "When you find a problem later, don't care whether I yelled 'click' or not, and save people immediately, you know?"

"Don't worry, Director Li."

Li Mu nodded and walked back to the monitor.

After 10 minutes, all units on the set gave signs that everything was ready.

""Gravity" Scene 153, Shot 1, Shot 1."

"Start!" Li Mu shouted.

After returning to the ground, Yu Lai prepared to come out of the space capsule that landed in the water.

Yu Lai stood up and pressed the button to open the cabin door. The door of the capsule flew out, and then a large amount of water poured in. She was directly hit by the water flow and retreated back to the inner wall of the capsule.

Because water entered the space capsule, it began to sink and gradually sank to the bottom of the river.

There was more and more water, and the capsule would soon be filled. Yu Lai could only stand up and breathe as much oxygen as possible.

"Okay!" Li Mu shouted, "Get ready for the next set of shots."

In fact, the space capsule did not sink to the bottom of the water, it was always on the water, and the top of the space capsule could be opened, in order to facilitate immediate rescue in case Yu Nan choked on the water and had an accident.

As for the capsule sinking to the bottom, just reshoot it. Of course, Yu Nan would not be in the capsule at that time.

And Yu Lai's struggle to swim out of the space capsule is also on the water. Just take a shot of Yu Lai approaching the door of the space capsule, and then the next shot will directly follow the scene of Yu Lai having exited the capsule and appearing under the water.

If Yu Nan was really allowed to swim out of the underwater space capsule, it would probably be quite choked and somewhat dangerous.

"The spacesuit must be worn loosely so that it can be easily taken off." Li Mu instructed.

Because the next shot is that Yu Lai wants to swim out of the water after leaving the cabin, but the spacesuit is too heavy and hinders his ascent, so Yu Lai has to take off the space suit.

""Gravity" Scene 153, Second Shot, First Shot, Snap!"

Everyone is staring at Yu Nan in the water. If an accident occurs and the spacesuit cannot be untied and drowning occurs, rescue can be carried out as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Yu Nan held her breath for a good time. After swimming up a few times and finding that she was not rising, she began to take off her space suit, and the process went smoothly.

(End of this chapter)