Full-time actor

Chapter 646 [72] This is the clown!
June 2006, 6, Children's Day.

“Huh…the roadshow is finally over!”

After the final day of the premiere in Mexico City, the "Mission: Impossible 3" crew finally concluded all their itineraries for the global promotion of the film.

The last stop is the National Auditorium in the Mexican capital.

Chen Yu took a plane back to Hollywood.

He has a day off tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow he has to audition for "The Dark Knight".

In addition to the roadshow this week, he was thinking about the role of the Joker. For this audition, Chen Yu seemed to have found the same dedication as in the previous audition.

I am immersed in the world of characters every day and cannot extricate myself.

As for the box office of "Mission Impossible 3", it was a huge success. Even Chen Yu did not expect to achieve such a result.

After more than two weeks of fermentation in North America, it has officially broken through 2 million US dollars and reached 2 million!
The total box office for the second week and seven days was 1.4 million, and it took nearly 2 million in two days over the weekend!
3 million should not be a problem, as word of mouth and ratings continue to rise.

The global box office exceeded 5.5 million.

In just two weeks, it surpassed the 2 "Mission Impossible 1999" global box office of 2 million US dollars.

The European box office has already started to gain momentum, earning 9000 million US dollars in one week!
It’s been released in Asia for exactly ten days and has barely reached the 2 million mark!

But this data has far exceeded Paramount's expectations and surprised many Hollywood film giants.

No one expected that the market with the best feedback would come from Asia.

Especially China, the third largest box office market in Asia, which has always had a lukewarm box office market.

Logically, North America should be the region with the best box office for Hollywood movies.

But this time, I didn’t expect that Chen Yu’s participation and the Chinese location shooting would achieve such a good effect.

Everyone knows that 80% of the credit for Asia’s box office performance goes to Chen Yu... In the past, films that performed well at the Asian box office all had various reasons.

Analysts can intuitively see the key to box office success.

This time, the box office boost brought by starring Chen Yu and the character he played, Chen Long, was indeed real.

The most obvious thing is the box office trend in mainland China in the second week.

华夏内地《碟中谍3》首周3天的总票房是1.77亿，而第二周5個工作日，竟然拿下了2.53亿！
The average box office of 5000 million per day on weekdays really shocked everyone.

And yesterday, Saturday, the single-day box office exceeded the previous week's Saturday and Sunday, reaching 7012 million.

The single-day box office record set by "Extraction" is about to be broken.

Although today's single-day box office data for mainland China has not yet come out, judging from pre-sales and trends, it is better than yesterday, Saturday.

In other words, after ten days of release, Mission: Impossible 3 has already grossed nearly 6 million yuan in the mainland.

"Exodus" took advantage of the Spring Festival period, but it didn't have such a terrifying effect. I didn't expect that "Mission Impossible 3" actually did it.

The box office appeal of the character "Chen Long" is extremely strong.

Originally, Chen Yu thought that "Mission: Impossible 3" would not be able to break the record of "Departures" which broke 4 million or 5 million the fastest, but the rise of weekday box office made the record of "Departures" which broke 4 million, 5 million, and even 6 million the fastest, all of which have been completely broken by "Mission: Impossible 3".

But this is an imported blockbuster.

The record is calculated separately for imported films.

In addition to the mainland, other regions include South Korea (2200 million), Japan (3100 million), and China, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the mainland, with a total of nearly million US dollars!
The three major box office revenues contributed more than 1.5 million US dollars, and other regions contributed more than 3000 million US dollars.

It also allowed the world to see the potential of the Chinese film market.

"Mission Impossible 3" has now become one of Hollywood's phenomenal popcorn commercial blockbusters!
Paramount has even started the project and is preparing to produce "Mission Impossible 4".

Paramount will obviously not let go of Chen Yu, a member of the main group and the contributor to the box office, and has already invited him to participate in the film.

Because behind him now stands the huge Asian market.

There was no way Paramount would pass up such a great opportunity to make money.

This also means that Chen Yu now has a "pension insurance" IP. At least even if he cannot make it in Hollywood, with the "Mission Impossible" series, he will not be kicked out of Hollywood.

Of course this is the worst outcome.

Of course Chen Yu couldn't be so miserable.

For many Hollywood stars, the bigger the star, the more IPs they have.

Like Tom Cruise, in addition to the "Mission Impossible" series, he also has "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Top Gun" series, which are very well-known in North America... and Jason Statham has "The Expendables", "Fast and Furious", "The Mechanic" and so on.

It’s just that some of their IPs are not as famous as those in the world.

If Chen Yu could make his own Fast and Furious rescue mission series, then at least he would have a place in Hollywood.

I’m not saying he’s more famous than Tom Cruise, but he’s definitely on par with him.

Now, the only thing he lacks is a global hit blockbuster starring him to make him famous.

Currently, Chen Yu is focusing all of this on the blockbuster he is currently filming, which he also invested in - "Invisible Spy"!
That's the script for Mission: Impossible 4.

Climbing the world's tallest building by hand is already a gimmick.

Chen Yu’s goal next year is to become a popular Hollywood movie star.

This year, his goal is to try to break into the Hollywood front line.

"Mission Impossible 3" is just the first step.

Next up is "Fast and Furious 3", a Hollywood film that almost revolves around him.

If this movie sells as well as Mission: Impossible 3 after it is released next month, it will be inevitable that Chen Yu will become a top star and his salary will skyrocket.

boom!
Feeling the plane landing at the private airport in Los Angeles, Chen Yu came back to his senses.

"Chan, the script for Mission: Impossible 4 is ready, I'll send it to your team!"

Arthur Anderson, the producer of "Mission Impossible 3" and senior executive of Paramount, stepped off the private plane and spoke to Chen Yu.

"no problem!"

Chen Yu smiled and made an OK gesture to him. His team was already waiting at the airport.

"Chan, goodbye, I hope I can have the opportunity to work with you again!"

“It was great having you on this trip to Asia!”

Tom Cruise and Chen Yu high-fived each other and clasped their hands tightly.

"Me too!"

"See you in Mission Impossible 4!"

Chen Yu's words were obviously meant as a joke, and Tom Cruise shrugged: "That's a good idea!"

"Chan, this journey is fun!"

"Me too!"

"Bye, man!"

"..."

Chen Yu greeted someone who was attending the premiere of "Mission: Impossible 3" and then got into the car driven by Larson.

During this more than half-month global premiere journey, Chen Yu actually got along quite well with these people.

They all went for the box office, so of course they were very united.

It’s not like some dinner parties where everyone is competing for status.

Now that we have to separate, to be honest, I still feel a little uncomfortable with it.

Drop drop!
Chen Yu got in the car and turned on his phone. Although the private jet can access the Internet, the current anti-interference technology is not that strong. "Today's box office is 7310 million, which has broken the record!"

Yu Dong’s message made Chen Yu slightly stunned.

7310?
Although Chen Yu knew on the plane that today's box office would definitely be higher than yesterday's, he did not expect it to exceed more than 300 million!

The single-day box office record of 7120 million of "Extraction" was broken.

During such a special period as the Spring Festival, such a high first-day record was created, but it was broken?

It's not that Chen Yu thinks his appeal is so strong, but the cover of a Hollywood movie, plus Chen Long's gimmick, can actually attract so many audiences to the theater? !
Who said that no one in China watches movies? The number of people watching movies is really amazing.

"In the past six months, the number of moviegoers has increased a lot!"

This is the Chinese film market after Chen Yu’s phenomenal “Escape Plan”, which can be said to have completely exploded.

Originally, many people were reluctant to go to the cinema, even if it meant watching pirated discs or downloading pirated movies.

The release of "Extraction" during the Spring Festival allowed at least 2000 million people to go to the cinema and watch a movie for the first time.

Don't underestimate these first-time audiences, many of whom start watching the movie for the second or third time.

In the previous life, the sudden emergence of "Wolf Warrior 2" boosted the box office of the Chinese film market that year, which was terrifying.

Chen Yu is obviously doing the same thing now.

This was the case with "Departures", and now "Mission: Impossible 3" is breaking records again.

"Next week, I wonder if we can still make 1 million at the box office!"

Why does Chen Yu feel that this Hollywood blockbuster, which is not released in any schedule, is going to break the domestic box office record?
It has already grossed nearly 10 million yuan in 6 days. If the key extension is taken into account after one month of release, it may reach 8 million yuan.

After all, there is a giant behind it - China Film Corporation.

There will be another hit during the summer vacation.

"too exaggerated!"

"The domestic movie-watching community has been driven so much more than in the previous life!"

But in fact, the box office of 8 million means nearly 5000 million moviegoers, among whom there must be many movie fans who watched the movie twice or three times.

Compared with the more than 1 million viewers of "Shaolin Temple", the more than 2 million viewers of "Wolf Warrior " are still far behind.

This is still primarily a cinema issue.

There are too few movie theaters.

Audiences are reluctant to travel too far to watch because it is inconvenient and time-consuming.

In 06, China definitely has a movie-watching group. As long as the supporting cinemas keep up, the film market will mature several years earlier than in the past.

The film industry really took off in the past life, in fact, in 2008. At that time, it was common for movies to have box office revenues of over million yuan. Coupled with the holding of the Olympic Games, the film industry started to move on to the fast track.

The box office champion of 08, "If You Are the One", took 3.5 million!
而09年，票房就来到了4亿的时代，《2012》、《变形金刚2》、《建国大业》，相继拿下4.6亿、4.55亿和4.2亿！
In 2010, "Avatar" achieved a box office record of nearly 15 billion, bringing China into the 10 billion level.

Just 3 years.

In 2010, thanks to the movie Avatar, China's overall box office took a step forward.

"Aftershock" and "Let the Bullets Fly" have both crossed the 6 million box office mark!

It was also at that time that Chen Yu began to pay attention to the box office of the Chinese film market.

Now, in this life, because of the butterfly effect of his rebirth, China has entered a period of rapid movie box office growth two years ahead of schedule.

At least, there are many more movie theaters than in the previous life.

Coupled with the fact that several movies in a row earned 7 million, nearly 6 million, or even 8 million at the box office within a year, people's demand for movies began to become a way of entertainment for them.

"Following this trend!"

"There is a high probability that a billion-dollar box office blockbuster will be born next year!"

"Avatar" grossed 2010 billion in 15, surpassing the second place by 9 million, which is enough to show that there are people in China who watch movies.

There is just a lack of films to get them into the cinema.

But in this life, with Chen Yu, everything has become different.

……

After returning home, Chen Yu told Liu Yifei that he was safe and then lay down.

The confusion of various time differences in half a month made him a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, he has a day off tomorrow and can adjust.

The audition the day after tomorrow is still quite crucial.

Chen Yu has made a lot of preparations for the role of the Joker these days.

Silent all night.

The next day, Chen Yu slept until noon and after paying attention to the box office of "Mission Impossible 3" as usual, he began to prepare for tomorrow's audition.

First, he had to prepare some paint, he wanted to see what he really looked like as a clown.

A few days ago, because of the premiere, I performed without makeup.

And today, he plans to try on the clown's makeup to fully experience the character's joys, sorrows, anger and happiness.

Ding Dong!Ding Dong!
The ringing of the doorbell outside made Chen Yu get up and open the door.

Amanda, the assistant assigned to him by CAA, held a box in her arms and said, "Boss, I don't know which type of body paint is suitable for your skin, so I bought you all the body paint I could find!"

She really visited many houses and even went to Chinatown in San Francisco, where it was said that opera singers also had paints.

So the pile of boxes in front of him were filled with all kinds of painting materials, including Chinese, Western plant-based, water-based, and oil-based.

"Thank you for your hard work, Amanda. I will report to Larson about your hard work today!"

Chen Yu said this and took the various paints from the box in her hand, and Amanda closed the door.

Although she didn't know why her boss bought the paint, she surprisingly didn't ask, but started helping Chen Yu with some simple housework.

There will be temporary workers to do tasks such as washing dishes.

"White background, right?"

Chen Yu sat in front of the makeup mirror, imagining the opening scene of "Joker" in her mind.

Fortunately, he had learned makeup in his previous life, so he seemed to be very familiar with painting his face.

After a little adjustment, I started to put makeup on my face.

This is the costume from "The Joker", with a white face, red eyebrows, nose tip and big lips, but the eyes are green square-shaped.

He finished his makeup and tried to smile in the mirror.

The opening scene of "Joker" instantly seemed to pierce his brain, and then appeared in front of Chen Yu.

A tear dripped from the corner of Chen Yu's eye, staining the green eye circles that had just been made up. It was a silent sadness.

Chen Yu suddenly used his fingers to pry open his mouth, trying to be sad, calm, and then grinning.

But I just couldn't laugh.

The man in the mirror had tears in the corners of his eyes and a smile on his lips, but it gave people a feeling of extreme repressed pain.

This is the Joker.

No lines, no acting required, just a micro-expression is enough to say it all.

(End of this chapter)