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Chapter 652 [78] Once again breaks personal global box office record!
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"Ok, the shooting is over!"

Brad Bird, the director of "Invisible Spy", was looking at the monitor, and the second assistant director also gestured to Chen Yu, who had just changed into a prop costume.

"Whoo~~~"

Chen Yu, who had been shooting in Russia for 10 days, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The Russian plot of "Invisible Mission" has been completed, which took about a month.

What remains is only the content of Treasure Island.

It will take about 15 days.

This kind of action blockbuster is actually shot very quickly.

It’s mainly a special effect in post-production, and the editing is quite time-consuming.

More than ten days had passed since the audition for "The Dark Knight", and as expected, Chen Yu got the role of the Joker.

The entire team was obviously excited.

However, this news has not been leaked yet. In Nolan's words, it would be better to release it together with several scenes of Chen Yu's audition at the appropriate time.

This way, fans who like Chen Yu can have something to look forward to.

Reduce the amount of abusive voices and increase the amount of topics.

I have to say that Warner's publicity and promotion team is indeed professional... In fact, most current Hollywood blockbusters have to carry out corresponding publicity and hype almost from the beginning of filming, in order to maximize all expectations for the film.

As for Chen Yu's role as the Joker, Warner believes that this is a risky move, but if used well, the rewards can be multiplied.

If it fails, Warner's loss will not be that big, as the main pressure will come from its investor Legendary Pictures.

So Legendary rates this movie as S+.

That is, next year, this is the big-budget film that Legendary Pictures is most interested in.

One can imagine the pressure on Nolan and Chen Yu.

On the contrary, Christian Bale, the leading actor of "The Dark Knight", does not feel any pressure.

After all, his role as Batman in the first Batman Begins has achieved unprecedented success, and his popularity in Hollywood is also rising.

He is regarded as the most classic and outstanding actor to play Batman.

Nolan is now working overtime with his brother Jonathan Nolan and Warner's screenwriter David S. Goyer to discuss the draft script before "The Dark Knight".

The story was conceived by Nolan and Goyer, and then written and polished by Jonathan Nolan.

The brothers double the number of main characters, adding Sheriff Jim Gordon and new District Attorney Harvey Dent, both of whom will help Batman confront and destroy Gotham City's criminal organizations!

At the same time, the character, background and personality of the villain Joker are richer, which is the creative inspiration that Chen Yu provided to Nolan.

The Joker character occupies almost as much space as the leading male character Batman.

And Gao Ye, the screenwriter, is quite capable.

In addition to the Batman trilogy, the scripts for Man of Steel and Batman v Superman were all written by him.

A very qualified screenwriter for popcorn commercial blockbusters.

He also has scripts for the games "Constantine" and "Call of Duty". This guy is an extremely famous and fanatical DC fan in the Writers Guild of America.

He has created more than 100 DC TV series and movie scripts in his lifetime.

After the three of them finished working on the script, preparations would probably take another 2-3 months. If nothing unexpected happened, Chen Yu would have just finished filming Li An's "Bruce Lee" by that time.

According to Nolan's character, this movie will not be released until 08 unless something unexpected happens.

Chen Yu has to reserve 2-3 months of schedule for this movie at the end of the year. You know, Nolan is notoriously demanding. Although the filming is fast, the requirements are very high, so the filming is relatively slow.

……

After saying goodbye to the directors and companions from the "Invisible Spy" crew, Chen Yu drove to the airport.

He returns home on an evening flight.

The crew will be two days late because they have to finish some finishing steps and do some organization.

In addition, if we start filming in Taiwan, we will also have to negotiate the layout and so on, so it will probably be a week before filming starts there.

It just so happened that this week, Chen Yu returned to China for something.

In addition to visiting the crew of his new movie "Better Days", there is also the graduation drama of the Central Academy of Drama.

graduated!
After four years at the Central Academy of Drama, Chen Yu finally graduated from the Acting Department.

Although he only attended school for a few days, maybe even less than a semester in total, Chen Yu still has a strong feeling and sense of belonging to the Central Academy of Drama.

He can turn down anything except this graduation drama, which he must attend.

Buzz!
The phone vibrated as a call came in. Chen Yu looked at the name on the caller ID and couldn't help but smile.

“Breaking 7 million?”

The call was from Yu Dong.

"Brother Yu, this is amazing. In such a schedule, it can actually sell more than 7 million box office!"

“It can even surpass the release date of “Escape Plan” during the Spring Festival!”

I guess Chen Yu is the only one in the whole country who can do this.

Break your own box office records.

Although this is a Hollywood foreign language film.

But after the Spring Festival, many media still asserted that the box office myth of 7.21 million yuan created by Chen Yu's "Extraction" during the Spring Festival should be the same as that of "Titanic", and it would be difficult for any movie to break it in a short period of time.

But unexpectedly, less than half a year later, Chen Yu debunked the rumor with his own "Mission Impossible 3".

Although he was only the second male lead, the starring role was Tom Cruise, and it was Hollywood's signature "Mission Impossible" agent movie, which led to such a hot box office result.

But in fact, the media, which has always been unreliable, also understood it this time.

The box office success of "Mission Impossible 3" is inseparable from Chen Yu's starring role and influence.

One reason is that the filming was done on location in China, and the other is the linkage effect of "Exodus". Almost 80% of the audiences who watched "Exodus" during the Spring Festival went to the cinema to watch "Mission: Impossible 3", which also features secret agents!
Adding in the existing Hollywood moviegoers, it is not too difficult to exceed 7 million.

“I feel like if the key is extended, the price will go up even more during the summer vacation!”

“It’s very likely to exceed 8 million!”

"This time, China Film Group is really like Qin Shi Huang touching the electric switch. It's a great win!"

Chen Yu had told him this proverb, and when Yu Dong talked about it now, it sounded particularly funny.

"Let's see if the Chinese cinema postpones or not. There are still a few Hollywood movies coming out during the summer vacation!"

Liu Yifei and Cheng Long's "Escape Plan", Chen Yu's own "Fast & Furious 3", and several other films invested by Yu Xin, "Crazy Stone", "Village", "Tokyo Trial"... This summer's film lineup is definitely the most in China's history.

It can be seen that the film industry, thanks to Chen Yu's "Escape Plan" during the Spring Festival, has made many people develop the habit of going to the cinema spontaneously.

Although rampant piracy has an impact on films, there are more positive aspects.

"The global box office should have exceeded 7 million US dollars, right?"

Yu Dong couldn't help but ask.

"8 million, right?"

There are 3.3 million in North America, 1.7 million in Europe, 3 million in Asia, and if you add other regions, 8 million is no less than a billion.

Paramount's estimated figure a few days ago was also between 8 million and 9 million US dollars worldwide.

Not only did it double the previous one, it also exceeded the second film by more than 3 million US dollars.

The popularity of the Asian market is the reason why "Mission: Impossible 3" surpassed "Mission: Impossible 2" by so much, especially in China, which took in almost 1 million US dollars.

The previous version of "Mission Impossible 3" did not have such outstanding results.

This global box office result has already surpassed the 4 million of "Mission Impossible 7".

The main growth is in the Chinese and Asian markets.

"8 million..." Yu Dong couldn't help but take a breath, and he was shocked by the number.

8 million US dollars, more than 64 billion RMB.

This number is really scary.

"No. 1 in the global box office this year, there's no doubt about it!"

If this is true, Chen Yu's position in Hollywood may not be shaken by any other Asian star.

Except Cheng Long.

The absolute second, even Jet Li is not as good as him.

A film that ranks first at the global box office, an annual super hit with more than 8 million or even 9 million US dollars, which can almost instantly beat all the films of Jet Li and Jackie Chan's "Peak" series combined.

Of course, he is the leading actor and his current influence is greater than Chen Yu's.

But with the film's popularity and subsequent development, Chen Yu's fame will definitely skyrocket.

What's more, he will be filming "Fast and Furious 3" soon!
This is another big Hollywood IP!

"can not imagine!"

"My plan for this life is to follow you, Brother Yu, and drink some soup!"

Yu Dong was laughing there.

Not to mention this year, next year Chen Yu’s starring role in the Hollywood blockbuster "Invisible Spy" which he invested in has basically been confirmed by China Film.

The same is true for "Better Days".

Bona can only cooperate with Yu Xin now and distribute some of the films he invested in.

For example, "Crazy Stone" and "Village", but this is actually enough for Bona to win easily.

Bona is totally unable to reach Chen Yu’s current level. It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but that he doesn’t have the qualifications.

One is imported films, which can only be distributed by China Film Group and Huaxia Film Group.

When China was first established, it also depended on China Film Group.

Secondly, a giant like China Film Group will obviously not miss the opportunity to cooperate with Chen Yu, and even if Bona wants to get involved, it is completely out of its reach.

At the end of the day, it is currently just a private distribution company and has not even established its own film production department.

The reason why Bona wants to raise funds and go public is that it wants to invest in making films on its own.

The director from Hong Kong is now his collaborator.

Chen Yu knew this, which is why he invested in the company and shared the profits with him.

Giving a little sweetness is enough to make Bona loyal to him.

After all, Chen Yu’s current status is there, and many people who cooperate with Yu Xin don’t have this opportunity.

Bona has also connected with Chen Yu.

Instead of Chen Yu getting the capital.

The current Chen Yu is no longer just a capital, he is a cash cow; just like Wu Jing in his previous life, he does not need to do anything himself, departments, subordinates, and major film and television companies will all come to him for cooperation.

Because of many factors to consider, some IPs have not been launched yet, such as "Wolf Warrior 3"!
There is too much capital and not enough to share!

Fortunately, it is now 06 in China, an era when capital is rising.

Yu Xin has become the top brand of Huaxia Film Group and has a certain say, unlike Wu Jing who is so passive in Dengfeng Film Group.

With so many giants pressing on him, he dared not not make some gaps.

But if there are too many notches, it will be easy to penetrate, causing crashes and infinite delays in shooting.

After hanging up Yu Dong’s call, Chen Yu texted Liu Yifei. She has now joined the crew and is filming her scenes in "Better Days".

Chen Yu, the nominal director, is obviously unqualified.

But for the first part, the main focus is on learning and relying on others.

As long as he directs his own part well, he can be considered to have secured the title of chief director.

Ten hours later, at 10 p.m. on June 2006, 6, imperial time, Chen Yu finally arrived at the long-missed imperial capital.

This time, he can stay here for about a week.

And the next shooting will also be in Taiwan, so it can be considered as domestic.

In addition to possibly promoting "Taken" next month, there will also be the movie "Fast & Furious 3".

In particular, "Fast and Furious 3" premiered globally in Hollywood on July 7, and was released simultaneously in North America and mainland China on the 15st, and then released in various parts of the world.

"Escape Plan" was released half a month earlier, with its global premiere on July 7, and the global release schedule opened almost simultaneously on July 1.

Because it was invested by Yu Xin, Chen Yu also had a guest appearance, so he had to participate as well.

And this film is very interesting. At first, Chen Yu played the boyfriend of Fei, played by Liu Yifei, but now he has become "Chen Long"!
Some time ago, Chen Yu specially reshot a segment.

Yes, Chen Long from "The Force Awakens" and "Mission: Impossible 3".

He made a cameo appearance in the film as Agent Li, the protagonist of "Rush Hour" played by Cheng Long. He called Chen Long and asked for help, asking him to provide some props and data.

There is also an Easter egg at the end, which is of course a "tribute" to the Marvel Universe.

Chen Yu created the Agent Universe before the Marvel Universe.

The easter egg is of course to promote Chen Yu’s new film “Invisible Spy”, so that the audience can look forward to it.

This little Easter egg was also provided by Chen Yu after filming these days.

I have to say that the films that I invested in are indeed easy to operate.

It's not as troublesome as Mission Impossible 3.

In fact, if Tom Cruise had adopted Chen Yu's advice, an Easter egg of "Mission Impossible 3" could have been set at the end of "Exodus".

Then "Mission Impossible 3" will be linked with "Empire", and the box office results of these films released within a year will be even more gratifying.

This can be seen from Marvel movies. The box office of single-hero movies in the Marvel Universe is higher than the previous one, and "The Avengers", which brings together all the heroes, has the highest box office.

It would not be impossible for Chen Yu to set up a universe alliance of agents by then.

At least there are movies like The Expendables laying the foundation.

At present, Stallone has probably not started to conceive of the script. Chen Yu plans to write the script when he has free time during this period.

"Where are you going, my Mr. 8 million box office?"

Chen Yu finally broke free from a group of fans and got into the car, and Liu Yifei next to him came over.

In fact, Chen Yu was already fully armed when he got off the plane, wearing sunglasses, a mask and a hat, but he was still recognized by fans.

We have to admit that sometimes deliberate covering up may backfire.

Chen Yu will try wearing only sunglasses next time... Forget it, he feels that nothing he does will be of any use.

If you are too famous, it is easy for people to recognize you.

It is useless to cover up too tightly, and it is even more useless to just wear sunglasses or not wear any.

People can only adapt to the environment and changes.

Chen Yu took off his hat and sunglasses, and was about to hug Liu Yifei beside him, feeling the pain of separation after so many days.

But the moment he turned around, he saw his wife.

He suspected that he was dazzled.

"..."

He blinked and looked again, and was directly frightened by the appearance of Liu Tianxian in front of him.

(End of this chapter)