hollywood melon man

Chapter 378: China and the United States both flourish

“The Mystery of the Talisman tells the audience a story from the ancient Chinese zodiac with excellent action scenes and outstanding visual spectacles.

In this story, Jack becomes a treasure hunting expert and embarks on an adventure with his father and his niece Xiaoyu.

To be honest, I haven't seen such a thrilling treasure hunting adventure movie since "Indiana Jones and the Last Airbender" in 1989.

I recommend everyone to go to the cinema and watch it. This is a good movie you can't miss this summer." - Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times

“Christopher Nolan may be a new director who has only directed two feature films, but he has already shown his maturity.

In "The Mystery of the Magical Man", director Nolan demonstrated extraordinary camera language. In addition, the film's special effects and action scenes have reached Hollywood's top level.

The oriental-flavored soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer also complements the film and is worth listening to as a movie soundtrack. ” - New York Post

"What surprised me most in the film was the young Chinese actress Chang Shu. Although she is less than 15 years old, the mature acting skills she showed in the film show that she is already a rising star.

In addition, the performances of Meng Dawu and Bingbing Li are also remarkable. Bingbing Li fully demonstrated the posture of a beautiful woman called Oriental.

I think for a while, she will be the dream lover of many North American teenagers..." - Los Angeles Business Daily

Seeing the news that she would become the dream lover of North American teenagers, Bingbing Li blushed. The domestic media is still too conservative, and the North American media has always said what it thinks, with a bold style.

Little Gilbert felt that Sarah was actually very considerate and he felt a little embarrassed watching her flattery.

The North American dream lover can be anyone, including Bingbing Li. But it won't be so easy for her to become the dream lover.

Because, ahead of her, there are countless dream lover candidates waiting.

Honestly, the actors in the San Fernando Valley have more hope than Bingbing Lee.

After earning $5920.9 million at the box office in its first week, "The Talisman" entered the second week of work, and the crew officially embarked on a North American promotional tour.

Jackie Chan himself has a certain degree of popularity in North America, and the publicity campaign is also within the normal range of popularity for a general commercial film.

The crew did roadshows in several cities and also appeared on several shows to be interviewed and promote the film, which also received a good response.

The film grossed $2252.7 million in four working days, a pretty good result, and another $2032.6 million in three days of the following weekend.

At this point, ten days after the film was released, the North American box office has reached 1 million US dollars.

This result is not as exaggerated as "The Return of the King" and "Spider-Man", which broke 1 million US dollars in three days, but it is also a pretty good performance for commercial films.

Professional box office forecasting agencies predict that the final North American box office of "The Spell" will be between 1.8 million and 2.2 million US dollars.

However, "The Spell" failed to retain its weekly box office championship the following weekend, as "Austin Powers: Golden Globes" released by New Line Cinema this week earned $3 million in its first week and successfully won the championship.

Although it unfortunately failed to win the championship in North America, "Mystery of the Talisman" landed in many countries and markets this week and achieved good results.

"The Mystery of the Talisman" landed in the Chinese market, and Chinese movie fans finally saw this movie starring Chinese movie stars. It also set off a viewing craze that was no less than "The Return of the King", and earned 3480 million RMB in the first week box office.

Thanks to this film, Shu Chang and Bingbing Li became truly popular in the Chinese-language film industry.

It’s a pity that although the level of movie actors in this era is high, the breadth of dissemination and audience cannot be compared with later movies, so Bingbing Li and Shu Chang are not as famous as some popular TV actors.

But they are also the envy of mainland actors, because they starred in Hollywood movies, and I heard that the North American box office has exceeded 100 million US dollars. In this era, who can star in a movie that can break 100 million US dollars in North American box office? I guess it’s only the ones in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Another unexpected effect of "The Mystery of the Talisman" is that it has accelerated the speed at which various capitals enter the film and television industry, especially coal bosses and real estate tycoons.

Many film and television companies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and many film projects have been launched, especially those costume blockbusters, because foreigners are interested in this.

It can be said that the lack of money in the Chinese mainland film industry since the 1990s has been greatly alleviated.

And those famous directors have no shortage of investment, as plenty of investors give them money to make movies.

The main reason is that the Chinese film market has been booming in the past two years, giving everyone hope, so a large amount of hot money has poured into the film and television industry.

This is a very good opportunity for Chinese-language filmmakers.

In addition to the Chinese market, Jackie Chan has a strong appeal in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

The film grossed $527 million in South Korea, $1035.6 million in the island country, and a total of $822.4 million in Southeast Asia.

Apart from East Asia and Southeast Asia, the region with the highest overseas box office was actually Mexico, which achieved a box office of 426.8 million US dollars.

Other regions where the film will be released include more than a dozen countries and markets including Australia, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina.

It will take one to two weeks before the films are released in Europe.

However, even so, the film grossed $4436.2 million in its first week of large-scale overseas release, and combined with the North American box office, it successfully won the global box office championship.

For a Hollywood movie whose biggest star is Jackie Chan, whose most famous character is producer Gilbert Jr., whose rest are basically strangers, and whose subject matter is very special, this result is already good enough.

Gilbert Jr. emphasized during his communication with the crew: "This first film has made us famous. We will make the second and third films better and better, and the audience will be looking forward to it more and more."

Gilbert Jr.'s professionalism in judging films is very convincing, so no one is worried about any accidents happening with "The Mystery of the Talisman".

In fact, Gilbert Jr. felt that "The Spell" would gross more than $500 million worldwide, a result that would be enough for him to convince the studio executives to continue filming a sequel.

However, according to the plan, the sequel will not be launched until next year at the earliest.

Cheng Long is busy filming "Rush Hour 3" first, and Nolan does not plan to continue directing subsequent series.

However, Gilbert Jr. has already chosen the director for the subsequent works in the series. He chose Alfonso Cuarón from Mexico and Tsui Hark from Hong Kong Island to collaborate.

In the first film, Gilbert Jr. was somewhat dissatisfied with the performance of Stanley Tong, who was recommended by Jackie Chan, so he decided to replace Stanley Tong with a more suitable director.

When Tsui Hark saw that it was an invitation to a Hollywood blockbuster, and moreover, the sequel to "The Mystery of the Talisman" which caused a wave of movie-watching in Hong Kong Island, he readily agreed.

Although the sequel planning has not yet started, he has flown over from Hong Kong Island to meet with Gilbert Jr. and contacted Alfonso Cuarón to start planning the sequel.

In fact, to a certain extent, "The Mystery of the Talisman" can be regarded as one of the earliest Sino-US co-production films.

The film was released quite smoothly and basically did not encounter any smear campaign from all sides, which can be regarded as a good start for future Sino-US co-productions of this type.

I wonder if there will be more and more Sino-US co-productions in the future.

(End of this chapter)