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Chapter 418 Speed ​​vs. Jackie Chan: The Adventures of Jackie Chan, a crushing victory! Silent Hollywood

"Speed" is an action movie produced by 20th Century Fox and starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.

He was very famous in his previous life.

Keanu Reeves became famous in one battle!
It is undeniable that this is a classic film. It not only made Neo famous in the future, but also earned more than 3.5 million US dollars in box office revenue worldwide.

It is no wonder that 20th Century Fox confidently released this movie to snipe "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans".

Gui Yewu looked a little serious.

The two films are of similar genres, and being released at the same time means they are destined to compete head-on, which is not good news for "The 12 Talismans: The Adventures of Jackie Chan".

The fact that it grossed $3.5 million worldwide proves the strength of Speed, and it is indeed a threat that cannot be underestimated.

However, Gui Yewu was not too worried about this.

"Speed" is indeed a strong opponent, but "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans" is not inferior.

Even if they were to fight head-on with bayonets, they would not necessarily be afraid of the former.

At least Takeshi Ono is confident that in the East Asian base, "Speed" is definitely no match for "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans".

The problem is the North American market.

Although Takeshi Ono has tried his best to cater to Western aesthetics, it is ultimately an Eastern film and is inherently at a disadvantage.

Even after becoming a global star, Fang Shilong has never won the North American box office championship.

With him added this time, I wonder if we can accomplish this?
There was a gleam of brilliance in Gui Yewu's eyes.

Then let’s meet Hollywood again!

……

Time flies, and soon it is Friday.

The first week box office in various regions has been released one after another——

Hong Kong Island...1271 million Hong Kong dollars, about 150 million US dollars.

Neon…5 million yen, about 6200 million US dollars.

The total box office in South Korea, Mainland China, and Southeast Asian countries is about 1000 million US dollars.

European countries totaled about $1800 million.

Finally, North America...2350 million US dollars!
The total global box office is -

6000 million dollars!
The box office of "Speed", which was released two days later, was... 3100 million US dollars!
If it weren't for "The Adventures of Jackie Chan: The 12 Talismans", this would undoubtedly be an excellent achievement worthy of 20th Century Fox to celebrate with champagne.

But there is no if in reality.

The moment the box office results came out, all the senior executives of 20th Century Fox were speechless.

Even if there is a difference of two days, 6000 million vs. 3000 million...

Crush!

An undoubted crushing victory!
Even Gui Yewu was surprised. He had expected that "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans" would beat "Speed", but he didn't expect it to be so far ahead. It was a complete crushing defeat.

The originally expected tension, or even the temporary lag of "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans", did not happen at all.

The winner was decided almost as soon as the fight began.

You want to overtake someone who is behind, but you don't have the chance to show off and slap someone in the face!
It’s not that “Speed” is not good, but that the opponent is too strong.

There are many reasons.

The first and most important factor is Gui Yewu.

He still underestimated his own fame.

Every movie he has made since his debut is a classic, including "billion-dollar" films like "ET" and "The Princess Diaries", as well as "half-billion-dollar" films like "Home Alone".

Among the top ten movies in the global box office list, Onino Takeshi alone occupies two seats, which is simply a miracle that cannot be replicated!

Not to say it’s unprecedented, but it’s definitely unprecedented!

With all these efforts, Gui Yewu has actually created a golden body.

Before his Waterloo, his appeal was beyond most people's imagination.

Everyone believes that the movies he makes will be great, and therefore they are highly anticipated.

This is the general trend!
Another factor is special effects.

Hiroki Sawada's level is beyond this era. Think about the shock that "Jurassic Park" brought to the world. "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans" is not inferior at all.

The remaining factors include the fantastic plot, excellent filming skills, suitable actor selection, theme that conforms to Western values, strong distribution and publicity, etc., which together created the miracle at this moment!
Under such circumstances, the biggest beneficiary is undoubtedly Fang Shilon.

It is said that when he learned about the box office figures, Fang Shilong laughed three times, then dragged a few of his brothers to drink all night and got drunk until they passed out.

It took me three full days to recover from the hangover.

Although his head hurt as if it was about to split, it did not dampen Fang Shilong's good mood, and he kept his mouth grinning for a while.

He had reason to be happy.

"The Adventures of Jackie Chan: The 12 Talismans" completely exceeded his expectations and even the limits of his imagination. Fang Shilong never dreamed that it could achieve such an exaggerated box office result.

It can be said that the box office revenue for the first seven days alone far exceeded the total box office revenue he had accumulated over the years of filming.

And this is just the beginning of the movie "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans".

Fang Shilong no longer dares to imagine how high the box office will reach in the future.

More importantly, under such circumstances, his wish will surely be fulfilled.

Not to mention Hollywood, even the world's film market will have a place for Fang Shilong from now on!
Just thinking about it, Fang Shilong's whole body trembled with excitement.

My heart is filled with admiration and gratitude towards Gui Yewu.

Director Onino ~Long live~
……

"boom!"

There was a loud noise in the office of the chairman of Jiahe.

Boss Zou slapped the wooden desk in front of him hard, not caring about his red palms and the pain. His eyes lit up and he couldn't control the joy on his face at all. "Hahahaha——"

He laughed.

Like Fang Shilong, Boss Zou was also so surprised by the performance of "The Adventures of Jackie Chan: The 12 Talismans" that he could hardly contain himself.

When he learned about the first week's box office results, he was stunned, and then he was filled with ecstasy and excitement.

Sent!

It’s really happened!
This time the bet was really right!

He gritted his teeth when he took out 3000 million US dollars. If it were the stingy Uncle Shao, he would definitely not have the courage to do so.

Even so, Boss Zou lived in fear every day before this, fearing that the 3000 million would be wasted and Jiahe would never recover.

Now... I'm not worried at all!

Don’t even mention losing money, it’s actually making a huge profit!
And Hollywood has also opened its doors to Fang Shilong and Golden Harvest. No, its doors were completely blasted open by them!
No more talking, let’s all have fun!

The excited boss Zou immediately announced to the entire company:
"Let's go to Chinatown tonight, I'll treat you!"

"Oh~ Long live the boss!"

The whole company suddenly cheered loudly.

Looking at the happy crowd, Boss Zou couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart:

"Kinotake... so awesome!"

……

Not only Fang Shilong and everyone at Golden Harvest were excited, the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry and even many citizens were shocked by the astonishing box office.

Not to mention the entertainment industry, I am so envious and jealous of Fang Shilong.

The object of jealousy of Uncle Shao Liu and others now became Boss Zou.

Why don't they have such luck?

The rest of the Hong Kong Island citizens were also very happy about this, as it was an honor for the entire Hong Kong Island.

In addition to Hong Kong Island, Japan is also in a state of excitement.

"Director Onino~Sai Gao!"

In contrast, Hollywood has fallen silent.

20th Century Fox was stunned. This was different from what they had imagined...

But the miracles did not end there.

Second week… “The Adventures of Jackie Chan: The 1 Talismans” grossed 5000 million worldwide.

The box office of "Speed" has just exceeded 7000 million.

It's a slight improvement over the first week, which proves the popularity of Speed. To be honest, it's definitely not bad.

It is a classic film after all.

But it depends on who you compare with.

The box office distance between the film and "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans" has not only not narrowed, but has widened.

By the third week the gap was even more pronounced.

"The Adventures of Jackie Chan: The 2 Talismans"... 3000 million.

"Speed"...9880 million!
Instead of increasing, it decreased!

The box office of "Speed" actually dropped, which was obviously affected by "The Adventures of Jackie Chan: The 12 Talismans" and squeezed out of the market.

This is also inevitable.

Competition among movies of the same type is a winner-takes-all situation.

In contrast, the box office of "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans" has been steadily increasing.

And this gap became more and more obvious afterwards.

Week 3…The box office of “Jackie Chan Adventures: The Talismans” exceeded million!
"Speed" just barely broke 100 million.

If things continue like this, it might not even reach the box office results of its previous life.

20th Century Fox can be said to have lost more than it gained.

However, the momentum of "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans" is no less than that of the previous "Princess Diaries".

The moment the box office results were announced, the entire Hollywood was silent.

That man...he won again!
The East was plunged into a sea of ​​joy.

"Speed" completely lost its threat, and "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans" ascended to the throne of championship with an unstoppable momentum!

Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan... the entire Eastern world is cheering for this.

Especially Hong Kong Island.

The original "Jurassic Park" almost broke the will of Hong Kong filmmakers.

If it weren't for the sudden emergence of "ET", the Eastern world would have been trembling under the ravages of that giant dinosaur just like the West.

Even so, Hong Kong filmmakers still deeply feel the almost unbridgeable gap between them and industrialized Hollywood.

After that, Hollywood began to expand its territory all over the world, and almost no country's films except Japan could compete with it.

But now "The Adventures of Jackie Chan: The 12 Talismans" is crushing Hollywood movies head-on!
And this movie is starred by their Kung Fu superstar Fang Shilong!
Although it still relies on Takeshi Ono, this is also a huge victory for Hong Kong Island.

Those filmmakers immediately regained their confidence, it turns out that Hollywood is not so invincible...

However, just when "The Adventures of Jackie Chan: The 12 Talismans" showed its dominance and was unstoppable at the box office, a real rival appeared.

It is,
The Lion King

(End of this chapter)