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Chapter 870 Praise From The World

After all, "The Expendables 3" has Xia Hua Film and Television's investment, and it is Xia Hua's responsibility to release it in the mainland.

Zhou Xia's big plane carried all the main creators back to China for publicity, which can be regarded as fulfilling their due duties.

"One billion should be fine, but probably not much higher."

Zhou Xia looked at Stallone who asked the question, thought about it for a while, then looked at the others, and said calmly.

If he had more roles and Li Lianjie had more screen time, the box office in the mainland would definitely be higher.

But there are too many protagonists in this movie, and the scenes are too scattered.

There are a few action superstars who are basically not well-known in the mainland, or have little box office appeal, so there is no mention of any bonus effect.

However, the rhythm and plot of the movie itself just accept and complete the tasks like that, which is not enough to amaze most audiences.

"Zhou, now the third movie is released, and the basic box office estimate is out. Lionsgate wants to launch the fourth movie as soon as possible. As a producer, they want me to ask you if you have any ideas about directing?"

Stallone didn't shy away from the other present Jennifer and Jason Statham, looking at Zhou Xia and asking.

"Well, I'm afraid I don't have time, and the script doesn't even have a shadow of the story?" Zhou Xia asked in surprise.

"Although the script hasn't been written yet, you all know the plot of the next one. Barney, who I play, basically retreats behind the scenes. Jason, you, and Jennifer will become the backbone of the Expendables. The three of you will lead a few young players to make Task.

Other protagonists appear according to the needs of the plot, and we will not arrange such action stars. Our producer means to concentrate on the roles of the main characters and the excitement of the whole story, and no longer emphasize the feelings of action movies too much. "

Before Stallone finished speaking, Jason Statham and Jennifer were all happy, and they all looked at Zhou Xia.

Zhou Xia is now one of the most popular directors in the world and an excellent producer. His opinion is very important.

"Well, then I'm looking forward to it, and we'll talk about it when the script comes out." Zhou Xia didn't directly refuse.

Several people continued the conversation, and then began to busy themselves with other things.

Some went to watch movies in the small theater on the plane, some played games in the game hall, some rested on the sofa in the living room, or went to the restaurant for something to eat.

Although the plane has a lot of space, there are only two dedicated bedrooms, and the sofas in the dining room, living room, and meeting room can also be used for people to rest.

The entire flight took more than 16 hours, and Zhou Xia was also a little tired, so he went back to the bedroom and lay down, watching the movie releases this week with his mobile phone.

On Friday, August 8, after its premiere in North America, "Legend of Sword" was released on a large scale in 15 theaters at 3860:[-] p.m. that day.

Including the zero-point show, it won a total of 980 million US dollars in box office, ranking third in North America this year.

It is only slightly lower than the previous "Guardians of the Galaxy" at 1120 million dollars and "American Team 2" at 1020 million dollars.

8月16、17周六、周日两日，《仙剑》又分别收获了4360万美刀、4120万美刀。

The cumulative box office in North America on the first Wednesday reached 9140 million dollars, narrowly beating the 3 million box office of "The Expendables 9000" which exploded in the second week, and won the North American box office champion of the week.

The explosion of "The Expendables 3" was beyond Zhou Xia's expectation.

As early as last year's filming, Zhou Xia reminded Stallone to pay attention to the leakage of the film screening.

But "The Expendables 3" still didn't know why it was leaked in the screening before the release.

This is why, on the first Wednesday of its release, the new "The Expendables 3" only earned 3300 million at the box office.

But it may also be because of Zhou Xia's reminder that Lionsgate had been on guard for a long time. They quickly found the leaked theater and dug out that the people sent by Paramount were playing tricks for the "Ninja" they are currently showing. Turtle".

After the news broke out, audiences in Hollywood and North America were in an uproar.

The word-of-mouth of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is already extremely poor, with only 15% favorable ratings, but it is still very popular at the box office supported by young fans.

But after this incident was revealed, "The Expendables 3" came back to life, attracting a large number of audiences to watch the movie, and earned 9000 million box office in seven days in the second week!
At one time, its popularity almost caught up with "Sword of Heaven", which is now a global hit and has a huge box office.

Zhou Xia didn't expect to reply to such a weird thing as A Sheng, and now he even suspects that Lionsgate Films did it on purpose.

If the box office in the first week was not so low, it is estimated that this matter will not be hyped, or it will be suppressed for a while before it explodes.

After all, there is no real evidence for Lionsgate now.

The theater manager who leaked the secret was found out, saying that he did this thing because he had contact with an employee of Paramount and was bewitched by money.

But Paramount strongly denied it, claiming that it was slander and must investigate the matter strictly.

However, the spread of the media made most movie fans believe that this is basically the truth. Lionsgate has achieved its goal, and the box office of "The Expendables 3" has exploded.

As for the future result, it can't change the current situation.

Don't talk about "The Expendables 3".

In the new week from August 8th to August 11th, "Legend of Sword" was released in the mainland for the fifth week, and won a box office of 8 million. .

This week, it earned 6000 million euros in box office in Europe and 3.6 million yuan in other parts of Asia. Including the box office in North America, the total box office has reached 124.3 billion box office.

With a total gross of $20.3 billion at current exchange rates, "Chinese Paladin" became the third film to surpass $20 billion.

Second only to the $27.8 billion of "Avatar" and the $21.8 billion of "Titanic".

Judging from the current situation, "Legend of Sword" has just been released in the North American market, and it can still earn about [-] million US dollars in box office. In other markets, it has reached a period of weakness, and basically can't get much box office.

There is no problem surpassing the box office record of "Titanic", but it is impossible to catch up with "Avatar".

But even so, the impact of this first oriental fairy tale masterpiece on the global audience is no less than the hurricane caused by the release of "Avatar" back then.

People seem to see another world.

The ethereal, mysterious ink-and-wash style movie images are not as strong as the previous Chinese films "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers", but like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", they seem to have a special charm and are more attractive.

Different from the previous European and American magic blockbusters, the various imaginative spells, monsters, and the entire system in the film are the oriental fairy world that European and American audiences have never been able to touch.

This magical world is just like the audience watching "Avatar" and seeing Avan and various magical creatures that they had never seen on the planet Pandora, which made them feel novel, shocking and full of imagination.

De Lan, the latest film critic columnist of the Hollywood Reporter: The world is so vast, and human imagination is never ending. The oriental fairy world in "Chinese Paladin" has opened up a world for us apart from magic and wizards.He is so mysterious and beautiful in an imaginary kingdom beyond fighting spirit and knights, which fascinates people.

BBC: The more national, the more global. "Fairy Sword" is the most successful Chinese-language commercial film in history. Director Zhou Xia didn't intentionally cater to European and American audiences. He used all his talents to show us the strange and extraordinary imagination of the East, so the whole world discovered another imagination. world.

Time Magazine: Except for Cameron, no one in this world can stop Zhou Xia and his Chinese-language films, but his ambitions have not stopped in commercial. The next film adapted from "The Price of Salt" will be a mere Same-sex romance movies?
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