In addition to "Hero", three other films will be released at the same time this week, namely "Anaconda 2: Searching for Blood Orchid", "Genius Baby 2: Super Baby" and "Suspect Zero" by Measuring Ruler Pictures.

"Anaconda 2", an adventure story related to Monty Python, appeared in the form of a sequel, and the number of theaters released exceeded that of "Hero", reaching 2093.

Perhaps it was the special effects of the first installment that gave it a good reputation, and such a story that any viewer could probably think of still earned $13.2 million, ranking second on the charts.

But there is still a certain gap compared to the first part of the 16.6 million US dollar debut box office in 1997, and it seems a little difficult to reach the total box office of the first part of the first film at $65.5 million.

"Suspect Zero" from Measuring Ruler Pictures barely squeezed into the top 10 of the box office charts, earning $3.4 million in the first three days of the weekend.

For a $4 million film, this is a remarkable achievement, and there is no doubt that "Suspect Zero" must have made money.

As for the last new film "Genius Baby", it didn't even reach the top 10 on the list, and it seems that the comedy of this toddler has little market appeal.

Last week's winner, "The Exorcist," plummeted to No. 5 at the box office this week, earning only $6.7 million, less than half of last week's total, and grossing 30.8 million in 10 days of release.

The top 12 films on the box office charts this week totaled $84.7 million, down 31% from last week, essentially unchanged from the same period last year and the lowest in four months.

At the same time, in the Chinese mainland film market, the box office of "The Man Without a Name" fell by 51.92% in the fourth week, and it fell by another 12.5 million yuan in a single week.

This box office result once again won the weekly box office championship, allowing "The Man with No Name" to successfully achieve four consecutive weekly box office championships, equaling the mainland weekly box office championship record created by "District 9" for Chen Hao!

And if "The Man Without a Name" can still win the weekly championship in the next week, then "The Man Without a Name" will be the fifth consecutive championship.

At the same time, it will also become the film with the most consecutive championships in mainland film history, and it will also enjoy this record exclusively!

Now, the cumulative box office of "The Man with No Name" has reached 142 million yuan in four weeks, and the cumulative box office of "Ambush on All Sides" has reached 151 million yuan!

The gap between the two has narrowed to about 9 million yuan, and the odds of "The Man Without a Name" are getting bigger and bigger!

In this regard, the mainland media has reported it hype, as if "The Man with No Name" has surpassed "Ambush on All Sides", and Chen Hao has surpassed the national teacher.

This made Zhang Weiping and the national teacher, who had just been in a much better mood because of the North American box office success of "Hero", very depressed.

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The time soon entered September, and Chen Hao received a good news that Mark Rufano agreed to participate in "The Hangover", and it is said that Downey and Chris contributed a lot in it.

At the same time, Chen Hao also called the widow sister to invite her to make a cameo appearance in "The Hangover", and the widow sister nodded happily and agreed, after all, a husband and wife are a hundred days a day.

It's a pity that the widow sister is not in Los Angeles at this time, otherwise Chen Hao would definitely invite her to come to the house to do it!

Sister Widow and Mark agreed to participate, so after Chen Hao's Women's Federation version of "Chainsaw", he will make another Women's Federation version of "The Hangover", and he will definitely be talked about by everyone in the future.

After the leading actors were done, the crew had already been found behind the scenes, so Chen Hao gathered everyone to meet, get to know each other in advance, and read the script at the same time.

There are a lot of dialogues in "The Hangover", and it's quite difficult to make the dialogue hilarious.

The key is that many of the dialogues in the original version of "The Hangover" are not suitable in 2004, and there are many things and stalks that have not yet happened, and Chen Hao will seem very strange when he writes it!

Therefore, Chen Hao plans to gather the strength of the entire crew to improve the script, the so-called three stinkers are Zhuge Liang, and some old drivers can still contribute a lot of "wonderful ideas".

The movie "The Hangover" is a pure comedy, relying on the clever use of language, there are no special effects at all, and there are almost no action scenes.

Therefore, Chen Hao's original budget was only about 25 million US dollars.

Chen Hao didn't plan to find anyone to cooperate with anymore, and directly measured Tianqi Pictures as a sole proprietorship, so he didn't count his own salary.

However, Lionsgate invested 10 million with the copyright mortgage of Marvel superheroes, and Chen Hao could only modify the plan.

The revised investment budget for "The Hangover" is $45 million, of which Lionsgate will invest 10 million and the remaining 35 million will be borne by Measuring Ruler Pictures.

And 10 million of the 35 million is Chen Hao's salary as a producer, director and screenwriter, so Tianqi Pictures still only needs to pay 25 million US dollars.

The filming location was also chosen in Las Vegas, a casino city, where the producers had already traveled to negotiate with casinos and hotels that needed to be used for filming.

And while Chen Hao and the crew were perfecting the script, another week passed.

"The miracle of Huaxia's "Hero" continues!"

This is the headline given by the major media in North America.

After topping the North American box office charts in the first week of release, Guoshi's Chinese martial arts masterpiece "Hero" won the North American box office list again last week.

The North American weekend box office charts have topped the box office twice in a row, which has undoubtedly created another miracle in the history of Chinese films and even Asian films.

According to the results announced by the North American box office statistics company, "Hero" earned a total of about 15 million at the box office last week.

Combined with the previous week's $17.8 million, the film has actually surpassed the best estimate of Miramax in advance ——— $30 million, reaching $32.52 million.

And "Hero" will also make a difference in the coming week, because there are no new films that are too strong to be released, and "Hero" has a chance to continue its miracle journey.

Some North American analysts believe that "Hero" is expected to exceed $50 million at the box office in North America.

Measuring Films' "Suspect Zero" earned $2.05 million the following week, bringing it a total of $5.45 million in two weeks.

According to this box office trend, it is estimated that the final box office of "Suspect Zero" will be around $8 million, which is considered to be no loss or gain.

However, the distribution channels such as the sale of DVDs and rental and premium channels are net profits!

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After more than a week of refinement, the script has been revised and all preparations have been made, just waiting for the start of filming.

However, Chen Hao did not start the plane immediately, but took a plane to Venice, Italy.

Because on September 11th, the 61st Venice International Film Festival is about to close, and the awards ceremony will be held as scheduled in the evening, and the major film crews competing for the Golden Lion have gathered in Venice!