Chapter 1101: Prepare for the sequel
After the accumulation and fermentation of the first trilogy, the influence of the series has increased day by day, and finally ushered in an explosion when the fourth part was released.
Although the racing family has not yet driven a car to the sky, it has already shown its power in the film market.
The roar of the engine ignites the passion, and the speed destroys Rio!
Three days after the first weekend in North America, "Fast and Furious 5" earned $96.88 million in 4,111 theaters in North America!
This is the best opening result in the series so far!
"Raiders of the Lost Ark 4" only stayed at the top of the North American box office charts for a week, and was squeezed out by "Fast and Furious 5", and the box office fell from hundreds of millions to $42.71 million the next weekend, directly falling to the third place in the box office list.
The top two box office charts are all occupied by movies from Relativity Entertainment, and in second place is "Avatar," which is entering its fourth weekend of screening.
James Cameron's super-blockbuster showed amazing stability and consistency, collecting another $55.3 million in North America in its fourth weekend, and the North American box office crossed $500 million in one fell swoop, reaching a whopping $501.27 million.
This is also the fastest box office in North American film history to break the record of 500 million!
Once, the box office of "Avatar" could pile up to such a high number, and when the box office was not particularly outstanding in the first weekend, it relied on the continuity of stability to perversion.
The blockbuster production fared far better in the international market than in North America, and the global viewing of "Avatar" has already set off, and after nearly five weeks of screenings, the total overseas box office is infinitely close to $1 billion.
Even on the other side of the Pacific, a newly developed film market, after nearly a month of screening, the box office of "Avatar" is close to 1.4 billion soft girl coins, setting a new box office record there.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that "Avatar" is steadily moving towards the record of "Titanic", and it is only a matter of time before it breaks the latter's total box office record in North America and even around the world.
Ronan also took the time to discuss the sequel to "Avatar" with James Cameron, who said that the sequel could be prepared, but it would not be until after next year at the earliest, because he would go on an expedition to the Mariana Trench and experiment with new filming techniques jointly developed with Sony Electronics and IMAX.
These are also the basis for the filming of Avatar 2.
James Cameron will further "open Pandora's box" in the "Avatar" sequel to show viewers more of the wonderful creatures and landscapes on the planet Pandora.
Ronan also knew very well that he immediately expressed his support, and there were not enough technical conditions, and it would be difficult for "Avatar 2" to be as amazing as the first part.
James Cameron solemnly extended an invitation to Ronan to join him on a special submersible expedition to the Mariana Trench.
However, Ronan politely declined.
Jessica Felton made it clear that it was too risky, and time did not allow it.
If you want to dive to that deep, even if there is the most advanced submersible in the world, you have to make some corresponding preparations in advance, and there is a lot of relativity entertainment work at present, and it is impossible for Ronan to throw away the many affairs at hand and go to the Pacific Ocean to play adventures.
Moreover, James Cameron is not playing, he has to stay in the Pacific Ocean for a long time, fully experiment with the shooting equipment, collect all kinds of technical data, and then improve the equipment.
Because according to his plan, quite a lot of scenes in "Avatar 2" will be filmed in water.
The script for the sequel, James Cameron has already begun to write, and the great director believes that being on a ship in the Pacific Ocean is more conducive to his script creation.
James Cameron has a lot of experience in sequel creation, and his "Terminator 2" and "Alien 2" surpassed the first film in terms of word-of-mouth and commercial success.
Most importantly, James Cameron has also repeatedly assured Ronan that he will not make "Avatar" a lifetime series.
Think about how many times James Cameron has jumped tickets in the past, and countless people are looking forward to it, even before Ronan came to Los Angeles from across the Pacific, the second part of "Avatar" was not finished.
It is said that filming has begun and the schedule has been confirmed, but with James Cameron's style, who dares to guarantee that the film will be released on time?
In fact, it is no wonder that Twentieth Century Fox wanted to replace or even kill James Cameron during the filming of "Titanic", and most companies like this director can't stand it.
James Cameron, on the other hand, has been able to deliver excellent business results every time, generating more than enough revenue to make up for any shortcomings.
The sequel to "Avatar", James Cameron has been put on the agenda, and as for the naked-eye 3D he discussed with Ronan, Ronan can only say that he absolutely supports it if he has the conditions.
In more than ten years, it will not be possible to realize the film technology in the theater on a large scale, and it is still too early to talk about it.
This week, Ronan also participated in the preparation of "Fast and Furious 5".
With higher and higher investment, "Fast and Furious 5" has stepped into the ranks of Hollywood's first-line productions, and will have a larger market space in the future, and even become one of the commercial film signature series of Relativity Entertainment.
A series of movies that can continuously generate huge profits, whether it is Ronan himself or Relativity Entertainment, will attach great importance to it.
Director Justin Lim and most of the main creative staff will all return in the new sequel.
In the new one, not only drag racing, but also more car-related plots will appear.
Although drag racing is the most important and essential element in Hollywood movies, there are not many films like the Fast and Furious series that link drag racing, modified cars and extreme sports and promote them into culture.
The fifth installment will take the entire series to a bigger, more exciting realm.
That is to say, in the new movie, there will not only be faster car speeds and bigger scenes, but also more exciting stories and fight scenes, and the shots of the racing cars will be more grand and exciting than the previous films.
Jessica Felton and Justin Lin had previously agreed and had designed a huge story for the film – so big that it would take the capacity of two films to fit it all together.
The capacity of the film is too large, so the crew plans to shoot it into an upper and lower part film, which means that the fifth and sixth parts are actually a story.
The crew followed the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean and will shoot the two films back-to-back.
In both films, there will be more roaring vehicles, and all the character relationships will be sorted out.
"When we were thinking and discussing stories like this, we realized that one movie simply couldn't fit that much. Justin Lin said to Ronan: "The script is 310 pages long, so it was imperative to split the movie into two episodes. And the drag racing culture in the film, vehicle modification, will definitely be refreshing. ”
With the success of two sequels in a row, Ronan also has full confidence in the Chinese-American director, and at a time when James Wing is fully committed to supervising and directing the "Horror Movie Universe" plan, if there are no big surprises, Justin Lin will direct the "Fast and Furious" series for a long time.
Justin Lin also signed a director's contract with Relativity Entertainment, and it is not a problem to make another trilogy.
Relativity Entertainment has not treated him badly, and Justin Lin's directorial salary in the new film has reached as high as $10 million.
Continuing to shoot, the salaries of people including Justin Lin, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson will definitely continue to grow, but all within reasonable limits in line with market conditions.
The summer season is still hot, this year is destined to be a big year for movies, a new weekend, Universal's "League of Assassins" was released, the arc bullet once again refreshed the laws of physics, and Newton's coffin board rang out again.
Just like the "Fast and Furious" series, it seems to be a movie set in real society, but in fact, the worldview is all crooked, and it doesn't matter what is reasonable or anything, what you want is entertainment.
As for the plot, there is no need to dwell on it.
The sexy beauty Julie deals cards online, Zhan Yimei can counterattack and become a top master with the waste materials of the green grassland, what else is impossible?
So, Newton, you just lie down in a coffin.
One day, Dwayne Johnson and Paul Walker drove out of the atmosphere, raced through space, and kicked the coffin lid open.
Angelina Jolie has been hooking up with Brad Pitt since she hooked up, don't look at the bad reputation, but the star journey is open, following the success of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", the film as the heroine was a big hit when it was released, with a box office of $50.92 million, which is enough to ensure that "League of Assassins" will suppress a dry movie that is being shown in theaters and become the North American box office champion.
The box office decline of "Avatar" is still outrageously low, with another $42.78 million in the sixth weekend, and the North American box office is already about to touch the threshold of $600 million.
"Fast and Furious 4" plummeted the box office the following weekend, but the $40.2 million box office also brought the action film to more than $150 million at the North American box office.
Similarly, Relativity Entertainment's two commercial masterpieces have received more overseas repercussions than those in North America.
"Avatar" has a total global box office of $1,685.2 million, including the revenue of the international market.
"Fast and Furious 4" opened overseas this week, and the global box office was close to $300 million.
In addition, after nearly two months of screening, "Iron Man 2" has accumulated $372.58 million at the North American box office, and the global box office has exceeded $800 million.
The first three movies released by Relativity Entertainment this summer season were all great successes.
As Independence Day approaches, Alice in Wonderland is also about to be released.
It was at this time that Ronan and Jessica Filton received an invitation from George Lucas to travel to San Francisco to attend George Lucas and Lucasfilm's celebration reception for Raiders of the Lost Ark 4.
Because of the relationship between USC alumni, Ronan and George Lucas are also close, and they have vaguely gotten some news.