Many times, history is done by accident. Only when the phenomenon is gradually formed, can people be aware, and then go back and analyze the so-called favorable time, place and people, try to find out the context and logic of the development of things, and then use history as a mirror, hoping to know the gains and losses.

When "Titanic" and "Avatar" were released, no one could have foreseen the heights that the movies had achieved, and the same was true when "Gravity" was released.

But now, "Gravity" has become the fourth work in North American film history to break $600 million at the box office, and then it has become the third work in overseas market film history to break $1 billion at the box office.

After all, there are only two Marvel and DC, and the resources are in the hands of a few people, but "gravity" has copied the sci-fi miracle of "Avatar", and every company and every director may follow a similar trajectory and model to create their own myths.

History is born, and more important than history itself is how much enlightenment can this trajectory of creating history bring to today's market?

Interestingly, during the year-end awards season, "Detachment" was released, and finally achieved a box office of 6 million US dollars in North America, which was described by many media as the first Waterloo of Lan Li;

635 million in North America, 1 billion and 8 million overseas, and 1,643 million worldwide.

This is the final box office data of "Gravity", which easily rewrites all the records of the North American autumn file, and also occupies a place in North American film history, and currently temporarily ranks third in the total box office of film history, second only to "Avatar" and "Titanic".

At the same time, countless records in various overseas single markets have also marked the name of "gravity", and the grandeur and grandeur of the annals are really varied, and it currently ranks third in the total overseas box office film history records, behind "Avatar" and "Titanic".

Finally, the total global box office also occupies the third place in film history. The only regret is that it did not become the third work in film history to have a total global box office of two billion US dollars, so the trench is still out of reach, in addition to the work itself, it still needs a little catalyst, and even a little luck.

History, like that, was born again.

Last year, after the release of "Edge of Tomorrow", it became one of the biggest winners of the summer file as a dark horse, with an astonishing performance of 550 million in North America, 630 million overseas, and 1.18 billion worldwide, ranking second in the major box office lists at the end of the year, second only to the "Avengers", which has been sharpened for four years.

This year, "Gravity" landed on the market and once again became the biggest surprise of the year, especially after just experiencing a disappointing and embarrassing summer file, the movie's strong counterattack in the autumn file became more and more precious and rare, surpassing "Iron Man 3" to become a real hit of the year.

After two consecutive years of box office explosions, playing the leading role in two consecutive works, now Lan Li has proven its strong strength in the market, any doubts and worries no longer exist, and more questions are still focused on the same question: Will there be a sequel after that?

In the 21st century film market, the ability to be original has begun to decline sharply, the difficulty of script innovation and market development is gradually increasing, sequels are becoming an important means of attracting money, and at the same time, it has also become the core idea of film companies to create series projects, Warner Bros. and Disney have benefited from this, and Universal's predicament is also derived from this.

There is no doubt about the box office appeal of Blue Gift, instead, how to make full use of the market appeal of Blue Gift to win more box office and subsequent peripheral benefits, and how to truly maximize benefits?

The sequel to "Edge of Tomorrow" has always been in preparation, but it is still waiting for the script stage, and there is no more news coming out from Warner Bros., and "Gravity" makes it clear that it is impossible to shoot a sequel, just like the "Titanic" back then.

So, how to make full use of the brand effect of Lanli, especially considering the plasticity and variability of Lanli, the more possibilities in the choice of roles and script interpretation, and the fact that the image has never been fixed due to the fact that he has never played a superhero before, all of which makes Lanli have more potential.

The entire industry began to seriously discuss this issue, and all kinds of film projects that tied up countless huge interests were the first to consider Lan Li, and no one was exempt, while at the same time, Universal Pictures was sitting on pins and needles.

"Jurassic Park" and "Fast & Thrill/Emotion" are both works with sequel capabilities, outside of superhero movies, this is the only commercial work that can get Lan Li's nod, they have successfully seized the opportunity, and even preempted Disney, but now they are passive, so what should we do next?

The problem is that Lan Li has ended the promotional itinerary of "Gravity" and officially entered the filming of "Interstellar", and has been lost for a short time, which means that all contact work can only find Andy and Roy for the time being.

This is not good news for the Hollywood industry.

Everyone knows that in fact, Lan Li is a very simple actor, and there are almost no requirements for salary, cast, production, etc., even if he is now the top big name in the industry, even Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and other bigwigs are willing to give Lan Li three points of face, but he has never made any excessive requests, everything is based on scripts and roles, in other words, as long as the project is good enough, the opportunity is equal.

But Andy as an agent is also different from Roy as a manager, in the final analysis, they are businessmen, more tricky, more tactful and more ruthless, not only does the favor card not work, but also the negotiation of interests is more complicated, and the room for maneuver is really limited, which also means that the studio and the producer have to put more effort into it, and it may not be successful, and more importantly, the large film companies with rich resources are bound to have more advantages.

In fact, it's not just independent companies that are affected, but Universal Pictures, one of Hollywood's six major studios, is also the first to suffer.

For Warner Bros. and Disney, in fact, they are more willing to deal with Andy, the communication between large companies can often make things simpler, and the game of interests is more complex but also simpler, basically using their own chips to maximize profits, in the final analysis, it still depends on wisdom.

But for Universal Pictures, they are now caught in a dilemma.

If the strong man can break off the cooperation immediately and re-select the actors, then things may be easier, but Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall will certainly not be too happy, and it will be even more difficult for Universal Pictures to talk about working with Lan Li Hall in the future. Until the last step, Universal Pictures doesn't want to make things completely deadlocked.

To be honest, Ron Mayer and Thomas Toole didn't expect things to come to this point, especially the friendship between Steven and Lan Li. They completely misestimated Steven's support for Lan Li.

In the past, it was always rumored in the industry that they were just general friends, and the cooperation of the "Pacific War" was only limited to cooperation, but in fact, the "Pacific War" won the Emmy Award and missed the Golden Globe, and Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg teamed up to push the blue gift to the top of the Oscar, and after that time, their relationship was obviously much closer.

"Jurassic Park" restart project, Steven after careful consideration, personally found Lan Li. The whole industry knows how picky and strict Lan Li is about the choice of commercial films, and Steven is also worried about being closed, so he takes the initiative to come to the door after thinking twice, and Lan Li does not hesitate, and simply nods and agrees neatly, which is still objective for Steven.

Later, Lan Li took the initiative to match and introduced Tom to play "Captain Phillips", and now this work is likely to become Tom's first Oscar nomination since "Desert Island Survivor" in 2000;

Even Steven has teased many times in private that Tom is going to grab the cake with Lan Li this year, "I don't know if Lan Li's kid is starting to regret it now", between laughter and scolding, the friendship between them is not the same.

Taking a step back, Lan Li can now choose from countless works, and "Jurassic Park" has not even had a satisfactory script released, but Lan Li still did not express any dissatisfaction, and continued the cooperation, even if the salary was raised, it was always within the range of proportion, and the advance and retreat were appropriate. There is no doubt that this is all about Steven's face.

As a result, Universal Pictures continued to take Qiao, picking and choosing, without enough respect and sincerity, Steven himself felt embarrassed, so he naturally put on an absolute posture and made a stand.

This also means that if a strong man breaks his wrist now, the loss will be too great, and he may even need to cut off his entire arm, so continuing the cooperation negotiations will become the best choice.