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"Time Warrior" has an excellent reputation and popularity, and various forecasting agencies in North America believe that the movie must be good at the box office. ≧ but no one thought that "Time Warrior" would be able to pass "Harry Potter 3" and win the weekly championship. Even though Harry Potter 3 is the second week, it's Harry Potter after all!

To be able to win the weekly title from Harry Potter 3 is an absolute miracle for a movie that has no fan base!

All kinds of voices filled the media in the United States, and everyone was stunned by the expression of "Time and Space Warrior": "Being able to perfectly integrate Eastern and Western cultures, except for Ang Lee, is Zhang Ran! We should remember the name Zhang Ran, this young director has a limitless future!"

""Time Warrior" and "Around the World in 80 Days" are both films that incorporate a lot of oriental elements. But one is an incomparable masterpiece, and the other is a miserable fragment. What causes this gap is the level of the two directors, in "Time and Space Warrior" we see the brilliant talent, in "Around the World in 80 Days" we only see the clumsiness!"

"Beat "Harry Potter 3", "Time and Space Warrior" broke 100 million without any suspense. Missing out on such a film was definitely the stupidest decision Jacobson has made since he started working in the film industry. It's hard to imagine that she would make such a decision. Could it be that she has reached menopause?"

At the same time, the headquarters of film companies such as New Line, Dimen, Mulan, and Rogge Pictures all had earthquakes, and they missed "Time and Space Warrior" for one reason or another, and now they can't regret it.

That's tens of millions of income!

If these companies are just sorry for missing out on the Time Warriors, then Miramax is really heartbroken.

At Miramax's headquarters in New York, Bob Weinstein walked around in a frustrated manner, while Harvey sat behind his desk, his face so gloomy that it was dripping.

Bob roared from time to time: "Damn Eisner, this movie was supposed to be ours! And Fahrenheit 911, damn it, we lost tens of millions!"

When Disney acquired Miramax, the Weinstein brothers were offered a performance bonus of 35% to 35% of the profits generated by Miramax's films that year each fiscal year. "Time Warrior" and "Fahrenheit 911" were able to bring Miramax more than 5ooo million in income at least, but now that they have lost more than 150,000 in income.

For the money-hungry Weinstein brothers, this is truly maddening!

Seeing that Harvey was calm and did not speak, Bob said loudly: "Harvey, this matter can't be left like this!"

Harvey's face was a little distorted, and he said coldly: "Of course you can't just forget it, Eisner has to pay for his decision." We have also made a lot of money from Disney in the past few years, and it is time to split up. Cooperating with Disney is a misalignment, but it's better to go it alone, and you don't have to be afraid to do things. This is the attitude of making an independent film!"

Bob added, "And that damn Zhang Ran, he cheated Fahrenheit 911 out of us, and we must not let him go!"

Harvey said coldly: "Of course, Zhang Ran is a very creative director, and Martin Scorsese praises him endlessly. However, there are no directors who are not eager for the Oscars, especially Chinese directors who can't wait to sharpen their heads and drill into the Oscars. But from now on, he is insulated from Oscar!"

Harvey has a bad reputation in the film industry, but no one can deny his influence, and if he is determined to deal with someone who doesn't win an Oscar, he can definitely do it.

The domestic media has been paying attention to the situation of "Time Warrior" in North America, and when the news came out that the movie won the box office week, the media couldn't sit still.

The entertainment pages of almost all newspapers are reporting that "Time and Space Warrior" succeeded, not with martial arts, nor by relying on the three major film festivals, but with the science fiction that Hollywood is best at, and won the championship in North America!

"Time and Space Warrior" beat "Harry Potter 3" and won the weekly box office champion in the United States!"

"Before its release, no one could have imagined that "Time Warrior" would be able to achieve such success. It is unbelievable that a domestic sci-fi film can achieve such results in the United States. If we figure this out, then it will be a good thing for Chinese films!"

"How Chinese films go out has always been a difficult problem, and over the years, Chinese films have gone out at night by relying on film festivals, and various art films have met the audience in the form of film festivals. The success of "Time Warrior" has opened up a new way of thinking that we can work with Hollywood and use Hollywood's technology and lineup to tell a story with a background!"

On the Internet, Zhang Ran's fans and fans cheered and celebrated the box office hit, just like the Chinese New Year, everyone completely regarded Zhang Ran as a hero in the film industry.

"Zhang Ran is really a genius director! I can't imagine being able to beat "Harry Potter 3" in the United States, it's "Harry Potter"! Why is it not released simultaneously in China? I have to wait for a month, I can't wait!"

"Zhang Ran is the hope of Chinese films, I really admire him so much, he has set up such a big stall by himself, and he has really done it, this is really unbelievable!

"Our movies are so far from Hollywood, even South Korea, and now South Korea has made top blockbusters like "Tai Chi Flag Flying". Fortunately, we have Zhang Ran, who gave me hope for Chinese cinema. If Chinese films want to be exhibited, they need more directors like Zhang Ran!

In the midst of this heated discussion, Zhang Ran came to Japan with the three leading actors of the crew to prepare for publicity. Japan is now the world's second largest box office, and when Zhang Ran sold the rights to the film to a Japanese film company a year ago, it was already agreed that the film would be promoted in Japan when it was released.

Zhang Ran and his entourage arrived at Haneda International Airport, and as soon as they got off the plane, fans who had been waiting for several hours cheered, not only taking pictures of Zhang Ran and them, but also taking out autographs for them to sign, and sending flowers and gifts.

In the afternoon, the creator meeting was held at a movie theater in Shibuya. In addition to the 1oo lucky audience, there were also a large number of media reporters and avid fans.

At the end of the 140-minute film, there was a wave of applause, and everyone in the audience stood up and applauded for the film.

Zhang Ran and the group of four people, Zhang Ran's fame is undoubtedly the smallest. Reeves is a Hollywood superstar, Brody's Oscar winner, Zhang Ziyi has been popular in Japan since "My Father and Mother", and with the addition of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero", she is quite famous, and you can see her endorsement advertisements on the street.

To Zhang Ran's surprise, Japanese fans were the most interested in him, and he had the most questions, which caught Zhang Ran, who originally thought he could settle down, a little unprepared. However, being able to steal the limelight from Reeves and them, Zhang Ran was still a little proud in his heart.

A Japanese girl asked, "Zhang Sang, I like you very much, I know that you are a teacher in the acting department of the university." I want to ask, next year you are going to teach new students, I will take the test for your class, will you accept it?"

Zhang Ran was stunned, she really didn't expect this Japanese girl to know that she would teach new students next year. After nearly three years of teaching, he has a new understanding of acting teaching and will not follow the previous way of teaching. However, he did not have the idea of accepting foreign students: "We have a lot of foreign students at Nortel, and there are also many Japanese students, and there is a student named Tomoe Maeda in the OO level of the acting department, and she has acted in two movies in China, one of which is called "Purple Sun" is particularly popular. If you want to come to our class, I will welcome you, but I will not give you any preferential treatment just because you are my supporter or a foreigner. If you want to be admitted to our class, then you have to show more strength than others!"

A girl asked, "Many directors will fall in love with their heroines, will you?"

Zhang Ran shook his head and said, "I won't, that's the case." If a man falls in love with a woman, then he will definitely take care of this woman. However, as a director, you will encounter all kinds of troubles on the set, and it is easy to become popular. If the director falls in love with the heroine, then he can't scold her, so, for the sake of a better filming, I won't fall in love with my own heroine. ”

There was laughter at the scene, there are many reasons why men will not fall in love with women, but Zhang Ran's reason turned out to be for the convenience of scolding, which is really funny.

Many people don't know that Zhang Ran is a teacher in the acting department of the university, and after watching "Burst Drummer", many people think that he may be a devil teacher like Chen Wei. Hearing Zhang Ran say this now, it undoubtedly confirms this.

Of course, not only did they not hate Zhang Ran because of this, but they appreciated it even more, Zhang Sang is really the kind of devil teacher in "Bursting Drummer", which is so cool!

Some viewers threw questions to Reeves: "Keanu, after watching "Time and Space Warrior", many people think that this is the best performance of your career as an actor, so did Zhang Sang scold you on the set?"

Reeves shrugged his shoulders slightly: "Zhang is a director who understands actors very well, and he never has a temper on the scene. He knows that playing a temper will not help the performance in any way, it can only put pressure on the actor. Of course, if you think that he is an easy person to deal with and that he plays his role with great ease, you are wrong. Acting in his play can be said to be an individual lì life, he will keep struggling with a scene until the actor himself is satisfied and can't be better!"

Zhang Ziyi added: "He likes to talk and talk with actors constantly, and he hopes to act to a state, and I have been collapsed by him a few times!"

Brody also felt the same way: "I'm going crazy for a lot of heavy scenes, filming a heavy scene seven or eight times, and the whole team will shoot this scene in one day today, and then shoot half of it, and then I can't finish the shooting, and then I will come and come again." This is the hardest drama I have filmed, even harder than "The Pianist"!"

Zhang Ran shouted: "Hey, in front of so many fans, don't ruin my amiable image!"

The audience burst into laughter, and then an audience member asked, "So, are you willing to cooperate with him again?"

Brody and Zhang Ziyi were both nodding, and Keanu Reeves said directly: "A thousand times, ten thousand times!"

The fan meeting went smoothly, the whole process was recorded, and the Japanese merchants will send the video clips to the TV station tonight for publicity.

The next day, "Time Warrior" was officially released in Japan. Zhang Ran and the others were not idle, they kept giving interviews, and they had to appear on TV programs, and they were very busy.

However, their efforts were not in vain, and by the time they left for South Korea to promote, the daily box office of "Time and Space Warrior" came out, with 164.19 million yen and more than 130,000 viewers.

"Time Warrior" is a hit in Japan! (To be continued.) )8