The two consecutive films have grossed $400 million worldwide, and the combined box office of the two films has exceeded $1 billion......

As soon as this result came out, it was okay to say that some domestic media were shocked, and major film companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan were also shocked.

Although everyone predicted that "The Matrix" would be popular, they didn't expect it to directly help Chen Tiandu enter the billion-dollar box office club. The box office of his movie alone is worth the sum of years of efforts across the Taiwan Strait and three places.

However, this is all due to the exchange rate difference of the US dollar, and after so many years, it is not bad. It's just because this is the miracle of the Chinese that I pay more attention to it.

Chen Tiandu has good grades at the bottom, and his mind is also lively. After thinking about it for a long time, I thought about taking Kate out on a trip again, and the two of them had a good time. However, when he called, he received unexpected news.

"Travel, now?" Kate was a little speechless, "I'm sorry, dear. The litmus test for me to audition was their independently invested World War II blockbuster "Pearl Harbor", which seems to have passed the third trial, and I am very likely to get the role. So ......"

"Pearl Harbor" ......" Chen Tiandu pinched his eyebrows, he had also heard some news. They invited "Exploding Bay" as the director, and the theme of the story was the "Pearl Harbor Incident," which was the most critical issue for the United States to enter the war.

It seems that the heroine of this movie is Kate Beckinsale...... But in this way, they will definitely be busy for a long time. Because when he's busy, he can't stop at any time. With the popularity of "The Matrix", the two are becoming more and more popular, and he can say that if he doesn't accept endorsements or announcements, he can be self-sufficient in a qiē movie, but Kate will only be busier in the future.

My heart was suddenly a little blocked, and my mouth opened several times, not knowing what to say.

On the other side of the phone, Kate heard that Chen Tiandu hadn't spoken for a long time, and she was also very entangled, and she even held her breath.

Chen Tiandu smiled suddenly, knowing that he was too selfish, this was a big opportunity for Kate, and he couldn't stop it. smiled and said, "Got it, don't be too tired, take care of yourself, I'll go to see you when I'm free." ”

"Hmm......" Kate said in a deep voice, "are you going back to China to film next, say hello to my uncle and aunt for me, and Su Lifei." I'm not filming so fast, I'll be with you during this time. ”

"No, you don't." Hearing Kate's very worried voice on the other side, Chen Tiandu smiled and comforted: "Don't worry about me, everyone is for work, I'm not so careful, you take care of yourself." I'm probably done with this and I'll go straight back to Asia. ”

Kate, who hung up the phone, was very irritable, and it happened that Raven called and excitedly told her, "Kate, congratulations, you got this role, the only heroine of the large-scale production with an investment of 130 million." God, I can't believe it, and I have a hunch that you'll get more roles in the future, and you won't be worse than Julia Roberts in the future. ”

Kate said helplessly: "Raven, I think after this movie is over, take a break." ”

"What?" Raven was startled, "You...... What does this mean, don't tell me you're tired of Hollywood, you're only 27 years old, and it's a critical time for your career. ”

"No, no, I just want to take a little more time off...... Well, it's too early to say that, let's talk about it then. She didn't want to talk anymore and picked up the schedule to check the schedule.

Chen Tiandu on the other side also breathed a sigh of depression, and walked to the floor-to-ceiling glass of the office overlooking the street at his feet. The originally good weather in Los Angeles was suddenly overshadowed, and people couldn't get out of breath.

Fortunately, the good news that came out one after another in terms of movies made people feel a lot more relieved.

Fast forward to September, and the box office of "The Matrix" in the fourth week of North America reached 2.85o, and the North American box office accumulated to 216.73 million US dollars, officially breaking the 200 million mark, and the box office is still increasing by nearly 2 million US dollars every day. In this condition, it can be released for at least a month.

The overseas box office earned $5.32O again this week, a drop of 6% compared to last week's boom. So far, the overseas box office has accumulated to 25,530 million US dollars, and the total box office has reached 472,030,000 US dollars, and it is just around the corner to break 500 million.

And this week, there are 18 more countries and regions that are negotiating a release. Including China, the release time has also been announced, which is the National Day on January 1. The only domestic film scheduled to be released in the near future is Zhang Yimou's "My Father and Mother" on January 16.

When Zhang Weiping saw this release time, a cold sweat broke out in his head, "I almost sank directly, it's so dangerous." But then his eyes rolled and a new round of hype began, with Chen Tiandu and Zhang Yimou's second fight, hyping it as "the confrontation between masters and cutting-edge", and began to build momentum for "My Father and Mother".

Chen Tian naturally doesn't know about these, but the final box office is estimated to be the threshold of 600 million, and whether it can be broken through in the end depends on the overseas box office.

Of course, the figure of 500 million has been satisfied, and any frenzy will come to an end one day, and the movie theaters that are still showing "The Matrix" have begun to gradually decrease, and the fifth week has been reduced to 225o theaters.

The "youth movie" campus sex comedy "American Pie" began to take over, and the release time was more than two months later than the future that Chen Tian knew, but the release week became the box office champion of the weekend from September 1 to 3.

At the same time, Warner and DreamWorks also began to take the initiative to find the matrix, hoping to put the sequel plan on the agenda as much as possible.

This reminded Chen Tiandu that he opened the mobile phone future network alone in the room, thinking about four words in his heart, "future plan". Then he quickly registered two new movies in the screenwriter's library, and when he was registering, he suddenly thought of a question, and then quickly picked up the phone and called Kong Yiji, "Hey, you go and ask Vin Diesel if he is available recently?" ”

"He's idle, so what kind of interstellar movie has already been filmed, and he pulled me to drink yesterday." Kong Yiji said casually, "What, do you have a job to take care of him?" Isn't the next film planned to return home. ”

Chen Tiandu pouted suddenly, I am afraid that if these two goods go out together, it will not be as simple as drinking, and said: "The next movie, tell him to spare half a year next year, that's all." ”

As for the hacker sequel plan, Chen Tiandu also agreed.

However, he proposed that the second and third parts should be combined to make zuò.

The three parties immediately began to negotiate closely, because the continuous system of two parts, which required a large investment at one time.

Obviously, after the success of the first part, even if the second sequel is saved, it will definitely not be less than 100 million, not to mention that the two parts are made together. This is mainly because of the high popularity of the leading actors, and the director's salary has increased significantly, just like Chen Tiandu, both the actor's salary and the director's salary have risen nearly tenfold.

The production of movie sequels is often the best time for alternate years. Because word-of-mouth needs fermentation during this time, some influences around it also need to spread slowly.

Today's Hollywood has not reached the point where sequels occupy half of the annual film market, but as the kingdom of a mature commercial film industry, it is not uncommon for a sequel to an excellent work.

While new dramas continue to emerge, some sequels also follow the brilliance of their predecessors, overwhelmingly rolling all the way.

There are two forms of sequels, one is an adapted novel or anime, which gnaws at the old book of the original book, and it continues to be in the case of a balanced and above response in the first part; The second is that it is completely because the first film exploded at the box office, or it met the psychological needs of the filmmaker, so they want to squeeze its brilliance clean, sequels are indispensable, and even spin-offs, biography, and novels appear, such as "Star Wars", "Terminator", "The Mummy".

Although it is also a pity, although they are all to satisfy the audience's appetite, some sequels have indeed become dogtails, and word-of-mouth and box office casualties have a lot to offer. But the huge film market has always attracted filmmakers to go forward and succeed, and there are endless sequels year after year, and in the history of the century-old film, there are many sequels that are comparable to their predecessors, and even overshadow their predecessors, becoming the second classic in the hearts of the majority of fans.

Soon, the three parties reached a preliminary agreement.

The two sequels were produced at the same time, with a budget cost of nearly 300 million, with an average of 150 million per movie. It's definitely a big deal. However, it is understandable that the good results of "The Matrix" are today, not to mention that "The Matrix" originally had a sequel plan, and the story was obviously not finished.

The two sequels of "The Matrix", which were originally named "The Matrix 2 Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolution 3", were simultaneously announced to the outside media and fans.

didn't reveal much, but fans already know that the second part is probably about "inducements" and the third part is about "choice". Rao is like this, and the official website of "The Matrix", which has gradually subsided, has once again ushered in a wave of repeat customers. Even many fans who have seen the movie plan to go back to the cinema to relive the story, in case they will like the new and hate the old when they see the sequel in the future.

"Oh, liking the new and hating the old is not what a professional movie fan should have."

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