Lucas shrugged, "It's not all because of the damn media, as soon as they heard that you put it on the same schedule, they immediately got excited like they were drugged."

Lin Youlun immediately corrected and said: "It's just that they were released simultaneously in Asia, and the release dates of these two movies in North America are staggered."

Lucas smiled helplessly, "I know, but they're still excited!" "

Lin Youlun was speechless, thinking that the "ignition point" of the American media was too low, and such a thing could make them excited like this.

"No, no, I think you may be underestimating the impact of this." Lucas shook his head, and then changed his words: "What are your box office expectations for these two films?"

Lin Youlun did not speak.

"So you're not too optimistic about the box office of these two movies, are you?"

Lucas had expected Lin Youlun's reaction, and sighed slightly in his heart.

Although it was directed by Spielberg and did attract a lot of attention from the international community during the filming, it was difficult for the film to achieve such results due to the subject matter, and in Asia, not all countries were interested in this film, at least one country Lucas believes they absolutely did not want to see this film released, and that is Japan.

Japan is not like Germany, a country that has no repentance for the crimes it put down in World War II, and even tries its best to cover it up, so if the chancellor was present in person when it was released in Germany, it will definitely not be staged in Japan, and even the film will not be allowed to be shown in Japan.

Lucas doesn't care what kind of attitude Japan has. But he knows Japan's position in the Asian film market. And on the road to the international expansion of Hong Kong films. The Japanese film market has also played a very important role, and in the past two years, it has even surpassed Taiwan to become the first box office for overseas distribution of Hong Kong films.

After losing such an important market as Japan, it is a matter of concern how much box office it will be able to win.

Lin Youlun glanced at Lucas with some surprise.

"Didn't Stephen tell you that Chinese mainland has officially decided to introduce this film?"

"Really?" Lucas was stunned for a moment, and barely squeezed out a smile on his face: "This is indeed good news, but I still stick to my original point of view, maybe I won't lose money. But it's hard to get you a good box office buck."

Lin Youlun didn't react much to this, "If it was to make money, I wouldn't choose this type of movie at all."

Lucas nodded, in fact, he knew from the beginning that the purpose of Lin Youlun's investment in filming was similar to Spielberg's shooting, all because of a certain plot in his heart, without too many considerations of interests.

"So what? I've seen the special effects of the shipwreck that Cameron was responsible for, and the investment regardless of the cost is really shocking, but if this movie wants to recover the cost, I'm afraid it's more difficult, right? Western audiences may be interested in this type of disaster film. But it's only for the shocking special effects scenes in the film, and compared to the high production cost of this movie. Even if all the actors in the film are replaced by Hollywood stars, there is a lot of pressure to recoup the cost." Lucas glanced at the silent Lin Youlun, "This is also the problem, whether it is or is, the main box office battlefield of these two movies can only be in Asia, so do you understand why the American media is so concerned about this matter?"

"I still don't understand, since the success or failure of these two movies has nothing to do with Hollywood, what is the American media doing to make a fuss?" Lin Youlun hugged his hands, "Or when did I become so popular in Hollywood?"

"You still don't understand what I mean." Lucas shrugged with regret, "The American media is not concerned with the two films themselves, but with the meaning behind them."

"What's the meaning behind it?" Lin Youlun frowned.

"That's right, on behalf of Stephen, but on behalf of Cameron, both of them are now the top directors in the United States, so this is not only a box office showdown between the two films, but also a pinnacle showdown between two top Hollywood directors, which has never happened before, or everyone has sensibly avoided this kind of possible head-to-head showdown."

Lin Youlun had to correct Lucas's statement again.

"The director is Wu Yusen, and Cameron is only in charge of special effects."

"It's not exactly Stephen's work, I mean this movie didn't come up with his own idea and put it into film, but because of you, that's why he made this movie, in other words, this movie is actually a product of your will, Stephen is just an executor." Lucas patiently explained.

"According to you, then there is no reason for the American media to see the showdown between the two films as a showdown between Stephen and Cameron?"

"It's not as simple as you think." Lucas shook his head, "Stephen has mentioned to me more than once that the biggest takeaway from his filming is the war scene at the beginning of the film, which is a great help for the new film he is about to make."

The new Spielberg film in Lucas's mouth is about the Normandy landings in World War II.

"And Cameron, you should know better than me that the reason why he agreed to be in charge of special effects production is more for the accumulation of skills he is doing in filming."

Lin Youlun finally figured out what was going on at this time, and his face became gloomy.

"So the American media regards the box office showdown with He as a rehearsal of the showdown with He?"

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"In fact, it can't be released on the same schedule as it is at all, so this is the only possible collision between Stephen and Cameron."

Lin Youlun's eyes were gloomy and he didn't speak.

"Of course, they haven't forgotten you." Lucas said half-jokingly, half-seriously, "Because both films are invested by you, they call this duel 'left-hand war.'"

Lin Youlun sneered, "So I should still feel honored?"

"Why not?" Lucas smiled even more, "If you can use Stephen and Cameron as your right and left hands, only you can do it in Hollywood."

Lin Youlun was unmoved, but swore hatefully: "I will definitely let them down!"

Lucaston was beaming, "So you decided to stagger the schedules of the two films?"

Lin Youlun looked at Lucas with a helpless face.

"Looks like you haven't given up trying to convince me."

Lucas smiled hesitantly, which was equivalent to acquiescing to Lin Youlun's statement.

"It's easy to stagger the schedules of these two films, but have you thought about the consequences of doing so?"

Lin Youlun's words made Lucas's expression solemn all of a sudden, he really hadn't thought about this question.

"Since the media has decided that this is a showdown between Stephen and Cameron, no matter which movie is rescheduled, they will say that Stephen is afraid of Cameron, or Cameron is afraid of Stephen, rather than this, it is better to let them split the winner."

Lin Youlun was very dissatisfied with the media's set before, but now he has changed his mind.

"I see!" Lucas glanced at Lin Youlun meaningfully, "Actually, from the very beginning, you wanted to see who could be better in these two films, am I right?"

"Don't you want to?" Lin Youlun asked rhetorically.

Lucas was stunned for a moment, then laughed along.

"When you say that, I'm really looking forward to this showdown."

Lin Youlun and Lucas had a conversation, and finally set the main tone of this showdown.

and both are confirmed to be released in the New Year's schedule of '96, and the world premieres are in Hong Kong.

As soon as the news came out, the Hong Kong media and newspapers discussed the matter for several days, and various comparative data with the two movies were also freshly released.

The total investment is more than $70 million, and the producers have not released the relevant figures, but some sources say that the total investment in the film has exceeded $150 million, yes more than double the amount.

In terms of the amount of investment alone, it seems to be an advantage, but this comparison is not objective.

The price of a luxury watch is only equivalent to an ordinary car, but there are many people who own an ordinary car, while a luxury watch is only enjoyed by a few people, so it is meaningless to simply compare the value.

For a war film, the investment of $70 million is already a top production, compared to the investment of $180 million as a disaster film, it sounds exaggerated, but in fact, the investment of disaster films as a whole is high.

In this comparison, it can only be regarded as comparable in terms of investment level.

Of course, the media refused to stop there, and then started to make articles on the main creative lineup of the two films.

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