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In addition to Robert Downey Jr. joining to play the role of "The Pretender", the role of "Sentinel" is still played by Joseph Gordon, who was nicknamed "Embarrassed" by fans in his previous life.

Joseph Gordon was born as a child star, debuted early, and has been in Hollywood for more than ten years, but he is still immersed in the whirlpool of independent films. His most recent film is called "Mysterious Skin", which plays a male protagonist who was sexually abused as a child and later becomes a gay-sexual-pimp. originally got the opportunity to be screened at the Cannes Independent Film Festival, but unfortunately it didn't win the award, and in the end it was still not famous.

He was not discouraged, and then took on an independent and low-budget film noir "Chasing the Murderer", playing the role of frustration again. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival at the beginning of the year, but it still faced the embarrassment of not being able to be released in the United States.

So the current "Embarrassment" may be somewhat famous in the independent film circle, if he can't get out of the trap, his life's achievements will stop here.

The U.S. film industry is booming like never before, and the independent film scene is even more famous, but it's also notoriously chaotic. So Hu Yifei never thought of mixing independent films from the beginning, after all, no matter how artistic your movie is, the mainstream of Hollywood is still commercial films.

When Joseph received Hu Yifei's invitation, he was also puzzled for a long time: "This is a commercial film, a commercial blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions, will you find him?!" ”

He has seen Hu Yifei's movies, "Source Code" and "The Hangover", two movies released in the United States, have a very high reputation, and he likes them very much. Whether it is the classic sci-fi structure of "Source Code" or the-pee-fart of "The Hangover", it can be called a classic of independent films. What's more, this is still a foreign-language film, and being able to achieve such results in Hollywood can compare with a large number of independent films.

Although he doubted that Hu Yifei would choose him, no matter what, he would not give up this opportunity.

Coupled with baby Yang Ying, the actor of the role of "Dream Builder" Jinx, and Cillian Murphy, the actor of the rich second-generation Fisher, the "target character", the main roles are complete. Some supporting roles are in charge of the casting director.

Entering mid-July, the preliminary preparations for the film have been completed and can be started at any time.

At the same time, "The Hangover" was released in North America for ten weeks, because the box office of a single theater performed poorly for several days in a row, and the potential was completely exhausted, and it was officially drawn offline from North American theaters.

In the end, the North American box office of "The Hangover" was fixed at $268.52 million, and Hu Yifei successfully raised the North American box office of R-rated comedies to new heights. And the film's global box office performance is also good, and now the global box office is steadily moving towards the $560 million mark.

Some countries and regions are still being released one after another.

In the domestic base camp, the box office of "The Hangover" also broke through the 500 million mark for the first time. The strong box office potential of the mainland this time has also given hope to filmmakers across the Taiwan Strait.

Singing praises is inevitable. The addition of "The Hangover" has also made the total box office of domestic films rise sharply this year. It is expected that in the next two years, due to the impact of "The Hangover", a large amount of money will pour into the film market, creating a plausible prosperity in advance.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

In this way, the North American box office of "The Hangover" totaled $268.52 million, and according to the signed line agreement, Warner Bros. received a total of $130 million in North American box office revenue after deducting fixed expenses such as taxes and fees. The tens of millions of dollars in advertising sponsorship fees that the film can also get from Mercedes-Benz and other manufacturers are not included in the distribution share income, and all of them are enjoyed by the advertising business of the family pictures.

Warner Bros. took 10 percent of the North American box office as a commission, and deducted more than $30 million in publicity expenses, leaving $85 million in this part of the fund.

After the film was removed from North America, Warner Bros. negotiated a basic transfer fee for the videotape and a commission on rental sales with Pepsi, the largest videotape chain in North America, and after several rounds of negotiations, reached an agreement on the figure of $15 million.

This is a long-term benefit, and it is not something that can be paid for in a short period of time.

Then there is the North American television broadcast rights, which also requires the resources of Warner Bros. and a base transfer fee of $10 million, which is also in line with the box office and value of the film.

Warner Bros. can take a cut of the long-term income of both just by paying lip service.

Overall, in the first revenue share of the North American market alone, "The Hangover" made nearly $100 million in profits. It's no wonder Warners insisted on investing in the sequel. With such a big cake, who is willing to let a small company have a large portion of the cream alone.

Of course, a successful film is by no means the work of a single director, it requires the collaboration of a whole team, and without the help of others, it is difficult for him to even release it.

The accounting team hired by Family Pictures also needs to pay millions of dollars, as well as bonuses for the entire crew. After deducting the production investment of the film itself and the publicity and distribution expenses invested by itself, the cost is actually not small.

The main focus is on overseas box office revenue, and in Europe, South America and other places outside Asia, the revenue can be divided into about 3%. This is borrowing Warner's light, otherwise a simple Chinese-language movie will be released, and you will be able to get a box office share, even if you are amazing.

The Asian box office accounts for a large proportion of the overseas box office, equivalent to about 100 million US dollars. This part of the box office is divided by region, but because there is no Warner commission, it is generally more divided. The profit from the box office alone is close to 180 million US dollars (excluding tax) and a net profit of 1.2 billion yuan...... I don't know how many people will be blushing with this number!

After Erica sorted out the income statement, she handed it to Hu Yifei with bright eyes.

Hu Yifei glanced at it, only said lightly, "It's not bad", and stopped asking. Erica, who was ready to make a long compliment, stunned for a long time and didn't react.

"I'm going to start filming next Monday, starting with the Hong Kong area. After all, it's half my home base. ”

Erica smiled wryly, "Is that all?" ”

Hu Yifei was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Everyone has worked hard, you have drawn up a bonus item." But "The Hangover" is a thing of the past, and we have to fight the present battle well, you know? ”

"Okay, then I wish the movie a smooth start."

……

On July 25, the weather in Hong Kong was unusually clear and cloudless.

At this time, the crew of "Inception" quietly arrived in Hong Kong and began to rent the top floor of the International Finance Building, known as the tallest building in Hong Kong, and prepared to start the filming of the whole movie here. (The International Commerce Centre was completed in 2010.) ）

The crew acted in a low-key manner, and as soon as they arrived in Hong Kong, they settled in the Four Seasons Hotel and lived in a simple place. Not much media knew they were filming here.

But in the land of Hong Kong, the paparazzi are notoriously powerful. When Hu Yifei's private jet arrived in Hong Kong, the lineup was really not small, including more than 100 staff. There is also a large group of star lineups all gathered, and Liu Dehao's 1,000-watt big light bulb is shining all the time. Basically, it just appeared, and it didn't take long for the whole of Hong Kong to know about it.

"Welcome to Phoenix Satellite TV Entertainment News, according to the news from the reporter ahead, Hu Yifei and the crew of "Inception" have quietly arrived in Hong Kong a few days ago, renting the top floor of the tallest building, and will complete ten days of short-term filming here. He was accompanied by Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron, as well as a number of strong line-up ......"

"Hu Yifei is coming to Hong Kong......"

"The Oscar-winning actress is also here?!"

Countless media reporters ran over to see the demeanor of the actress, but there was no way to enter. (To be continued.) )