Chapter 401 The box office results of "The Fuse" and the next movie!

"Fuse" has achieved decent results in the North American film market, and in the past half a month, it has achieved a total box office of 400 million, which is definitely worse than "I Am a Legend", but it can be regarded as a high box office.

At least Zhou Shaoming is still very satisfied.

Of course, Zhou Shaoming is more concerned about global box office results, especially in China.

Chinese mainland, because Zhou Shaoming's publicity this time is very powerful, coupled with the construction of a series of large-scale theaters in the mainland, many rich people in big cities have changed their state of thinking and went to the cinema to enjoy this popular blockbuster.

In Chinese mainland, other films released at the same time were basically all killed in seconds, half a month, a full fifteen days, "Fuse" achieved a total of 170 million box office results in Chinese mainland, of course, this figure is RMB.

If calculated, "Fuse" should finally be able to achieve a box office of about 250 million in Chinese mainland, which is already epoch-making and history-making for Chinese mainland.

However, if converted into dollars, 250 million is only 40 million.

This figure is definitely much worse than Zhou Shaoming's investment, not to mention the rest, the investment and construction of the theater alone took out a bonus of 100 million US dollars.

Coupled with the publicity expenses and so on, there must be a lot of money posted.

However, both Jon and Zhou Shaoming are very satisfied with this result, in Zhou Shaoming's heart, if "Fuse" can achieve a box office result of 200 million yuan this time, it is already very good, and now it seems that this goal is easy to achieve. 、

As for Jon, he is even more satisfied, because before, Jon did not have much hope for the release of "Fuse" in Chinese mainland. It's almost enough to have an eighteen million dollar box office.

Now it seems. The box office results in Chinese mainland are still somewhat surprising. It also made Jon realize once again the potential market of a populous country.

And the comments about "Fuse" are also hot on the Internet.

As Zhou Shaoming expected, in terms of scenes and fights, it is basically all praise, but the plot and ideological connotation are missing.

Overall, it's pretty decent.

"I never thought that an action movie could be filmed so professionally! A tribute to the most professional action movie to date. After watching "The Fuse", many people will think that it is another boring kung fu movie. But this is the most professional and closest thing to actual combat film I have ever seen. Jason Statham's performance this time has improved greatly, very well, punching to the flesh. It's real, it's cool. And Wu Jing, a martial arts actor from China, is even more eye-catching, his very special voice makes him feel very good about playing the bad guy, his kung fu is very good, he is not inferior to Li Lianjie and Cheng Long at all, and he is still younger, maybe Wu Jing will become the next Bruce Lee! ”――

"This action movie, the accurate positioning is not so much a fighting movie, and many of the fighting skills in the movie are breathtaking, I have to say. The film's action scene director Smith Zhou must have spent a lot of experience, and many of the special effects scenes were handled very well. Judging from the scene and popularity, it is indeed a good film or a commercial blockbuster. However, the ideological connotation of this movie is much worse than that of previous Smith Chow films. But overall, Smith Chow still didn't disappoint! ”――

"Scarlett Johansson is so sexy, Hollywood's No. 1 goddess! There are beautiful women and beautiful cars, plus Jason Statham's muscles, as well as Wu Jing's muscles, Jackie Quin's and Hugh's. Jackman's handsomeness. This movie synthesizes too many blockbuster elements, and it is completely a strengthened version of "Fast and Furious", but "Fuse" is more motivating. I have to say that there is also a gap between commercial films and commercial films, and Smith Zhou's commercial blockbuster is very successful, at least it can be one of the best in commercial blockbusters! ”――

"Real kung fu, real fighting, as if I saw a Bruce Lee movie. Li Lianjie's movements are elegant, but they are too routine and unreal. Cheng Long felt that there was a lack of violent beauty. I thought that Chinese kung fu superstars had come to an era of scarcity, but I didn't expect Wu Jing to be born, a promising kung fu actor, if you train it well, kung fu superstar is not a dream! ”――

The score on Rotten Tomatoes is 7.5, which is not low, but it is low for Zhou Shaoming.

However, Zhou Shaoming didn't care much, this movie appeared to develop the Chinese film market and make more money, not for word-of-mouth and awards.

Therefore, for some lower scores, Zhou Shaoming still doesn't care much.

Another half a month has passed, and the release bonus of "Fuse" has been a month, and in this month's time, the North American box office has successfully reached 600 million, which is basically the same as Ben's "Hulk".

And next, "The Matrix 3" and other blockbusters will come, and the box office of "Fuse" can basically rise Bu Yongzai.

North America did not promote much to reach the box office of 600 million, this achievement is very scary, and many media and filmmakers commented: If Smith Zhou had promoted it well in North America before, the movie would have reached at least 700 million or even 800 million box office results.

But anyway, the box office results of 600 million are already very good, and they have slapped many people's mouths.

While Zhou Shaoming is satisfied with the box office results in North America, he is more concerned about the box office results in Asia.

Chinese mainland has obtained 278 million yuan, and Hong Kong is 10 million.

As the fierce rival of "Fuse", "Infernal Affairs 2" has achieved more than 14 million in Hong Kong, which is much better than "Fuse", but in Chinese mainland, "Infernal Affairs 2" has not even exceeded 100 million, which is far from "Fuse".

In general, the two movies have their own merits, but in terms of results, "Fuse" has beaten "Infernal Affairs 2".

At the same time, regarding "V-Word Vendetta", Zhou Shaoming gave up the filming of this movie.

There are three main reasons for this:

First, the current director system does not force itself, there is no punishment, and you can choose independently!

Second, because of the subject matter, this film is not very suitable in China, and it will be harmonized, even in Europe and the United States, it will be accepted for a long time. The main thing is that the subject matter is too sensitive. Now Zhou Shaoming wants to seize the opportunity to enter the Chinese market. So this movie is obviously not very suitable,

Third, this film is too literary. It's no problem to shoot it to earn word of mouth, but the box office results must be very bleak, although the North American box office of "Fuse" this time is okay. The global box office is also very good, but in general it has dropped compared to "I Am Legend", and if "V Vendendtta" is filmed, the box office performance will continue to decline. It's bad for a supernova company.

Because of these three reasons, in the end, Zhou Shaoming decided to give up filming this movie.

But I have to say that this movie is a very good and ideological movie, and Zhou Shaoming likes it very much, so although he gave up shooting, it doesn't mean that supernova gave up.

But who does this film teach? Ben is definitely not suitable, there is a specialization in the art industry, for this. Zhou Shaoming hopes that he can shoot sci-fi blockbusters wholeheartedly, especially superhero series.

Of course, Zhou Shaoming didn't want to bother him because of this movie.

But the supernova is now in addition to himself and Ben. It seems that there are not many directors who can come up with it.

What to do?

Find other directors and sign them to Supernova? This is a good idea, and it would be better if he could win the original director of "V Vendtta".

However, this idea is also just a fantasy.

The director of "V" is also a big name, "Black 2" and "Star Wars 2" were all filmed by him, it is impossible for such a big director to terminate the contract with his old club and come to Supernova now, and Zhou Shaoming can't afford to raise this great god!

But who exactly will shoot "V"?

After thinking about it for a whole day, in the end, Zhou Shaoming came up with the answer, that is David? Slade, the director of "Hard Candy" and "Twilight 3", is definitely a big director in Zhou Shaoming's time and space.

However, at this time, David was not yet popular, and several classics had not yet started filming, so such a director was very suitable, with unlimited potential, and the price of digging was very small.

The main reason is that the director's style is more literary and artistic.

After having this idea, Zhou Shaoming directly assigned the task to his assistant Benjamin and gave him the task of finding David.

Of course, Zhou Shaoming also has his own task, which is also to find someone, a girl - Natalie.

The heroine in V, except for her, no one seems to be able to play well in Zhou Shaoming's heart.

Therefore, Zhou Shaoming is ready to go to this girl who is very important to "V Vendtta".

In the afternoon, he took a plane to New York, Zhou Shaoming stayed at the Manhattan Hotel in New York, and after simply dealing with the relevant mistakes, Zhou Shaoming lay on the sofa.

This time, he came mainly to find the heroine of "V Venddetta", that is, Natalie? Portman.

This amazing and lucky girl.

The system naturally gives all the information about him

"Natalie? Portman was born on June 9, 1981 in Jerusalem, Israel, and moved to New York with his family when he was 3 years old. One day, while she was wandering the streets of Long Island, luck quietly struck her - a talent scout took a fancy to her and recommended her to director Luc? Besson.

Luc? Besson was recruiting a female lead for the upcoming "This Killer Is Not Too Cold". Although Natalie was too young at the time, she was lucky enough to win the role in the end. As a result, she has never been involved in acting, and she has since become a blockbuster and began a career of studying and filming at the same time.

From 2010 to 2011, she swept the Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Film Critics' Choice Awards and the BAFTA Awards for her role as a ballerina dancer with a split personality in the movie "Black Swan", and won the 83rd Academy Award for Best Actress. ”

After reading the information given by the director's department, Zhou Shaoming smiled with satisfaction, he is no stranger to Natalie, "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" has touched countless hearts, and Natalie in the film is imprinted into the hearts of fans.

And in the end, Natalie also won the Oscar for Best Actress, and locked the actress without any suspense.

So this time, Zhou Shaoming chose not to hesitate to continue to let Natalie play the protagonist of "V-Word Vendetta".

However, before coming, Zhou Shaoming didn't make any preparations, just like when he went to find Avril before, he was just alone.

However, unlike Avril, Natalie is still somewhat famous in the entertainment industry, and what Zhou Shaoming has to do is how to pull her into his team.

As things stand, Natalie graduated from Harvard in June 2003. He now resides at Lowell College. Place is known. But how to convince the other side. Zhou Shaoming has to work hard.

After thinking about it, Zhou Shaoming picked up the phone and dialed the number Jon gave him yesterday, which was Natalie's number.

At this moment, Zhou Shaoming's whole person fell into the sofa. Watching the program on TV, listening carefully to the phone, soon the phone was connected.

"Hello, this is Natalie. Who are you looking for? A playful voice came from the other side, easily reminiscent of the naughty but somewhat melancholy little girl in "The Killer Is Not Too Cold".

Zhou Shaoming smiled, and then said into the phone, "Hello, Natalie? Miss Portman, I'm Smith? Week! ”

"Which Smith? Week? The one that has been pursuing me lately? On the other end of the phone, Natalie said lightly.

Zhou Shaoming was speechless, is there a lot of people in the United States who have the same name as himself? It's okay to meet someone with the same name as you, but it's rare to meet someone who is pursuing Natalie and has the same name as you.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shaoming hurriedly said, "No." I'm not, I'm that Smith from Hollywood? Week. ”

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line. The surprised voice in the imagination did not appear, Natalie seemed to be a little angry, and said to Zhou Shaoming: "I said, can you be a little more clever in pursuing people, but I have seen you in person, and that Smith in Hollywood?" Zhou is 108,000 miles away! ”

Is this boasting about yourself? Or are you scolding yourself? Zhou Shaoming was helpless, the other party seemed to regard himself as her suitor, and it was not clear on the phone, thinking of this, Zhou Shaoming smiled and said to Natalie: "So, dear Miss Natalie, can you give me a chance to have lunch with me?" ”

Natalie thought for a moment before she said, "Okay, just this time, I hope you don't pester me again in the future." ”

"Okay, thank you." Then Zhou Shaoming said the address of a café, and as soon as he finished speaking, he had already hung up the phone on the other side.

Zhou Shaoming smiled helplessly, I don't know if this is a good start or an unlucky start.

According to the normal situation, Zhou Shaoming must have met Natalie's agent first, but now it's good, he has already used Natalie's suitor to meet her, is there still such a director in the world?

Thinking of this, Zhou Shaoming was speechless, and then made a phone call to Christina.

Christina looked nervous and warned Zhou Shaoming not to have any crooked thoughts because the other party was a little beauty.

Zhou Shaoming hurriedly said yes, in the recent period, the relationship with Jessica and Scarlett has made Zhou Shaoming's head very big, and if there is another Natalie, Zhou Shaoming's head will explode.

What's more, Zhou Shaoming's family still has Avril Lavigne in the eye!

After making the call, Zhou Shaoming also struggled with whether to call Jessica, and finally decided to let it go first, and then Zhou Shaoming fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Zhou Shaoming got up, and walked out of the hotel after a simple dress, for the city of New York, Zhou Shaoming remembered most about its traffic jam, the last time he came, he was stuck in traffic jams on the road for a long time.

So I made an appointment with Natalie today, and Zhou Shaoming naturally wanted to come out early.

Sure enough, in the morning, it was the working time of New York residents, and the traffic was congested, but fortunately Zhou Shaoming came out early, otherwise, it would have been really late.

When it was close to ten o'clock, Zhou Shaoming came to the café.

After scanning the situation in the restaurant, Zhou Shaoming soon found that in the window position, a beautiful girl with blond hair was holding her chin with one hand at the moment, watching the traffic outside the window.

This girl is the Natalie that Zhou Shaoming is looking for? Portman.

After seeing Natalie, Zhou Shaoming tidied up his clothes a little and made sure that there was nothing abrupt, Zhou Shaoming walked next to Natalie and said softly: "Excuse me, is it Miss Natalie?" ”

"Well, yes. You may be seated, Mr. Zhou. Natalie seemed to have seen something of interest outside, and said to Zhou Shaoming without looking back.

Zhou Shaoming sat down helplessly, it seems that he has really become an annoying suitor.

After sitting down, Zhou Shaoming didn't speak, just looked at Natalie quietly, and after a long while, Natalie turned around, and said while looking back: "Mr. Zhou, I'll make it clear to you again, we really don't get along" The last word was not spoken, and Natalie was completely stunned.

Because the person in front of her didn't seem to be the same as she remembered. It seems to have become a lot more handsome

Thinking of this, Natalie couldn't help blushing, and after half a salary, Natalie raised her head violently and said to Zhou Shaoming, "Are you Smith?" Week! ”

Zhou Shaoming shrugged his shoulders and said with a noncommittal smile: "This is what I said from the beginning." ”

Natalie's face turned even redder now, and she smiled at Zhou Shaoming awkwardly, leaning against her head like a little girl who had done something wrong.

"Sorry, I recognized the wrong person." Natalie whispered.

After a pause, as if remembering something, Natalie raised her head to look at Zhou Shaoming and said, "Director Zhou, what are you looking for me, do you want to make a movie with me?" ”

Zhou Shaoming nodded and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to say hello to you on the phone, but it didn't work, fortunately you came over today, otherwise, I really don't know what to do with you." ”

"Well, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, then again, you read the script first, to be honest, I don't think anyone is more suitable to make this movie than you." As he spoke, Zhou Shaoming took out the script he had written before from his file bag and handed it to Natalie. (To be continued.) )