Chapter 394: Noise
Of course, Chris. Evans is now far from being a true supergiant. After all, "Glory" is bound to be a series of movies. The status gained through the series of movies is not so stable after all.
But compared to the past, there is already a huge improvement.
That's it.
The only pity that he and his agent have now is that when they negotiated the contract with Dimension Entertainment, they didn't fight for a little more in the sequel......
In terms of his contract, there are also very strict restrictions on the salary of the sequel. His salary will not increase by more than 30 percent, and he has signed a five-part long-term contract......
If it weren't for that, he would dare to ask for 30 million in his next movie - that is, half of 'Iron Man', what's wrong? How much?
Pity......
No matter how sorry Evans was, it was a foregone conclusion.
Wedo Entertainment is not stupid.
Paying 10 million for Evans to play the American team is already a bloody investment, and what is important is the need for a white actor who has a certain reputation in the world to leverage the global box office market.
If it weren't for that, the role of 'Galen' wouldn't necessarily have to be played by Evans.
Considering the problem of sequels after the success of the movie, it is necessary to limit the salary of the sequel.
This is true not only of Evans, but of all the characters and actors.
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The news of the huge success of "Demacia: Glory" in the global box office market has spread back to China.
In the domestic public opinion field, from the melon-eating masses to movie fans, and then to the film circle, they all climaxed together.
It was even more noisy than when it was estimated that "Glory" might surpass "Wolf Warrior 2" and become the first place in China's box office charts.
These are two concepts!
Indeed, it is shocking that "Glory" can have a domestic box office record and even have a certain chance to hit the total box office of six billion.
But that's it.
In recent years, China's film market has flourished, and the record of high box office has been quickly refreshed again and again in a short period of time. From two billion is a record like a sky, to the next two or three billion is commonplace, four billion blanks have been filled, and the highest record is 5.7 billion......
Under repeated bombardment, the box office of "Demacia: Glory" rushed to more than 5 billion, although it is very exaggerated, but it is not completely unacceptable.
Anyway, there is a precedent already placed here, and it is conceivable that "Glory" can have such a result.
But it would be a bit exaggerated to be able to rush to the fifth place in film history and estimate that the global box office can reach $1.7 billion.
Even if the domestic box office accounts for more than half, but the rest, the box office data obtained in North America and other parts of the world, it is also real.
Especially at the box office in North America, it is estimated that it will eventually exceed 300 million, or even reach 400 million, which is unimaginable to many people.
It seems that people have already established a concept in their hearts: made in Hollywood, it is a global movie, and it is a universal value. And Chinese-made films, which only meet the values of Chinese, can only succeed in China at best, and cannot compete with Hollywood on a global scale.
This may indeed be true.
In the past 100 years, Hollywood has relied on the hegemony of the United States in the world, and through advanced film technology, it has exported its value and culture to almost all regions of the world.
This is actually quite brainwashing.
Few people will admit that they have been brainwashed, and it is not without reality that those words on the Internet that say that "it is always Americans who save the world" and "lines do not feel embarrassed when they speak English, and they are embarrassed to fly when they become Chinese".
Taking "The Wandering Earth" as an example, this film does not say much, but it may indeed have a certain gap with "Interstellar" and "The Martian" in terms of film technology and actors' performances in terms of the quality of the whole film. However, it is by no means as bad as many people criticize.
Science fiction movies are always made by Americans, and subtly, it seems that people will really feel that speaking English is tall, seems to have a sense of science and technology, and speaking Chinese is earthy; Obviously, some white actors have poor acting skills, but because the audience in my country has long developed the habit of reading subtitles when watching movies, American dramas, and Japanese comics, they can't understand the language and read subtitles, and even to the point where they are uncomfortable not watching subtitles, so that they ignore that white actors also have poor line skills. And the same feeling becomes unacceptable when applied to Chinese actors who speak Chinese.
Even further, to the point where it is thought that saving the world requires a white man to save, and that the yellow race, or all people of color, can play a supporting role next to it.
There are not a few people who think this way. In "Wolf Warrior 2", Leng Feng led a few people to single-handedly fight a group of enemy soldiers, and was scolded for being fake, YY, and brainless patriotic...... But don't you see, in "Fast and Furious", the protagonist is obviously a gangster, why can he single-handedly fight the elite-trained special forces? Flying over two tall buildings in a car? Helicopter airborne vehicle smashed down? Isn't anyone saying that?
Because those are played by white people, after watching Hollywood movies for so many years, I subtly feel that it is acceptable and natural for white people to do these things; When Chinese do these things, they must look at them calmly, feel embarrassed and feel fake, as if Chinese can only make themes such as "Alive" and "Farewell to the Overlord", which can be regarded as excellent movies.
But on what ground?
White supremacy?
Sometimes, our nation has clearly stood up in body, but the mind is still on its knees.
"Demacia: Glory" brought a huge shock.
Chinese movies are made with Western backgrounds, and although most of the actors wear Western-style heavy armor, their faces are Chinese stars.
At this point, many people have lashed out at movies and dimensional entertainment.
What to say about the Western fantasy background, using Chinese actors to fly up with embarrassment, etc.; How is the way of storytelling so Chinese? Is this the case with the loyalty mentality abroad?
However, this is a minority.
really entered the cinema, for the most popular audience, where to care about this? It's good-looking, cool, and fully immersed in the plot, and the more than two-hour length passed quickly. After it's over, it's too late to reminisce about the plot, who has the time to think about this?
The success of "Demacia: Glory" proves that films produced in China can also be loved by the whole world.
The data of more than 300 million in North America and 400 million US dollars at the box office proves this; The box office in Europe has exceeded 100 million US dollars, proving this; Japan, South Korea, plus Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, "Glory" topped the list, which also proves this.
The domestic public opinion field completely exploded because of this!