The new line is really worthy of Golden Harvest, opening 2280 theaters!

You must know that when "Kung Fu" opened in 2503 theaters, the box office revenue of $6.7 million in the first weekend directly set the lowest box office record of 2000+ theaters...

Then, Hollywood no longer trusts Chinese films...

The opening scale of "Huo Yuanjia" is only 1,806, and it is already the largest Chinese film to be released!

"Hurricane Rescue 2" once again refreshed the opening scale, and most importantly, the box office is very good, with a single box office close to $4,000, and the reputation is also very good.

The final North American box office of the first part of "Hurricane Rescue" was $39 million, and the global box office was $84 million, failing to beat "Golden Armor" and "Glory of the Tang Dynasty", but beating the global box office of "Huo Yuanjia" of $70.69 million... 3rd place of the year!

And the DVDs are selling very well, with a total annual revenue of nearly $36 million in North America...

Well, it didn't exceed "Huo Yuanjia" - last year, "Huo Yuanjia" earned $9.39 million in North American DVD rental revenue and $31.12 million in North American DVD sales revenue.

Last year, "Huo Yuanjia" earned a total of $40.51 million in North American DVDs.

However, the TV rights of "Hurricane Rescue" have sold a lot, and they belong to the strategy of half-selling and half-giving away, selling at a low price - the new line.

Back then, "Rush Hour" was released, and the box office in the first week was as high as 33 million, in large part because "Who Am I" had been broadcast on North American TV for several rounds!

-- Zou Wenhuai, the boss of Golden Harvest, encountered the Asian financial turmoil in real estate speculation and owed a lot of debts, and sold a batch of more than 160 films produced by Golden Harvest to Warner Bros. in the United States.

Originally, with Cheng Long's popularity in the past few years, "Who Am I" would definitely be released in North America, but Golden Harvest couldn't wait, and first sold the copyright of the film on North American TV stations and audio-visual products, which means that the film cannot be released in theaters, otherwise with the quality of "Who Am I", there is no problem with the North American box office exceeding 10 million.

But it's not completely unbeneficial, before the release of "Rush Hour", "Who Am I" was broadcast three times in two weeks on American television, which played a very effective role in publicity...

This time, "Hurricane Rescue 2", the new line takes this way!

Effect... Yes, "Hurricane Rescue 2" won $21.78 million at the box office in its first weekend, largely because of the promotional effect of "Hurricane Rescue"...

The point is that the audience's reputation is very good!

In terms of evaluation, IMDb31458 viewers scored 8.0 points, 11 critics on yahoo gave a C, and 2076 fans gave an A.

Let's look at the comments of film critics and the media first, "full of intrigue and bad cultural stereotypes about Europe", "The plot of the film is so fragile that even if I walk out of the door to have a cup of coffee and ask for an hour to come back to see the ending, it will not affect my understanding of the film"...

Well, the plot is indeed a bit simple...

After experiencing "Hurricane Rescue", Wu Jing began to teach his sister kung fu, but her sister experienced the Thai incident and has always had lingering palpitations, Wu Jing simply asked for leave to take her sister to Europe to play, ready to relax, and then... The Albanian gangsters behind the last incident kidnapped, so the agent's brother went out again,

Use the professional skills you have mastered to start saving your sister, and see people kill people and Buddhas along the way...

Well, from start to finish!

North American Guante likes this model: "Today's heart is beating fast and the blood is pumping, I haven't seen such a gripping action movie for a long time", "I waited too long to see it in the cinema, and it didn't disappoint me at all!" …

Well, the "Hurricane Rescue" series is probably going down the old path: earning enough audience reputation, but not very pleasing to film critics and the media...

However, it did not affect the global success of "Hurricane Rescue 2" - it was released simultaneously in more than 70 countries and regions around the world, excluding North America, and earned more than $18 million;

Among them, the mainland box office is 29 million yuan, and the Hong Kong box office is 2.2 million Hong Kong dollars;

It didn't account for much of the second-ranked South Korean box office: it mobilized 392,439 moviegoers in the opening weekend and won $3 million at the box office;

Britain and France won $2.7 million and $2.4 million, respectively...

Belch... The Hong Kong film market has its own pride, generally speaking, pure action movies, it is difficult to achieve good results in the Hong Kong market...

At least until 2010!

It's a place where Chinese action movies carry the flag.

Later, whether it was the "Hurricane Rescue" series or the "Fast Pursuit" series, the Hong Kong box office was very high, even surpassing the flag-carrying work "Ip Man 4" of the local action movie...

Uh, that's an afterword.

However, after the release of "Hurricane Rescue 2", it was a global hit - the news of the box office of $40 million in the first week directly made the entire Hong Kong film circle and media circle boil!

What does this mean?

Action movies have been revived!

It's just..."Hurricane Rescue 2" starring in the mainland...

- The director of the second part was changed to Lu Jianqing, Zheng Baorui is the producer, he wants to direct "Lonely Agent", starring Zhang Jing!

It's okay, the director and action director are from Hong Kong, you can blow it!

……

"Hurricane Rescue 2" is a global hit, and Chinese action movies hit a new high! "After Cheng Long and Li Lian, another action superstar was born: Wu Jing! "Golden Harvest announced: "Hurricane Rescue 3" has been approved! 》

Mainland media also reported on "Hurricane Rescue 2"...

After all, it's really a big hit all over the world!

Shen Xudong is quite calm...

It is estimated that the global box office of "Hurricane Rescue 2" will exceed 100 million at most...

The box office of action movies drops quickly, unless it's the kind that has a lot of word-of-mouth.

I didn't watch "Rush Hour 3" and "Mission Impossible 3" all start with more than $5,000, and the final box office is $140 million and $134 million!

Cheng Long's appeal is not enough to make "Rush Hour 3" exceed $300 million worldwide, and in comparison, the starlight of "Hurricane Rescue 2" is much worse...

When he received Zhong Lifang's call, Shen Xudong was walking in the park.

"I'm more concerned about the current market value of Golden Harvest!"

“… The stock price has soared by 270%, with a total market value of more than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it is still rising..."

Shen Xudong thought for a while, and added: "You inform the new line that the third part will sign the account sharing contract, and in addition, they will have to pay the advance payment for "Hurricane Rescue 3"..."

Zhong Lifang was stunned for a moment: "I can understand the advance payment... I have signed a sub-contract with each other, why do I still have to make an advance payment? ”

“… If New Line is willing to pay the $25 million advance payment for Part 3 in advance, we can hand over the overseas distribution of "Hurricane Rescue 3" to New Line, of course, to sign a split contract! ”

"Wouldn't that be outrageous?"

"What's off? "Hurricane Rescue 2", the new line bought out the North American earnings for $17 million, guess how much they earned? You told them that $25 million was the cost of making Hurricane Rescue 3..."

"And what if they don't say yes?"

"Don't say yes? Then I'll go to Lionsgate or Fox... Don't worry, they'll say yes..."

Zhong Lifang asked again: "The production cost of the third part will rise to 25 million US dollars?" ”

"Isn't this nonsense, Wu Jing's salary must rise to at least 8 million US dollars, the salary will increase, and the production will have to be upgraded every year... I'm worried that $25 million won't be enough to spend! ”

(End of chapter)