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To put it simply, this is a male version of the comedy-style "Thelma and Louise" story. It tells the story of Nick, the actor starring Tim Robbins, who drove away from home because of his wife's betrayal, and was robbed by a robber played by Martin Lawrence. Finally, they accidentally partnered with each other and started a crazy journey.

With a production cost of 2500 million U.S. dollars, "Nothing to Lose" won a box office of 1755 million U.S. dollars in the first week of painting.

It is quite satisfactory.

No.4 is "American Pie", and the ranking returns to Daenerys Entertainment again.

Released on June 6, this low-cost youth sex comedy can be described as the biggest dark horse of this summer. In the fifth week of its release, the weekly box office of "American Pie" fell back to the range of tens of millions of dollars for the first time, earning $20 million. But it just happened to break through the 916 million yuan threshold, reaching 1 million 61 thousand US dollars.

The total investment in production and publicity is only 2000 million US dollars, and Daenerys Entertainment has already made a lot of money with only local distribution.

A sequel is already in the works.

No.5 is "Tornado", which is entering the final stage. It is also the first time that it has dropped to the box office range of tens of millions. In the seventh week of its release, "Tornado" earned 7 million US dollars, which is not far behind "American Pie". However, this investment 903 The $1 million blockbuster film has grossed $2 million domestically.

After all, it was still under the impact of "Independence Day". Judging from the current trend, the local 3 million is hopeless.

Of course, Daenerys Entertainment has basically recovered the total cost of production and publicity of 2.5 million US dollars only at this time with a domestic box office of more than 1.5 million US dollars. Counting the same rising box office overseas, this blockbuster has already entered profitability. cycle.

In addition to the top five, it is worth mentioning the 7th place "Flying Eagle Project".

That's right.

It's the one starring Jack Cheng.

Jack Cheng was able to attend the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" on July 7, precisely because he had to participate in the promotion of the project the week before.

The film was released in Hong Kong in 1991. It was also an old film bought by New World Pictures. Because of the success of "Young Huang Feihong: Iron Horse", New World Pictures temporarily arranged the release of this film. "Spawn" was released on July 7 like "Nothing to Lose", with 18 screens and a box office of 1317 million US dollars in the first week.

An average of about US$5000 is not considered a success. However, considering that the average buyout expenditure of the film after packaging was less than US$50, even if US$200 million was invested in this release, only US$617 million was earned in the first week. All expenses have been recovered.

It earned more than $600 million in the first week, and the film's total box office in North America is expected to be around $1000 million. Coupled with the subsequent video revenue, it is still a dark horse with a very high return on investment.

Coincidentally, like "Iron Monkey", "Flying Eagle Project" still comes from Golden Harvest.

Hong Kong Golden Harvest made a fortune with "Police Story 5", which was released on May 16. Unfortunately, the total box office of "Police Story 4", which has already been released, is only 4 million US dollars. Considering that it is 5346 million US dollars for Hong Kong films The high cost, and the profit must be shared with Disney, the distributor. Even if the follow-up channels are counted, the final net income will not be much higher than the "Flying Eagle Project" released by New World Pictures this time.

If "Flying Eagle Project" and "Iron Monkey" are added together, it can directly blow up "Police Story 4".

Even Simon, who was far away in North America, heard that Boss Zou was in a very bad mood recently, and directly fired a Golden Harvest executive who was in charge of the copyright transaction.

Then came "Face Changing".

"Face Changing", which was released for the ninth week, only earned 9 million US dollars in the past week, and it will be drawn soon. The cumulative box office of the film is 179 million US dollars, a difference of less than 1 million US dollars. The threshold of 9838 million is not a problem.

New week of July 7th.

Because several new films got together last week, apart from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was screened on 143 screens, there was only one low-cost black comedy "Hamburger Story" produced by Paramount that cost only 900 million U.S. dollars. Nothing to worry about.The ones that can pose a threat to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are "Independence Day" where Yu Wei is still there, and old films such as "Spawn" and "Nothing to Lose" last week.

Chapter 1149

Chapter 1149 The Right Place and the Benedictine Community in East Beverly Hills.

The time is June 7th, Saturday.

After attending the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" on Wednesday night, Jack Achievement flew to Los Angeles and settled in the mansion he just bought last year.

Near noon.

I just saw the sample of "Phantom Agent" sent by Hong Kong with Bill Michanik, the president of Disney Pictures. The assistant came to remind me that the guests had arrived one after another.

No matter what the reputation in some aspects is, Jack Cheng is definitely a person with high emotional intelligence, and he is the kind who really looks like a big brother.

Realizing that more and more Chinese-speaking filmmakers have entered Hollywood in the past two years, and many of them are here recently, Jack Cheng deliberately took this opportunity to gather everyone together to connect with each other and help each other more or less in the future.

Fa Ge was the first to arrive, along with Michelle Young, one of the heroines of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Greeting everyone, Jack Cheng did not forget to introduce Bill Michanik to the two of them.

Bill Michanik had already heard some news about the first-day box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the morning, and he was quite enthusiastic about Fa Ge and Michelle Yang.

Afterwards, Jeter Lee, Mr. Xu and some other Asian faces who had been in Hollywood but hadn't made a name yet arrived one after another.

Jeter Lee doesn't mention it.

In addition, Mr. Xu, taking advantage of this wave of Chinese-speaking filmmakers going to the United States, recently successfully signed a film contract with Warner. The actor is Warner's direct-line action actor Steven Seagal. He is currently writing the script. The initial idea roughly tells a story about the cooperation between the police in Hong Kong and the United States to fight terrorism. This setting is mainly to be able to shoot in Hong Kong, which I am familiar with. It is expected that there will be funds from the other side of the ocean to participate, and the budget is about 2500 million US dollars.

In addition to some Hollywood natives that Jack Cheng has known in the past few years, when it was past 12 o'clock, the lobby of the villa was already bustling with activity, and even Danny Morris, the president of New World Pictures, rushed over.

This is a buffet.

Seeing that everyone had started to move, Jack Cheng, as the host, hadn't said a few opening remarks, and the atmosphere gradually became subtle.

Because the most dazzling Chinese-speaking filmmaker in Hollywood has not yet arrived, it is White Pigeon Wu who has been selling consecutively "Broken Arrow", "Mission: Impossible 2" and "Face Changing".

Those who are more perceptive can actually find out that for the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" on Wednesday, Jeter Lee specially flew from China to support him, but White Dove Wu, who is in North America, did not attend.Even if Baige Wu's recent actions make it clear that he has no intention of cooperating with Daenerys Entertainment anymore, but this is a compatriot's film after all, and regardless of Daenerys Entertainment's factors, we should support each other after all.

And this time, Old Monster Xu.

In "The True Colors of a Hero" back then, it was hard to describe the grievances and grievances.Now that Old Freak Xu has entered Hollywood following in the footsteps of others, it is hard to say what White Dove Wu will be thinking.

Until a quarter past twelve, White Pigeon Wu finally came slowly.

After all, it is the high pole of Chinese filmmakers in Hollywood at this time, whether it is Jack Cheng and others or many Hollywood natives have stepped forward.

"I'm so sorry, Aaron, there's a meeting in the morning, and there's a traffic jam on the road," White Pigeon Wu repeated his apologies. Seeing Bill Michanik, he became enthusiastic again: "Bill, I didn't expect you to be here .”

"It's nice to see you again," Bill Michanik also shook hands with White Dove Wu with a smile, and then said, "Wu, about the "Double Crisis" project, how about we talk about it some time?"

With a smile on Baige Wu's face, he refused but was not polite at all: "Bill, I think we should not waste time, I hope to have absolute control over my projects in the future, you obviously can't give this, can you? "

"It can be discussed. I talked with Mr. Messier in France on the phone."

"Sorry, I've actually negotiated a script with Paramount," Baige Wu interrupted directly, and motioned to the side: "Also, I'll go say hello to Ah Fa and the others."

Bill Michanik watched Baige Wu leave, and he could only regret it.

Immediately after seeing Danny Morris, the president of New World Pictures, who was indifferent to the arrival of Baige Wu, it was inevitable to feel a little gloating.

With the domestic box office of "Face Changing" is about to exceed 2 million, White Pigeon Wu is very popular in Hollywood recently. Daenerys Entertainment has single-handedly cultivated this big-name director, but now she just watched him leave without trying to keep him. Nick, a traditional Hollywood executive, seems very unwise.

On the other side, White Pigeon Wu greeted everyone and came to Brother Fa, apologizing again: "I've been busy recently, Ah Fa, and I couldn't attend the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I hope you don't mind. "

There was nothing unusual on Fa Ge's face, he seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile, "It's okay."

Baige Wu didn't intend to talk about it too much. In fact, if he wanted to go, of course he could find the time.It's just that he has made three big-selling movies for Daenerys Entertainment, and he doesn't intend to let the other party take advantage of him. , Baige Wu firmly believes that he can still do well without Daenerys Entertainment.

Recently, Baige Wu has successfully signed two film contracts with Paramount, one is a gunfight action movie co-produced by Fa Ge, and the other is a project he personally directed, called "American Police Officer", which is similar to "Desperate". The idea of ​​"The End of the World" tells the story of a policeman who discovers all kinds of hidden plots in the process of chasing down and fleeing criminals who crashed and escaped.

Except that Paramount has locked Tommy Lee Jones in "The Fugitive", he has considerable power as a director in other aspects, including the final editing rights.And the budget is also very generous and directly gave 1 million US dollars, which is the same as "Changing Face".

Compared with the constraints of cooperating with Daenerys Entertainment, this is the working state he wants most.

When a person is very successful, he will gradually look away from many things. After a round of greetings, White Pigeon Wu also took the initiative to chat with Old Freak Xu, with the intention of clearing up the past, expressing that if there is any need in Hollywood, just talk to him. Say hello to Yunyun himself.

As a result, the atmosphere of the reception was quite harmonious.

When several big names got together, the topic unknowingly talked about some recent movies.

"Golden Harvest's "Phantom Agent", I have also paid attention to it, it should not be finished yet, right?"

"It was just finished last week, and it's in the post-production stage," Jack Cheng said, "Mr. Zou sent someone to send a sample, and Mr. Michanik and I just watched it this morning. After all, the cooperation on "Police Story 4" is very pleasant."

Bai Ge Wu drank some wine, was very energetic, and talked eloquently: "This time's strategy is actually very good. The two protagonists are Hong Kong stars and Hollywood actors. However, Haonan's reputation is a little lower. Why don't you spend more money to find Hua?" Zai or Wei Zai, and the heroine, Jiang Anqi..."

Speaking of this, Old Wu didn't get dizzy after all, stopped in time, and said: "In short, the strategy of combining Chinese and Western is very correct, just like Aaron and Ajie's "Rush Hour" and "Taken". While working hard, one should do as the Romans do, Li's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a counter-example in my opinion, bringing a pure martial arts movie to Hollywood is nothing short of random, how could it be successful?"

After hearing Baige Wu's words, the acquaintances around had strange expressions on their faces, but they didn't refute anything.

Bill Michanik, who stayed behind, couldn't help but said, "Wu, do you know the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" on the first day?" Answer: "With 143 screens, the box office on the first day was US$165 million, which is also Paramount's "Hamburger Story", which opened yesterday, with 1887 screens and only US$107 million on the first day."

143 screens, 165 million on the first day.

1887 screens, 107 million on the first day.

The contrast is strong.

Even if many on-demand films are inevitably high due to the small number of screening halls, it is rare for the halls to break through 165 on the first day, not to mention the late summer slots such as the non-awards season. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" earned 700 million on the first day, and it may be between 800 million and [-] million in the first week.

Many Chinese-language films do not necessarily have a total box office of 800 million in North America, but this is only the expected first-week screening result of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Thinking of Baige Wu's evaluation just now, the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.

In the end, it was Jack Cheng who smoothed things over: "Daenerys has spent so much effort on publicity. It should be better at screenings. What can be done at the box office of more than 100 million depends on the follow-up."

Brother Long wanted to save face, not to mention that everyone knew that this was a step, and everyone agreed. Bill Michanik just now also wisely didn't say anything more, after all, they may cooperate in the future.

When Baige Wu almost made himself unable to step down, the whole Hollywood gradually paid attention to the box office trend of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Even though many people thought that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" would sell well based on various feedbacks in advance, but with only 143 screens, the box office grossed 165 million US dollars on the first day, which still exceeded almost everyone's expectations. .

The weekend passed in a blink of an eye.

On Monday, July 7, the box office statistics were released. The final three-day box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was 28 million US dollars, surpassing "American Pie" with an average of nearly 496 US dollars, and entered the three-day weekend box office. No.3.5 on the list, second only to "Independence Day", "Spawn", "Nothing to Lose" and "Tornado".

随后，7月25日到7月31日的一个完整周过去，《卧虎藏龙》票房进账753万美元，榜单排行依旧No.5。

A single venue is close to 5.3 US dollars.

Daenerys Entertainment followed up in time, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"'s super high first-week screenings became a hot spot for more media attention, and at the same time, it once again created a word-of-mouth effect among the audience.

On August 8, a new box office week begins.

Due to the strong feedback from the screenings in the first week, Daenerys Entertainment adjusted in time, directly expanding the scale of more than 1500 screens originally planned for the first week of large-scale release to 1863 screens, and plans to consider adding more according to specific circumstances.

Subsequently, the box office potential of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" officially began to be released.

Faced with the attack of two new films and other old films on August 8, under the continuous ferment of heat, from August 1 to August 8, the first week of large-scale production, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" finally Successfully won a box office of 1 million US dollars!

It directly won No.1 on the weekly box office list.

Perhaps the weekly box office of other films less than 3000 million US dollars can only be regarded as mediocre, but for a Chinese-language film that has broken into Hollywood, it is still a Chinese-language film with a literary orientation. The box office of 2914 million US dollars is completely a phenomenon-level dark horse. .

Counting the first week of screenings, the cumulative box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has reached 3667 million U.S. dollars in just half a month since its release.

Moreover, unlike "Spawn" which dropped 2755% in the first week to $53 million in the first week, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will obviously go a long way, and it is even very hopeful that it will become the first film to achieve a box office of over [-] million in North America. Chinese films.