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

"The Fuse" has achieved satisfactory results in the North American film market. In the past half month, it has made a total of 400 million in box office. This result is definitely worse than "I Am Legend", but it is still a high box office.

At least Zhou Shaoming is very satisfied.

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

In mainland China, because of Zhou Shaoming's strong publicity this time and the investment in building a series of large-scale theaters in the mainland, many wealthy people in big cities changed their mindset and went to the theaters to enjoy this popular blockbuster.

In mainland China, all other films released during the same period were basically sold out. In half a month and fifteen days, "The Fuse" achieved a total box office of 1.7 billion in mainland China. Of course, this figure is in RMB.

If calculated, "The Fuse" should eventually achieve a box office of around 250 million yuan in mainland China. This achievement is already epoch-making and history-making for mainland China.

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

This figure is certainly much lower than Zhou Shaoming's investment. Not to mention other things, the theater investment and construction alone gave a bonus of 100 million US dollars.

Coupled with publicity expenses, etc., it must have cost a lot of money.

However, both Jon and Zhou Shaoming are very satisfied with this result. In Zhou Shaoming's mind, if "The Fuse" can achieve a box office performance of 200 million yuan this time, it will be great. Now it seems that this goal is

It's easy to achieve.,

As for Jon, he is even more satisfied, because before, Jon didn't have much hope for "The Fuse" to be released in mainland China. It would be enough to have a box office of 18 million US dollars.

Now it seems that the box office performance in mainland China is still a bit surprising. It also made Jon once again realize the potential market of this populous country.

Comments on "The Fuse" are also in full swing online.

As Zhou Shaoming expected, the scenes and fights were basically praised, but the plot and ideological content were lacking.

Overall, it's quite satisfactory.

"I never thought that action movies could be shot so professionally! A tribute to the most professional action movies to date. After watching "The Fuse", many people will think it is another boring kung fu movie. But this is the most professional and most professional action movie I have ever seen.

A movie that is close to actual combat. Jason Statham's performance has improved a lot this time. He is very real and exciting. Wu Jing, a martial arts actor from China, is even more eye-catching and special.

His voice makes him feel good when playing a bad guy, and his kung fu is very good, not inferior to Li Lienjie or Cheng Long, and he is still younger. Maybe Wu Jing will become the next Bruce Lee!"

"This action movie is more accurately positioned as a fighting movie. Many of the fighting skills in the movie are breathtaking. I have to say. Smith Zhou, the director of the action scenes in this movie, must have spent a lot of experience, and many special effects scenes were processed.

is also very good. Judging from the scenes and popularity, it is indeed a good film or a commercial blockbuster. However, the ideological connotation of this film is much different from previous Smith Zhou films. But in general

As far as I’m concerned, Smith Weekly still didn’t disappoint!”

"Scarlett Johansson is so sexy, the number one goddess in Hollywood! She has beautiful women and beautiful cars, plus Jason Statham's muscles, Wu Jing's muscles, Joaquin and Hugh Jackman's handsomeness. This movie is comprehensive

With too many blockbuster elements, it is completely an enhanced version of "The Fast and the Furious", but "The Fuse" is more exciting. It has to be said that there is a gap between commercial films and commercial films. Smith Zhou's commercial blockbuster is very good.

Successful, at least one of the best among commercial blockbusters!"

"Real Kung Fu, real fighting, as if watching a Bruce Lee movie. Li Lienjie's movements are elegant, but too routine and unreal. Cheng Long feels that the beauty of violence is lacking. I thought that Chinese Kung Fu superstars have come to an era of inactivity, but I didn't expect Wu Jing

But suddenly, a promising kung fu actor appeared. If he is properly cultivated, kung fu stardom 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 was made to develop the Chinese film market and make more money, not for reputation and awards.

Therefore, Zhou Shaoming still doesn't care much about some relatively low ratings.

Another half month has passed, and "The Fuse" has been released for a month. In this month, the North American box office has successfully reached 600 million, which is basically the same as Japan's "The Incredible Hulk".

And with "The Matrix 3" and other blockbusters coming next, the box office of "The Fuse" can basically rise as much as Bu Yongzai's.

The box office in North America reached 600 million yuan without much publicity. This result is very scary. Many media and filmmakers commented: If Smith had promoted it well in North America before, this movie would have reached at least 700 million yuan or even more.

800 million box office results.

But no matter what, the box office performance of 600 million is already very good, and it has slapped a lot of people in the mouth.

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

Mainland China received 278 million yuan, and Hong Kong received 100 million yuan.

As a strong rival of "The Fuse", "Infernal Affairs 2" has achieved more than 14 million in Hong Kong, which is much better than "The Fuse". However, in mainland China, "Infernal Affairs 2" has not even exceeded 100 million.

It's a far cry from "The Fuse".

Generally speaking, both movies have their own merits, but in terms of performance, "The Fuse" completely beats "Infernal Affairs 2".

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

There are three main reasons:

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

Secondly, because of the subject matter, this movie is not suitable in China and will be harmonized. Even in Europe and the United States, it took a long time to be accepted. The main reason is that the subject matter is too sensitive. Now Zhou Shaoming wants to seize the opportunity to enter

Chinese market. So this movie is obviously not suitable for it.

Third, this movie is too literary and artistic. It is okay to make it and earn reputation, but the box office results must be very dismal. Although the North American box office of "The Fuse" this time is okay, the global box office is also very good, but overall compared to

"I Am Legend" has declined. If "V for Vendetta" is filmed, the box office performance will continue to decline. This will be very bad for Supernova.

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

But I have to say that this movie is a very good one with a lot of ideological content, and Zhou Shaoming himself liked it very much. Therefore, although he gave up filming, it does not mean that Supernova gave up.

But who is this film teaching? Ben is definitely not suitable. He has a specialization in the art. For Ben, Zhou Shaoming hopes that he can focus on shooting science fiction blockbusters, especially superhero series.

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

But apart from himself and Ben, Supernova seems to not have many directors that he can use anymore.

What to do?

Find other directors and sign them to Supernova? This is a good idea. It would be even better if we could win over the original director of "V for Vendetta".

However, this idea is just a fantasy.

The director of "V" is also a big name. He filmed "Black-ish 2" and "Star Wars 2". It is impossible for such a big director to terminate his contract with his old club and come to Supernova. Moreover, Zhou Shaoming cannot afford to support such a great god.

!

But who was used to shoot "v"?

After thinking for a whole day, Zhou Shaoming finally came up with the answer, which was David Slade, the director of "Fruit Candy" and "The Twilight Saga". He was definitely a great director in Zhou Shaoming's time and space.

However, David was not yet popular at this time, and the filming of several classics had not yet begun, so such a director was very suitable, with unlimited potential, and the price for poaching him 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 a task to his assistant Benjamin and gave him the task of finding David.

Of course, Zhou Shaoming himself also has a mission. He is also looking for someone, a girl named Natalie.

As for the heroine in v, no one else seems to be able to play the role well except her in Zhou Shaoming's heart.

Therefore, Zhou Shaoming is planning to go to this girl who is very important to "V for Vendetta".

In the afternoon, he took a plane to New York. Zhou Shaoming stayed at the Manhattan Hotel in New York. After briefly handling the related mistakes, Zhou Shaoming lay on the sofa.

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

This amazing and lucky girl.

Naturally, the system has given all the information about him.

"Natalie Portman was born in Jerusalem, Israel, on June 9, 1981. She moved to New York with her family when she was 3 years old. One day, when she was wandering on the streets of Long Island, luck came quietly and a talent scout spotted her.

Recommended her to director Luc Besson.

Luc Besson was recruiting a female lead for the upcoming film "The Killer Isn't Cold". Although Natalie was too young at the time, she was lucky enough to win the role. As a result, she had never set foot in acting before.

This became a blockbuster, and he began a career of studying and filming at the same time.

In 2010 and 2011, she won the Best Actress Oscar at the 83rd Academy Awards for her role as a ballet dancer with a split personality in the movie "Black Swan".

After reading the information given by the director, Zhou Shaoming smiled with satisfaction. He was no stranger to Natalie. "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" touched countless hearts. Natalie in the film

It is imprinted into the hearts of movie fans.

And in the end, Natalie also won the Oscar for Best Actress, and she was undoubtedly the best actress.

So this time, Zhou Shaoming chose to continue to let Natalie serve as the protagonist of "V for Vendetta" without any hesitation.

However, Zhou Shaoming did not make any preparations before coming. Just like when he went to find Avril before, he came alone.

But unlike Avril Lavigne, Natalie is still somewhat famous in the entertainment industry. What Zhou Shaoming has to do is to draw her into his team.

Judging from the current situation, Natalie had graduated from Harvard in June 2003. Now she lives in Lowell College. The place is known. But how to convince the other party, Zhou Shaoming has to work hard.

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

At this moment, Zhou Shaoming sank into the sofa. He watched the program on TV and listened to the phone call carefully. Soon the call was connected.

"Hello, this is Natalie. Who are you looking for?" came a playful voice from the other side, which is easily reminiscent of the naughty but a little melancholy little girl in "Killers Are Not So Cold".

Zhou Shaoming smiled, and then said to the phone: "Hello, Miss Natalie Portman, I am Smith Zhou!"

"Which Smith? Zhou? The one who is pursuing me recently?" Natalie said calmly on the other end of the phone.

Zhou Shaoming was speechless. Are there many people with the same name as himself in the United States? It’s okay to meet someone with the same name as himself, but it’s rare to meet someone with the same name as himself who is pursuing Natalie.

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Thinking of this, Zhou Shaoming quickly said: "No. I'm not. I'm that Smith Zhou in Hollywood."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment. The surprised voice did not appear. Natalie seemed a little angry and said to Zhou Shaoming: "I said, can you be more clever in your pursuit of people? I have seen you in person.

Yes, there is a huge difference from that Smith Zhou in Hollywood!"

Are you praising yourself? Or scolding yourself? Zhou Shaoming was helpless. The other party seemed to regard him as her suitor. He couldn't explain clearly on the phone. Thinking of this, Zhou Shaoming smiled and said to Natalie:

"Well, dear Miss Natalie, could you give me a chance to have lunch with me?"

Natalie thought for a while and then said: "Okay, just this time, I hope you won't pester me again in the future."

"Okay, thank you." Then Zhou Shaoming gave the address of a coffee shop. As soon as he finished speaking, the other party hung up the phone.

Zhou Shaoming smiled helplessly. He didn't know whether this was a good start or an unlucky start.

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Shaoming would definitely have to meet Natalie's agent first, but now it's good that he has already gone to meet Natalie as her suitor. Is there any director like this in the world?

Thinking of this, Zhou Shaoming was speechless, and then made another phone call to Kristina.

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

Zhou Shaoming quickly said yes. In the recent period, his relationship with Jessica and Scarlett has already made Zhou Shaoming very nervous. If there is another Natalie, Zhou Shaoming's head will explode.

What's more, there is Avril Lavigne in Zhou Shaoming's house who is eyeing her!

After finishing the phone call, Zhou Shaoming debated whether to call Jessica or not, but finally decided to let it go first, and then Zhou Shaoming fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Zhou Shaoming got up, dressed up briefly and walked out of the hotel. What Zhou Shaoming remembered most about New York was its traffic jams. The last time he came here, he was stuck in traffic jams.

For half a day.

So after making an appointment with Natalie today, Zhou Shaoming naturally wanted to come out early.

As expected, in the morning it was the working time for New York residents, and the traffic was extremely congested. 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 coffee shop.

After scanning the restaurant, Zhou Shaoming quickly discovered that a beautiful girl with blond hair was holding her chin with one hand and watching the cars passing by outside the window at the window seat.

This girl is exactly the Natalie Portman Zhou Shaoming is looking for.

After seeing Natalie, Zhou Shaoming tidied his clothes a little and made sure there was nothing rude. Then Zhou Shaoming walked up to Natalie and said softly: "Excuse me, is this Miss Natalie?"

"Well, yes. Please take a seat, Mr. Zhou." Natalie seemed to have seen something of interest outside, and now said to Zhou Shaoming without looking back.

Zhou Shaoming sat down helplessly. It seemed that he had really turned into an annoying suitor.

After sitting down, Zhou Shaoming did not speak, but looked at Natalie quietly. After a while, Natalie turned around and said while looking back: "Mr. Zhou, I will tell you again.

Let's make it clear, we really don't get along." Before the last word was uttered, Natalie was completely stunned.

Because the person in front of her seemed different from the one she had in mind. He seemed to have become a lot more handsome.

Thinking of this, Natalie couldn't help but blush. After another half payment, Natalie suddenly raised her head and said to Zhou Shaoming: "Are you Smith? Zhou!"

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

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

"Sorry, I got the wrong person." Natalie said softly.

After a pause, as if remembering something, Natalie raised her head and looked at Zhou Shaoming and said: "Director Zhou, why did you come to me for something? Do you want me to make a movie?"

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 here today. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do with you."

"Okay, I'm very sorry."

"It doesn't matter. Having said that, you should read the script first. To be honest, I don't think there is anyone more suitable to make this movie than you." After saying that, Zhou Shaoming took out the script he had written before.
Chapter completed!