China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 554 North America breaks [-] million, and becomes popular in America

On April 2009, 4, "Taken 20" was released in North America.

Leveraging the popularity of the previous film, Cao Xuan's accumulated influence and appeal over the past few years, and the hard-working promotion of the main creator these days, have created many favorable conditions for the film.

Of course, the most important thing is that under the arrangement of New Line Cinema under the arrangement of Galano, the desperate announcement within the cost range and the favorable schedule environment.

Under the arrangement of Galano, the movie "Ghosts of Ex-Girlfriends", which is also under New Line, launched its original April release and postponed its release to save resources for "Taken 4" and avoid internal friction.

However, the other "Back to 17" is still confirmed to be released on April 4.

This movie was independently produced by a company called [Descendants Entertainment]. The most famous work of the previous company was the "Dancing Out of My Life" series produced together with [Peak Entertainment].

It is worth mentioning that last year, "Dancing Out of My Life 2" was in the same period as the first part of "Taken".

Now that they are fighting together again, they are indeed old enemies...

New Line Films is one of the company's distributors, but it has no control over the films and cannot avoid the two films. It can only sit back and watch the two films go to war.

For New Line Cinema, the co-produced + leading North American distribution and full potential "Taken 2" is undoubtedly the son.

As for "Back to 17", even distant relatives are worthy of the distribution bonus.

Therefore, on the surface, the two films are "produced by the same family", but in fact, New Line Pictures allocated more than 85% of its distribution resources to "Taken 2".

The remaining 15% still have to work because they signed the agreement, otherwise they can give 17% of the resources to "Return to 0.1", which is considered to be of impure Galano Jewish blood...

However, it will take next week for the two movies to meet, and this week, "Taken 2" hardly meets any one that can be played.

This also led to "Taken 2" taking two days to deliver a perfect weekend box office.

On the first day, $3120 million.

The next day, $2612 million.

That is, the box office totaled US$5732 million in the first weekend, and successfully won the No.2009 North American box office weekly champion in 15.

In a single week... no, nearly 6000 million US dollars was blown in two days, which is far from shocking Hollywood, but it is enough to make many people look sideways.

After all, according to estimates from previous years, as long as the data behind this data is not too bad, at least there are top 25 or even top [-] in the annual total box office.

"Hahahahaha..."

Galano held the report in his hand, as if he had gone out to pick up millions of dollars, and couldn't help laughing in the office.

However, he was a bit concerned about the image of the president, so he didn't want to be too unrestrained, and stopped abruptly when he laughed halfway, which looked quite funny.

However, Gallano didn't care about these at this time. The potential of "Taken 2" exceeded his imagination.

North America's breakthrough of 1.5 million is a certainty, and [-] million US dollars is not without hope.

In addition to the box office in other regions, although New Line does not share a gross profit, managing a blockbuster movie project is also very important to the soft power of New Line.

The point is, this is all thanks to him as the president...

Galano spent the whole afternoon enjoying himself in the office, thinking that he could find a golf course to relax after finishing this part of his work.

As a female partner, let's find that Brazilian hot girl who wants to make a movie. She has a bit of a temper, but she is strong enough.

Gallano thought about it for a while, but he was not completely dazzled, and asked his team to continue to follow up and find a way to push the movie's box office.

After all, the better the box office data, the greater his contribution. If it weren't for the difficult financial statements, there would be undercover agents from the head office.

Gallano even wants to make "Taken 2" box office reach 2 million in one go, so that he won't have to worry about losing his job in at least two years.

At the same time, Galano still didn't forget the important thing, which was to get in touch with Cao Xuan.

No matter who is more responsible for the box office hit of "Taken 2", Cao Xuan cannot be avoided, not to mention, Galano is thinking about "Taken 3" later.

According to the contract, the copyright of "Taken 3" is in the hands of Fanxing, Cao Xuan has the final say on whether to shoot or not, and how to shoot.

Although New Line has a preferential cooperation clause, it would be embarrassing if Cao Xuan switched to another company in "Taken 3" to coax.

New York, a luxury hotel presidential suite
"Okay, feel free to contact..."

Cao Xuan put down his phone, Hu Jing, who was wrapped in a bath towel after taking a shower, was applying a mask in front of the mirror. Seeing this situation, she couldn't help complaining.

"It's finally over, this guy can really chatter."

"Don't blame him, don't even think about it, how many Hollywood companies have contacted us in the past two days, and they are all staring at "Taken 3". How can Galano not be nervous?"

"What do you think, the lower part continues to cooperate with the new line, or..."

"I think it's better to use familiarity than raw."

Cao Xuan is inclined to continue to cooperate with Xinxian, not because of nostalgia for the past, but mainly because the two parties in the two cooperations have nothing dirty, and they have a tacit and happy understanding.

This also allowed Cao Xuan to accumulate a certain amount of trust in Xinxian. If he switched to a new company, there might be other benefits, but many things would have to start all over again.

"But then again, the interests that should be fought for should not be given up in vain. It would be good to take this opportunity to delay Galano and get more benefits from Xinxian.

And even though you don’t have to be familiar with it, you can’t be hanged by a tree on the new line. It’s also good to get in touch with Warner, the parent company behind it…”

"They said you were a profiteer."

Empress Donggong made a sudden comment, which made Cao Xuan dumbfounded, dragged her over and spanked her butt?
"Women know nothing. I am a profiteer not for the sake of my children."

"Don't talk about earning tuition for your children. With the money you're thinking about, you can probably send your children from kindergarten to nursing home."

"It's not just our children going to school. Wouldn't it be good to build a few more hopeful schools with the money we earn? Americans don't pluck their wool for nothing."

Up to now, the goal of earning milk powder and tuition fees for children is indeed not enough, but fortunately, Cao Xuan can still build a school.

A small portion of the many proceeds can enable hundreds of poor students to obtain a relatively good educational environment, and the merits are immeasurable.

Principal Cao's great goal made Empress Donggong feel ashamed, but women can always be unreasonable.

If you can't win the war of words, you will receive public food immediately!
However, Officer Cao was not timid either. After a fierce battle, Hu Jing took a bath and fell asleep, while Cao Xuan, who was still a little refreshed, couldn't sleep.

I simply surfed the Internet, took the time to look at the old tomato and IMDB scores of "Taken 2", and observed the word-of-mouth of the movie.

Compared with the first film, which has extra points for family affection and a certain literary style, "Taken 2" has a higher popcorn attribute, while the hero saves the beauty is refreshing, and the depth of connotation is less.

But even so, Rotten Tomatoes still gave the opening 80% freshness.

After all, this rating website doesn't care whether it's a literary movie or a popcorn movie, they value the surprise of the movie more.

Although the storyline of "Taken 2" is not very novel, it still retains many advantages of the first film.

Cold and quick fighting, hearty action scenes, intense and exciting plot rhythm, coupled with tight logic, and the actors' cooperating performances are also good. In the eyes of many people, it is a very good quality action movie.

For most audiences, this is enough, and even many film critics are willing to give high marks.

Although the follow-up Rotten Tomatoes freshness has been declining, it has always remained at around 70%, which is considered a good result.

As for the IMDB public score, although it doesn't have the high score of 7.8 in the first film, 7.2 is also reasonable.

However, after all, the film has only been online for a short time, and there may be fluctuations in the follow-up, but the foundation is stable enough, and it should not fluctuate too much.

Cao Xuan nodded in satisfaction when he saw that the movie had a good word-of-mouth score.

Word-of-mouth fermentation is not only beneficial to the subsequent box office of the film, but more importantly, it can deepen the influence and box office appeal of this series of films and his Cao.

Cao Xuan has already tasted the sweetness of his good reputation in China, and the audience has always trusted his films.

In many cases, Cao Xuan's name is the guarantee of quality. Everyone hears that it is his movie, and if he dares to spend money to go to the theater, he alone can increase the box office by tens of millions or even more.

It is also because of this that Cao Xuan has always cherished feathers and refused to accept film appointments easily.

Even if it's a guest appearance, it must be required that the film crew can't promote themselves, and can only appear as a surprise egg, so as not to discredit their own resume.

The same is true in Hollywood today, with good film quality, it is easier to accumulate loyal fans and box office appeal.

To be honest, the bad movie rate of these Hollywood stars is even higher than that of domestic stars.

As a result, the box office appeal of many Hollywood stars is very high. Everyone recognizes more series movies or famous directors. It is not that there are no actors who carry blockbuster movies alone, but there are only a handful of them.

For now, Cao Xuan is still bound to the "Taken" series, and he is still far away from being a hit at the box office with his own reputation.

But he is not in a hurry, the "Taken" series is the base, and there will be a few more movie series later.

As long as he maintains the quality of word-of-mouth and box office results, and continues to accumulate influence, there will always be a day when he will become a Hollywood superstar. Just like in China, countless audiences will come to the theater to support him when he hears his name.

The next day, when the time came to Monday, the box office of all movies dropped sharply, and "Taken 2" was no exception.

However, with 1214 million US dollars, it still firmly holds the top spot.

On Tuesday, "Back to 17" was released.

As the name suggests, this movie is about the unsatisfied protagonist returning to the age of 17, with a mature mind, a young body, and changes in the relationship with his wife and daughter, creating all kinds of jokes and thought-provoking plots.

This movie is similar to the domestic "Returning to 20 Years Old". It is returning to youth, but it is not rebirth through time travel, it just becomes younger, and has a lot of intersections with relatives who have not changed.
The core is a bit like "Charlotte's Annoyance". They are all pursuing things that they didn't have before. After going through a lot of things, they realize that what is really precious is what they have.

Cao Xuan specially went to see this movie, and his impression was quite good. He even instructed Fanxing to take down the copyright of the film adaptation. The chances are good that he can remake the Chinese version of "Return to 17".

However, the quality of the movie is good, but this kind of low-cost romantic comedy movie with no heavy stars still suffers at the box office.

The box office of 941 million on the first day firmly held down "Taken 2", and the box office of 724 million the next day was also no problem.

But by Friday, its box office of 441 million was only half higher than "Taken 2".

On the Saturday of the decisive battle, "Taken 2" made a strong comeback and took another 1021 million box office in one breath, while "Back to 17" only had 521 million, which is nearly double the difference.

On Sunday, both films fell at the box office, with "Taken 2" making just over $600 million.

But even so, on April 4, nine days after the film was released, "Taken 28" successfully broke through 2 million US dollars at the North American box office.

Considering that this movie will also enter the summer schedule, it is considered a summer movie, which also means that "Taken 2" has become the first North American summer movie this year with a box office of over [-] million.

This name is actually very tasteless, because it will be the summer vacation in May.

Although "Taken 2" performed well, the box office is already in decline. It is difficult to directly compete with other films in the future. It can only barely get a share. Relying on hard work, the final total box office may be able to overwhelm other films.

But it doesn’t mean that this name is useless. North America may be tasteless, but it is still very bluffing to get it in China and Asia.

"Taken Weekly Championship for two consecutive weeks, "Taken 2" is popular in North America"

"The first movie with a box office of over 2 million US dollars, "Taken [-]" strongly kicked off the summer schedule in North America"

"Breaking countless records, "Taken 2" is expected to become the highest-grossing Chinese-language movie in North America"

"Burst in the Americas, a new generation of Kung Fu superstar——Cao Xuan"

"Shocking, Cao Xuan is suspected of appearing in the "Fast and Furious" series"

"Paramount President Praises, Cao Xuan May Become the Starring of "Mission: Impossible 4""

"..."

The former is Fanxing marketing propaganda, while the latter is all kinds of media deceiving traffic, but some of them are indeed not rumors.

For example, the "Fast and Furious" series did contact Cao Xuan, and was even willing to create a Chinese character for him.

In addition, the "Transformers" series also had contact with Cao Xuan.

Even Marvel had Cao Xuan's idea in mind, thinking over and over which character would be suitable for Cao Xuan.

On the one hand, the success of the two films has allowed Cao Xuan to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, and even began to rank among Hollywood's first-line action stars.

On the other hand, the continuous rise of the mainland film market in the past two years has also made Hollywood gradually pay attention to it. Cao Xuan will undoubtedly increase their guarantee of box office influence in China and even Asia.

This can be seen from the fact that most of the filmmakers in contact with Cao Xuan are series movies or even movie universes. Their plans are very big and they want to be bound with Cao Xuan for a long time.

Cao Xuan didn't have any objection to this. Starring in this kind of global series of movies is very beneficial to his popularity and influence.

But the premise is that the conditions are good enough.

Cao Xuan knew in his heart that it was unlikely that he would be able to win a series of global films by himself, and Cao Xuan could not be too demanding on this, but the roles and treatment were not sincere enough, and there was no need to hurry .

Anyway, this is not the first time he has rejected this kind of movie. The previous "Inception" was rejected because of the schedule and role issues.

In the "Taken" series, the global box office of the first film was 1.5 million U.S. dollars, and the second part doubled it.

Adding the third film, even if it is slightly inferior to the second film, it is only the same as the first film. When added together, the guaranteed bottom line is expected to reach a global box office of 5 million US dollars. If other income is added, it can be several hundred million more .

This data does not dare to be compared with those global bestsellers, but it can also be called a small hit.

The key point is that the "Taken" series is almost supported by Cao Xuan alone. This is completely different from the meaning of ordinary movies, which shows that Cao Xuan is the core of the core of the movie and has made great contributions.

At the same time, since Cao Xuan can make "Taken", there is no guarantee that he will be able to create another series worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the future.

This value is not comparable to that of ordinary Hollywood stars. Even among those superstars, few of them can "bring their own system".

If it was said that Cao Xuan was a bit "overwhelmed" when he rejected "Inception", now he has more confidence.

Even if he had a Chinese version of Superman or Spiderman, Cao Xuan would also express his consideration...

Huge honors and praises, for Cao Xuan, who is already at the top of Asian popularity, popularity, and influence, is nothing more than another layer of resume. After conquering the world music scene, he began to fight for Hollywood.

But for the movie "Taken 2", the bonus is huge.

Cao Xuan's movies may not be watched by everyone, but Cao Xuan's hit movies in North America attract more people.

On April 4, "Taken 25" was released in mainland China.

Leaving Cao Xuan and Hu Jing aside, the first film's 2.02 million domestic box office has already accumulated enough popularity for the film, and now with the North American honor bonus, the film has reached a higher level.

Although the first-day box office of 2600 million yuan did not break any records, it was impressive enough.

You know, although "Taken 2" has various attributes, it is an action movie after all. Although the audience is wide enough, it is by no means a killer existence.

What's more, although "Taken 2" is a Chinese film, it is different from the first one. There is very little Chinese environment. Except for Cao Xuan and Hu Jing, most of the actors speak English.

Therefore, the original English version and the Chinese dubbed version are released in China, and you can choose freely.

But the dubbing is not as good as the original version, and the English language has persuaded many viewers to some extent.

Even though Hollywood blockbusters have emerged in recent years, many viewers have developed the habit of watching English movies with subtitles, but many people still feel that they cannot understand and love Chinese dubbing.

Although "Taken 2" satisfies everyone as much as possible, it is impossible for everyone to be satisfied, and there are still some fluctuations in the box office.

However, this data is enough. In the next few days, after successive battles, although the box office in the first week did not exceed [-] million, it was not far behind.

According to the estimates of all parties, "Taken 2" definitely has the potential to hit 3 million yuan.

The word-of-mouth of the film is also good, and the surprise is even greater than the first one. Compared with Japan and a large number of Chinese stars, European and American villains are more fresh.

The strong and fierce Dashi Johnson and the old and vicious Lao Bai left a certain impression on the audience.

At the same time, what surprised many people was that Hu Jing did a good job in acting scenes. Although there were mostly gunfight scenes, her movements were crisp and neat, not inferior to several actresses who often act in action movies.

But at first glance, this statement is not Hu Jing's die-hard fan.

Donggong Niangniang has made very few movies in recent years. Whether it is "Painted Skin" or "When a Man is in Love", several movies are mainly literary dramas, and there are basically no action scenes, which may cause many people to misunderstand her.

But in fact, Hu Jing had acted in a lot of fighting scenes when she first debuted, and she was born in a dance class.

Another one who became the center of the topic was Anne Hathaway.

The aesthetics are different, some people may not feel it, but some people think she is beautiful.

Especially this girl is currently at the pinnacle of beauty. Although her mouth is a bit big, her fair skin and big eyes that speak with spirit are still a plus in front of Chinese audiences. I don’t know how many people have become their first love in Europe and America.

It is rare for Cao Xuan to contribute a frontal and unexcused kiss scene. In the movie, the scene of the hero and heroine escaping from birth and kissing affectionately on the streets of England made many people hate it.

Cao thief is really a blessing!

Unsurprisingly, Anne Hathaway became Cao Xuan's newcomer to posting gossip posts, but Cao Xuan didn't care about it long ago.

Not even the apprentice Taylor escaped, let alone an actress with a kiss scene.

It is worth mentioning that the update speed of gossip posts has obviously slowed down, mainly because the inventory of what should appear is basically finished.

Moreover, with the rise of Cao Xuan's status, not all cats and dogs can touch porcelain casually. Many small artists or wild models, even if there are rumors, no one will believe them.

For this reason, Cao Xuan was still a little bit disappointed. He thought he would be able to collect a rumored scandal that would kill thousands of people in his lifetime. Looking at the trend now, it's hard to say whether he can reach [-]...

In addition to several leading actors, there are two other people who made a big splash because of "Taken 2", namely Rooney and Ronaldo who came to guest star.

Especially Ronaldo, the well-spoken "Fuck, awesome" almost choked some fans to death, and then felt Cao Xuan's bad taste, and couldn't help laughing.

Many fans also joined the second creation one after another, and soon, relevant screenshots began to be circulated as emoticons on major football post bars and sports website portals such as Hupu.

Whenever I see the world wave or some player's shocking operation, this picture is always indispensable in the comment area.

Cao Xuan was thinking about going to Europe one day to beat Ronaldo up. With his emoji, how many fans he gained for Ronaldo, he would occupy a favorable position in the future battle of the peerless pair of prides.

Of course, everything has a price. The emoji package made Ronaldo popular, and at the same time made him look a little too down-to-earth. I'm afraid it will take a little effort to call him a domineering nickname like "President".

"Taken 2" was a hit in the mainland, but it suffered from other movies, and "Jinling, Jinling" bears the brunt.

This movie was released two days earlier than "Taken 2", and the box office performance at the premiere was not bad, but the word-of-mouth collapsed immediately after, and there was a lot of criticism.

If it's just that, that's all. After all, scolding is actually a kind of attention.

Although "Jinling, Jinling" in the original time and space was very controversial, it still achieved a box office of 1.6 million, and it was in the top ten of the year.

However, the original time and space's achievements are largely due to the support of Xingmei Cinemas, and there are almost no strong competitors in the same class.

But it's different now. After "Taken 2" became popular, it directly snatched up a large number of theaters except Xingmei, which caused the box office of "Jinling, Jinling" to plummet.

There were still nearly 5000 million box office in the first week, most of which were obtained in the first two days, and it has been suppressed by "Taken 2" since then. From the second week onwards, the box office trend has almost collapsed, and it is afraid that it will break through [-] million. difficult.

Cao Xuan raised his head slightly, with an unruly expression on his face, pointed forward with his right hand, turned his wrist outward, and spit out four words domineeringly.

"Just hit it!!!"

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