Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 210 Refreshing the Record of North American Film History
Time flies. Although Chen Hao is a well-known fast shooter, in a blink of an eye, Chen Hao has finished filming two films in North America and released them all.

Both films were also successful and brought Chen Hao ample financial support.

However, when thinking of shooting the third film, Chen Hao hesitated, whether to continue making low-cost series of commercial films to make money, or to take into account his own preferences.

Of course, the movies that Chen Hao likes are generally blockbusters, but the investment may be a bit large, so the proportion of the investment accounted for by Tianchi is limited, and the money will be earned by others.

Therefore, Chen Hao is a little hesitant about his third Hollywood movie, which is also the fifth movie in his life.

And when Chen Hao was thinking about his third Hollywood movie, the domestic SARS epidemic finally ushered in a turning point.

On May 2003, 5, the People's Hospital of Imperial University lifted the quarantine.

On May 2003, 5, the number of new cases of SARS in the imperial capital dropped to single digits.

On May 2003, 5, Zhang, the last SARS case in Didu, was discharged from Ditan Hospital in Didu.

Subsequently, the Imperial Capital SARS Prevention and Control Headquarters was abolished, and there were no new cases for several days in a row. The WHO also immediately revoked the travel ban on some parts of China!
The domestic SARS epidemic is being eliminated at an astonishing speed, and all walks of life are beginning to show vitality.

The film market, which has been suffocating for a long time and is about to vomit blood, has confirmed the release dates of all blockbuster films within a few days.

The first to appear is the Hollywood superhero blockbuster "Daredevil", which premiered on June 6!
In June, the national epidemic has not completely disappeared, and "Daredevil" rushed to release. It is indeed courageous, but it is also because the schedule in the second half of the year is too crowded.

"Daredevil" landed first, not only to win the show, but also to avoid the competition in the second half of the year!

In July, blockbuster movies began to gather!

On July 7th, "The Matrix 20" will be released, on July 2th, "Double Heroes" starring Liming and Chen Haonan will premiere, and "Finding Nemo" will be on July 7th!
In August, "Charlie's Angels 8", Cheng Long's "Flying Dragon Rebirth", Jiang Wen and Zhao Yanzi's "Green Tea" and "Terminator 2" premiered successively.

In September, "Infernal Affairs 9", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", "X-Men 2", Liu Dehua and Zhang Baizhi's "Big Man with Great Wisdom" were released one after another.

In October, the schedule is relatively loose, and only one "The Incredible Hulk" by Li Press will be released on the 10th!
In November, there will be "The Matrix 11", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" and "Stealing the Sun"!
In December there will be "Infernal Affairs 12" and Feng Dapao's "Mobile Phone"!
Basically, two or more potential box office movies are released every month, not to mention other ordinary movies that are suppressed to the second half of the year.

In the second half of the year, the box office competition in the mainland film market is definitely extremely fierce.

After the schedules of other films have been confirmed, Haotian Film and Television also announced that "Taken" will premiere on October 10st.

At this time, the National Day file is not the most popular time. Of course, the only real popular time in China at this time is the summer file and the Lunar New Year file.

However, with at least two potential blockbuster films every month, October is undoubtedly the least competitive period.

The only big blockbuster in October is "The Incredible Hulk" by Li Press.

This is Li Yin's first film after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and also his first commercial film, plus it is another big-budget superhero movie.

Its deterrence is terrifying, so many film companies want to avoid "Hulk"!
However, Chen Hao knew that Li Yin's "The Incredible Hulk" had finally hit the street, and it was a disaster, which basically ruined his reputation and possibility of shooting a commercial A-level production again.

In addition, Liu Dehua's "Big Man with Great Wisdom" in September is one week away from October 9st, and its final box office is not very high.

Therefore, although the National Day file is not a popular schedule, Chen Hao still chooses to release "Taken" on October 10, so that the movie can almost dominate October!

And with "Taken" scheduled for October 10st, many film companies were greatly relieved.

After all, "Taken" is now released in North America and around the world, and the box office is doing well, which puts everyone under great pressure.

Moreover, their respective schedules are already very crowded, and the competition is fierce. Now that "Taken" comes in, it is really tragic.

Well now, "Taken" has gone to compete with Li Press. At present, China's only remaining director who is on the rise in North America will compete at the box office in the mainland, which is also very interesting.

As for taking pleasure in other people's misfortunes, probably no one has the thought anymore, because everyone is surrounded by powerful enemies, with a radius of eight taels!

At the same time, Chen Hao has just confirmed that "Taken" will be scheduled in the mainland, and soon received a surprise!
In the sixth week of its release in North America, "Taken" achieved a box office score of 6 million US dollars, which also made its North American box office successfully break through 656 million US dollars, reaching 1 million US dollars!
""Taken" broke 1 million at the box office in six weeks, another Chinese director who broke 1 million at the North American box office!" --- "Los Angeles Times"

"The second film broke $1 million at the box office in North America. Director Chen from Huaxia deserves more expectations!" --- "Chicago Tribune"

"Chen, a director from China, became the youngest director in North American film history to break $1.05 million with the $1 million box office of "Taken"!" -- "Washington Post"

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The news that "Taken" broke $1 million at the North American box office caused a sensation in the entire North American film circle, and instantly became the focus of attention in North America!
First of all, it is already a very rare thing that the box office can exceed 2003 million. "Taken" is the ninth film in the North American film market in 9 that has successfully exceeded [-] million!
What is even more surprising is that this movie comes from a Chinese director, although there have been two Chinese directors who have made over [-] million box office in North America before.

They are Wu Baige's "Face Changing" with US$1.12 million, "Mission Impossible 2.15" with US$2 million, and Li Press's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with US$1.28 million.

Among them, Wu Baige's "Mission Impossible 2" had a global box office of 5.45 million US dollars that year, making it the global box office champion of the year!

And throwing away the US$2 million of No.1 "Gladiator", Wu Baige was the king of the global box office in 2000!

Only the achievement of being the world's annual box office champion is unprecedented for Huaxia directors!

But Chen Hao's "Taken" has a box office of over [-] million, and he himself has set a record.

He is the youngest director in North American film history with a box office of over [-] million, and this record may not be broken in the future!
Because Chen Hao was only 22 years and 9 months old at this time!

(End of this chapter)