Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 225 "Taken" in North America

Downey nodded and apologized, "My fault, I didn't get into the scene very well. Give me 5 minutes, I need to brew some emotions."

"No problem, I'll give you 5 minutes!" Chen Hao nodded.

After 5 minutes, the filming continued, but Chen Hao still shouted "Crack!"

Chen Hao looked at Downey on the monitor, shook his head again and said, "The eyes and expression are still a bit different."

Downey frowned slightly when he heard this, looked at Johnson beside him and said, "Sorry, I still can't completely convince myself that he is an alien."

Johnson smiled wryly when he heard the words, "I'm sorry, it's my fault, because I don't look like an alien enough!"

"Hahaha..." The crew couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

"Let me try again, it's still 5 minutes!" Downey said.

Chen Hao nodded upon hearing this, and decided to let Downey try again.

So Downey closed his eyes and tried his best to hypnotize himself, making himself believe that he was with an alien.

After 5 minutes, "click!"

Downey's performance still couldn't satisfy Chen Hao, and Chen Hao was also scratching his head a little. It seemed that it was difficult for Downey to enter the state of transforming into an alien when the filming started!

The time is too short, without the foreshadowing and promotion of the previous plot, it is difficult to adapt to the emotions and mentality of suddenly turning into an alien.

It’s just that the filming of film and television dramas is like this, and it is impossible to proceed in complete order, especially for movies, the time is shorter and the emotions need to be explosive.

Moreover, the shooting plan has been set, and it is impossible to change it at will, so the only way to help Downey as much as possible is to convince him that Johnson is an alien.

Chen Hao asked, "Is there any way for everyone to help Downey believe that Johnson is an alien?"

"Why don't Johnson wear alien clothes, it's very intuitive!"

"No, our special effects department needs to do motion capture. If Johnson is wearing an alien suit, it will be difficult for us to capture, and we can't do special effects in post-production."

Those who need to produce special effects of aliens in the post-production all wear the gray costumes formulated by the special effects department, which cannot be easily changed.

When Chen Hao heard the words, he was moved, "Yes, go and call the makeup artist, and directly turn Johnson into an alien."

Soon, the makeup artist came and turned Johnson into a big green worm according to Chen Hao's request. He didn't even let his hair go, and matched it with the gray clothes requested by the special effects team. It was really weird.

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw Johnson's current appearance.

Only Downey endured it, after all, he was the main culprit for Johnson becoming like this.

"How is it? Do you feel it?" Chen Hao asked.

Downey looked at Johnson's green head and nodded.

"That's good, keep brewing, I'll give you another 5 minutes, and then start shooting!" Chen Hao nodded.

Downey looked at Johnson a few more times after hearing the words, and then kept thinking silently, this guy is an alien, this guy is an alien, and gradually, his emotions were really mobilized.

After 5 minute, shooting continued.

"You prawn, you bastard, you almost killed me just now, you know? Just a little bit!"

Chen Hao looked at Downey on the monitor and nodded, his eyes and expression were much better, "That's right, we'll keep one!"

Downey heard that he could only continue to maintain his emotions and continue filming.

After doing this three times, Chen Hao was finally satisfied, "Okay! Passed!"

Downey finally heaved a sigh of relief. He hated keeping one thing the most. Emotional outbursts were a double test of body and spirit, and they were not very friendly to actors.

Fortunately, it is also beneficial to take a few more shots. It can deepen Downey's memory of the inner activities of the transformed alien. In the future shooting process, it will be easier to mobilize his emotions.

……

After Downey started to get into the mood, and as the cooperation time got longer, the entire crew became more and more tacit, and the shooting progress was also significantly accelerated.

In two weeks, the crew has filmed several indoor scenes such as the MNU headquarters office, the hospital, the interior of the spacecraft, and Johnson's home.

Most of these scenes are not special effects shots, so the shooting speed is relatively fast. At the same time, Chen Hao also shot some alien shots to keep the special effects team busy.

After Chen Hao finishes shooting every day, he will first check the shooting content of the day, and after confirming that it is correct, it will be sent to Weta Digital for post-production special effects.

At the same time, after 20 weeks of release in the North American film market, "Taken" has finally been drawn.

"Taken's final box office in North America was 1.21 million US dollars, temporarily ranking the 2003th in the annual box office list in North America in 11!" --- "Los Angeles Times"

"The classic action movie "Taken" is officially released, with a cost of 2000 million yuan, a box office of 1.21 million yuan, and a return on investment of 600%!" --"Chicago Tribune"

""Taken" North American box office 1.21 million, the global box office successfully broke 2 million!" - "America Online"

……

In the end, the North American box office of "Taken" reached 1.21 million US dollars, which once again attracted the attention and reports of the American media.

"Saw" cost $120 million, with a North American box office of $5515 million, and "Taken" cost $2000 million, with a box office of $1.21 million.

There is no doubt that Chen Hao is definitely a very successful director of commercial films.

What's even more amazing is that he is only under 23 years old, and he can actually make a sci-fi masterpiece that is very in-depth and well-received by film critics like "Moon".

It is not an exaggeration to say that Chen Hao is a genius director. Although he is young, he has achieved countless achievements that directors cannot achieve in a lifetime.

At the same time, the $1.21 million box office result was eventually lost to the $1.35 million of "Anger Management", but Davis was still happy!

After all, he did Colombia a lot more than his old rival Tommy Mottola, and he didn't lose.

Moreover, in the film market outside North America, "Taken" has basically been completely canceled in other countries and regions, except for mainland China, which will not be released until October 10st.

In addition to North America and mainland China, "Taken" won the weekly box office championship in South Korea, Singapore, France, etc., and the final cumulative box office reached 0.81 million US dollars.

In other words, even if the box office performance in mainland China is not included, the global box office of "Taken" has exceeded 2 million US dollars, reaching 2.02 million.

The box office results of "Taken" broke Chen Hao's personal North American and global box office records!
It's a pity that there is only a difference of 1.21 million US dollars between the 1.28 million of "Taken" and the 700 million of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Otherwise, Chen Hao would have surpassed Li Yong and become the second highest-grossing Chinese director in North America!
However, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a Chinese film. Compared with "Taken", it seems a bit unauthentic.

(End of this chapter)