my movie years

Chapter 211 Ranked among the top ten in the global box office
The best performance of Chinese-language films in North America is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee, with a box office of 1.3 million US dollars. No.2 is Guoshi's "Hero", with a box office of 5300 million.

No wonder the national teacher has such a high status, as far as the box office results are concerned, he deserves it.

Brother Cheng Long's "Red Fan District" is 3200 million US dollars. Some people may say the "Rush Hour" series, but that is not a Chinese-language movie.

Brother Cheng Long broke into Hollywood with "Red Fan District". This movie is indeed good, a model of action movies.

In addition, "Flying Dragon Rebirth" starring Cheng Long, "Police Story 3: Super Cop" and "Police Story 4: Simple Mission" ranked fifth and seventh with US$2200 million, US$1600 million and US$1530 million respectively. 8.

No.4 is "Fearless" starring Kung Fu Emperor Li Lian, with a box office of 2460 million.The 20-year kung fu of this punch is an existence that those little fresh meat in the circle will never learn.

No.6 is the Star Master movie "Kung Fu" invested by Sony Columbia Pictures, with a box office of 1700 million US dollars.

No.9, which many people may not have imagined, is "The Iron Horse of Huang Feihong" starring Yu Yudan, with a box office of 1400 million.

The most well-known character of Universal Dan in North America is Ip Man, but the box office of the "Ip Man" series is not too high in North America.

Of the films after 2010, only Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster" won a box office of 1200 million, occupying the tenth place in the total box office list of Chinese films in North America.

And the above movies all have a unified place, basically they are all produced in Hong Kong Island, or they are directed by Hong Kong Island directors and actors.

The reason why I listed the above movies is to see what kind of achievements "Gravity" produced by non-Hong Kong Island filmmakers can achieve.

After the recording of the Jimmy Show ended, Zhang Hao took Da Mimi to Las Vegas to play.Of course, the two of them didn't come to gamble, but to get married.

Las Vegas is a famous gambling city and also a famous wedding sanctuary. According to statistics, 12 couples get married here every year, most of them are tourists.

However, these tourists may just be stimulated by alcohol, or the heartbeat of a chance encounter, and then get married in a flash, but Zhang Hao and Da Mi Mi are not.

In a local church, a special priest officiates the wedding, nearby tourists come to join in the fun, and even a special band plays various tunes suitable for the wedding live.

Zhang Hao had been prepared for a long time. Under the witness of the pastor, he and Da Mimi avoided their relatives, friends, and entertainment, and held a simple wedding.

"Mr. Zhang, are you willing to marry this woman? Love her and be loyal to her, no matter if she is poor, sick or disabled, until death. Doyou?" the pastor asked.

Zhang Hao looked into Da Mimi's eyes and replied: "I am willing..."

"Miss Yang, are you willing to marry this man? Love him and be loyal to him, no matter if he is poor, sick or disabled, until death. Doyou?" the pastor asked Da Mimi again.

Da Mi Mi looked happy: "I am willing."

"Okay, please exchange vows of love under the witness of God. From today on, you will have and support each other, love and cherish each other whether it is good or bad, rich or poor, sick or healthy."

Witnessed by the pastor and guest stars, Zhang Hao and Da Mimi exchanged rings, and then kissed sweetly.

A simple wedding ended like this, but the meaning is different.Da Mi Mi has completely transformed into a little woman at this moment, and she doesn't care about everything outside.

"Zhang Hao, I'm so happy!" Da Mimi's face was blushing, and she looked excited.

Zhang Hao also smiled and said: "I am also very happy. This special experience will be very pleasant to recall in the future."

Although, outside of Las Vegas, the legal benefits of getting married there are gone.But the two who became husband and wife began to live a sweet world for two.

At this moment, the North American premiere, the box office situation, whether "Gravity" is successful, etc. are not important.

The important thing is that heaven and earth, and each other in the eyes of both parties.

Having said that, the premiere of "Gravity" in North America on May [-] was really good.

With only 85 at the box office at midnight, thanks to good publicity, the film earned a first-day box office of 364 million US dollars.

However, this is just the beginning.

As a competitor, "Godzilla" cut a box office record of 3850 million that day, and also created the best box office performance in North America since 2014.

After the 1998 "Godzilla" movie, the new "Godzilla" seems to be doing well.

Sony Columbia laughed at the results of "Gravity", that's it?What can compete with Godzilla?
After that, Sony Columbia never took Gravity to heart.

The target of Disney, which has been hyped for a while, is actually the second Batman movie. Robert Iger is very upset about Zhang Hao's behavior of touching Iron Man.

Moreover, Zhang Hao also poached a quarter of the core backbone of Industrial Light & Magic, and those talents made this "Gravity".

That's why Disney's media kept bad-mouthing "Gravity", intending to regain its position and give competitors an old punch.

Seeing the poor results of "Gravity", Disney didn't care anymore.

Robert Iger and Kevin Fitch even said in private: "Jeff Robinov is doing so many things, I thought this "Gravity" has something to do with it."

Kevin Feige said, "Bob, I've seen this movie."

"Oh?" Robert Iger was curious: "How about the movie?"

Kevin Feige said truthfully: "To be honest, I have never seen such an excellent 3D movie since "Avatar". The viewing experience of "Gravity" is unparalleled."

"Then do you think the film has the potential to explode in the North American market?" Robert Iger asked.

"Sorry, Bob, I don't know either." Kevin Fitch said he couldn't understand either.

Robert Iger pondered for a while before saying: "The next focus of our work is "Guardians of the Galaxy", and all resources revolve around this movie."

"I see..." Kevin Fitch nodded heavily.

As for Gravity, let it be!

Therefore, in this weird situation of no matter what, Warner Pictures' propaganda became more and more violent.

And the audience who watched the movie on the first day also began to share the movie with people around them, making more audiences curious about "Gravity".

The selling point of "Gravity" is very simple, it is the process of escaping from space, and it is also a woman's escaping process.

This is undoubtedly very appetizing to North American feminist organizations, so feminist organizations strongly recommend this movie.

Zhang Hao's movie was also born at the right time, just when feminism was on the rise in North America. It's hard to say in the mainland, but it became a box office catalyst in North America.

Coupled with amazing 3D effects, the astonishing performance of 70mm film on the IMAX screen has mesmerized North American audiences.

"Star Wars" and "Star Trek" are good, but there has never been a space movie that can make audiences feel the vastness, beauty, vastness, loneliness, and danger of space so truly.

But "Gravity" did it. The movie firmly attracted the attention of the audience and brought the audience an unprecedented experience.

Under such circumstances, on May 793, the box office of "Gravity" rose significantly.It cut 3975 million US dollars in a single day. Although it is still not as good as the [-] million US dollars of "Godzilla", it is already good.

And on May 864, as word of mouth continued to spread, "Gravity" earned 2021 million box office in a single day, and the box office in North America for the first weekend was [-] million US dollars.

The box office results of this first weekend directly surpassed the US$1700 million achievement of Master Xing's "Kung Fu", and jumped to the sixth place in the box office list of Chinese-language films in North America.

The film is only 2200 million US dollars away from the 179 million US dollars of Cheng Long's "Rebirth of the Dragon", and it will soon surpass it.

As soon as the first week's data came out, there was nothing on the North American side. Instead, the domestic media, which was always paying attention to the status of "Gravity" going to sea, was boiling.

""Gravity" smashed 1.4 million at the North American box office in its first weekend, and Zhang Hao once again created a miracle." - "UC News"

2021 million US dollars is not as good as 1.4 million US dollars, so UC is automatically converted into RMB.

"The first step to go abroad, Zhang Hao adheres to the ambition of his predecessors, and explores the way for Chinese-language films to go overseas." - "Penguin Entertainment"

"Facts have proved that Chinese-language movies are not only costume blockbusters and action movies, but also science fiction movies can go global." - "Sohu News"

"Be vigilant! Although Zhang Hao has done a great job, let's not forget that this weekend's North American box office champion is "Godzilla", which won $9380 million. Zhang Hao still needs to do better." - "Southern Metropolis Daily"

"We only have one Zhang Hao, and only one Zhang Hao. We also need other Chinese-language filmmakers. With only one Zhang Hao, we can't go abroad." - "Global Information"

Under the publicity of the domestic media, netizens also learned about the overseas battle situation of "Gravity".Except for North America, which cut a box office of 2021 million US dollars, the other regions added up to only 527 million US dollars.

Although this is already the best overseas performance of Chinese-language films in recent years, as some domestic media said, it is not enough.

Relatively speaking, "Gravity" is the Chinese movie with the least threshold for viewing
.You don't need to know how rich oriental culture or various humanistic backgrounds are, you just need to feel it with your heart.

The lowering of the movie viewing threshold has also effectively driven European and American audiences to go to the cinema to enjoy the movie.

Generally speaking, there are no other obstacles except that the power of black hair and black eyes makes European and American audiences a little uncomfortable.

So in essence, Zhang Hao has not actually completed the task of cultural communication and output, but it is enough for European and American audiences to realize that this is a Chinese film and generate interest.

After the first week, foreign film rating websites also gave their own scores. More than 25000 viewers rated the film, with an average score of 7.9.

This score is lower than the score of Zhang Hao's "Batman: Beginning", which scored 8.3 and was selected into the TOP250.

But "Batman: Beginning of War" is a typical Hollywood film, and "Gravity" is a Chinese film, which represents a different meaning.

It is possible that IMDB's scoring part has a bias against Chinese-language movies, so the film's score is a bit low.

You must know that the score of the film on Douban was as high as 9.3 at the beginning, but now it has stabilized at 8.7, which is a proper high-scoring movie.

Among the Chinese films directed by Zhang Hao, the score of "Fatal Magic" rose the fastest, from 6.9 points at the beginning to 8.0 points, and it was Zhang Hao's only film that reached 8 points.

On Rotten Tomatoes, another website that collects film critics and general movie reviews, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes for "Gravity" is as high as 83.5%, and the popcorn index is as high as 80.7%.

These two indexes "Gravity" are higher than "Godzilla", but the box office is not as good as "Godzilla".

The North American film critics are also full of praise. The famous film critic Kenneth Turan praised the film in his column, and praised "Gravity" as an excellent space science fiction film for women.

It's a pity that film critics have no influence on the summer film, and they haven't made any contribution to the box office.

In addition to the North American side, influential newspapers such as the British "Times", the French "Film" magazine, and the German "Berlin Times" all gave affirmation to the film.

Amidst the praise, "Gravity" earned US$2468 million in its second week in North America, and the cumulative box office in North America was US$4489 million.

Now, the Chinese-language movies that rank in front of "Gravity" are only No. 2 Guoshi "Hero" with 5300 million, and No. 1 Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with 1.3 million.

There is little hope of surpassing "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but it is not a big problem to surpass "Hero".

The most important thing is that Zhang Hao has proved himself in North America with the non-North American film "Gravity".For a while, it became the favorite of Chinese filmmakers in Hollywood.

Most importantly, by the end of the week of May 26, the global box office of "Gravity" reached 4.02 million US dollars.

Although the vast majority of the box office is contributed by the mainland market, the mainland market alone has already scored 18.35 billion box office, equivalent to 2.62 million US dollars.

Coupled with the strong box office in Asia, the unexpected box office in North America, and the scattered box office in Europe and other regions, the Chinese-language film "Gravity" temporarily ranked eighth in the global box office list.

This is a Chinese-language movie, a level that Chinese-language movies have never reached.

In the future, it is common for Chinese-language films to often enter the top ten of the global box office list in a single market, but in this era, it is unheard of.

Now, not only the domestic media, but even some media in North America have begun to advocate the threat theory.

The film was so successful, but Zhang Hao and Da Mimi, the creators, ended all promotional schedules and went on a low-key vacation.

When the reporter asked the relevant personnel of Tianmi Film and Television Production Company, they all said they did not know about it.

Then the reporter found Guo Fan who was announced by "Source Code". Guo Fan revealed that Zhang Hao and Da Mi Mi went to prepare for their wedding.

This can be said to stir up a thousand waves with one stone, and the whole network exploded even more.

When Zhang Hao and Da Mimi were talking, there were rumors of love changes from time to time, either Zhang Hao was looking for a mistress, or Da Mimi cheated.

Unexpectedly, rumors spread that the two were going to get married?
Is the world changed?Or have we changed?

The reporters were wondering, and even the netizens who were interested in all kinds of scandals and gossip in the entertainment industry were also wondering.

(End of this chapter)