You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 714: God-given opportunity, the British Museum was robbed! And the filming of "Inception 2" started!
The National Day box office in 2021 was significantly cooler than the previous two years.

Not only did "Watergate" perform far worse than the first "Changjin Lake", "My Fathers and Me" also only had a box office of over a billion.

There is also the famous director Zheng Xiaolong's attempt at a film called "Meritorious Service", which has a very luxurious cast, including two of the four most handsome actors, but the total box office is less than 1 billion.

Under such circumstances, Wang Dao's support for the script-killing movie "Famous" by new director Liu Xunzimo became a dark horse.

Apart from the female lead Zhang Tianai, there are almost no other popular stars. They are all actors. Even though Zhang Tianai has not been as good as before in the past two years, she has earned more than 10 billion yuan at the box office surrounded by mainstream movies, becoming a hot topic for a while.

Zhang Tianai is very grateful to Director Quan for persuading her to star in this low-budget movie, now she finally has a representative film.

However, she wanted to thank Director Quan but couldn't, because Director Quan is currently enjoying himself in the United States. A few days ago, he was on the hot search on the global entertainment pages for being a guest at Taylor Swift's concert.

Of course, Wang Quan was not idle. The film "Zhang Chunru" directed by Ma Ling officially started shooting, and he served as the producer. It was Wang Quan who first proposed to shoot this subject.

In addition, Wang Quan has also finalized the project of "Ready Player One 2" with Spielberg, which will be released in 23. As for the heroine, she has been replaced by Ni Ni from Pang Bing.

Taking advantage of Marvel's weakness after Avengers 4, Dragon Raises its Head is about to sound the clarion call for a counterattack.

As for Pang Bing, Wang Quan will have other ways to compensate her. Ni Ni has already been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress, so it’s time for her to strive for the title of “International Ni”.

Although there has been no news about Wang Quan's return to Hollywood, this summer season has already unearthed a treasure for Dragon Raising its Head.

The first part of "Squid!", which was released during the summer vacation, has officially been taken off the shelves, with North American box office exceeding 5 million US dollars and global box office exceeding 11 billion US dollars!

Although the mainland box office was only 15 billion, it surpassed films such as "Godzilla vs. Kong" and "Fast & Furious 9" and ranked first among imported films.

The key is that this is a series, and at least three films can be shot, which will effectively alleviate the situation in the past two years of "The Dragon Rises". After the filming is completed, it can be adapted into a web drama and put on Netflix. Wang Quan suggested that a group of Asians be found to shoot it at that time, which will be more fresh.

Wang Quan’s compensation to Pang Bing is the heroine of the second part of "Squid Game".

And as of October, "Squidward Fever" is still the number one global box office of the year.

Although it certainly cannot be maintained, the third one can definitely occupy a place.

As for why we couldn’t seize the first or second place, it was not our fault, we just couldn’t win.

Because in the next two months, two sequels of super IPs will be released, one is called "Avatar 2: The Way of Water" and the other is called "Spider-Man: No Return".

There have been rumors that the third Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland will bring back the first two Spider-Men. If this is true, then this movie will be a nuclear explosion.

And Wang Quan knew that this was true!

Wang Quan's four children are all at Liu Yifei's home in Beverly Hills. Looking at these children, Wang Quan feels emotional, thinking that this is what a big family looks like.

Originally, because Liu Yifei was often not at home due to filming, the one-year-old Bayi was really sad for a while. But fortunately, with the company of two older sisters, a brother and a dog, he quickly forgot the sadness of not having his mother by his side.

Although Liu Yifei rarely goes home, Yang Mi lives at home. The crew of "Pacific Rim 3" is in Los Angeles.

Although Mimi has no problem with English now, she is not very interested in American TV programs and dramas, and she still insists on watching Xigua Video while she is abroad.

"Hahaha!"

She laughed happily, "This killer is not too cold, it's so funny!"

Not only did she watch it herself, she also recommended Wang Quan to watch it together. This is the comedy show "Annual Comedy Competition" jointly created by Xigua Video and Ma Dong's Miwei.

Ever since Miwei and Xigua first collaborated on "Summer of the Band", the two companies have basically been tied together.

Wang Quan took a look and was impressed by both actors. "The one called Zhang Chi played in Zhang Yimou's "Man Jiang Hong".

“That doesn’t seem to be that simple.”

"It's just a small role, not even worth mentioning," Wang Quan pointed at another one, "This Jiang Long should have starred in "Dreaming in the Entertainment Circle"."

Sure enough, after the performance, Jiang Long was embarrassed when Ma Dong brought up this topic.

The same goes for Jiang Peiyao. Although she is already one of the four young actresses born in the 90s, "Dreaming of Show Business" is a stain that can never be erased from her.

In November, Liu Yifei returned to China to film the plot of "Zhang Chunru", but this time she resolutely left her son in Los Angeles and did not bring him with her. She needed to immerse herself in the role completely.

Wang Quan was a little worried. Although Sanxiu was by her side, he was still worried, so he asked Tangtang in Shanghai to accompany Xixi.

Anyway, "Fang Hua" will take another two years to shoot, so she has plenty of free time.

After Sissi left, Wang Quan submitted his new film plan to Dorothy, and it was approved at the speed of light.

She hugged Wang Quan tightly and said, "I have been waiting for this day for a long time!"

What makes her even happier is that in order to film this movie, Wang Quan will probably spend the next year in the United States. She is really happy for Gadot!
Wang Quan lifted her up and placed her on the president's desk. "Oh, are you really happy for Gadot?"

Little K: "Hey, can you two calm down a little? I'm still here."

Dorothy waved to his wife and said, "Can you take the initiative? I want to give Alex a brother or sister."

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Without the "Xiao Yao You" series, the November schedule in mainland China is undoubtedly a cold period. It was very quiet last year, but this year is different because "Avatar 11" is coming!

Because it has been such a long time since the last film was released, in order to help the audience review the plot, the first "Avatar" is going to be re-screened in China and other markets.

After three weeks of re-screening, the second part will be here.

Cinema owners naturally welcomed it warmly. The last re-release of "Inception" made 12 billion yuan, and they thought that "Avatar" would at least make 10 billion yuan.

After all, more than a decade has passed, and these two movies still have the best 3D special effects, and it is basically difficult for latercomers to surpass them.

Speaking of transcendence, the Winter Olympics is next year. In order to pay tribute to the Tokyo Olympics, the TV series "Beyond" about short track speed skating is currently being filmed under the guidance of the General Administration and co-produced by Mi Shi and Qian Kun.

Yang Chaoyue's name contains the word "surpass", her experience is very inspiring, and her age is similar to that of the heroine Chen Mian, so Mi Shi strongly pushed her to be the heroine. Some time ago, she had been practicing short track speed skating with Winter Olympic champion Wang Meng. At that time, Wang Meng was not in a good mood and was said to have been injured by Li Ming.

Yang Chaoyue's supporting roles include comedy queen Ma Li, drama actor Hu Jun, Yingzhakaimen Shayi, Mei Ting, and Slam Dunk grandma Sarina. It can be said that although it is a TV series, this lineup is higher than many movie configurations. Chaoyue can be said to have picked up a treasure.

Although Chaoyue had no scenes opposite Teacher Ma Li, she had been in the crew, so she became familiar with Teacher Ma Li. She also went to Mahua to support their drama and had the idea of ​​performing in a drama to hone her acting skills.

Mainly, I was shocked by the acting skills of Teacher Ma Li. In this play, she played a heroic coach who was tough on the outside but gentle on the inside. She was not like Ma Li at all.

In addition to filming, Chaoyue also goes to the movies after work, such as the re-released "Avatar".

She didn't have the conditions to watch it back then, so now she wants to make it up to herself and watch it on the best screen.

However, after watching it, I felt that it was not that good. The special effects were of course impeccable, but the story was very empty, and it was very different from director Kwon's "Inception".

The market response was not as enthusiastic as theater managers had initially expected.

Before the release of "Avatar 2", the box office of this re-released movie had just exceeded 6 million, and the total box office is expected to be only half of the re-released version of "Inception".

Previously, domestic media's box office expectations for "Avatar 2" were all 40 billion to start, 50 billion was normal, and 60 was considered a good performance. If the word of mouth is great, it would not be surprising to pull "Happy Journey 3" down from the top spot in film history.

As a result, the box office of "Avatar 2" barely broke 10 billion a week after its release, and the single-day box office was soon replaced by an animated film that came out of nowhere.

"Escape from the British Museum", written by Wang Quan and co-produced by China and the United States, became popular all over the world in a special way and became a dark horse of the annual box office.

And this is thanks to the British Museum.

"Escape from the British Museum" is scheduled to be released on December 12th, with "Avatar 10" before it and "Spider-Man 2: No Homecoming" after it.

Wang Dao attaches great importance to this movie and has invested a lot of money in its publicity and promotion with Maoyan. It is expected to have a box office of at least 10 billion yuan in the mainland, reaching the level of "Zootopia" and "Dream".

Just before the film was released, the British Museum was actually robbed! This news quickly made headlines in major media around the world.

This is not the first time that the British Museum has been robbed.

In 1993, Roman coins from the museum’s collection were stolen; in 1997, several Persian books were stolen; in 2002, a 2500-year-old Greek statue was stolen; in 2004, more than a dozen Chinese bronze mirrors, armor and gems were stolen; in 2017, a Cartier ring diamond worth £75 was revealed to have been stolen in 2011.

But all of the above pale into insignificance compared to this one.

This time, the British Museum officially announced that 1500 gems and jewelry were stolen from its warehouse.

After the incident was exposed, many countries including China, Greece, Nigeria and Egypt once again urged it to return the looted cultural relics.

Especially on the Chinese Internet, the confidence brought by the country's prosperity makes the voices of netizens particularly eye-catching, and the heat continues for many days.

Against this background, "Escape from the British Museum", which tells the story of a cultural relic that becomes spiritual and insists on leaving the British Museum and returning to its homeland, and a series of interesting stories that happen, has been officially released!
Although the first-day box office was not as good as that of "Avatar", the trend was stronger.

Moreover, the next released "Spider-Man 3" was also affected by this movie, and coupled with poor word of mouth, it did not achieve the expected popularity in the mainland.

However, in North America, the film was a huge hit thanks to the nostalgia of the three spiders in the same frame, and it is even expected to surpass "Avatar 2" in North America.

In the end, when 2021 ended, "Spider-Man 3" ranked seventh in the mainland's annual box office with 29.12 billion yuan.

Of course, 29 billion is already very good. The Marvel movies in 21, "Shang-Chi", "Venom 2", "Black Widow" and "Eternals" combined are not more than half of Spider-Man's.

Moreover, "Shang-Chi" and "Eternals" were also severely criticized by netizens. Even the China Film Group and the Film Bureau, which released the two films, were scolded by netizens for having no principles and bottom line for the sake of box office.

Among them, "Eternals" was forced to be taken offline after just one week of release with box office revenue of less than 100 million yuan because some anti-national remarks made by Chinese-American director Zhao Ting on Twitter were dug up in the early days.

"Avatar 2" was criticized by many netizens for its empty story, and the 3D underwater spectacle had already been played in "Happy Journey 3". It finally ranked sixth in the year with 31.68 billion.

"Escape from the British Museum" emerged as a dark horse and took 35.88 billion to rank fifth of the year. It was also the second highest-grossing mainland animated film after "Ne Zha".

Although this movie has half Hollywood blood, two and a half movies entering the top ten of the year is already the best record of Hollywood blockbusters in the mainland in recent years.

Netizens said that Hollywood is getting better and can almost compete with Chinese-language films.

Of course, this is talking about the mainland. If Wang Quan does not take action, Hollywood will still dominate overseas.

Looking at the global market, the dark horse "Squidward Fate" was squeezed to the fourth place of the year by the emerging bigger dark horse "Escape from the British Museum".

"Escape from the British Museum" took in a terrifying 15.82 billion US dollars worldwide thanks to the explosive growth in the mainland market. This figure beat "Frozen 2" by a slight margin and became the highest-grossing animated film in film history.

Coupled with Disney's mediocre performance this year, the company has regained the top spot in North American market share and its stock price has risen slightly, but there is still a gap with Netflix.

Illumination and DreamWorks have already started working on the second part.

However, this result is nothing compared to "Avatar 2" and "Spider-Man 3".

"Spider-Man 3" grossed $21.68 billion worldwide, ranking sixth in film history.

"Avatar 2" did not perform as well as the first one, but it also grossed $26.45 billion, ranking third in film history.

As for "Avatar", the number one film in film history, after another round of re-screening, the total box office has reached an astonishing 29.52 billion, completely widening the gap with "Avengers 4". And everyone knows that even if "Avengers 4" is re-screened, it will not pose much threat.

As for Wang Quan's best-performing film, "The Force Awakens", it was squeezed to fourth place in film history.

Then some people on the Internet started to criticize Wang Quan in person.

Princess Sissi is Here: People used to say that Wang Quan was the best director in the world, but now it seems that is not entirely true.

Wu Xing Zhenren: That’s right, it’s no big deal to get the first place in film history by piling up numbers. If you want to compare, just compare individual movies.

Price_chang: Cameron is the first in film history, and Cameron is also the third, so the world's number one director should be God Cameron!
Hermes K: Of course, Director Kwon is only a world-renowned director, but Cameron is the god of movies!

Zeng Kai, the big shot who was banned five times in one month: Cameron, a man that royal power can never defeat!

firezy06: What we mean is, after all five "Avatar" movies are released, Cameron's total global box office should be able to surpass that of director Kwon, right?
Spit toilet water on the face: Forget it, "Small Town Test-taker" has broken 10 billion dollars worldwide, and now Director Quan's personal global total box office is 272 billion dollars! And God of Cards' total box office is less than 100 billion, and ten or eight more Avatars will be about the same.

Just at this moment, a news came from Hollywood that "Inception 2" was announced and scheduled to be released in 2023!
(End of this chapter)