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Chapter 266 box office forecast for [Star Wars 2]
"???"

Seeing Spielberg pulling him, Zhang Nan was puzzled.

Spielberg just said, "George Lucas asked me to ask you, do you plan to collect money but not do anything?"

"how do I say this?"

"[Star Wars Prequel 2] will be released in May, when do you plan to give the cameo role?" Spielberg asked.

Zhang Nan smiled awkwardly when he heard the words. He really almost forgot about this, but it is not easy to say this kind of truth directly, so he changed his words and said: "In just these two days, after the awards ceremony is over, I will past."

Now that he was dragged by Spielberg, Zhang Nan couldn't run to the set of "Lord of the Rings 1".

After all, Spielberg's [artificial intelligence] crew did not have many nominations in this year's Oscars, but Zhang Nan really did not meet the big watery eyes of Shizuka Kudo who followed the crew to the Oscars. It's easy to shirk.
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With the Hollywood blockbusters, they are constantly conquering cities and territories in the global market.

The popularity of the Oscars is getting bigger and bigger.

And sometimes, it's like when a person has money, he starts to pursue fame.

After the popularity of the Oscars rose, the organizers began to transform to a higher level.

This has led to commercial film projects that were relatively popular at the Oscars before, but now they are not very popular.

The most fundamental change is that high-value awards such as best film, best director, and best actor and actress have begun to shift from focusing on box office and influence to focusing on connotation and artistry.

This kind of change did not happen overnight, but happened slowly, but there was a more obvious manifestation in this session.

Of course.

If you applaud and sell well, then this change will basically have no effect.

But this difficulty is a bit too high.

So in the end, the best picture and best director of this year's Oscars were won by "A Beautiful Mind", the best actor was won by Denzel Washington of "Training Day", and the best actress was won by "Dance of Death Row" Libery took...

What makes Zhang Nan feel a little outrageous is that the best sound effect was won by [Black Hawk Down].

how?

The sound effect of the crash is particularly shocking?

But as the awards continued to be handed out, the annual top event of Hollywood Vanity Fair was slowly coming to an end.
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Industrial Light and Magic.

[Star Wars Episode 2] crew studio.

On the second day after the Oscars ended, Zhang Nan made a lot of determination to get off the bed after struggling to get rid of the multiple physical entanglements of Li Jiaxin, Little Jew, and Kudo Shizuka.

After seeing George Lucas, Zhang Nan quickly said a lot of sorry words.

After all, it was a bit wrong for him to come to work after receiving money.

Fortunately, George Lucas didn't care too much about it. After all, Zhang Nan's roles are indeed not many, and it doesn't matter if he has or not.

Spending money to invite Zhang Nan is like looking for a feng shui master before opening a business, just like a big boss in the mainland in later generations, just for auspiciousness.

It's just that Zhang Nan, a "feng shui master", has a relatively high asking price, measured in tens of millions of dollars.

"Zhang, let me introduce you. Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen are the core male and female protagonists of my [Star Wars Prequels] trilogy, and they are currently well-known all over the world. .” George Lucas introduced Zhang Nan.

Hearing this, Zhang Nan looked over, smiled at the two of them, and said nothing, his attitude was not even as enthusiastic as Tobey Maguire in [Spider-Man 1].

Without him.

It is true that these two are currently famous all over the world, but there is too much moisture and too many restrictions, all of which are blessed by [Star Wars].

Excluding [Star Wars], these two people have no reputation.

In fact, this is indeed the case. When George Lucas's [Star Wars Prequel] trilogy ends, although these two have not disappeared in Hollywood, their popularity will plummet.

George Lucas also saw that Zhang Nan was not too impressed with his two protagonists, so after introducing Zhang Nan a little, he didn't do any more action, but started the filming session in advance.

Under the cooperation of multiple sets of makeup, props and performances.

A few hours later, Zhang Nan ended his cameo role.

While removing makeup, George Lucas rarely left Zhang Nan's side, but started to find a topic.

"Zhang, what do you think of [Star Wars Episode 2]'s box office prospects?"

Zhang Nan was quite puzzled after hearing this, but he still said seriously: "The [Star Wars] series is almost becoming a symbol of European and American culture, with countless fans, and you, Industrial Light & Magic's special effects technology is so strong, you yourself are Director, you ask me?"

"[Jurassic Park 1] has a lot of fans, and the special effects of [Jurassic Park 2] were also made by Industrial Light and Magic, and the director is still Steven. How was the final box office?" George Lucas asked rhetorically.

Zhang Nan opened his mouth when he heard the words, not knowing what to say.

Straightforward words of comfort?
But [Star Wars Episode 2] did learn from [Jurassic Park 2], and there was a wave of box office drops, not to mention the global box office of one billion US dollars, it was not even [-] million.

Knowing the result, Zhang Nan couldn't open his mouth to talk nonsense.

However, the box office of [Star Wars Prequel 2] did not hit a new high.

But in terms of income, it is not much lower than [Star Wars Prequel 1].

Because compared with the [Jurassic Park] series, the peripherals of the [Star Wars] series have a flagship product - the lightsaber.

A low-quality light tube, painted with fluorescent powder, and the entire [Star Wars Episode 1] lightsaber shape, the total cost is less than three dollars, it dares to be priced at three hundred, and the supply is in short supply, so it sold out immediately.

The entire [Star Wars] IP has a market value of several million dollars, and only a very small part comes from the box office.

The level of the box office basically does not affect the overall revenue of [Star Wars].

"The last one was in 1999, and it was the first orthodox work of [Star Wars] nearly ten years later. The fans' expectations were extremely high, so it was able to reach the global box office of one billion US dollars. Now it is far away from the release of [Star Wars Episode 1] It’s only been less than three years, and it’s estimated that in terms of box office performance, [Star Wars Episode 2] will not be higher than [Star Wars Episode 1], but will be much lower.” Zhang Nan honestly gave George Lucas a answer.

After hearing this, George Lucas showed some expected bitterness on his face, "That's Zhang, you can tell me this kind of truth, everyone around me now mentioned [Star Wars] to me one by one. Prequel 2], there is no one who dares to say bad news."

"It's all the same. The people around me are similar, and there is no one who dares to say no in front of me."

Zhang Nan answered first, and then suddenly said in a joking tone: "It's not right, sometimes there are still people who dare to say no to me."

"Oh?"

George Lucas was interested, "Who? For what?"

Zhang Nan straightened his hips, "Of course it's my body whipping people, because I can't stand it! I can't do it, I don't want it, tell me not to move."

George Lucas was speechless after listening.

You are a bit bullying the elderly who are almost 60 years old!
Seeing George Lucas being made a little speechless by his own joke, but his emotions rose again, Zhang Nan continued:

"The box office of [Star Wars Episode 2] is definitely not as good as the previous one, I guess it will be similar to [Jurassic Park 2], but your [Planet] series does not rely on the box office to make a fortune, you can make a fortune just by selling bachelors Right! After all, [Jurassic Park] sells dinosaur models, there will be so many competitors, but your bachelor, who dares to compete with you?"

(End of this chapter)