How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 402: It only started to work in the third week [When Happiness Knocks on the Door]

[Spider-Man 3] Inside the set.

A break from filming.

Tobey Maguire found an opportunity, came over and said hello: "Zhang."

When Zhang Nan saw this, he nodded slightly and didn't say much.

Because he doesn’t want to get involved with Tobey Maguire and Columbia Pictures’ affairs in the [Spider-Man] series.

But Tobey Maguire sighed to Zhang Nan with envy: "Zhang, sometimes I really envy you for being able to reversely suppress Hollywood giants in projects."

It’s not just you who is envious, there are many people in Hollywood who are envious.

But this kind of reverse suppression is based on strength and cannot be envied.

However, despite this thought in his heart, Zhang Nan was still very modest in his words, "Whatever reverse suppression is, it is a mutually beneficial cooperation, and it is a win-win route."

Tobey Maguire curled his lips secretly when he heard this, and then changed the subject and said: "Zhang, if I get the filming contract for [Spider-Man 4.5], don't worry, I will definitely leave the filming contract to you. "

Facing Tobey Maguire's abrupt turn, Zhang Nan was a little surprised and didn't know what Tobey Maguire had in mind.

However, Zhang Nan, who had no intention of getting involved, could not help but give Tobey Maguire some advice: "This project is not a tug of war. It does not mean that the winner will be the winner in the end. When the conditions are about the same, I think it’s OK.”

There was a hint in the tone that Tobey Maguire would give up as soon as he could.

After all, there are many people in Hollywood who are eager for the [Spider-Man] series.

And Tobey Maguire of the original time and space did overturn in the follow-up series of "Spider-Man" and was replaced by Andrew Garfield's "The Amazing Spider-Man".

"I'll make sure of it." After listening to Zhang Nan's words, Tobey Maguire nodded thoughtfully, and then walked away quickly.

Because of the popular series [Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron], spin-off projects that have successfully continued their glory have emerged.

In the past, Columbia Pictures often threatened Tobey Maguire with Zhang Nan's spin-off film starring "Spider-Man".

Tobey Maguire was a little panicked.

So when he saw Zhang Nan this time, Tobey Maguire came forward to talk about the film contract.

After hearing Zhang Nan's words of consideration for him, Tobey Maguire realized that Zhang Nan did not appear in the "Spider-Man" spin-off, and his mentality was naturally a lot more relaxed.

In fact, Zhang Nan does not have the idea of ​​starring in a "Spider-Man" spin-off.

After all, wearing tight clothes is too shameful.

But looking at the way Tobey Maguire only paid attention to what he said, Zhang Nan knew that the follow-up series of "Spider-Man" should not have Tobey Maguire.

It’s not that Tobey Maguire is too greedy. After all, the [Spider-Man] trilogy has a box office of more than 20 billion US dollars. It is normal in Hollywood for the leading actor to receive a fixed salary of tens of millions and a large share of the share.

But I can't stand someone who only needs a salary of 50 US dollars to star in it, and even signed a trilogy in one go. The salary for the subsequent two movies was only 100 million US dollars and 200 million US dollars respectively.

On the one hand, the three movies together only cost 350 million U.S. dollars, and the leading actor did not even receive a salary of 400 million U.S. dollars.

On the other hand, a film costs 3000 million US dollars and a 20.00% box office dividend.

Everyone knows how to choose.

……

12 month 8 day.

Leonardo DiCaprio has landed in the North American movie market with his another Oscar-winning feature film "Blood Diamond".

But the result~
It may be that the subject matter of the movie is too serious, which is not conducive to the development of the box office.

Maybe it’s because Leonardo DiCaprio’s annual box office appeal has a cool-down period and can only be used once a year. Most of it was already consumed by “The Departed” in September.

In short, [Blood Diamond]’s first week at the North American box office was a hit.

It's not just a general attack, but a complete attack. In North America, it only made more than 800 million US dollars at the box office in the first three days, not even 1000 million.It can be said that it was blown away by [007: Casino Royale], which has been released for more than half a month.

Completely shattering the reputation of DiCaprio as a box-office savior in literary and artistic films that he has yet to develop.

It also indirectly made the world realize how valuable Zhang Nan's undefeated experience is.

MGM saw that the New Generation [007] had beaten DiCaprio, and felt that there was room for further development at the box office, so it increased its publicity efforts.

result……

A week later, I encountered a dark horse at the box office.

12 month 15 day.

Will Smith premiered "The Pursuit of Happyness" starring his son.

As a project that received guest money, Zhang Nan naturally took the time to attend the premiere of the movie.

He even praised the quality of the movie and Will Smith during the interview in front of the camera.

But Will Smith doesn't quite buy it.

"Zhang, you should have mentioned little Jaden just now." Will Smith complained to Zhang Nan.

Because he starred in this film, although he was optimistic about the script and maintaining the reputation, he also wanted to take care of his son.

Zhang Nan's face stiffened unnaturally when he heard this.

I'm going to praise you now, but what will the society look like when little Jaden grows up in the future?

"I was so anxious that I forgot about it at the time. I'll pay attention next time." Zhang Nan said this, but in his heart he had already planned to have little Jaden projects in the future, so he automatically stayed away.

……

At first, no one or the media was optimistic about "The Pursuit of Happiness".

Even Will Smith’s take on The Pursuit of Happyness is the same.

After all, the box office of such a biographical movie is usually closely related to the real person's fame and career success.

The real character prototype of this movie is just a successful stock manager.

Compared to ordinary people, this stock manager's career is definitely successful.

But when compared to a biographical movie, it's far inferior.

After all, who are the characters in biographical films?

Falling Sakura God Axe [Washington], Shabby Monkey [Lincoln], Slightly Stuttering [Churchill]... They are not on the same level at all.

Will Smith is even a little worried about whether the project can pay for itself.

After all, in order to invite Zhang Nan to guest star, the cost of the film increased from the original 5500 million US dollars to 8500 US dollars, a budget increase of more than 50.00%.

then……

With US$2553 million in the first three days, the performance of "The Pursuit of Happiness" was average.

The next week it was 2685 million US dollars. This figure is a bit interesting because the box office has stabilized and increased instead of falling.

But there is nothing surprising. After all, the box office data of more than 2000 million US dollars is really not much.

It wasn't until the third week's box office data came out that everyone realized that a box office dark horse had appeared.

Because the box office data of "The Pursuit of Happiness" in its third week was US$4573 million, a nearly doubled box office trend, which directly overturned the predictions of all previous box office forecasting agencies, and also overturned the predictions of "007: Casino Royale" momentum.

(End of this chapter)