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Chapter 406 Guest appearance in Rush Hour 3
Seeing how explosive the box office performance of "300" was in its first week, Warner Pictures did not hesitate to increase the release scale of "300" the following week.

The number of theaters increased from 3103 to 3270.

And "300" did not disappoint Warner Pictures' operation. Compared with the first week, the box office for the next seven days only dropped 5.00%, with a box office of US$5781 million in a single week.

Including the box office of over 6000 million US dollars in the first week, the cumulative box office of "300" in two weeks has reached an astonishing nearly 1.2 million US dollars.

But after two weeks, the box office potential of "300" has been almost exhausted.

After the third week, [300] reported a box office of US$3561 million in a single week, a box office drop of more than 40.00%.

Then the box office decline of "300" couldn't be stopped.

In the fourth week, [300] reported a single-week box office revenue of US$1845 million, another box office drop of more than 40.00%.

By the fifth week, the single-day box office of "300" had dropped by one million US dollars.

But at this time, the cumulative box office of "300" in North America has reached 1.9 million US dollars. There is no suspense about breaking 3.6 million US dollars in North America. It just needs time to kill. The global box office has reached the level of [-] million US dollars. Breaking [-] million US dollars is not a problem.

[300] Such results are already very good for Warner Pictures, which is quite unexpected.

So as May is approaching, Warner Pictures' support for "300" has begun to weaken.

The specific manifestation is that [300] has been reduced from a screening scale of more than 3000 theaters to a scale of just over [-].

At this time, Zhang Nan from the crew of [Avatar] also successfully completed filming.

When parting, Zhang Nan patted James Cameron on the shoulder.

Because during the two months of filming [Avatar], he clearly felt James Cameron's panic, eagerness and anxiety.

This is human nature, after all, it is a $[-] million investment.

Even if he is a celebrity like James Cameron, even if he shoots it badly, it is enough to drink a pot.

So Zhang Nan comforted James Cameron: "James, I believe that this movie co-produced by you and me will create a box office miracle. Don't always worry about this or that, even if the movie fails, Don’t you have me accompanying you? In the worst case, we can shoot the [Rebirth of Doomsday] series together.”

James Cameron was very moved after hearing Zhang Nan's words.

Because after the release of "Titanic", when the early box office was not ideal, he was under strong pressure, and the director's career may have suffered a major blow.

It was Zhang Nan who came from the sky and signed a director contract with him for the "Survival of the Doomsday" series.

"Speak if you have anything to say." James Cameron didn't say anything fancy, he simply said a promise that was not a promise.

Jon Landau, the producer of "Avatar" on the other side, felt good after hearing the first half of Zhang Nan's words. After all, what [-]th Century Fox Pictures wanted was for "Avatar" to create a box office miracle.

But after listening to the second half of Zhang Nan's words, his expression became complicated.

After all, the movie hasn't even been finished yet, and it's a bit unlucky to start talking about the box office failure.

So after watching Zhang Nan walk away, producer Jon Landau couldn't help but ask James Cameron, "James, Zhang Nan's role as the protagonist has been completed. When will the movie be released?"

"Including post-production, another two years will be enough." James Cameron calculated and gave a timely answer.

Jon Landau's expression changed after hearing this.

Because the [Avatar] crew started to be formed in March 2005, so it has been 3 months now.Another 25 months?

A total of 49 months of filming, four years and one month?
At this time, a director with quick hands, such as Peter Jackson of "Lord of the Rings", would have been able to shoot two trilogy series.

The most critical thing is that Twentieth Century Fox Pictures invested US$5 million in the [Avatar] project, which means that Twentieth Century Fox Pictures has a capital of US$5 million that has been suppressed.

If it were the original time and space, [-]th Century Fox Pictures wouldn't have noticed anything.

After all, high investment leads to high returns!

But now there is a variable like Zhang Nan.

跟新线影业合作了3亿多美金制片费、12.5亿美金全球票房的【指环王-索伦传】；跟迪士尼合作了8亿多美金制片费、破十亿美金全球票房的【加勒比海盗2】；跟环球影业合作了4亿多美金制片费、16.5亿美金全球票房的【侏罗纪世界1】。

Even "Transformers 1", which Zhang Nan and Paramount Pictures just negotiated last year, will be released this summer.

Compare the two.

Jon Landau couldn't control his emotions.

Obviously I came first!

Why do we have to wait two years?
"James, can you speed it up a little? The amount of funding for this [Avatar] movie is already too high." Jon Landau said anxiously.

And James Cameron, who had just been given a way out by Zhang Nan, was very tough at this time. Hearing this, he said: "You don't need to tell me anything about funding. I never consider this when making movies. If you If I have to ignore the acceleration of quality, then if the movie fails at the box office, I can tell you in advance that it is none of my business."

Jon Landao: "..." What the hell are you——
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[Rush Hour 3] crew.

Zhang Nan came here a few days after finishing filming on the "Avatar" crew.

At this time, Zhang Nan was sitting behind the monitor with director Brett Ratner, watching the action scenes between Chenglong and Will Smith in the camera.

After watching it for a while, Zhang Nan felt that it was not interesting, so he turned to Brett Ratner and said, "I watched last year's [X-Men 3: The Last Stand], and it was pretty good. The main reason why it didn't succeed at the box office was because it hit "The Da Vinci Code". It's not your fault, so don't be discouraged and just keep filming."

Brett Ratner smiled bitterly after hearing Zhang Nan's words.

There's no way it won't be bitter.

Two [Rush Hour 1.2], plus one popular American TV series [Prison Break Season [-]].

Coupled with the God-given opportunity, Bryan Singer, the director of [X-Men 1.2], left 3th Century Fox to go to Warner Pictures to film [Superman Returns], leaving the [X-Men [-]] project behind. Take advantage of the opportunity.

He would probably never encounter such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity twice in his life - and that was indeed the case.

I thought I could soar into the sky and break into the ranks of major Hollywood commercial film directors.

In the end, his own abilities were not up to par, and he was left tepid, and he couldn't blame others.

When Zhang Nan saw that Brett Ratner was silent, he continued to change the subject in a bored manner: "What are your plans after filming [Rush Hour 3]?"

Brett Ratner didn't hold back when he heard this, "I was approached about the [Blackjack] project, but after [X-Men 21], I thought about trying to be a producer."

Zhang Nan, who was just chatting at first, his eyes lit up when he heard [Blackjack Winner].

(End of this chapter)