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X-Men: Days of Future Past was originally scheduled to be released on May 2014, 5.

However, due to the fact that the script was revised during the preparation period and the "Flash" scene was added, etc., the film started shooting three months later than originally scheduled and was released three months later.

In a sense, this is a good thing.

Although the competition is greater during the summer season, it can also bring more moviegoers to 20th Century Fox.

Because this new version of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" does a much better job than the original, at least in terms of pleasing Asian audiences.

Maybe Japan still doesn't get it, but South Korea and China can definitely feel the sincerity of "X-Men: Days of Future Past".

20th Century Fox really listened to Wu Yuan's advice and worked hard to release the film simultaneously in Asia and North America.

Of course, they were not completely synchronized. The release date in North America was September 9, while that in South Korea and China was September 8, a week later.

But this is much better than the previous situation where Hollywood movies were released in North America a month before being released widely in other parts of the world.

Even some regions, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan, actually managed to release the film simultaneously with North America.

Since 20th Century Fox values ​​the Asian market so much, the Asian actress Liu Yifei, who plays a leading role in the film, naturally cannot be neglected.

Even when "Riding the Wind" was about to start filming, she was unable to join the crew. Instead, she went to North America to attend the premiere first, and then followed the entire crew back to China to attend another premiere.

This is not a strange thing.

In recent years, more and more Hollywood films have chosen to hold large-scale premieres in China.

This trend is mainly brought about by "China-US co-production".

In April last year, the Sino-US co-production "Iron Man 4" held its premiere in Beijing. The film's star Robert Downey Jr. also came to the scene. Dozens of domestic film and television stars and directors also appeared on the red carpet to support Iron Man.

Huang Xiaoming, whose broken leg had not yet fully healed, ran over to join in the fun, dragging his calf with steel nails inserted.

Of course, a big part of the reason is that "Iron Man 3" is a movie released in China under the name of a "Sino-US co-production", avoiding the domestic Hollywood film introduction mechanism, which is very cunning.

Since it is a Sino-US co-production, it must have a premiere in China.

Currently, only Hollywood films that are labeled as "China-US co-productions" will hold special premieres in China.

Pure Hollywood blockbusters like "X-Men: Days of Future Past" pay more attention to domestic moviegoers, and it is rare to have a grand premiere in China.

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" can achieve this, which will undoubtedly satisfy mainland movie fans and also reflect their importance and respect.

Of course it was impossible for Liu Yifei to miss such an important premiere, so after attending the North American premiere, she went on to attend the premiere in Beijing.

"X-Men: Days of Future Past", which attached so much importance to the mainland market, naturally also received the due rewards.

Not only did it achieve a good result of 9680 million US dollars in the North American box office in the first week, directly landing on the throne of the North American weekly box office champion, it also took in 1.2 million yuan in the box office in the first three days of its release in China!
The first week of "X-Men: Days of Future Past"'s release in China was also its second week in North America. The film continued to be the weekly box office champion in North America, and once again achieved a good result of 7682 million US dollars in the second week!
There is no doubt that this movie, although the copyright belongs to Marvel but was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, has been a success!

The box office success of superhero movies has been proven once again! Hollywood is one step closer to the abyss of superheroes, with more superhero comic copyrights being locked and new film projects being launched.

Warner, which holds the copyright to the DC movie universe, is even more anxious and is about to become King Gigi.

Your own failure is painful, but your family’s success is even more painful!

Now Marvel has not only proven that its own superhero movies are very successful, but their superheroes can also be successful when made by other film companies!

Except for "The Dark Knight" series a few years ago, all other DC superheroes in Warner's hands have failed!

What makes Warner even more sad is that Sony next door holds the copyright of Marvel's "Spider-Man" and it has also been successful!

The old Spider-Man trilogy is also a benchmark work in the field of American superhero movies!
Warner was really upset that other people's children, even adopted children, were successful, but his own son failed repeatedly.

And if Warner is feeling bad and envious about the failure of its own superhero.

In China, Chinese movie fans who went to the cinema to watch the movie "X-Men: Days of Future Past" were excited about the appearance of China's "own" superheroes.

As we all know, last year's "Iron Man 3" brought a big wave to the Chinese audience.

A premiere was held in China with great fanfare, and Robert Downey Jr. was brought in. When the domestic audiences saw it, they were like, wow, even Iron Man is here. This movie is a Sino-US co-production, so there must be a lot of Chinese elements in the movie, and maybe even a Chinese superhero?
Then, everyone rushed into the cinema with excitement and anticipation to watch "Iron Man 3".

To be fair, the movie is a good one, the special effects are wonderful, the pace is thrilling, and it continues the consistent standard of the "Iron Man" series. It is definitely an excellent movie among popcorn movies.

But there aren't any Chinese elements in the main storyline at all!

Ultron almost disappointed the domestic audience.

And a month after the movie was released, domestic movie fans learned from the Internet that what everyone watched was the special edition!
There were only a few Chinese elements (referring to Wang Xueqi performing surgery on Tony) and Chinese actors appeared on the scene, and these were only in the Chinese version. This plot was not even included in the international version!
This "Sino-US co-production" was shot in vain!
Apart from paying some money, China seems to have had no positive effect. Compared with the true Sino-US co-production of "The Forbidden Kingdom", the difference is so huge that it is hard to describe.

To call it a fraud would be an understatement.

So the few scenes where Chinese faces appear were all edited into the trailer?

In fact, it is not difficult for Chinese audiences to understand why there are no Asian heroes in American superhero movies. This is normal, just like it is impossible for a blond-haired, blue-eyed immortal to appear in a Chinese fantasy film.

As long as you explain it clearly, everyone will love to watch the movie "Iron Man 3".

But it is really disgusting that on the one hand, they promote the film as a co-production between China and the United States and full of Chinese elements, and on the other hand, they produce this special edition.

So much so that even when "X-Men: Days of Future Past" was promoted in China, domestic movie fans who had been deceived once didn't quite believe it. They felt that Liu Yifei was just a marginal character in the movie, and the few shots of her were cut into the trailer.

As a result, when some fans entered the cinema with nervousness, and found that "Flash" played by Liu Yifei really followed the movie from beginning to end, and that one-third of the plot was played by the main actors, they finally believed that this should not be a special edition, and that a Chinese actor really became the protagonist of an American superhero movie!

Chinese superheroes make their grand appearance! (End of this chapter)