director of the millennium

A Chinese man with yellow skin and black eyes became a superhero in a superhero blockbuster. Although the setting is Asian Americans, this is really enough to make a large number of Chinese movie fans ecstatic.

Especially in this era when Hollywood still has absolute dominance.

In this era, although Chinese films are on the rise, due to many chaos such as the movie "Where Are We Going, Dad?", most domestic movie fans and audiences do not think that mainland films can compare with Hollywood.

Not to mention being on par with each other, in the public's perception, there is probably a galaxy of difference between mainland films and Hollywood.

Otherwise, if the news that Chinese actors would be participating in "Iron Man 3" was released, so many mainland movie fans would not be excited and looking forward to it.

If this kind of thing happened 10 years later, would anyone care about Shang-Chi?

Times are different, and the public's views and standards of judgment are also different.

At present, it is definitely exciting news that a Chinese actor can play a superhero in a Hollywood superhero movie. Although he is not the absolute protagonist, he is also a member of the protagonist group.

At least in the eyes of Chinese audiences and movie fans, this means that Chinese actors are good enough to be invited to perform in Hollywood.

Well, they won’t think too deeply about it, nor will they consider whether this means that Hollywood pays more attention to the Chinese film market and is trying to please the Chinese people.

They just think that this shows that Chinese actors have become more powerful and have gone international.

This is another argument that can boost national confidence.

Just like how Korean idols became extremely popular in Asia and even went to the United States to participate in the Grammy Awards, Koreans generally believe that Korean idols are international and are all international superstars.

There is nothing wrong with this mentality, except that from a foreigner's perspective, it may seem "arrogant". But in fact, from the perspective of a native, one will only feel proud and happy.

During the release of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in mainland China, most mainland movie fans who went to the cinema to watch this movie had the same emotion.

Especially seeing Liu Yifei so cool and dashing in the movie, opening all kinds of space doors and teleporting to save people, even Wolverine was saved by Flash in the moment of crisis, which makes people's blood boil.

This is Wolverine!
He was rescued by the superhero played by our Chinese actors!

Awesome!
Wu Yuan actually doesn’t quite understand the climax attitude of some fans, but he is extremely satisfied with the box office performance of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in mainland China.

"Iron Man 3" finally achieved a box office of 7.55 million yuan in the mainland, becoming the first and so far the only box office result that can bring a single film of MCU over million US dollars in box office revenue.

The box office performance of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in mainland China is not inferior to that of "Iron Man 3". Thanks to the attraction of Liu Yifei as the real leading actor, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" has successfully exceeded 6.2 million yuan in the cumulative box office in half a month after its release. It will not be a problem for the final box office to break the record of "Iron Man 3".

Of course, breaking 9 million or even 10 billion is not very realistic, and the final box office potential is estimated to be around 8 million.

Strictly speaking, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is a science fiction film. Even if the special effects of this kind of science fiction film are exciting and attractive, it is not a movie for all ages. Its positioning is different from that of a family comedy. It is very difficult to break 10 billion yuan in the mainland box office.

The box office performance of "Avatar" in mainland China is still improving!
To be honest, until now, Wu Yuan still cannot understand in two lifetimes, why "Avatar" achieved a box office revenue of over 10 billion RMB?

This is also the first film in the mainland market to have a box office of over 1 million US dollars.

这真的太离谱了。那可是2010年，在2000年到2010年这十年间，《阿凡达》之前票房最高的好来坞电影《2012》也才拿下了4.65亿元的票房成绩.
Even now, no Hollywood science fiction movie can surpass this result, not even "Avengers 1".

Even "X-Men: Days of Future Past", which has Chinese actors, certainly cannot do it.

However, it is a foregone conclusion that it will surpass "Avengers 1".

The fact that "X-Men: Days of Future Past" grossed over 1 million U.S. dollars in mainland China has once again attracted the attention of Hollywood moguls to mainland China.

Before "X-Men: Days of Future Past", most Hollywood blockbusters released in mainland China had box office results fluctuating around 5-6 million yuan, whether it was "Transformers" or Marvel's superhero movies.

The $1 million hurdle is still not easy to overcome. Currently, there are only two films, "Avatar" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past".

If any single market can produce a movie that grosses over $1 million, it means that the film market is already very large, and even Hollywood will not easily ignore or underestimate it.

As for the box office success created by "X-Men: Days of Future Past", any discerning person can see that Liu Yifei put a lot of effort into it.

"Iron Man 3" was a "scam" because it was agreed that there would be Chinese actors in the film, but it was just a special edition, so the box office performance in mainland China did not break 1 million US dollars.

However, the superhero movie "X-Men: Days of Future Past", which actually stars Chinese actors, has grossed over 1 million U.S. dollars. A quick comparison will show you how satisfied Chinese movie fans are with the appearance of Chinese faces in Hollywood movies.

And it has to be a face other than Cheng Long.

Jackie Chan is indeed excellent in Hollywood. He has made three films in the "Kingsman" series so far, and can still maintain a stable box office of 3 million US dollars in North America and about 3 million US dollars worldwide.

But it is because Jackie Chan has been famous for so long, and in the eyes of Chinese audiences, his starring in Hollywood movies is nothing to be surprised about, so the bonus is very average.

Based on this, Hollywood giants even believe that Liu Yifei's appearance does not bring much bonus to "X-Men: Days of Future Past", at least it is not the box office limit for Chinese movie fans!

Because Liu Yifei can be considered a veteran face in Hollywood movies, she has basically taken on all the opportunities for Asian heroines and important supporting roles in Hollywood.

If a new Chinese actor who has never acted in a Hollywood movie is replaced, can he bring more Chinese box office to a Hollywood blockbuster?

At least one worth over 1 million US dollars!

Coincidentally, the production departments of Warner, 20th Century Fox, Sony and Universal all came up with this idea, and then they turned their attention to Chinese actors.

Lists of outstanding actors in China were quickly collected and sent to the executives of these companies.

The production directors of several production companies are all wondering whether they can add one or two Chinese characters to the films they are preparing to produce.

It’s not a special edition, it’s the kind that truly belongs to one of the protagonists!

Many outstanding Chinese actors immediately entered the sight of Hollywood capital! (End of this chapter)