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Chapter 309 Heroes and "Heroes"

It’s mid-September. With the new growth points brought by the growing number of overseas markets, the box office of “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” has officially exceeded one billion US dollars.

The film currently has a cumulative box office of 10.06 billion U.S. dollars, making it the first movie in the st century to break a billion U.S. dollar box office.

The popularity of "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has passed in North America, but it still rakes in millions of dollars at the box office every day.

At present, the film's North American box office total is 4 million US dollars, and it is struggling to move towards the North American box office of 3900 million US dollars.

However, the film's release cycle is still long, and it won't be a problem to get another $890 million at the box office in the remaining few months.

Disney is responsible for the North American promotion and distribution of the film. Robert Iger and the promotion department said that the film should be released until after the Oscars.

In this way, it can be seamlessly connected to next summer's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers".

Although the post-production of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" has not yet begun, related promotion activities are already underway.

Starting in October, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra will hold "Lord of the Rings" concerts and begin a tour in Europe and the United States.

The "Los Angeles" Times even said: "From now on, the world will be divided into two types of people, those who have seen the "Lord of the Rings" movie, and those who have not..."

As a result, "The Lord of the Rings" was an enhanced version of "The Lord of the Rings", so "Cast Away" lost 50 to 60 million US dollars at the box office for no reason.

Solomon was quite loud, but when "Lord of the Rings" went to India, the Film Board of India initially refused to release the film in India.

The person in charge of the Indian business of Warner Pictures has a question mark on his head: When did Indians become the same as Koreans?

The China Philharmonic Orchestra will also synchronize and begin to add performances of "The Lord of the Rings" to its autumn and winter tour plans.

The Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and other North American mainstream media praised this film.

The reason for the rejection was that there were no Indians involved in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," so it would not be released.

Warner Pictures had no choice but to use diplomatic means to mediate. What is mediation? Isn’t it just bargaining?
So through an intermediary, some money was given to the director of the Film Bureau of India, and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was successfully released in India.

But fortunately, the film's box office trend is quite stable. The total number of North American tickets is currently 1.33 million US dollars. It is not a big problem to break through 1.5 million US dollars in box office.

What Robert Zemiski didn't expect was that if his film was released according to the trajectory of his previous life, it might earn more than 200 million US dollars at the box office in North American theaters.

It is also said that although the movie is not as popular in India as in Europe and the United States, it has indeed achieved good results, with a total box office of 55 billion rupees.

This box office is pretty good. Considering the situation in India, going to the movies is a very luxurious entertainment activity, consumed by only 100 million people in India.

One of the men said: "I heard that this movie has achieved quite good results in China. Little Gilbert has made an indelible contribution to the promotion of Western culture.

In mid-September, another director of Xigua Studio released a small-budget suspense film "Memento" with an investment of US$5 million.

Sarah, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Business Journal, commented on the movie: "The film's reversal and fragmented editing are very good, and the director is very thoughtful."

When The Lord of the Rings was written, you were still a colony!
But it doesn't matter, Lao Yin has always been very humorous.

The reason for releasing this movie was mainly for the sake of little Gilbert. This looks like a movie that little Gilbert invested on a whim, without much care.

It seems exaggerated, but converted into U.S. dollars, the box office is probably close to 60 million U.S. dollars.

Fortunately, he didn't know, otherwise it would not be good to be angry.

Robert Zemiski is very satisfied. This result is good. After all, "The Lord of the Rings" was big and long-lasting during the same period.

Film critic Todd McCarthy commented: "This film is not a big production, but the director arranged the intricate plot under the calm and sharp lens language, integrating many factors such as violence and mystery.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" will always be shown in more than 100 theaters before and after the Oscars, until the arrival of "The Two Towers".

"Memento" took in a box office of US$535 million in its first week, which was a bit of a surprise. If the follow-up box office curve is good, the film should be able to achieve profitability.

I will persuade others to give little Gilbert a medal for his contribution. "

As everyone knows, the reason why little Gilbert did not intervene in "Memento" like "The Fast and the Furious" interfered with the filming of the film is because he felt that it would not necessarily be better if he changed it.

The rest went very smoothly, without encountering so many obstacles and obstacles. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" conquered the global film market.

Some senior figures in Washington also praised the film during interviews with the media.

The rest are not considered human beings...

However, this box office was not enough to win the weekly box office championship, and it could only rank fourth.

The investment scale for this film was small, and even Warner Pictures, which distributed the film, did not take it seriously.

Solomon, head of Warner Pictures' distribution department, said: "We want to bring "The Lord of the Rings" to the world. Wherever there are movie theaters, there will be "The Lord of the Rings."

In addition, we can also see thoughts on the philosophy of life and psychology, which can be called a masterpiece with an exploratory spirit. "

And as long as Christopher Nolan has his brother Jonathan Nolan and doesn't mess around, he's still very reliable.

Now it's good. The British royal family is going to knight Little Gilbert, and Washington is going to award Little Gilbert a medal. He has become a hot commodity.

It is not as good as "Lord of the Rings". After all, "Cast Away" is not a commercial masterpiece in the traditional sense, and is more of an independent film competing for awards.

The second place at the box office this week is "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" which received US$879.5 million. There really is no strong competitor.

If the story of "The Lord of the Rings" had nothing to do with France, Germany, Italy and other countries, it is estimated that these countries would also join in the fun.

Although it doesn't attract much attention, after all, little Gilbert has the title of a producer, which still attracts some movie fans to take a look.

"Memento" is adapted from the novel by Jonathan Nolan, and the script was also written by Jonathan Nolan. The combination of the Nolan brothers can maximize Christopher Nolan's abilities.

"Cast Away" was released six weeks later than "The Lord of the Rings" and was unable to shake "The Lord of the Rings". It ranked third this week and only received US$793.8 million at the box office.

Warner Pictures is mainly responsible for overseas distribution.

The first place on this week's box office list is a non-English film, nor a French, German, or Italian film, but a Chinese film.

That's right, the martial arts blockbuster "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is released by Sony Columbia Pictures, directed by Ang Lee, starring Yun Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, International Chapter, Chang Chen and others.

The film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on May 5th and was originally scheduled to be released on July 18th.

As a result, "Lord of the Rings" was chosen to be released during this period, and the executives of Sony Columbia Pictures were discouraged and moved the film directly to September.

This movie, full of oriental aesthetics, took in a box office of US$1864.9 million in its first week of release in North America, setting a box office record for a Chinese-language film released in North America.

The most important thing is that the film's reputation is quite good. Not only film critics praised the film, but the audience also praised the film.

As a result, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" continued to top the weekly box office in the second week with a score of US$2466.3 million, and the North American box office reached US$4331.2 million.

This movie also set off a wave of Kung Fu craze, martial arts craze, and Chinese costume blockbuster craze in North America. If there is craze, there will be a market.

The news spread back to China along the Pacific Ocean, and the entire Chinese film industry was in a state of excitement. Looking at media reports, the headline on the entertainment page says that the North American box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" exceeded RMB 3.58 million.

The bigger the number, the more eye-catching it is. The success of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" can be said to be a Hollywood movie, so success is a given.

But the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has completely excited Chinese filmmakers.

In fact, there are already signs that big Chinese costume brands are selling well overseas. For example, "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" achieved a certain degree of success.

But "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" is a long-term process to recover its original cost, but "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is different, with 3.58 million RMB in two weeks of release.

If this continues to be released, it will not earn more than one billion RMB at the box office?
So Zhang, the national master, started to be excited. Pigeon Chen can do it, Li An can do it, and so can I!
Therefore, Zhang Guoshi plans to tell a story about the assassination of the King of Qin, and the protagonist is not Jing Ke. He feels that he has an advantage over Ang Lee in terms of aesthetic design.

To this end, National Master Zhang plans to invite Li Lianjie, who is well-known in Hollywood, to star, and then gather a large number of Chinese movie stars to make a big production.

However, when preparing to make this film, National Master Zhang went out of his way to find little Gilbert, who was having tea on vacation in Yangzhou, and chat with him.

"You want to shoot a costume blockbuster? What kind of story?" Little Gilbert asked.

The national teacher roughly told little Gilbert the story he wanted to think of with several screenwriters, and little Gilbert knew it was "Hero".

"Has the name been picked yet?" asked little Gilbert.

"Not yet," National Master Zhang looked at little Gilbert expectantly: "How about you give me a name?"

Gilbert Jr. said: "I have read a martial arts novel, which says that a great knight serves the country and the people. I think the theme of the film is very consistent with this temperament."

National Master Zhang was surprised: "I didn't expect that you have read Chinese martial arts novels?"

"Is it weird?" Little Gilbert glanced at National Master Zhang.

After all, he was the director of online martial arts movies in his previous life. He was also a fan of martial arts novels when he was a child, so it was normal for him to have read them.

Little Gilbert continued: "But it feels bad to use Hero as the title. It is not very understandable and difficult to translate, so I think it is more appropriate to use "Hero" as the title of the film."

"'Hero'?" National Master Zhang chewed on these two words repeatedly and thought they were good, so he happily said: "Thank you, little Director Gilbert.

If you have time, you can come visit our crew and provide guidance on the work. "

Little Gilbert smiled and said: "Forget it, I'm not a leader. What kind of work should I guide? Let's learn from each other!"

"Yes, learn from each other, learn from each other..." National Master Zhang also laughed.

After Master Zhang left, Anne Hathaway came up and said, "That short director doesn't look like a good person, he looks so wretched!"

"Uh!" Little Gilbert laughed dumbly.

National Master Zhang is less than 1.7 meters tall, shorter than Anne Hathaway. He is indeed a short director.

But if you want to name the best directors in the Mainland, you can count them all on one hand, and National Director Zhang is one of the best.

"Jacqueline, it's impolite to talk about other people's shortcomings behind their back." What little Gilbert said made Anne Hathaway's mouth shrink.

But little Gilbert added: "But you are right, he is indeed very vulgar."

Anne Hathaway smiled brightly, hugged little Gilbert's arm and said, "Where should we go to play next?"

Little Gilbert thought for a moment and said, "Do you want to go to the highest peak in the world?"

"what?"

"Let's go climb Mount Everest..."

Just go, little Gilbert often insists on exercising and has a strong body. Anne Hathaway trained for a long time on the set of "Lord of the Rings" and maintained good physical fitness.

The two first went to the plateau area and stayed for about a week. After fully adapting to the altitude sickness, they headed towards Mount Everest.

Mount Everest, the name sounds like an elusive place. Only a few people on the earth can climb the highest mountain on the earth.

But little Gilbert and Anne Hathaway were not able to accomplish this feat because local guides and the person in charge of Everest Base Camp said that the best season for climbing is in May every year.

Because at an altitude of 8000 meters, the monsoon winds are unobstructed and very strong, so it is generally not suitable for mountain climbing.

Only in spring and autumn when the monsoon turns, there will be a few days with lighter winds in the upper altitudes, and these days are the window for climbing to the top of the Himalayas.

The rainy season for Mount Everest is from early June to mid-October every year. After the rainy season, there will be sunny days. This is a good time to watch Mount Everest.

However, due to the influence of the northwest cold current, the temperature on Mount Everest dropped below minus 60 degrees, accompanied by strong winds, making it unsuitable for climbing Mount Everest.

Of course, some climbers and adventurers choose to challenge themselves and climb Mount Everest.

However, little Gilbert cherished his life and did not want to take risks, so he just stopped at the Everest base camp to take pictures and appreciate the moment when Mount Everest revealed its true face.

After returning from Mount Everest, little Gilbert and Anne Hathaway went to Jiuzhaigou for a few days.

The crew had been here before during filming, but I didn’t really appreciate it at that time, but now I’ve had enough fun.

The two of them went to eat hot pot again. As a result, they couldn't stand the irritation of their stomachs and had diarrhea for a week.

Anne Hathaway is also very bold. Generally speaking, going into the water is not something that everyone can accept. Little Gilbert's soul is Chinese, and he can't accept some things, such as brain problems.

But Anne Hathaway had no problem. She was a little scared at first, but she felt good after eating it, and the more she ate, the more delicious it became.

Little Gilbert was shocked: "Jacqueline, this is a piece of brains, can you eat it?"

Anne Hathaway said while tasting it: "It's delicious. You should try it too. The texture is very smooth. It tastes really good after rinsing it."

"I can't, I can't eat this." Little Gilbert expressed his strong refusal and put several plates of tripe into the pot.

When I was poor, when I went to eat hot pot, my biggest wish was to have my hot pot belly free. But now this wish has come true, and little Gilbert has eaten several plates of tripe.

As expected after eating, the two of them had diarrhea.

There is no way, although little Gilbert's soul is Chinese, his stomach is not Chinese, and he cannot adapt to the food here for a while.

Therefore, Huaiyang cuisine and Cantonese cuisine are generally used to entertain foreign guests. Mainly, Huaiyang cuisine and Cantonese cuisine are light in taste, more refined, and more suitable for the tastes of foreigners.

If you let a foreigner eat hot pot or Sichuan or Hunan cuisine at a state banquet and then get diarrhea, it would be a diplomatic incident.

Of course, this does not mean that foreigners cannot eat spicy food, but sometimes hot and spicy are not the same concepts and cannot be compared.

Gilbert Jr. and Anne Hathaway stayed until the end of September, when Anne Hathaway returned to North America.

The business investigation teams of Disney and Warner departed from North America and came to China to conduct project inspections.

(End of this chapter)