The Crown Prince of Huayu!

Chapter 118 Godhead (please subscribe)

""Inception" showed amazing staying power. The box office drop in the next week hit a new low for blockbusters in recent years, with a drop of less than 30%!"

"Breaking 1.7 million in a single week, the total box office of "Inception" exceeded million!"

"China and South Korea are not only popular in North America, but their overseas results are also gratifying. The global box office of "Inception" has exceeded 400 million!"

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In terms of box office, "Inception" has been a success.

The box office expectations given by industry insiders have exceeded Han Jiadong's previous film "300".

The first-week box office of "300" was a full 30 million more than "Inception"!

The opportunity for "Inception" to catch up from behind can be said to have a lot to do with the genres and promotion methods of the two movies.

"300", a visual film full of violent aesthetics throughout the film, is exactly what North American movie fans want.

So Han Jiadong's initial plan was to grab the box office as soon as possible.

But "Inception" is different.

This type of movie, which is known for its plot, is actually not that popular in North America.

At least until it gets a good enough reputation.

Therefore, even if this movie was made by a great director like Nolan in the previous life, the box office in the first week was still not outstanding.

It was barely a fraction of Nolan's "The Dark Knight"'s opening weekend box office.

Han Jiadong has figured it out in the past few years in Hollywood.

Whether it’s movies or the audience’s vision or taste, North America is not any better than us.

In terms of movies, it cannot be denied that Hollywood movies are indeed better developed than ours, but they are not better than us in every aspect.

It is more about the industry leadership brought about by technological leadership and more mature industry.

In terms of film depth and connotation, it is no better than us.

For example, "The Departed", also starring Leonardo DiCaprio, will be released this year and is adapted from the Hong Kong movie "Infernal Affairs".

Compared with "Infernal Affairs", "The Departed" is actually not as good as the original "Infernal Affairs" in terms of details, depth, or lines. The acting skills are only half as good. The only advantage is that it is cool enough and violent enough.

It is such a movie, but it won multiple awards at the Oscars, including such heavyweight awards as Best Picture and Best Director.

It is conceivable that there are many movies in Hollywood that are not as good as "The Departed".

And the vision of movie fans is even less high.

I also love watching popcorn movies and bloody love.

And brain-burning movies like "Inception" are not their first choice.

Therefore, Han Jiadong's initial plan was to rely on word-of-mouth fermentation and take the route of long-term screening to win.

The rating on IMDB has this factor.

And the quality of "Inception" is indeed worthy of the praise.

Nowadays, he no longer needs to do word-of-mouth marketing, and countless people spontaneously cheer for "Inception".

For the first time, Han Jiadong's name appeared together with world-class directors such as Cameron and Spielberg.

Before this, the media and industry insiders only thought of him as having a strong sense of business and perhaps a certain talent for artistic films.

But they don’t have the ability to perfectly combine the two like those world-class directors.

And "Inception" broke their view.

Han Jiadong's status was raised several levels at once.

To describe it in a more direct way: "Inception" helped Han Jiadong condense his godhead! "It's incredible that such an excellent movie was made by a Chinese director!"

"If you cover up the director's name, I will believe it if you say that "Inception" is Nolan's work!"

"The most classic movie this year was born, and "Inception" will definitely go down in film history!"

"'Inception' no longer feels like a movie. It makes people enter another world. The theater screen is like a dream in your head. In today's Hollywood, this is incredible. I like it Every moment in the 'dream', the movie is a dream, and China and Korea know this very well."

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Thanks to all kinds of praise, the box office of "Inception" has also skyrocketed, easily breaking through the 200 million mark and going straight to 300 million.

The global box office also reached a new high, exceeding the 700 million mark.

With the addition of this achievement, "Interstellar", which cost as much as 1.5 billion, has still attracted rushes from major investors.

Among them is Fox Pictures, the producer of "Avatar."

In fact, before the filming of "Inception" started last year, Fords Pictures had thought about cooperating with Han Jiadong to jointly finance the filming of "Inception".

It is a pity that Han Jiadong proposed to let Fox Pictures exchange their investment share in "Avatar" and participate in the filming of "Avatar", but Fox Pictures refused without hesitation.

At that time, Han Jiadong's first goal was "Avatar", not "Kung Fu Panda".

The same is true this time.

Although the domestic film industry can be considered to be developing rapidly in recent years, hundreds of big screens are added every year.

But Han Jiadong didn't know whether it was growing faster than in his previous life.

But he knew one thing very well.

That is, the current growth rate is definitely not as fast as after the stimulation of "Avatar"!
But if it goes at the normal pace, "Avatar" will not be released in China for at least three or four years.

Han Jiadong didn't want to wait that long.

But this time, faced with his conditions, Fox Pictures obviously hesitated.

"Avatar" has been in production for more than a year, but the progress is less than one-third.

Although Cameron has repeatedly emphasized that a lot of preparatory work is done in the early stage, given another year, he guarantees that he can complete the filming.

But can this kind of thing be guaranteed by just saying a guarantee?

Didn't he also say that "Titanic" could be completed in two or three years at most?

In the end, it took more than five years from preparation to completion.

Moreover, the high cost of "Avatar" also means huge pressure to return the capital.

If it is divided a little bit, it will not be in vain, but in exchange for a share of the investment in the new work of a director like Han Jiadong with an astonishing profit rate...

The popular director in front of me happened to be famous for his speed.

Even blockbusters like "Inception" were completed in less than two months.

It's just that Cameron is nicknamed the tyrant on the set. It doesn't mean that Fox Pictures wanted Han Jiadong to participate in the filming.

So in the end, Fords Pictures accepted a 20% investment share in "Avatar" in exchange for a 50% investment share in "Interstellar", but they did not guarantee whether Han Jiadong could participate in the filming.

Han Jiadong's attitude is also very clear. He is not here to give advice, but mainly to assist Director Cameron and learn from him.

Seeing this, people from Fox Pictures introduced Han Jiadong to Cameron.

The legendary director's first words when he saw Han Jiadong surprised Han Jiadong.

"I watched "Inception". I can't believe that such an excellent movie was made by a young man like you."

(End of this chapter)