new kung fu king

Chapter 341 What is the next movie? "big shark"

Since "Home Alone" landed in North America on Christmas Eve, it has played a strong comedic effect, leading the box office records at the end of the year all the way. When it entered the beginning of 74 years, the box office has reached 935 million US dollars. brought his fame to a peak.

In just one year, he made Hollywood tremble with four films. "Enter the Dragon" had a global box office of 2.23 million, "Rocky" had a global box office of 3.57 million, and "Warrior" was released late, but in just two months Time also won a box office of 1.47 million. The overseas box office data has not yet been counted. I believe this data will definitely shock everyone.

Today's "Home Alone" is based on the good foundation of Wang Xiaohu's first three films, coupled with the gimmick of Bruce Lee's son, and the prestige of the Jackson Five brothers. Under the three-way attack, the box office has naturally been effectively guaranteed.

Compared with Concorde's jubilation and celebration, Warner's company seems a little lifeless, and the golden director William Fry's Kim can't lift the slightest bit of energy, because "The Exorcist" suffered a serious box office failure. It has only been a week since it was released on the 12th, but the box office figure has only reached more than 26 million US dollars. This seriously dropped William's morale, and he felt that his face was dishonored.

However, who can blame all this, the wrong release schedule?Everyone knows that Christmas is the best time in Hollywood.

Blame the video for poor quality?Obviously this is nonsense, because many film critics praised "The Exorcist" and applauded it, which shows that the quality of the film is still good, but it is not popular!
More than 12 citizens reported that they had a strong sense of fear after watching the film. Many viewers were shocked when they saw the 180-year-old Reagan McNeill suddenly turn his head [-] degrees and see green liquid flow out of his mouth and nose. Shrieking uncontrollably, many people fled from the theater for a while.These reactions are quite normal for horror movies. Aren’t people who are willing to go to theaters to watch horror movies just looking for thrills and scares?
But in this era, this film is too frightening to the world, and the audience cannot accept such a scary film. Most of them said with lingering fear when they were interviewed: "After watching this film, I have suffered from insomnia for a long time. I dare not When I turn off the light, I will have a very strong sense of fear when I lie on the bed, for fear that my bed will shake too!"

"My child was weird after watching it. She always felt that she was being targeted by the devil, crying and begging me to ask the priest to exorcise the demon. Oh God, I really regret taking her to the theater." A young mother faced The camera cried bitterly: "You know we spent a good Christmas Eve in the theater the day before, my child volunteered to help me with housework after watching "Home Alone", God, she is only 8 years old, The same size as Kevin, why accept such an unfair fate!"

It was all kinds of negative impacts that forced the U.S. government to stop the release of "The Exorcist", because the social panic caused by the release of the film was so serious that many families paid a heavy price for it. Uneasy, their parents had to watch them 24 hours a day, for fear that their children would do unimaginable things, and even a hundred parents jointly protested, denouncing such inhumane and irresponsible behavior of Warner Corporation!

"William, all of this is a good thing you did!" Robert Nick, the newly appointed president of Warner, complained loudly to Friedkin: "God, I have only been in this position for less than two months. Do you want me to pat my ass and leave now!"

William Friedkin propped his forehead with his hands, closed his eyes and looked very irritable, he said impatiently: "Whatever you want to do with it, in short, I have done my own work dutifully, for other things after the release of the film It has nothing to do with me."

"Damn! We not only have to accept the accusations from those parents and public opinion, but also bear the irreparable reputation of the company in the future, William, you must take a stand!"

"FUCK, as I said, this has nothing to do with me. Warner Bros. lost face two months ago. If you want me to express my opinion, OK, I will submit my resignation letter now." William F. After hearing the words, Laidkin finished speaking angrily, got up and slammed the door out.

The two films are also starring children under the age of 15. Kevin gives people the feeling of being a clever and sunny adult, while Reagan McNeil makes people feel unprecedented panic. It is panic, yes, Americans are now As soon as the name is mentioned, the color will change. In order to drive away this anxiety, they took the children into the theater to watch "Home Alone", hoping to use the sense of comedy of this film to let the children regain their due. innocence.

The result of this is that more than 90% of the theaters in the United States are playing "Home Alone" throughout the Christmas period, resulting in the box office of "Home Alone" reaching a figure that makes Wang Xiaohu horrified: 31 days later, that is, at the end of January , North American box office statistics exceeded 1 million US dollars!
"Brandon, you are worth a lot now! The kid is now earning us $500 a day. Do you know that you have become a hot child star in Hollywood!" After watching the box office statistics, Wang Xiaohu raised Li Guohao over his head and shouted loudly. Said.

"Papa Tiger, is this all true?" Li Guohao asked with excited eyes.

"That's right, it's true!" Wang Xiaohu nodded, threw Li Guohao up vigorously, and caught him firmly just right: "You must know that Deng Bo'er was not as lucky as you back then, haha, Brother Xiaolong, if you know something, you should Will be very gratified, because his son is more majestic than when he was alive!"

The corners of Li Guohao's mouth twitched twice, and he said to Tiger's father, you don't know that Uncle Kareem invited me to my father's place last night, and I was severely scolded by my father. "Papa Tiger, I think, I want to talk to you about my future."

"Huh?" Wang Xiaohu was taken aback, put him down gently and said, "Well, what are your plans for your future?"

"I think, I should go to school." Li Guohao lowered his head after finishing speaking. Going to school is not what he hoped for. He has tasted the fun of filming and wished he could hang out on the set every day in the future, but there is no way. Dad would be angry if he didn't go to school.

"Very good!" Wang Xiaohu nodded and said, "Your suggestion is very good. In fact, I want to tell you this matter, but I didn't expect you to bring it up first, which means that you have indeed grown up a lot now."

"We will return to Hong Kong in the near future. I will contact St. Francis Xavier College as soon as possible to arrange your admission."

Wang Xiaohu waited in Los Angeles for two days, and got close to 8000 million box office dividends from Warner Bros., which was directly allocated 500 million to Industrial Light and Magic, and another 1000 million to Lucas for the filming of "Star Wars". All of a sudden, Lucas was so excited to death. "Tiger, you have invested close to 2000 million in this film. Such a big production has completely exceeded our planned cost."

2000 million, which directly created the history of Hollywood investment and filming, but Wang Xiaohu didn't even frown. No one knows better than him the huge profits brought by the 2000 million. A monument in the history of special effects, Industrial Light & Magic is also making great strides in development under the urging of Wang Xiaohu's crazy spending of money.

Spielberg had a lot of resentment for this, and he said to Wang Xiaohu with a painful expression: "Tiger, this is so unfair, we are all friends, why do you love George so much, you should write another The script, and then threw me tens of millions of dollars like sending a beggar, and said loudly to me: Hey, go and make me a blockbuster movie!"

"Time, time." Wang Xiaohu pointed to his head and said, "Don't worry, I will have a good script for you, but all of this will have to wait for time."

"God, do you know the exact time?" Spielberg stared hard at Wang Xiaohu's eyes.

"Steven, well, since you are so impatient, help me find someone first." Wang Xiaohu thought for a while and said.

"Looking for someone?" Spielberg said in a daze, "Who are you looking for?"

"Look for a writer named Peter Benchley." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

Benchley has had an indissoluble bond with sharks all his life.He developed a fascination with sharks during his childhood trips to Nantucket, Massachusetts.In the mid-60s, he came across the news that a fisherman had caught a 2048-kilogram great white shark near Long Island, which inspired him to write a novel about great white sharks.However, Benchley was busy with work and had no time to write.He didn't start writing Jaws until 1971.Benchley has contributed to newspapers since he was 16, but Jaws is his first novel.Although this novel exaggerates the horror of sharks, he himself is an active fighter to protect the survival of sharks, and he has hosted many TV programs about wild animals during his lifetime.

Wang Xiaohu happened to know this in his previous life, so he explained it in detail.

"Hey, Tiger, what are you kidding, can't you provide me with a script?" Dead Piegberg said angrily.

Wang Xiaohu still smiled and said, "Do you still remember the lawsuit between Warner and me a while ago?"

"Isn't it just an infringement lawsuit, which is well known in the United States. What does it have to do with what we are talking about?"

"It's a big deal, as far as I know, Peter Benchley has written a novel about sharks. I have seen this serialized in a newspaper. I am very interested in that novel, so I request you to find it immediately. He, and told him that we will buy the right to adapt his novel." Wang Xiaohu said very seriously: "Then, I can adapt it and invest in filming for you as quickly as possible, OK?"

(End of this chapter)