Chapter 97 The Invitations That Come One After Another (1)
Let me first talk about it. Chen Lin had expectations for the box office success of "Hurricane Rescue".
After all, in the original time and space, "Hurricane Rescue" created a big box office miracle, and is almost a must-choose movie for the entertainment industry...
There is a colleague of the Big Golden Retriever named No. 13, and several beautiful entertainment works have written "Hurricane Rescue"...
Moreover, in this era, there is really no mention of works in the Eastern European underground industrial chain, and the plot setting is indeed quite intimidating.
Decisive, neat and flawless, and wonderful fighting!
These are probably the most direct reasons for the box office hit of "Hurricane Rescue".
Of course, it is also related to the lack of "Mission Impossible 3" in the same period...
Before the release, box office expert Paul Degalabi Dean swore: "$60 million is within reach", but in the end the movie's first weekend box office was only $48 million, which was much lower than the $78.8 million weekend box office result of "Mission Impossible 2".
It is generally believed that Cruise's various weird behaviors in the past year have caused people to have a worse impression of him.
Of course, the poor quality of Mission Impossible 3 is also an important reason...
Next week, "The Sea God" will be released, which will have little impact on "Hurricane Rescue" because this movie is a bad movie and has a bad box office...
As for "Miami Storm", Dalinzi never regarded it as an opponent from the beginning.
"Hurricane Rescue" is just around the corner.
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In the hall, Chen Lin pushed the door open and greeted him warmly: "Hello everyone, have you eaten?"
"Not yet, wait for the interview..."
"Then don't leave later. I'll ask them to make a few tables of food and try Chongqing's food!"
After a few simple greetings, Chen Lin went on stage and sat in the middle: "Ask, but let's agree first, it's only an hour, and you have to shoot night scenes at night!"
There were many media on site, and the first question was "Nandu Entertainment":
"Hurricane Rescue's first weekend score of $28 million, have you received the news?"
"Of course, I'm one of the producers, and in fact Fox is urging me to go to North America to promote..."
"Then why don't you go?"
"They asked me to go, I'll go?" Chen Lin rolled his eyes: "They were not optimistic about "Hurricane Rescue" from the beginning, otherwise they would not have only been scheduled to be released in 1,700 venues, and there was no global synchronization. Only when the box office was released on the first weekend would they be scheduled to be released globally..."
"Since they are not optimistic, why do you still need to invest in production?"
"I invested $5 million, Time Film and Television invested 1.5 million, my partner David invested 3.5 million, and Fox took out the remaining half... They never thought "Hurricane Rescue" could sell well!"
"Are you not afraid of Fox being angry when you say that?"
"What am I afraid of? The copyright of "Hurricane Rescue" is in my hands. At worst, the next film can be changed to another partner!"
"The Beijing News asked, "Hurricane Rescue" has opened up your popularity in Hollywood, so why do you go back to North America to develop in the future?"
Chen Lin shook his head: "If you don't go, I always think that culture should be rooted in the local area. To give the simplest example, the joke in "Crazy Stone", North America doesn't understand it at all, and I don't want to be assimilated by them."
"Then you just mentioned the "Hurricane Rescue" series?"
"This movie itself is created according to the series, and with Hollywood's nature of chasing profits, it will definitely continue to shoot!"
Sina Entertainment: "Why do you want to make such a movie?"
"...There is no way. Now the market believes that only actors who enter Hollywood are good actors and have market appeal. Then I have to find a way to make me famous in Hollywood, but how can Asian characters be prosperous in Hollywood? Only action movies, so I wrote "Hurricane Rescue" according to the "Real Lies", starring myself and holding myself, but fortunately, the effect is not bad."
"Praise yourself?"
"…Do you think I, a Chinese, can receive a big production invitation in Hollywood? Do you think there is no racism in Hollywood?"
The reporter who asked the question was choked...
"Can you ask about your pay?"
"This involves the industry confidentiality regulations..." Chen Lin pretended to be hesitant, but in the end he said: "1.5 million US dollars + 10% box office share, and there is also investment share!"
The Hong Kong media asked about "The Divine Condor Heroes" and "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty"...
The highest ratings of "The God of Condor Heroes" exceeded 50%, and the box office of "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" reached 34.7 million, both of which set a record.
Asked if he had any idea of going south to Hong Kong to develop.
Chen Lin smiled: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has investments. Hong Kong movies, mainland movies, and Taiwanese movies are all Chinese movies. There is no need to divide them so carefully. In fact, the routine of "The Fraud" we filmed again is to bet on it."
"There is no need to go to Hong Kong to shoot a movie to find it south. It's like Hong Kong directors are all coming to the mainland to shoot a movie. This is a good thing. Let's build the market together, and this is the most important thing!"
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After the press conference, Chen Lin really arranged several tables of meals.
Instruct Yang Qing to arrange for reporters to eat and drink well...
The reporter from Hong Kong never thought that Chen Lin was so generous, so he asked his colleagues around him:
"He is so, very generous... At first I thought he wanted to give benefits, but after many interviews, I knew that he was just like this innate nature!"
"Well, I asked the male actors in the same crew as him, and they all said that he has a generous personality and often invited actors in the same crew to have dinner together."
"Chen Lin is easy to talk to, basically answers questions and respects us very much. He will ask hello every time he meets..."
"Yes, he would say which report is well written!"
"He is a person with sunlight and is protected so well. Last time we chatted, I asked him if he had any woman he liked. He said he admired Zhang Baizhi very much. Then I told her how messy Zhang Baizhi was in private. He actually thanked me for telling him..."
"After all, I'm only 24 years old and I'm not very familiar with the world... and my mother specializes in investing in movies."
"And his views on his status and identity are very positive. If you ask him what he thinks about his status and identity, he says that it is all the audience's love, and the literary and artistic work itself is to serve the audience."
"Yes, he never acts like a big shot..."
Everyone nodded...
They decided to protect the child.
Well, Chen Lin's media image has always been very good, at least it is very disguised.
Then what?
The news of the box office sales of "Hurricane Rescue" directly triggered an earthquake in the domestic entertainment industry.
Well, the earthquake was a bit exaggerated, but it really shocked a lot of people...
The first weekend was $28 million, with a total box office forecast of over 100 million. What is the concept?
The first youngster...
No, it should be said that it completely subverted the pattern of young students from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the Three Places.
That is, many people suddenly realize that mainland students are not much worse than Hong Kong and Taiwan...
Originally, "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" swept across Asia, and many people lamented that Jackie Chan's myth continued, but after the box office of "Hurricane Rescue" in North America was released, everyone realized that the big sale of "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" may not be because, or rather, it is not just Jackie Chan.
Huayi, Huang Zhonglei and Feng Xiaogang talked about Chen Lin:
Huang Zhonglei regrets why he didn't ask Chen Lin to participate in "Night Banquet"...
If Chen Lin participated in the performance, would the copyright in North America be so difficult to sell?
Feng Xiaogang looked at the North American box office report and couldn't help asking: "Where did this guy pop up?"
"Don't you know him?"
"Of course I know each other, I've talked about it before... I mean, "Hurricane Rescue" has not been promoted much, why is it so good?"
"Who knows!"
Huang Zhonglei was also confused, but he knew very well that Chen Lin was in the rising stage, so he said: "… "The Fraud" is scheduled to be released on December 30, and our "Night Banquet" will be on September. It's good to avoid it!"
"Let him fight "Golden Armor" alone!"
"…Your new book sent him an invitation and ask if he is interested in participating in the show!"
"I can't afford to pay..."
"It's okay, I heard that he only reads scripts when acting, good scripts, no pay!"
What script?
Chapter completed!