Chapter 2008 2010【Word of mouth and box office】

  In July, "Mission Impossible 4" starring Xiang Nan was officially launched.

   This movie tells the story of Ethan Hunt leading the IMF members to stop the war madman from triggering a nuclear war.

  Compared to the previous three films, Ethan faced a more dangerous situation in this movie. Several operations suffered setbacks, and even the leader died in the line of duty. He himself was also hunted down by Russian agents, and the situation was extremely critical, so when the audience watched it, they were always worried.

  Especially in the movie, the super-thrilling scene where Xiang Nan climbs the 10000 tall building with his bare hands and jumps, vividly shows the word "death".

   Therefore, "Mission: Impossible 4" naturally has a burst of word-of-mouth. In the end, the film grossed US$270 million in North America and nearly US$700 million worldwide.

   The success of "Mission: Impossible 4" brought Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Patricia Velasquez into the limelight.

   In addition, although Alessandra Ambrosio played for a short time, because the killer she played is beautiful and cool, she is a femme fatale, quite emotional, and also won the love of many audiences.

  This has greatly increased her popularity, and thus successfully ranked among the world's top supermodels, and the cost of catwalks has more than doubled. Seeing this, more and more models want to enter the film and television industry, and Xiang Nan has become their priority partner.

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  In August, "Defenders 2" was released. This superhero comic movie has already established a good audience base with the previous few films.

   Therefore, it is already highly anticipated before it starts to be released. As soon as it is released now, the box office will naturally sell well. In the end, the North American box office was 250 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was nearly 800 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the investment of 150 million U.S. dollars, it is a very good result.

  In September, "Night at the Museum" was released.

   This movie is about a museum whose exhibits come to life after dark...

  The film stars Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Robin Williams, among others.

  Ben Stiller has grown into Hollywood's most outstanding comedy star with the hit "Meet Your Father-in-Law" series. And "Wedding Crashers," starring Owen Wilson, also grossed $400 million worldwide.

  Robin Williams is even a well-known veteran actor, starring in "Dead Poets Society", "Jumanji", "Captain Hook", "Good Will Hunting" and so on, all of which were well-received and well-received.

  In addition, the setting that all exhibits in the museum will be resurrected after sunset is really a gimmick. Therefore, as soon as the film was released, it caused a strong sensation in the United States.

  All media and audiences have given unanimous praise to this film.

""Night at the Museum" is undoubtedly a film suitable for all ages. In the film, the audience can see countless fantastic landscapes, can touch 'history' at close range, and can span across continents and up and down several inches. Thousands of years (even billions of years) of human civilization..." The New York Times commented.

"The most colorful movement of the film is the resurrection of the exhibits in the museum at night. At this time, the audience seems to have traveled through the tunnel of time and entered a wonderful world that combines history, legends, fairy tales and nature. At this time, the museum has become A microscopic world has become a condensed history of human civilization." The Los Angeles Times commented.

"The film combines the highlights of several types of movies, the whimsy of fantasy films, the daily landscape of family films, and the confrontation between good and evil in action films, and all these are integrated in the framework of comedy films, bringing Diverse entertainment for the audience." "Film Critic" commented.

  Good word of mouth naturally brings good box office. In the end, "Night at the Museum" has a North American box office of 250 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of 570 million U.S. dollars, becoming another masterpiece of Universal Pictures.

   Also because it was such a hit, "Night at the Museum 2" was immediately arranged.

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  In August, the shooting of "Fast and Furious 3" was completed.

  Xiang Nan then went back to Xiangjiang and met Shanshan and Wang Jing.

  Nowadays, whether it is ATV or real kung fu, the focus of development is on the mainland. This has also led to a decline in the ratings of ATV in Xiangjiang.

  However, in terms of income, it has improved. Last year, ATV's revenue was 2 billion Hong Kong dollars. Although the ratings have declined this year, the revenue has grown to 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

  Part of the income comes from the copyright income of YouTube Xiangjiang Station, and part of it comes from the sales of TV dramas and variety shows in the Mainland.

   Of the 15 films produced by Real Kung Fu Films last year, seven of them were made by mainland companies, such as "Two Birds with One Stone", "Lover Robbery", "Being the Head", "The Beauty Is Still" and so on.

  Although the word-of-mouth is not satisfactory, the box office is still good.

  Xiang Nan also knows that mainland films have only been commercialized for a few years, and whether they are directors or screenwriters, they have little experience in making commercial films. I don't know how to write a screenplay, and I don't know how to shoot it.

  The director of Xiangjiang also does not understand the local customs, systems and policies in the Mainland, so it is very difficult to make a film, so it is bound to take a detour.

  So he wasn't angry about it, but he still reminded Wang Jing to try to pay attention to the quality of movies in the future, and don't always make some bad movies.

   After all, once the audience develops the concept of [domestic films are equal to bad films], it will be very difficult for domestic films to turn around in the future.

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  After meeting Wang Jing and Shanshan, Xiang Nan then made an appointment with Gao Yuanyuan who was filming "Baby Project" in Xiangjiang.

  Gao Yuanyuan was born in 1979, debuted as an advertising model in 1996, and starred in the first movie "Love Mala Tang" in 1997. In 2003, "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" starring Su Youpeng and Jia Jingwen became popular, and she became famous because of it.

  Last year, she, Huo Jianhua, Li Yapeng and others starred in the martial arts drama "No. 1 in the World" directed by Wang Jing. The show has achieved good ratings in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan. Therefore, Gao Yuanyuan was favored by the director of Hong Kong and was invited to star in "Baby Project".

  Xiang Nan was very impressed with Gao Yuanyuan. Her street photos are very beautiful, and she is known as the "House Goddess". In addition, she starred in "Let's Get Married", "Single Men and Women" and other film and television dramas, and the quality is also very good.

   "Miss Gao, you are prettier in person than on TV." After meeting, Xiang Nan said with a smile.

   "Mr. Ning, hello." Gao Yuanyuan said cautiously when he saw Xiang Nan.

   "Don't be nervous, we are all from Yanjing, we can be regarded as fellow villagers." Xiang Nan said with a smile in Yanjing dialect.

  Gao Yuanyuan felt a little relaxed when he heard it.

  She and Xiang Nan are indeed from Yanjing, but she dare not associate with Xiang Nan. After all, the gap between them is really a bit big.

  One is a big boss who gallops in Hollywood, and the other is an entertainer at the bottom of the entertainment industry. There is a huge difference.

  (end of this chapter)