Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 497 The crew filming

In the third week of the release of "The Hunger Games", "Buried Alive" starring Link has ended its screening in major theaters.

The reason for shortening the screening period is that the box office performance in the later period was not satisfactory, from more than 20 million per week at the beginning to tens of thousands per week now. With the summer season approaching and blockbusters gathering, it is not cost-effective to continue screening "Buried Alive".

The film was released in North America for more than a month, with a cumulative box office of US$68.55 million, and an overseas box office of US$43.7 million, for a total of US$113 million.

Compared with the production cost of 2 million, the box office revenue ratio is as high as 50 times, and it was also named the first dark horse this year by The Hollywood Reporter.

Come April, in addition to "The Hunger Games", Lionsgate Pictures has two more movies released, "The Cabin in the Woods" and "The Complete Guide to Pregnancy."

In addition, movies such as "The Evil Dead", "Safety", "Witness Protection Plan" and "Lawless" will also be released during the summer, with an average of one to two movies per month.

During this time, in addition to taking care of the children, Link was also studying the scenes for "Rust and Bone".

This movie tells the story of boxer Ali who broke his hand bones and had to put down his pride and start boxing in order to support his family. He also worked part-time in a bar. Because of an accident, he met Stephanie, a whale trainer at the aquarium. Stephanie... In an accident, both legs were amputated.

Two marginalized figures in society gradually develop love during contact.

In the movie, Ali is a big boy with strong limbs but very immature and irresponsible, while Stephanie is a woman with mutilated limbs but a strong heart. Stephanie needs Ali after becoming disabled, and Ali also needs a mature woman.

The meaning of rust and bone is the transformation of two people with flaws, which are like "rust". After falling in love, both parties wash away the rusty flaws and become bones that support each other.

Rust can also be understood as the taste of blood. Ali and Stephanie tasted the taste of blood when they encountered the blows of life, and finally redeemed each other and became strong and unyielding bones.

It is a very delicate and profound movie.

Link liked the character of Stephanie and felt that he was similar to Ali, so he chose to buy the rights to adapt the film.

By the beginning of April, Link flew to Nice, a small town in southern France, to shoot "Rust and Bone". Nice is on the Mediterranean Sea and is the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes. It is also the second largest city on the Mediterranean coast of southern France after Marseille. Cannes is southwest of Nice. side, a distance of about 33 kilometers.

This is also a famous tourist and holiday destination in France. The beaches and sunshine along the Mediterranean coast are very good.

There are also many historical monuments, museums, art galleries, and amusement parks, such as the Cathedral of St. Repalate, the ruins of the Colosseum, the Matisse Museum, etc. It is a beautiful place.

This is also one of the more famous photography bases in France. "Moonlight" directed by Woody Allen was also shot here.

When he arrived in Nice, Marion Cotillard arrived first, taking little Cassel with him.

The little guy is ten months old. He has dark blond hair, bright eyes, and a straight little nose. He is also a very cute little guy. He will definitely be a handsome boy when he grows up.

"Sure enough, more like me."

Link hugged the little guy and smiled.

"Guillaume often says the same."

Marion Cotillard leaned against him and smiled.

"He's delusional."

Link kissed Marion's hair.

Guillaume's pupils are light green and his hair is brown-black, which is obviously different from Cassel's.

In addition, he did a DNA test using Cassel's hair, and the genetic similarity was 99.99%.

In addition to Cassel, there is also Chris from Amy Adams' family. After testing, he is also his own child. Counting the one in Ivaca's belly, he now has six children.

In addition, Nozomi Sasaki sent a message yesterday saying that her aunt was not here and she seemed to be pregnant. If confirmed, there would be seven.

Not too much.

In the future, the global fertility rate will decline. Having more children can also promote human reproduction and alleviate the population crisis.

It's also a good thing.

With little Cassel here, Link and Marion didn't stay in a hotel. The two rented a vacation villa on the beach. They filmed six or seven hours of scenes on the set every day. The rest of the time, they stayed at home with their children and lived a three-person world.

Several times Guillaume Canet wanted to come over, but Link stopped him, telling him to stay at ease while filming the movie on the set and not to come over and cause trouble. Last year, two films invested by Link through Paris Rose Film Company were also released at the end of last year and the beginning of the year.

Among them, "The New Button War" starring Guillaume Canet received a box office of 18.2 million euros in Europe, basically maintaining its capital.

Another film "Untouchable" was released in December last year, with a total of 19.44 million moviegoers in France. It topped the box office for 10 consecutive weeks. It has received a box office of US$150 million so far and is also the annual box office champion in France.

The film has grossed over 10 million at the box office in the UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, South Korea, Japan, the Netherlands, Australia and other regions. It has been boycotted by black organizations in North America due to racial issues and has not yet been released.

The current global total has reached 380 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the production cost of 12 million U.S. dollars, it is undoubtedly a blockbuster movie.

Paris Rose Pictures also earned a share of nearly 180 million U.S. dollars from this movie, making a huge profit.

After making money, Guillaume Canet said he wanted to make a movie, and sent a script called "Blood Ties" to Link. Link saw that the investment was not much, only three million euros, so he agreed without asking. Agree.

Now that Guillaume Cane is filming in Paris, there is no time to come and disturb his time with Marion and Cassel. He can enjoy playing and acting with Marion here.

"Action!"

On the set, on the beach by the sea, Link is sitting on a bench chatting with Marion.

"When I was a trainer, I enjoyed the way others looked at me. I enjoyed the feeling of exciting the audience."

Marion Cotillard sat in a wheelchair, with her hair disheveled and no makeup on her face, looking a little pale.

"What now?"

Link asked.

"There's nothing left."

Marion said.

Link looked dull, as if he couldn't understand the other person's feelings. He stood up and looked at the blue sea. Regardless of the fact that the other person was a disabled person with both legs amputated, he asked:

"Would you like to swim?"

Marion looked at him in surprise, was stunned for a moment, and nodded in agreement.

"Cut!"

"Again, Link, you need to be more outgoing, mainly in terms of tone. You can be more casual."

Director Jacques Audiard gave instructions from the side.

Link nodded, discussed it with Marion, and performed it again.

The crew of "Rust and Bone" filmed for twenty-two days in Nice, France, and three days in Bernier, Switzerland. The filming was completed in early May, and Link returned to the United States immediately.

One month after its release, "The Hunger Games" has grossed US$415 million at the box office in North America and US$320 million overseas. It is still being screened in many countries, and the global box office is expected to exceed US$800 million.

With this movie, Jennifer Lawrence also soared to the sky and became a popular Hollywood actor and youth idol. In terms of fame, she is even more famous than the four actresses selected by "Vanity Fair" and has become a special existence in the entertainment industry.

Since "The Hunger Games" did well at the box office, the company has begun preparations for the second sequel, which is expected to be released next year.

In this movie, Jennifer Lawrence's salary is US$12 million, making her one of the highest-paid actresses in the industry.

Taylor's new album "BeginAgain" has been released for more than a month. The cumulative sales in the United States have reached 2.85 million copies. It is expected to exceed 3 million copies next week, with global sales of approximately 13.5 million copies.

Since Taylor was busy, Link still took Alexander and Cynthia with him after returning to the United States to stay with Ivaca and prepare for the boxing match.

There are expected to be four boxing matches this year, including WBA, WBC, and IBF boxing title defense matches.

In terms of WBO light heavyweight, former boxing champion Nathan Cleverly was injured in training not long ago and was unable to participate in the championship competition, so he announced that he would give up the organization's world boxing title.

Link needs to compete in one more WBO title fight to achieve the light heavyweight title grand slam.

(End of chapter)