Millennium director

Chapter 189 The filming of "Rush Hour 3" is completed, and the box office of "Painted Skin" is released

As for the Asian market, for Hollywood, the most important one now is the Japanese market, and the most important one in the future will be the Chinese market.

The Japanese market is now the second largest film market in the world, while the Chinese market is the fastest growing market in the world.

And Wu Yuan is undoubtedly the director with the greatest influence in the Japanese and Korean markets among the current directors in Hollywood.

Coincidentally, Cheng Long is also the most influential Hollywood actor in Japan and South Korea!

Yes, Cheng Long also has great influence in Japan.

Before Wu Yuan, the holder of the Chinese box office record in Japan was Cheng Long.

Cheng Long's martial arts films from the 1990s did very well at the box office in the Japanese market, with a lot of people watching them!

Roald has to look forward to the Asian box office of "Rush Hour 3"!

Wu Yuan + Cheng Long have never had such a wonderful start!

"Daniel, go go go!" Early the next morning, Roald knocked on Wu Yuan's hotel room door and couldn't wait to pull him up, "Come, we should start work!"

After taking two consecutive leaves of absence, Wu Yuan was finally able to film "Rush Hour 3" honestly.

During the following days in Mexico, he worked hard every day, and the crew was almost in tune, and the overall shooting speed continued to increase.

It was originally scheduled to take another one and a half months to shoot in Mexico, but Wu Yuan completed it in only one month.

In early February 2006, the crew of "Rush Hour 3" completed filming a large number of fight scenes in Mexico and rescued the president's daughter. The crew moved to Washington again.

The shooting here in Washington was very simple. We just did some framing in some places in the White House that are open to tourists, and it only took three to five days.

The actual plot of the movie involving the "Office of the President" was all shot in a studio in Los Angeles. The real White House would not allow the film crew to go in for filming.

Just like Zhongnanhai, it is impossible for the film crew to go in for filming.

After spending three to five days filming the final plot in Washington, the filming of "Rush Hour 3" is basically completed.

Action movies are actually that simple to shoot. There is no complexity in the plot and there are no high requirements for acting skills.

The difficulty of filming depends entirely on whether the actors can shoot the fighting scenes smoothly or not.

With Jia Jia Ban and Cheng Long, Wu Yuan naturally did not need to worry about the fighting part of "Rush Hour 3", and the overall filming was completed with ease.

Wu Yuan has the editing rights for "Rush Hour 3" this time, but he has no intention of editing the movie himself.

The specific post-production work is still left to New Line. He only needs to check the final effect of the film and provide some editing and modification comments.

For Wu Yuan, after the filming of the Washington plot is completed, he will be "finished".

Wu Yuan has been busy for more than a year and a half. Starting from the filming of "Love" last summer, Wu Yuan took a break of two or three months. He had to take a serious vacation for himself.

But taking a vacation doesn't mean you have to go back to your country.

After bidding farewell to the crew, Wu Yuan returned to Los Angeles alone.

It's not that he was dealing with work in the back time and ignored John at all. After Wu Yuan returned to Los Angeles, he immediately went back to his mansion to rest and wait for his little girlfriend.

Yes, Liu Yifei is coming to the United States to reunite with him.

China is currently in the Spring Festival holiday. Although the Spring Festival atmosphere in Tokyo is not strong, Liu Yifei and her daughter still have to celebrate the Spring Festival. Their annual Spring Festival reservation is to visit relatives.

I will go back to my hometown to see my grandma first, and then I will come to Los Angeles to meet my aunt.

Last Spring Festival, Wu Yuan was filming in the Caribbean, but he missed Liu Yifei's visit to Los Angeles, so he won't miss it this year.

On February 16, 2006, Wu Yuan asked Daisy to drive to Los Angeles International Airport early in the morning.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, he finally picked up his young girlfriend and prospective mother-in-law, whom he had not seen for two months, at the airport pick-up port.

Looking at the mother and daughter, both wearing sunglasses, as if they were carved from the same mold, Wu Yuan showed a warm smile on his face.

"Sissi, aunt, you are here."

"You must be tired after taking such a long flight. Let's go back and rest for a while."

After taking Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli out of the airport, as soon as they got in the car, Liu Yifei chatted and shared her daily life with Wu Yuan.

"Brother, when we boarded the plane in Beijing, many fans came to see me off!"

"My mother also left the contact information of several fans, so they can contact her directly if they have anything in the future."

Sitting in the back row, holding Wu Yuan's arm, Liu Yifei had a smile on her face and kept talking about China, Tokyo, life and movies.

"Brother, the box office of your "Painted Skin" is so high!"

"The mainland box office was 230 million, the Hong Kong box office was 40 million Hong Kong dollars, Japan also sold 5.6 billion yen, and even South Korea mobilized more than 4 million people to watch."

The release of Painted Skin in Asia is basically over.

Unfortunately, in the end, the mainland box office of "Painted Skin" still failed to break the record of "Hero" and was fixed at 230 million yuan.

There are still not enough cinemas in the mainland this year. Without the influence of the Ministry of Culture, it will be difficult for the box office of "Painted Skin" to exceed 250 million.

After all, "A Thousand Miles Alone" and "The Great Sage" were released in the same period, as well as "King Kong" and "Fearless" released later, and they all took away a lot of films.

This is different from the situation back then when "Hero" monopolized all film schedules.

However, the box office performance of "Painted Skin" in various Asian countries is much better than that of "Hero".

The Japanese yen is still relatively valuable now. One hundred yen can be exchanged for more than seven yuan, and the box office of 5.5 billion yen is equivalent to nearly 450 million yuan.

In addition, more than 4 million people watched the movie in South Korea, which also brought in a box office of about 200 million yuan, and a box office of 10 million US dollars contributed by Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

"Painted Skin" grossed almost 1 billion yuan at the box office when it was released in six East Asian countries.

This result is nearly half less than "Your Name", mainly due to the box office in the Japanese market.

This box office performance is definitely not bad, but when taking into account the cost, it is obvious that the profit level cannot be compared with "Your Name" at all.

In fact, this is the limitation of Chinese blockbusters.

After all, Chinese movies do not have the global market to make money like Hollywood movies.

For Chinese-language films, the higher the investment cost, the harder it is to make a profit.

Even when China's film industry was at its most prosperous and the market was the largest, the profit ratio of "The Wandering Earth" was completely incomparable to comedy movies like the "囧" series.

This is why the Chinese film market has become more and more interested in comedy films.

Comedy movies perform well at the box office and have low investment. They are the easiest genre to make money!

Next is romance movies, which also require low investment and are prone to dark horses and blockbuster movies.

When you can make a lot of money by making comedies and romance films, why bother making science fiction, magic, fantasy, costume, and war-themed blockbusters in a thankless way?

Only great directors, top directors, have the ambition to make such blockbusters.

Exactly, Wu Yuan is this kind of great director. Even though he knows that making science fiction and fantasy-themed blockbusters is definitely not as profitable as comedy and romance films, Wu Yuan still wants to make more blockbusters in China, especially Chinese-language films. A subject that didn’t appear in the movie!

If he wanted to make money, in his bright days in Hollywood, he mostly made small-budget comedy movies and R-rated films, earning hundreds of millions of dollars each!

At home, he wants to try to bring more novel, high-level, high-investment visual blockbusters to Chinese audiences!

He even said arrogantly that he wanted to teach Chinese filmmakers how to make movies and how to make blockbusters!

With great ability comes great responsibility!

As the only director in China who has developed in Hollywood and the only director who has been exposed to Hollywood blockbusters, he has this obligation to lead Chinese films to catch up with Hollywood and develop and strengthen the mainland film industry!

"The box office of "Painted Skin" has basically reached expectations." Wu Yuan said to Liu Yifei relaxedly: "When Director Han led the team to the Toronto Film Festival, he also sold a lot of the distribution rights of "Painted Skin"."

"Right now, the only thing left to do is the release in North America is still pending."

"Fox is willing to help with the distribution of "Painted Skin," but the specific release time is still being discussed."

Speaking of this, Wu Yuan was also a little proud.

Unlike other Chinese-language films whose North American distribution rights can only be bought out at low prices, Wu Yuan is still able to make a living in North America.

At least he won't be bullied by Harvey Weinstein, an old liar and pervert.

It’s just that the specific release time has to be arranged slowly.

It took more than a year for "Hero" to be released in North America.

"Painted Skin" is a movie that is not considered a traditional Chinese kung fu film. Fox only bothered to release "Painted Skin" because the director was Wu Yuan.

According to Fox's internal review, the box office of "Painted Skin" in North America is estimated to be only 20 to 30 million US dollars. Most of this depends on Wu Yuan's fame to attract audiences to the cinema.

Reaching out and pinching Liu Yifei's nose affectionately, Wu Yuan said with a smile: "It has been basically determined within the company that "Painted Skin" will definitely be a sequel."

"When the time comes, you can also play a role in the sequel. The heroine will most likely not be replaced, but an important supporting actress will be added when the time comes."

"Also, I am working with New Line in Hollywood on a new series of film projects. There is also an important supporting actress in the first film. You can play it when the time comes."

"You don't have any suitable scripts to accept in the mainland, but you can come to Hollywood to play some supporting roles first and become familiar with the North American audience."

Liu Xiaoli, who had been sitting quietly in the passenger seat, opened her mouth when she heard Wu Yuan's words, but still hesitated.

In her heart, she didn't want Liu Yifei to play a supporting role in a mainland movie.

After all, she is now the second highest-grossing actress in the mainland, second only to International Chapter. How can she be a co-star for other actresses?

But Wu Yuan then said that he would bring Liu Yifei to Hollywood for gold plating, and Liu Xiaoli immediately swallowed the words back.

Since Wu Yuan is going to bring Liu Yifei to Hollywood, there is nothing wrong with starring in "Painted Skin 2". There is no shame in being a supporting role in Wu Yuan's movie, you should feel honored!

"Qian Qian, we still have to listen to Director Wu's advice." Liu Xiaoli forced a smile on her face and looked at Wu Yuan, "Director Wu, just look at the arrangements for Qian Qian's film career. In this regard, your His vision and professionalism are definitely better than mine.”

Wu Yuan smiled and said, "Aunt Liu, just call me Xiao Wu or Xiao Yuan. Don't just call me Director Wu."

"After all, my relationship with Sissi is different now."

Looking at the sweet smiles of Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei after they looked at each other in the rearview mirror, Liu Xiaoli's back molars almost broke.

Good boy!

It’s okay to take away my cabbage, and you’re still so confident, you don’t feel guilty at all, right?

So angry! But still keep smiling.

Liu Xiaoli nodded with a stiff smile, turned her head and looked out the window.

"How long until we arrive?"

"tired."

In order to better serve her employer, Daisy, who had been learning Chinese privately for a year, replied in broken Chinese: "We'll be there in half an hour, ma'am."

Waving her hands, Liu Xiaoli leaned weakly on the back of the chair.

She had a hunch that she might not be very happy during this trip to Los Angeles to visit relatives.

Looking in the rearview mirror, she saw Liu Yifei in the back row holding Wu Yuan's arm tightly with both hands, half of her body hanging on Wu Yuan's body, and she was extremely sticky. Liu Xiaoli felt a burst of complicated emotions in her heart.

She used to hang it on herself like this.

Feeling wronged, helpless, and a little bit want to cry.

Xiao Baicai, who had worked hard to raise her for eighteen years, was no longer thinking about her mother at all.