Chapter 440 "The Mystery of the Spell" starts!
In August, "Pirates of the Caribbean" has almost exhausted all its box office potential after its North American box office exceeded $310 million.
Now that Lai is in the theater market, he can grab as much box office as he can.
However, this year's "Pirates of the Caribbean" North American box office championship is not guaranteed, because "Finding Nemo" released at the end of May is approaching fiercely.
Since its release on May 30, "Finding Nemo" has grossed $293 million at the box office.
The most important thing is that "Finding Nemo" has a very healthy and durable box office curve. If this continues, it won't be a problem for the film to earn $330 million at the box office.
That's why Pixar Animation Studios is so popular. Not only does it perform well at the box office, but its peripherals are also very eye-catching. Every company is coveted.
Moreover, "Finding Nemo" not only performed well at the box office in North America, but with the promotion of Hollywood, the audience of animated films is also increasing around the world.
Generally speaking, animated movies are considered to be something for children.
But don’t forget that when a child goes to the cinema to watch a movie, he must be accompanied by at least two adults, so a family can contribute more than three movie tickets.
Moreover, who says that only children like to watch animated movies? Many adults also like to watch animated movies.
The great thing about Pixar Animation Studios is that they use animated films to tell exciting and inspiring stories.
Therefore, the global box office of "Finding Nemo" of US$867 million has surpassed the US$722 million box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean", temporarily becoming this year's global box office champion.
Looking at the films in the second half of the year, there are almost no blockbusters worth looking forward to. Unless a miracle occurs, "Finding Nemo" will be the winner this year.
Little Gilbert lost the global box office title this year, and it seems that he will not be able to retain the North American box office title. But this is normal, no one can succeed forever.
Then again, "Pirates of the Caribbean" wasn't a failure. If a movie with a global box office of 722 million US dollars can be considered a failure, I don’t know what movie can be considered a success.
Let’s pay attention to another movie produced by Melon Film Studio. “Fast and Furious 2” performed well. The film currently has a box office of US$174 million in North America and US$486 million globally.
The film still has room for growth and is far from the end.
Through the box office, "Fast and Furious 2" has achieved profitability, and the development plan for the sequel can continue.
Vin Diesel has also successfully joined the ranks of Hollywood's first-line action stars with the success of several films. But just like his temper that can explode at any time, the position is not very safe.
The two heroines of the film, Liv Tyler and Jessica Alba, were ranked among the top 20 sexiest actresses in the world in the latest fashion magazine, and they have countless fans.
Especially Liv Tyler, this girl's long legs have made many fans miss her.
Many actresses don't care about their long legs, but their leg shape may not necessarily be good-looking.
Liv Tyler is different. When it comes to legs, she can surpass most Hollywood actresses, ranking at the forefront and truly interpreting what it means to have long legs that conquer everything.
Jessica Alba is a typical chocolate beauty, with brown skin and a sweet smile that makes people intoxicated.
It's a little more delicate than white beauties, and it's not like black people who don't have a wide audience, which makes people less interested.
Liv Tyler wanted to introduce Jessica Alba to little Gilbert before, but little Gilbert was too busy with work at the time and turned around and forgot about Jessica Alba.
In this way, Jessica Alba was dubbed by the gossip tabloids as one of the few pure girls that little Gilbert had not had sex with.
Uh...how to put it, anyway, Liv Tyler and Little Gilbert said that Jessica Alba changes boyfriends faster than she changes clothes, and she's not that pure. Since "Rush Hour 3" was released on July 18, the North American box office has accumulated US$112 million, which is a pretty good result.
The overseas box office has also performed well, with a current total of 142 million US dollars, and it continues to accumulate box office.
As the final chapter of the series, "Rush Hour 3" has a pretty good box office curve. What's rare is that many viewers also like this movie.
Through this series, Cheng Long has accumulated a lot of his own base in North America.
Next, Xianggua Studio is striking while the iron is hot and plans to launch a sequel to "The Mystery of the Spell" to take advantage of Cheng Long's high popularity during this period.
In the words of little Gilbert, that is, while Cheng Long still has value, squeeze him out as soon as possible, otherwise Cheng Long will become obsolete a little later.
Any star will fade away, let alone an outsider like Cheng Long.
Schwarzenegger, Stallone and other action superstars who grew up locally and were brilliant in the 1980s and 1990s have seen their film roles decrease significantly since entering the new century.
Therefore, it was not surprising to Little Gilbert that Cheng Long would fade away in Hollywood.
For Cheng Long, or for Shu Chang and Bingbing, the local market will always be their base, and it is impossible to stay in Hollywood for a long time.
It's not Tom Cruise, why did you let you hang out in North America for so long?
It was also because of the project of "Mystery of the Spell" that after participating in the global promotion of "Rush Hour 3" and returning to Hong Kong Island, Cheng Long immediately flew back to Los Angeles to start preparations for the film.
In terms of action design, Cheng Long is undoubtedly a master. Cheng Long and Cheng Jiaban are basically responsible for the action design of the "Rush Hour" series, and this time is no exception.
In addition to action scenes, "Mystery of the Talisman" also has a large number of visual spectacles, showing various magical natural landscapes and cities in mysterious locations.
In "Mystery of the Talisman 2", Cheng Long and Xiaoyu's father will go deep into the legendary Utopia Shambhala in Tibet. At the same time, Wa Long and his gang are also looking for Shambhala.
Legend has it that there is a magical stone in Shambhala called Mani Stone that can fulfill people's wishes.
Cheng Long suspected that it was related to the power of the twelve talismans, so he went to investigate. In the process, the female thief Snake will cause them some trouble and then turn their enemies into friends.
In "Mystery of the Talisman 3", Cheng Long and Xiaoyu's father will go to the desert to find Atlantis in the legendary sand sea, and a series of thrilling stories will happen.
In the third part, Cheng Long continues to fight with Wa Long, and of course he wins in the end, and then finally gets married to the little snake lover.
Players who have played "Uncharted" must be familiar with this story. Yes, this is a magically modified version of the story of the second and third parts of the "Uncharted" series.
Of course, there is not even a ghost in the story of "Uncharted" nowadays, so this is completely an original story of Gilbert Jr. and the studio's writers.
Little Gilbert came up with the idea, and the studio's screenwriters then refined the idea and wrote it into a script.
Cheng Long was amazed after reading the script. His "Eagle Project" can be considered an adventurous treasure hunt movie, but it pales in comparison to the "Mystery of the Spell" series.
As expected of a wealthy Hollywood crew, only Hollywood film companies can realize such a scale and such a story.
In August, the crew of "The Mystery of the Spell" began preparations. Alfonso Cuaron and Tsui Hark took over the leadership, and Gilbert Jr. served as the producer, and the project was launched.
At the same time, twenty-nine people selected at the Shanghai International Film Festival, let's call them students, also set out from Shanghai and came to Los Angeles.
(End of chapter)