Chapter 399: A work that responds to the situation
In addition to those reasons, there is also the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, and Wang Shu will speculate in stocks.
With the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" coming out, even if Wang Shu makes a lot of money from stock trading, there are traces to follow.
It is undeniable that the filming of "The Wolf of Wall Street" started close to the time when the US subprime mortgage crisis broke out.
Yes, this is the shooting start time.
Before filming began, there was also the process of adapting the autobiography into a screenplay.
Adapting the autobiography of stockbroker Jordan Belfort into a movie script can prove that Wang Shu has "researched and understood" stocks.
That’s right, it is precisely because of this experience that Wang Shu is able to dominate the stock market.
Everything is traceable, and it is not that a person like Wang Shu, who is not very highly educated, not only suddenly knows how to trade in stocks, but also does so at a very high level.
If this is the case, it is also incredible.
And when everything is traceable, no matter how "outrageous" he is, there is a reason to explain.
It is undeniable that as long as he wants to make it, there are many movie scripts that can be made.
It's just that at this point in time, there are too many reasons to pull out "The Wolf of Wall Street".
Even if this movie in the original timeline was only nominated for an Academy Award, it was still suitable for filming.
What's more, in the original timeline, "The Wolf of Wall Street" had a box office of $300 million.
Now is the time when the financial crisis is breaking out, and it is released during this period. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the box office may be higher.
It is not that the global financial crisis has caused economic depression, and the film industry will be affected by this, but it will not achieve high box office.
Exactly the opposite.
The global financial crisis and economic depression have led to a downgrade in consumption, which has benefited the film and game industries.
Because of the downgrade of consumption, more people will choose relatively low-consumption activities such as watching movies and playing games instead of other high-consumption activities.
Facts speak louder than words.
For example, at the end of 2009, "Avatar" directed by Cameron had a global box office of US$2.924 billion.
Although "Avatar"'s 2.924 billion is inseparable from its epoch-making special effects, it at least shows that during the financial crisis, a movie with a global box office of 2.924 billion was born.
After the financial crisis, there were no such high-grossing movies.
Furthermore, in addition to "Avatar", the North American box office of "Transformers 2" in 2009 also reached US$402 million.
Furthermore, news reports and data show that in 2009, all the big bosses in Hollywood were smiling.
Because this year the American film industry achieved overall success.
Hollywood's North American movie box office exceeded the 10 billion mark for the first time and reached an unprecedented US$10.61 billion, an increase of 8 percentage points from 2008.
Thirty of these films have a box office of over 100 million, among which 8 films have exceeded 200 million, with the highest reaching 400 million.
Globally, 48 films have exceeded 100 million, 7 films have exceeded 500 million, and there are 5 blockbusters with a box office of more than 700 million.
Hollywood film companies have made a lot of money, such as Warner and 20th Century Fox, which have achieved unprecedented box office of more than 2 billion US dollars in North America and overseas respectively.
Moreover, excluding the price factor, the 2009 North American movie market is definitely a lively one.
In 2009, a total of 1.41 billion movie tickets were sold in North America, and the number of moviegoers increased by 4 percentage points from the previous year, although it was still lower than the sales record of 1.6 billion movie tickets in 2002. There is a gap, but in the context of the economic downturn, it has set the best record in seven years. In fact, for the first time in seven years, movie box office exceeded DVD sales.
These all show that the financial crisis has led to a downgrade in consumption, which in turn has benefited the film industry.
And "The Wolf of Wall Street" happens to be released during the financial crisis. With this shareholder style, it is really possible to achieve good box office results.
Although with Wang Shu's current position in Hollywood, he basically does not enjoy box office sharing.
But. As long as "The Wolf of Wall Street" does well at the box office after its release and he is nominated for an Academy Award, then he will shine in Hollywood.
As long as he shows off, it means that his opportunities will become more.
And more opportunities mean that he can go further.
When he reaches a certain level in Hollywood and meets all the conditions for being in the United States, he can invest in making movies.
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Matt Damon lowered his head and looked at the script in his hand. Even though it was a biographical script, he knew that Wang Shu was a capable director, but Wang Shu was from the East. The director is not a European or American director, and may not be acclimated to the cultural differences, so he cannot directly judge the quality of the script. He still has to look at it carefully before deciding whether it is worth investing in making a movie.
In the original timeline, "The Wolf of Wall Street" was directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Jonah Hill, etc. Movies starring people.
Leonardo DiCaprio is the well-known DiCaprio.
Based on the biography of Jordan Belfort.
In 1987, 22-year-old Jordan Belfort joined a large securities company on Wall Street and became a low-level employee.
His boss Mark Harner taught him the secret of success, but soon the company went bankrupt in the "Black Monday" stock market crash.
The unemployed Jordan came to work in a small stock brokerage on Long Island at the suggestion of his then wife Theresa, and obtained a large amount of capital with his work experience on Wall Street, which attracted the salesman Donnie. ·Azoff's attention.
Doni is Jordan's neighbor. After talking to Jordan, Donnie quit his job and sold stocks with Jordan.
Under Dorney's influence, Jordan began to experiment with illegal drugs and found some drug dealers to join in, defrauding investors by selling low-priced stocks over the phone.
As the company developed, Jordan became a celebrity, and Forbes magazine gave him the nickname "The Wolf of Wall Street".
The story of the entire movie tells the story of this stockbroker who once earned $12 million in three minutes, had a billionaire fortune at the age of 31, and how he made his fortune while walking on the edge of the law. Life and a life of indulgence lost in sex and drugs.
Won the 18th Golden Satellite Award in 2013 and the Best Picture nomination at the 86th Academy Awards in 2014.
At the same time, it also won the 48th National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Film and the Annual Top Ten Film Award.
Three months after its release, the film had a cumulative global box office of US$305 million, making it the director's first film to have a global box office of over US$300 million.
Now it will be brought to the big screen by Wang Shu, and it will be released during the outbreak of the financial crisis.
Even if the global box office is not higher than this version, as long as the box office reaches 300 million US dollars, it will still be Wang Shu's first movie with a box office exceeding 300 million US dollars.
Although Hollywood has produced many movies with a global box office of over 1 billion US dollars, these are still a minority.
In fact, the box office exceeded 100 million, which is already a pretty good result.
Of course, this needs to be considered in conjunction with production costs.
(End of this chapter)