Chapter 404 North America Whole Year 4
On July 11, 2008, the American version of "The Tuner" held its premiere in New York.
On the day of the premiere, in addition to starring actors such as Matt Damon, Monica, Kristen, and Robert Downey Jr. came to the scene to support, Matt Damon’s good friend Jimmy Kimmel also came to support.
This is a well-known American comedy, voice actor, and host.
The more famous program is "Jimmy Kimmel Live Show", which is known as the chicken show to many people.
This man often arranges talk shows with Matt Damon, often making jokes about cuckolding each other's show effects, and even Jimmy Kimmel's wife co-starred.
“Hello, I’m Jimmy Kimmel.” Jimmy Kimmel greeted Wang Shu politely.
"Hello, I am Wang Shu." Wang Shu also responded politely.
He knew this person and knew that he had already emerged and would become one of several well-known talk show hosts in the United States.
It’s just that Wang Shu’s sense of this person is not very good.
Original timeline.
In the late-night talk show "The Jimmy Show" broadcast on ABC on October 16, 2013, host Jimmy Kimmel invited four children of different skin colors to form a "Children's Roundtable" , eating sweets and discussing national affairs to satirize "Congressmen are as tantrums as children."
When Kimmel asked: "We owe China $1.3 trillion in debt, how can we pay it off?".
One child said: "We need to build a big wall to keep the Chinese out."
Kimmel used the word "Great Wall" to tease him, and then a 6-year-old white child even The words were shocking, saying, "I want to go around to the other side of the earth and slay the Chinese people."
Subsequently, this incident caused quite a stir.
Under pressure, Jimmy Kimmel apologized for his inappropriate remarks on his show on the evening of the 28th.
"I'm sorry, I apologize." Jimmy Kimmel said, "I never meant to offend anyone. On the contrary, my goal was to please the public. Now I have caused dissatisfaction among many people, and the situation is more serious than before. I expressed this Apologize.”
This guy is obviously discriminating against China.
As time goes by, the premiere of "The Tuner" came to a successful conclusion.
Jimmy Kimmel walked up to Matt Damon and whispered: "Matt, does that Wang Shu have a problem with me?"
"Huh?" Matt Damon was confused for a moment. I don’t know why Jimmy Kimmel suddenly said this.
The two are good gay friends, and he will continue to collaborate with Wang Shu in movies in the future, but the good gay friends suddenly have a little mood.
This.
Jimmy Kimmel then said: "I talked to him, but he didn't pay much attention to me, as if he looked down on me."
Jimmy Kimmel was quite angry and unhappy when he said this. Since 2003, he has been producing and hosting the ABC evening talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" with the same name. He hosted the American Music Awards from 2003 to 2008.
The American Music Awards (AMA) is one of the most prestigious music awards ceremonies in the United States.
Founded in 1973 by Dick Clark, it is known as the three major awards shows in the United States along with the Grammy Awards and the Billboard Music Awards.
Being able to serve as the host of this kind of award ceremony is quite famous in the American hosting industry.
Jimmy Kimmel has served as the host of the American Music Awards for six consecutive years, which shows that he is a very capable host.
Therefore, he boasts a high status, and a Chinese director like Wang Shu who is new to Hollywood should respect him quite a bit.
Even if Wang Shu wins the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival, you should still be polite to him.
Because this is Hollywood, the home of the United States, and he is a well-known American host.
How can a Chinese director who has just arrived in Hollywood neglect this kind of status?
"No way? As far as I know, Wang Shu is not the kind of person you said." Matt Damon was confused, and then asked, "You shouldn't be rude first, right?"
As a good friend of Jimmy Kimmel, Matt Damon naturally knows this person very well.
Guess if what Jimmy Kimmel said happened, there is a high probability that Jimmy Kimmel would cause trouble first.
When Jimmy Kimmel saw that his best friend didn’t trust him, he was so angry that he blew his nose and stared: “How is that possible?”
“I know you are still with him. I wanted to cooperate, so I went over to talk to him, but he seemed to be a great person and ignored me."
Jimmy Kimmel became more and more angry and cursed, "A person from China is so poor. What qualifications do directors from a backward place have to pretend to be here?”
"If I hadn't worried about him cooperating with you at the time, I would never have tolerated it until now."
Matt Damon scratched his head. With his understanding of Wang Shu, this It's not like what Wang Shu would do, and the good gay friend doesn't look like he's lying. I guess there must be some misunderstanding.
But if these are mentioned at this time, good friends will definitely become more and more unhappy.
Therefore, he said no more, planning to wait until Jimmy Kimmel's anger subsided before clearing up the misunderstanding.
On July 12, the US version of "The Tuner" had a box office of US$11 million on its first day.
This figure is neither high nor low. It is equivalent to the first-day box office of "Iron Man", which is a pretty good result.
However, "Iron Man" is a popcorn movie, and the bulk of the box office is in the month before it is released, and the bulk of the previous month is in the previous week.
"The Tuner" is not this type of movie, and there is a possibility that word-of-mouth will increase and the box office trend will last.
On July 13, the box office of "The Tuner" was US$13 million.
On July 14, the box office of "The Tuner" was US$8 million. It is inevitable that the box office of "The Tuner" will drop significantly on July 14th.
On this day, "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan landed in American theaters.
With the success of "Batman 1", the news of "Batman 2" is unprecedented.
And it is worthy of its movement, and its achievements are also extremely high.
1. The largest opening: 4,366 theaters (exceeding the 4,362 theaters of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3").
2. Biggest Midnight Opening: $18.489 million from 3,040 theaters (more than the $16.9 million Star Wars: Episode III grossed from 2,915 theaters in 2005).
3. Midnight premiere in the largest IMAX theater: US$640,000.
4. The highest single-day box office revenue in history: US$67.16 million (exceeding the US$59.84 million created by "Spider-Man 3" in 2007).
5. The highest opening weekend box office revenue in history: $154.8 million (exceeding the $151 million created by "Spider-Man 3" in 2007).
6. The highest opening weekend box office for IMAX giant screen theaters: 94 theaters received US$6.21 million.
7. Highest Sunday box office: US$43.59 million (exceeding the US$39.93 million created by "Spider-Man 3" in 2007).
8. The fastest to break through 200 million US dollars: five days.
9. The highest second weekend box office revenue in history: US$75.16 million (breaking "Shrek 2"'s US$72.17 million).
10. The fastest to exceed US$300 million: 10 days.
11. The total revenue of global IMAX theaters reached the US$20 million mark at the fastest time. 11 days (more than 16 days in Harry Potter 5).
12. The fastest to break through the US$400 million mark. 18 days.
13. Became the second highest-grossing film in North American history (on the 30th day of its release, it exceeded the $466 million of the first "Star Wars").
14. On August 31, the box office sales exceeded the 500 million mark, and it only took 45 days.
In addition, since "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" has a box office of more than 500 million US dollars, it has become the second movie in the history of North American movies to have a domestic box office of more than 500 million US dollars.
"The Tuner" was greatly affected by the impact of this movie, but in the end it still achieved a box office of US$260 million in the United States.
Wang Shu suddenly became famous.
Although "The Tuner" only grossed US$260 million at the box office in North America, this result is already extremely impressive.
Although it is nearly half less than "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan, there is a reason for this.
First of all, "Batman" is a big IP with fans in North America, and it has huge audience and market potential.
Secondly, it is a sequel directed by Nolan that has gained a reputation.
Third, the movie is also above the qualifying line for popcorn movies.
Coupled with the huge buzz surrounding the release, it is only natural that the box office will far exceed that of "The Tuner".
Although "The Tuner" stars Matt Damon and Monica, its director is unknown to American audiences. Anyone will pay more attention to the big IP "Batman" directed by Nolan 2》.
However, fortunately, the quality of "The Tuner" is online. Thanks to its reputation, even though it was impacted by "Batman 2", it still achieved a box office of US$260 million in North America.
Don’t underestimate 260 million.
This box office result ranked fourth in the box office rankings of North American local movies in 2008.
In 2008, only 7 North American movies had domestic box office sales exceeding US$200 million.
They are "Kung Fu Panda" 215 million, "WALL-E" 223 million, "Superman" 228 million, "The Tuner" 260 million, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" 317 million, "Iron Man" "318 million, "Batman VI" 531 million.
The box office of "The Tuner" ranked fourth.
The world-famous "Twilight" starring Kristen only grossed 170 million at the box office in North America.
Moreover, this is an adaptation of a large IP work with its own traffic in North America.
The top three local box office movies, "Batman" and "Iron Man" are all adapted from big IPs that are well-known in North America.
"Raiders of the Lost Ark 4" is a series, and it can also be regarded as a big IP work with its own traffic.
Although the American version of "The Tuner" is adapted from the Chinese version of "The Tuner", it is not a well-known IP work in North America.
In addition, it is directed by a Chinese director who is new to Hollywood.
Therefore, the box office performance of US$260 million in North America has already made Wang Shu famous.
Many producers in Hollywood inquired a little and learned that "The Tuner" was a film written and directed by Wang Shu. Then they learned more about Wang Shu and were surprised to find that "The Tuner" was directed by Wang Shuo. The movies are all written and directed by him.
Then his eyes lit up.
(End of this chapter)