Chapter 459

The biggest difference in this brand new "Reloading" to Duke is that it has a strong color like an oil painting. Although the film is still dominated by blue and black, Zach Schneider has successfully integrated what he is best at. , Coupled with the reduction of a lot of mystery and philosophical plots, as well as the changes made in the film's way of action, when the screening ended, it won a wave of applause in the theater.

It's the summer of 2002. Kung-fu action methods are no longer new to Hollywood and North American audiences. "Reloading" abandons the current abuse of Kung-fu in Hollywood action movies, especially those fancy and complicated actions. Routines. Although the fighting routines of the actors are different, they are already close to a simple and direct model similar to the future.

Hollywood's traditional tough guy fighting will cause aesthetic fatigue, and Kung Fu will also cause aesthetic fatigue.

Even if it is the center of the world film industry, Hollywood's follow-up situation is no worse than that of the Eastern movie circle. Today's Hollywood action movies don't invite a few action directors from Hong Kong, and they don't do anything about Tiger Crane and Tai Chi. Sorry to boot.

A large number of similar movies have swarmed, but the consequences are not hard to imagine.

In Duke's future plans, action elements will account for an extremely heavy weight, just like ¤, which is Zach Schneider's "Reloading", he will not use kung fu.

He knew very well that whether it was Muay Thai or Taekwondo, or free fighting and kung fu, it would not be possible to squeeze it into the movie and become popular all over the world. In the past few years, Duke let his action guide Jimmy Carter when filming "The Matrix". Using Hollywood technology, learning from Yuan Heping's Hong Kong-style shooting method, integrating a variety of close combat techniques, designing a brand new action mode.

These new routines. There is no need for any fancy movements, it should be simpler, more powerful, fast and direct, at least it will look like this from the camera.

As for the promotion of Kung Fu and Kung Fu movies, it is too difficult for a non-Kung Fu fan like him. Kung Fu is so extensive and profound that it is not something a layman like him can understand. Countless people across the ocean are more suitable than him.

After the release of "The Matrix 2: Reloaded", the response was generally good. Although countless film critics screamed, claiming that the film is just beating, beating and bombing, without any depth and philosophical thinking, but it can't stop it. Live movie fans enthusiastically paid for the film.

In the first three days of the first weekend, "Reloading" soared US$92.77 million in the North American box office, setting the highest ever R-rated film opening record.

The box office of this film has exploded, directly ending the "Spider-Man" three consecutive championships, becoming the summer file after repeating "The Two Towers", "The Attack of the Clones" and "Spider-Man". The fourth box office hit movie.

By the second weekend, although "Reloaded" was limited by r-rated films, it could not maintain an unusually stable trend like "The Two Towers", but it also controlled the decline within 50%. The next weekend With 51.02 million U.S. dollars, it won the North American box office chart again. In just ten days after the release, the North American box office exceeded 200 million U.S. dollars. Up to 211.05 million US dollars!

The facts are very clear, this is another masterpiece that can exceed $300 million at the North American box office.

When July comes to the end. At the end of the summer vacation in 2002, two films related to Duke, "The Two Towers" and "Reloaded" undoubtedly became one of the winners.

"The Two Towers" has been screened on a large scale from the first weekend of the summer file with 3876 theaters. After entering August, the number of North American theaters has shrunk to 1,462. The North American box office totaled $478.55 million and the global box office reached 11 US$23.11 million. Although "Spider-Man" also performed extraordinary, but according to the forecast of the box office trend, the North American and global box office can only stay at about 400 million US dollars and 900 million US dollars. Duke almost pre-booked the annual box office champions in North America and the world.

Even if it is subject to the grading of r-rated films, it depends on the predecessor's overwhelming reputation and the quality of the sequel. The North American box office of "Reloaded" has been close to US$300 million in one month after its release. In the end, the North American box office will inevitably exceed the US$300 million mark. It will compete with "Attack of the Clones" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" released in Thanksgiving. Third place in the box office in North America and the world.

"More prominent than the box office is the performance of the two series."

On Warner Bros's board of directors, Doug Walter, who has just taken the position of CEO, can be described as high-spirited, "From the release of "The Fellowship of the Ring" to the end of July, the total global sales of peripheral products related to the Lord of the Rings reached US$1.732 billion. The highest sales volume is the DVD set of "The Fellowship of the Ring", with global sales reaching 521 million U.S. dollars..."

Speaking of this, Doug Walter looked at the dozens of directors who participated in the meeting and said confidently, "The theater screening of "The Two Towers" is close to the middle and late stages. The research and evaluation of the basic marketing department, the film's Sales of soundtrack albums and DVDs will inevitably exceed that of "The Fellowship of the Ring"."

As soon as Doug Walter's voice fell, the eyes of other directors turned to Duke one after another, and the other party used their own efforts to support nearly one-third of Warner Bros.'s performance!

Duke sat here quietly and didn't say anything. He was the biggest personal profit for the movie.

Indeed, compared to the total profit of the film's box office and surroundings, the net dividend of more than 200 million US dollars in his hand seems to be nothing, but don't forget that the film surroundings are more dependent on channels than the theater box office, without the support of the group platform. Surroundings can only achieve extensive licensing income. Why did Pixar Studios, Blue Sky Studios and later DreamWorks Animation Studios, as well as other small and medium-sized film companies, join or smash their heads to join those group companies?

In addition to capital and anti-risk reasons, the advantages of large companies in integrating resources are important conditions for attracting them.

Perhaps many years from now, Hollywood's era of giants will end, but from the early and mid-1990s to more than a decade later, Hollywood is a veritable age of giants.

His experience is indeed extraordinary, but seeing and accomplishing are two different things. Hollywood's problems cannot be solved by making good enough movies.

To put it mildly, newcomers and new ideas are really not very valuable in Hollywood.

Without any successful experience in the past, just send a script to a film company or director, and the other party will come to you? Do not make jokes.

For example, Duke's initial experience is a little better. After all, his mother and family background can play a role. Those new screenwriters have never had the opportunity to meet the top of the film company, and famous directors and producers, even if they are All fools know that the scripts mailed to them will never reach their hands.

Like Duke and Tina Fei, which big director and well-known producer has no assistants?

Even a director at Duke's level, Tina Fei has an assistant team of more than ten people. The scripts sent by the post will definitely fall into the hands of these assistants. Who can expect these assistants to put the ideas and scripts of the newcomers Pass it on?

Let's put it this way, screenwriters who want to write scripts for big directors and well-known producers can queue from Long Beach to Malibu.

Cooperating with a big director means that it is very likely to succeed, and success will give the most disadvantaged screenwriter among the key factors of a project a chance to climb up, and even become a gold screenwriter.

Like the former gold medal screenwriter Irene Kruger, is there a wonderful or logical story he compiled? But he wrote "Transformers" one after another, even if countless people complained about, the production company still does not change.

This is an extremely realistic circle, with qualifications a hundred or even ten thousand times stronger than creativity.

Similarly, in this circle, countless talented people have been buried. The most typical one is the so-called Hollywood blacklist. Many scripts on the so-called Hollywood blacklist have been completed for several years or even longer, but they have been unable to become real projects. The reason is not difficult to imagine.

Just like the rumored Bill Gates bowed his head to Wall Street, a person who wants to confront the entire huge system is tantamount to idiotic dreams.

Therefore, from the beginning until now, Duke has chosen to stand on the side of large companies and conduct in-depth cooperation with them.

At this point, Duke actually knew very well that if he hadn't had the support of his mother, perhaps only God would know when his first movie would be released.

Just like in "Life and Death", the film was well received by selection experts, and even with the help of George Lucas, Twentieth Century Fox still chose the most conservative and most favorable release policy for them, and did Well, the market response is not good enough to prepare for withdrawal at any time.

There are countless ways to climb up in Hollywood. It is undoubtedly very unreliable to get the appreciation of big people and big companies through a script.

And there are quite a lot of big-selling movies, the script is really very general, the creativity and the bridge are often used by Hollywood.

As for innovation? The other side of innovation is risk. When innovation is combined with unqualified newcomers, what choices will directors, producers and film companies make?

I believe that as long as there is no water in their heads, these people will have only one choice.

And how many people who can climb to the top from the fierce to brutal Hollywood competition will have their heads flooded?

The board of directors issues one item by one item. For most of the time, Duke does not express his opinions, but when discussing film-related issues, he will solemnly say a few words, and what he said can arouse The Warner Board of Directors pays enough attention.

For example, the meeting focused on the establishment of the Justice League studio, and Duke took a positive attitude towards this.

And under the promotion of Duke and Doug Walter, Warner Bros. also decided to start contacting Marvel, striving to win the distribution rights of Marvel movies.

Marvel and DC are both competitive and cooperative. Although competition is far greater than cooperation, as long as the benefits are large enough, cooperation is not impossible. (To be continued...)