This star is too fierce

Chapter 458 Released First in North America

I spent New Year's Eve with Zhang Sheng's parents, and the two went to Gu Sisi's hometown on New Year's Eve.

In the first year of marriage, the Spring Festival is still quite busy.

Before the Spring Festival is over, the shortlists for major awards have been announced one after another.

Music Festival and Golden Eagle Awards are not mentioned.

The Golden Dragon Award is still the most concerned among the three awards.

And last year's box office champion "Transformers" was nominated for an award.

Almost all technical awards, though.

Best Sound Effects, Best Visual Effects, Best Motion Design and Best Newcomer.

That's four awards.

Four low-profile awards.

Among them, the best newcomer award is probably the most concerned.

And the attention of this award has fluctuated.

The level of attention depends on the popularity of the nominated newcomers.

The high attention this year probably has a lot to do with the fact that Zhao Ting, a popular newcomer, was shortlisted.

She was definitely the hottest newcomer last year, like none of them.

Directly relied on a "Transformers" to go abroad.

"When will your movie be released?" Jiang Bin asked about Zhang Sheng.

"It should be during the summer vacation." Zhang Sheng looked over and said, "Didn't it happen? Your movie should not be so fast."

"Your speed is fast." Jiang Bin nodded.

His movie involved a lot of special effects, and it was indeed impossible to release it in the summer.

It is estimated that it will be good to catch up with the Spring Festival stalls.

"My movie doesn't have any special effects." Zhang Sheng said, "The post-production naturally doesn't take much time."

As for the soundtrack, the original version is already very classic, and Zhang Sheng never thought of modifying it.

Even if it is modified, it is only a subtlety.

This undoubtedly saved a lot of time in the later stages of the film.

"You should have confidence in the Golden Dragon Award next year, right?" Jiang Bin said with a smile.

He has read the script of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and visited the set during filming, but this time he did not play a guest role.

For this movie, Jiang Bin knows a little bit.

What's more, he also understands Zhang Sheng's ability and his attitude towards movies.

Then with the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", maybe you can get what you want.

Jiang Bin is very clear that this movie is different from previous martial arts movies.

Zhang Sheng's filming this time is not about martial arts, but Jianghu.

"Who knows?" Zhang Sheng shook his head and said, "Who can say clearly about the awards. However, this movie should be the one I have the best chance of directing many movies."

If this movie doesn't win the award, Zhang Sheng probably will give up on the award.

No life!
"You don't have confidence?" Jiang Bin couldn't help but pouted.

"Comparing yourself with yourself, what kind of confidence is this?" Zhang Sheng shook his head and said.

Jiang Bin smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Sheng's "Inception" almost won the best director.

If there is a better chance than this movie, then it is not a sure thing, but the possibility is very high.

"When will you go to Hollywood?" Jiang Bin asked, "It seems that your company has successfully acquired that Hollywood film company?"

"Let's talk about it after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is released!" Zhang Sheng said, "The company still has some things to deal with."

Jiang Bin nodded.

It has just been acquired, and how the company will change, these all need to be considered.

Jiang Bin is not good at it, and he is not very interested in learning about it.

However, he knew that Changsheng Entertainment's acquisition of the Hollywood film company would be beneficial to the release of his films abroad.

His film has the investment of Evergreen Entertainment.

After the Spring Festival, the Golden Dragon Award and other three major awards were awarded successively, and "Transformers" won three awards including the Best Sound Effect Award, the Best Action Design Award, and the Best Visual Effect Award.

Only the best newcomer failed to win the award.

This surprises no one.

After all, Zhao Ting performed well, but limited by the role, she was more of a vase in "Transformers", and she didn't show much acting skills.

The Golden Dragon Award for Best Newcomer is more about the affirmation of the newcomer's acting skills, rather than who gets popular.

However, Zhao Ting did not win the award, but it did not affect her current development.

The best newcomer shortlisted, the others combined are not as popular as her.

Zhang Sheng didn't pay much attention to these, and his energy was put on the post-production of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

He didn't even ask about the company's affairs.

At the end of May, the post-production of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was completed, and the domestic file is scheduled for July 21.

The publicity began gradually.

However, the focus of the film's promotion is not at home, but abroad.

There is nothing to advertise in the country.

With the box office appeal of Zhang Sheng and others, the attention of the film is enough to attract people.

No matter how much publicity is invested, the icing on the cake may not be considered icing on the cake.

And this movie was not first released in China like other Chinese-language movies, but was first released in North America.

North America is scheduled for July [-]th.

A week earlier than in China.

When this news came out, many people were still surprised.

This should be the first time that a Chinese-language film has been released first abroad.

"The box office of this film abroad may be better than that at home."

Gu Sisi was puzzled by this, Zhang Sheng explained.

This is also what he said to the company when the schedule was confirmed.

"Isn't this movie a martial arts movie?" Gu Sisi asked doubtfully.

Do foreign fans understand martial arts?

They can understand sci-fi movies.

But what about martial arts movies?
I can't even understand how the box office can be better.

And their domestic box office appeal is much stronger than that of foreign countries.

"Inception" and "Transformers" have a strong Hollywood style, and the North American box office is high, which is understandable.

But "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a martial arts film, and it has a strong Chinese style.

Can the box office of this movie be higher abroad than in China?
"Let's wait and see!" Zhang Sheng smiled and said, "It will be shown abroad first, and if the box office is good, it can also stimulate the domestic box office."

Why was it released in North America first?
Zhang Sheng is obviously not confident enough in the domestic box office, and wants to stimulate the domestic box office with the North American box office.

Foreign movie fans are so supportive, don't domestic movie fans support it?

Gu Sisi looked at Zhang Sheng and said nothing.

How his movie will be released is naturally up to him.

With the strengthening of publicity, Gu Sisi naturally followed Zhang Sheng to North America for publicity.

However, compared to Li Zhenguo and Yang Ziyu, Zhang Sheng and Gu Sisi are less well-known in North America.

Fortunately, Zhang Sheng once became famous with music, and two consecutive movies swept the world.

It's just that he has more fans in North America than movie fans.

Compared with Li Zhenguo, who has developed in Hollywood for so many years, it is inevitable that he is a bit worse.

The focus of the propaganda is naturally also on Li Zhenguo.

On July [-], "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in North America.

Naturally, Hollywood blockbusters were released during the same period.

Zhang Sheng has now been targeted by those Hollywood film and television companies.

However, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" still won nearly [-] theaters.

Maybe not as good as that Hollywood blockbuster.

But it's pretty good too.

The film held a simple premiere in North America, and invited some people in the Hollywood circle, as well as North American media and film critics.

They are still very interested in the martial arts films of Zhang Sheng, the great director of science fiction in Huaguo.

As soon as the film started, everyone's eyes lit up.

Not attracted by the picture, but by the soundtrack.

The cello's weeping voice is melancholy and deep, and this music gives people a kind of silence.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

The opening soundtrack has undoubtedly established the tone of this film.

Soothing and beautiful melody, melancholy and sad life!

This movie is supposed to be a tragic story.

The oriental buildings, landscape houses, and busy crowds also reveal the atmosphere of the times.
These are all eye-catching.

Everyone could still see the inexplicable affection between Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian.

It's just that they don't know why, but both of them hide it in their hearts.

Li Zhenguo's acting skills caught the eyes of those who are familiar with him.

I probably didn't expect his acting skills to be so extraordinary.

The plot of the story gradually unfolded. A long-established hero handed over his sword and wanted to withdraw from the arena, but because of that sword, a series of events were triggered, and the conflicts in the plot were revealed one by one.

As for Yu Xiulian chasing the sword at night, the fight scene pays equal attention to fiction and reality, emphasizing both artistic conception and reality.

The action scenes in the film are fascinating.

The encirclement and suppression of the blue-eyed fox, Yu Xiulian's battle against the jade dragon, and Li Mubai's battle in the bamboo forest against the jade dragon all focus on speed, fierce fighting, change, or artistic conception.

However, filmmakers and moviegoers watch movies from different angles.

Some people may be attracted by the fighting scenes in it, but they are attracted more by the oriental culture presented in the movie.

The end of the film also confirmed his guess that he heard the soundtrack at the beginning.

The characters in the film all end in tragedy, such is the case with Li Mubai's master and apprentice, and so is Yu Xiulian; the same is true for the pampered and arrogant Jade Dragon, and the same is true for the free and easy and heroic Luo Xiaohu;

This is the sorrow of being born as a human being, and this is the human tragedy that is constantly being staged.

The movie's story is tragic, but this one isn't.

The film was well received in North America.

The box office on the first day exceeded [-] million. Although it is not as good as the Hollywood blockbuster of the same period, it ranks second in the single-day box office list in North America.

In terms of word of mouth, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is even better.

The film is an ancient martial arts film, but it uses a new modern perspective to interpret Chinese classical aesthetic traditions and emotional concepts to a new level.

From the perspective of film language, all audio-visual elements, whether it is photography, choreography, action design, recording, music, etc., also fully reflect the profound style of the film and the praise and love for Chinese classical culture.

Who would have thought that this style of Chinese movies would be more popular with North American fans.

As word of mouth fermented, the box office exploded.

On the second day of its release, the box office continued unabated.

The single-day box office is approaching 2000 million.

This undoubtedly narrowed the gap with that Hollywood blockbuster.

On the third day of its release, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" broke through 2000 million US dollars at the single-day box office.

The Hollywood blockbuster that topped the single-day box office list is no longer guaranteed.

The single-day box office difference between the two films is only hundreds of thousands.

Keep in mind that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon isn't showing in as many theaters as the blockbuster.

(End of this chapter)