Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 560: Captain America 2 is released

Also this week, after several rounds of negotiations and negotiations, Lionsgate and Warner Pictures reached an agreement to cooperate in developing the character of the Joker in the "Batman" series.

Initially, Lionsgate Pictures wanted to obtain the adaptation rights of "Joker", but this proposal was rejected by Warner Pictures. Warner Pictures made it clear that it did not want to sell this potential character and hoped to cooperate with Lionsgate Pictures to develop "Joker".

After negotiations, Lionsgate won the five-year adaptation rights to "Joker" for US$5 million, and also promised to leave 45% of Warner's investment share in the production of Joker movies.

After the film is released, Lionsgate Pictures will be responsible for the distribution of the film in North America, and Warner Pictures will be responsible for overseas distribution.

After obtaining the rights to adapt Joker, Lionsgate Pictures began to collect and create relevant scripts. Link will personally check the selection of scripts and strive to find the script that is closest to the original.

After finishing his work in the company, Link joined the crew of "Avengers 2" and began filming the role of Captain America.

"Avengers 2" tells the story of Iron Man investing in the development of a robot to protect world security. As a result, the robot Ultron was born out of self-awareness during research, and its distorted beliefs led it to set off an intended extermination. Humanity's evil offensive.

In this case, the most powerful superheroes on earth, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, once again join forces to fight against the evil robot Ultron and save the world.

The plot of "Avengers 2" is still dominated by Iron Man, and there are not many scenes with Captain America. In just two weeks, Link completed most of the scenes in which Captain America appears.

The remaining shots are relatively fragmented, there are more than 3,000 special effects shots, and the shooting cycle is very long.

In the next year, Link will need to frequently enter and exit the "Avengers 2" crew studio to complete the remaining shots.

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In early April, "Captain America 2" produced and distributed by Disney was released simultaneously around the world. After finishing filming Avengers 2, Link immediately joined the promotion of Captain America 2, from the United States to the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. , and then to China, South Korea, Australia, and Japan.

During the promotion period, Link and the promotion team traveled to more than ten countries.

"Captain America 2" was released globally on April 4, with a box office of US$115 million in North America over the three days over the weekend.

This result ranks 10th in the North American premiere box office rankings. It is lower than the premiere box office of movies such as "The Dark Knight", "The Hunger Games" and "Harry Potter", but among the Marvel series of movies, it ranks second At the box office premiere of "Avengers 1" and "Iron Man 3".

The box office in the first week was 165 million U.S. dollars. The box office in the first week made back the money and the results exceeded expectations.

The overseas box office in the first week was US$218 million.

Compared with the first film, "Captain America 2" has much better overseas box office results.

The movie was a hit. According to Link's contract with Disney, he not only received a basic salary, but also a 3% share of the global box office. This is why he was willing to follow the crew to promote it.

However, considering that he will be very busy with work in the coming period. In addition to filming movies, boxing matches, and vacationing with Ivaca and Sanxiao, he decided to quit the leading actor role in "The Martian" and let the crew re-cast actors.

"The Martian" is a film project jointly produced by Lionsgate Pictures and Paramount Pictures. It is currently in preparation. The film has a budget of US$100 million and is directed and produced by Ridley Scott.

When preparing for the project at the beginning of the year, Paramount Pictures hoped that he could play the leading role to ensure the film's box office success.

At that time, Link reluctantly took over. Now he has too much work and no time to shoot. In addition, according to the character setting, the male protagonist needs to lose twenty or thirty pounds and become skinny when he survives on Mars. This is a difficult task for him to complete. task.

After thinking about it, he decided to quit the role and spend more time on boxing training.

He has four games tentatively this year.

The first match is against the ‘Bronze Bomber’ Deontay Wilder for the WBA heavyweight title challenger title.

If the match goes well, he will next challenge WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin.

The third match is against the ‘Behemoth of the East’ Valuev for the title of WBC heavyweight champion challenger.

If the match goes well, he will face current WBC boxing champion Vitali Klitschko in the second half of the year.

His match with Deontay Wilder was held at the end of April. After finishing the promotion of "Captain America 2", he spent most of his time training in the boxing gym and gym to study his opponent's fighting style.

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In the two weeks since its release, "Captain America 2" has grossed US$219 million at the North American box office and a cumulative overseas box office of US$335 million. The global box office has successfully exceeded US$500 million.

This week, several movies released by Lionsgate also achieved good results. "Fake Family" has been in theaters for six weeks, with a cumulative box office of 152 million U.S. dollars in North America and 129 million overseas. The results far exceeded expectations.

The science fiction movie "Ender's Game" produced by Summit Entertainment has been in theaters for four weeks, with a box office of US$63.97 million in North America and US$52.2 million overseas. The global box office is expected to be around US$140 million.

Comparing the production cost of more than 80 million and the publicity cost of more than 10 million, Lionsgate Pictures is expected to lose more than 40 million on this project.

It is also Lionsgate's biggest loss-making film project in the past three years.

This week "The Grand Budapest Hotel", Lionsgate's sixth film of the year, is released.

The film is a literary film that tells the story of an unknown writer who came to a hotel called "Budapest" in Europe from the 1930s to the 1960s, and met the owner of the hotel, Mustafa, and the two had dinner together.

During the dinner, Mustafa introduced the past and present life of this weather-beaten hotel to the writer.

The film is directed by Wes Anderson and stars Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Owen Wilson, Léa Seydoux, Harvey Keitel and others Starring.

"Budapest" won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival at the beginning of the year and was nominated for the Golden Bear Award for Best Film. It was also nominated for the Italian David Award for Best Foreign Film and the 24th Gotham Independent Film Awards. Best Film Nomination. The reputation is very good.

The film was screened in 6 theaters in North America on March 21 and grossed US$1.096 million at the box office in two weeks, which is a relatively good result.

It began large-scale screenings in April, with a box office of US$29.33 million in 2,207 theaters in the first week, and the current cumulative box office is US$30.43 million.

In comparison, the box office performance in overseas regions was better. It was released in 23 overseas countries for three weeks, with a cumulative box office of US$66.28 million.

The total box office is close to 100 million.

The production cost of the film was US$25 million.

Judging from the current data, it is a blockbuster movie.

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"Paul, how are you feeling today?"

In the afternoon, Link finished training and came to the UCLA Medical Center to visit Paul Walker, who was recuperating here.

After more than half a month of treatment, Paul Walker is basically out of danger, but it will take at least two or three years to recover completely.

"It's very bad. I just had my skin replaced and my whole body hurts."

Paul was lying on the hospital bed, his whole body wrapped like a big rice dumpling, only his face was exposed, and he could barely be recognized.

"It sounds very uncomfortable."

Link sat down and looked at him, "This time is really too dangerous. The doctor said it's a miracle that you survived."

The corners of Paul's eyes twitched. Since the car accident, whenever anyone mentioned the accident, he couldn't help but feel frightened. The broken bones and burned skin that had been connected were also aching.

"Huh, it's indeed a miracle. When I was lying in the car, I couldn't move. When I saw the front of the car on fire, I thought, it's over. The plot in "Fast and Furious 4" really happened. Later, some well-intentioned people I felt incredible when I was taken to the hospital and saved by the doctors.”

Paul Walker shrugged his shoulders out of habit, but he accidentally touched the wound and grinned in pain.

"Should I call you a doctor?"

"No, no need. Compared with the past few days, this pain is nothing. Just bear with it and it will pass."

Paul Walker gritted his teeth and insisted.

Link smiled softly and praised him for doing well. He was stronger and braver than before. This may be a gift given to him by suffering.

Paul Walker was not interested in the idea of ​​a gift and said that if he could do it over again, he would not be so quick and even kill his assistant Bill.

Speaking of Bill, Paul Walker sighed sadly.

Link shook his head and advised him to show his condolences. It had already happened and it was useless to be sad. He should drive slower in the future.

After chatting with Paul for half an hour in the ward, seeing that he looked a little tired, Link told him to take a good rest and come back to chat with him next time.

After leaving the hospital, Link went home in a commercial vehicle. After Paul's car accident, he rarely drove himself. Most of the time, he took a commercial vehicle or a nanny car, often accompanied by more than two bodyguards.

Back at the Mid-Levels Villa, Ivaca had just returned and had not yet changed out of her professional skirt. She was on the phone in the living room, explaining work matters.

Little Margarita was learning painting from the painting teacher in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the small living room. There were two classes per month, which mainly cultivated her interest in painting and trained her awareness of colors. As for how her painting was, Link and Iwaka doesn’t force anything.

The little guy is sitting on the soft stool, his little feet are moving around, his hands and cheeks are covered with colorful paints, and the drawings standing in front of him are also full of messy patterns, and the paintings are very abstract.

"dad!"

Seeing him coming back, little Margarita immediately smiled brightly, her big eyes were bright, and she stretched out her two dirty palms to give him a hug.

"Stop! Don't put paint on me."

Link said.

Little Margarita was not afraid of him at all. She rushed over and hugged his legs, rubbing her cheeks and little hands on his trouser legs until his slacks were all messed up.

"You're getting naughty. Let's go, wash your hands."

Link said hello to the teacher and took the little one to the bathroom to wash her hands. On the way, the little one saw her mother talking on the phone and stretched out her little hand to call her mother. Link didn't want to stop the little one from showing her kindness, so he carried her to Yi Beside Waka.

I thought the little guy would put some paint on her mother's face, but the little guy didn't. He pouted his little mouth and smacked her mother's face.

Link shook his head, patted the little one on the butt, and carried her to the bathroom to wash her face.

(End of chapter)