Save the Bachelor of Heaven

   Chapter 2005 2007 [Box Office Failure]

  The failure of "King Kong" made Peter Jackson obediently take over the burden of the "Hobbit" trilogy.

  Before that, he actually didn't plan to make "The Hobbit" again. After all, he doesn't want to be confined in the field of magic. He hopes to try more different themes and stories.

  But now "King Kong" has a bad start, he can only temporarily retreat to the comfort zone.

  Just like Michael Bay's "Escape from Clone Island" failed at the box office, so he could only put down his duties as a director and choose to produce one or two movies to recover his blood.

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  The November releases are Rush Hour 3 and Scream 4.

   "Rush Hour 3," starring Jackie Chan, Martin Lawrence, and Song Hye-kyo, tells the story of Lee and Carter working together to detect the transnational criminal organization Triad.

  The total investment of this film is only 75 million US dollars, which is basically the same as the investment of "Rush Hour 2". Even the remuneration of Jackie Chan and Martin Lawrence has been compressed.

  Because Xiang Nan really has no extra funds for them.

   In recent years, pure action movies have become increasingly difficult to sell. Last year, Jackie Chan filmed "Around the World in Eighty Days" with an investment of US$100 million. The North American box office was only US$20 million, and the global box office was only US$70 million. The cost was not even recovered.

  The disastrous failure of this movie made him lose the favor of Hollywood.

  The comedy "National Security" starring Martin Lawrence in 2003 had an investment of 65 million US dollars, and Martin's own salary alone was as high as 20 million US dollars.

   As a result, the movie only grossed $26 million in North America, and only $53 million worldwide, which was also a disastrous box office failure.

   Also because of the disastrous failure of this movie, Martin Lawrence has also become a box office poison, and no one has asked him to film for more than a year.

  So, both Jackie Chan and Martin urgently need a blockbuster movie to help them recover. Otherwise, they will never be able to stand up.

   Because of this, they accepted the conditions of Universal Pictures to lower the price.

  After all, they need "Rush Hour 3" to regenerate blood, and Universal Pictures has so many good projects, it doesn't matter whether they shoot "Rush Hour 3".

  Finally, after "Rush Hour 3" was released, the global box office was 250 million US dollars, which was half of the box office received by the previous "Rush Hour 2".

   Fortunately, Xiang Nan reduced the investment in time, otherwise, Universal Pictures would suffer a huge loss this time. Now it's not a loss or a gain, which is something to be thankful for.

   Because of this, Universal Pictures subsequently announced that the "Rush Hour" series would no longer shoot sequels.

   This decision made Jackie Chan and Martin Lawrence very depressed. Because the "Rush Hour" series is the representative work of their acting career, and the highest box office has received nearly 500 million US dollars worldwide.

  Once the filming of this IP stops, they will suffer heavy losses. Not only lost this sign, but also lost tens of millions of dollars in salary.

  It's a pity that the arm can't be twisted, and if Universal Pictures doesn't make it, they can't start a new one. After all, the copyright is in Universal's hands.

   This also made Jackie Chan have some opinions on Xiang Nan, thinking that he is a bit ruthless and cares too much about his own interests. Don't even think about it, he can make so much money, isn't it all thanks to the help of them.

   Now that they have to abandon them as soon as they lose money, it really feels a bit like killing a donkey.

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   "Scream 4" performed well at the box office after its release. The North American box office was 89 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was 170 million U.S. dollars.

  However, compared to the investment of 60 million US dollars, Universal Pictures cannot be regarded as a big profit. Therefore, Xiang Nan has not yet made up his mind whether to start "Scream 5".

  …

  In December, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was released.

  The previous two "Harry Potter" series movies all had a good box office and word-of-mouth success, which made "Harry Potter" famous and gained countless fans.

   Now that the third part of the "Harry Potter" series is released, it is naturally attracting attention. Many book fans and movie fans lined up overnight to buy tickets to watch.

   I have to say that young people are really energetic.

  In the end, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" earned 250 million US dollars in North America, and the global box office was close to 800 million US dollars. Compared with the cost of 150 million US dollars, this movie is a real big hit.

  …

   Entering January 2006, Xiang Nan began to prepare for a new project.

Shanghai Noon, Jurassic Park 4, Wolverine 2, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Mummy 3, Spider-Man 2, Daredevil 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 4", "Happiness Knocks", "The Devil Wears Prada", "Casino Royale", "Underworld 2" and "Fast and Furious 3".

  "Shanghai Noon" tells the story of Qinggong Gege who was kidnapped to North America, and the male protagonist, who was the bodyguard of Ouchi, went to rescue him.

  Xiang Nan cut the "Rush Hour" series, in order to ensure Jackie Chan's foothold in Hollywood, he decided to let him act in this movie. Qing Gong Gege is also planned to be starred by Huang Shengyi in order to repay her sacrifice.

"Jurassic Park 4" continues to tell the story of how humans and dinosaurs get along; "The Mummy 3" tells the story of the evil priest Emerton, with the support of the **** of revenge Horus, returning to the world to find O'Connor, Evelyn and The story of the revenge of Ansu Nam, the lover who betrayed her.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 4" tells the story of Captain Jack going out to sea to find the Fountain of Youth; "Spider-Man 2" tells the story of Peter Parker who no longer wants to take responsibility and decides to give up his identity as Spider-Man. s story. The villain of this episode is the famous Doctor Octopus.

   "Daredevil 3" tells the final battle between Daredevil and the Hand and Society. In the end, Daredevil will become the president of the Hand and Society, leading this ninja organization back to the right path.

   "Casino Royale 007" tells the story of 007 when he first debuted; "Underworld 2" continues the battle between vampires and werewolves.

   "Happiness Knocks on the Door" tells the story of how the male lead finally succeeded after going through various hardships, while "The Devil Wears Prada" tells the story of how newcomers in the workplace work hard.

   "Wolverine 2" did not copy the original plot, but told the story that happened after "X-Men 3".

  The story of "Fast and Furious 3" is directly based on the story of "Fast and Furious 4", telling the story of Boss Tang returning to Los Angeles to avenge her girlfriend after her death.

  This movie can be regarded as a restart of the "Fast and Furious" series.

   In the previous two films, Paul Walker was the protagonist, and even in the second film he played the leading role alone. But starting from this movie, Boss Tang's role and importance are far higher than Paul Walker. He gradually dropped from the core to the position of the third man and the fourth man, and was gradually marginalized.

  (end of this chapter)