635 [Great Success]
In addition to the good story, the action scenes in "Red Series" are also quite shocking. In order to start the first shot to enter Hollywood, Jackie Chan took a chance and created a terrifying action scene.
For example, jumping from a dozens of high-rise buildings to the opposite side; facing the pursuit of dozens of hooligans alone; driving a hovercraft to rush around the street, etc.
Even for Hollywood blockbusters, these are quite rare scenes, and they can definitely be considered super A-level big productions, and it is no wonder that it spent 20 million US dollars. You should know that "007: Undersea City" released in 1977 has a total production cost of only 14 million US dollars.
Ye Jin is definitely worthy of his investment in Jackie Chan.
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"Red Fan District" will be released on December 10th, on Christmas Eve.
At the beginning, this movie was not very popular with the audience.
The main ones are the three starring Jackie Chan, Chung Chung, and Zheng Yuling are not considered stars and are not very popular in Asia and America, so naturally they have no box office appeal.
This also made it only have a box office of 2.3 million US dollars on its first release. Such a result is already a relatively poor result for Fox Pictures.
This also made Jackie Chan, Chung Chuhong, Zheng Yuling and others very embarrassed.
"Mr. Ye, I'm sorry, I let you down." Jackie Chan apologized to Ye Jin with a flushed face.
After the filming of "The Red Anime" was completed, Jackie Chan, Chung Chung and Zheng Yuling were not in a hurry to go back to Hong Kong, but stayed in Hollywood and lived in Ye Jin's Warner Manor.
On the one hand, they need to be responsible for the film promotion work, and it is not realistic to travel back and forth from Xiangjiang and Los Angeles; on the other hand, Ye Jin also hopes that they will stay in Hollywood more, be influenced by the atmosphere here, learn the language, culture, customs, etc. here so that they can better integrate into it in the future. Moreover, Warner Manor is so big, it is really necessary to live in more people to make it lively.
"Hey, it's only the first day of the show, and the box office performance is pretty good." Ye Jin waved his hand with a smile, "Don't worry, have you heard that saying, isn't it fat first to be fat, and then fat will crush the kang."
Hearing what he said, Jackie Chan, Chung Chuhong and Zheng Yuling were in a better mood.
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As expected, the facts are as Ye Jin said. With the release of "Red Anime", its reputation gradually fermented. The audience still had a relatively high evaluation of the action blockbuster with smooth story, exciting fights and grand scenes.
Although the protagonists are all Chinese, it does not affect the quality of the film. Especially Jackie Chan is really desperate in the film. Those thrilling shots are extremely exciting, and you will feel extremely regretful if you don’t watch them.
Therefore, with the fermentation of reputation, the box office of "Red Fan District" is getting better and better. After a week, the single-day box office has risen to 5 million US dollars, with a cumulative box office of 27 million US dollars, which is very good.
Seeing that the box office finally improved, Jackie Chan became much happier.
Especially with the release of the movie, his popularity in Hollywood has increased steadily, and many media have invited him to be interviewed. Even the first-class interview programs in Asiatica have invited him to be a guest for interviews, which makes him laugh even more.
"Mr. Ye, thanks to you, otherwise, I wouldn't know how to panic." He said to Ye Jin gratefully. If it weren't for Ye Jin to help him relieve himself, he would definitely have to worry about not being able to eat or sleep for several days.
"Don't thank me. The box office of this movie is heated up due to the quality of the movie, which is inseparable from your struggle." Ye Jin smiled, "I just helped you push me, and there is no need to attribute all the credit to me. If you want to thank me, thank you yourself, director Xie Mai Jiashang, Xie Honggu and the others."
"Yes, Mr. Ye." Jackie Chan nodded happily.
"By the way, I have written the new script for you. I will prepare to start filming in the spring of next year." Ye Jin said to Jackie Chan again.
"Really?!" Jackie Chan was immediately excited when he heard this.
The success of "The Red Fan District" proves that Ye Jin's script is really amazing, and it is not a false statement to praise each person. If Jackie Chan can star in a movie made by his script again, he believes that he will definitely become more popular.
"Thank you, Mr. Ye." He smiled happily.
Ye Jin nodded and then handed the script to Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan took it and saw it, but it was a script called "The Chef of the Righteousness".
He opened it and read it carefully, and saw that the story was about Jackie Chan, who was a chef, accidentally got involved in the Black Gang's revenge, and even his relatives were threatened. This made Jackie Chan, who was originally preparing to calm down, and finally cooperated with the police to destroy the Black Gang organization.
Judging from the story, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Red Fan District" are similar. They are both stories of ordinary people accidentally offending the Black Gang and being forced to fight back.
Since "Red Fan District" was a big hit at the box office, it proves that this kind of story is indeed popular. Therefore, "The Chef of Yidao" with the same routine also booked a high box office early.
"Mr. Ye, this story is very good." Jackie Chan said to Ye Jin in surprise after reading the script.
Ye Jin's script quality will always be so good.
"Just like it." Ye Jin smiled, "Take it with Mai Jiashang to discuss it and see how to shoot it."
"Yes, Mr. Ye." Jackie Chan nodded with a smile.
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In fact, "Red Fan District" is not the main feature film of Fox Pictures' Christmas, it is just a side dish.
The main movie that Fox Films is really about to launch on Christmas is a fantasy action comedy called "Ghostbusters".
This movie tells the story of three professors who studied spiritual fantasy who were thought to be incompetent by the school and was dismissed. Then the three of them set up ghost hunting companies to provide ghost hunting services to citizens with their own scientific instruments.
"Ghostbusters" is one of the most successful comedy films in the 1980s. Its box office reached 230 million US dollars, a record that was not broken by "Home Imperials" until 1990s.
Ye Jin had watched this movie in his previous life and was deeply impressed by it. Especially the slogan [ghost busters] is quite brainwashed, and after watching the movie, people can't help cheering.
The total production cost of "Ghostbusters" is $30 million. Because it requires a lot of special effects, the cost is a bit higher.
However, Ye Jin has watched the film and is still very satisfied with the quality of the film. Although it is not exactly the same as the previous version, it is also good at playing games, so he thinks that the 30 million US dollars is still worth it.
"Ghostbusters" was released on December 20th. The box office hit the big hit on the first day of its release, selling nearly 6 million US dollars. In the following days, the box office continued to rise, and soon won the box office rankings of the week.
With its popularity, the slogan of [ghost busters] has spread, and children, teenagers, and young people can be heard shouting this slogan everywhere on the street, very excited.
This trend further boosted the fame of "Ghostbusters", causing its box office to rise steadily, and the cumulative box office was 200 million US dollars, which was quite good.
Chapter completed!