Chapter 687 The Chinese Superhero Appears!

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" was originally supposed to be released on May 23, 2014.

However, due to the revision of the script during this preparation period and the addition of "flickering" scenes and other reasons, the film started shooting three months later than originally scheduled, and was also released three months later.

In a sense, this is a good thing.

Although the competition pressure of summer movies is greater, it can also bring more movie fans and audiences to 20th Century Fox.

Because this new version of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is much better than the original version, at least in terms of pleasing Asian audiences.

Maybe Japan still can't get enough of it, but South Korea and China can definitely feel the sincerity of "X-Men: Days of Future Past".

20th Century Fox really listened to Wu Yuan's suggestion and worked hard to have a wave of simultaneous releases in Asia and North America.

Of course, they were not completely synchronized. The release date in North America was September 8th, while in South Korea and China it was September 15th, a week late.

But this is much better than the previous situation where Hollywood movies were released on a large scale in other parts of the world one month after they were released in North America.

Even some regions, such as Hong Kong Island and Taiwan Island, have achieved simultaneous release with North America.

20th Century Fox attaches great importance to the Asian market, so of course the Asian actor Liu Yifei, who plays a leading role in the movie, cannot be ignored.

Even when "Chengfeng" was about to start filming, she failed to join the cast. Instead, she went to North America to attend the premiere, and then returned to China with the crew to attend another premiere.

This is not a strange thing.

In recent years, more and more Hollywood movies have chosen to hold large-scale premieres in China.

This craze is mainly caused by "China-US co-production".

In April last year, the "Sino-US co-production" "Iron Man 3" held its premiere in Beijing. The film's star Robert Downey Jr. also came to the scene, and dozens of domestic film and television stars and directors also appeared on the red carpet. Support Iron Man.

Huang Xiaoming, whose broken leg was still not completely healed, dragged his calf with steel nails and ran to join in the fun.

Of course, a large part of the reason is that "Iron Man 3" is a movie released in China under the title of "Sino-US co-production", avoiding the domestic Hollywood movie introduction mechanism, which is very thief.

Since it is a Sino-US co-production, it must have a premiere in China.

Currently, only Hollywood movies with the banner of "China-U.S. co-production" will hold special premieres in China.

A pure Hollywood blockbuster like "X-Men: Days of Future Past" will pay more attention to domestic movie fans and hold a grand premiere specifically in China, which is very rare.

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" can achieve this, which will undoubtedly satisfy mainland movie fans, and it also reflects their attention and respect.

Of course, it was impossible for Liu Yifei to miss such an important premiere, so after attending the premiere in North America, she went on to attend the premiere in Beijing.

And "X-Men: Days of Future Past", which attaches so much importance to the mainland market, has naturally received the rewards it deserves.

Not only did it achieve good results of US$96.8 million at the box office in its first week in North America, it directly took the top spot at the North American weekly box office, it also made a huge box office of 120 million yuan in the first three days of its domestic release!

The first week of "X-Men: Days of Future Past"'s domestic release was also the second week of its release in North America. The film still topped the weekly box office in North America and once again took in US$76.82 million in the second week. Good results!

There is no doubt that this movie, although the copyright comes from Marvel, is produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox and has achieved success!

The popularity of superhero movies has been proven again!

Hollywood is one step closer to the superhero abyss, with more superhero comic rights locked up and new movie projects being launched.

Warner, which holds the rights to the DC movie universe, is even more anxious and wants to become King Gigi.

My own failure is certainly painful, but my opponent's success is even more painful!

Now Marvel has not only proven that its own superhero movies are very successful, but their superheroes can also be successful if they are made by other movie companies!

Except for the "Dark Knight" series from the early years, all the DC superheroes in Warner's hands have been sold out!

What makes Warner even more sad is that Sony next door holds the copyright of Marvel's "Spider-Man", and it's damn successful!

The old Spider-Man trilogy is also a benchmark work in the field of American superhero movies!

This situation where other people's children, even adopted children, have succeeded, but his own son has repeatedly failed, really makes Warner feel terrible.

And if Warner is feeling bad and envious about the failure of its own superheroes.

In China, Chinese movie fans who entered the cinema to watch the movie "X-Men: Days of Future Past" were excited about the appearance of China's "own" superhero.

As we all know, last year's "Iron Man 3" brought a big hit to Chinese audiences.

The premiere was held with great fanfare in China, and Robert Downey Jr. was brought in. When the domestic audience saw it, they were like, holy shit, Iron Man is here. This movie is a Sino-US co-production, so there must be something in the movie. There are a lot of Chinese elements, and maybe Chinese superheroes will appear?

Then everyone, full of excitement and anticipation, rushed into the cinema to watch "Iron Man 3".

To be fair, the movie is a good one, with wonderful special effects and a thrilling rhythm. It continues the consistent standard of the "Iron Man" series and is definitely excellent among popcorn movies.

But there are no Chinese elements in the main plot!

Ultron almost shocked the domestic audience.

And when the movie was released for a month, domestic movie fans learned from the Internet that everyone was watching the special edition!

There were only a few Chinese elements (referring to Wang Xueqi performing surgery on Tony) and Chinese actors appeared, but it was only in the Chinese version. This plot was not cut into the international version!

This "Sino-US co-production" was shot in vain!

In addition to paying some money, China seems to have no positive effect. Compared with the real Sino-US co-production "Forbidden Kingdom", the difference is so big that it is hard to describe.

It is an understatement to say that it is a fraud.

The few scenes with Chinese faces in the film were all cut into the trailer?

In fact, it is not that Chinese audiences cannot understand that there are no Asian heroes in American superhero movies. This is normal, just like it is impossible for a blond and blue-eyed fairy to appear in Chinese fairy films.

As long as you explain it clearly, everyone will love to watch the movie "Iron Man 3".

But on the one hand, it is a bit disgusting to promote this special edition with the propaganda of Sino-US co-production and Chinese elements.

So that until "X-Men: Days of Future Past" was promoted in China, domestic fans who were deceived once did not believe it. They thought that Liu Yifei was also a marginal character in the movie, and the few shots were cut into the trailer.

As a result, when some fans entered the cinema with a nervous mood and found that Liu Yifei's "Flash" really followed from beginning to end, and one-third of the plot was the main actor, they finally believed that this should not be a special edition, and there really was a Chinese actor who became the protagonist of an American superhero movie!

Chinese superheroes make their grand appearance! (End of this chapter)