Chapter 688 Chinese Actors that Hollywood Is Paying Attention To

A Chinese with yellow skin and black eyes became a superhero in a superhero blockbuster. Although the setting is Asian Americans, this is enough to make a large number of Chinese fans excited.

Especially in this era when Hollywood is still in absolute dominance.

In this era, although Chinese films have been on the rise, due to many chaos such as the movie "Where Are We Going, Dad?", most domestic fans and audiences do not think that mainland films can be on par with Hollywood.

Let alone being on par, in the public's perception, there is probably a galaxy between mainland films and Hollywood.

Otherwise, if "Iron Man 3" released the news that there would be Chinese actors participating, so many mainland fans would not be excited and looking forward to it.

If this kind of thing is put 10 years later, will anyone care about "Shang-Chi"?

The times are different, and the public's views and judgment standards are also different.

At present, it is definitely exciting news to have a Chinese actor playing a superhero in a Hollywood superhero movie. Although he is not the absolute protagonist, he is also a member of the protagonist group.

At least in the eyes of Chinese audiences and fans, this means that Chinese actors are good enough to be invited by Hollywood to perform.

Well, they won't think too deeply, nor will they consider whether this means that Hollywood attaches more importance to the Chinese film market and is trying to please the Chinese.

They will only think that this shows that Chinese actors are more powerful and have gone international.

This is another argument that can boost national confidence.

Just like the Korean idols became popular in Asia and even went to the United States to participate in the Grammy Awards, Koreans generally believe that Korean idols belong to the international community and are all international superstars.

There is nothing wrong with this mentality, but from the perspective of foreigners, it will feel "arrogant", but in fact, from the perspective of the locals, they will only feel proud and happy.

During the release of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in the mainland, most of the mainland fans who went to the cinema to watch this movie had this emotion.

Especially seeing Liu Yifei in the movie is so cool and sassy, ​​opening space doors and teleporting to save people, and even Wolverine was saved by Blink at the critical moment, which makes people excited.

This is Wolverine!

He was saved by the superhero played by our Chinese actor!

Awesome!

Wu Yuan actually doesn't quite understand the climax attitude of some fans, but he is extremely satisfied with the box office performance of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in the mainland.

"Iron Man 3" finally achieved a box office of 755 million in the mainland, which is the first and only box office performance that can bring a single film box office revenue of more than 100 million US dollars to MCU.

The box office performance of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in the mainland is not inferior to "Iron Man 3". With the attraction of Liu Yifei as the leading actor, and the real leading actor, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" has successfully broken the cumulative box office of 620 million yuan in half a month since its release. It is not a problem for the final box office to break the record of "Iron Man 3".

Of course, it is not realistic to break 900 million or even 1 billion. The final box office potential is estimated to be around 800 million.

Strictly speaking, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is a science fiction movie. Even if the special effects of this kind of science fiction movie are exciting and attractive, it is not a movie for all ages. It is different from the positioning of family comedy movies. It is difficult to break 1 billion in the mainland box office.

The gold content of "Avatar"'s mainland box office performance is still increasing!

To be honest, until now, Wu Yuan has no way to understand why "Avatar" could get a box office performance of over 1 billion yuan in two lifetimes.

This is also the first film in the mainland market with a box office of more than 100 million US dollars.

This is really outrageous.

That was in 2010. In the ten years from 2000 to 2010, the Hollywood movie "2012" with the highest box office before "Avatar" only won a box office performance of 465 million yuan.

Even now, no Hollywood science fiction movie can surpass this result, not even "Avengers 1".

Even "X-Men: Days of Future Past", which has Chinese actors, certainly can't do it.

But it is certain to surpass "Avengers 1".

The fact that "X-Men: Days of Future Past" broke the 100 million US dollars in the mainland box office has also made Hollywood giants once again cast their sights on the Chinese mainland.

Before "X-Men: Days of Future Past", most Hollywood blockbusters released in the mainland had a good box office of 500-600 million, whether it was "Transformers" or Marvel's superhero movies.

It is not easy to cross the hurdle of 100 million US dollars. Currently, there are only two such films, "Avatar" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past".

Any single market that can produce a single film that breaks 100 million US dollars shows that the film market is already very large, and even Hollywood will not easily ignore it.

And the box office results created by "X-Men: Days of Future Past" can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. Liu Yifei has made great efforts in it.

"Iron Man 3" was a "scam" because it was agreed that there would be Chinese actors in the film, but it was just a special edition, so the box office performance in mainland China did not break 100 million US dollars.

Now, the superhero movie "X-Men: Days of Future Past", which is actually starred by Chinese actors, has made over $100 million. A little comparison will show how satisfied Chinese movie fans are with the appearance of Chinese faces in Hollywood movies.

And it has to be faces other than Jackie Chan.

Jackie Chan is indeed excellent in Hollywood. The "Kingsman" series has made three films so far, and it can still maintain a stable box office of $300 million in North America and about $500 million worldwide.

But it is because Jackie Chan has been famous for too long, and in the eyes of Chinese audiences, his starring in Hollywood movies is no longer something worth making a fuss about, so the bonus is very average.

Based on this, Hollywood giants even believe that the appearance of Liu Yifei does not bring much bonus to "X-Men: Days of Future Past", at least it is not the box office limit for Chinese movie fans!

Because Liu Yifei can also be regarded as an old face in Hollywood movies, basically taking on the opportunities of all Asian heroines and important supporting roles in Hollywood.

If a new Chinese actor who has never acted in Hollywood is replaced, can he bring more Chinese box office to a Hollywood blockbuster?

At least more than 100 million US dollars!

Coincidentally, the production departments of Warner, 20th Century Fox, Sony, and Universal all came up with this idea, and then they turned their attention to Chinese actors.

Lists of outstanding actors in China were quickly collected and sent to the executives of these companies.

The production directors of several production companies were all thinking about whether they could add one or two Chinese characters to the movies they were preparing to produce.

Not the special edition, but the one that really belongs to the protagonist group!

Many outstanding Chinese actors immediately entered the sight of Hollywood capital! (End of this chapter)