Chapter 299 Hollywood's 'New Seven', No. 1 in the Global Box Office Rankings! Jack and Rose Reunite?

Many domestic film and television companies are still immersed in the news that "Mulan" has broken the 600 million box office, and they have not been able to recover for a long time.

But abroad, the six major Hollywood companies and many independent film companies were extremely shocked by a data analysis of the North American box office market in 2007 by the "boxofficemoji" website!

The data shows that Volt Pictures, which acquired Marvel and launched several Class A productions in succession, has reached the forefront of the major Hollywood film and television companies in terms of market share!

As soon as the news came out, all the major Hollywood producers were stunned!

Are you kidding me?

You know, in addition to the six major Hollywood companies, there are also several particularly powerful independent production companies, such as Lionsgate, Weinstein, New Line, etc.

But according to data analysis, the achievements made by those independent production companies in 2007 are not at the same level as Volt Pictures!

More importantly, Volt Pictures has ranked first in North America!

Many people are shouting "Oh my god!"

This is no longer the wolf coming, this is the fucking cake coming to the table!

When the Hollywood media saw this data, their first reaction was that the pattern of the six major Hollywood companies was about to change again.

[The "six major Hollywood film companies" will be officially promoted to "seven major film companies!"

This report has been widely circulated in the United States recently!

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"Be gentle, don't bite me. "

In the villa, Chen Fei was sitting at the dining table looking at the report sent in the mailbox, letting Natalie Dormer concentrate on eating popsicles under the table.

This girl is really obedient. After the filming of Game of Thrones was completed, she went to Marvel Studios and got a role in Captain America.

But because the filming there hadn't started yet, she had nothing to do, so she came to Walt Disney Studios.

Seeing that she was bored, Chen Fei directly used her as a tool.

During the day, she dubbed a character in Kung Fu Panda, and at night she bought a box of 20 condoms and went back to the villa to discuss intimate topics between men and women.

Seeing that she was eating popsicles seriously, Chen Fei didn't bother her, and checked the data report on "boxofficemoji" by himself.

Box office statistics The data starts from January 1, 2007 and is calculated until December 31, which is exactly the cumulative performance of one year.

Although "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is a movie in 2006, it was released at the end of last year, so most of the box office was generated in 2007, so a large part of it is classified into the category of 2007.

Then add "Iron Man" in the first half of 2007, "Twilight" in the summer vacation, "The Incredible Hulk" in the year-end, and "Wall-E" in the Lunar New Year.

The five carriages go side by side, dragging Walton Pictures forward quickly!

And the remaining low-cost horror films, as well as "Mulan" co-produced with Feiyue Films, all of which together account for a large share.

The success of each movie is for Walton Pictures. The industry has brought considerable profits.

It is precisely because of this that this independent film production company, which was still unknown last year, has directly jumped up this year and occupied half of the Hollywood box office market!

Chen Fei continued to look at other companies.

What surprised him a little was that the second place was Paramount.

Relying on its DreamWorks, Paramount produced two 300 million-level movies "Shrek the Monsters 3" and "Transformers", as well as two 100 million box office movies. Overall, it seems to be thriving.

But don't forget that these are the achievements of its subsidiary DreamWorks!

In contrast, the parent company Paramount itself is simply miserable. The highest box office of the movies it released is only over 100 million US dollars, not even as high as Lionsgate.

The third place is Warner Brother, with three movies, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "I Am Legend" and "300 Spartans", it firmly occupies the third place on the list.

Will Smith deserves the title of "Box Office Legend", proving his box office appeal again.

And the fourth place is Sony Columbia, which made a lot of money with "Spider-Man 3"!

The only pity is that the cost of 260 million is too high, and the male lead seems to be asking for a higher salary. Sony is almost unable to bear it.

Seeing this, Chen Fei suddenly remembered something Kevin Fei had said to him some time ago.

Sony seems to want to end the development of the Spider-Man series and seek other directions. It even invited Marvel to brainstorm together.

"Haha, I finally can't bear it. "

Fade Chen's eyes flickered, and the plan began to emerge in his mind.

If the Spider-Man IP is done well, it will be a money-printing machine, no worse than Thor and Captain America.

Then the fifth place is Disney, whose parent company released a movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", and its subsidiary Pixar produced a movie "Ratatouille".

Overall, Disney seems to be in a slump in recent years.

The Pirates of the Caribbean series is almost finished, and I'm afraid I have to look for other IPs in the future.

Pixar is quite powerful, and recently announced a lot of film plans, which greatly consolidated Disney's value in the capital market.

The sixth place is Universal Pictures, mainly with the three movies "Jason Bourne", "My Big Fat Gay Wedding" and "Knocked Up".

The only pity is that "Bruce Almighty" lost too much money, which once lowered Universal Pictures' box office share.

And what's more fatal is that Universal Pictures is very short of big IP series.

They are trying hard to make the "Fast and Furious" series a success and want to make it the "pillar" of their own company.

However... there is still a long way to go!

As for 20th Century Fox, which ranks last, it is even worse. Only "The Simpsons" and "Die Hard" barely made more than 100 million in the North American box office market, and the remaining "Fantastic Four 2" was terrible.

This series was even terminated directly. Fox made it clear that it would no longer launch the Fantastic Four series in the future.

However, as soon as this statement was released, Kevin Feige came up eagerly, wanting to redeem the film copyright of the Fantastic Four.

The two parties are currently in contact. If it goes as expected, Fox should let it go.

Because for them, this copyright is destined to lose money, it is better to sell it to Marvel, maybe they can recover some costs and make up for the losses caused by the second part.

Fox has now put all its energy on "Avatar".

If you don't succeed, you will die!

The last page of the data also specifically stated that these seven companies directly took 80% of the North American market share, while the remaining dozens of companies took the pitiful 20%.

For a while, everyone who saw this data report was stunned.

Wall Street Films became the first? ? ?

Although it was shocking, it was reasonable after I recovered.

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Iron Man" were too awesome, and the "Robot Wall-E" at the end of the year was even more amazing, it was simply a hit!

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As the day and night alternated, the news from America was once again posted on Sina.com.

The title was extremely eye-catching and shocking!

[Since Chen Fei took over as the Chief Content Officer of Wall Street Films and Marvel Films, it took only one year to successfully make the company the first in Hollywood! The situation of the six major Hollywood films was officially broken, and the new seventh major film was born! 】

Seeing this title, countless fans chose to open it without hesitation and quickly spread the content.

Anyone who has a general understanding of the Hollywood film market knows that before Sony entered the market to acquire Columbia Pictures, the situation in Hollywood has always been that the eight major companies share the world.

Later, United Artists was acquired by MGM, and then Sony acquired Columbia and took the first two into its fold, naturally forming the "New Hollywood Six".

Then DreamWorks, founded by Spielberg, emerged as a dark horse and formed the New Seven again.

However, with the passage of time, DreamWorks suddenly sold itself to Paramount in 2006, and the Seven returned to the Six.

But last year, that is, in 2007, Walt Disney Studios began to shine with "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

Then, Marvel was acquired by this unknown small company, and movies such as "Iron Man", "Twilight", "The Invincible Hulk", and "Wall-E" appeared frequently, reaping huge profits!

In last year's North American box office market share, Walt Disney Studios even took the first place!

The trend of the "New Seven" has appeared again!

If Chen Fei can produce excellent A-level productions stably in the future, it means that he will easily take a large piece of the big cake of Hollywood!

In the forum, a group of people were discussing enthusiastically.

"What the hell? Is Director Chen so awesome?"

"Good fellow, the country just issued a notice yesterday that in the 2007 mainland film market, Feiyue Film and Television alone occupied 68% of the market share, but I never expected that it was also the first in foreign countries!"

"Pfft, these foreigners in Hollywood are not good enough? None of the six majors can surpass my Director Chen?"

"Tsk, if you look at it this way, Chen Fei is already the director with the first place in the global box office rankings in 2007, right?"

"The brother above is right, I just calculated it, and it is really like this!"

"Pirates of the Caribbean 3" released by Disney received a total box office of 960 million US dollars worldwide, topping the global box office rankings in 2007.

Following closely are "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" released by Warner and "Spider-Man 3" released by Sony.

But the fourth and fifth are "Iron Man" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" produced by Voltaire. The box office of these two movies has reached 850 million US dollars.

Adding the two together, it is far more than Pirates of the Caribbean!

"No. 1 in the global box office ranking in 2007?"

Looking at the news from the Washington Entertainment News, Natasha couldn't calm down for a long time.

After a long time, she raised her head in a daze, staring at Chen Fei with her eyes, "So, have we achieved the goal of surpassing the Big Six now?"

"What are you thinking about? It's still early."

Chen Fei reached out and touched her forehead. He almost thought that this girl had a fever.

With this little achievement, you want to surpass the Big Six?

Are you kidding?

If you want to truly establish your position as the leader of the "New Seven", you have to wait until Marvel's ten-year plan is fully launched, or you have to top the Hollywood market share list for five consecutive years.

"Well, it seems that I am daydreaming."

Natasha shrugged, a little disappointed. She originally thought that the goal could be achieved in a very short time.

"Keep your expectations low, and you'll be more relaxed. Who knows, you might achieve it next year."

Chen Fei laughed and joked with her, and stamped the actor's contract in front of him.

Leonardo has been confirmed to play the male lead "Cobb" in "Inception". Although his salary is a bit expensive, considering his box office appeal, this salary is nothing at all.

Of course, what really impressed him was the investment share. He had a 10% investment share in this movie.

Xiao Lizi didn't hesitate at all about following Chen Fei.

He couldn't stop watching the Golden Bear and the Golden Palm. He was looking forward to it now. How great would it be if he could work with Chen Fei to make an award-winning film?

In fact, in addition to Xiao Lizi, many people have expressed their desire to cooperate with Chen Fei through their agents.

Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Brad Pitt…

These people have all expressed that they can play the role of "Cobb", and some of them even offered a price much lower than that of Leonardo DiCaprio.

But in terms of box office appeal, Li Zi's advantage was too great, so Chen Fei chose him in the end!

Handing the signed contract to Natasha, Chen Fei continued to ask: "Where is the heroine?"

"According to your instructions, I am contacting Monica Bellucci, Sophie Marceau, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley, etc. Actresses may not be cast in a short period of time because they all have their own jobs and it depends on their schedule and salary.”

"Okay, there's no rush. Shooting is not expected to start until the second half of the year. Just take your time."

Just as he was talking, Chen Fei suddenly thought of another thing and asked tentatively: "Why don't you try to contact Kate Winslet? I feel that she is quite suitable for the role of "Mel"."

"WTF??!"

Natasha was instantly frightened by his words, "Are you going to let Jack and Rose reunite in this movie? Isn't that too crazy?"

"Let's try it. Maybe it will work? I believe Kate Winslet will be very interested."

"Oh my god!"

Natasha looked very shocked, but after thinking about it, she suddenly felt that it was not impossible!

Jack the Dream Stealer?

Phantom Rose?

"Oh! No! This is so crazy! Is it a dream or reality?"

…

The end of the month was approaching, and after arranging the next work, Chen Fei asked Bruce to book a flight back to China for him.

China Film sent an invitation to the premiere of "Yangtze River No. 7", and Zhou Xingchi also called specifically to ask him to be there to support.

This invitation cannot be refused, and there are still a few important things that need to be done in the country, so he can just go back and deal with them.

After "Mulan" was withdrawn from theaters, Lu Chuan's "Nanjing!" Nanjing! " also ushered in its release time, and the box office was finally set at 115 million yuan.

The box office losses were disastrous, and the reputation was ruined.

The 58th Berlin International Film Festival has announced the shortlist. From the mainland, only Wang Xiaoshuai has been shortlisted for the main competition with his film "Left and Right".

Over in Hong Kong is Du Qifeng's "Wenque", which was also shortlisted for the main competition.

As for "Nanjing!" Nanjing! ” failed again!

And this time's failure also means that Lu Chuan will miss the three European gold medals, and he will come to a successful conclusion with the three major awards of Golden Bear, Golden Palm and Golden Lion.

But according to Jiang Wen, this guy sent the film to the Tokyo International Film Festival.

As expected, there will definitely be a grand prize waiting for him over there.

And this "grand prize" will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back!

Chen Fei is ready to call him "Taijun" the next time they meet. This guy looks like a Japanese traitor!

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On January 28, Chen Fei left the animation studio.

Chen Long rushed to the airport by car with him.

On the way, the two inevitably chatted about movies.

"12 Zodiac Signs" is in preparation. Chen Fei doesn't care about casting or anything else, leaving everything to Chen Long.

As long as those actors with crooked butts are not chosen, he will not interfere.

However, when talking about "Inception", Chen Long gave Chen Fei a new choice!

"According to the character image you mentioned, Chen Daoming is indeed suitable among Mainland actors, but he is not well-known in Hollywood and may not be able to handle too much box office, and he is not well-known in South Korea, Japan and other places.

If I had to decide, I would probably choose Chow Yun-fat. "

"Chow Yun-fat?"

Chen Fei was stunned for a moment. The role of "Zhuang Zhou" does fit well with Chow Yun-fat, but he... is really hard to evaluate!

Seemingly seeing the confusion on Chen Fei's face, Chen Long suddenly said again: "Actually, there is another person who is quite suitable."

"who?"

"The one from The Last Emperor."

"Zunlong!?"

"Yes, that's him. In terms of appearance, temperament, body shape, popularity, and box office appeal, he is actually quite suitable."

Chen Fei suddenly thought of the movie "Knight Ranger" released by Lionsgate in August last year.

Li Lianlian, Jason Statham, Zun Long...

Although he is 56 years old, this person's temperament is indeed quite good and fits the role in the play very well.

After pondering for a while, Chen Fei nodded and said: "His image is indeed quite suitable. I just returned to China this time, so I can invite him to come over and audition."

"Do you need my help to contact him?"

"Then I'll trouble you."

"Haha, what's the trouble? It's just a phone call."

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The plane from Los Angeles to the capital took off quickly. Both of them booked first class and didn't have to worry about being disturbed by outsiders.

In China, Shu Chang, who was busy promoting "Magic Phone", came to the crew of "The Legend of the Legendary Princess".

She came to find Jiao Enjun.

This guy is also very busy. He ran back and forth between the two crews of "Painted Skin" and "The Legend of the Legendary Princess". Now he has to help promote "Magic Phone". One person is directly divided into three tasks!

"Changchang? You're here?"

As soon as she entered the crew, someone greeted Shu Chang.

She turned her head subconsciously and saw Zhou Yang wearing the clothes for filming, holding the script in his hand, and seemed to be reciting the lines.

"Well, I'm here to find Uncle Jiao."

As he said, Shu Chang subconsciously walked in the direction of Zhou Yang.

However, when she walked to Zhou Yang's side, she suddenly found something that shocked her!

"Your face..."

Zhou Yang raised his head and smiled at her: "How is it? Do you feel that it is more coordinated than before? It looks much better?"

"Did you have surgery?"

"Not really, just a minor adjustment."

While talking, Zhou Yang excitedly took out his mobile phone, "I'll give you a phone number. The doctor's skills are very good. If you have any ideas, you can also try it."

Hearing her words, Shu Chang subconsciously took a step back and waved his hand quickly, saying: "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need it. I don't have any ideas for minor adjustments."

"Okay, then it's up to you. Remember to come to me if you need it. I can give you a discount!"

"Okay..."

Watching Zhou Yang get up and leave, Shu Chang's eyes were very complicated.

He suddenly thought of Chen Fei's advice a long time ago, if you want to continue in this circle, don't touch your face!

Moving your face means a complete farewell to the big screen!

"Cousin!"

A shout pulled Shu Chang back to her senses. Looking at the little Nezha running from a distance, Shu Chang's eyes became more complicated!

She gradually realized that her cousin was also restless.

Jiao Enjun specifically told her that when filming in the crew, her cousin often said bad things about her!

Sometimes, even close relatives may not always be good to you...