Simon flew back to Los Angeles with the girl in the afternoon. It was Thursday, July 27, and the upcoming large-scale painting "Kung Fu" happened to be held in Los Angeles with a small premiere, and Simon was not present.

It's not a blockbuster after all.

Speaking of which, the team of New World Pictures was also considering whether to perform some previews of "Kung Fu" in order to accumulate reputation.

In the end, it was not executed.

Because it's not necessary.

Since the Cannes premiere in May, the news of "Kung Fu" has been spreading in the North American entertainment circle. Even though the starring actor Zhou Xingxing is not as famous as Jack Cheng, Jet Lee and others in the United States, the information has been continuously flushed over several months, from the film itself to the starring actors, the screens that pay a little attention to Chinese-language films are already very familiar.

In addition, "Kung Fu" has frequently set box office records in Chinese-speaking areas across the ocean, which has created a low-cost but very effective publicity topic here.

Even the premiere on July 27.

Although Simon did not attend, the premiere was not only a large group of Chinese faces familiar to North America, but also many local Hollywood stars were arranged to attend and support the event. The last round of assist promotion on the online platform was even more popular. In short, "Kung Fu" was enough before a movie was released, and there was even a popular foundation laid by Chinese-language films in this period in recent years. Next, what needs to be watched is the market performance of the movie itself.

Friday, July 28.

In the new box office week, "Kung Fu" officially started painting at a scale of 2,509 screens in North America. For a Chinese film, such a scale of opening painting is enough to play.

At the same time, there is a box office week that just ended.

"Black Dahlia" directed by Brian de Palma successfully topped the top, but it was obviously because the summer season entered the second half. "Black Dahlia"'s performance was far less powerful than the series of blockbusters in June and even early July, and the final box office was US$43.91 million in the first week.

Within expectations.

The final North American local box office is around 100 million yuan. Compared with the $50 million production cost of "Black Dahlia", the local theaters in North America can only recover the initial production investment, and overseas can enter the profit cycle at the same time.

As the second project of the "Los Angeles Four Parts", it is expected that it is unlikely to win the Oscar this time. At most, Mia Coschna's nomination for Best Supporting Actress plus one or two technical awards, but it is still successful in business. Of course, it is also a fairly accurate success. The dark horse is definitely not considered a dark horse, but there is nothing that makes people dissatisfied with it.

Then, Daenerys Entertainment's own "Hangover 2" is worth mentioning. In the fourth week of its release, it received another $16.43 million, with a cumulative box office of $166.19 million.

Because of a 55% deep drop in the previous week, "Hangover 2" had no hope of hitting 200 million, but with the current trend, the local box office will eventually be between 180 million and 190 million US dollars. Not only that, judging from overseas feedback in recent weeks, "Hangover 2"'s overseas box office is expected to reach between 300 million and 400 million US dollars, ultimately pushing the film's global total box office to more than 500 million US dollars.

A total of US$80 million in production and promotion investment, with a global revenue of 500 million. It is expected that the theater industry will be expected to generate a net profit of US$150 million in just the theater stage, and it is a great success.

With the big sale of "Hangover 2", as expected, Ukraine has become a very popular tourist destination this summer, especially Rivni in Rovno Oblast. The recent increase in tourists has increased by more than 300% compared with the same period last year, and it has been a little unavailable for a while.

At the same time, the success of the film itself also made the third part a focus of many people's attention.

Not only the main creators of the project and the team within Daenerys, the outside world is also paying close attention to the launch of the next sequel in this series, because the first Atlantic City and the second Ukrainian Rifni have received good publicity for appearing in it. Some countries also actively contacted and hoped to become the filming location of "Hangover 3".

Simon was not very interested in this.

Not only was the strategy of delaying the sequel development set before, but the first two movies were so successful, it was inevitable that the production cost of "Hangover 3" would further increase to more than 70 million. It was considered a promotional and promotional strategy, and the final investment is likely to reach more than 100 million US dollars.

Although as long as there is no big difference, even if the cost is greatly increased, the profit is still not big. Moreover, compared with various original projects, the risks are actually quite small, but they ultimately give people a bit of tasteless feeling.

In short, Simon does not plan to start another sequel in the short term without any other better options.

Next is "Charlie's Angels 2".

In the fifth week of release, "Charlie's Angels 2"'s single-week box office fell to $13.49 million. However, compared with "Hangover 2"'s regrettability ending within the 200 million threshold, it was also the first week of 90 million. "Charlie's Angels 2" successfully broke the local 200 million mark last week, and the box office this week went further, reaching $220.22 million.

It is expected that there will be a box office potential of about 20 million in the future, and the final box office will reach around 240 million US dollars.

In addition, the overseas performance of "Charlie's Angels 2" is also better than "Hangover 2". Following the overseas feedback in recent weeks, the final overseas revenue is expected to be more than US$400 million, all of which will be released in theaters, and the global box office will eventually reach US$600 million to US$700 million.

The last thing worth mentioning is "Finding Nemo".

This 3D animated film that started painting in early June just happened to earn $10.01 million in the past week, and will slide into the $10 million box office this week. In 8 weeks of release, the cumulative total box office of "Finding Nemo" reached $332.66 million, and it will collect about 20 million in the future, pushing the film's local total box office to $350 million, which is not a big problem.

In addition, in nearly two months, the overseas box office of "Find Nemo" has exceeded US$400 million, and it is expected to have an additional US$200 million in revenue, and the overseas box office will eventually reach US$600 million.

Local 350 million, overseas 600 million, and globally exceeded 900 million US dollars. It is obvious whether it can finally break through the 10 threshold. Although everyone is looking forward to it, it has to admit that it seems that the door is right in front of you, but in fact, it is not easy to cross it.

In any case, Finding Nemo is already the most successful movie of 2000 so far.

What is a little regretful is the surrounding area.

During this period, clown fish sold around the world to the point where animal protection organizations jumped out of protest, but Daenerys Entertainment could not do this live fish business after all.

With the release of "Kung Fu", the North American summer season in 2000 entered the subsequent ending stage, and at the same time, the time soon came to August.

In the new month, Simon's first focus is another G8 summit from July 31 to August 2.

This year's G8 Summit was held in Okinawa, Japan. There are two main topics: one is still globalization and the other is new technology.

Simon has been in the G8 in the UK and Germany in the past two years. Logically speaking, there are new technologies in this year, so he should be present.

However, I didn't go.

Apart from the US military base, Okinawa really has nothing to pay attention to, not to mention that I have been to Asia not long ago and I am too lazy to run away again.

Of course, on the other hand, Japan does not want Simon to appear.

The Westeros effect is really terrible.

Actually, I have thought about doing this on purpose, and I care whether you are afraid or not. But, everyone is adults and is so busy, so forget it.

Although Simon did not last, the meeting that lasted for three days was quite lively.

In addition to the last round of foreign affairs visits in his term, he will soon arrive at Clinton, Vietnam, and the other seven heads of state, which the Westeros system is more concerned about, many regional leaders have also been invited.

Then, a group of small countries such as the Philippines and Malaysia also created a communiqué before the G8 communiqué was published.

The content is mainly condemnation.

Condemns the failure of developed countries to fulfill their commitments to help reduce the debt of developing countries.

This is actually a topic that the G8 conference has been involved in several consecutive years after the Asian financial crisis. However, for granted, everyone is just talking about it. The spokesperson of the G8 conference also publicly stated that developed countries can only provide assistance and reduce their debts, mainly relying on the efforts of developing countries themselves.

Saying it means not saying it.

Next, Okinawa residents protested the US military's station in Okinawa as usual. A troublesome thing happened recently. A US military in Okinawa, well, according to the official words, forced a sexual relationship with a local middle school student. This caused public grievances again.

Not only that, South Korea, which has always been inconsistent with Japanese chickens and dogs, still echoes a long way from now on.

Local residents in Seoul protested that local garrisons destroyed the environment and directly discharged untreated formaldehyde and all toxic substances into the Han River.

Speaking of which, when Simon saw this kind of news, he immediately understood the inspiration for "The Monster of Han River" in the original time and space.

It's exactly the same.

In addition, there are actually details. The formaldehyde and other substances emitted by the US military seem to be used to preserve corpses. As for why the corpses are preserved and what corpses are preserved, Simon did not go inquire in depth, after all, it is something that affects appetite.

The two things that happened at the same time eventually had a good result.

Apologize.

Local U.S. military representatives in Okinawa and Seoul both apologized and said they would conduct an investigation and strictly deal with the relevant responsible persons.

Balabala.

Speaking of which, it is already a habit for the US military stationed in Japan to apologize, but it will definitely not be changed anyway.

However, in Seoul, according to news, this is the first time that the US military has publicly apologized for its actions after it entered South Korea in 1945.

first.

The treatment is clear at a glance.

I don’t do well to my own son, so I will show it.

Yes...well, Simon doesn't know how to describe it. In short, it's the first time in half a century.

However, as the largest country in the universe, it has extended the time to the life span of 20 billion years in the universe. Compared with the US military stationed in South Korea for half a century, it is equivalent to apologizing in an instant, and it must have won a great victory. Therefore, local newspapers in South Korea generally reported on this matter in a victorious tone.

After paying attention to the excitement across the ocean, Simon's attention turned back to North America again.

A box office week from July 28 to August 3 will soon end.

The highly-watched "Kung Fu" did not disappoint. In the first week of its release in North America, it successfully won a box office of US$37.93 million, with both studios reaching US$13,000, which is quite a big hit.

Speaking of which, both Simon and the promotion team were still worried that North American audiences would not adapt to Zhou Xingxing's performance style. Even though Zhou had already restrained his own characteristics in this movie, fortunately, the things that were worried did not happen.

It is 37.93 million in the first week, and it may be a bit difficult to break 100 million, but there will be no problem with 80 million.

It's comparable to "Hero".

After all, the production cost of "Kung Fu" is only US$25 million. It was only in mainland China before, and it is estimated that the basic box office of RMB 500 million has recovered most of the costs. North America gets a profit.

Of course, Simon's personal satisfaction does not mean that everyone is satisfied.

However, compared with the regrets of the main creators and other relevant parties, including Zhou, Simon has always remained awake.

After all, Chinese films have only opened a "kung fu" label in North America.

Although Simon will not be like some people on the original timeline think that Westerners have watched several movies and lost interest, which has led to the loss of the market for Chinese-language films in Hollywood. In fact, it is just that Chinese-language filmmakers themselves have failed to make good movies and conduct good publicity, but if they cannot get rid of this label, it will not last long.

On the other hand, Simon was very excited at the beginning of this matter.

But gradually, it is inevitable that there is some struggle. w;

After all, it was a fish that got on the shore.

In any case, let’s talk about the future.

Things are one after another now.

For example, this weekend, I did not leave Los Angeles and worked as usual. In the morning, I decided to watch the documentary "The Grand Canyon of Yarlung Zangbo" that has entered the final stage of publicity.

After last year's "Mount Everest", this is a project that follows.

Speaking of which, if it can be successful, even if the results are slightly worse than last year's "Mount Everest", as long as it causes enough response, it can create a small label for Chinese-language movies that are not too mainstream.

The main creative team of the film is obviously working hard for this goal.

At the previous release of "Kung Fu", not only did Jiang Mi appear in costume as the starring actor of "Yalung Zangbo Grand Canyon", but even for the first time. As the premiere, it also included a preview trailer, which was the trailer for this documentary.

In short, the "Yalung Zangbo Grand Canyon", which is scheduled to be released on August 18, has attracted a lot of attention as the gimmick of last year's "Mount Everest", coupled with a series of recent smart publicity.

Although it is about to be released, it is definitely too late to change, Simon still plans to watch it for himself.

Unexpectedly, in a screening room at Daenerys Cinema, the documentary was suddenly hit by a woman not long after the start of the playback.
Chapter completed!