In my memory, "Now You See Me" didn't do very well at the domestic box office. One of the most criticized points was probably that the director didn't know what was wrong with him. He used a lot of rotating lenses, and they were rotating at such a high speed that he could get dizzy.

to the point where the audience vomited.

Show off skills?

Probably only the director himself knows this.

And in terms of the actor's popularity, the lead actor Curly Hair may not be well-known in China, so "Hulk" Ji Lu is a little more famous, uh, no, he is a little more famous.

But now, of course there are no dizzyingly rotating shots in "Now You See Me", and even the director is no longer the same.

In terms of actors, there is him and Emma Watson. They are well-known in China, and they are also well-known in foreign countries. At least they are stronger than the lineup in memory.

So when Jiang Xiao left China and went abroad to promote "Now You See Me", the movie had already made a great start in China, with a box office of 65.23 million yuan on the first day.

Although it did not break the historical first-day box office record, it was still amazing enough and set the best first-day performance for Jiang Xiao's personal works.

It showed an upward trend the next day, with nearly 75 million won. Then it fell back on the third day, but not by much. The reason was naturally because it was already a Monday, a working day, but it happened to be during the summer vacation.

Students are also a group that loves to watch movies, so even if the drop on weekdays is not particularly large, the box office on Monday was still more than 60 million.

Needless to say, in the first week, the results in the first two days were over 140 million.

Besides, after seven days the next week, it got an astonishing box office of 402 million yuan.

It can also be regarded as a new record for Jiang Xiao’s personal works.

In the third week, he returned to China after promoting "Now You See Me" abroad, and the movie finally took home a box office of 287 million yuan again in China.

133 million in the fourth week, 59.73 million in the fifth week, 22.19 million in the sixth week, 7.41 million in the seventh week, and 1.28 million in the eighth week. It was finally released.

The final total box office has exceeded the 1 billion mark and stopped at 1.053 billion.

Obviously, this has once again refreshed the record for Jiang Xiao's personal works. The last time was "Train to Busan"'s 935 million, which was a little more than 100 million.

The key is that no matter how you listen to 900 million, it doesn't seem to sound better than 1 billion. Although the difference is not too big, the one digit has become a double digit, as if it is not on the same level.

During this period, the movies of the same period also had to admit defeat. "Man of Steel" was drooling with envy. Even though it finally got a box office of almost 380 million, compared with 1 billion, it was really far behind.

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Other movies like "Tiny Times", "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", "Fu Chun Shan Da Tu", etc. I lost, but I guess they were all enjoyable enough. After all, the box office was pretty good, and "Tiny Times" was big enough.

Make a fortune.

Compared with the performance of "Now You See Me" in China, its performance abroad is also very good. About a week after it was released in China, North America, Europe and other countries around the world began to release it one after another.

In North America, it took in a box office of US$33.54 million in the first three days.

In the next few weeks, it was US$45.12 million, US$28.35 million, US$24.52 million, US$16.63 million, US$7.64 million, US$2.89 million, and US$1.02 million. So far, the cumulative box office is US$149 million.

It is still being released, after all, there is still a box office, even if it is not much anymore.

As for other countries and regions except North America, the box office is basically about double that of North America. The current cumulative box office has just exceeded 300 million, or 307 million US dollars to be precise.

This means that the box office of "Now You See Me" outside of China has accumulated to 456 million US dollars.

Including China's box office, which is about 171 million U.S. dollars, it is 627 million U.S. dollars.

Of course, because some countries are still continuing to release the film, it is expected that the US$640 million will still be available when it is fully released.

Therefore, this achievement can be regarded as a big hit for "Now You See Me".

The production cost of the movie is 75 million US dollars, and the box office can reach the producer of about 229 million US dollars. However, marketing and other costs are very high, at least compared to the Chinese market, which cost nearly 70 million US dollars.

, it is already equal to the production cost, how can it not be higher?

Fortunately, the box office performance of "Now You See Me" was a hit. After deducting all costs, there was a profit of approximately US$80.4 million.

Among them, Lemon can get 40%, which is about 31.26 million U.S. dollars. The current exchange rate of RMB against the U.S. dollar is about 6.14, which is roughly 197 million yuan.

However, there will be other income in the future, which may be higher than the box office income. After all, many foreign countries have better copyright protection.

Jiang Xiao estimates that the income will eventually exceed 400 million, even if the payment collection period will be longer.

Let me also talk about his salary for making this movie, which was 10 million US dollars. Emma is the same as him. This is why a production that is not a big scene will cost 75 million US dollars.

All in all, the big hit of "Now You See Me", in addition to making money, also further increased the international reputation of Jiang Xiao as the leading actor. If he really added the title of "international superstar", he wouldn't be able to afford it.

It can also be said that he is already one of the most famous Chinese artists in the world.

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It's night in the capital, at the door of that large flat-top mansion.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I, I thought you were that kind of person!"

"It doesn't matter. Speaking of lemons, I'm actually sorry for you. No matter what, the past is over. Don't keep it in your heart."

Seeing Jiang Shuying apologize with a ninety-degree bow as soon as they met, Jiang Xiao naturally responded accordingly.

He finally figured out the cause of the "emergency incident" in the Magic City almost two months ago, and it was not much different from what he expected.

Naturally, the relevant personnel fired Lemon, and he compensated the role to the person in front of him. The person in front of him happened to be filming "One Servant, Two Masters" in Beijing. For some reason, he called him again today and said that he hoped to apologize to him in person.

Very persistent, insisting on face to face.

"Okay then!"

Jiang Shuying, whose heart was beating so fast, didn't dare to look directly at Jiang Xiao.

"Okay, just leave. Do you want to come in and have a glass of water? Or leave right away and I can take you down?"

He also expressed his apology. Jiang Xiao, who didn't know what to say for a moment, said a casual polite word and planned to see the guest off.

"Can I borrow a bathroom at your house?"

After hearing Jiang Xiao's words, does Jiang Shuying really want to say that this man is a straight man?

After inviting people to drink water, they immediately started chasing people away...

But no matter what, her cheeks felt slightly warm and she took the initiative to borrow the bathroom.

"Okay, come in, the bathroom is over there."

Jiang Xiao, who didn't think much about it, quickly moved out of the way and gestured to Jiang Shuying in the direction of the bathroom.

In short, after the other party went straight to the bathroom, Jiang Xiao also closed the door and returned to the living room, and took out his mobile phone to check where, uh, that woman was.

He had received a call from Jiang Shuying on the way, so he came here to see her. After all, it was not very convenient outside. If he was photographed, he would not be able to tell clearly, so he was reminded by the former.

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While Jiang Xiao was playing with his mobile phone, Jiang Shuying himself entered the bathroom. He did not actually go to the bathroom, but stood in front of the mirror and looked at himself for a long time, until at a certain moment he redeemed himself...

Anyway, after getting naked, she went to the separate wet and dry bathroom next to her.

~~~~

Almost half an hour later.

"..."

To be honest, Jiang Shuying went to the bathroom for almost half an hour. Jiang Xiao wanted to knock on the door several times to ask if something was wrong, but he hesitated.

Until a certain moment when he finally heard the noise and looked over subconsciously, he felt...a little confused.

What is this woman doing?

Do you have this hobby?

It actually appeared in front of him again?

Just when Jiang Xiao was mentally active, Jiang Shuying appeared in front of him, picked up a cushion on the sofa and placed it in front of him, and then sat down on the cushion with both hands, holding his legs.

The side of her face was resting on his lap.

During the whole process, he was a little confused and didn't speak. The woman also didn't speak, and the atmosphere suddenly became so quiet.

"You...which one happened again?"

After a while, it was obvious that Jiang Shuying was extremely nervous, and the "dong-dong" of his heartbeat was not too obvious. Jiang Xiao finally spoke first.

"Come on, I really didn't mean to seduce you last time. What did you mean? This time, I really meant to seduce you. Whoever asked you to do so, you will look at me...!"

Although her cheeks were red and hot, Jiang Shuying still raised his head and looked directly at the man.

"I...you..."

Hearing the sound, Jiang Xiao didn't know how to answer the call for a moment. It was indeed the first time for him to be "seduce" in this way.

Although he wanted to say that it was none of his business last time, some things, no matter the cause, the result was definitely there.

"We all have the surname Jiang?"

After holding it in for several times, Jiang Xiao didn't know why he said such a sentence.

"Well, no one stipulates that people named Jiang cannot be with people of the opposite sex named Jiang!"

Jiang Shuying, who was extremely nervous, knew that Jiang Xiao would say such a sentence, which made her start to hold back her laughter.

"I want to say that maybe five hundred years ago we were the same family."

"Then my cousin still married..."
To be continued...