In September, "Pink" starring Tom Hanks and Brooke Shields was officially released.
This is a sports-themed movie, adapted from real events, telling the story of baseball coach Jimmy Hagan coaching the women's baseball team.
The plot is compact, the plot is inspirational, and the comedy is rich, so it is still very attractive to the audience. As a result, it ultimately earned a box office of US$107 million and a global ticket sales of US$130 million.
After all, baseball is a relatively niche sport on a global scale, so there are not many interested movie fans.
However, the box office of 130 million US dollars is really a lot for such a movie with an investment of only 20 million US dollars, and it is still considered a very successful work.
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In September, the new season of the American drama begins.
"Friends", which Xiang Nan participated in the production, was officially launched on NBC. After the broadcast, the ratings were still good. More than 20 million viewers watched the series, ranking first in the same period.
Moreover, the media also gave good reviews to this American drama. They believed that the six leading actors had a very good chemistry, and the plot was also humorous and interesting. This makes NBC very satisfied.
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In October, "Scent of a Woman" starring Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio and Catherine Zeta-Jones was released.
The film mainly tells the story of a prep school student who works as an aide to a blind military officer.
Although the title of the film is "Know a Woman by Smell", the focus of the story is actually on two men, an old one and a young one. It mainly describes the friendship between men. From friction to familiarity, from repulsion to attraction, from disgust to like...
The story of this movie is actually not new. After all, this is also a remake of a story. The original work was "Scent of a Woman" released in 1974.
But the wonderful performances of Al Pacino and Leonardo still make this movie fully watchable.
Although the heroine played by Zeta Jones did not have much screen time, her tango dance with Al Pacino still made her stunning and became one of the most watched actresses in Hollywood.
In the end, the North American box office of "Scent of a Woman" was US$63 million, and the global box office was US$130 million. Compared with the investment of US$30 million, it can be said to be quite good.
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In November, Universal Pictures released the movie "The Greatest Heroes" starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore and others.
This movie tells the story of a young Navy lawyer who helps two Marines clear their grievances and seek justice. This film was prepared by the original Carolco Pictures, with a total investment of US$40 million.
After its release, the box office response was quite good. It finally took in a box office of 140 million US dollars in North America and 230 million US dollars worldwide. It can be said to be a great success.
This movie also once again proved Tom Cruise's box office appeal, so after this, his salary was further increased.
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In November, "Lethal Weapon 3" was officially completed.
Xiang Nan took time to return to Xiangjiang and met Shanshan first.
She is doing well now. Because she is under the care of Wang Jing, she has priority in choosing movies from Zhen Kung Fu Pictures. Therefore, she has participated in "The Deer and the Cauldron", "The Legend of the Truant Hero", "Casino Tycoon", "Peerless Double". Pride" and so on.
Although he is not a big star yet, at least he looks familiar and can be regarded as a first-tier or second-tier star.
"Brother, what do you think of me now? Am I qualified to go to Hollywood with you?" Shanshan asked expectantly.
"Actually, there's nothing good about Hollywood." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "It's just that there are more foreigners, and otherwise it's no different from Xiangjiang.
There are the same number of people, the same number of cars, the same number of buildings, nothing new. And people over there speak English. Can you speak English? People over there eat steak and burgers, is your stomach okay? The security there is worse than that in Xiangjiang. If you just walk around, someone might snatch your bag.
The key is that there are not as many opportunities there as there are in Xiangjiang. You can film four or five movies a year in Hong Kong. When you come to Hollywood, you're lucky to be able to make one movie a year. "
"Then why are people willing to go to Hollywood?" Shanshan asked in confusion upon hearing this.
"This mountain looks as high as that mountain." Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan curled his lips and said, "They all say that the moon in foreign countries is rounder. After I went out, I realized that only the moon in my hometown is the roundest. Shanshan, I know you want to come Help me, but you can’t help me now.”
"Then how can I help you?" Shanshan asked immediately after hearing this.
"At least you must have a college education or above, and have certain management capabilities and accounting knowledge." Xiang Nan explained, "Shanshan, Xiangjiang is my most important base. I have always been an outsider in Hollywood, and I am not really recognized by them. recognized, so sooner or later I will return to Hong Kong for development.
My foundation in Xiangjiang is now in the hands of Wang Jing. I hope you will be able to take over all this in the future. Because I trust you 100%. "
Hearing what Xiang Nan said, Shanshan was immediately moved, "Brother, I will study hard. Then I will manage the company well for you."
"Yeah." Xiang Nan nodded.
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Xiang Nan then went to see Wang Jing.
Wang Jing was naturally happy to see Xiang Nan. Since he acquired Universal Pictures, Xiangjiang movies have been released around the world through Universal Pictures' distribution network.
This has greatly increased the revenue of Xiangjiang Film, which is naturally a good thing for Xiangjiang Film.
Because their income is high, they dare to invest more money in making movies, and they have the resources to cultivate more stars and recruit more newcomers...
On the contrary, after the decline of Hong Kong films, Hong Kong has never produced influential actors. The last batch, including Louis Koo, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Daniel Wu, etc., are all approaching fifty years old and are still on the front line.
This phenomenon is obviously abnormal.
You must know that Jackie Chan was only 24 years old when he made "Snake" and became popular; Andy Lau was only 22 years old when he made "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"; Wang Zixian was just 20 years old when he made "A Chinese Ghost Story" and became a hit...
The more prosperous an industry is, the younger its practitioners are. On the contrary, the more lonely an industry is, the older its practitioners are.
"Mr. Ning, thanks to you, our Hong Kong movies can be sold all over the world." Wang Jing said with a smile, "You have made the Hong Kong film industry at least one billion Hong Kong dollars more in this year alone."
One billion Hong Kong dollars is already a lot for the Hong Kong film industry. Because it was 1991, the box office revenue of Hong Kong's movies for the whole year was only one billion Hong Kong dollars.
Hong Kong produced more than 100 movies last year, worth HK$1 billion, which is equivalent to earning an extra HK$10 million per movie. This is really a great benefit for Hong Kong Film.
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