Entering October, the movie released by Universal Pictures is the movie "Seven" directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman.
This is a noir thriller about two police detectives who are ordered to investigate a serial murder case and eventually discover that the murderer committed the crime based on the seven sins recorded in the Bible. Before the detective could catch him, he found that he had been implicated...
What makes this movie different from other thrillers and crime movies is that the serial killer kills according to the instructions of the Bible, which makes this movie cast with a strong sense of mystery.
Moreover, in the arrangement of the plot, the director also tried his best to make things mysterious. The seven cases are looming, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, and it has a feeling of "there is no way out when the mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and there is a village with dark flowers and bright flowers".
Therefore, although it is a movie with a dull and gloomy atmosphere, the audience did not feel boring when watching it, which is why the movie performed well at the box office.
The box office in North America was US$100 million and the global box office was US$320 million. Although Brad Pitt has already had works such as "The Last Days", "Thelma and Louise", and "The End of the World", it was not until this movie that he truly became a first-line star.
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After "Seven", "The Usual Suspects" starring Nicolas Cage was released.
This is a suspenseful crime film that exceeds the audience's expectations in every aspect and completely overturns the audience's conventional logical thinking. It is impossible for the audience to know the truth until the last moment.
Therefore, this movie is full of tension, making the audience unable to stop, being attracted and having to watch it, and being completely stunned by the big twist at the end.
Many film critics have given this film high praise, praising it as the most exciting and brain-burning suspense crime film they have seen in the past two years.
In the end, the movie took in US$23 million at the box office in North America and US$52 million at the global box office. It was considered a blockbuster movie.
In addition, "12 Monkeys" starring Bruce Willis was released at the same time.
This is a science fiction film about a future world where viruses are rampant and people are in dire straits. The male protagonist is transported to the past to investigate the virus leak and obtain virus samples to save the remaining humans.
This science fiction film involves many elements such as time travel, grandfather paradox, psychoanalysis, animal protection, etc. Many plots are ambiguous and can be interpreted from multiple angles.
Just like the Hong Kong film "Wu Shuang", the truth of the story is looming, either dark or obvious, making people really suspicious. Because of this, this movie has a very good reputation.
In terms of box office, the North American box office is close to 70 million US dollars, and the global box office is 160 million US dollars. It is also considered a very good movie.
Bruce Willis also contributed his most outstanding acting skills in the film, which was unanimously recognized by the industry. He also received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actor.
This award is mainly given to science fiction, fantasy and horror films, and in the eyes of science fiction fans, its status is comparable to that of the Academy Awards.
It is precisely because of this that Bruce Willis was nominated, which shows that his performance is still very recognized by the industry.
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In November, Xiang Nan's "Mission: Impossible 2" was officially completed.
He then returned to Xiangjiang.
After arriving in Xiangjiang, he first went to see Shanshan and asked about her homework.
She is currently studying English and accounting, and is preparing to study financial management as a professional further education student at Hong Kong University next year. In this case, not only will she learn the technology, but she will also have a bachelor's degree.
"Brother, what do you think of my plan?" Shanshan asked with a smile.
"Of course. If you can really do it, that would be great." Xiang Nan smiled and nodded.
"Well. If I can do it, brother, can you grant me a wish?" Shanshan asked again.
Xiang Nan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "As long as I can do it, yes."
"Okay, it's a deal." Shanshan smiled and nodded.
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After meeting Shanshan, Xiang Nan went to see Wang Jing again.
Originally, at this time, Xiangjiang Movies had already begun to decline.
The launch of "Jurassic Park" and the application of digital special effects announced that Hollywood movies have entered a new audio-visual era.
Compared with it, Xiangjiang's movies seem too rough.
Because of this, Xiangjiang Film has successively lost markets in Xiangjiang, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places, and its revenue has dropped significantly.
This move also caused a large number of companies to close down and a large number of employees to lose their jobs. Xiangjiang Film also entered a cold winter period in a few years.
Fortunately, Xiang Nan is now distributing these Hong Kong films to all parts of the world through the channels of Universal Pictures, so the revenue of Hong Kong films has not declined, but has increased.
This also makes Hong Kong filmmakers dare to invest more money in filming, and more talents join them, avoiding the decline of Hong Kong films. So the development of Hong Kong films is still very good.
"Director Wang, I have worked hard for you again this year." Xiang Nan said to Wang Jing with a smile.
"Mr. Ning, you are too polite. I am not doing the hard work, it is you who are doing the hard work." Wang Jing waved his hand and smiled.
As soon as "Jurassic Park" came out, he knew that Hong Kong Movies would be finished. Compared with other people's lifelike and vivid dinosaurs, Xiangjiang still uses model special effects technology. Technically there is a whole generation difference.
Moreover, even if models are used, the level of detail in production is far from comparable to Hollywood. Therefore, Xiangjiang Movie is really in trouble, which can also be seen from the box office.
Since the 1980s, no Hollywood movie has won the annual box office championship. But in 1994, "Jurassic Park" once again took away the annual box office championship in Hong Kong.
Moreover, the share of foreign language films in the Hong Kong film market is gradually increasing. In the past, the box office of Cantonese films and foreign language films was basically 73% opening, but now it has become 50% opening.
In other words, 30% of the market for Cantonese films has been taken away by foreign language films. If Xiang Nan hadn't bought Universal Pictures and used Universal's channels to distribute Hong Kong films to all parts of the world, Hong Kong films would have begun to wither.
Therefore, Wang Jing knows best what Xiang Nan has done for Hong Kong films. In comparison, the things he did himself were nothing.
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Xiang Nan then chatted with Wang Jing about the company's development.
In the past two years, Zhen Kung Fu Pictures has been continuously acquiring the copyrights and films of old movies. Through its continuous acquisitions, Zhen Kung Fu's film library has also increased significantly.
Today, there are about 1,000 films in the film library, of which more than 500 are from the 1950s and 1960s. Although the production is relatively rough, it still has certain value. Especially for the elderly, these are indelible memories.
The remaining ones are works from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Many companies do not have the ability to exploit the value of old films. For them, it is troublesome to have these films piled up in warehouses. It is better to sell them directly to Zhen Kung Fu Pictures in exchange for money.
Therefore, several film companies that are still alive have sold their film libraries to Real Kung Fu.
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