In September, Universal Pictures released Until Dawn , a film directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino.
It tells the story of two robbers who fled all the way to Mexico. They wanted to relax in a bar, but they didn't expect that the whole bar was full of zombies. In order to save their lives, they had to fight bloody battles with zombies.
This is a movie whose themes are difficult to distinguish. The first half is a police film, and the second half becomes a fantasy horror film. It is really strange.
But strange as it is, this is still a movie that will give you an adrenaline rush after watching it. Therefore, the box office response was quite good, and it finally succeeded in taking in more than 70 million U.S. dollars at the box office, and the global box office was nearly 120 million U.S. dollars, which is a very good result.
You must know that the cost of this drama is only 19 million, which can only be regarded as a medium-cost production. But its box office performance is much stronger than many blockbusters.
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It is worth mentioning that in the same month, Sylvester Stallone's masterpiece "Waterworld" was finally released.
This film took nearly two years to produce, with a total investment of more than 200 million US dollars. It is the largest investment in Hollywood so far, and is much larger than the investment in "Jurassic Park".
In fact, the original investment involved was only US$60 million, but in order to save money, the production team chose to shoot in Hawaii, which agreed to tax exemptions.
As a result, they ignored Hawaii's harsh climate, and the sets they built at sea sank into the sea three times and had to be rebuilt. Therefore, the workload of the project was so huge that at one time Hawaii was out of stock of steel and was forced to ship steel from the United States at a high price.
Once the set is damaged, it takes time to rebuild it. As time goes by, labor costs will naturally increase. In addition, many crew members were not accustomed to the climate, often suffering from diarrhea, fever, and even contracted typhoid fever, which also increased the difficulty of filming.
Therefore, after much delay, the filming was not completed until March this year. Because the filming process was so difficult, Stallone also accumulated a lot of resentment. He broke the news to the media many times, saying that he had been living in hell for the past year. It is said that there was a conflict with the director on the set because of this.
Because there was so much negative news, "Waterworld" left a very bad impression on the audience even before it was released.
After the movie was released, Stallone refused to share the stage with director Kevin Reynolds to promote it. This further solidified the news that the two were at odds, which in turn led to extensive media coverage.
After all, to the media, news that the crew members are brothers and friends and are in harmony is not as valuable as news about overt and covert fights and vicious accusations.
Under the overwhelming media coverage, audiences had an even worse impression of the film.
In addition, in order to show the decadence of the future world in "Water World", the people in the film not only wore tattered clothes, but also had dirty faces... This kind of wasteland style is not suitable for the audience, so it is not suitable for the film. Buy it.
In the end, "Waterworld" only took over US$50 million at the box office in North America, and the global box office did not exceed US$100 million.
Compared with the investment of 200 million US dollars, it can be said that the loss went to grandma's family.
So Sony was furious and fired the two CEOs directly. As for Sylvester Stallone, because of the movie's disastrous box office failure, he finally turned around, only to fall back again, which made him depressed.
While some people are depressed, others are happy.
Kevin Costner is very glad that he took on "The Bridge" instead of "Waterworld". Otherwise, he would be the one who is helpless now.
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In October, Universal Pictures released "The Wire," a film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Without looking at the plot, just looking at the cast, this movie is not to be missed. In fact, this is the case. A large number of movie fans can't wait to hear that the two are working together.
So as soon as the movie came out, I immediately went to the theater to watch it. After reading it, they all felt that the trip was worthwhile and definitely worth the price of admission.
The storyline of "The Wire" has twists and turns and the scenes are hot, especially the struggle of human nature, which is cruel and realistic, which greatly satisfies the audience's appetite.
As a result, "The Wire" ultimately took home a box office of US$67 million in North America and a global box office of US$180 million.
Such achievements are not in vain for the duo of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
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Entering November, "The Secret Order of Evaporation" is officially finished.
Xiang Nan then took Cong Shan and Ning Jing back to the mainland to visit their parents, and then came to Xiangjiang.
Xiang Nan went to see Shanshan first. She has now entered the School of Professional and Continuing Education of Xiangjiang University to study financial management. To be honest, it is difficult.
After all, her foundation was too poor. Four years ago, she was still in elementary school and had not even finished junior high school. It's understandably difficult for her to go to college now.
However, Shanshan did not retreat in fear of difficulties, but faced them head on. If you don’t understand something in class, you’ll find a tutor after class for tutoring. If you don’t understand once, listen twice; if you don’t understand twice, listen three times. Under such hard study, her grades have greatly improved.
In line with writer Gladwell's "10,000 Hours Rule", through continuous study and hard work, even mediocre people can become experts in a certain field.
And there is poetry and calligraphy in the abdomen. With the enrichment of knowledge, Shanshan's temperament is also very different from before.
In the past, she was somewhat frivolous, not only in terms of behavior, but in terms of clothing. A few years ago, she liked to dress in colorful clothes, dressing herself up like a moth.
Now she is mature and steady. She wears light-colored clothes and is elegant and generous. People believe that she is a high-level white-collar worker in the company.
Xiang Nan was naturally very satisfied with her transformation. The better Shanshan becomes, the better for him.
"Okay, Shanshan, keep working hard, I've always known you can do it." Xiang Nan smiled.
"Thank you, brother." Shanshan nodded, "I will definitely work hard, and don't forget the bet you made with me."
Xiang Nan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't forget it. After you get your diploma, I will definitely fulfill your wish."
"Yeah." Shanshan smiled and nodded.
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Xiang Nan then went to see Wang Jing.
"Mr. Ning, I have good news for you. I have bought the film libraries of Debao and New Art City." Wang Jing said with a smile.
"Oh?! That's good, it's good news." Xiang Nan nodded after hearing this.
Debao and New Art City were two of the most popular companies in Hong Kong in the 1980s, producing countless classic movies.
For example, New Art City's "I Love Tuberose", "Gui Ma Zhi Many Stars", "Happy Couple", "Eight Star Announcement", etc., Debao's "Wealth and Power" series, "Three Worlds" series, "Little "Men's Weekly Diary" series and so on.
With the acquisition of the film libraries of these two companies, the strength of Zhen Kung Fu Pictures has increased a bit.
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