Chapter 466： Charlie's Angels

On Tuesday, February 12, "Spider-Man" officially opened in theaters across the Pacific Ocean.

Although the number of movie theaters on the other side of the Pacific is far from comparable to that in North America, and it is still during the Spring Festival, the attendance rate of the film is very good.

On the first day of the screening, the overall attendance rate reached about 50%, completely exceeding the expectations of Orion Pictures and China Film.

Originally, as a foreign Hollywood film, the screening rate of "Spider-Man" must have some restrictions. The premiere only got a 35% screening rate, which was reached by China Film after many negotiations.

However, on the first day of its release, "Spider-Man" still got 18.65 million box office.

As a result, on the second day of its release, the filming rate of "Spider-Man" directly rose to more than 50%.

The first-day box office results and film placement rate may not be considered a big deal in North America, but it is absolutely astounding on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Even, with the box office trend of "Spider-Man", it is almost only a matter of time before the box office exceeds 100 million.

I dare not say that it will eventually break the box office record set by "Titanic", but it is estimated that it will not be a big problem if it surpasses the box office record of "Pearl Harbor".

In this era, it is not the quality of the film that restricts the box office of the film on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, but the size of the theater company.

In many movie theaters in third- and fourth-tier cities and county-level cities, Orion Pictures and China Film basically cannot receive box office.

However, with the increase in the promotion and marketing budget of "Spider-Man" and the increase in film scheduling rate, the single-day box office performance on Wednesday has risen a bit compared to Tuesday, with a single-day box office of 21.32 million.

In just two days after its release, the accumulated box office across the Pacific reached 39.98 million.

With super high box office results, a large-scale premiere, and an investment project of up to 5 billion US dollars, "Spider-Man" naturally attracted a lot of attention.

The attention of the media has further increased the popularity of the film, and even many people who usually don't watch movies, walked into the cinema this time with curiosity.

At the same time, several leading actors of the crew were also split into two, and went to several important cities for publicity. It is expected that they will not be able to return to Los Angeles until early March.

Ryan did not follow the crew to promote, but visited the suburbs of the magic city.

To be precise, it mainly revolves around Dongchuan Sha Town.

It is adjacent to Pudong International Airport, with convenient road transportation. It can attract overseas tourists in the future, and there are not many people who need to be relocated, and there is no need to reclaim the sea.

It can be said that the geographical location is very superior.

After staying in Dongchuan Sha Town for a few days, Ryan felt very satisfied, leaving Nancy Utley and others to continue the investigation, and he himself returned to the United States by private plane.

Back in Los Angeles, Ryan temporarily put aside the affairs on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and turned to the preparations for the crew of "Charlie's Angels",

Due to the sudden 9/11 incident, the preparatory work of the crew of "Charlie's Angels" has been greatly affected.

Fortunately, the impact of the 9/11 incident has gradually faded, and Hollywood has returned to the right track.

The only thing that has changed is probably the status of black actors, commonly known as "political correctness"

"Sol!"

"Change another set."

In the studio, Ryan, together with Joseph McGinty-Nitcher, the director of "Charlie's Angels", looked at Charlize Theron, Hilary Swank, and Maggie Li who were dressed in fashion and beauty.

"How about these!" Saul, who was the film's costume designer, quickly brought some very revealing outfits.

One of the sets has only a few pieces of fabric, which can barely cover the important parts.

Joseph-McGinty-Nitcher just glanced at it, then nodded and said, "You can try it."

Watching Charlize Theron, Hilary Swank, and Maggie Li go to the dressing room to change, Ryan frowned slightly, "Cerf, don't you think these outfits are too sexy!"

"Too sexy!" Joseph-McGinty-Nitcher looked at Ryan very puzzled.

This is his first time directing a film, and it is a commercial film with a lot of investment. In the past, Joseph-McGinty-Necher mainly shot commercials, song MVs, photo shoots and so on.

So to him, the few outfits just now can be called **** at best, not too revealing.

However, Ryan has a different opinion, and the reason for choosing him to direct is very simple.

The original "Charlie's Angels" was directed by Joseph McGinty-Necher.

Ryan shrugged with a smile and said: "This is an action movie, you can show off your sexiness, but you can't have too many **** and exposure scenes."

"Don't forget, we still have the next sequel film to shoot."

The selling point of the original version of the first "Charlie's Angels" is a fashion action movie that combines beauty, fashion, action, coolness, and sexiness, rather than a pornographic movie that relies on selling meat.

Of course, in the original second part of "Charlie's Angels", several heroines became very exposed.

"Besides, being **** doesn't necessarily mean being naked." Ryan said meaningfully.

It doesn't have to be a lot of leaks to be considered sexy.

As long as the female characteristics of Charlize Theron, Hillary Swank, and Maggie Lee are brought out, such as charm and tall figure, it can also make people's eyes shine.

Big deal, you can stage all kinds of uniform temptations just like the original version.

Joseph-McGinty-Nitcher thought for a while and said, "It seems that the crew needs to find a professional design team."

"It's just that, in this way, I'm afraid it will increase the cost of filming."

"Cerf!" Ryan shook his head and said, "Not one, but at least three professional design teams."

"Each of the three heroines in the film needs a professional design team."

To put it bluntly, it is to tailor the costumes, shapes, actions, manners, etc. of each heroine according to the characteristics of the characters in the script.

Make sure that the looks of the three heroines in the film can be eye-catching enough.

"How about this set!" Charlize Theron first came back after changing a set of clothes, and walked around under the light.

Ryan's eyes fell on Charlize Theron's almost snow-white bare back, and said, "It seems a bit like a Bond girl."

Hearing the words Bond girl, Joseph-McGinty-Necher seemed to be slightly embarrassed.

Bond girls are known for being beautiful and sexy.

But the Bond girl is only the foil and vase in the 007 series of films, and Charlize-Theron is one of the three heroines in "Charlie's Angels".

The roles of the two are completely different.

"Change another set."

Ryan touched his chin and said, "Find a set of tights, preferably one that can accentuate your figure."

"Also call Hillary-Swank, Li Meiqi also change."

Charlize Theron didn't say much, and walked towards the locker room again.

After a while, Charlize Theron, Hilary Swank, and Maggie Li stood under the light again.

Ryan took a closer look, and said, "The light is too soft, a little brighter."

Hearing this, the lighting engineer immediately adjusted the brightness of the lights until Ryan was satisfied.

At this time, Charlize Theron, Hilary Swank, and Maggie Li under the lights were all in tight clothes, long hair, curvy figure, and slender legs.

Ryan asked them to pose one by one, and the temperament of the whole person gradually changed for a while, looking **** and fashionable.

Ryan turned his head to the costume designer Saul and said, "The clothing should be more concise in shape, try to be simple and sexy, full of fashion."

"And why wear flat shoes!"

Charlize Theron and Maggie Li suddenly changed into a pair of flat shoes.

"This way it looks more coordinated." Solby drew the heights of the three of them.

Among the three, Charlize Theron is the tallest, followed by Li Meiqi, who is 1.7 meters tall. In contrast, Hilary Swank is slightly shorter, only 1.65 meters.

"It doesn't matter."

Ryan nodded and said: "High heels can reflect the **** charm of women. In terms of height, you can adjust the shooting angle."

When shooting, height is not a big problem, it is easy to solve.

But high heels are essential.

As for the scenes of fighting and chasing in high heels in the film, whether it is realistic is not a matter for the film company and the crew to consider, and no audience will care about this.

Crew shooting needs to be considered from a commercial point of view, not a realistic point of view.

As for the suggestion made by Ryan, Joseph McGinty-Nicher secretly remembered it, which was undoubtedly a good inspiration for him.

In any case, this is the first time he has personally directed a film. In terms of experience, he cannot compare with Ryan.

During the break, Greg Silver, head of production at Orion Pictures, walked in from the outside.

"James-Huang, he called yesterday. He seems to intend to restart the shooting plan of the "Death Comes" series of films." Greg Silver deliberately lowered his voice.

"You can promise him." Ryan was not surprised by this.

The box office of "Pursuit of the Universe", which was released in early November last year, did not meet expectations. It only earned US$19.11 million in the first three days in the first weekend, and the cumulative box office in North America was only US$40.22 millionIt is even lower than the original version Quite a lot.

The overseas box office is also not very good, only 28.78 million US dollars, and the global box office is 69 million US dollars.

Such a global box office performance, compared to a low-cost R-rated film, is very good, even a big hit.

But the budget of this film is very high, and the investment company obviously cannot reap the cost from the box office.

Even counting the income from peripheral copyrights and DVD copyrights, it is estimated that it will be difficult to bring in profits.

As the director and editor of the film, James Huang, it is estimated that he will not be invited by a large investment crew to direct in a short time.

In desperation, James Huang could only plan to come back and continue filming the "Death Comes" series of films.

"By the way, this is a script sent by Len Wiseman."

Greg Silver suddenly took out a script and handed it to Ryan, saying, "A story about werewolves and vampires."