v2 Chapter 729： Van Diesel

"Compared with "Furious Road", "Fast and Furious 4" released earlier is a group of idiots..."

In the spacious living room, some fans’ comments were shown on the TV screen. Similar voices and statements appeared too frequently, and it was hard not to attract attention. ",

A bald mixed-race sits on the sofa opposite the TV, watching TV with stern eyes. He has a mighty figure, strong muscles, tall man, and some cynicism and maverick style.

This is one of the toughest guys in Hollywood, even sitting on the sofa, he looks like a heavy motorcycle.

No one likes that their most iconic films are constantly belittled, and Van Diesel is no exception, not to mention being called a...

If it hadn't been for enough hurdles in the past few years, his temperament would have gradually calmed down, and he would have stood up and smashed the TV.

But the name Niang Pao is really too harsh!

It seems that in the eyes of those people, "Fast and Furious 4" is nothing in front of Fury Road. Van Diesel is a **** in front of Duke Rosenberg...

Did these people forget that "Fast and Furious 4" got 70.9 million US dollars in the North American box office in the first week?

"Furious Road", a larger-scale b-rated film, even if it is a work by Duke Rosenberg, can it surpass "Fast and Furious 4" at the box office in the first week?

Just when Van Diesel thought so, the movie program broadcast on TV was transferred to the weekly box office bulletin, introducing the trend of the North American box office last weekend.

"Furious Road" officially landed on the North American theaters in the early hours of Friday morning, earning US$6.7 million in the midnight show. The film was expanded to 4,050 theaters in North America on Friday morning. The first day including the midnight show received a total of US$24.35 million, showing strong performance . Ranked first on the day."

"On Saturday, the box office of the film rose slightly on that day. This is very rare among R-rated films, and it received US$25.37 million. On Sunday, the film fell normally. The first weekend screening ended with US$24.11 million on the same day. Revenue reached 74.83 million US dollars."

"This drawing performance has already created the highest North American drawing record for a non-sequel r-rated film. Given the high reputation of the film, it will inevitably maintain a stable trend. The North American box office is expected to eventually hit 250 million US dollars!

Van Diesel's face is very ugly, but the show continues.

"The other big production released this week was not well realized. "The Adventures of Tintin", released by Sky Studios and directed by Steven Spielberg, encountered box office Waterloo. This film was not well received and was released in North America. The first day was only 4.05 million U.S. dollars, and the subsequent two days continued to decline. Only 11.48 million U.S. dollars in the North American box office in the first weekend three days..."

Taken the remote control. Van Diesel turned off the TV, stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the apartment, looking at the city of angels in the distance through the glass.

Inconsistent with his appearance, he is quite flexible in mind, otherwise he would not have become a producer of "Fast and Furious 4".

Thinking of "Fast and Furious 4", Van Diesel felt bored in his chest, and vocabulary such as idiots always jumped into his head uncontrollably.

I saw the box office bulletin just now, even though I didn't like "Furstery Road". He knows very well that the box office of "Fast and Furious 4" is probably not as good as Duke Rosenberg's work.

"Fast and Furious" series through the first three as well as discs and video tapes. It has accumulated a lot of fans in North America, and officially because of this, "Fast and Furious 4" only broke the first week's box office of 70 million US dollars when it was released, but the film’s reputation was not good, and the box office fell more than 6% the following weekend. Ten, although it has not been relegated from the theater. But it has also entered the end of the screening. Even Van Diesel has to admit that the North American box office of "Fast and Furious 4" is about 150 million US dollars.

This box office number is really not enough for "Furious Road"! Van Diesel confirms this.

But no one wants to be a mother-of-pearl, especially when public opinion has pushed the name to them!

Van Diesel knew very well. Public opinion is fickle, and now he only has the "Fast and Furious" series to rely on. This is the guarantee of his career in Hollywood. We must not let this series become synonymous with idiots. Affect this series in the future.

The best way to get rid of the nickname "Fast and Furious" is to make a hit "Fast and Furious", which suppresses "Furious Road" from the box office to the scene!

This idea became clearer and clearer in Van Diesel's mind, but it was not easy to realize it.

Let’s talk about the issue of investment first. If you want to make a "Fast and Furious" that is flammable and cool, hundreds of millions of dollars of investment is essential.

However, Universal Pictures, the copyright owner of "Fast and Furious", was affected by the economic crisis last year and its financial situation was not good.

When filming "Fast and Furious 4", he proposed to shoot two consecutive films, but was rejected by Universal Pictures, all because of funding issues.

"Fast and Furious 4" did not fully meet Universal Pictures' expectations. It is quite difficult for them to invest more than $100 million in the sequel...

However, this is not difficult for Van Diesel. If he can find a suitable source of investment, he can bring the funds to discuss this project with Universal Pictures. Now that the banking industry and Hollywood are generally shrinking money, it must be Universal Pictures. The industry will not reject this cooperation model.

The question is where to find the right investor?

As a man who has worked hard in Hollywood for many years, Van Diesel is still very affected by some conventions in this circle. For example, producers and directors never invest in their own films...

Besides, with his net worth, in the event of an accident, his family would be ruined.

There are also actors, try to gather the earliest original crews. This is also the best gimmick to attract the audience. Paul Walker, Tyrip Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez are not a problem, just the original female The protagonist needs to be found carefully.

After all, I haven't heard from Jessica Alba for many years.

It is not easy to gather all the main actors from the beginning of "Fast and Furious".

But Van Diesel is a very thoughtful and determined person. He has decided to work hard to push the project into the implementation phase.

Leaving Phoenix and just arriving in Salt Lake City, Duke received the box office bulletin of Fury Road from Warner Bros. In addition to the box office of the first weekend in North America, there were also rough statistics of the global box office data.

The film was released in 77 countries and regions at the same time. Excluding North America’s box office numbers for the first week, it earned a total of about 140 million U.S. dollars in the three days last weekend.

The global box office has exceeded 200 million US dollars in three days, which is very rare for a non-sequel r-rated film.

This is in line with the expectations of Duke and Warner Bros. for the film.

pg-13 and pg-level films are jokingly called adult fairy tales by many people, but even Duke has to admit that these are the types of films that can really sell well in the world.

R-rated movies like the "The Matrix" trilogy that can be popular all over the world, you can't find many in Hollywood, and the box office data of the first week of "The Matrix" is not as good as that of "The Road to Fury" .

The first week of the film can be regarded as a big success, and a strong audience’s reputation is also a guarantee of subsequent income. Warner Bros. naturally wants to maximize their profits. They also submitted a preliminary plan to serialize "Raging Road". , The first to launch is Charlize Theron's Ferrosa.

Although Duke treated Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron more evenly, a strong female character is naturally more attractive than a male character.

The role of Ferrosa has undoubtedly surpassed the leading actor played by Tom Cruise.

When Duke visited his goddaughter in Beverly Hills last week, Tom Cruise also complained to him about this, but his father’s pretty soup was much more sober than when he was younger, and he just complained. After a few words, he was very clear that working with Duke would bring more benefits than having a bad relationship.

"Warner still wants Charlize to play?" Duke asked Tina Fey in the living room of the hotel suite.

"This is the first choice." Tina Fei replied.

Duke took an apple from Scarlett Johansson, said thank you, and said to Tina Fey, "Let the people from Warner Bros. talk to Charlize Theron."

Frankly speaking, Duke is not sure if Charlize Theron will continue to play this role.

With the role of Ferrosa, Charlize Theron is highly acclaimed and firmly consolidated the current position. It is not difficult for the career to move forward, and there is even a chance to make another achievement during the awards season.

If you want to invite her to play again, you need not only real money, but also a lot of money.

"One more news..." Tina Fei also took an apple from Scarlett and said before putting it in her mouth, "Mel Gibson is back in North America!"

"He's back?" Scarlett stopped throwing an apple in her mouth. "Someone would ask him to star in a movie?"

Tina Fei shook her head, "Not yet."

"Pat Kingsley's handwriting?" Duke asked.

"No..." Tina Fei remembered for a while, and said, "A small agency called Leo invited him back. This agency cooperates with many small film studios to provide them with b-level movies. actor."

She asked Duke, "Should we do something?"

"No..." Duke raised his hand and waved, "We don't have to do anything now. Some people will pay more attention to Mel Gibson than we do."

At the time Mel Gibson attacked the entire Jewish community, and those old men held hatred. (To be continued.)

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