Chapter 249: new crew

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After more than a month of release, the North American box office of "Rush Hour" has reached 140 million U.S. dollars, the overseas box office has reached 98.56 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office has reached 200 million U.S. dollars.

Next, the box office of "Rush Hour" can only be accumulated slowly over time.

Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker’s remuneration for the two leading actors in the film has risen sharply. A Hollywood film company has already offered Jackie Chan a remuneration of US$8 million, and Chris Tucker’s remuneration is as high as US$10 million, reaching the standard of Hollywood first-line stars .

Generally speaking, the remuneration of third-tier Hollywood stars is about US$1 million to US$3 million, the remuneration of second-tier stars is US$5 million to US$10 million, and the minimum salary of first-tier stars is US$10 million.

At the top are Hollywood superstars, whose remuneration can reach more than 20 million US dollars.

Namely, the fabled $20 million club.

Of course, the specific remuneration of each actor will definitely be different.

Moreover, compared with male stars, female stars are paid less, and the pay of sequel films is definitely higher than that of ordinary films.

The salary of commercial films is much higher than that of literary films.

For example, for "Rush Hour 2", which Orion Films promoted and prepared for the outside world, Jackie Chan only received a basic film salary of 5 million U.S. dollars and a small amount of box office revenue.

Even, the basic remuneration of many first-line Hollywood stars is not too high, and they pay more attention to the box office share of the film.

In any case, with the popularity of "Rush Hour", Jackie Chan has become a second-tier Hollywood star in one fell swoop. Many media predict that as long as the box office of "Rush Hour 2" reaches expectations.

Then Hollywood is about to usher in a Chinese first-line star.

Another film, Mr. and Mrs. Smith directed by Ryan himself.

It is still in hot release in North America. The North American box office has reached 136 million U.S. dollars, and the overseas box office has also reached 103 million U.S. dollars.

According to the estimates of several Hollywood evaluation agencies, the North American box office of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" may reach 200 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office is 400 million U.S. dollars.

The two films successively released by Orion Films broke through 100 million at the box office in the spring, bringing the most intuitive response.

Facing Ryan's invitation for his next film, Leonardo DiCaprio agreed without even thinking about it, and he didn't even care too much about the salary.

In addition to the fame brought by Ryan himself, there is also the influence of Leonardo DiCaprio's release of another film.

The North American box office of "The Man in the Iron Mask" was only US$49.8 million, which was much lower than the original box office of US$56.98 million.

For Leonardo DiCaprio, who became popular with "Titanic", it is like a blow to the head, and a box office hit is urgently needed to restore the commercial value.

With Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt joining the cast, the preparations ran almost without a hitch.

If such a combination was put into the previous life, countless movie fans would definitely exclaim, the combination of Xiao Lizi and Saihuang is simply amazing.

Even Joseph Gordon-Levitt, after ten or eight years, can become a second-tier Hollywood star or a quasi-first-tier star.

The main reason is that he has not starred in a movie with a global box office. There is only one "500 Days with Summer" that did a good box office.

(Baidu Encyclopedia says the cost is 75 million US dollars. A comedy film with a budget of 75 million US dollars? The production company is still Fox Searchlight. I checked it again and it should be 7.5 million US dollars.)

According to the setting in the script, Leonardo DiCaprio needs to play the role of a dreamer, leading Charlize Theron, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and other team members to enter other people's dreams, from the subconscious of others Steal secrets and reshape the dreams of others.

Nicole Kidman, who plays the protagonist's wife, is also a big name, although most of her fame comes from her husband Tom Cruise.

The plot of the whole film is very simple, and it will not be shot completely according to the settings in the script, thus turning into a very complicated film.

When the time came to mid-to-late April, the leading actors of "Inception" went to Wellington, New Zealand to receive some basic training.

For this reason, Peter Jackson vacated a studio.

There is no way, the investment in the entire film is as high as 130 million US dollars, choosing an overseas shooting location with a tax rebate policy can save a lot of money.

As for the production of film special effects, it can only be handed over to the digital field. In a short time, Weta special effects studio will be busy with the "Lord of the Rings" project.

"The Lord of the Rings trilogy, on a $300 million budget, is the craziest thing I've ever seen." Leonardo - DiCaprio & Ryan, Charlize Theron, Nicole - Kidman, Joseph-Gordon-Levitt and the others looked at the crew of "Lord of the Rings" not far away, presenting a busy scene.

Ryan withdrew his gaze, shrugged and said, "This project is indeed a bit crazy."

"However, I believe Peter will be as successful as Cameron."

The only thing comparable to the "Lord of the Rings" project is "Titanic".

The only difference is that the former trilogy was filmed at one time, with an investment of up to 300 million US dollars, while the latter cost 200 million US dollars for a single film.

Cameron!

Leonardo DiCaprio couldn't help twitching, "For God's sake, Ryan, please don't mention this name in the studio!"

The process of filming "Titanic" was a nightmare for him, facing James Cameron's crazy roar every day.

Even, as long as someone mentioned James Cameron's name in the studio, Leonardo DiCaprio couldn't help but tremble.

Seeing Leonardo DiCaprio's appearance, Charlize Theron couldn't help asking curiously: "I heard that during the filming of "Titanic", you were almost poisoned and hospitalized!"

All of a sudden, the eyes of several people were all focused on Leonardo DiCaprio's face.

Leonardo DiCaprio's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but spit bitterly, "It wasn't that he almost went to the hospital, but he was really poisoned and was admitted to the hospital."

"Someone put almost one kilogram of narcotics into the soup, more than 90% of the entire crew was poisoned, and Kate even fell to the ground paralyzed. The reason is that Cameron's acting style is too bossy, which provoked revenge. "

"There is more than this one thing. When shooting the shipwreck scene, someone was almost drowned by him, and there were dozens of people who caught a cold because of it."

Speaking of the filming process of "Titanic", Leonardo DiCaprio revealed a lot of insider information.

Hearing the exaggerated expressions of Charlize Theron and the others, even Nicole Kidman's eyes widened.

"Cough cough."

Ryan coughed lightly and interrupted Leonardo DiCaprio. Anyway, Orion Pictures will be working with James Cameron next, and he is not suitable to participate in this topic.

"Okay everyone, you can go back and familiarize yourself with the script first, you need to enter your respective roles in advance."

Nicole-Kidman is very smart and immediately understood what Ryan meant. "This is the most complicated character I have ever seen."

"It's hard for ordinary people to understand. It's a bit like "Lost in Space."

If the box office of "The Man in the Iron Mask" is not ideal, then "Lost in Space" is a complete smash, or it is like rushing to outer space.

The investment of the whole film is as high as 80 million US dollars, the North American box office is only 57.56 million US dollars, and the overseas box office is only 60.25 million US dollars, and the global box office barely exceeds 100 million.

It can be said that from a commercial point of view, "Lost in Space" can be regarded as an out-and-out fiasco.

And the script of "Inception" is a bit like "Lost in Space", obscure and difficult to understand.

"The plot of "Inception" will not be too complicated."

Ryan glanced at Nicole Kidman, "This is a commercial film, not an experimental film, let alone a literary film."

"I'm not going to make a joke with a $130 million investment, and I'll be the first to vomit blood." Ryan joked to himself.

Several people couldn't help laughing, the whole film was invested by Orion Films, and Ryan was the owner of Orion Films.

No studio boss would joke about a $130 million investment.

"Remember, you can go to the "Lord of the Rings" crew to have dinner at noon and get to know each other." After speaking, Ryan greeted Charlize-Theron and walked towards the "Lord of the Rings" crew studio.

In the afternoon, he needed to discuss with Peter Jackson about the location construction of The Lord of the Rings.

Looking at the backs of the two who gradually disappeared, "Charlie, isn't she beautiful? And luck is also enviable."

Leonardo DiCaprio couldn't help staring at Charlize Theron's back, "The Truman Show, Terminator 3, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and now, Inception ", what an enviable opportunity."

Starring in three films in succession that have sold well at the global box office, no one dares to underestimate the current commercial value of Charlize-Theron.

Behind the scenes, I don't know how many Hollywood actresses are envious.

What's more, Charlize - Theron is very in line with his aesthetic standards, blonde, tall, model.

"Don't try to get Charlie on."

Nicole Kidman glanced at him, and said in a reminding tone, "Orion Films is not as simple as you see."

"The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy invested 300 million U.S. dollars, "Inception" 130 million U.S. dollars, and "American Pie 2" and a small-budget horror film that was announced last year~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Angelina-Jolie is said to have just signed with Orion Films to star in an action-adventure film with a budget of $75 million to $80 million."

"Besides that, there's Blue Sky Studios' upcoming Ice Age, a 3D animated feature film."

And that's without counting Rush Hour and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Looking at the Hollywood film companies, apart from Paramount, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros., only DreamWorks and New Line Pictures can do it.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who had been silent for a while, suddenly interrupted and said, "I heard that Orion Pictures intends to invite Wesley Snipes to star in "Blade Warrior."

"Blade Warrior"!

Nicole Kidman was a little dazed, as if he had heard this name before.

"It's the vampire hunter Blade in Marvel Comics!" Leonardo DiCaprio's eyes widened.

Growing up in Los Angeles, how could he not have seen Marvel comics.

"It should be." Joseph Gordon-Levitt was a little surprised. He didn't expect Leonardo DiCaprio to know the vampire hunter.

Speaking of Marvel Comics, Nicole Kidman finally remembered something, "It seems that a few years ago, Ryan not only bought the copyrights of many superhero characters from Marvel Comics, but also got the "X War" from Twentieth Century Fox. "Police" copyright."

"By the way, it seems that the copyright of "Spider-Man" is still there."

""Spider-Man"!" Leonardo DiCaprio almost jumped up, and he hurriedly chased Ryan and Charlize Theron without saying anything.

Leaving Nicole Kidman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt staring at each other.