Chapter 417: Li Meiqi

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The ratings of the first episode of "The Walking Dead" reached 6.5 million online viewers, which attracted a lot of attention.

Especially on the Internet, many netizens are talking about the plot of the first episode of "The Walking Dead".

"Oh my god, this movie is so scary, I can't imagine the scene of the zombie siege in the end times."

"The zombies in "The Walking Dead" are so cool. This is the real zombie drama. It's unbelievable that this zombie drama is actually produced by Orion Pictures."

"Who can tell me who is the creator of this zombie drama? Is it Ryan Gosling!"

Obviously "The Walking Dead" has a lot of support from the audience.

Most of them are concentrated in adult audiences aged 18-49.

That's good news for Orion Pictures.

According to the conclusions drawn by the survey agency, although the ratings of "The Walking Dead" are far inferior to "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".

But "The Walking Dead" has its own advantages. The theme of zombies is easy to get the support of loyal audiences. In addition, Orion Pictures is good at serializing films, so it will definitely be able to continue to achieve commercial success.

Unlike Hollywood movies, any popular American drama can generate continuous income.

Even at the rate of one season per year, the original "The Walking Dead" can be filmed for 11 years, bringing in a lot of money every year.

The annual revenue from The Walking Dead will be staggering.

Compared with the ratings of "The Walking Dead", it is even surprising enough.

The first-day box office of "Beauty Undercover" starring Charlize Theron can only be described as mediocre.

In North America, it earned $4.16 million at the box office on its first day.

Much higher than the estimated $3 million.

It grossed $4.32 million on Saturday and $1.81 million on Sunday.

After three days in the first weekend, the box office was only US$10.04 million.

It wasn't a box office hit, nor was it a bad one.

After all, the film investment is only 45 million US dollars.

According to the current box office trend, at least this film will not lose money.

On Christmas Eve on Monday, it again took in $3.8 million at the box office.

On Christmas Day, it earned $4.72 million at the box office.

During the five days of release, the cumulative box office of the film reached 18.57 million US dollars.

The film production company Warner Bros. finally decided to increase the publicity budget and asked the theater company to increase the film screening rate.

Ever since, the next weekend ushered in an explosion, with a box office of 5.29 million US dollars on Friday and 5.61 million US dollars on Saturday. By the end of Sunday, the cumulative box office of the film reached 41.78 million US dollars.

Charlize Theron breathed a sigh of relief.

With the North American box office trend of "Beauty Pageant Undercover", it is entirely possible to hit the $100 million mark, which will not only allow her to secure her position as a first-line actress, but even take a step forward.

What makes people speechless is that as soon as Christmas is over, Ryan once again becomes the front page headline on the lace news.

Ryan didn't care about that.

"This is the audition list of actors sent by Golden Harvest."

"If possible, it is best to send someone to Xiangjiang."

In Extended Lincoln, Jon Fertimer took out a thick list of audition actors, "The number of audition actors is a bit too much, and it will be troublesome to come to Los Angeles."

Not that Orion Pictures will be in trouble, but the audition actors on those lists.

The air ticket from Xiangjiang to Los Angeles is not cheap. It is estimated that many new actors who are not rich will become destitute, and even choose to give up altogether.

Ryan just glanced at it, and was attracted by the name on the top, and asked curiously, "Li Meiqi?"

"She is Chinese!"

He seems to remember that Li Meiqi's parents are not of Chinese descent. In the traditional sense, she is only an Asian.

Her father has French, Canadian, Polish and Irish ancestry, and her mother is Vietnamese.

"It counts!"

Jon Fertimer couldn't figure it out either, "It says on the information that she made her debut in Wanwan and Xiangjiang, so she should be considered Chinese."

"Find time for her to come to Los Angeles." Ryan simply put the blood aside and ignored it.

He was very impressed with Li Meiqi.

One of her most famous films in Xiangjiang should be "The Naked Agent". She came to Hollywood in 2006 and worked with Tom Cruise and Bruce Willis.

However, it was an American drama "Nikita" that really made her famous. Li Meiqi's appearance in it was simply beautiful.

The most important point is that Li Meiqi has experience in shooting action movies, and her appearance is more in line with the aesthetics of European and American audiences.

As for the issue of Chinese descent and ancestry!

The media in the previous life almost all classified Li Meiqi as a Chinese-American actor, but Ryan didn't know exactly what it was classified as.

Some said that her mother was of Chinese descent, or of Vietnamese Chinese descent, and some media said that she was born in Hong Kong, so she was of Chinese descent.

However, the place of birth listed on her profile is Hawaii.

"ABC Television Network, what's the answer over there?" Jon Fertimer asked.

The news that Orion Pictures intends to prepare for the filming of "Charlie's Angels" will definitely not be able to hide the news from ABC Television Network and Disney.

"You can agree to their cooperation request."

Looking out of the car window, Ryan thought for a while and said, "Be careful with Disney's actions, it is impossible for "Charlie's Angels" to accept Disney's investment."

Orion Pictures can accept the cooperation of ABC Television Network, but it is impossible to accept the cooperation of Disney.

The former can jointly create the copyright of "Charlie's Angels" and share common interests, while the latter, Disney wants to get involved in the investment and distribution of the "Charlie's Angels" project.

"And what about Oscar!"

Jon Fertimer nodded, and suddenly mentioned Oscar, "Peter seems to have a lot of ideas about Oscar."

"Don't worry about it, at least it's not the time yet." Ryan looked back and shook his head.

Few directors can refuse the temptation of the Oscar statuette, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com Peter Jackson wants to win the best director award.

This is normal.

However, as the first "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" in the trilogy, it is difficult to win important awards at the Oscars.

Otherwise, the following "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" will put the Oscar jury and the academy in an embarrassing situation.

In fact, Ryan is more concerned about the DVD sales of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" than the Oscar nomination banquet.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has been screened in North America, and the DVD release has begun, which is divided into regular version and deluxe version.

Among them, the content of the regular version is the same as that of the theater version, while the deluxe version adds a lot of extras.

In less than half a month after its release, the regular edition sold 9.4 million sets, and the deluxe edition sold more than 1.5 million sets, with sales reaching as high as 220 million U.S. dollars.

After the Oscar nomination luncheon is over, Orion Films will release a Collector's Edition, a super-long version of more than 200 minutes.

There are also Blu-ray versions, limited editions, etc., and after the release of the future trilogy, the three films will be integrated into one DVD for release.

There are always various ways to make money for every popular movie.

At the same time, the Battle of Helm's Deep in the Easter egg will appear in each version of the DVD.

This is for the upcoming "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers", which will be released in May.

It can be said that the channels for Hollywood film companies to obtain income are enough to make Xiangjiang and the film companies on the other side of the Pacific ashamed.

In addition, there is also the first-round broadcast rights of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", which was bought by CBS Television Network for $27 million.

At the same time, Ryan entered the "Forbes" rich list for the first time.