At the end of 2004, "The Wanted Warrant" was the most popular movie.

The release period around the world, which lasted for more than two months, ended on March 1 after the New Year.

"A Chinese-language blockbuster that crosses the era has finally come to an end. From "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", to the North American Weekly Champion of "Heroes", to the global Weekly Champion of "Wanted Order", the development of Chinese-language blockbusters has made rapid progress. Although the Chinese market has been repeatedly sluggish due to one reason or another, everyone has seen that Chinese films will surely grow together with the growth of Chinese-language films."

"Zhang Yimou, the fifth generation director, Wan Xiaohu, the sixth generation director, Wu Yusen, Hong Kong movies, Li An of Taiwan movies, Chinese directors have had setbacks and confusion, but the future is bright, the older generation is still firm, and the new generation is shining. Whether it is business or literature."

mtime Time Network made a box office summary of "Wanted Order" for the last time on March 2.

"The Wanted Order broke the box office record that all Chinese-language films have ever maintained. Although, in the mainland, it was unfortunately only 324 million yuan, and it failed to break the Damocles sword of "Titanic" hanging on the heads of Chinese filmmakers, but at least it gave us hope!"

"Along with the luxurious box office data, Wan Xiaohu has also become the number one commercial film in Asia. The 25-year-old director and the 25-year-old commercial film master will surely be a banner for Chinese films in the next fifty years!"

"Officially released on December 24, 2004, Japan was released on March 1, 2005. During the entire release period, "Wanted Order" ended perfectly with a super box office of US$452 million, ranking ninth in the global box office in 2004, of which the North American box office was US$191 million. It ranked 7th in the North American box office in 2004. The Chinese box office was RMB 324 million, ranking second in the box office in mainland China in 2004, and second in the history of total box office."

"All areas where "Wanted Order" was released broke the local Chinese-language film box office record, with a total of 69 countries and regions."

"There are nine ticket stores with box offices of over 10 million, namely North America 191 million. Mainland China 39.15 million, Japan 27.37 million, Britain 24.34 million, Russia 23.02 million, South Korea 22.11 million, France 12.2 million, Denmark 11.49 million, and Germany 10.92 million US dollars."

"...When Wan Xiaohu was approaching the end of the Year of the Monkey to the Year of the Rooster, he also became the most influential figure in Asia because of the super box office of "Wanted Order". It is known as the peak of action movies and the peak of violent aesthetics. At the same time, Jessica Alba and Chen Kun were on the cover of "Time"'s Asian version on January 31, 2005. "Time"'s 2004 annual star, Wan Xiaohu, Jessica Alba and Chen Kun were selected together."

The following are two links, one is the introduction of the episode when Jessica Alba and Chen Kun were selected for the cover character, and the other is the episode when the annual celebrity.

"Wan Xiaohu's action fantasy!"

This is the theme of the cover character. Although the cover is avatars of Jessica Alba and Chen Kun. The inside introduction is basically an exclusive interview with Wan Xiaohu.

Reporter: "First of all, congratulations. "The Wanted Order" has become the most successful Chinese-language film."

Wan Xiaohu: "Thank you."

Reporter: "Why did you want to make such a commercial film, rather than a martial arts film? You don't want to repeat the path of Li An and Zhang Yimou?"

Wan Xiaohu: "I haven't thought about it this way. Many Chinese directors are filming martial arts films, and Hollywood is also filming them. I think it doesn't necessarily mean to express Chinese movies. Besides, I don't plan to take a very literary route. I just make an exaggerated commercial film."

Reporter: "You are a very young director, but you are the most successful director in business in Asia. What do you think is the difference between yourself and Asian, or other Chinese directors?"

Wan Xiaohu: "Maybe the perspective of looking at problems is different. I don't know much about Asian directors. Chinese directors, many people have experienced some complex lives, and they bring more of their own life experiences and insights. I am different. I don't have so many ideas. I rarely bring my feelings into movies when I make movies. I always treat scripts as a dream to weave them."

Reporter: "Is this the difference between you and the sixth generation director? You don't touch on art films."

Wan Xiaohu: "I don't have so many insights, I'm afraid I can't take it out."

Reporter: "In China, many people call you to compare Zhang Yimou. Will you compare this way?"

Wan Xiaohu: "No, I'm a little more self-centered. I don't have that much burden to shoot movies. Zhang Yimou may need to consider a lot of things to do. I just want to shoot whenever I want. I'm not afraid of being scolded and losing money when I make bad movies, so I don't care about comparing them with any director."

Reporter: "Because you have your own business, you are doing very well?"

Wan Xiaohu: "That's right."

Reporter: "The "Wanted Order" has a production cost of US$60 million. This is the largest investment in Chinese films and a decision based on your own money?"

Wan Xiaohu: "That's right."

Reporter: "Why should I adapt an American comic to a Chinese-language film instead of shooting directly in Hollywood?"

Wan Xiaohu: "Do an experiment to see if the Hollywood model can be rooted in Chinese films. We are third world film workers. It is difficult to seek international recognition in terms of technology and thinking, but you must take this step. Any healthy film industry should have art films that represent their own culture and commercial films that can achieve box office. Many directors in art are better than me, so I will do some commercial explorations."

Reporter: "So you chose American comics and Jessica Alba as the heroine, hoping to play a transitional role?"

Wan Xiaohu: "Yes, East and West have facial blindness, and Chinese is too profound. I'm afraid that Westerners can't understand it, so I chose some simple stories to shoot. I'm afraid that they would confuse the characters in the movie, so I found Jessica Alba, who is a very beautiful woman, and her face is very consistent with the common aesthetics of the East and the West."

Reporter: "The Matrix has carried forward the bullet time. You created bullet turn. How do you understand bullet turn?"

Wan Xiaohu: "Haha, it's just nonsense, it feels good to watch. After all, it's a superhero, right? There are always some abilities that ordinary people can't understand."

Reporter: "...Your first Hollywood movie is "Saw", which is very successful. When will you plan to come to Hollywood next?"

Wan Xiaohu: "I have a lot of productions on hand now. I want to direct an animated movie "Kung Fu Panda". I have made technical reserves very early. I started planning in the second half of last year. I have now cooperated with DreamWorks to write and enter the creation. But it is likely that I will take time to direct a live-action movie with a small cost, or a Chinese-language film made by China and the United States."

Reporter: "Kung Fu Panda?"

Wan Xiaohu: "Yes, a panda named Abao, he knows kung fu. You can go to Abao animation studio cartoons. The cartoon panda on the opening logo is Abao. In the movie, it will be presented in three-dimensional effects."

Reporter: "So, what about another movie?"

Wan Xiaohu: "In the plan, I can reveal my name, called "Source Code", so I can't say anything else."

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Another link is the introduction of the 2004 storm of Time magazine. Wan Xiaohu ranked 14th with a vote rate of 3%, Jessica Alba ranked 3rd with a vote rate of 9%, and Chen Kun ranked 8th with a vote rate of 5%.

The top spot for the influential figures is President Bush, who was re-elected.

The so-called storied figures naturally refer to exposure and fame. As the director who lives behind the scenes, Wan Xiaohu had not been too prominent in Asia and was young, it would have been probably not enough to be on the list with a good box office movie alone.

"Time" introduced Wan Xiaohu as a young leader of Chinese directors.

"There are probably many directors in the world who are younger than Wan Xiaohu, but there is no director who is younger and successful than Wan Xiaohu. Steven Spielberg directed his first movie when he was 25 years old. Wan Xiaohu was already the director of a $452 million movie at the age of 25, and became one of the hottest directors in Asia and even the world."

"This is a highly productive director. He has filmed seven movies in more than four years between the ages of 20 and 25. Oh, and an animation. He is well known in China. A movie named by his name is the guarantee of box office. Even if he comes to Hollywood, he still follows this law."

"Now, the whole world is looking forward to his next movie."

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"Wanted Order" breaks the entire record of Chinese-language films and has produced two cover characters of Time magazine. Wan Xiaohu himself was also selected as the most popular figure of the year. Now his popularity is definitely more than all Chinese directors. Often, a piece of news about Wan Xiaohu can make a newspaper sales turn over.

Chen Kun also became a new Hollywood actor, with a face that was known to Chinese.

Jessica Alba is even more amazing. She is catching up with Hollywood's first-line actresses, and she doesn't take too many endorsements and business activities.

At the same time, "Wanted Order" was shortlisted for the 77th Academy Awards for Best Acoustic Effect and Best Visual Effects. However, because the action was a bit exaggerated, it was not a popular winner. In addition, it was an irrelevant award, so Wan Xiaohu didn't even go to the scene.

He now focuses his attention on his virgin animated movie "Kung Fu Panda".

As early as when Abao Animation Studio was established in 2002, Wan Xiaohu decided to direct this animated film. As a three-dimensional animated film based on Chinese animals and Chinese kung fu as a buying point, Hollywood produced a cost of US$130 million and grabbed US$631 million in the global box office.

In fact, Wan Xiaohu watched the box office at the box office in the middle. The key is that this is a kung fu film with Chinese elements from beginning to end.

Which other blockbuster movie is more suitable for shooting yourself than this one? (To be continued...)

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