On December 24, 1991, a new Western Lunar New Year movie arrived, and theaters around the world were bombarded by "Lucky Star" starring Jim Carrey and Courteney Cox.

Although this movie was proposed to be shot by Shao Yifu on November 5th, and Jim Carrey had not yet completed filming on the set of "The Stranger in Disguise" at that time, "Lucky Star" had no special effects and the story was simple...

The whole process is just about watching the comedian's performance and personal performance.

In less than 40 days, it was finalized and put into post-production. It was announced mainly by various TV stations, and Jim Carrey was promoted to the program.

In this dimension, Jim Carrey also became famous with the help of the movie "New Love". "New Love" represents Xu Jinheng's turnaround film, which has a total box office of 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars worldwide with an investment of 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

No one will say that Ah Heng is a loser from a rich family anymore, and Jia Ling has become an international actress.

Jim Carrey's popularity is also extremely popular in Europe and the United States, and Courteney Cox is also one of the heroines of the two popular seasons of "Friends".

Therefore, we have put enough effort into publicity and distribution, and it is impossible to lose money. It is this Jim Carrey, with his comedy performance, who made the not-so-exciting film "The Detective" win more than 100 million worldwide before "The Man in Disguise" was released.

US dollar box office.

After his funny power exploded??

From the 24th to the 29th, in a six-day opening weekend, the film grossed US$39 million in North America and US$31 million in Europe. Even if we don’t talk about East Asia and Southeast Asia, this trend is all for Shao Yifu.

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Shao Daheng, who is about to turn 85, once again attracted the attention of the Hong Kong film industry, and then... everyone read it a few times and felt that the script was just like that, not very exciting, with no exciting fighting scenes and no great special effects.

This is...

He is completely like Xingzi who has taken the world by storm with his personal charm!

Courteney was ecstatic. Talking about her qualifications, she was an Asian drama student in 1986. Among her classmates in the same year, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, and Winona Ryder, which one is not a female superstar?

Although she was one of the heroines in two seasons of "Friends" and became very popular in the TV industry, she really doesn't have many masterpieces in movies.

(Invincible Lucky Star) is a bit like pretending to be crazy and laughing at the great aunt, but it is indeed a very bright resume for her. With this resume, her salary has skyrocketed!

When the time entered 1992, in January, the number of theaters in Mainland China and Hong Kong Haowan was already overflowing.

For example, in Hong Kong Island, even if a movie starts with 20% of the film schedule, the maximum daily box office is close to 2.6 million Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, blockbusters such as "The Dragon Plays with the Phoenix", "The Taiping Wheel", "A Lang's Story" and "The God of Fortune" all start from 30

% of the film schedule will start, and will be launched one after another one week apart.

At its peak, a six-room theater screened five different blockbusters at the same time.

This is the Lunar New Year period before the Spring Festival, and the war is officially going on.

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Huayuan Phase 1.

When Winona Ryder entered the community in the nanny car, she quickly got out of the car, breathed in the fresh air and ran back to Building 3.

Filming in Hollywood for several months (Nuns are also crazy) really made her uncomfortable. For example, some people who wanted to pursue her, even if they were Pan-Asian bodyguards who were absolutely reliable, also caused a certain amount of annoyance to her.

Are there some big bosses who want to hide the rules for her? Even more outrageous, it was still Pan-Asian bodyguards who took care of it.

Nothing happened, but compared with the relaxed and safe environment in Hong Kong when she was filming movies, she was already very uncomfortable with life in Hollywood.

On the other hand, all kinds of gossip magazines and countless newspapers reported her scandals casually, often with just one picture at the beginning, and the content relied entirely on the editor’s guidance of public opinion??

It made her even more uncomfortable and physically and mentally exploded.

Although she was quite popular when she was filming Spider-Man 1, but compared to Spider-Man 1 which made more than 800 million U.S. dollars at the global box office, it was a completely different era.

When they arrived at the door, they walked without any harassment or obstruction. Winona still complained happily, "It's still safe and comfortable to live in Huayuan Phase 1..."

At this moment, a figure walked out of Building 3, it was Courteney Cox, her eyes lit up when she saw Winona, "Winona? Ha, long time no see, by the way, (Spider-Man 2)

Is it about to start filming? I really envy you, it’s time to use the second part to increase your influence."

Winona was stunned and extremely speechless, "Why do I feel like it's not good news?"

If we want to shoot Spider-Man 2, don’t we have to go to North America, Hollywood or New York?

Courteney said unexpectedly, "What's wrong? What happened to you over there?"

Winona smiled bitterly and complained, "Not to mention other things, it's not a big deal, but those unscrupulous media paparazzi are so abominable. I just had a dinner with many actors from the crew, and then I was accused of being with someone.

Falling in love."

"I made it clear that I was not in a relationship, but the people who attacked me actually said that I discriminated against black actors... and many people surrounded me to protest."

"I publicly clarified it again. Later, I got closer to some actresses on the set, and they widely reported that I like people of the same sex...it was like a nightmare."

"When I go out on Hong Kong Island, even if I am recognized in public, up to three bodyguards can maintain order. When the police come to help, there are less than 8 people around me and I don't dare to go shopping."

Courteney, “…”

She doesn't know how to deal with it anymore. Is this the price of becoming famous? It seems that there are not so many messy things in Hong Kong Island??

The more serious gossip is nothing more than Wu Zhenyu's behind-the-scenes cooking, and after Li Lianjie (Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng) was released, the media said that Ajie was on the street, had no box office appeal, and was about to be eliminated by movie fans...

What happened to Winona there?

After being confused for a while, she also smiled bitterly and said, "On December 24, 1990, (Spider-Man 1) was released worldwide. It was already January 3, 1992. The preliminary preparations for the second part and the production of various models must have been arranged.

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"Even the third part of Wanted can start shooting. I heard that (Jurassic Park 3) will also start shooting after the Spring Festival."

"At the beginning of 1992, three movies with super special effects were released at the same time. Even if it was the end of 1992 or the beginning of 1993 when they were released, it was still a super audio-visual lineup."

Winona's head felt heavy for a while, "I'm feeling numb, wait a minute, I'm going to beg Axin and ask her to help me beg my boss to let me spend the Spring Festival in Hong Kong Island before returning to New York."

"We'll take a month's rest and then we'll start filming other people's scenes first."

When she said hello and ran into the building, Courteney Cox was also paralyzed. You, a beautiful white girl from Amei's family, are celebrating the Chinese Spring Festival?

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February 4th, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

It has been released globally for more than a month. Europa and Lucky Star, which has grossed US$190 million in box office in North America, are being released one after another. Adding data from East and Southeast Asia, this comedy movie starring Jim Carrey has grossed US$270 million worldwide.

Jim Carrey's salary has increased from US$5 million to US$7 million when the Hollywood Film and Television Group paid him US$5 million to film.

Then……

(The Stranger in Disguise) was released on New Year's Day.

In the six days from the 4th to the 9th, the box office in North America was US$41 million, and in Europe it was US$33 million, a stronger performance than "Lucky Star".

Don’t forget that your lucky star falls on Christmas and New Year’s Day, which are the annual holidays in mainstream Western countries. February 4th to 9th is the Chinese Spring Festival holiday, but most people in Europe and the United States are at work.

At the end of a week's performance, Jim Carrey's salary has once again increased from US$7 million to US$10 million! The Hollywood giants are really stomping their feet in regrets. If only they could get a few film contracts before these two movies.

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It will be really profitable.

It was under such circumstances that Zhao Donghuai said to Xiaoxian, "Let's arrange for the VCD player and disc system to be launched in Wanjia Supermarket."

Wang Zuxian hesitated for a moment, "Really? A machine in Hong Kong costs 3,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is twice or more cheaper than a video recorder and a laser disc player. A disc costs 20 Hong Kong dollars?? It is more than 15 times cheaper than a laser disc..."

"You do it, the impact comes immediately, and it's hard to take it back?"

Zhao Donghuai laughed, "Technology is developing and the times are progressing. You can't block everyone's way. Just like the pharmaceutical giants control various serious diseases that require lifelong medication, it does not mean that there is really no cure."

"If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will, so don't be a dragon."

There are many stories about young men who slay dragons and eventually become evil dragons, but here, Zhao Donghuai is not so obscene. Another reason is that VCD machines and disc production technology are also working for him, Monica Bellucci and Jennifer Kang.

Nally opens a new river of cash!

Xiaoxian nodded, then excitedly pulled Li Jiaxin and said, "Come on, let's arrange for people to go down and make detailed statistics on which movies have been hit at the box office after the Lunar New Year period."

"This is about to start a new era in the film and television industry!"

Li Jiaxin nodded, "I'm quite curious too, but as long as we control the source of the films, the probability of a blockbuster box office impact is not very high. Only those bad films and those with aesthetic fatigue will be severely affected."

Technology is developing and the times are advancing. Hong Kong Haowan discs cost 20 Hong Kong dollars each, Island, South Korea, Star, Malaysia and Thailand cost 30 Hong Kong dollars each. In the Mainland, the price is tentatively RMB 15.

Such a price??

It just depends on the war with pirates. At this price, pirates are very competitive.

What can I say about this price? If one person buys it together, it will still feel expensive and inappropriate. However, the number of video halls that were not too many in the past will be ten times, fifteen times, or twenty times in full bloom.

There are video halls everywhere, and you can watch seven or eight movies all night long with just a few dollars... This is the real impact, a blockbuster, a super blockbuster, and the DVD was released late, so I couldn't wait to watch it after it was released.

But movies like (Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng) (Xinbi Blood Sword) (Tianlongbabu: Tianshan Tonglao) are miserable...

When it was released, you were too lazy to spend money to watch it because there were too many films of the same type as the previous one. You could just watch it when the video tape was released later, and then the video hall expanded ten to twenty times??

What is being killed is the survival space for those similar films, less outstanding films, and truly bad films.

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February 13, the tenth day of the first lunar month.

When Xiao Ma arrived at a certain production set by car, he smiled and greeted everyone when he went in. The creative team of "A Comic to the End of the World" have been working together for nearly two months, and they went back to their hometown for a few days off during the Spring Festival.

The reunion after the holidays is not far away from the finalization period.

When Xiao Ma greeted the pretty girl Bai Anni, he walked to the area surrounded by Lin Junxian, Cheng Kui'an and others, and said with a smile, "Brother Xian, Brother An, what are you doing? Watch the video tape?"
To be continued...