Director’s Legend

October 14th to 16th is another three-day weekend. "The Expendables 2" was the last box office in Japan, with a total box office of 330 million U.S. dollars, surpassing the previous work and becoming a great success. In this regard, Summit Entertainment and Stallone immediately announced that the filming of "The Expendables 3" will start, and the new film will invite Chinese martial arts superstars such as Cheng Long and Zhen Bullet to join.

In the North American battlefield, "Nightman: Reflection" once again achieved three consecutive championships with US$24.8 million, with a total box office of US$200 million in North America, US$85 million overseas, and a total box office of US$285 million worldwide. It has become the most attractive movie in this off-season movie, and the word-of-mouth and box office are both bursting.

The original investment of "Night Watchman" was 150 million US dollars, and the box office was 98 million US dollars. The investment of the new work is 20 million US dollars, the box office has already reached 285 million US dollars, and there are endless praises. In contrast, it is really a world of difference!

From October 21st to 23rd, the much-anticipated "Spirit: Ghost Story 3" was released, stealing the title of "Nightman: Reflection", but this week "Nightman: Reflection" still got $12 million , ranking second at the box office. Overseas, it once again won 75 million US dollars, with a total global box office of 375 million US dollars.

From October 28th to 30th, "The Conjuring", which was released earlier, was a perfect draw with a global box office of 316 million US dollars. Next week, Summit Entertainment's last major movie of the year "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" will be released simultaneously worldwide. The acclaimed "Nightman: Reflections" earned $6.1 million in North America, bringing its global total to $410 million.

It is heading towards a height of 450 million US dollars globally. Firm shock.

On November 4, 2011, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" was screened on a large scale in 4,560 theaters in North America, and it was also released simultaneously worldwide on the same day. The first "The Hunger Games" made $410 million in North America and $640 million worldwide. It can be expected that this sequel will ignite this year's box office boom.

The highest domestic box office record in North America this year is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)", which set a record of US$381 million.

Three days after the war. The weekend box office is out.

"Nightman: Reflection" will be released globally after this week. With a total box office of US$270 million in North America and US$462 million worldwide, it ended with such a perfect record. Counting the first "Nightman", the two films have invested a combined $170 million. Harvested $560 million. Still making money. Cleared Shao Shuaijun's only failure record.

"Shao Shuaijun's success is incomparable. The only thing he lacks compared to Nolan is that the box office has never been able to have a movie exceed 1 billion US dollars. When it comes to the style and quantity of movies, Nolan can't catch up with Shao. Shao, yes The fastest and highest-grossing director in Hollywood!" - Time Magazine.

"Shao Shuaijun is undoubtedly one of the good directors who can turn decay into magic." - "Wall Street Reporter".

"Shao's 13 films created a total global box office of 4.08 billion U.S. dollars in his seven-year career as a director. This data puts him in the film history record. He is second only to Steven Spielberg 25 The film has a global box office of 8.1 billion US dollars, James Cameron's 7 films have a global box office of 5.17 billion US dollars, and Michael Bay's 9 films have a global box office of 4.58 billion US dollars, and he is currently the fourth largest director in the world's box office." —— Box office authoritative website ojo.

A single film has exceeded 300 million US dollars, including six Chinese films. If only the seven films shot in Hollywood are counted, the single film is 470 million US dollars. With such a high figure, Shao Shuaijun is enough to be proud of the top of the martial arts.

What's more, Shao Shuaijun's largest investment in a superhero movie "The Avengers" has also been completed and will be released next year. According to the predictions of the authorities, the Women's Federation at least said that it is a conservative estimate of 1 billion US dollars. As soon as this data comes out, Michael Bay will definitely be surpassed, and Cameron is also very likely to be surpassed.

Of course, Cameron is a director full of personality. He has made 7 films in a few decades, and the total box office is not enough to show that Shao Shuaijun really surpassed the king of the world. Because Cameron's single-film box office has exceeded 700 million U.S. dollars. When the sequel of the Avatar series is released, I don't know how high it will soar.

But no matter what, the global film industry has begun to worship Shao Shuaijun.

In the studio of "Life of Pi", Shao Shuaijun was interviewed by several visiting reporters including Mtime.com.

The reporter asked: "Director Shao, with "Night Watchman: Reflection", you successfully became a 4 billion director. This is the most successful example of a Chinese director in the world. Regarding your success, what do you think are the necessary factors for success? A director?"

Shao Shuaijun replied with a smile: "I don't know how to define it, but let me talk about the insights I gained from "Night Watchman" to "Night Watchman: Reflection". From the beginning, I felt that "Night Watchman" It was a great idea, but it came out badly, and then the film was restocked, and it was a success. It was like, you deal with the film, and the film will deal with you, and you figured out the knack of the film, and the film It is for your own use. To make a movie, you must be able to make a movie. From the overall perspective, when looking at a movie, you can pursue refinement in details, but the whole framework cannot be scattered."

The reporter didn't understand, Shao Shuaijun gave another example: "The frame can be picked up, it all depends on a line, what is this line? It can be emotional, it can be the main idea, it can be what you want to say, but you can't put it aside. In this line, I will talk about some other things.

In "Night Watchman", one of my lines was the conflict between procedural justice and moral justice, but I deliberately pursued the coolness of superheroes and broke this line, so the movie failed to pick up. "Nightman: Reflection" is still this line. I weakened the superhero, and the line has not been washed away, so the movie has been picked up.

For another example, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Li An opened the era of blockbuster movies in China. But only one "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was successful. Why? Because it is obvious to Li An that the line he wants to talk about is neither blockbuster movies nor martial arts, so when you watch the movie, the tricks of Wia are all revealed, but the line he wants to say firmly binds the movie.

Other blockbuster films have beautiful pictures and martial arts, but you forget this line, so you can't pick it up. Why are many directors unable to get out of this small circle? It was because he didn't hold the line, and it fell apart after shaking it. Why can Hollywood blockbusters conquer markets with different cultural styles? Because they hold the line. Regardless of the packaging. Personal heroism remains unchanged, and everyone has a heroic dream, so Hollywood sweeps the world.

Knowing how to be a hero, can success be far behind? I'm in Nightwatchman: Reflections. The portrayal is not a hero of another model. "

"Director Shao has made many successful films before. Have you grasped this line?" A reporter asked.

"So to speak. They all have their lines, bright or dark."

"Does Director Shao have anything to say about the success of "Night Watchman: Reflection". It's still numb. You already have too many successful blockbuster movies."

Shao Shuaijun smiled brightly: "I am very happy this time. I think this is the most successful film I have directed in the past 7 years. This is not as simple as making up for regrets. When you achieve great success, once Setbacks may affect you for many years. There is an old saying, "Once bitten by a snake, you are afraid of a well rope for ten years." I am also like this. I have been brooding about the failure of "Night Watchman" for four years. Picking up this regret, I suspect that one day I will continue to fail, and then never recover. So, now I am very happy, the happiest moment in seven years."

"After Nightwatch: Reflections and The Avengers, do you have any new film plans?"

"Not yet. I'm working on "Life of Pi" with Li An, and learning 3D technology systematically. It's very fulfilling, so I don't have a directing plan yet."

"Chasing Dream Entertainment Group was reorganized into Dream Chasing International Holdings Group. How did your role change in this?"

Shao Shuaijun thought for a while and said: "I used to arrange some movies that I valued for the company, and I will no longer interfere with the company's operations. I will just be a simple director in the future. If the company asks me to make a movie, I will accept the movie." , and then figure out how much to give me, that’s all.”

“How does it feel to be away from the corporate operation?”

"Very good. I like this kind of life very much. I don't need to worry about more things. I can have more time to arrange my private life. It's very good."

"Night Watchman: Reflection" was a big success, and Shao Shuaijun finally proved himself as a qualified director. Therefore, when the reporters came to interview today, Shao Shuaijun was very cooperative, and answered all the questions he could answer as much as possible. The reporters also felt that Shao Shuaijun was very talkative today, and the questions were one after another. From noon to afternoon, they interviewed for a full three hours before leaving with a full load.

Shao Shuaijun let out a long breath of foul breath from his throat that was about to burn, and took Li An and others to drink to celebrate the box office success.

Shao Shuaijun's life is unrestrained and comfortable, and Summit Entertainment once again shocked Hollywood.

"The Hunger Games 2 Catching Fire" lived up to everyone's expectations and won the North American box office champion in the first weekend of November. On the first day of the premiere, it jumped to the top with an overwhelming advantage of 70.5 million US dollars, creating the highest first-day opening score in the history of the North American film market in November, and also stepped on the 67.3 million first-day opening score of the previous "The Hunger Games" .

The weekend score was 161 million US dollars, which became the record for the highest opening weekend score in November film history. This score also broke the premiere week scores of many films, only lower than "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" The first weekend score of 168.55 million US dollars, ranking second in North American film history.

At the same time, it is also the first 2D film in North American film history to open the box office.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the freshness rate is 89%, the theater score is A, and the imdb score is 8.4 points. While it is a super hit, the word-of-mouth is also crazy and sturdy. This basically declared that the "Hunger Games" series was officially crowned as another set of super blockbuster series with good reputation.

The success of the Hunger Games series has also given everyone another reason to worship Shao Shuaijun, with his outstanding vision and discerning eyes! (to be continued..)