Chapter 707 Cruz: I have always lived in Chen Yu’s shadow!
"Chan, this is unbelievable!"
"Why do the North American box office curves of the movies you star in are so weird?"
Arthur Anderson was dancing with joy when he saw the box office figures that had just been released on Monday.
Not scientific!
Totally unscientific.
Such outrageous things happened in the previous "Mission Impossible 3" and "Fast and Furious 3".
For example, the first weekend is average, but the second week exceeds expectations and then develops a long trend.
But now, "Invisible Mission" is even more exaggerated.
The film earned 512 million yuan during the midnight slot on the day of its premiere. According to market analysts' estimates, the box office on Friday would be at most 2000 million yuan.
However, "Invisible Mission" took in 2340 million on its first day.
Then, on the next day, Saturday, it once again grossed 2890 million, again deviating from market analysts' estimates.
Yesterday, Sunday, the box office broke through 3000 million, reaching 3051 million, getting higher day by day, setting new records every day.
This brought the box office of "Invisible Mission" to an unprecedented $8281 million in its first weekend.
This result, if put in last year, would have ranked among the top five in the world in the first weekend North American box office record.
And this year, it is the well-deserved first place.
But these are not what surprised Arthur Anderson the most.
Just now, the box office for the new week, which is Monday, has been released.
1540 million!
It's only half less than yesterday, and the North American box office of "Invisible Mission" is almost about to break 1 million.
If this trend continues, there will be absolutely no problem reaching 2 million, and 3 million is also possible.
Because this is a long-term trend, some movies perform very well in the first weekend because they are fan-oriented and IP-oriented, with 8000 million in three days and then directly becoming several million on the fourth day, Monday.
And the fact that "Invisible Mission" still managed to earn over 1000 million on Monday is a bit scary.
3 million is the box office range for many blockbuster movies in North America. Chen Yu has made so many movies, but in fact, none of them can get such a high box office in North America.
But this one is obviously going to set a new record.
The key is that the online reputation is surprisingly good.
A popcorn movie can actually get a 94% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDb even gave it a score of , which is definitely a masterpiece.
Despite such a huge increase in box office and audience reviews, Rotten Tomatoes only dropped by 1%.
This is a very good evaluation trend, which shows that the film's performance can stand the test of the market.
“I think it has something to do with word of mouth!”
"My fans are not that united yet, so they will wait and see. If the reviews are good, it won't be too late to go to the cinema!"
"But some Hollywood stars won't, like Tom Cruise. His fans will definitely rush into the cinema as soon as possible!"
Chen Yu was talking there, of course this was just his analysis.
"Maybe you're right!"
"Because you became famous too quickly and didn't form a group of loyal fans!"
"But I believe that you will have it soon, and more and more!"
The reason why Arthur Anderson said this was entirely based on the reputation of several films Chen Yu had released in North America.
So far, he has never made a bad movie. All his movies have a score of above on imdb, and the lowest on Rotten Tomatoes is 80%, which is also a very scary statistic.
Because there are no bad movies, there will be more and more movie fans.
"I'm already looking forward to the global box office success of this movie!"
Arthur Anderson was marveling at that. They were sitting on a private plane, preparing to go to Europe to promote the movie.
Currently, "Invisible Spy" has been released in various parts of the world.
Both Japan and South Korea have broken various first-day and single-day box office records. Chen Yu is proving in his own way that he is worthy of being the Asian box office appeal.
In addition, because the film was filmed in Taiwan, it was released in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China at the same time.
Currently, the domestic box office is million RMB, the Hong Kong box office is million Hong Kong dollars, and the Formosa box office has raked in million New Taiwan dollars, equivalent to million RMB, which has far broken the highest box office record of Formosa movies.
Of course, the previous record was also created by Chen Yu.
The box office of "Mission Impossible 3" in Taiwan was million yuan. Now, less than half a year has passed, and it has been raised by another 2 million yuan. It is estimated that no other movie can surpass it in the short term.
" million US dollars in Asia, I think it's much more than that!"
"At least 4 million!"
"A global box office of $10 billion is not a dream at all!"
"Chan, 10 billion, you are already a member of the 10 billion club!"
Every region is setting new highs, including Japan and South Korea.
This has something to do with Chen Yu's movies, but the strong reputation of "Mission Impossible 4" is also key. If it wasn't as good as the previous commercial films, it wouldn't have broken records in various regions again and again.
This is what Chen Yu earned through his reputation and popularity.
It is thanks to his many excellent works that he is what he is today.
After the plane landed over London, Chen Yu began promoting his new film in various places.
……
The next morning, the crew of Mission: Impossible 4.
Tom Cruise had just finished filming a scene and jumped down, panting, allowing the prop master to help him remove all the wire equipment and other equipment on his body.
He had just filmed an extremely difficult scene and was still a little dazed.
"Crus, it's alright!"
The wire artist patted Tom Cruise on the back, and Tom Cruise smiled at him and then walked to the crew's temporary rest area.
He picked up his cell phone and flipped through it casually, but he heard the sound of high heels walking by his ears.
Tom Cruise looked up and saw his agent Maha Daher walking towards him.
"Cruise Chan's new film, "Invisible Spy," has already grossed over 5 million yuan in North America in just days!"
"..."
Tom Cruise, who was originally holding the phone, couldn't help but squeezed it and asked in surprise: "5 days?"
"Yes, strictly speaking it hasn't been 5 days yet, but yesterday it was close to 1 million US dollars!"
"What about word of mouth?"
Tom Cruise asked with a frown.
He actually already knew about Chen Yu's new film.
When the movie was called "Insubordination", he knew the content of the movie was almost based on "Mission Impossible".
But there are more than just the Mission: Impossible series of spy movies.
"The Bourne Supremacy" and even "Rush Hour" are actually related to this genre.
“Very good reputation!”
"94% on Rotten Tomatoes... the highest rated popcorn blockbuster to date!"
When Tom Cruise heard the news, he gripped his phone even tighter.
94%?
Such a high rating?
If the reviews are bad, he can still expect the subsequent box office growth to slow down. Such reputation is destined to make the film take a pretty good curve.
"You need to analyze it?" Tom Cruise suddenly raised his head.
"The final North American box office should be able to reach more than 3 million. As for the global box office..."
Maha Dashir took a deep breath and shook his head helplessly: "One billion, this is a number given by an external forecaster!"
"One billion..."
Tom Cruise scratched his head in pain; this number frightened him.
He has starred in so many films, but he has yet to have one that grossed 10 billion worldwide, and 3 million+ in North America, which is even rarer, and he has never achieved that either.
But now, a young yellow boy from China could actually accomplish these two achievements before him.
How could this not excite Tom Cruise.
As expected, he had predicted correctly. The appearance of this guy was a challenge to his status in Hollywood.
His shooting style is very similar to Chen Yu’s, and both of them challenge the limits.
He had seen related news on the Internet about the scenes in the movie "Invisible Mission" such as climbing the world's tallest building and bombing the Kremlin.
In fact, he paid more attention to Chen Yu than he thought.
Although he did not go to see Chen Yu's new film, the early publicity and promotion did make him jealous. If it were him, he would also take the challenge and then have the whole world buy various press releases.
"Oh, one more thing!"
"Lansing changed the North American name of "Operation Impossible" to "Operation Impossible"!"
"She even registered several IPs including "The Impossible Plan" and "Impossible Rescue"!"
The North American name of Mission Impossible is - Mission: Impossible.
"shit!"
Tom Cruise couldn't help but curse inwardly.
If these movies are really made, the value of the "Mission Impossible" copyright in his hands will drop significantly.
Previously it was a copyright derivative of this IP.
What Paramount is doing is a derivative of the "Impossible" series.
Now Paramount wants to bypass Tom Cruise and develop the IP of the "Impossible" universe on its own. If it really happens, Tom Cruise may be the one who suffers the most.
He went from being the protagonist of a series to a major character in a big IP.
This is too much of a loss for him.
On the other hand, Chen Yu went from being a supporting role in "Mission Impossible 3" to being on par with him, or even taller than him.
For two branches under one big copyright, the protagonists of the series must have the same status.
"We are very passive now!"
"Chan has become a hot commodity for Paramount, and..."
Maha Dahir shrugged: "CAA's preference for him is also very obvious. They consider him first in all resources!"
Tom Cruise is also an artist of CAA and was the top artist in the past.
Although he is still like that now, he might have been ranked in the top five in the entire group before. Now Chen Yu has ranked ahead of him and may have been ranked in the top three.
The key is that the two people's acting styles are similar, so resources will inevitably be divided.
This is something that many artists don't want to see.
Many American celebrities still attach great importance to money.
In fact, Tom Cruise has some regrets now.
He should have cooperated with Chen Yu at the beginning. He just wanted "Extraction" to be titled as a Mission: Impossible spin-off, but he didn't give it to him. Instead, he tried every means to get the European and American distribution rights for this movie.
It was a pity that he failed in the end, and he must have been seen through by Chen Yu.
and so……
"This guy is not going to continue filming Mission: Impossible 4 with me!"
Paramount gave Chen Yu a chance. As long as he agreed, he would be given a role in Mission: Impossible 4, and his role would be guaranteed to be as large as Tom Cruise's.
But it was rejected by his management team. This was not surprising, as it was probably his own idea.
In fact, it is normal to think about it. If it were Tom Cruise, he would not agree either. Everyone can see that Chen Yu's fame is now at its peak and his popularity in the United States is getting bigger and bigger. Now is the time for him to come up with a major box office hit.
In this way, if this work becomes popular, it will have firmly established itself in Hollywood.
Now the success of "Invisible Mission" seems to prove Tom Cruise's point of view.
Chen Yu succeeded.
After "Invisible Bourne", he will officially join the ranks of Hollywood's top movie stars like himself.
The key lies in box office appeal. Not to mention Asia, even North America is already ahead of him.
"He is probably the most famous and most valuable Asian celebrity in the world right now!"
Cheng Long's box office appeal is definitely not as good as Chen Yu's now. The only thing that is slightly higher than him is probably his fame in other parts of the world.
Many small countries still know Cheng Long.
In this respect, Chen Yu is definitely far inferior to him at the moment.
The influence of his works has not yet reached the level of Jackie Chan, but if he is given a few years to spread, he probably won't be much worse than Jackie Chan.
"Dashiel, what's your suggestion?"
"What do we do next?"
Tom Cruise asked his agent.
Maha Dahir blinked, and after thinking for a while, he came up with only one solution: "Mission: Impossible 4" must be better than "Invisible Bourne". Otherwise, if the box office doesn't exceed that, we will become even more passive!"
"Disaster!"
"94% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes, which many movies can't achieve!"
"We can only wait and see if this new film can break the 3 million box office record in North America!"
Tom Cruise himself was actually very unsure.
It’s not like he can create a hit product just by wanting it.
It takes everything from the right time, the right place, and the right people, but most importantly, it requires a strong script and a strong filming team.
"Come on, Cruz!"
"I believe you can, he is a yellow man!"
Maha Dahir emphasized that, and Tom Cruise actually wanted to refute it, but in the end he didn't say it.
It is precisely because he is a yellow man that this guy seems even more powerful!
If it were white, Tom Cruise wouldn't be so worried.
For a foreigner to achieve such an achievement in other regions is itself a symbol of absolute strength.
"Cruz, get to work!"
An assistant not far away was shouting, and Tom Cruise immediately rubbed his face, then walked towards the set in high spirits.
To be honest, the news that Chen Yu's "Invisible Mission" could break 3 million US dollars in North America really stimulated him.
So no matter what, we have to give it a try and make a work that can rival "Invisible Mission: Impossible".
"We need to design more difficult moves!"
“Surpasses the stunts and special effects of "The Bourne Supremacy"!”
Tom Cruise was thinking about it and decided to discuss it with the director and special effects team in the evening.
And now, he has to devote himself to the next filming.
(End of this chapter)
"Chan, this is unbelievable!"
"Why do the North American box office curves of the movies you star in are so weird?"
Arthur Anderson was dancing with joy when he saw the box office figures that had just been released on Monday.
Not scientific!
Totally unscientific.
Such outrageous things happened in the previous "Mission Impossible 3" and "Fast and Furious 3".
For example, the first weekend is average, but the second week exceeds expectations and then develops a long trend.
But now, "Invisible Mission" is even more exaggerated.
The film earned 512 million yuan during the midnight slot on the day of its premiere. According to market analysts' estimates, the box office on Friday would be at most 2000 million yuan.
However, "Invisible Mission" took in 2340 million on its first day.
Then, on the next day, Saturday, it once again grossed 2890 million, again deviating from market analysts' estimates.
Yesterday, Sunday, the box office broke through 3000 million, reaching 3051 million, getting higher day by day, setting new records every day.
This brought the box office of "Invisible Mission" to an unprecedented $8281 million in its first weekend.
This result, if put in last year, would have ranked among the top five in the world in the first weekend North American box office record.
And this year, it is the well-deserved first place.
But these are not what surprised Arthur Anderson the most.
Just now, the box office for the new week, which is Monday, has been released.
1540 million!
It's only half less than yesterday, and the North American box office of "Invisible Mission" is almost about to break 1 million.
If this trend continues, there will be absolutely no problem reaching 2 million, and 3 million is also possible.
Because this is a long-term trend, some movies perform very well in the first weekend because they are fan-oriented and IP-oriented, with 8000 million in three days and then directly becoming several million on the fourth day, Monday.
And the fact that "Invisible Mission" still managed to earn over 1000 million on Monday is a bit scary.
3 million is the box office range for many blockbuster movies in North America. Chen Yu has made so many movies, but in fact, none of them can get such a high box office in North America.
But this one is obviously going to set a new record.
The key is that the online reputation is surprisingly good.
A popcorn movie can actually get a 94% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDb even gave it a score of , which is definitely a masterpiece.
Despite such a huge increase in box office and audience reviews, Rotten Tomatoes only dropped by 1%.
This is a very good evaluation trend, which shows that the film's performance can stand the test of the market.
“I think it has something to do with word of mouth!”
"My fans are not that united yet, so they will wait and see. If the reviews are good, it won't be too late to go to the cinema!"
"But some Hollywood stars won't, like Tom Cruise. His fans will definitely rush into the cinema as soon as possible!"
Chen Yu was talking there, of course this was just his analysis.
"Maybe you're right!"
"Because you became famous too quickly and didn't form a group of loyal fans!"
"But I believe that you will have it soon, and more and more!"
The reason why Arthur Anderson said this was entirely based on the reputation of several films Chen Yu had released in North America.
So far, he has never made a bad movie. All his movies have a score of above on imdb, and the lowest on Rotten Tomatoes is 80%, which is also a very scary statistic.
Because there are no bad movies, there will be more and more movie fans.
"I'm already looking forward to the global box office success of this movie!"
Arthur Anderson was marveling at that. They were sitting on a private plane, preparing to go to Europe to promote the movie.
Currently, "Invisible Spy" has been released in various parts of the world.
Both Japan and South Korea have broken various first-day and single-day box office records. Chen Yu is proving in his own way that he is worthy of being the Asian box office appeal.
In addition, because the film was filmed in Taiwan, it was released in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China at the same time.
Currently, the domestic box office is million RMB, the Hong Kong box office is million Hong Kong dollars, and the Formosa box office has raked in million New Taiwan dollars, equivalent to million RMB, which has far broken the highest box office record of Formosa movies.
Of course, the previous record was also created by Chen Yu.
The box office of "Mission Impossible 3" in Taiwan was million yuan. Now, less than half a year has passed, and it has been raised by another 2 million yuan. It is estimated that no other movie can surpass it in the short term.
" million US dollars in Asia, I think it's much more than that!"
"At least 4 million!"
"A global box office of $10 billion is not a dream at all!"
"Chan, 10 billion, you are already a member of the 10 billion club!"
Every region is setting new highs, including Japan and South Korea.
This has something to do with Chen Yu's movies, but the strong reputation of "Mission Impossible 4" is also key. If it wasn't as good as the previous commercial films, it wouldn't have broken records in various regions again and again.
This is what Chen Yu earned through his reputation and popularity.
It is thanks to his many excellent works that he is what he is today.
After the plane landed over London, Chen Yu began promoting his new film in various places.
……
The next morning, the crew of Mission: Impossible 4.
Tom Cruise had just finished filming a scene and jumped down, panting, allowing the prop master to help him remove all the wire equipment and other equipment on his body.
He had just filmed an extremely difficult scene and was still a little dazed.
"Crus, it's alright!"
The wire artist patted Tom Cruise on the back, and Tom Cruise smiled at him and then walked to the crew's temporary rest area.
He picked up his cell phone and flipped through it casually, but he heard the sound of high heels walking by his ears.
Tom Cruise looked up and saw his agent Maha Daher walking towards him.
"Cruise Chan's new film, "Invisible Spy," has already grossed over 5 million yuan in North America in just days!"
"..."
Tom Cruise, who was originally holding the phone, couldn't help but squeezed it and asked in surprise: "5 days?"
"Yes, strictly speaking it hasn't been 5 days yet, but yesterday it was close to 1 million US dollars!"
"What about word of mouth?"
Tom Cruise asked with a frown.
He actually already knew about Chen Yu's new film.
When the movie was called "Insubordination", he knew the content of the movie was almost based on "Mission Impossible".
But there are more than just the Mission: Impossible series of spy movies.
"The Bourne Supremacy" and even "Rush Hour" are actually related to this genre.
“Very good reputation!”
"94% on Rotten Tomatoes... the highest rated popcorn blockbuster to date!"
When Tom Cruise heard the news, he gripped his phone even tighter.
94%?
Such a high rating?
If the reviews are bad, he can still expect the subsequent box office growth to slow down. Such reputation is destined to make the film take a pretty good curve.
"You need to analyze it?" Tom Cruise suddenly raised his head.
"The final North American box office should be able to reach more than 3 million. As for the global box office..."
Maha Dashir took a deep breath and shook his head helplessly: "One billion, this is a number given by an external forecaster!"
"One billion..."
Tom Cruise scratched his head in pain; this number frightened him.
He has starred in so many films, but he has yet to have one that grossed 10 billion worldwide, and 3 million+ in North America, which is even rarer, and he has never achieved that either.
But now, a young yellow boy from China could actually accomplish these two achievements before him.
How could this not excite Tom Cruise.
As expected, he had predicted correctly. The appearance of this guy was a challenge to his status in Hollywood.
His shooting style is very similar to Chen Yu’s, and both of them challenge the limits.
He had seen related news on the Internet about the scenes in the movie "Invisible Mission" such as climbing the world's tallest building and bombing the Kremlin.
In fact, he paid more attention to Chen Yu than he thought.
Although he did not go to see Chen Yu's new film, the early publicity and promotion did make him jealous. If it were him, he would also take the challenge and then have the whole world buy various press releases.
"Oh, one more thing!"
"Lansing changed the North American name of "Operation Impossible" to "Operation Impossible"!"
"She even registered several IPs including "The Impossible Plan" and "Impossible Rescue"!"
The North American name of Mission Impossible is - Mission: Impossible.
"shit!"
Tom Cruise couldn't help but curse inwardly.
If these movies are really made, the value of the "Mission Impossible" copyright in his hands will drop significantly.
Previously it was a copyright derivative of this IP.
What Paramount is doing is a derivative of the "Impossible" series.
Now Paramount wants to bypass Tom Cruise and develop the IP of the "Impossible" universe on its own. If it really happens, Tom Cruise may be the one who suffers the most.
He went from being the protagonist of a series to a major character in a big IP.
This is too much of a loss for him.
On the other hand, Chen Yu went from being a supporting role in "Mission Impossible 3" to being on par with him, or even taller than him.
For two branches under one big copyright, the protagonists of the series must have the same status.
"We are very passive now!"
"Chan has become a hot commodity for Paramount, and..."
Maha Dahir shrugged: "CAA's preference for him is also very obvious. They consider him first in all resources!"
Tom Cruise is also an artist of CAA and was the top artist in the past.
Although he is still like that now, he might have been ranked in the top five in the entire group before. Now Chen Yu has ranked ahead of him and may have been ranked in the top three.
The key is that the two people's acting styles are similar, so resources will inevitably be divided.
This is something that many artists don't want to see.
Many American celebrities still attach great importance to money.
In fact, Tom Cruise has some regrets now.
He should have cooperated with Chen Yu at the beginning. He just wanted "Extraction" to be titled as a Mission: Impossible spin-off, but he didn't give it to him. Instead, he tried every means to get the European and American distribution rights for this movie.
It was a pity that he failed in the end, and he must have been seen through by Chen Yu.
and so……
"This guy is not going to continue filming Mission: Impossible 4 with me!"
Paramount gave Chen Yu a chance. As long as he agreed, he would be given a role in Mission: Impossible 4, and his role would be guaranteed to be as large as Tom Cruise's.
But it was rejected by his management team. This was not surprising, as it was probably his own idea.
In fact, it is normal to think about it. If it were Tom Cruise, he would not agree either. Everyone can see that Chen Yu's fame is now at its peak and his popularity in the United States is getting bigger and bigger. Now is the time for him to come up with a major box office hit.
In this way, if this work becomes popular, it will have firmly established itself in Hollywood.
Now the success of "Invisible Mission" seems to prove Tom Cruise's point of view.
Chen Yu succeeded.
After "Invisible Bourne", he will officially join the ranks of Hollywood's top movie stars like himself.
The key lies in box office appeal. Not to mention Asia, even North America is already ahead of him.
"He is probably the most famous and most valuable Asian celebrity in the world right now!"
Cheng Long's box office appeal is definitely not as good as Chen Yu's now. The only thing that is slightly higher than him is probably his fame in other parts of the world.
Many small countries still know Cheng Long.
In this respect, Chen Yu is definitely far inferior to him at the moment.
The influence of his works has not yet reached the level of Jackie Chan, but if he is given a few years to spread, he probably won't be much worse than Jackie Chan.
"Dashiel, what's your suggestion?"
"What do we do next?"
Tom Cruise asked his agent.
Maha Dahir blinked, and after thinking for a while, he came up with only one solution: "Mission: Impossible 4" must be better than "Invisible Bourne". Otherwise, if the box office doesn't exceed that, we will become even more passive!"
"Disaster!"
"94% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes, which many movies can't achieve!"
"We can only wait and see if this new film can break the 3 million box office record in North America!"
Tom Cruise himself was actually very unsure.
It’s not like he can create a hit product just by wanting it.
It takes everything from the right time, the right place, and the right people, but most importantly, it requires a strong script and a strong filming team.
"Come on, Cruz!"
"I believe you can, he is a yellow man!"
Maha Dahir emphasized that, and Tom Cruise actually wanted to refute it, but in the end he didn't say it.
It is precisely because he is a yellow man that this guy seems even more powerful!
If it were white, Tom Cruise wouldn't be so worried.
For a foreigner to achieve such an achievement in other regions is itself a symbol of absolute strength.
"Cruz, get to work!"
An assistant not far away was shouting, and Tom Cruise immediately rubbed his face, then walked towards the set in high spirits.
To be honest, the news that Chen Yu's "Invisible Mission" could break 3 million US dollars in North America really stimulated him.
So no matter what, we have to give it a try and make a work that can rival "Invisible Mission: Impossible".
"We need to design more difficult moves!"
“Surpasses the stunts and special effects of "The Bourne Supremacy"!”
Tom Cruise was thinking about it and decided to discuss it with the director and special effects team in the evening.
And now, he has to devote himself to the next filming.
(End of this chapter)
