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On Halloween in November, "Chainsaw" will be released simultaneously around the world. This movie cannot be imported into the country because it is an R-rated film, and plasma movies cannot be expected to be broadcast in the country.

Although the production cost was only 2 million US dollars, and the subsequent publicity funds were 8 million US dollars, although it was not much, and it had to be dispersed, the effect was still good. After all, Westerners have the habit of watching horror movies during Halloween.

The shocking twist at the end of the first part really surprised the first batch of viewers, and then the word-of-mouth took effect.

In the first week, it achieved a box office of 30 million US dollars in North America, and actually won the weekly championship in one fell swoop. This made everyone at Lion Pictures very excited.

You know, this kind of niche movies usually make money in the offline market, but now the box office in the first week alone has recovered the cost, which is really surprising.

Of course, just one movie can't mean anything. If "Fast and Furious" is also successful, it will mean that the boss is really powerful.

The most important thing is that these two movies are series of movies, and they have been signed in advance next year to ensure the success of the two movies.

At this time, "Chainsaw" was also performing well at the global box office. The global box office in the first week exceeded 65 million US dollars. After He Yuzhu received the news, he was very satisfied with the performance.

This is a series of movies that can be shot for a long time. One movie every year can be sustained, ensuring Lion Pictures' advantage in Halloween.

He directly sent three other scripts to Lion Pictures, one of which was The Lord of the Rings. He acquired the novel in advance and thus obtained the film and television rights.

This would allow for six films to be made, three of them "Lord of the Rings" and three of "The Hobbit".

The second script is "The Bourne Supremacy", which is adapted from a novel, and He Yuzhu purchased the film and television rights in advance.

Around the character of Jason Bourne, it is completely possible to start writing and develop another 007 series.

The last script is "Harry Potter", which is still a film and television copyright acquired in advance. Among these copyrights, the copyright of "Lord of the Rings" is the most expensive, and the other two are relatively cheap.

So there are five movies tomorrow, and we need to start the preparation stage now. The director of "Lord of the Rings" has been determined. After all, the script was bought from this director.

He was crazy about filming, and he had been preparing for it for a long time, so He Yuzhu directly asked him to be the director of the sixth film and signed the contract directly.

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"Fast" is released on Christmas Day. The publicity scale of this film is very large. It is impossible for He Yuzhu to position it as a B-level film, so the publicity resources given are increased to the maximum.

In this way, it was released simultaneously around the world on Christmas, including in China, and there was no editing.

During this period, domestic review was relatively relaxed, and the scale of various domestic film and television works was also relatively large.

The domestic publicity is not small. After all, the Chinese purchased a Hollywood film company and produced "Chainsaw" as the first movie. However, because it could not be released, many people watched pirated copies.

It is also a surprise and a final twist. Everyone is very curious about "Fast" this time. Although the domestic film market has not yet been developed, this time is different. Many people went to the cinema, especially young people.

The vehicle modifications, racing and other elements of "Fast and Furious" are very attractive to young people in China, but some car accident scenes are still played at the end of the film for publicity and education.

And they also advertised for Volvo Cars, the safest car and so on!

Only then did everyone remember that He Yuzhu acquired Volvo Cars!

And it merged with Geely. He Yuzhu is now Geely's largest shareholder, but he does not serve as chairman.

In this way, the global box office exceeded 100 million in the first week. After all, the publicity was in place, but this also attracted the vigilance of other film companies.

Does an Oriental know so much about Hollywood?

The previous MGM was finished, and now a new Lion King appears, which will have a huge impact on them, and they must be prepared to stop it.

At this time, Lion Pictures announced its shooting plan for next year. It will first conduct a wave of publicity and prepare to launch five movies next year, and four of them are large-scale productions, with a very huge investment scale.

The first is "The Bourne Supremacy". Because it is a spy movie and is easier to shoot, it will be released first next year.

Whether "Lord of the Rings" or "Harry Potter" will follow depends on the progress; the directors of the two movies have all been confirmed, and then the casting process begins, especially for "Harry Potter" where young actors have to be selected.

The Lord of the Rings required a lot of filming. Fortunately, the director was well prepared and had been preparing for a long time, so his progress was much faster.

Finally, there is the second part of "Chainsaw" and "Fast and Furious". As soon as these five movies were announced, other film companies began to think about it.

The best way to stop it now seems to be "The Bourne Supremacy". There haven't been any spy movies released recently, because there were too many spy movies before, and the audience has already experienced aesthetic fatigue, but now Lion Pictures dares to shoot related themes.

Several other companies gathered together and finally decided to use "Blade Runner" to stop it.

This is produced by Sony. They own the film and television rights and use Marvel characters to block Lion Pictures.

As for why Sony?

Sony acquired Columbia Pictures. They originally had some ideas for MGM Pictures, but He Yuzhu beat them to it.

This time it was time to stop Lion Pictures. If they could put Lion Pictures into trouble, then they might still have a chance, so they decided to charge into the battle.

As for the follow-up, we have to wait and see. The novel "The Lord of the Rings" has a large number of fans around the world, so there is no need to stop it. As long as it is not filmed well, it will definitely hit Lion Pictures.

And blocking it is useless. Fans of the novel will definitely go see it. They can't stop fans from entering the cinema.

"Harry Potter" was transformed by children's books and is a fantasy movie. If you want to block it, you need a blockbuster. Who is willing to use their own blockbuster to collide?

Isn't that stupid?

Therefore, for the time being, only Sony has taken action, and everyone is still waiting and watching.

He Yuzhu didn't know, but he would be very happy if he knew. Although "Blade" is good, and it is the third film and has a certain fan base, there is still a gap with "The Bourne".

"The Spy" is different from past spy movies. The fights in "The Spy" don't have any bells and whistles. They are all deadly fists. Its rhythm is extremely tense and exciting, and it is completely close to actual combat.

It is no longer a handsome agent protagonist, but an agent who looks ordinary but has sharp skills, which seems to be closer to reality.