Chapter 257 Global Box Office Performance
Seeing her leaning in slightly, Jiang Heng couldn't help but tap her on the forehead gently, "You have a beautiful mind, you have such a beautiful idea. Zhu Xian has just become popular, and you are already thinking about the next one?"

Jing Tian rubbed his forehead with his hand and said with a bitter face: "It hurts! If there is no problem, then there is no problem. Why are you hitting me? I like to act opposite my brother, hehe!"

Jiang Heng just smiled and didn't comment.

Da Tiantian rolled her eyes and asked how the overseas performance of "Zhu Xian" was.
Jiang Heng said: "It's OK. It performs well in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, etc. It's OK in North America too!"

Seeing that he was reluctant to speak, Jing Tian asked worriedly, "Was the North American box office performance not good?"

"It's not bad, it should be no problem to get over 200 million!"

"Ah, that's a lot less than Pacific Rim 2?"

Jiang Heng nodded. Pacific Rim 2 grossed $4.1 million in North America, and The Legend of Chusen’s North American box office should be about half that.

But the results cannot be compared in this way because the two are of different types.

The Pacific Rim series, The Matrix series, and the Oscar-winning Inception are very popular with European and American audiences in terms of subject matter and genre.

But films like mythology and fantasy are different, they have a very strong national flavor.

For example, in Indian mythological movies, some special effects scenes are very grand and shocking, but mainland audiences just don’t feel anything when watching them.

As for Jiang Heng's mythological blockbusters and fantasy blockbusters, they can achieve relatively good box office results in the European and American markets. One reason is that he is an international director with great fame.

The second reason is that special effects blockbusters with amazing visual effects are still a rarity these days, and audiences have a strong desire to consume them.

In the past life, after 2020, many viewers were disgusted with 3D movies and hated watching so-called blockbusters. They were really fed up with it!
But at this moment, European and American audiences were also stunned when watching the special effects scenes of "Zhu Xian".

It’s just that it’s a little difficult to understand the underlying logic of the entire film.

As for other factors that led to the mediocre box office performance, there was a heavyweight blockbuster released in North America a week before "Zhu Xian" during the summer vacation. That was "Pirates of the Caribbean 1.35", which grossed $4.23 million in its first three days over the weekend and $2 million in the North American market.

The film grossed $10.66 billion worldwide, making it the pinnacle of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

"Zhu Xian" was released a week later than "The Legend of Chusen", so the box office will definitely be affected, especially in Europe and the United States.

However, in the Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian markets, the performance of "Zhu Xian" is not inferior.

Especially in the Japanese market, the box office performance of "Zhu Xian" actually surpassed "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", which is surprising.

Analyzing the reasons, it is probably that the plot in which Biyao blocks the sword and dies, and Zhang Xiaofan betrays Qingyun, is more to the liking of Japanese audiences.

After all, the people of this country have always liked tragedy and have a tradition of "the lower ones overthrowing the upper ones".

So some Japanese audiences discussed online after watching "Zhu Xian" that the movie was not exciting enough and that Zhang Xiaofan should have gone on a killing spree in Qingyun Sect, which was quite weird.

In South Korea, with the popularity of "Zhu Xian", Jiang Heng and Jing Tian's fame continued to soar, becoming "national idols".

As for the Southeast Asian countries, they are just here to watch the fun.

The only weird thing is Vietnam, where a local film company actually called iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, expressing its desire to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian" and remake a Vietnamese version of "Zhu Xian".

After hearing the news, Jiang Heng instantly thought of the shocking costumes in the Vietnamese versions of "My Fair Princess" and "The Empress of China" and rejected it on the spot!

Based on the box office performance of major film markets around the world, the global box office of the film "Zhu Xian" is estimated to be around 7 million US dollars.

Although it didn't break 2 billion like "Pacific Rim ", it still made a lot of money. At least Jiang Heng was satisfied.

After a brief explanation, Da Tiantian understood, "So, Europe and America prefer movies like Pacific Rim. Can you make another one and let me be the female lead?"

As soon as Jiang Heng looked up, Da Tiantian quickly protected her forehead with both hands, "Don't hit my little head, or I'll become stupid!"

"Okay, but you don't have to think about the Pacific Rim series!"

"Why?" Da Tiantian asked frustratedly.

"No reason, understand?" "Okay, if you don't want to act, then don't act. I'll find someone to write a script and make a film called Around the Atlantic Ocean..."

“Someone has taken the photo!”

"Then, around the Indian Ocean...!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Good idea, I support you!"

"Really?"

Da Tiantian's eyes were shining, and there was a hint of stupidity in her clear eyes.

"Go play somewhere else!"

"Oh, okay, I'll ignore you!"

After saying this, Da Tiantian walked away holding the notebook signed by Jiang Heng.

In the blink of an eye, on July 7, "CJ28" directed by Stephen Chow was released.

The screening volume of "Zhu Xian" was squeezed and the single-day box office dropped again.

"CJ1900" only grossed 7.0 million on the first day of its release, with a Douban score of , and its reputation can only be described as fair.

The reason, of course, is that many movie fans were deeply disappointed.

It’s like Jackie Chan and Jet Li, who are obviously great actors but rarely act in serious dramas because the audience just wants to see them fighting.

The same principle applies to Stephen Chow. The audience wants to see him being funny, but what they end up seeing is a heartwarming scene.

Coupled with the "alien" elements, some viewers thought it was a science fiction film with good visual effects!
I didn't want to watch it until I realized that there was just an extra alien dog, and there was no big alien scene.

Disappointed viewers flocked to Douban, Tianya Forum and other websites to vent their dissatisfaction by posting negative reviews.

It is because Stephen Chow has too much influence in the hearts of mainland audiences, and the current film market is better than the same period in history, that the box office performance of "CJ7" seems okay.

In Jiang Heng's lounge on the set of "Havoc in Heaven", Zhou Xingxing said with emotion: "Actually, I just want to fulfill a dream!"

"I know!"

Jiang Heng knew about what happened between Zhou Xingxing and his father, so there was no need to explain.

"Thank you!"

Zhou Xingxing paused, and suddenly said: "From now on, there will no longer be an actor named Zhou Xingxing!"

Although he knew all this, Jiang Heng was still a little shocked when he heard it with his own ears.

"Are you really going to quit and stop acting?"

Zhou Xingxing nodded, "No more acting. I'm old now, and my hair is so white, how can I act anymore? People should learn to stop when they have had enough, and end things decently. Otherwise, it will make everyone embarrassed!"

Hearing this, Jiang Heng couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised: "Not bad, the world is clear!"

Think about it again, Brother Cheng Long is already old, but he is still making action movies and is being ridiculed. It's really not very decent.

This gives the audience the illusion that Brother Cheng Long is not very capable.

But in reality, he is really a superstar with a huge number of fans all over the world.

Zhou Xingxing said: "Not really, I just think that people should know themselves. However, even if I don't want to be an actor, I can still be a director. I want to make a movie about Journey to the West!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Okay, do you need investment?"

(End of this chapter)