Chapter 307 Popular all over the world
In a cinema in Los Angeles, James Cameron looked at the big screen with a serious expression, and the audience's exclamations rang in his ears from time to time.

"Oh my goodness, his iron rod scares me!"

A blonde girl tilted her head back slightly and said in a trembling voice.

My best friend next to me said, "I also feel like I'm going to get hit if I don't dodge. It's quite exciting!"

“It’s really shocking!”

"It's a miracle, no, it's magic!"

“How did Director Jiang from China do it?”

“The United States doesn’t have such technology, right?”

"It seems like Director Cameron is making a similar movie!"

"Then you can go and have a look then!"

……

Cameron felt better after hearing this.

After all, a 3D movie that costs a lot of money is meant to shock the audience.

Not wanting to be overtaken by "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", the audience would have to watch this movie before watching "Avatar", and the super shocking feeling would inevitably be weakened.

In terms of box office, I'm afraid the difference will be hundreds of millions of dollars!

After the movie, Cameron sat there dejectedly, unwilling to get up for a long time.

"Let's go, it's time to go back!"

Producer Jon Landau said that he and Cameron are old friends and they had worked together on "Titanic".

I thought I could create another miracle this time, but unexpectedly, "Havoc in Heaven" came out of nowhere.

In his opinion, the early release of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was not entirely a bad thing.

After all, before this, audiences around the world had little knowledge of the visual effects of 3D films, let alone recognition and pursuit.

The release of the 3D version of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is bound to trigger a 3D movie-watching craze.

Although "Avatar" was released later, the shock to the audience was reduced.

However, it also happened to catch up with the 3D movie craze triggered by the 3D "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons D". Given the quality of "Avatar", it is hard to say whether the box office is lower or higher than originally expected.

In reality, it was just as he thought. Originally, after the release of "Avatar", it instantly triggered a 3D movie craze.

The problem is that there are not that many 3D movies on the market, and audiences really want to watch them.

So the film companies started to make a bold move: "converting to 3D in post-production". Although the viewing effect was not satisfactory, the film companies made huge profits.

Jon Landau briefly explained his guess, and Cameron nodded slightly.

In fact, he could have come up with these ideas, but was beaten to it by "Havoc in Heaven" and he felt unwilling to accept it!
"You're right, our film is so well made, we may not lose to him!"

Jon Landau said: "In my opinion, we will definitely win, because the world's major film markets are dominated by Hollywood blockbusters, and Avatar is the best, so there is no doubt about it!"

"Yes, I will definitely defeat him!"

But then he thought, "Avatar" took him more than ten years of hard work, and Director Jiang makes films quickly and in large numbers. If he really wins the global box office championship one day, what work can he use to surpass him?

James Cameron had hidden worries in his heart, but he didn't say them out loud.

I just secretly encouraged myself in my heart that I must make "Avatar" better and must shock the world.

In terms of market performance, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" grossed a total of $7800 million in North America in its first three days of the weekend, far lower than the $1.15 million of "The Three-Body Problem."

The reason is naturally due to the subject matter. For European and American audiences, mythology is obviously not as attractive as science fiction.

Furthermore, before the film was released and word of mouth came out, the audience did not really believe the so-called "horrifying special effects" promoted by the media.

Therefore, although the box office results of the first three days of the weekend were high, they were not as high as expected. However, with the widespread praise from the audience and the heated discussion in the media, "Havoc in Heaven" became popular in North America and the box office results soared rapidly.

In Europe and Australia, the film also achieved good first weekend box office, such as 2100 million in Russia, 1900 million in France, 1400 million in the UK, 1300 million in Germany, etc.
But the hottest places overseas are still Japan and South Korea.

There is no need to elaborate on Japan's love for "Journey to the West".

Jiang Heng's previous films in the "Journey to the West" series all achieved good box office results here and already had an audience base.

Upon hearing that there was the most advanced technology, people came to watch the movie.

And there is a very interesting phenomenon, that is, those who have seen the 3D version will go to see the 2D version, and those who have seen the 2D version will definitely go to see the 3D version.

So many people watched the movie twice or three times that the box office soared rapidly and it became the box office champion for several weeks in a row.

In South Korea, due to the early cooperation between CJ company boss Lee Mi-kyung and Jiang Heng, the number of IMAX and ordinary 3D screens per population is quite high, which also leads to quite high box office output here.

The audience watched the IMAX version with the best visual effects and praised it highly.

……

In China, Jiang Heng is still busy rehearsing at the Olympic venues.

But there was an endless stream of people who wanted to visit him.

The reason is very simple. After the initial extreme shock, a group of domestic investors and directors suddenly realized that "3D movies" were a very profitable gimmick and announced that they would shoot 3D movies.

The problem is, these people don't know how to make 3D movies at all, so they naturally ask Jiang Heng for instruction.

Upon seeing this, the organizing committee issued a strict order not to allow any irrelevant personnel to harass Jiang Heng.

But even with strict orders, there are still people who have to carry them out. Ordinary staff members, who only earn a few thousand yuan a month, how could they dare to stop those people with high net worth and strong backgrounds?

"Director Jiang, Chairman Yang Hongtao and Director Chen Jiashang of Ningxia Film are here!"

Jiang Heng pressed his temple lightly with his hand and said, "Bring them over here!"

Jiang Heng was too lazy to go out to greet them, mainly because too many people had come to visit him in recent times.

No matter which name is revealed, it will be more famous than Yang Hongtao's.

"Oh, Director Jiang, I've heard of your name for a long time. It's like thunder in my ears!" Yang Hongtao had an exaggerated expression and quickly stepped forward to shake hands.

Jiang Heng laughed and flashed the Vacheron Constantin on his wrist, "Sorry, Director Yang, Director Chen, I'm very busy here, I can only give you five minutes at most!"

When Yang Hongtao heard this, his face turned red.

Usually he gives others five minutes, and he is not used to hearing others say this!

Fortunately, Chen Jiashang spoke up, "Hello, Director Jiang, we are here to ask for advice. Now that Painted Skin has been completed, but Director Yang and his team want to release it in 3D. Is there any other way?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Well, there really is such a thing. It's the technology for converting to 3D later!"

“Oh, with this technology?”

Yang Hongtao was overjoyed. "Is this difficult? Is it expensive?"

Jiang Heng smiled: "You guys should find out for yourself about this!"

He said these were not secrets and could be found out if one paid a little attention.

Yang Hongtao asked again: "Director Jiang, can the special effects company under your name do it?"

Jiang Heng said: "It can be done, but the orders are already full!"

Yang Hongtao was shocked, "Is it full?"

Jiang Heng smiled but said nothing, because the special effects company was busy with the 3D conversion of films such as "Lion Camel Ridge" and "Pingdingshan", and they could also make a lot of money by re-screening them.

(End of this chapter)