After the release of "Hero", the box office and reputation were severely polarized.

The box office is rising steadily, and the box office in the first week exceeded 50 million, which is comparable to the entire box office of "Big Shot". It shocked the film critics in the mainland.

However, word-of-mouth is hard to say. Many film critics commented that the story of "Hero" is too thin, relying entirely on big scenes and action scenes, and that there are serious shortcomings in the writing and drama.

However, strangely enough, the worse the reputation, the more popular the movie became at the box office. It eventually took in 250 million yuan in box office, accounting for one-sixth of the total national movie box office in 2002.

Such achievements can be said to be extremely terrifying, making all colleagues envious and jealous.

The popularity of this movie has also greatly benefited the leading actors. The leading actors Hu Jun, Wu Yue, Duan Yihong, and Chen Hao have all successfully established themselves in the film industry with this film.

From then on, they can proudly declare themselves movie stars.

You know, there is an invisible gap between TV stars and movie stars. Movie stars have a slightly higher status than TV stars. This is true in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Hollywood...

Only out-of-date movie stars would consider pursuing a career in the television industry. But popular TV stars would already be proud of making movies.

Previously, although Hu Jun, Wu Yue, Duan Yihong, Chen Hao and others were famous, they mainly focused on filming TV series. This "Hero" won the annual box office championship in one fell swoop, which helped them officially gain a foothold in the film industry.

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"Hero" was a box office hit, which put a lot of pressure on Feng Xiaogang.

Before this, the domestic film industry has always ranked him alongside Zhang Yimou, thinking that they are both top domestic directors. However, one is good at making commercial films, and the other is good at making artistic films. One makes money and the other wins awards. They are evenly matched.

But in fact, Zhang Yimou's films have won many awards and box office. Because his films always win awards at international film festivals, and each award-winning film can be sold at a good price in the international film market.

It's just that mainland audiences don't understand this. They only see the mainland box office, so they always think that Zhang Yimou is a loser.

Especially in the past two years, he filmed "Speak Well", "No One Left Behind", and "My Father and Mother", all of which grossed only a few hundred to over 10 million at the mainland box office, which are not high.

Feng Xiaogang is very grateful to the mainland audience for their misunderstanding. Otherwise, he, a director who has never won a major international award, would not be on an equal footing with Zhang Yimou.

But now, he really can't be treated as an equal.

Zhang Yimou's "Hero" surpassed the box office of all his previous movies. Moreover, the awards it won were something he would never dream of getting in his life, which made him collapse for a while.

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"Master Cheng, please help me, I also want to make a blockbuster movie." Feng Xiaogang approached Xiang Nan and said.

"Don't worry, I've already prepared it for you." Xiang Nan handed him a script.

Feng Xiaogang took it and took a look and saw four big words on the cover - "A World Without Thieves".

"This is..." He flipped through it curiously, then glanced at Xiang Nan, "Master Cheng, is this script really good?"

Zhang Yimou's "Heroes" has a large structure, talking about family, country and the world, war and peace. This "A World Without Thieves" is about a few petty thieves, who sublime after death, and it is about love and redemption. It's incomparable to Zhang Yimou's.

"If you don't want it, you can give it back to me." Xiang Nan stretched out his hand and said.

When Feng Xiaogang saw it, he quickly hugged the script and said, "Yes, I want, I cannot trust you. Who else can I trust in this world?"

"It's good that you know." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled, "Just be patient, I won't trick anyone else but myself."

"That's true." Feng Xiaogang nodded, "Okay, then I will accept this movie."

"Well, once again, the protagonist should use his own people as much as possible." Xiang Nan reminded.

The original version of "A World Without Thieves" used Andy Lau, Liu Ruoxiu, and even the four eyes were Lin Jiadong. Xiang Nan didn't like this. If there are good characters, you should stick to your own people.

These big directors don't use their own people, so mainland artists never get the chance to rise to the top, and a bunch of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists dominate the mainland. This is not a good phenomenon.

Feng Xiaogang nodded after hearing this.

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Subsequently, "A World Without Thieves" began casting, while Zhang Yimou was busy sending "Hero" to the Oscar.

"A World Without Thieves", the male protagonists Wang Bo and Feng Xiaogang are considered to be starred by Huang Xiaoming, the heroine Wang Li is played by Qin Hailu, the supporting actress Ye Zi is played by Chen Hao, and Uncle Li is played by Ge You...

After Xiang Nan read the list, he made a decision without making any adjustments.

Because Qin Hailu has previously acted in the "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" series, "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" series, "Oath to Silence", "Like Fog Like Rain and Like Wind", "Da Ranfang", etc., she is already a well-known name in the mainland TV drama industry. First sister, it’s time for you to take a step up and develop into the film industry.

Although Huang Xiaoxuan's acting skills are hit or miss, he is one of the people with the most box office appeal in the Mainland Mesozoic world. "The Wind", "Chinese Partner", "Heroes of Fire", etc. are all very good.

Xiang Nan believes that if he doesn't go astray, polishes his acting skills carefully, carefully considers the characters, and chooses scripts carefully, he actually has a good chance of becoming a mainstream commercial film candidate like Andy Lau.

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In the summer of 2002, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", which Disney spent two years creating with a total cost of US$130 million, was officially launched.

Fifteen years have passed since this novel was published in 1987. Many readers have changed from teenagers to young and middle-aged people, and even children are reading this novel.

Therefore, when it was officially put on the screen, it was a wonderful moment for all Harry Potter fans to realize their dreams. So when the movie was released, fans queued up overnight to buy tickets, and it was difficult to get a ticket. Please, it’s extremely hot.

And Disney's production does live up to the audience's expectations.

The first "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is directed by Chris Columbus, who has directed "Gremlins", "The Goonies" and "Home Alone". He is best at directing children's dramas, so "Haha" "Libert and the Philosopher's Stone" was shot by him in an interesting and witty way, satisfying the appetite of all viewers.

Therefore, the audiences who watched it were very satisfied, and word of mouth spread, and the box office was naturally indispensable. In the end, the box office in North America alone was 310 million US dollars, and the global box office was 970 million US dollars, winning the first place of the year. The global box office champion.

Disney made a lot of money, and Xiang Nan also made a fortune.

Especially his "Harry Potter" series of novels, which were originally a bit outdated. Now that the movie has been released, those novels have become popular again.
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