In October, Universal Pictures released "Skyfall," which tells the story of 007 investigating an undercover MI6 leak case and uncovering the mastermind behind the scenes.

This is the third 007 movie starring Daniel Craig. At the beginning, he was not accepted by 007 fans.

Because compared with the handsome and elegant Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig seems too rough, too brutal, too reckless, and not at all what a British gentleman should be.

But after "Casino Royale" was released, fans immediately changed their tune. Compared with Pierce's version, Daniel's version of 007 was more real, believable and more immersive, so it quickly gained recognition from the audience.

The subsequent "007: Quantum of Solace" once again exploded in both word-of-mouth and box office, taking in a box office of US$650 million, and was nominated for many awards including Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Art Direction.

With these two movies, Daniel has successfully established his own status. Therefore, now that the third movie has not yet been released, 007 fans can't wait.

After it was released, everyone immediately rushed to the theater to watch it, and its quality did not disappoint everyone.

Thrilling action scenes, twists and turns of the bizarre storyline, rich and three-dimensional character creation, plus Mrs. M's curtain call...this 007 brought too much to the audience.

Therefore, it won unanimous recognition from movie fans. In the end, its North American box office reached US$290 million, and its global box office reached US$1.11 billion, setting a box office record for an action movie. It is also the highest-grossing movie to date. 007 movie.

Such achievements also made the former executives of MGM Pictures so regretful that their intestines turned green.

When they sold MGM, they only sold it for a total of US$800 million.

After so many years, not to mention how much revenue the old movies in the film library can bring to Universal, these 007 movies alone have brought at least nearly three billion US dollars in revenue to Universal.

It's really hard to sell regret medicine when you have money. If you had known that 007 was so popular, they wouldn't have been able to sell it without US$5 billion back then.

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In November, the movie released by Universal Pictures is "Midnight's Children."

The Midnight Sons are a team of superheroes in the Marvel universe, with a very complex composition, including Blade, Ghost Rider, Morbius, Night Wolf, Humanoid, Voodoo Doctor, Moon Knight, etc.

It is mainly about anti-heroes, and what it emphasizes is that they are in darkness and have a bright heart. Although one or two of them do not look like good people, they are indeed a story about doing justice and punishing evil, but the taste is a bit heavy.

Previously, Xiang Nan has launched stand-alone movies such as "Blade", "Ghost Rider" and "Morbius", as well as American TV series "Werewolf" and "The Punisher".

Therefore, these characters are all well-known, and now they come together to fight crime together. The lineup is strong and the scenes are amazing, which is naturally very tempting for movie fans.

Therefore, the box office of "Midnight's Children" was also quite good. The final box office in North America was US$190 million and the global box office was nearly US$700 million. Compared with the investment of US$150 million, this result is quite good.

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In December, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" was released.

The previous version of this movie was released last year and has received a box office of US$690 million, which is a very good result. The success of this movie has also attracted a large number of fans.

Therefore, when "The Hunger Games 2" was released a year later, fans from all walks of life naturally supported it, so the box office was very good after it opened, with the box office on the first day reaching 80 million US dollars.

The final box office in North America was US$350 million, and the global box office reached US$860 million, which was much higher than the previous film's box office.

Such achievements make colleagues go crazy with envy.

For example, Fox Pictures released "The Maze Runner" with a similar theme this year. It also had a dystopian theme and invited a group of teenagers to stage a battle royale game. However, its box office was only 340 million US dollars.

Although compared with an investment of more than 30 million US dollars, this kind of achievement is also very impressive. But after all, people are not like snakes swallowing elephants. Who doesn't want to make a little more money.

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In January 2015, Xiang Nan finalized the filming plan for the new year.

"Captain America 2", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Morbius 2", "Jumanji: The Jungle Book", "Spectre", "X-Men: Days of Future Past", "Fantastic Beasts" 2", "Ant-Man" and "John Wick".

Among them, "Captain America 2", "Morbius the Vampire 2", "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2", and "Spectre" are basically sequels, and the cast basically continues from the previous ones, so there won't be any big problems. .

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" retains the main actors from the previous work, such as Professor X, Magneto, Mystique, and Beast, and also recalls the previous version of the For fans, this is a very good benefit.

"Game of the Brave: Battle in the Jungle" tells the story of four students who accidentally entered the game world because of playing a game and defeated monsters to complete tasks.

The biggest selling point of this movie is its thrilling and unconventional story.

As we all know, after entering the 1910s, Hollywood's creative capabilities have declined significantly. They are basically sequels and remakes, and there are very few eye-catching stories.

"Game of the Brave: Battle in the Jungle" is nominally a reboot of a classic, but in fact it is a completely new story. Thrilling scenes, whimsical plots, humorous lines, and unique characters The design is very entertaining and enjoyable to watch, so it became such a hit after it was released.

"Ant-Man" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" are new works in the Avengers universe. Ant-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy are both second-tier heroes in Marvel comics and are not the most famous.

The biggest advantage of Ant-Man is that it can be zoomed in and out, and its purpose is to bring a novel audio-visual experience to the audience; "Guardians of the Galaxy" is to further introduce the big boss Thanos.

In the previous "Avengers", Thanos only made a small appearance in the post-credits scene. In "Guardians of the Galaxy", he will officially appear.

"John Wick" tells the story of a retired killer who originally wanted to live a peaceful life. However, he was harassed by gangsters and even his beloved puppy was killed. Unable to bear it, he decided to avenge the dog and eventually the group was wiped out. The whole gang story.

The original version of this movie starred Keanu Reeves, but Xiang Nan felt that the story would be good if he acted it himself.

It just so happens that the "Mission: Impossible" series and the "Fast and Furious" series have entered a bottleneck period, so why not make this movie to give the audience a change of taste.
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