Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 52: First Ring Mission Completed

When filming the car-jumping scene in "The Fast and the Furious," a crew member exclaimed, "If this scene is shown in the movie, it will earn at least $3000 million more at the box office!"

Now it seems that Lin Yuan's role is even more exaggerated than he expected.

"The Fast and the Furious" not only achieved impressive box office results, but also had a very good reputation on the Internet, with a score of 7.1 on IMDB.

Don't underestimate this score. IMDB's rating is more stringent than similar websites such as Douban Movies in later generations.

In the previous life, "Fast and Furious" scored 6.8 on IMDB, while Douban Movies gave it a score of 7.8.

Because of the added sentimentality of Paul Walker's death, "Fast & Furious 7" received an extremely high score of 8.5 on Douban Movies, but it only scored 7.1 on IMDB, which is the same as the first "Fast & Furious" after Lin Yuan's involvement.

It can be seen that for a popcorn movie that focuses on visual enjoyment, getting a score of 7.1 on IMDB is already a very high evaluation.

"Fast and Furious" is more successful than its previous life and will definitely be highly valued by Universal Pictures. The filming of subsequent works in this series will definitely be put on the agenda more quickly.

Thinking of this, a haze flashed through Lin Yuan's mind: the director of "2 Fast Furious" was not Director Coen, and he lost the dominance of the film series he created.

Vin Diesel also lost the opportunity to star in this series of movies, and his character was not given an appearance at all.

The second and third Fast & Furious films went downhill, almost bringing the series to its knees.

2 Fast 2.2 Furious grossed $7500 million worldwide, with a production cost of $4000 million and a publicity and distribution cost of $5.9 million. Universal Pictures nearly lost money on the film, and its IMDB rating is only .

Fast & Furious 3 grossed $1.5 million worldwide, with a production cost of $8500 million and a publicity and distribution cost of $5000 million. This time, it was a complete loss! Its IMDB rating remains at 5.9.

It wasn't until "Fast & Furious 4" that Vin Diesel returned as the king and formed a dual protagonist model with Paul Walker, which reignited the spark of this film series.

Lin Yuan doesn't want to see again in his life: Director Coen and Vin Diesel being squeezed out of the movies they created.

The two exiles silently huddled together for warmth and went to collaborate with Columbia Pictures to shoot a movie called "xXx".

Lin Yuan also didn't want to see "Fast and Furious" take such a big detour and waste the youth of many people.

Therefore, there will be a fierce competition within Universal Pictures regarding this series of films, and Lin Yuan has already begun to prepare.

Putting aside the glory and shadow of "Fast and Furious", "Jurassic Park 3" is the key to determining Lin Yuan's path to Hollywood.

Because he is the protagonist with the most screen time in this movie, all the success, failure, praise and criticism are concentrated on him.

The data he just saw appeared in Lin Yuan's mind:

"Jurassic Park 3" grossed $8000 million in its first week, with an estimated total North American box office of $2.6 million and a global box office of $4.6 million.

The original North American box office of this movie was $1.8 million, and the global box office was $3.68 million, which is not low, but the profit must be calculated based on the production cost of $1 million and the publicity and promotion cost of $6000 million.

In the previous life, "Jurassic Park 3" recovered a total of 1.7 million US dollars, with a cost of 1.6 million, barely breaking even.

Thanks to Lin Yuan's efforts, this time the North American box office has reached 2.6 million, surpassing "Monsters, Inc." to rank fourth in the year, behind "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," and "Shrek the Monsters."

With a global box office of 4.6 million US dollars, it will also rank fourth on the annual global box office list.

It is worth mentioning that "Jurassic Park 3" was originally ranked 9th, while the 8th place was "Spirited Away", the masterpiece of Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, with a score of 3.83 million US dollars.

In this life, due to Lin Yuan's bet, the publicity and promotion costs of "Jurassic Park 3" were reduced to only 3000 million US dollars. Including the production costs, the total investment was 1.3 million US dollars.

Compared to the total revenue of $2.76 million, it can also bring a profit of $1.46 million to Universal Pictures. The only pity is that the foundation of "Jurassic Park 3" is really poor, so despite Lin Yuan's hard work, the score on IMDB is only 6.4 points, which is a pity.

At this point, the success of Lin Yuantou’s two Hollywood films has been completely confirmed.

He made the "Fast and Furious" a hit movie that was originally a success, and he turned the tide in "Jurassic Park 3", a movie that was originally a failure.

This result completely exceeded Director Cohen and his team's expectations.

Therefore, Vin Diesel was looking forward to seeing Lin Yuan's surprised expression, but unfortunately he was shown off by that guy.

To outsiders, these box office results are nothing more than a few numbers, and it doesn’t matter if they are a little higher or lower.

But for Lin Yuan, the person involved, it means that a huge amount of fame and fortune will soon come to him.

Increased pay, commercial endorsements, TV shows, new film contracts... these tangible benefits will immediately make Lin Yuan's life different.

Although he had starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" before, he was still a little-known figure in Hollywood.

Now he should barely be considered a second-tier star, and his salary could reach several million dollars, depending on the negotiation situation.

Unfortunately, he is of Chinese descent, so the media won't hype him up too much.

He wanted to move forward, but every step would be extremely difficult.

There are two big steps ahead of him, namely, superstars in the so-called "20 million US dollar club" and top-tier popular stars, waiting for him to cross.

Among Chinese celebrities, only Chen Long has entered the "20 million US dollar club", which is the result of his years of accumulation. Lin Yuan is still far away from it.

However, Lin Yuan's current attention is not here.

He was more concerned about whether his mission was completed.

After "The Mummy Returns" earned $1.2 million at the box office in its first week, it was continuously squeezed out of the screening schedule by "Shrek the Monsters" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" due to poor reputation and attendance.

Even if Director Sommers were willing to spend all his money to invest, he would not be able to reverse this downward trend.

The final box office of "The Mummy Returns" has basically been determined, with a North American box office of 1.9 million US dollars and a global box office of 3.4 million US dollars, which is even worse than the original historical results.

Universal Pictures invested a total of $2 million in production, promotion and marketing costs for this film. After sharing the box office revenue, it earned back $1.9 million and suffered a loss of $1000 million.

This loss does not include the money Director Sommers put in himself, which now seems to be completely impossible to get back.

In contrast, Lin Yuan’s two movies were huge hits. He was sure that he had won the bet and completed the first round of tasks given by the system.

When Lin Yuan was dragged by Vin Diesel to attend the celebration banquet and returned to his residence.

Golden system text appeared in front of Lin Yuan:

[Mission 1: Star in a Hollywood movie that surpasses The Mummy Returns at the global box office.]

[The first round of tasks has been completed, the host has obtained the distributable attribute: 11 points! ]

(End of this chapter)