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Just as Wayne plunged into the preparations for "The Flash" and had to fly back and forth with the crew of "X-Men" in Montreal, Canada from time to time, time was gradually advancing, and the North American summer season began to come to an end.

Almost every year, the summer season is the most important film schedule in North America, and it is also a carnival for Hollywood production companies to harvest the box office. It lasts about 122 days from the first weekend in May to September 1. In this not-so-long timeline, there will be about 200 films released in large numbers every year, which shows the fierce competition.

Since the summer season started in May, and in mid-August, the films released by Warner Bros. have once again become the number one in Hollywood Film Company's box office.

The first thing to be affected is "Batman: The Dark Knight". Once the film was released in mid-May, even with the strong competition of "Jurassic Park 2", it won four consecutive weekly box office championships in North America. You should know that this is a summer season with extremely fierce competition. The results of four consecutive box office championships show that the popularity of the film was unprecedented.

Until now, although there are only a thousand theaters that are still screening this film in the North American theater market, and the box office potential has been consumed early, the record-breaking North American box office of 548 million US dollars has been widely worshipped by the media from time to time.

If you have achieved results outside of Canada and Shanghai, this film has won 1.184 billion US dollars from the world, firmly occupying the number one box office in film history, surpassing the second-ranked "Jurassic Park" and close to the box office of 100 million US dollars.

The second is Wayne, as an investor, producer and screenwriter, "The Matrix 2: Reloading", which relies on the good reputation of the previous work. Since its release weekend, it has been the only one. After more than two months of screening, the box office in North America was US$279 million and the global box office reached US$735 million.

The success of the "Matrix" series not only allowed Zach Schneider to completely get out of the doubts of the director of the commercial film, but also made the South African American diamond Charlize Theron completely popular, with a slender waist, long legs, and a tight black leather jacket, becoming the dream lover of male movie fans in North America and even the world.

As the protagonist, Li Guohao also took a firm foothold as a first-line action male star in Hollywood with the hot sale of this film. Before the third film, which is still in the final film, was released, Wayne's agent Jimmy, had already started contract negotiations with his agent for the next film. Obviously, after the "Matrix" series, it is unlikely that he would invite him to participate in the project at a cheap price. It has nothing to do with the relationship between the two parties.

In addition to these two films with deep relationship with Wayne, the films invested and produced by Warner Bros. also have "Ship Time Contact" with a box office of 126 million, the conspiracy theory with a box office of 96 million, the box office of 72 million, the "Los Angeles Secret" with a box office of 73 million, the "Devil's Spokesperson" with a box office of 73 million, and so on.

It is worth mentioning that the movie "The Break of Locks" directed by Steven Spielberg himself and starring Anthony Hopkins and Morgan Freeman only achieved a record of more than 40 million US dollars in North America. Obviously, such a movie with a not-so-strong commercial flavor made Steven Spielberg crazy about being old by the media.

After discussion with Warner Bros., DreamWorks and Warner Bros., they also chose to give up their overseas trip to the film, so the total box office of "The Break of Locks" was only $40 million, becoming a relatively rare and less eye-catching work by Steven Spielberg in recent years.

Others will doubt, ridicule, and crazily question the old Jewish man's old age, but Wayne never took these seriously. If we only talk about the success rate of the movie, this old Jewish man can really be regarded as a master of success in the circle and rarely have any mistakes.

Especially this "The Break of Locks", anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a test of cooperation between DreamWorks and Warner Bros. To be honest, no one in the circle takes this seriously.

Wayne knew very well that it didn't take too long. As long as the summer anniversary of next year's next summer, this old Jewish man would shock the world again and return strongly with an R-level World War II epic war film. This classic movie that does not lack warmth, cruel scenes of war, and reflection on war is destined to be worshipped by movie fans as soon as it is released, and I can't wait to be the best war film in history.

This summer season has not left many outstanding works besides Wayne's "Batman: The Dark Knight", Zach Schneider's "The Matrix 2: Reloading", and Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park 2".

Especially compared with the summer seasons in previous years, it seems that the intensity of competition and the number of classic films are showing a significant downward trend. Before the end of the year, there are even US media claiming that Hollywood's golden age, which began in the early 1980s, is about to end. Not to mention the 1993 years, which are like fighting with gods, this year is significantly different from the previous two years.

Take a look at the movies with a box office of over 100 million yuan, MGM United's "007: The Empire of Tomorrow", 20th Century Fox's "Star Wars Holiday Special Edition", etc., almost all of them are in Chiloro's old capital.

The only thing that makes people shine is Sony Columbia's "Man in Black", a science fiction comedy starring Will Smith, which continues his usual acting style. It is the only North American film with a box office of over 200 million US dollars besides "Batman: The Dark Knight", "Jurassic Park 2" and "The Matrix 2: Reloading".

This year's North American summer season is about to end. Countless media believe that this year's video ranking has been released, and it is difficult for other videos to achieve surprising results.

"Don't rush to make a conclusion, it's too early to say this."

In the studio of Warner Studios, when Charles Rowan also determined the box office status of "Batman: The Dark Knight" in the same tone. There was no video to shake, Wayne shook his head abnormally. Others thought he was modest, but he was probably the only one who knew what was waiting for the world behind.

It seems like the media said that only the top movies have outstanding box office performance this summer, and they are not as grand as the previous years of fighting and good movies every week, but in fact, they are far from what the media said.

It was just because the summer season started this year that the destined to be popular "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Jurassic Park 2" had to choose to withdraw the schedule and change the release schedule. What about these big investments and big productions? Almost all of them were self-righteously put into December.

This has caused surprisingly strong competition to occur until December of the end of this year. Even if the truck drivers smash the big ship in the world, there are still films such as "The Mind Catcher" and "The Best of the Good" that will have an impact on the theater market.

"I've seen the Vancouver location and I've seen it, and it's completely in line with the framing requirements."

Producer Charles Rowan saw that Wayne didn't want to talk about the box office, so he simply skipped the chat and talked directly about the scene survey with the assistant director. "According to your requirements, all the outdoor locations in Canada are used for film shooting, the main shooting locations are placed at the Warner Studios in Los Angeles, and the first large-scale green screen shooting. Gilmore and I have seen this circle. There is no problem with the filming locations in Canada, and we have also contacted the local municipal departments..."

As the few people walked, they said that when they arrived at a corner of the studio, they stopped. In front of the few people, the protagonist of the film, James Franco, stood in front of a piece of green cloth, covered with various capture sensors, and was following the command of the staff, doing the special training needed for the filming of the film in the future.

The equipment he had on him was the so-called motion capture sensor. This technology officially appeared on the big screen for the first time and was well-known by movie fans and ordinary people. It should be Guru in "The Lord of the Rings". However, motion capture had appeared in Hollywood on a large scale as early as the early 1990s.

Guru in "The Lord of the Rings" or characters in "Avatar" are far from the first movie to use this technology. The first Hollywood movie to use this technology is actually "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" released by Disney in 1939. In the following years, Disney also used this technology in its own animated feature films.

At the beginning of the preparations for "The Flash", Wayne sent someone to contact Motion Analysis, a company founded in 1982 and is a pioneer in the field of motion capture. After receiving the reply, he decided to shoot the main shots of the film in Los Angeles.

In fact, the idea in this regard comes from the first part of the film "Iron Man". Due to the sudden popularity of "Iron Man", the shooting process has long been revealed by netizens, especially Robert Downey Jr. wearing a sensor and making various actions in front of the green screen, and finally presented on the big screen, it became various flying and fighting special effects.

"You are creating a new production mode in Hollywood, Wayne." Charles Rowan looked at James Franco who was training and turned his head and whispered: "Before you, no one would have regarded film noir as mainstream, and no one dared to use an anti-hero as the protagonist like "Batman: The Dark Knight". Now, you are a pioneer in the field of technology, but this time it is a bit far from your production style."

As we all know, no matter how the media reports Wayne's films or how brilliant his films have achieved in the commercial market, in the hearts of veterans in the circle, Wayne strictly belongs to the traditional academic school, and even harshly says that he is considered one of the old-school directors, and there is an essential difference from the pioneering technology streams of the times like James Cameron and George Lucas.

This is the deepest impression he left on the film industry. After all, no matter how popular his movies are, they have never been popcorn for audio-visual feasts. They have always touched people with storytelling. This time, "The Flash" has enabled motion capture and other technologies to shoot the main special effects shots, which is obviously a clear difference from his previous shooting methods.

"Don't label me, Charles." Wayne smiled and took the lead in leaving the training area. "I have never been a specific type of director, and I am not obsessed with traditional films. Since "Happy Death Day" back then, the only thing that can affect my production style is the box office!"

This is what all acquaintances around you can’t understand. The outside world’s analysis and evaluation of Wayne’s works is not wrong, but his starting point is that from the end it has been market results. Until now, many acquaintances around you still cannot understand.