Last Sunday night, the domestic film ushered in a historic moment - "Wolf Warrior 2" with a box office of 4.5 billion yuan (679.6 million US dollars), became the first Asian film to rank among the top 100 in the global film history box office list (as of today, the box office has been refreshed to 4.7 billion yuan, ranking 95th in the global film history box office list), not only successfully breaking Hollywood's monopoly on the box office for many years, but also ranking among the top three in the world of "single market moviegoers".
Now, "Wolf Warrior 2", which has not yet been released, has a box office of 4.7 billion yuan, and before it handed over the final report card, it has already defeated the box office of 504 million US dollars (about 3.36 billion yuan), and "Beauty and the Beast", which was temporarily the annual box office champion in the North American film market this year, has become the first single film box office in the global single market in 2017 so far.
Although it is a very difficult thing to fight with Hollywood, which basically has an 800-900 million US dollars a year, in terms of the current box office of "Wolf Warrior 2", it is still difficult to achieve the resident TOP100 (but it does not matter, it has been postponed to the end of September, and it still has more than a month to try to make itself resident), but it still creates a milestone for Chinese films. When a movie in the same period was anxious because of the delay in releasing the box office celebration poster that had been done long ago, the box office poster of "Wolf Warrior 2" in units of 100 million yuan was once almost refreshed in four hours, consuming three or four posters per day, and the art poster became more and more simple, and even ridiculed "People change a big character newspaper in three days, we have to change at least three pieces a day, the box office rises too fast please don't force me to work overtime!" ”
However, this milestone was actually created on the shoulders of Hollywood giants.
As early as more than a year ago, there was news that "Wolf Warrior 2" invited the Russo brothers, the director of "Captain America 3", as consultants, although most of them were just nominal directors, and the director who really picked the beam was of course Wu Jing (so it is still necessary to strongly condemn the behavior of director Wu Jing to give actor Wu Jing a kiss), but the Russo brothers brought a lot of high-quality resources and teams to Wu Jing and his "Wolf Warrior 2".
The "Wolf Warrior 2" set photos, which was filmed in August last year, made the fans of Frank Grillo, the main villain of the film, excited. At that time, it was only three months after the release of "Captain America 3", and many fans were still lamenting that the "crossbones" scene he played was too small to watch than "Captain America 2". At this time, it was rumored that Grillo was going to play the villain in the domestic movie, but it made the fans laugh like the second photo of their group photo. (But Greiro, how did you die in Africa again...) ）
But many people don't notice that another actor who took a picture with Wu Jing and Grillo, Sam Hargrave. Hargreave actually joined as an action director in Wolf Warrior 2, and you won't see him in the movie. However, this action director is a resident stuntman in the MCU, and he has served as a stand-in for Captain America, Ward and others. Of course, "Wolf Warrior 2" is not his first time as an action director, the action director of "Captain America 3" is also him, in addition, he was also an assistant director of "Suicide Squad", which can be said to be very promising.
But this time, in his long list of titles, we want to focus on "stuntman". Remember that Wu Jing once mentioned in an interview about the problem of resolutely fighting in person and never using stuntmen? Remember zhang Han "complained" in the interview that he originally thought that there was a stand-in to help him act, and as a result, he was pressed and fell wildly? If you carefully study the cast list, you will find that Wu Jing is so confident that many actors who play in the drama really do not use stand-ins because a considerable number of actors are originally martial artists.
The first thing that made me notice this problem was the one who had been standing behind his father, and the long-haired brother who looked like a winter soldier was a fan. Originally thought that it was just a sense of immediacy due to the similarity of hairstyles, but when I came back to check it, I found that he was really the martial substitute of the Winter Soldier in the "Captain America" series...
The wishbone confidant is a winter soldier, and there is nothing wrong with it. And in "Wolf Warrior 2", Wu Ti turned over as the main actor, but he is not the only one. In the plot has always been very eye-catching, with Wu Jing has a lot of close combat with the only female villain mercenary Athena, Heidi Moneymaker, is also an important role in the MCU series "Black Widow" Wu Ti, if you have seen "Avengers" and "Captain America 3", then "Wolf Warrior 2" is not the first time you have seen her.
In addition, Aaron Toney, a black mercenary who operates the drone and fights Wu Jing when he is ill, is a stand-in for the Falcon. In addition, oleg Prudius, who is said to be playing the big bear of Zhang Han, is not only a WWE wrestler, but also served as a stand-in for Hugh Jackman...
So there are always people who complain that "Wolf Warrior 2" is filled with a Marvel superhero flavor, in fact, it is also reasonable, I watched the cast list and felt that "Wolf Warrior 2" actually tells a wishbone with a hydro lurking in Africa, and the result is the story of the Chinese captain...
In fact, although everyone is full of ridicule in the matter of Wu Ti turning over to be the main actor, for Wu Jing's insistence on completing all the fight scenes by himself, without a stand-in attitude, both the crew and the audience are full of affirmation. Speaking of stand-ins, in fact, yesterday morning's "Deadpool 2" set flash also came a bad news, a female stuntman on the Vancouver set smashed the glass of the building while filming a motorcycle scene and died.
In fact, in action movies, the stuntmen have long done dangerous work that bets on their own safety, but their own quality and strength are very strong, but their names cannot appear on the cast list, but can only exist in the staff table summary, which can not be said to be regrettable. "Wolf Warrior 2" can see so many martial artists who have worked hard behind the scenes to show their acting skills, and in addition to surprises, Wu Jing's attitude towards stand-ins is even more admirable.
But then again, although Wu Jing is full of positive energy in front of and behind the scenes, he is indeed not the captain of China, because the MCU has long given him an official identity - the member of the Ten Commandments Gang of the villain Man daren in "Iron Man 3".
Although Wu Jing's role was deleted when it was officially released, he is still one of the villains on Marvel's official record (so "Wolf Warrior 2" tells the story of an MCU two major villains fighting each other... ）。
If there is anything that can be saved for this "Marvel Stand-in Re-Employment Center" movie, it is probably the heroine Dr. Rachel played by Lu Jingshan, although she is also a Hollywood actor, but she finally does not belong to the MCU series, but she belongs to the DC TV series universe...
And she first played the daughter of Yao Fei, the enlightenment teacher of green arrows in the TV series version of "Green Arrow", and then played the twin sister Mei... Although Lu Jingshan successfully diluted the Marvel bloodline of Wolf Warrior 2, I always felt that she made the superhero shadow of this movie heavier.
Of course, I don't think it's a bad thing. "Wolf Warrior 2" is originally an action commercial film, injecting itself with the blood of the most successful examples of Hollywood commercial popcorn, which can make it more complete and better, after all, "action has no borders, professional is the most international language". And now, the excellent box office results also tell everyone - the high investment of 200 million costs is not nothing, as long as the 200 million is spent in the right place, spent in the place where the audience can really see the quality, Chinese film audiences will never let your sincerity drift.
Finally, there is a small Easter egg. If you remember the thrilling action scene between Wu Jing and the pirates underwater before the opening credits, the cinematographer and underwater director from the Pirates of the Caribbean crew. Now, wolf warrior 2 has surpassed the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" and many MCU series movies.
The first Asian film to enter the top 100 box office in the history of global films, stepping on the shoulders of Hollywood giants, and then stepping on the box office of Hollywood commercial blockbusters, this is "Wolf Warrior 2".
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