Chapter 297

Double dream!

In fact, this opening animation is only two or three seconds longer than the original, but the amount of information it delivers is substantial!

Starting from the opening post-credits scene, Xu Can has been hinting to the audience the general content of this film.

Last time with Spider-Man 2, he played around with a post-credits scene at Columbia's opening,

This time it's his turn at the opening.

With strong curiosity, the film fans excitedly watched the following main feature.

……

【Inception Dream Space】

【produced by Star River Pictures】

【A Christopher Nolan and Xu Can directed work】

【Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Xu Can】

【Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Xu Can, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe……】

Along with the BGM signed by the great composer Hans Zimmer of Star River Music

The white text on the black background of "Inception" was slowly rolling,

Every single audience member in the theater sat with mouth agape, staring blankly at the screen.

The intense shock left everyone present in a delayed inability to recover.

Before the screening, the media had already been hyping it up like crazy,

"A mind-bending masterpiece delivered by Xu Can and Nolan"

"The ultimate feast for the eyes and the mind,"

"Please bring your brain to the screening,"

Yet film fans encountering Inception for the first time were still overwhelmed by the entire film!

Whether it was the mind-bending visual spectacle of folding cities, or the intricate multi-layered dream setup,

Or the final suspense of the film—whether the protagonist Cobb's top stopped spinning, was it really a dream?

All of these delivered an enormous impact to North American film fans!

Even Ellen Page, who had already seen it once, still sat with mouth wide open, face flushed red, staring at the screen.

Xu Can had seen it countless times in his previous life, so he himself felt nothing at all.

The new version of Inception is largely the same as the original, the only difference being that Joseph Gordon-Levitt's role is now played by himself.

Whether in looks or acting, Xu Can crushes the competition by a notch, bringing at least a 10% boost to the entire film.

The original scored 8.8 on IMDb, now it's 9.2—the change can only be credited to Xu Can.

And the box office, which grew substantially over the original, is mainly brought in by Xu Can.

Sure enough, two and a half days later, Inception's opening weekend box office was released!

It temporarily topped the 2009 opening weekend box office chart, slightly higher than "Druggist" by 15 million!

The main reason is that Xu Can is not the lead; if he were the male lead, the opening weekend box office could likely break 130 million.

Inception has since embarked on a box office run even stronger than in the previous life,

On the day of its global simultaneous release, it topped the box office charts in country after country.

Because Xu Can's brand is so overwhelmingly strong, other countries' film schedule release have to take Xu Can's works into account, striving to avoid him so as not to be ruthlessly crushed.

"Inception tops the mainland box office, with over 5 million admissions in 5 days of release, and the nationwide box office breaking 150 million RMB!"

"Xu Can's new film premieres in Paris, theaters have long queues, tickets are hard to come by!"

"The sci-fi masterpiece Inception, crafted by Nolan and Xu Can, receives rave reviews, sparking an intellectual frenzy!"

"According to the British box office forecasting firm Galleria Street analysis, Inception's global box office is expected to break 800 million USD!"

Xu Can felt they were still being conservative—the original in the previous life had 823 million, and now with the opening day box office and word-of-mouth leading comprehensively,

Heading toward 1 billion is entirely possible 0.....

An investment of 140 million USD, minus the theater split, means at least 350 million in income in hand.

It looks just like that, an investment of 140 million more than doubled,

But where else can you find an investment with an annualized return of 200%? 【】

Making movies is indeed troublesome, but it does bring in money fast, and in cash!

No wonder those money launderers all love investing in films—besides recycling funds, the consumption during a film's production process is opaque.

Fortunately, the films Xu Can invests in don't engage in these crooked tricks—whatever the cost is, that's exactly what it is,

Every single dollar is spent where it counts,

The visual effects produced by Star River Digital absolutely crush the original from the previous life!

Just as global film fans and the movie circle were being stunned by Inception,

What followed onto the battlefield was another flagship work from the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

"Captain America: The Howling Commandos" officially premiered in the early summer slot!

Looking at "Captain America" alone might not mean much, but it signals one thing,

The Chouzhelian Alliance is getting closer and closer!

Moreover, this "Captain America" is completely different from the original "Captain America: The First Avenger"!

The original was an origin work directed by Joe Johnston, of middling quality, barely fulfilling the task of telling Captain America's story.

That was all.

Now it's produced by Xu Can, helmed by the Luo Su brothers, starring "Peach Total" Chris Evans!

Using the quality of the original Marvel ceiling "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" as the benchmark for the current "Captain America: The Howling Commandos"!

Of course, the original *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* is a spy thriller steeped in suspense, placing greater emphasis on reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, wits against an enemy hidden in the shadows, and a few small-scale skirmishes.

After all, Captain America was born out of a World War II battlefield, so a small-scale, cold-toned suspense film was clearly not appropriate.

The story's style ought to add some humor, hot-blooded spirit, and rock-and-roll flair.

A bit like *Suicide Squad*, *X-Men: First Class*, and *Kingsman*—stressing an all-out blast and pure cool!

A story centered on the super-soldier Captain America, who organizes the Howling Commandos to foil a Nazi plot.

When Xu Can put forward this proposal, it won the enthusiastic approval of Kevin Feige and the Luo Su Brothers.

And so, a film utterly unlike the original *Captain America: The First Avenger* officially came into being!

Since the editing was done by the Luo Su Brothers, when Xu Can watched the film for the first time at an internal screening, he couldn't help exclaiming, "Wow."

This was a work he had never seen in his previous life! A 2.0 windfall!

In fact, Xu Can had gone to any lengths to acquire Marvel and build a cinematic universe, all for the sake of this very moment.

To see those films from his past life that should have been better but never came to be.

On the day of the premiere, Xu Can deliberately brought Emma Stone, who had just wrapped filming and returned to Los Santos for a vacation, to attend the premiere.

"I thought this time you'd invite Taylor to watch it with you too."

Emma muttered softly.

Clearly, the last time Xu Can and TayTay secretly went to the movies to see *Batman v Superman* and were spotted by paparazzi, the photos got leaked.

Other people thought it was perfectly normal, but Emma Stone was still a little unhappy about it.

Her own man going on a date with another woman.

"This time I brought you along, didn't I?"

Xu Can cupped Emma's chubby little face and planted a kiss on her.

"You think a kiss solves everything?" Stone Sister demanded, blushing.

"Doesn't it?" Xu Can wondered. "If not, then a few more kisses."

"Alright, alright." Stone Sister begged for mercy. "We're in a theater, don't let people see."

"What's there to fear? The whole world already knows."

"True enough."

Stone Sister's little grudge was tossed to the winds; she gave a sweet smile and returned a kiss to Xu Can.

Soon, the logo of Star River Pictures' Galaxy Animation and the classic Marvel opening appeared.

*Captain America: The Howling Commandos* officially hit the screens!.