Chapter 410

These past few days, Anne Hathaway has been very hardworking.

"I have a new film."

Cao Yang looked at Anne Hathaway, who was still working hard, and couldn't help but think of her performance in "Milk" back then, and Cao Yang suddenly felt, had he become "Milk"?

Although when filming those scenes of her and Depp back then, it was just camera angles and misaligned filming, but now it is real.

Thinking of this, Cao Yang couldn't help but loosen his strength and took his hand off her head.

However, Anne Hathaway didn't lift her head immediately, but just like that, another ten seconds passed before she pulled her head back, lifted it, and blinked her two big eyes, as if they could talk.

"There are two female characters in it that suit you..."

Before Cao Yang finished speaking, Anne Hathaway immediately threw herself into work again, making him gasp, and the following words couldn't be spoken.

Moreover, this time Cao Yang didn't need to use his hands at all; Anne Hathaway's breath-holding ability was still very outstanding.

Alright, three thousand words omitted here...

Anne Hathaway came out of the washroom and asked with a smile: "Honey, you just said you have a new film?"

"Yes, it's an art film, the budget is about 70 million-plus US dollars." Cao Yang said nonchalantly; he was half-squinting his eyes at this moment, and those who understand, understand this state.

Anne Hathaway's eyes lit up; an art film with a budget of 70 million-plus?

In Hollywood, this counts as the top-tier resource.

"Just talked it over with Jim Carrey yesterday; he will play the male lead in this film." Cao Yang said again.

Anne Hathaway's eyes lit up again, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Although Jim Carrey is no longer at his peak and doesn't have Depp's appeal and popularity, he is still a globally well-known big star, naturally carrying topics and attention.

Hmm, at least much stronger than Depp when filming "Milk."

"Honey, I just heard you say there are two female characters that suit me?"

Anne Hathaway pulled off the bath towel on her body and threw it aside, slowly crawling over from the end of the bed, looking at Cao Yang with expectant light flashing in her eyes.

Cao Yang nodded and explained softly: "One is the lover in the male lead's imagination, and the other is the male lead's psychiatrist."

Before Anne Hathaway could be happy, Cao Yang used his hand to lift the chin of Anne Hathaway, who had already crawled over, and said: "However, this film, like 'Milk,' is a man's play."

A man's play?

A look of disappointment clearly appeared on Anne Hathaway's face.

A man's play means that the female characters in the film won't have too many scenes.

The first film she collaborated on with Cao Yang was "Milk," so of course she understood the weight of the female characters in it.

Not to say they were dispensable, but anyway, they were just small foils to set off the male lead without many scenes.

Cao Yang saw Anne Hathaway's somewhat disappointed expression and said with a smile: "I estimate that after this film is released, the influence will be much greater than 'Milk,' and there shouldn't be a shortage of awards; as for the box office..."

Watching Anne Hathaway reveal a curious little expression, he reached out to help her support her little burden before continuing: "You might not believe it when I say it, but I estimate that the probability is that it won't be lower than 'New Pirates of the Caribbean.'"

"What? That's impossible."

Anne Hathaway's first reaction was disbelief.

What level of film is "New Pirates of the Caribbean"?

Since films were invented, this is currently the third super-selling film on the global box office chart, at the 1 billion US dollar level.

And this new film?

Just an art film.

How could an art film reach the 1 billion US dollar level in box office?

"A pure art film? Not an experimental film like 'Inception'?"

Anne Hathaway suddenly remembered that some of Cao Yang's films were so-called experimental films; in the words of the three major European film festivals, it was filming films that dig into human nature or reflect social aspects with the rhythm of commercial films.

However, here in Hollywood, except for those small circles in the independent film scene that consider themselves pure art, everyone doesn't acknowledge so-called experimental films.

You are either a commercial film for the box office, or you are classified as an art film for awards; there are no other films.

Moreover, when an art film's box office is too high, everyone automatically classifies this film into the realm of commercial films and will find sufficient reasons.

"A pure art film, almost no special effects, and I don't plan to use the digital cameras and 3D cameras popular in the last two years, but still use traditional film shooting.

In addition, for the exterior scenes, I also found some old streets and plan to shoot on location; only if there really isn't one that meets the requirements will I build it at Warner's base."

This is... really a traditional art film.

Anne Hathaway opened her mouth, still somewhat unable to believe it.

Cao Yang smiled and didn't explain too much.

Even if he said it, Anne Hathaway might not necessarily understand.

The film "Joker," after being released in '19, achieved a global box office of 1.04 billion US dollars; don't think that getting this box office ten years later is because the global box office market has grown.

Thinking that way is too one-sided.

Cao Yang plans to wait for the '08 financial crisis to ferment and let "Joker" be released in '09.

The global total box office in '09 was 29.9 billion US dollars, and the global total box office in '19 was 41 billion US dollars, a difference of 11.1 billion US dollars.

Looking at the global box office results of '09 and '19 alone, one would definitely feel that the global box office market in '19 increased greatly, which led to the huge sale of "Joker" globally.

Then, let's look at another set of data.

The total box office in China in '09 was 6.2 billion RMB, while the total box office in China in '19 was 64.3 billion RMB; that is to say, even without considering exchange rate changes, China's total box office also grew by almost 8.7 billion US dollars.

The total box office in North America in '09 was 10.5 billion US dollars, and the total box office in North America in '19 was 11.5 billion US dollars.

China's growth of 8.7 billion US dollars, plus North America's growth of 1 billion US dollars, is 9.7 billion; the rest of the world combined only grew by 1.4 billion.

Do you know how crazy Hollywood films were in 2019?

The global total box office of "Avengers: Endgame" was 2.797 billion US dollars.

The global total box office of "The Lion King" was 1.657 billion US dollars.

The total box office of "Frozen 2" was 1.228 billion US dollars.

The total box office of "Spider-Man: Far From Home" was 1.132 billion US dollars.

The total box office of "Captain Marvel" was 1.128 billion US dollars.

The total box office of "Toy Story 4" was 1.073 billion US dollars.

The total box office of "Joker" was 1.04 billion US dollars.

The total box office of "Aladdin" was 1.038 billion US dollars.

You have to know that there are currently only 3 films in the world with a total box office exceeding 1 billion US dollars.

It was under such crazy global "harvesting" by Hollywood films that, except for China and North America, the global total box office only grew by 1.4 billion US dollars.

Combining this data, do you still think it's a huge increase in the global box office market?

It's not a huge increase in the global box office market; it's a huge increase in the Chinese box office market; the more than 10 billion growth globally was almost all contracted by China.

However, although domestic box office was about to catch up with North America in '19, "Joker" was not released domestically; the 1.04 billion US dollar global box office it achieved was the box office outside the Chinese market.

And if Cao Yang directed "Joker," it could definitely be released domestically.

Plus the film content of "Joker" is infinitely compatible with the upcoming global financial crisis; such an "appropriate" film full of topics, and it is directed by Cao Yang, with Jim Carrey starring...

In addition, Warner also specifically took out 10 million US dollars in special funds for the Oscar award campaign, and there is "Batman 2," a collaboration between Cao Yang and Nolan, as a pre-set "promotion."