mentioned the famous Chinese celebrities in Hollywood. People can easily think of Jackie Chan, and Bruce Lee who is a little further away. However, in addition to these two, Jet Li is also an outstanding Chinese star, has a fixed number of fans in Hollywood, and is recognized by most Americans. There are huge fan bases in the Middle East, Africa, Japan and South Korea, and they are also stars worldwide.
Most mainland audiences are not very clear about Jet Li’s performance in Hollywood, because Jet Li’s movies in Hollywood are basically B-level films, which are low cost and are not so-called blockbuster films, and because Jet Li’s films are basically all Police gang agents are both righteous and evil, and do not conform to the aesthetics of the Orientals. Many films have not been introduced to the mainland. Even if they are introduced to the mainland, people still remain in the heroic image of Huang Feihong and Fang Shiyu. For Jet Li’s gang agents Waiting for the character does not catch a cold. The mainland and Hong Kong have limited contribution to Jet Li’s film box office. Basically, many American films filmed in Hollywood rely on the United States to make money back, relying on the profits brought by the strong appeal of the United States. This is in the interests of Hollywood. It was not easy, and it took ten years from 1998 to 2008.
In 1996, Jet Li was already the top superstar in Asia and a solid first-line superstar. As long as it is Jet Li's work, basically it will make money in Asia. So after filming "Black Man", Jet Li once thought of retirement. In 1998, the director of "The Matrix" was a loyal fan of Jet Li, and he highly regarded Jet Li. In the same year, he recommended Jet Li to participate in the film crew of "Sky Cannon". Even with the recommendation of the director of "The Matrix", "Sky Cannon" only gave Jet Li a salary of 1 million U.S. dollars. This salary was only about one-third of his salary in Hong Kong for Jet Li at the time, so Jet Li hesitated for a while , And then told the crew of "The Gun" that the remuneration was reduced to 750,000 U.S. dollars. Jet Li hesitated again. When he finally made up his mind to take over the filming, the remuneration was 500,000 U.S. dollars. You can see the cruelty of Hollywood from the drop in the pay. After the release of "Booming Cannon", the box office received a big hit. American audiences gave jet-li a score of 7.5 points, which can be said to have won the recognition of American audiences and attracted the attention of filmmakers in Hollywood.
starred in "Fatal Romeo" with the support of Warner Pictures in 1999. After the film was released, the North American box office received more than 50 million US dollars, the global box office received more than 90 million US dollars, and DVD and other revenues reached 130 million US dollars. And the investment in the film is only 25 million US dollars, which can be said to be a complete victory. Jet Li has made his reputation in Hollywood. One thing happened before the film was released. Jet Li and the producer went to the eight major companies in the United States to promote their films. The CEO of the eight major companies asked Jet Li and them to wait an hour before they came out to see them, and the entire meeting did not last long. It was over. In the end Jet Li failed to promote his movie. A year later, after the victory of "Fatal Romeo", Jet Li filmed Luc Besson's "Dragon Kiss" in France. The CEO of the eight major companies called to fly to France to find Jet Li to film. Jet Li asked the CEO to wait two hours before coming out to see him. Even so, the CEO is full of joy, because seeing Jet Li has the opportunity to cooperate in filming, he will make money, and everything is profit first. After "Kiss of the Dragon" was released, the North American box office reached more than 30 million U.S. dollars, the global revenue exceeded 60 million U.S. dollars, and DVD and other peripheral revenues were 110 million U.S. dollars. Filmmakers also made a lot of money. Jet Li gained a firm foothold in Hollywood. After that, he went on to film "The Savior". The cost of the film reached 49 million U.S. dollars, which was the highest cost among the films filmed by Jet Li at that time. It’s a pity that the film’s box office failed to create a miracle. North America earned 43 million U.S. dollars, global revenues were more than 70 million U.S. dollars, and DVDs and other peripheral revenues were more than 90 million U.S. dollars. Although the film maker did not lose money in the end, the film’s performance did not meet the forecast. It broke Jet Li's desire to develop into A-level movies. However, the film brought Jet Li's salary to tens of millions of dollars, and Jet Li also entered the ranks of Hollywood stars. After
"The Savior", Jet Li received the invitation of the famous mainland director Zhang Yimou, and took over the filming of "Hero" with a low pay. The film reached a record of 250 million at the domestic box office, opening the trend of domestic commercial blockbusters. The film is also very popular in North America. First of all, the promotion posters mainly promote Jet Li, because many big-name stars are for Americans, and Jet Jet laterFamiliar. In the end, the box office in North America was more than 50 million U.S. dollars, other peripheral income was more than 20 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was 177 million U.S. dollars. It is a Chinese film second only to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the North American market. (Note: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was also tailor-made for Jet Li at the beginning, and even the production was made by Cui Baozhu of Jet Li’s Zhengdong Company, which is now deceased).
later filmed "Deadly Cradle" and "Danny the Wolf Dog". The market performance was average, and "Danny the Wolf Dog" was also protested because Jet Li’s dog leash was considered an insult to China. A terrible point of Jet Li's rush to Hollywood.
In 2006, Jet Li returned to China and used the Zhengdong team to shoot "Fearless Fearless". This film is considered to be Jet Li's most important work. The film is a Chinese-language film. However, it directly held a large-scale meeting in Hollywood and obtained more than 20 million. With good results in US dollars, his peripheral income is also 40 million US dollars. Jet Li also earned more than 30 million US dollars as a boss. Taking the film as the boundary, although Jet Li continued to film "The Ranger", "The King of Kung Fu" and "The Mummy", but it was only a game of ticketing. After that, public welfare became the focus of Jet Li's work. What needs to be clarified is that Jet Li and Brandon Fraser were the main propaganda objects when "The Mummy" was promoted in North America, which shows Jet Li's appeal in North America.
