Chinese stars? It is not Stephen Chow, nor Jackie Chan, but Jet Li. The film that starred in the career of Kung Fu Emperor is the least at a loss. Jet Li is one of the most cost-effective superstars in the film industry. His movie costs are not high, but the profit rate is very high, and the global market for discs takes all. This is why big directors like to find him to cooperate.
Of course, he also has movies that lost money at the box office, such as this "Danny the Wolf" Jet Jet starred in zero pay and even lost money, Hollywood filmmakers are helpless. Jet Li insisted on filming the film because he saw that the positioning of the Chinese in Hollywood was "fighting" and Bruce Lee was also fighting. Later Jackie Chan came to fight, but when Jet Li still played, the Chinese seemed to be "fighting" in Hollywood. Nothing else.
Jet Li was painstakingly filming "Danny the Wolf Dog". He wanted to use the film to convey "against violence" to the outside world. Love is the most powerful weapon. When he told Luc Besson about this idea, his friend went straight back to "Such a movie will not be a hit at the box office." Later Jet Li insisted on filming and starred at zero pay. The film received a good response in Europe and the United States, but the box office did not sell as expected, and it ended up at a loss. This is the first time Jet Li worked hard, but did not receive good results.
The cost of "Danny the Wolf Dog" is not small. The investment is 45 million US dollars, which is much higher than his previous Western films. In the end, the global box office only received 50.87 million US dollars. North America received 24.53 million US dollars, which is quite satisfactory. The film is mainly because the overseas market is too sluggish. The film has also caused controversy in Asia, especially in the mainland. The North American disc market is not as popular as his other Western films, with DVD rental income of $13.2 million.
In 2004, Jet Li experienced a tsunami. This incident had a great impact on him and his outlook on life changed. It was also from that time that he started to retreat, and within a few years he devoted his energy to charity. "Danny the Wolf Dog" advocates "against violence". The film explores human nature, but the audience has long been accustomed to his martial arts action movie, and suddenly such a movie can't adapt to it for a while, which caused the film to be popular .
Although the box office of "Danny the Wolf Dog" is mediocre, the North American disc revenue is not as good as his other Western movies, but it has maintained his consistently high level in markets such as Europe. France has sold more than 470,000 DVDs with sales revenue of 10 million euros, and the UK has sold more than 200,000 DVDs. Germany has also achieved excellent results. It has also sold 80,000 DVDs in Japan with sales revenue of 320 million yen.
Jet Li has pursuits in making movies, but sometimes he does not handle it well. For example, after putting his energy into charity, he completely gave up on the movie, which hurts the hearts of movie fans. Smart people will use the influence of the movie to promote it, which will often get twice the result with half the effort. The public pays attention to you because you have built a good reputation over the years. Since he hasn't made movies for many years, he is now "black" on the Internet, and there are no fans to defend him. It is typically thankless, why bother?
"Danny the Wolf Dog" Jet Li appeared at the box office at a zero pay, what do you think? Apart from other things, this is a very good movie as far as the movie is concerned. But there are too many keyboard men in China, all of them are experts. Opening his mouth is a moral kidnapping. It is only strange that he is not overwhelmed by saliva.
