As of April 7, the global box office of "Avenger 4" has exceeded US$2.2 billion, surpassing the US$2.1875 billion of "Titanic", which was previously ranked second in the global box office. And it’s a challenge from James Cameron’s "Avatar" of US$2.788 billion to the world's top box office champion. No matter whether it can become the world's number one movie, the current global box office total of films directed by the Russell Brothers has exceeded James Cameron's box office was 6.222 billion US dollars, reaching 6.25 billion US dollars. In China's mainland movie box office market, the Russell Brothers surpassed Stephen Chow's 7.289 billion yuan with 8.313 billion yuan, becoming the highest-grossing movie director in China.
The Russell brothers are a pair of well-known directors in the United States. There is a combination of Anthony Russell and Joe Russell, the former is the older brother and the latter is the younger brother. After directing the first film called "LAX 2194" in 1994, the two brothers have always been acting as partners in filming, each drawing on their strengths to make up for each other's shortcomings. From the beginning of directing the film to now, they have not separated. Directed movies. From 2009 to 11, the two directed a comedy called "L Waste Wood League". The first to third seasons were very successful. Since then, they have become very popular in the United States. director. Later, they directed the TV series "Happy Ending Season One" and "Veterinary Clinic". Their excellent directing ability won the attention of Marvel Pictures. In 14 years, Marvel hired them to know "Captain America 2". The film's final box office was as high as 714 million US dollars. Since then, they have started a long-term cooperation with Marvel, and at the same time embarked on their own brilliant road of commercial film director.
In 16 years, the Russell brothers continued to direct "Captain America 3" and achieved a good result of US$1.15 billion worldwide. Last year, the two of them directed the movie "Reunion 3" together. The film won a high box office of US$2.045 billion worldwide, ranking fourth in the global box office at the time. And this year's "Avengers 4" is also going well, and now it has surpassed "Avengers 3" during its release, reaching more than 2.2 billion, and therefore they have surpassed James Cameron in the global movie box office. , Second only to Michael Bay, Peter Jackson and Spielberg. Although the cumulative box office of films directed by the Russell Brothers has surpassed that of James Cameron, they mainly rely on Marvel super heroes to win, their routine commercial attributes are strong, the artistic achievements of the works and their artistic contributions to the film But it's not big, so many fans said that the Russell brothers are far behind James Cameron.
James Cameron's big movie "Titanic" not only created a box office miracle, but also won 14 Oscar nominations and 11 Oscar awards with one film. And "Avatar" has become a landmark work of global 3D movies with unimaginable imagination and 3D visual effects. These excellent results are incomparable to the Russell brothers at present, but the two of them are still very young and there is still a lot of room for development. It is not impossible to surpass Cameron in the future.
The current box office results of the Russell Brothers are among the top three directors, and there is not a big gap with the second Peter Jackson and third Michael Bay. If they continue to direct the Marvel series of movies in the future, the box office should be very high. Easily surpass the previous two directors. However, it is still far from the number one Spielberg, and it is definitely not surpassed by just two movies. And from the perspective of film art, there is still a big gap between the Russell Brothers and the first place. Spielberg not only has the highest box office in the world, but more importantly, has won numerous awards. His masterpiece "Schindler's List" is a timeless classic. The
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Russell brothers not only surpassed James Cameron at the global box office, but also sold well in China with the box office of "Avengers 4: Endgame." As of yesterday, the cumulative number of Russell Brothers' films in the Mainland China box office has reached 8.313 billion, which has surpassed Stephen Chow by more than 1 billion. The previous 7.298 billion of Stephen Chow was the highest in China at the box office.High director. Previously, Zhong Zhou Xingchi has always been the highest-grossing movie in China. In recent years, the "Mermaid" and "Journey to the West: The Demon" have won high box office and good reputation. But this year's "The New King of Comedy" has a bad reputation, but the box office also reached 624 million.
At present, Wu Jing, whose director's work ranks third in China, has reached the box office height of well-known mainland directors such as Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige mainly with two movies "Wolf Warriors 2" and "Wolf Warriors", which is really terrifying. If "Wolf Warriors 3" and "The Climber" are released, his box office results may be even higher, and the ranking may also improve.
