The global box office is 240 million US dollars, and the annual box office in China and the United States is in the top ten. How strong is "Rush Hour"?

The filming of "Rush Hour" was completed in 1998. After participating in the promotion, Jackie Chan immediately returned to Hong Kong. Wrong script, wrong actions, wrong dialogue, wrong decision! Jackie Chan said that this was the worst movie he had ever made. From then on, Hollywood would go as far away as possible. But not long after, director Brett Ratner called Jackie Chan. The global box office of "Rush Hour" was 2. Forty million dollars, they succeeded. "Rush Hour" is also the first film starring a Chinese star in history to reach the top ten box office in both China and the United States. But perhaps only Jackie Chan himself knows how difficult and painful the filming of this film was. , even made him want to give up even if he was not afraid of death. In 1994, the movie "Red Zone" made Jackie Chan famous in the United States. Countless Hollywood companies saw business opportunities and began to look for Jackie Chan to make new films.

By chance, American producer Gliman saw the first version of "Rush Hour" and thought it was very suitable for Jackie Chan, so he immediately went to San Francisco and had a three-hour chat with Jackie Chan's agent Chen Ziqiang. , the script of "Rush Hour" was born. After receiving the script, New Line Cinema showed strong interest. The company had previously set off a Jackie Chan craze in the United States with "Red Zone" and also produced a Wright Ratner's directorial debut "The Big Bang", and the starring role in "The Big Bang" is Chris Tucker. From this, it is not difficult to see the main creative lineup of "Rush Hour", but Jackie Chan himself I was extremely resistant to this film, and finally decided to participate in it after Chen Ziqiang's persuasion.

Although Jackie Chan already had a strong international influence at this time, he was still ostracized everywhere in Hollywood. Fortunately, newcomer director Brett Ratner gave Jackie Chan enough respect, and Jackie Chan He also got what he wanted, the right to dominate the action scenes, but Jackie Chan soon regained the frustration of his failed attempt in Hollywood, and the source was the director of photography from Hollywood. Although the director of photography in Hollywood is very experienced, but in the action scenes In the field, Jackie Chan was obviously more authoritative, but under the roof, Jackie Chan had to compromise again and again. It was not until the filming of the fight scene on the pool table that Jackie Chan finally felt proud.

Because of the martial arts action he designed, the Hollywood director of photography didn’t know how to shoot it. He was so stupid that he finally ran away with the equipment, and then the whole scene was under the guidance of Jackie Chan. The filming continued, and when the scene was finally shot, everyone applauded because they did not believe that one person understood movies to this extent. Although he had taken the lead on the set, Jackie Chan still had many hardships to overcome, because in For the first time, Jackie Chan did not use English dubbing in this film, so he was very overwhelmed with the dialogue scenes.

I would rather shoot one more fight scene than say one more line. Not only do I have to remember my own lines, I also have to remember Chris’s lines, because Chris, who is good at improvisation, can Ten different lines were used to complete one scene, so to this day, Jackie Chan still doesn't understand why "Rush Hour" was successful, nor why the lines are funny.

Not only the lines, but also the action scenes in the film also made Jackie Chan miserable, because Haileppi stipulated that dangerous actions must use a double, and there was a scene in the film that left a deep impression on Jackie Chan. One section required Jackie Chan to walk over the columns on the roof. This was a piece of cake for Jackie Chan. He just walked through it as a demonstration. However, the person in charge of the set said that if it was really going to be shot like this, the entire scene would not be lent to Jackie Chan. He would have to use Shooting on a blue background, Jackie Chan said helplessly that it was like taking off his pants and farting. It was my first time shooting like this. It was really not dangerous, but it looked quite dangerous.

After the filming was completed, "Rush Hour" was not favored by Hollywood studios because Chris Tucker was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star for his starring role in "The Great and Powerful". I didn't want to make the distribution bigger, so I chose to release it in September 1998, which is recognized as a "cold period". But what is shocking is that the box office of "Rush Hour" in the first three days of the week exceeded 33 million US dollars. It has won the North American box office weekly championship for two consecutive weeks, and has strong stamina. In the end, the North American box office reached 141 million US dollars, ranking 7th in the North American annual box office.

You must know that before this, the only Chinese-speaking filmmaker in Hollywood was "Face" directed by John Woo, which achieved a box office of over 100 million US dollars. However, Jackie Chan actually surpassed the box office of "Face" as an actor, and "Face" "The two male protagonists: John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, are both white Hollywood celebrities, but "Rush Hour" relies on Chinese people who have not yet become superstars, and black people whose careers are not going well. The protagonist actually broke the sales record of "Face". This is simply a miracle. There is no doubt that it has won glory for Chinese and even Asian filmmakers. But what deserves our respect even more is that in an interview after the success of the film, Jackie Chan has not forgotten his roots at all, and still shows his responsibility and patriotism as a big brother.

The most interesting thing is that the first movie included in Rotten Tomatoes, the world's largest film review aggregation website, was "Rush Hour" because one of the co-founders of Rotten Tomatoes is a fan of Jackie Chan.