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Chapter 331 [Lord of the Rings 3] North America first week sales of 1.24 billion US dollars

[Lord of the Rings 3] is released on Wednesday.

North America provides 3 theaters and more than 3703 big screens for "Lord of the Rings [-]".

On that day, it made a first-day box office of US$3445 million in North America.

This figure is 80.00% of the total box office in North America that day.

Then on Thursday, "Lord of the Rings 3" once again hit a box office of US$1701.9 million in a single day, accounting for 70.00% and [-]% of the total box office in North America that day.

This was followed by Friday’s box office of US$2181.1 million, Saturday’s box office of US$2749.2 million, and Sunday’s box office of US$2332.6 million.

First five days.

[Lord of the Rings 3] delivered a perfect box office answer to New Line Cinema - a box office of US$1.24 million.

New Line Cinema President Alan Tobey saw this reasonable and unexpected data.

His hands clenched into fists with excitement.

But Alan Toby was only slightly excited for a while and then calmed down.

the reason is simple.

First, the box office success of "Lord of the Rings 3" is inseparable from its status as the final film in the trilogy. It is normal for the box office to rise appropriately.

Not to mention that in the same period, [Lord of the Rings 3] lacked the rival of the [Harry Potter] series.

We are proud of our current achievements, but we cannot be proud of them.

Second, the glory of the [Lord of the Rings] series has ended.

No matter how good the results of the third part are, [Lord of the Rings 4] will not be made.

Because at the beginning of the plot design, so much content was compiled and all of them were filmed.

Thinking of this, Alan Toby clenched his hands into fists with some regret, slapped his forehead a few times, and sighed: "I still lack foresight!"

In fact, it's not that Alan Toby lacks vision, but that when filming the "Lord of the Rings" series, he just wanted to bet big and control costs at the same time.

Therefore, in terms of the script given to Peter Jackson, the rules were very strict. Don’t add too much content, otherwise it won’t be filmed. Just have a trilogy.

"Fortunately, there is also a spin-off film called [The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron], which can make up for the previous mistakes."

After saying this, Alan Toby had a wry smile on his face.

Without him.

Most of the revenue from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was taken by New Line Cinema, which he controlled.

However, the income from the "Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron" spin-off film has to be distributed to Zhang Nan, and New Line Cinema cannot absorb all of it.

And this profit sharing situation will continue forever.

Because Zhang Nan personally is the core of [The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron].

Faced with such huge interests, Alan Toby also considered whether to leave Zhang Nan and go it alone. After all, the copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies is in his hands, and he can cooperate with anyone.

But I think about how Universal Pictures' "Jurassic Park" series has declined step by step; MGM's "007" series has slowly become tepid...

There is also Zhang Nan’s resume of never losing.

In the end, Alan Toby gave up the idea of ​​going it alone.

no way.

New Line Cinema only has a top series IP like "Lord of the Rings", but its own background is not strong. Behind it, there is Warner Pictures, a Hollywood giant, drooling and eyeing it. If it fails, it will really fail. .

……

Warner Pictures Headquarters.

President David Morris has also been paying attention to the results of [Lord of the Rings 3].

And David Morris’s attention to [Lord of the Rings 3] is full of malice.

There is no way not to be malicious.

Because if "Lord of the Rings 3" fails at the box office, then he will make trouble for New Line Cinema in the future. It won't be long before the parent company Time Warner can conduct a malicious merger with New Line Cinema.

Once the merger is successful, the copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies will become Warner Pictures, and Warner Pictures will get a top series IP for free.

At the same time, if "Lord of the Rings 3" fails at the box office, Zhang Nan's popularity will definitely be affected.

Then Warner Pictures and Zhang Nan will be in an advantageous position in negotiating the film contract for "Harry Potter 4" and the cooperation negotiations for the "Harry Potter" series of spin-offs.

But now, the facts shattered his malicious illusion. "only……"

David Morris looked at the box office of [Lord of the Rings 3], which exceeded US$1.2 million in its first week, and murmured: "Is the Christmas box office potential so great?"

David Morris regrets moving Harry Potter 3 to the summer holiday season.

He really didn’t expect that without the competition from the [Harry Potter] series, [Lord of the Rings 3] dominating the Christmas season could generate so much energy.

"It won't break a billion!"

Thinking of this, David Morris panicked a little.

Because currently, only "Titanic", "The End of Days 1.2.3", "Star Wars Episode 1" and "The End of Days" have exceeded one billion U.S. dollars at the global box office.

And these movies are divided into three grades.

Among them, "Rebirth 1" is a single category with a global box office exceeding 20 billion US dollars.

[Titanic] and [Survival of the World 1.2.3] have a global box office close to 20 billion U.S. dollars.

[Star Wars: Episode 1] has a global box office that can exceed one billion US dollars, and it is the goalkeeper of a global box office that exceeds one billion US dollars.

In these movies, without exception, Zhang Nan appears, and two-thirds of them are starring Zhang Nan, and one-third of them have Zhang Nan as a guest star.

This was already an exaggeration, and it also made Zhang Nan's appearance price reach a level that made him, the president of Warner Pictures, a little bit speechless.

If there is a movie that has a global box office of one billion US dollars, Zhang Nan will still be involved.

Needless to say, Zhang Nan's exit price has to rise again.

Warner Pictures has not yet reached a cooperation contract with Zhang Nan for "Harry Potter 4".

We need to find someone to talk to Zhang Nan quickly.

With this thought flashing through his mind, David Morris picked up the phone and started calling people.

A few days later, Old Luke received people from Warner Pictures negotiating for cooperation on [Harry Potter 4].

But David Morris is smart, and Old Luke is not stupid. No matter what Warner Pictures says, Old Luke has the same attitude - procrastination.

Dragging it to [Lord of the Rings 3] is just the beginning.

Old Luke's ultimate goal is to drag him to the bottom of [The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron].

But Luke Sr. also knew that the latter goal was a bit difficult to accomplish.

After all, "The Lord of the Rings: The Legend of Sauron" is still being filmed, and the earliest it can be released will be December 2004, and the filming time will be even further, and it will have to be postponed to 2005.

And [Harry Potter 4] definitely can’t wait for that time.

Therefore, Old Luke only delayed it until the box office of "Lord of the Rings 3" began to decline, but the overall trend was already relatively clear, and it was basically not a problem to break one billion US dollars.

Taking advantage of the popularity, he signed a contract with Warner Pictures for Zhang Nan to guest star in "Harry Potter 4".

$5000.

The reason why the asking price is so high is mainly because Zhang Nan was in the [Harry Potter] series. Although he was the villain, he really didn't appear in many scenes.

But starting from [Harry Potter 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire], the villain Zhang Nan was successfully resurrected, and he could start causing trouble directly, and he had to take more shots.

And Zhang Nan's current popularity continues to rise.

Naturally, the price cannot be lowered.

In short.

When this contract was placed in front of David Morris, the president of Warner Pictures, David Morris' eyes suddenly darkened.

"The price for a supporting villain role is so high, I really want to replace him!"

He muttered something like this, but that was all David Morris complained about.

I really asked him to replace Zhang Nan.

Not to mention whether he can or not, whether he dares or not is a question.

Zhang Nan currently has some superstitious box-office mascot names in Hollywood, plus the importance of the [Harry Potter] series to Warner Pictures.

What if the entire [Harry Potter] series changes due to the replacement of Zhang Nan.

Then his position as president of Warner Pictures is probably about to change.

(End of this chapter)