How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 334: Another summer vacation, another box office melee
After the 76th Academy Awards.

With "Lord of the Rings 3", Peter Jackson won eleven awards including Best Director and Best Picture... and became the biggest winner. Unsurprisingly, he became the subject of reports from the media.

From the end of March to the end of April, during this month, Hollywood was full of reports about Peter Jackson.

But when the time came to May, the beginning of the North American summer vacation, everything changed.

Hollywood giants have begun to make frequent efforts in the media.

What the hell Oscar?
If I want box office and make money, give me the entire movie promotion.

……

5 month 9 day.

Compared with last year, the first shot of the North American summer vacation was launched by 2th Century Fox’s sequel to the comic-book superhero blockbuster [X-Men [-]].

The first shot of the North American summer vacation in 2004 was played by Warner Pictures and director Wolfgang Peterson with the European and American epic blockbuster "Troy".

It can be said that [Troy]’s cast lineup is quite good.

The subject matter itself is the epic blockbuster genre that has emerged again in recent years.

The producer is Warner Pictures, one of the six giants in Hollywood, with incredible strength.

The director is Wolfgang Peterson, who was once as famous as Roland Emmerich in disaster films.

Of course.

The main reason why Wolfgang Petersen is as famous as Roland Emmerich is that both of them were born as German directors, and both started their careers in disaster films.

To be honest, Zhang Nan was a little curious, why is it that a German director is so talented in disaster movies?
Could it be...

Is it because your ancestors were deeply involved in two global wars and have a high-level understanding of the disaster field?
……

On its first day of release on Friday, "Troy" grossed US$1705.3 million at the box office.

The two weekend weekends accounted for a total box office of 2980 million US dollars.

The box office gross of more than 4600 million US dollars in the first week is quite good.

Moreover, [Troy]'s box office decline in the second week was controlled quite well.

The single-day box office on non-working days has remained stable at $400 million.

If nothing else goes wrong, according to the box office trend of "Troy", it can almost find an optimal route with the total North American box office being four times the first week's box office.

That is, the box office revenue exceeds 1.5 million U.S. dollars, but is less than 2 million U.S. dollars.

But there are few movies released every year during the summer holidays in North America that are not surprising.

[Troy] was released just a week ago, which is like ten days.

DreamWorks brought [Shrek 2] to snipe [Troy].

Fortunately, there is not much overlap in the viewing objects of the two, and their mutual influence is limited.

And just eight days after [Shrek 2] was released.

Roland Emmerich has entered the North American summer box office war with his latest masterpiece, which is also the field he is most familiar with - the disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow".

The cost of the original Time and Space [The Day After Tomorrow] was US$1.25 million. Due to the addition of Zhang Nan in this time and space, the cost of the film exceeded US$1.5 million.

Therefore, [-]th Century Fox’s arrangements for the premiere of [The Day After Tomorrow] were very good.Even when Zhang Nan was on the set of Jurassic World, [-]th Century Fox used James Cameron to pull Zhang Nan out of the set.

Zhang Nan, who had just walked on the red carpet, was grabbed by Chenglong again before he could take a breath.

"Anan, I know you are well-informed and your brain works very quickly. Give me an idea."

Faced with Chenglong's inquiry, Zhang Nan was a little at a loss and asked, "What's your idea?"

After hearing Zhang Nan's words, Chenglong realized what was happening. He was so nervous that he forgot to mention the situation.

So Chenglong explained to Zhang Nan: "[Eighty Days Around the World] has been produced, but I haven't made up my mind about the schedule."

Hearing the name of the movie, Zhang Nan suppressed the twitching of the corners of his eyes and said: "If you ask me to say it out of thin air now, I can't come up with one, two, three, or four. You have to give me a few approximate time options. !”

"What I mean is, put [Eighty Days Around the World] in late May or early June. Disney wants to put the movie in late August or early September." Chenglong gave Zhang Nan the option.

After Zhang Nan listened to the options given by Chenglong, he directly gave Chenglong an answer using the elimination method, "Don't put it in late May or early June."

"Why?" Chenglong was a little confused. He was quite optimistic about his choice.

"Warner told me that [Harry Potter 3] will be released on May 5, and Columbia also told me that [Spider-Man 31] will be released in June. On the 2th, if you put "Around the World in Eighty Days" between these two films, aren't you making yourself unhappy?" Zhang Nan replied.

In fact, the plot of the movie "Around the World in Eighty Days" of the original time and space is indeed a bit slow and bloated.

But the quality of the entire film is still passable.

Change the schedule, let alone recover the capital, at least the loss will not be so miserable.

After all, whoever is surrounded by "Harry Potter 3" and "Spider-Man 2", these two top series, will not be in a good situation.

After hearing Zhang Nan's elimination method answer, Chenglong was still a little worried.

Because the total investment of "1.5 Days Around the World" is as high as [-] million US dollars, at the end of August or early September, at the end of the summer vacation, the box office potential is really disturbing!

"What about July?" Chenglong asked again.

Zhang Nan shrugged and started counting the movies that will be released in July for Chenglong on his fingers. “Just the ones I know about include Will Smith’s [I, Robot] and Mark Damon’s [The Bourne Shadow]. Heavy 2]."

Chenglong: "..."
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Three days after attending the premiere of "The Day After Tomorrow", Zhang Nan once again attended the premiere of "Harry Potter 3".

At the premiere of [Harry Potter 3], David Morris, the president of Warner Pictures, came to talk to Zhang Nan about the [Harry Potter-Voldemort] spin-off when he had nothing to do.

Zhang Nan finally managed to get over it.

……

I have to say, no wonder Warner Pictures was tougher and tougher than New Line Cinema when it came to discussing the Harry Potter-Voldemort spin-off with Zhang Nan.

On the one hand, it is naturally due to the strength of Warner Pictures as one of the six giants in Hollywood.

On the other hand, there is also the [Harry Potter] series at this time, which has really shown its style as a top series.

Under the pressure of Roland Emmerich, who once produced "Independence Day" with a global box office of more than 8 million US dollars, now he has returned to his specialty disaster film - "The Day After Tomorrow" to be released.

Opens Friday.

In the three days of the weekend, [Harry Potter 3] took in more than 9200 million U.S. dollars at the box office in its first week in North America.

It directly topped the single-week box office rankings in North America that week, and was at least one place ahead of No. 2 "The Day After Tomorrow" - that is, a box office of 2000 million US dollars.

(End of this chapter)