Hollywood Drawing

"Where's our little Princess Greenberg?"

In the bathroom, Angelina Jolie endured the physical discomfort from time to time while helping the man rub his foamy hair. She picked up the shower head and helped him pour the foam and asked: "I remember how many hotels there are?" The bigger gossip media are spending a lot of money to get full-face photos of little Fendi."

Hearing this, Wayne couldn't help but frown, and then secretly sighed in relief. With a father like me and a famous Australian star mother, this child is destined to grow up in the spotlight. She has a background that is the envy of more than 99% of ordinary people, and she will naturally have to bear the consequences of it. cost.

"As long as Nami and I go out to work, my father will take her to the farm to live for a while." He answered casually, rinsed the foam off his body and head, pulled a bathrobe and put it on his body, and said Walk outside the bathroom.

In fact, in his heart, he was very much in favor of letting his daughter go to the farm more often. It would be best to spend the entire childhood on the farm. At least there, the little one could have a relatively normal childhood without having to worry about paparazzi cameras all the time.

The plane was delayed anyway, so Wayne simply rushed to Chicago to meet the crew in no hurry. He and the two women took a long time to pack up. After changing clothes, he went to the restaurant downstairs, ready to replenish the food he had consumed badly last night. energy.

"Wow even!"

While waiting for the meal, Angelina Jolie picked up the newspaper prepared by the butler, glanced at it for a few seconds, and exclaimed exaggeratedly. Her performance aroused Cameron Diaz's attention. Curious, I tilted my head and tried hard to see what was reported in the newspaper.

"What's wrong."

With a big yawn, Wayne sat down at the dining table, lit a cigarette, looked at the two women and asked casually. "Good news or bad news?"

"Of course it's great news!"

Angelina Jolie spread the newspaper flat on the dining table and said excitedly: "Dear, your movie "The Dark Knight" received another $4,750 in the North American theater market yesterday, God! Isn’t this already a strong box office trend? You once again ignored those bullshit market rules!”

Since "The Dark Knight" was released, Angelina Jolie has been paying attention to the film's box office. She has been promised that she will also participate in the DC series in the future, so she is particularly concerned about these data.

After the movie grossed US$200 million at the box office in the three days of its first weekend, breaking all box office-related records in North America, even on Monday, the box office trend of "The Dark Knight" was steady and scary. The decline was less than 50%, which is quite rare.

Authoritative media and an authoritative third-party investigation company revealed that as of Thursday, the number of viewers of this film in North America alone has exceeded 32 million. This shows that most potential movie fans who have the habit of watching movies have already After watching this movie, some people may have watched it two or three times...

Such an astonishingly stable box office trend also means that even if the film is released until Thursday, it can still take over 16 million US dollars in box office from the theater market in a single day. When the film entered the next weekend, it also ushered in a collision with its strong competitor "Jurassic Park 2". No one expected that the film would have another strong box office rebound on the first day of the following weekend.

This situation has basically swollen the faces of movie experts who make box office predictions. "The Dark Knight" completely ignored the so-called market rules and could withstand the squeeze of "Jurassic Park 2" Suppression and competition continue to dominate the North American cinema market.

"F**k! The total box office has exceeded 300 million US dollars, right?!" Cameron Diaz ignored the sandwiches and milk brought by Hella and looked at Wayne with his mouth wide open and asked.

"It's over a long time ago." Looking at the newspaper again, Angelina Jolie looked at the man with deep excitement, as if some of the tingling pain on her body was coming from her senses. It's like disappearing. "More than 332 million U.S. dollars! The cumulative box office is more than 332 million U.S. dollars! This is just over a week after it was released. My God, Wayne, you are going to be immortalized again!"

Cameron Diaz on the side opened and closed his mouth feebly, and couldn't help but said: "Damn it, there are 300 million US dollars now. If not, it will exceed 400 million US dollars this weekend, 500 million US dollars next week, next week 600 million, 700 million next week..."

"Hey, hey, hey! Wake up."

Dang, Dang, Dang, Wayne took a big bite of the sandwich, knocked on the oak dining table with one hand, and said with some humor and helplessness: "What are you thinking? There are only so many moviegoers in North America, let alone 600 million. , the box office of 700 million US dollars, if it can exceed 500 million, I feel that it has reached the limit, and this is only possible when a large number of movie fans watch the movie repeatedly."

In fact, Wayne is also confused about the final box office placement of "The Dark Knight". This era is the tail end of the craziest era of Hollywood movies. Now the Internet has just taken a mature prototype, and video games are not yet considered The mainstream entertainment method for young people, everyone’s social circle is only so large. Similarly, most people in this era have not experienced the baptism of the information explosion.

Therefore, the most mainstream form of entertainment for people now, besides watching TV and home video recorders, is watching movies. Moreover, since the 1990s, modern multiplex theaters have been built on a large scale in North America. This is an era of rapid expansion of the film industry.

There is another point that many people overlook. Even if North American movie ticket prices have increased a few times over the past ten or twenty years, the increase is definitely not that large. This will lead to the great growth of North American movie box office. In fact, it was the emergence of 3D and 3D movie formats from "Avatar" that gave major theater companies and production companies a better excuse to increase prices.

In fact, in this era, sometimes Wayne doesn't understand. People's mainstream consumption and entertainment method is to watch movies, but there are not many movies with a box office of more than 300 million US dollars in North America, but "Jurassic Park" can appear , "Star Wars" and the abnormal box office results of Big Ship.

This shows that the enthusiasm for movie watching in this land has always been rising, and the number of movie watching groups is also rising. At some point, as long as the production company can completely abandon its conscience, in this era of film The industry is full of gold.

"What about Jurassic Park 2? How much was the box office on the first day?"

After picking up the milk and taking two big sips, Wayne casually asked Angelina Jolie, who had been reading the newspaper instead of eating.

"Nearly 45 million U.S. dollars." Quickly flipping through the newspaper in her hand, Angelina Jolie lowered her head and replied: "To be precise, it is 44.9 million U.S. dollars. "Jurassic Park 2" has more than 3,200 advance It took in $12.4 million on Thursday night and $32.5 million on Friday, so the total is $44.9 million."

She comes from a family in the industry, and of course she understands what this number means. If there are no big surprises, the box office of "Jurassic Park 2" on the first weekend will definitely be firmly surpassed by "Batman: The Dark Knight" pressed beneath him.

In fact, the first-day box office of "Jurassic Park 2" is based on Thursday's early screenings. Otherwise, it would only be compared to the number of moviegoers on Friday. This movie is better than "The Dark Knight" The number of moviegoers dropped by at least one-third.

With a huge advantage on the first day, the single-day box office was not enough to surpass "The Dark Knight". I am afraid that in the next few days, the box office trend of "Jurassic Park 2" will be the same as that of "The Dark Knight". :The Dark Knight" is getting bigger and bigger.

Wayne nodded silently. It can be said that the current situation was within his expectation. Neither of the two films was original, and the results created by the previous films were amazing enough. This caused the films to have a very big impact in the early stages of their release. With its appeal, the early box office explosion is inevitable. If you want to maintain the high box office, you have to look at some conditions of the film itself.

What is directly linked to the box office performance is publicity, marketing and audience reputation. Whoever can win more passerby audiences, and even when the number of movie viewers reaches a peak, winning over fans who watch the movie repeatedly is the key to continuing the stable box office trend. point.

"this!"

While eating, Cameron Diaz was also reading the newspaper. Suddenly she put the sandwich in her hand back on the plate. After attracting their attention, she cleared her throat and read: "This morning, according to an authoritative third party, Data released by a statistics company shows that the live audience rating of "The Dark Knight" is A+. From the advance screening to the release of one week ago, the audience's favorable rating has never dropped below 90%. Even current statistics show , 93% of the fans who have watched the movie have scored A or above!

"Jurassic Park 2" received an A- rating from theater audiences. After watching the film, 64% of the audience said the film was satisfactory, and 23% of the fans thought the film was exciting enough. Third-party companies generally predict that the North American box office of "Jurassic Park 2" will be around US$100 million in its first week, but during the long run, the box office gap with "The Dark Knight" will become increasingly large. big. "

Wayne didn't say much after hearing this, and kept stuffing food into his mouth. In fact, the predictions for the two movies now have the possibility of being slapped in the face at any time. Even if he currently occupies the leading position, he will not be able to do it at all. I don’t dare to underestimate Steven Spielberg. He knows very well that if you put aside the competition and victory between the two films, compared to the not amazing investment of "Jurassic Park 2", This film will definitely make money, but the difference is at best whether it makes more money or less. No matter how great his film is, it is impossible for Steven Spielberg not to make money.

"I'm very pressed for time. I have to rush to the airport soon."

After finishing the food on the plate with satisfaction, Wayne picked up the milk and drank it all in one gulp. While wiping his mouth with a napkin, he straightened his face and looked at the two women seriously. "We'll talk about it later. There are some things I need to tell you in advance..."

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