Hollywood Hunter

Simon flew back to Los Angeles with a girl in the afternoon. It was Thursday, July 27, and a small premiere was held in Los Angeles, which was about to open on a large scale the next day. Simon did not attend.

It's not a blockbuster after all.

Speaking of which, the New World Pictures team originally considered whether to conduct some pre-screenings of the film in order to accumulate word of mouth.

In the end it was not implemented.

Because there is no need.

Since the premiere in Cannes in May, the news of the news has been spreading in the North American entertainment circle. Even though the leading actor Zhou Xingxing is not as well-known in the United States as Jack Cheng, Jeter Lee and others, the constant information flooding over the past few months , from the film itself to the leading actors, they are already very familiar with the screens of Chinese-language films.

Coupled with the recent frequent box office records in the Chinese-speaking regions on the other side of the ocean, it has created a very low-cost but very effective publicity topic here.

Even the premiere on July 27.

Although Simon did not attend the premiere, there were not only a large group of Chinese faces familiar to people in North America, but also many local Hollywood stars who were arranged to attend the premiere. Widely, in short, the popularity and word-of-mouth accumulation that a movie should have before its release is enough, and there is even a foundation of popularity laid by Chinese movies in this period in a row in the past few years. Next, all you need to watch is this movie own market performance.

Friday, July 28.

In a new box office week, it officially opened in North America with a scale of 2,509 screens. For a Chinese film, this scale of opening is also sufficient.

At the same time, there is a box office week that just ended.

The film directed by Brian De Palma reached the top without any accident. However, it is obviously because the summer file has entered the second half of the year. For 43.91 million US dollars.

within expectations.

The final box office of the film in North America is around the 100 million threshold. Compared with the production cost of 50 million US dollars, only the local theaters in North America can recover the previous production investment, and overseas can enter the profit cycle in the same period.

As the second project of the "L.A. Quartet", it is expected that this time it is unlikely to hit the Oscars. At most it will be Mia Kirschner's Best Supporting Actress nomination plus one or two technical awards, but commercial is still successful. Of course, it is also a moderate success, and it is definitely not a dark horse, but there is nothing unsatisfactory about it.

Then, Daenerys Entertainment's own is worth mentioning that in the fourth week of its release, it received another 16.43 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 166.19 million US dollars.

Because of the deep drop of 55% in the previous week, there is no hope of hitting 200 million, but with the current trend, the final domestic box office will also be between 180 million and 190 million US dollars. Not only that, judging from the overseas feedback in recent weeks, the overseas box office of the film is expected to reach between 300 million and 400 million US dollars, eventually pushing the film's total global box office to more than 500 million US dollars.

A total of 80 million U.S. dollars was invested in production and publicity, and the global income was 500 million. It is estimated that the net profit of 150 million U.S. dollars in the theater stage alone is expected to be a big success.

Accompanied by the big sales, as expected, Ukraine has become a very popular tourist destination this summer, especially Rivni in the Rivne region. The recent increase in tourists has increased by more than 300% compared with the same period last year. Some are not welcome.

At the same time, the success of the film itself has also made the third part the focus of many people's attention.

Not only the main creators of the project and Daenerys' internal team, but also the outside world are paying close attention to the approval of the next sequel of this series, because Atlantic City in the first part and Ukrainian Rivni in the second part are due to Among them, the filming received a good publicity effect, and some countries also took the initiative to contact them, hoping to become filming locations.

Simon was not very interested in this.

It’s not just the strategy of postponing the development of the sequel that was previously set. The first two films are so successful that it is inevitable that the production cost will further increase to more than 70 million. It is regarded as a publicity release, and the final investment is likely to reach more than 100 million US dollars.

Although as long as there is no big difference, even if the cost is greatly increased, the profit will still be small. Moreover, compared with various original projects, the risk is actually quite small, but it will give people a somewhat tasteless feeling after all.

In short, Simon does not intend to start a sequel in the short term, provided there are no shortage of other better options.

And then it was.

In the fifth week of release, the single-week box office fell to 13.49 million US dollars. However, compared to the regret that it stopped within the 200 million threshold, the first week of the same 90 million level started, and it successfully broke through the local 200 million mark last week. , this week's box office went a step further, reaching 220.22 million US dollars.

In the follow-up, it is estimated that there is still a box office potential of about 20 million, and the final box office will be around 240 million US dollars.

In addition, the film's overseas performance is also strong. Following up on the overseas feedback in recent weeks, the final overseas revenue is expected to be more than 400 million US dollars, all of which will be released in theaters, and the final global box office will reach 600 million to 700 million US dollars.

One last thing worth mentioning.

This 3D animation film, which started drawing in early June, just earned $10.01 million in the past week, and will slip into the box office range of tens of millions of dollars this week. After 8 weeks of release, the cumulative total box office has reached 332.66 million U.S. dollars. Around 20 million, it is not a big problem to push the film's total domestic box office to 350 million US dollars.

In addition, in the past two months, the overseas box office of the movie has exceeded 400 million U.S. dollars.

It is expected that there will be another 200 million US dollars in income range, and the overseas box office will eventually reach 600 million US dollars.

350 million domestically, 600 million overseas, and 900 million globally. It is obvious whether the threshold of 10 can be broken through in the end. Not easy.

In any case, it is already the most successful movie in 2000 so far.

It is a little regretful that it is the surrounding area.

During this period of time, clownfish were sold around the world to the extent that animal protection organizations jumped out to protest, but Daenerys Entertainment could not do this live fish business after all.

With the release of , the 2000 North American summer vacation has entered the follow-up finishing stage, and at the same time, the time will soon come to August.

In the new month, Simon's first concern is another g8 summit from July 31 to August 2.

This year's g8 summit was held in Okinawa, Japan. There are two main topics, one is still globalization, and the other is new technology.

Simon participated in the g8 event in the UK and Germany in the past two years. It stands to reason that this year's topic is new technology, so he should be present.

However, did not go.

Apart from the U.S. bases in Okinawa, there is really nothing to focus on, not to mention that I have only been to Asia for a short time before, so I am too lazy to run again.

Of course, on the other hand, Japan does not want Simon to appear.

The Westeros Effect is just too scary.

In fact, I also thought about it, if I do this on purpose, I don't care if you are afraid or not. But, since everyone is an adult and so busy, forget it.

Although Simon did not last, the three-day meeting was quite lively.

In addition to the last round of foreign affairs visits to Asia, Clinton and the heads of seven other countries who will soon arrive in Vietnam, where the Westeros system is more concerned, leaders of many regional countries have also been invited.

Then, a group of small countries such as the Philippines and Malaysia also produced a communiqué before the g8 communiqué was issued.

The content is mainly condemnation.

Condemn developed countries for failing to fulfill their commitments to help reduce the debts of developing countries.

This is actually a topic that has been covered in g8 meetings for several years after the Asian financial turmoil. But, of course, everyone is just talking. The spokesperson of the g8 meeting also publicly stated that developed countries can only provide assistance to reduce debts, mainly relying on the efforts of developing countries themselves.

Saying is tantamount to not saying.

Then there are residents of Okinawa protesting against the presence of U.S. troops in Okinawa as usual. Recently, a disturbing incident happened. A U.S. soldier in Okinawa, um, according to the official language, forcibly had sex with a local middle school student. So once again provoked public resentment.

Not only that, South Korea, which has always been at odds with Japan, still echoes it from afar.

Local residents in Seoul protested against the destruction of the environment by the local garrison, and directly discharged untreated formaldehyde, which is toxic, into the Han River.

Speaking of which, when Simon saw this kind of news, he immediately understood the source of inspiration in the original time and space.

It's exactly the same.

In addition, there are actually details. The formaldehyde and other substances emitted by the US military seem to be used to preserve the corpses. As for why the corpses are preserved and what kind of corpses are preserved, Simon did not inquire deeply. After all, it is too much to affect the appetite.

Two things happened at the same time, and both ended up with a good result.

Apologize.

The local U.S. military representatives in Okinawa and Seoul have apologized before and after, and said that they will conduct investigations and strictly deal with those responsible.

blah blah.

Speaking of it, it is already a habit for the US military stationed in Japan to apologize. Anyway, it will definitely not change.

However, in Seoul, according to the news, this is the first time since the US military stationed in South Korea in 1945, it has publicly apologized for its actions.

first.

The treatment is clear at a glance.

For my own son, my family is not doing very well, so I will show it to some extent.

Yes... Well, Simon doesn't know how to describe it. In short, he apologized for the first time in half a century.

However, as the largest country in the universe, stretching the time to the life span of 20 billion years in the universe, but the U.S. military stationed in South Korea for half a human century is equivalent to apologizing in an instant, which must be a big gain All-conquering, and thus the local Korean papers generally ranting about the event in a triumphant tone.

After paying attention to the excitement on the other side of the ocean, Simon turned his attention back to North America again.

A box office week from July 28 to August 3 is coming to an end.

The much-watched film did not disappoint. In the first week of its release in North America, it successfully won a box office of 37.93 million U.S. dollars, and the average house reached 13,000 U.S. dollars, which is quite a big hit.

Speaking of it, both Simon and the publicity team were still a little worried that North American audiences would not adapt to Zhou Xingxing's acting style. Even in this movie, Zhou has quite restrained his own characteristics. Fortunately, the worrying things did not happen.

37.93 million in the first week, it may be difficult to break through 100 million, but it will not be a problem to hit 80 million.

And quite.

After all, the production cost is only 25 million US dollars. It was only in mainland China before. It is estimated that the basic box office of 500 million yuan has already recovered most of the cost. North America, whatever it gets is profit.

Of course, Simon's personal satisfaction does not mean that everyone is satisfied.

However, compared to the main creators including Zhou

And the regrets of other related parties, Simon has always remained sober.

After all, Chinese movies only opened up a label of "Kung Fu" in North America.

Although Simon is not like some people in the original timeline think, Westerners have watched a few films and lost interest, which led to the loss of the market for Chinese films in Hollywood. In fact, it is just that Chinese filmmakers themselves have not been able to make good films. And make a good announcement, but if you can't get rid of this label, it won't be too long after all.

Simon, on the other hand, was at first enthusiastic about the matter.

However, gradually, it is inevitable that there will be some struggles.

After all, it is a fish that landed on the shore.

In any case, the future will be discussed in the future.

Now one thing after another.

For example, this weekend, I did not leave Los Angeles, and went to work as usual. In the morning, I decided to watch a documentary that has entered the final stage of announcement.

This is the next project after last year's.

Speaking of which, if it can be successful, even if it is slightly worse than last year's results, as long as it arouses enough repercussions, it will be able to open up a small label for Chinese-language films that is not too mainstream.

The main creative team of the film is obviously working hard for this goal.

At the previous screening ceremony, not only did Jiang Mi, the leading actor of the movie, attend the show in full costume, but even for the first time, as the premiere film, a pre-trailer was also included, which is the preview of this documentary.

In short, it is planned to be released on August 18, with the gimmick of last year, coupled with a series of clever publicity recently, it can be regarded as attracting a lot of attention.

Although it's too late to make changes so close to release, Simon plans to see it for himself.

Unexpectedly, in a screening hall of Daenerys Studios, not long after the documentary started playing, a woman knocked on the door suddenly.

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