Hollywood Lover

"Smith, you guessed it right again!" Adaman explained: "The Emperor Entertainment Group contacted me just now. They want to release our movies across the board and want to take some copies from us. And..."

"Promise him!" Without waiting for Adaman to finish speaking, Zhang Dongcheng said without hesitation: "This request will do no harm to us, and we must agree immediately!"

"I know, I have already agreed. Not only Emperor Entertainment Group, but also people from Xikeman Cinemas have also contacted me, and they all want to increase the number of screenings!" Adaman really came with good news this time Yes, I heard the news that one theater company after another requested to increase the number of screenings. The smile on Zhang Dongcheng's face became brighter and brighter.

After Adaman told Zhang Dongcheng the demands of more than a dozen theater companies, Zhang Dongcheng frowned instead. "Adaman, why is there no AMC Theaters?"

"I don't know!" Adaman shook his head, took the water glass handed over by Patricia, gulped, and said, "We contacted AMC Theaters, and after getting the box office data on the first day, the other party did not Mention the request to increase the number of screenings!!"

As soon as Adaman's voice fell, Zhang Dongcheng's phone rang. The gap between front and back is no more than two seconds.

Zhang Dongcheng pressed the answer button, and he had a vague feeling in his heart that this call should be from AMC Theater Company.

"Hey! Smith, congratulations! Your Matrix has been a great success! I believe that when the Matrix comes down, you will be called the super director Smith!" Kent's voice came from the phone .

"Hello, Mr. Kent. Thank you for your compliment." Zhang Dongcheng replied politely. Then he didn't say a word, quietly waiting for Kent to put forward his conditions.

After Kent was silent for a moment, the voice came. He said with a bit of embarrassment in his tone: "Smith, I think maybe we should take advantage of the number of screenings when the Matrix is ​​on fire. You know, this is beneficial to us and not harmful. Are you right? ?”

"Of course, I think so too!" Zhang Dongcheng nodded as a matter of course.

"Great! Smith, I'll send someone to your company to revise the contract!" Kent finally felt relieved.

In fact, the reason why AMC proposed to increase the number of screenings this time was a little later than other companies. It was entirely because of Kent's personal reasons. He believed that Zhang Dongcheng's movies could make money, but he didn't expect to make so much money.

From one point, we can see how powerful Zhang Dongcheng's The Matrix is.

When The Mummy was first released, Carl contacted 3,000 movie theaters and screened it on all fronts. The box office on the first day was only 10.52 million U.S. dollars, and it was only over 10 million U.S. dollars. And what about The Matrix?

Because Dongcheng Films has just been established and there is no perfect release channel, the number of theaters for this release is nearly 500 fewer than that of Mummy! That is more than 2,500 movie theaters. Even so, the first-day box office of The Matrix surpassed that of The Matrix. What if The Matrix, like The Mummy, also got 3,000 theaters?

This is an unanswerable question, but I believe that the number of 3,000 companies is definitely more than 12.66 million US dollars. It's not out of the question to reach $15 million.

In this way, the request of major theaters to increase the number of screenings also seems to be a matter of course. After all, theaters also want to make money, and no one will have trouble with money! This is especially true in a capitalist country like the United States.

"Please wait a moment! Old Kent!" Zhang Dongcheng said calmly, "I don't know how many companies you want to increase this time?"

"Oh, my friend!" Kent, a familiar and thick-skinned old guy, said sincerely: "Smith, you are my friend! You are my closest friend, and of course your movie will be released on all fronts! That's it. There is no doubt about it!"

Listening to Kent's righteous words, those who don't know will think that this guy is Guan Erye alive. But Zhang Dongcheng knew that this was nothing more than the profit he could bring him. If The Matrix didn't do well at the box office, these guys would definitely be calling, asking for fewer canvases and a shorter run.

As the second largest movie theater company in the United States, AMC Movie Theater Company owns more than 300 movie theaters and nearly 5,000 screens in the United States alone.

It is definitely something that Zhang Dongcheng can't wait for it to be screened across the board.

"Then, we have a happy cooperation!" Originally, Zhang Dongcheng planned to take this opportunity to fight back at the movie box office and reap some benefits, but considering that The Matrix is ​​only the first work of Dongcheng Pictures after its establishment, for now , the most important thing is to build a reputation and build a good relationship with these theater companies.

Although it is said that Zhang Dongcheng suffered a bit from the previous share ratio, but if there is a stalemate with the theater now. It is harmful to the future development, and it is easy to give people the attitude of a villain who is arrogant and arrogant. Zhang Dongcheng could only suppress this urge.

Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, and there is no rush.

"Smith, you are really my friend!" Kent immediately put his heart back into his stomach.

The two exchanged pleasantries after that, then hung up the phone.

"Smith, is it AMC's call?" Adaman looked at Zhang Dongcheng excitedly.

"That's right. You guessed it right, this is indeed AMC's call, and their request for calling is also to increase the number of screenings!" Zhang Dongcheng looked at Adaman firmly and said. It seems that there is a feeling of strategizing and winning thousands of miles away.

"Wow! This is simply amazing!" Adaman jumped up excitedly, looked at Zhang Dongcheng excitedly and asked, "Smith, how high do you think our movie will be at the box office in the end?"

The original version of The Matrix earned more than 170 million U.S. dollars in the United States, and the global box office totaled more than 460 million U.S. dollars.

Nowadays, Zhang Dongcheng's The Matrix, whether it is special effects, or the rhythm of the story, all surpass the original version by a notch. The gun fighting skills in it are already amazing enough.

Moreover, in this period of time, there are basically no films released by big-name directors, and they are ahead of the disaster romance film "Titanic". I believe there is no reason why the box office will be less than the original version.

"For the US box office, I estimate it will stop at 200 million, and the global box office may be close to 500 million!" Zhang Dongcheng didn't talk too much.

Even so, Adaman was still stunned. Not only Adaman, but even Patricia. Both a man and a woman looked at Zhang Dongcheng with the same eyes as they looked at Glass.

For a moment, Adaman exclaimed, but he was not happy, but worried. "****! Smith, is your head okay? Are you sure you just said 200 million in the United States and 500 million in the world?"

"Maybe it won't reach the number I said, but it will definitely be very close!" Zhang Dongcheng is very convinced of this.

During this time period, there are only two films that can have an impact on the success of The Matrix. One is the thriller and suspense film "The Devil's Advocate" produced by Warner Films and directed by Taylor Hackford.

It is said that Keanu Reeves played the leading role in the original version of "The Devil's Advocate". It's a pity that Zhang Dongcheng got there first and took the lead. Take Keanu Reeves under his command.

So Taylor Hackford didn't think about looking for him again, but found an opera singer named Hugh Jackman. This is not a big loss for Keanu Reeves, because Keanu Reeves' real fame came after The Matrix.

Speaking of Hugh Jackman, not many people know his name, because his name is not as loud as his nickname, but when it comes to a role he once played, many people can immediately think of him as who. It can even be described as thunderous.

He is the famous Wolverine Logan in "X-Men", the guy known as Uncle Wolf.

At this stage, Uncle Wolf Hugh Jackman is not well-known at all, and he is still a low-level employee, and he has not even set foot in the film industry. It's about filming TV dramas, or acting in stage plays, musicals and the like.

Zhang Dongcheng was slightly surprised that Taylor Hackford could find him to play the leading role.

In addition to "The Devil's Advocate", there is also a movie "I Know What You Did Last Summer" which is also translated as who did it. This movie directed by Jim Glaspie is also similar to The Matrix schedules collided.

However, the total US box office results of these two films are not high. According to the information obtained by Zhang Dongcheng, the box office of "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was only more than 70 million US dollars. And there are even fewer devil's advocates, just over 60 million.

In a collision with The Matrix, these two films would absolutely be crushed.

In fact, Zhang Dongcheng's guess was not wrong at all.

The Matrix was released two years ahead of schedule, but the quality of the movie has not diminished. Once it was released, it completely showed its invincible posture. In this period of time when there are no heavyweight movies released at this stage, The Matrix almost swept the Halloween schedule.

The box office on the first day was 12.66 million U.S. dollars, and on October 25 it was 11 million U.S. dollars. On the third day, which is Sunday, October 26th, due to the sudden increase in the number of canvases, the box office of the movie seemed to be on a rocket, directly breaking through the 15 million dollar mark, reaching The previous 15.3 million US dollars.

On October 27th, due to the end of the weekend, the box office dropped rapidly, only 7.89 million US dollars.

On the fifth day, $8.44 million.

On the sixth day, $7.9 million.

The seventh day is 8.06 million US dollars.

The box office of The Matrix's first week reached an astonishing $71.25 million! In the blink of an eye, it ranked first in the box office chart of this week's movie results! And it was airborne!

When this number was announced, the entire American entertainment industry seemed to be dropped a depth bomb, and a loud bang shocked countless film critics and film practitioners.