Reborn Tycoon Rise

The same scene occurred across much of North America, with countless theaters flooding in with countless family and couple packages, and Home Alone's first-day release in full bloom!

Reporters have the sharpest noses anywhere, and in Hollywood, reporters are also the best at catching news.

On the third day of its release, major newspapers in Los Angeles reported on this movie. After all, a large number of people were still unsatisfied after watching it. From a professional point of view, "Home Alone" not only made people pay attention to family relationships , there seems to be nothing more to say in terms of literature and art.

But its only advantage is that it is funny, which is very suitable for the upcoming Christmas. And some organizations that specialize in hacking various movies have also found some places to complain. They believe that some of the plots in this movie are exaggerated, and the plot of children setting traps is very easy for people to imitate. This is not a good thing for childhood growth. .

Where there is black there is white.

The most famous "Los Angeles Times" has a professional evaluation:

"This is a very heartwarming movie. Although the parents of this family are simply idiots, the naughty children are impressive and can easily resonate with countless people. Not only children, but even adults will recall their own childhood. .

Although the plot of the fight against the thief is extremely exaggerated, it is for the needs of the movie after all. This is a comedy movie, and its plot does not need to have much profound meaning. As a comedy, as long as it can make people happy, it is the greatest success! "

After the third day, all the major theater chains changed their screening plans because of this popular movie. Because the original studios were too few and there was simply not enough to watch. Customers are God, and cinemas are not stupid. Of course, they need to add more screens.

However, adding a screen requires a copy of the disc. David Klein received dozens of calls in a row asking for copies of "Home Alone". These were all people with some connections, and his subordinates received even more calls.

Fortunately, the Columbia company is not small, and the entire industry chain has been integrated. After a phone call, the company's factory immediately stopped other projects and started making copies of "Home Alone."

One week after the movie was released, the first week box office results in North America were announced: US$23 million!

"Home Alone" won the first place in the weekly box office with an absolute advantage, and ranked third in the entire 1978.

But the difference is that the number of screens for "Home Alone" was not many at the beginning, only more than a thousand. After the box office became popular, although many theaters increased the number of screenings, due to the lack of copies, this first weekend The box office is not at its peak at all.

In the second week, as urgently processed copies were airlifted to major theaters, after rearrangement, the number of screens for "Home Alone" exceeded 3,000, but the average occupancy rate was still over 70%.

The box office in the second week was also quickly calculated: $48 million.

Not only did this figure exceed the expectations of film critics, but even Columbia felt that this figure was too exciting. They were indeed optimistic about the movie, but the initial estimate was that it could reach 100 million U.S. dollars, and based on the current box office Look, within the third week, the number will exceed $100 million.

With the current data, as long as you are not a fool, you can understand that if there are no big problems in the future, this movie must already be a super dark horse.

After entering the third week, Christmas is approaching, the first batch of viewers of Home Alone have finished watching, the data has begun to fall, and major theater chains must release many Christmas movies as planned.

But in fact, many film companies are crying out of luck at this time. Although the data of "Home Alone" has dropped somewhat, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. In the face of this super dark horse, all major movies will be affected.

As many people expected, in the third week, the box office of "Home Alone" fell back to 30 million, but it still beat all movies released on Christmas.

It's really funny that a Christmas movie is overtaken by a non-Christmas movie in first place, but to countless movie companies, it's not that funny!

With the rise of this dark horse at the box office, countless media began to turn their attention from the movie to the behind-the-scenes of the movie: "Who is the investor in this movie?"

Considering that the official cost of "Home Alone" is only US$5 million, and it has only been released now, the box office has exceeded US$140 million. The profits are so high that even movie giants like Paramount are probably coveting it.

The director of the movie is Terry. This is no secret. His name is on the big screen of the movie. After the reporters followed the clues, they naturally discovered Xu Zhi behind it.

With the in-depth investigation, Xu Zhi's information was slowly unearthed. Some reporters seemed to have taken stimulants. After New Year's Day in 1979, the Los Angeles Times devoted half a page to introducing the people behind the scenes of Home Alone. .

The next day, the Los Angeles Times published a very attractive headline on its front page - "The Rise of the Youngest Billionaire in History"

"...At present, the box office in a single month has exceeded 150 million U.S. dollars, and the movie "Home Alone" has become popular all over the United States. Although it was directed by the director of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" five years ago, this newspaper reported that the movie "Home Alone" The creativity and conception of the film came from Eric Xu, a young man from Xiangjiang, China, across the Pacific Ocean.

Speaking of Mr. Eric Xu, he was born in an ordinary family in Hong Kong, Asia. He started his business a year ago and started filming the famous movie "Drunken Master" in Hong Kong. This movie has not been released in North America, but the video is still available Available for rent in many cities in the United States.

Since the era of Li Xiaolong, martial arts movies in Hong Kong have become too repetitive. A large number of movies with the same plot are destroying this genre. However, "Drunken Master" started by Eric Xu has brought a new era to martial arts movies, integrating comedy into martial arts. , is his unique invention.

Unlike other businessmen, after the success of "Drunken Master", Eric Xu did not continue filming, but switched to the electronics industry.

The claw machine that was once popular in Asia and Japan, Hong Kong Cube, Tank Battle, and Pac-Man that countless players are looking forward to are all successful works of this boy who is less than 20 years old.

Because sole proprietorships do not need to disclose the company's annual report, but the tank war that is currently popular in the United States has completely defeated the Space Invaders that became popular last year.

According to the annual report of Japan Taito Company, Space Invaders earned more than 100 million US dollars in net profits for the company last year. From this point of view, if there is no new "arcade dark horse", the Tank Battle alone will The arcade alone was enough to make over $100 million in profits. "