Chapter 239: The First Week of "District Nine".

"Hulk" did not do well at the box office, but that was compared to its high investment of $137 million.

Universal should have lost money, but "Hulk" also grossed $245 million worldwide.

Therefore, although "Hurricane Rescue" surpassed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Chen Hao was still defeated by Li Press!

As for the highest single-film box office record of a Chinese director, Wu Baige's "Mission Impossible 2" has a global box office of $545 million!

Chen Hao is still quite far from this achievement.

At the same time, the mainland box office of "Hurricane Rescue" is 45 million, and because it is a Huamei co-production, it can enjoy the treatment of domestic films.

According to the previously negotiated 39% box office share, the film can get 17.55 million yuan.

And Chen Hao only accounts for 17.5% of the investment cost, and after removing taxes, Chen Hao will get 2.6 million yuan!

In addition, the 45 million of "Hurricane Rescue" also exceeded the 43 million of Feng Dacang's "Big Shot", which made many good media interview Feng Dacang.

Although Chen Hao has rarely crossed paths since he and Feng Dacang scolded each other, the media has always wanted to hype up the contradictions between the two.

After all, they are all famous directors, and they each have an identity and status in the circle, which is much more exciting than ordinary starlet lace news.

With such an eye-catching explosion, the media will naturally not let it disappear easily.

Feng Dacang did not disappoint the gathered media either.

"Is it interesting that you compare his 2003 movie with my 2001 movie?

Feng Dacang showed no concern for "Hurricane Rescue", and at the same time promoted his new film "Mobile Phone" by the way.

"Feng Dacang said that the box office of "Mobile Phone" will definitely surpass "Hurricane Rescue"!" --- Sohu Entertainment reported

"Feng Cannon thinks "Hurricane Rescue" is not worth mentioning!" --- New Wolf Entertainment

"Feng Dacang is full of confidence in the box office of "Mobile Phone"!" --- Netease Entertainment

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Not to mention that the media and celebrities actually need each other, one provides a breaking point, a total of channels, and finally one gets exposure and the other gets money!

Feng Dacang's words made the media boil, and it soon appeared in the newspapers, spread quickly, and soon attracted many fans and melon-eating people.

Feng Cannon's ultimate goal has also been achieved, and many people know that "Mobile Phone" will be released on December 17th, and the publicity effect is leveraged!

Of course, Feng Dacang's remarks, as always, set off waves again, and it was a burst of excitement.

And just when everyone was discussing Feng Cannon's remarks and the new film "Mobile Phone", December 17 quietly came.

On this day, in the mainland of China, "Mobile Phone" officially premiered!

And in North America, "The Lord of the Rings 3" also landed in major theaters!

Chen Hao, Davis and Hollywood's major giants are also watching this super blockbuster, wanting to see what kind of box office results it can achieve.

Soon, a week passed, and last week's North American weekend box office rankings were released!

"The Lord of the Rings 3" did not disappoint, sweeping the entire North American film market last week.

Unlike most sequel blockbusters, the three films in the hugely successful Lord of the Rings series can be said to be classics, and their amazing word-of-mouth and momentum reached their peak in "Lord of the Rings 3".

According to the data released by the film company a few days ago, "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" achieved a total of $125 million in box office sales in five days of release in North America, and $72.62 million in three days over the weekend, while also setting several records.

The new film has even surpassed the 1999 release of Star Wars: Prequel 1 - The Phantom Crisis at the box office in its first five days of release.

From Friday to Sunday, the film surpassed "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers" at the box office, and became the best debut of a film released in December.

Similarly, the film was also released in 2003, and after "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" and "X-Men 2", it ranked 3rd in the premiere.

Last week, another film that was released in theaters was Julia Roberts' feature film "Mona Lisa's Smile," which ranked No. 2 at the box office with a cumulative box office of $12 million in its three days of release.

The previous weekend's top-of-the-charts film, "Love is a Compromise," starring Jack Nicholson, slipped to No. 3 last weekend, earning $11.5 million, and has now grossed $33.5 million.

Also rounding out the top five is Tom Cruise's legendary samurai film The Last Samurai, which has been on the charts for three weeks and earned $7.3 million at the box office last weekend.

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The box office results of "Lord of the Rings 3" can be said to be as expected by everyone, and as unexpected by everyone.

It was expected because everyone knew that its box office in the first week was bound to explode, but what they didn't expect was that the box office would be so high!

Fans who have seen the film naturally take it for granted, but they are bitter about the major films that will be released this week.

"Lord of the Rings 3" continues the level of the first two parts in terms of plot and special effects, which is addictive and exciting, and these are also reflected in the box office and word of mouth.

In addition to the terrifying $125 million in the first week, "Lord of the Rings 3" scored directly on IMDB, with an ultra-high score of 9.3 points directly surpassing the long-time top ranking "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption", ranking first in history!

And with a total of 21,549 fans participating in this poll (and still rising), "The Lord of the Rings 3" is undoubtedly the fastest rising film of all time, and it has already ranked ahead of all the movies just after its release.

At the same time, the media and film critics also gave the film high praise, and even thought that the film was enough to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

With such terrifying box office popularity and word-of-mouth reviews of "Lord of the Rings 3", it is likely that it will also maintain a strong box office appeal the following week, which is out-and-out bad news for "District 9", which is released this week.

Chen Hao and Davis could only be speechless after seeing the box office performance and word-of-mouth of "The Lord of the Rings 3", which is really strong and speechless.

Moreover, in addition to the big demon king of "Lord of the Rings 3", "District 9" also has to face the competition of "Peter Pan", "Cold Mountain", "A Basket of Children" and "Memory Rift".

This week's Christmas stalls are really too crowded and tragic, and it's hard to say whether "District 9" can break out of the encirclement.

"Now that it's over, don't think too much about it, 'District 9' will definitely premiere on Christmas Day, and now we can only hope for a good outcome. Davis said.

Chen Hao could only nod when he heard this, he always had to come, it was a mule or a horse to come out and slip away!

In the slightly anxious waiting of Davis and Chen Hao, the three-day weekend finally passed.

"Chen, the box office is out. Davis said.

"How much?" Chen Hao said hurriedly.