Fans' enthusiasm for "Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" has not dissipated, and it ranked first in the North American box office chart last weekend with a score of $30.8 million, successfully achieving three consecutive top spots on the list.

Since its release on December 17, 2003, "The Lord of the Rings III" has grossed $292 million at the North American box office, and the $300 million mark is close at hand.

With its high reputation and the New Year's Day holiday, "District 9" retained its runner-up position with a three-day weekend box office of $22.54 million.

The film grossed a total of $30.79 million in the next week and seven days, and the cumulative box office has successfully exceeded $60 million, reaching $60.61 million.

Without the impact of heavyweight new films, "A Basket of Children", "Love is a Compromise" and "Cold Mountain" also maintained their rankings last week.

At the same time, after 10 weeks of release, "Saw 2" was officially released last week.

The final North American box office of "Saw 2" was fixed at $87.03 million, which is about $22 million higher than the box office of the first part of "Saw 2".

It's just that the media and critics don't have a high evaluation of the film, but fans love it, so the third part of the film will definitely meet the global audience on Halloween in 2004.

According to the previous distribution agreement, Measuring Heaven will receive 55% of the box office share, and after deducting taxes, it will receive 41 million US dollars, or 339.07 million yuan.

In addition, "Saw 2" is also about to be drawn outside North America, and has already earned a total of $60 million at the box office, and the global box office of "Saw 2" is about $147 million!

The share of the overseas box office is generally 35%, and after removing taxes, the measuring ruler can probably get 17.8 million US dollars, that is, 147.61 million yuan!

The box office score of "Saw 2" has brought nearly 5 small goals to Chen Hao!

Now that the time has come to 2004, Sony Columbia has also paid the DVD rental of "Saw 1" and "Hurricane Rescue", premium channel license fees, regular channel license fees, fixed venue broadcasts and other revenues to Measuring Sky Pictures.

The peripheral income of the two films directly suppressed Chen Hao, and "Saw 1" was released earlier, almost in the whole of 2003, and all the peripheral income was only distributed to the measuring ruler of 12.5 million US dollars.

You must know that the producer's share generally only accounts for about 30% of the total revenue of the surrounding area, which shows that Sony Columbia is definitely making a lot of money, and the Hollywood giants are indeed not talking about it.

In addition to box office revenue, the film has additional peripheral income, and it can last for decades, although Chen Hao has long known the distribution profitability of Hollywood giants.

But after seeing the $12.5 million in hand, the feelings in my heart are still very complicated.

Another film, "Hurricane Rescue", was released for about half a year, and it also brought about $8 million in revenue to the measuring scale.

The merchandise revenue of the two films in the first year was about $20.5 million!

Chen Hao now feels more and more that it is really right to come to North America.

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The second-week box office of "District 9" made Chen Hao and Davis very satisfied, and according to the long-term box office characteristics of the holiday file, both felt that the final box office of the film should be able to exceed the 121 million of "Hurricane Rescue".

At this time, Chen Hao was ready to leave the United States, but he had to postpone it because a number of Hollywood giants came to the door.

Chen Hao thought about it and didn't refuse, because of Davis, Chen Hao and Sony Columbia do have a closer relationship, but there are no permanent friends, only eternal interests.

In order to protect his interests, Chen Hao must give himself multiple choices, and he can't just put all his eggs in one basket.

"Chen, congratulations on your movie being a box office hit!" said Warner Bros.' Greg Silverman with a smile.

"Thank you, it's far worse than "Lord of the Rings 3"!" Chen Hao said with a smile.

"Wow, that's true, it's Lord of the Rings 3 after all!" Greg Silverman nodded, "That kind of movie is hard to come by." ”

"Yes, being able to shoot the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is enough for Peter Jackson to go down in history!" Chen Hao sighed.

"Actually, Chen, you also have such an opportunity. Greg Silverman said mysteriously.

Chen Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Oh?

"I hear, Chen, you like Marvel superheroes?" asked Greg Silverman.

Chen Hao smiled and nodded, "That's right!"

"Chen, you know that American superheroes aren't just Marvel. Greg Silverman said.

Chen Hao's heart moved when he heard this, but he didn't speak, but continued to wait for Greg Silverman's next words.

"I'm sure you've heard of DC!" said Greg Silverman, "and we at Warner Bros. have two of DC's most famous superheroes, Batman and Superman!"

After hearing this, Chen Hao had a certain premonition in his heart that became even stronger, but he still said patiently, "Does this have anything to do with me?"

"So, we at Warner Bros. are preparing to reboot the Batman franchise recently, I wonder if you're interested in directing it?" asked Greg Silverman.

Damn, it's Batman!

In the previous life, most of the Batman in everyone's memory should be the "Batman" series trilogy directed by Nolan.

It's a series unlike any other superhero movie that has gone before, and it's the greatest, if not the greatest, superhero movie series.

Nolan has become a world-renowned director with this series, and many fans have even mythologized it!

It's just that "Batman", as one of the most well-known superheroes in the United States, has long been put on the screen.

But compared to Nolan's supergod trilogy, if you are watching the previous 4 movies in the "Batman" series, you will definitely ask three questions about who am I, where am I, and what am I going to do?

Really, the previous 4 "Batman" are simply compared to Nolan's trilogy, and after watching the previous "Batman" after watching Nolan's trilogy, it is really equivalent to being fed!

The most recent one is 1997's "Batman 4: Batman and Robin", which was named the first of the 50 worst movies of the era, and is known as the worst movie ever brought to the screen, and the film won the championship is expected!

For this reason, after the release of "Batman 4", Warner directly blocked this superhero for 6 years!

However, it may be that in the past two years, seeing the box office explosions of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men", Warner Bros. can't help it.

Although there is no Marvel, they have DC, and as the two most well-known DC superheroes in the United States, Batman and Superman are undoubtedly the best choice!