At the end of the commercial, the opening credits of the crown and the new line flashed, and the film began in a whisper.

"It's... This is Kunling!"

Jack's eyes widened in shock when he heard the whispers in the darkness, he didn't expect John to actually put Kunqu on the big screen and read it out.

"Well, there's something you're shocked about. Michael Collins loved to see Jack shocked, and it made him happy.

"Shhhhhh

The running time of more than two hours is a long time for most films, but John is not a rookie, he knows how to handle the film, how to control the pace, how to make the plot of the whole movie compact, so the audience will not feel dull and long when watching "The Lord of the Rings", they will only be immersed in the world of the movie and be fascinated, and when the film ends, it dawns on them that so much time has passed!

This is the difference between the director and the general director, the director knows what the audience wants, and can present it completely, while the general director does not have such an ability, some know what the audience wants, but they don't have the ability to make it, and some don't know it directly, or they just care about their own lust, without considering the market demand, such a film will naturally not be recognized by the market when it is launched on the market.

"He turned my fantasy into reality and adapted it even more successfully than I could have imagined!"

The subtitles fell, the song sounded, Jack raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, his heart was full of emotion, he and John had no personal grudges, and resisted the adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings", completely afraid that John would ruin the classic in his heart, but John not only did not destroy "The Lord of the Rings", but also helped him turn his fantasy into reality, allowing him to see the long-awaited Middle-earth!

"How's that, are you still resisting?"

Michael Collins asked, patting Jack on the shoulder.

"If the second and third parts are still at this level, I won't stick to my ideas. ”

Jack got up and left after speaking, he was going to buy another movie ticket and come to watch it twice tomorrow, how can such a classic movie be watched once, it must be watched more than a dozen times.

......

Not long after the midnight show, the theater chain soon began to count the box office, but John went to bed early without waiting for the box office statistics to come out, success is inevitable for him, there is nothing to worry about, and this is just a movie, even if it fails, it is not a big deal, if he can't sleep for this little thing, then he may have insomnia every day.

However, John was asleep, but the box office was not counted, and some people couldn't sleep, such as the vice president of New Line Film and Television and the heads in charge of distribution.

The production and publicity of "The Lord of the Rings" cost more than 600 million US dollars, such a huge investment, if it really has to hit the street, even Di Baobao will break his muscles and bones, put aside the general film company, and absolutely go out of business, and the team involved in the production and publicity may be unemployed.

What's more, this is also related to the subsequent investment of up to $2 billion, once the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is successful, New Line Pictures will immediately launch the TV series version of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" to continue to make money and squeeze out the last drop of value of this IP, so the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings" cannot fail, otherwise not only the TV series version of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" will definitely be stranded indefinitely.

"Why hasn't the theater line been counted yet, let people urge the theater line, it's two o'clock in the morning now!"

At the headquarters of New Line Pictures, Vice President Durendo Patricky raised his hand to look at his watch, and asked his secretary to call and urge the theater chain to quickly count the box office.

New Line Pictures has a total of one president and seven vice presidents.

The president is Ace Pocks.

The vice presidents are:

Durondo Patrick, who is in charge of the distribution.

Steve Antonucci, who is in charge of the film.

Louis Saint Laurent, who is in charge of the production of the TV series.

Owen Galvan in charge of administration.

Camilo Ceballos, who is in charge of legal affairs.

Kubire Sonmez, who is in charge of finance.

Michael Laughwood, who is in charge of logistics.

Devon Morgan has stepped down as president of New Line and is now president of Crown Entertainment Group, overseeing Crown Entertainment's business, which includes New Line Pictures, Miramax Films, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Entertainment, and RCA Records.

Darren Morgan Crown Film and Television Investment Company and Crown Entertainment Group belong to the same Crown Group, Nancy's ICM and CAA brokerage companies do not belong to the Crown Group, independent of the Crown Group, the US Antitrust Act stipulates that film and television companies can only own theaters, not manage brokerage companies, so Nancy's agency can only be independent.

"Vice President, the statistics of the theater chain are out!"

Before the secretary could call the theater line, the theater chain sent the box office statistics to the new line, and the secretary returned to the Durendo Patrick office as soon as he printed out the box office statistics table.

"Quick, show me!"

Durendo Patrick didn't wait for the secretary to come closer, and then reached out.

Seeing this, the secretary quickened his pace and handed the box office statistics table in his hand to the past.

As soon as Durento Patricky got the box office statistics table, he frowned and looked at it carefully, and the heads of departments who were waiting on the side raised their heads and looked at Durendo Patrickli, waiting for Durento Patricky to announce the results, and the office was surprisingly quiet at this moment.

"What the hell is the box office!"

The directors looked at the box office statistics table in Durento Patrick's hand, and their hearts were like a cat scratch, and they couldn't wait to snatch the box office statistics table from Durento Patrick's hand and take a good look. But this is just everyone's obscenity, the big guy hasn't finished reading it, who dares to speak at this time, can only wait honestly, feeling uncomfortable, and have to endure it.

"Guys, we can open champagne!"

After reading the box office statistics table, Durendo Patrick loosened his frowning brows and looked up at the supervisors with a happy face.

1,580 theaters, with an occupancy rate of 98.7% and a total box office of $14.23 million, "The Lord of the Rings" successfully refreshed the midnight box office record!"

"Wow!"

Bang Bang Bang!

As soon as Durondo Patrick's voice fell, the whole office resounded with cheers and applause, "The Lord of the Rings" is successful, everyone does not have to be held accountable, and this month's bonus will be doubled, this is a very celebratory thing, and more importantly, everyone has one more topic to talk about in the future, and can proudly tell my peers: I have participated in the distribution of "The Lord of the Rings".

"Everyone, let's raise a glass to celebrate The Lord of the Rings' success in breaking the midnight box office record, and thank you all for your efforts, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

The crowd toasted to each other.

A movie, production is very important, distribution is also very important, in this era of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, if there is no distribution support, in excellent movies will also be buried, on the contrary, if there is excellent distribution support, in the garbage movies may also create box office miracles. Moreover, this miracle is not a few.