Chapter 25: Crushing the Lost World

In the past, "Titanic", because it was released on Christmas, as long as it led the Christmas file, it would be the off-season at the box office after that, and it could always lead the box office.

In fact, "Titanic" has topped the weekly box office in North America for 15 consecutive weeks!

Such a mythological record, of course, is impossible to put in the summer file.

Even Don was mentally prepared to give up his position to "Jurassic Park 2" after being the top of the weekly box office for two weeks.

At the box office on Thursday, "Jurassic Park 2" hit $9.5 million, $19 million on Friday, $23 million on Saturday, and $18.6 million on Sunday, totaling more than $70 million in the first week!

Such first-week box office data, only "Jurassic Park 1" and "Titanic", ranked third in film history, which can be regarded as a good ranking.

But Steve Spielberg couldn't laugh at all.

Because the box office of "Titanic" was even more popular that week, exceeding $85 million, a drop of less than 15%!

Such an unnatural box office trend shocked the entire Hollywood, and at the same time, it also made Spielberg smile bitterly and sorrowfully.

Even the box office in the first week can't compare to "Titanic", and it is conceivable that after this, "Jurassic Park 2" will never have a chance to suppress "Titanic".

In fact, it is.

In the 4th week of the release of "Titanic", the box office still exceeded $60 million, and the total box office in North America reached $330 million!

The box office of "Jurassic Park 2" fell by more than 50%, and the weekly box office was only a little over $30 million, according to market estimates, the North American box office of this movie is more than 200 million.

Fiasco!

Before the release of the two movies, "Titanic" was a joke in the whole of Hollywood, and even in the whole of America, and "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" was a super blockbuster that was highly anticipated!

But the result?

"Titanic" is like a giant, crushing everything along the way, even the dinosaurs that have always amazed and awed fans have to humbly give way.

Shame on you!

Steve Spielberg has become famous since filming "Jaws", and he has become the godfather of Hollywood commercial films.

This also made Spielberg, who was of Jewish descent, more and more inflated in Hollywood, and even ambitiously became independent and opened a DreamWorks Pictures that wanted to compete with the six major film companies!

Unexpectedly, this summer, a child under the age of 20 stepped on the top of his head and became famous in one fell swoop!

With Steve Spielberg's status and prestige, he naturally can't be willing to degenerate enough to deliberately embarrass junior directors, but his upset is indeed true.

It's as if big-name directors such as Francis Coppola, Woody Allen, and Stanley Kubrick were unhappy with him back then!

In June, a number of commercial blockbusters were released, and under the attack of movies such as "Prison in the Sky", "Men in Black", "Life and Death 2", "Batman and Robin", "Titanic" finally gave up the top position at the box office, and the weekly box office fell sharply, more than 55%, to $30 million.

In particular, "Men in Black" starring Will Smith was another big surprise this summer, with a box office of more than $65 million in the first week, and its cool and gorgeous scenes caused quite a stir.

As a result, it naturally squeezed the living space of "Jurassic Park 2" even more.

By the end of June, the North American box office of "Jurassic Park 2" was only $180 million, while "Titanic" broke through 400 million and reached $450 million!

The records set by "Jurassic Park 1" that year are now shattered one by one in front of "Titanic".

The official stage of the summer season is from July to September, so there is a craze about "Titanic" all over the world, many local movies have not yet been released, and so far, the overseas box office is only 340 million US dollars.

But even so, the total global box office of "Titanic" has reached 800 million US dollars, and everything is heading towards the number that Done Walker predicted!

On July 1, Cameron, Donne, Leonardo and others flew to the United Kingdom on Cameron's private plane to attend the premiere in the United Kingdom.

Starting today, "Titanic" will be officially open to the world!

It can be expected that in the next two or three months, there will be a crazy growth at the box office of the movie.

In the UK, everyone met Kate Winslet, who looked a little haggard.

"How are you?"

As her two best friends in the crew, Don and Leonardo hugged each other with concern.

Kate pulled her hair and smiled reluctantly, "I'm fine." ”

Don frowned, "Is that guy embarrassed for you?"

Kate returned to China a month ago to deal with the dissolution of the marriage, and judging by her face, the situation does not seem to be good.

Kate Qiao shook her head with extreme disappointment on her face, "It's okay, I can handle it." ”

Leonardo said unhappily: "Kate, don't you treat us as friends?"

Kate felt the concern of the two and sighed, "The matter has been settled, and I paid a hush money." ”

"Hush money?"

Don and Leonardo's faces changed, they didn't expect things to go so badly, her fiancΓ© was ...... The character is too bad, right?

"Forget it, it's not a problem that can be solved with money. Don patted Kate's arm, "As long as the trouble is solved, I still have some cash in my hand, if you need help......"

Kate finally smiled happily, "Thank you, Donn, I don't need it yet, but ...... I think I'm going to need to take on a play right away. ”

Don nodded, "Okay, don't be too tired of yourself, remember, no matter what the future holds, Leon and I will always stand behind you." ”

Leonardo also immediately took a stand.

Kate was a little touched and hugged the two briefly, "Thank you, it's my luck to have you two good friends." ”

……

Donn's assistant George Paxton also arrives in London, and Donn has an important task for him.

"George, you immediately go to the major bookstores and look for fantasy and magical literary novels for teenagers, remember that they are novels, not fairy tales. ”

Naturally, it is impossible for Tang En to directly expose the title of the book, which is too incredible.

George has mediocre abilities but a good brain, "Donn, are you trying to make a fantasy movie for teenagers?"

Don once asked him to inquire about the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings", and found that it had been purchased by New Line Pictures, and was working with Peter Jackson to bring this epic classic to the big screen.

George naturally thought of Donn's thoughts.

Don didn't deny it, "That's true. ”

George frowned and said, "Donn, you know...... I'm not good at negotiating, and I think it's better to let your agent come forward in this matter. ”

"William?"

Don pursed his lips, his face a little disdainful.

He was so disappointed with his agent, William Mihawk, that he was almost fired.

With the hot box office of "Titanic", there are more and more directorial invitations to Donne, William Mihawk is like a bun who has never seen the world, a movie invitation with an investment of 18 million can also make him happy and happily flatter Don.

Tang En knows that although he is the director of "Titanic", his qualifications and age are too poor, and no film company will take such a big risk to hand over a commercial blockbuster with an investment of more than 100 million yuan to him. In contrast, Steve Spielberg, Mel Gibson, Ridley Scott, commercial directors with multiple successful works, are more secure.

But William Mihawk, as Donn's agent, can't be hungry, right?

So Don completely lost trust in this incompetent agent, and it was impossible to give him such an important task.

"It's okay, I know it in my heart, you can do it. ”

A small loss in the negotiation could not change Donne's determination.

What's more, he knows the general trend of the future.

Using the temporary lack of benefits to pursue a more long-term interest guarantee is the advantage that the reborn should bring.