Chapter 98 Box Office Battle
"The Hangover" won the championship in the third week with a 10% drop of 52 million US dollars, and its total box office reached 173 million, which is about to exceed 200 million, while "The Passion of the Christ" ranked second with a 10% drop of 51.3 million, breaking 100 million in two weeks, and the results are equally brilliant.
The smash hit super blockbuster "The Lord of the Rings 3" has dropped below 15 million, none of the other released movies has a weekly box office of more than 10 million US dollars, the living space has been squeezed badly, the so-called sniper is just a joke, and now everyone realizes that only "The Hangover" can match it, and the current film market is a situation where the two heroes stand side by side, and even the Oscar limelight has been taken away a lot.
The six leading actors of "The Hangover" are all popular, stepping into the ranks of superstars, MM became famous, stood out from countless small and medium-sized film companies, and became a well-known film company, and the most popular is the soul of "The Hangover" Mark, when he led the Hangover Army into Warner headquarters for a meeting, everyone gave a standing ovation, people rushed to shake hands with him, and even Barry was waiting for them outside the office, which was a great courtesy.
The Los Angeles Times commented on Mark and The Hangover, a genius director and producer, who appeared in front of everyone in a stunning way, the first work of the year to break 100 million in the North Rice Zone, 121 million in two weeks, and people are not talking about when it will cost 200 million US dollars, but when it will break 300 million US dollars!"
This is a big battle that everyone expected, and the two original works that were just small productions set off huge waves in the Beimi entertainment industry and became the most sensational event, and the theater companies also felt the fun of the summer war a few months in advance, and they all made a lot of money.
However, the highlight of the week was the Academy Awards, which took place on February 29, 2004 at 2:30 local time in Los Angeles, California, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Actor Billy Crystal was the host for the eighth time, he served as the host for the first time at the 62nd Academy Awards held in 1990, and the last time he hosted was the 72nd Academy Awards in 200, two weeks ago on February 14, Jenny Missol. Ghana hosted the Academy Award for Scientific and Technological Achievement at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel Spa in Pasadena, California.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won 11 awards including Best Picture, Director and Adaptation of the original book, equaling and setting many records, while other award-winning films include "The Raging Sea: Arctic Expedition" and "Mysterious River" with two awards, and "Invasion of the Barbarians", "Cold Mountain", "Finding Nemo", "Lost in Tokyo", "The Devil", "Heart of Chernobyl", "The Fog of War", "Naked Harvey Breaks Life" and "Two Soldiers". The ceremony attracted 44 million television viewers in North America, the highest level of viewership for the show in the region in the new millennium.
Peter the Great's "Lord of the Rings" legion, three years of huge energy concentrated blowout, swept thousands of troops to win eleven awards, became the biggest winner, successfully became a god, Sean Penn won the actor with "Mystic River", and the big beauty Charlize Theron won the actress with her ugly and stunning performance in "The Devil", since then the Hollywood beauty stars have discovered a fact that if you want to win the actress, you must play ugly.
Scarlett starred in "Lost in Translation" won four nominations, or heavyweight nominations, "Best Picture", "Best Director", "Best Actor", "Best Original Screenplay", and finally won the Best Original Screenplay, Sofia Coppola is the first female director to be nominated for Best Female Director, the name of a talented woman, famous all over the world, Scarlett was with the group to compete for the Oscars that night, and she made a splash on the red carpet.
And Hiss's girlfriend Naomi Watts was nominated for the actress with "21 Grams", Heath attended the Oscars with his girlfriend, and everyone didn't expect that the handsome guy Hiss received applause on the red carpet, no less than any superstar, with his outstanding performance in "The Hangover", he returned to the peak of popularity, and the invitation almost blew Meghan's phone call.
It is said that after the Oscars, it is the time for all kinds of award-winning works to be powerful, and after these award-winning works are plated with a layer of gold to the Oscars, they will be re-operated and listed, and an important Oscar award can bring tens of millions of dollars in revenue to the movie, and "The Lord of the Rings 3" will rise to 30 million US dollars at the box office, but it will stop there, and the rest of the basic performances are not too good, and they are all suppressed by "The Hangover" and "The Passion of the Christ".
"The Hangover" won the box office of 47 million with a drop of 12 percent, while "The Passion of the Christ" won 48 million US dollars with a 10% drop, and won the first weekly box office champion as he wished, while "The Hangover" was the runner-up, but there is a good major news, he successfully exceeded 200 million US dollars, and exceeded 219 million US dollars in four weeks, becoming the first North Mi to break through 200 million US dollars this year, and his cost is only 30 million US dollars, and "The Passion of the Christ" It's a little less impressive, but it also reached $148 million in three weeks.
However, "The Passion of the Christ" was released a week later than "The Hangover", and he is not like "The Hangover", which has the full support of the media group, and the overwhelming advertising on the screen, he can only rely on the beer formed by his own quality, and eat with the beer, but J Pusen's early publicity is still in place, he single-handedly provoked the controversy in the religious and cultural circles, and successfully promoted the movie, and now so many people enter the cinema, this strategy is indispensable, but it has also succeeded in angering the Jews, who regard him as a thorn in the side.
It's just that now J Pusen is proud, disdainful of the crises that may be encountered in the future, or does not care at all, he regards himself as a tough guy, a hero, and a hero, and he is afraid of things, how to do a hero? He said to the people around him: "If the Jews were really so good, my film would not have such good results." ”
He didn't take "The Hangover" to heart, it was just a movie with, pee and fart as a selling point, if it weren't for Warner's full support, and other media groups followed suit, he wouldn't even be worthy of lifting shoes for "The Passion of the Christ".
However, Mark, this kid, has the support of the media group, and forcibly tied up "The Hangover" and "The Passion of the Christ" to make it popular, this damn boy, a shit, pee and fart work actually broke 200 million, and it is still going to 300 million, there is really no tiger in the mountains, and the monkey is called the king.
Now the two works are very good, the premiere results are excellent, and the weekly rate is 10% sharper, and it is expected to finally exceed 300 million, which will be his first personal work to break through 300 million in North Rice, North Rice shares, overseas shares, plus DVD rights, its income will reach as much as 200 million US dollars, he and the New Market Film Company with a discerning eye for heroes have become big winners, and now there should be many people who regret rejecting "The Passion of the Christ", right? They are equivalent to rejecting the opportunity to become billionaires.
This new market film company has unlimited scenery, the release of "The Passion of the Christ" is a super hit, and the release of "The Devil Woman" helped Charlize Theron win the actress throne, making money with one hand and winning awards with the other, there is nothing more beautiful than this.
The mainstream media ignored them, but no one could hide the fact that "The Passion of the Christ" was a big hit, and pulled "The Hangover" down in the third week to win the weekly championship, which turned the Internet upside down, his work is a good movie, fans and fans spontaneously supported it, defended it, and promoted it, and the mouth-of-mouth beer of fans and fans was far more convincing than the promotion of the media group, as evidenced by the tenacious super high box office record of "The Passion of the Christ", and it will continue to maintain this momentum until "The Hangover" is brought to life Defeat.
"The Hangover" lost the championship in the fourth week and was the runner-up, in fact, this is not a failure, its strong harvesting ability to break 200 million a month surprised everyone, and it delivered a perfect answer, so Mark's team was not discouraged and continued to promote "The Hangover".
Their original plan was to hold a super party on the Rising Sun after breaking 200 million to celebrate this great victory, and the proud Larry also praised his daughter Meghan's achievements, and boasted when he met people: "The Hangover is produced by my daughter Meghan's company, what? You haven't seen it? You are in that department, you were fired, our company does not allow such an out!"
And he also remembered one thing, David and Meghan each took 20 million to invest, and now Meghan has her own production company and has made a super blockbuster movie, he has a bright face, but what did David do?
David said: "The blockbuster 'King Arthur' that I invested in is in production, with Bruckheimer, the king of producers, at the helm, so what's there to worry about? This is another Lord of the Rings series, I just have to wait to collect the money." ”
Larry said, "Can it be released this year?"
David's face flushed and said: "This is a super special effects blockbuster, the production cycle is relatively long, plus post-production and publicity, the plan is to be released this summer and screened globally." ”
Larry said unhappily: "It will be released with "The Hangover 2"? Meghan has earned tens of millions, and your movie doesn't even have a **, have you been deceived?"
David said: "Investing in movies is not a matter of one or two days. ”
Larry is a shrewd man, saying, "Meghan has made a profit. ”
David was speechless.
Larry said: "Your investment method is wrong, tell me, how do you remedy it?"
David spread his hands and said: "The contract has been signed, the money has been transferred, even if I want to change the way, I don't have the money, unless you make additional investments." ”
Larry said: "I won't add investment, how to do it is your business, I just want the result, King Mark started with 20,000 yuan, you should learn from him." ”