As the only survivor of Hollywood's North Mi Film Market this weekend, 2012 not only dominated the weekend box office charts, but also grossed $225 million at the global box office.

The apocalyptic disaster film "2012" cost $200 million to make, which is on par with this year's summer blockbuster "Transformers 2". According to the estimates of the box office statistics agency, the cumulative revenue in the first three days of the opening was 65 million US dollars, dominating the weekend box office list of North Rice, but compared with the appalling results of 200 million in the first week of "Transformers 2", it is really not enough to watch.

That was the second-highest number of disaster films directed by Emmerich, behind "The Day After Tomorrow," another apocalyptic film five years earlier, which grossed $69 million at the opening time, but "The Day After Tomorrow" coincided with the Memorial Day holiday.

"2012" has been even more successful overseas, grossing $225 million in its world premiere! The total box office in the film's first weekend of release has already surpassed the total investment, and it's no wonder that Columbia Pictures chairman Layton called it "a very big win."

The success of 2012 in overseas markets is no accident. Emmerich's films have historically been box office darlings in overseas markets. In 1996, he directed the classic disaster film "Independence Day," which grossed more than $900 million worldwide, becoming Emmerich's most successful film to date, with more than $500 million coming from overseas; "The Day After Tomorrow," which was released five years ago, grossed $540 million worldwide, accounting for two-thirds of the overseas market; and "10,000 Years Before History" also earned twice as much as the North Korean market.

In order to cater to the huge overseas market, "2012" has a large number of international elements: the ark that saved the human survivors was made in China, Indian scientists were the first to discover the earth's anomaly, Russian billionaires fled the gambling city, the statue of Jesus collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Queen of England staggered to the ark, and the Louvre Museum in France hung a replica of the Mona Lisa.

However, in the film, the heavy responsibility of saving the world has to be borne by the scientists, officials, and citizens of the United States. "2012" is a film that critics love and hate, and on the one hand, the film relies on special effects to create stunning effects: Los Angeles collapsed into the Pacific Ocean in an earthquake, Yellowstone was swallowed up by volcanic lava, the White House was destroyed by an aircraft carrier that was overturned by a tsunami, and the Indian subcontinent was destroyed by a cataclysm in the earth's crust...... On the other hand, the film has also been criticized for its simple plot and déjà vu, but the storytelling is not what the audience expects from Emmerich's work.

In front of "2012", other films in the North Rice Market seem to have entered the end of the world. With the exception of last weekend's winner, A Christmas Carol, which fared slightly better, no other film grossed more than $7 million, with "A Christmas Carol" coming in second with $22 million, George Clooney's thriller comedy "Killing with an Eye" in third, Olympic hit "Cherish" jumping to fourth at the box office, and Michael Jackson's swan documentary "That's It" coming in at fifth, with the bottom nine all not as good as it combined.

According to MM's prediction, the global box office of "2012" will exceed 800 million, so that MM has three blockbusters this year to break through 800 million, without a single miss, making them firmly in the global champion, this year MM alone in the global box office won 4 billion US dollars, the world's first film company, the film and its peripheral business, so that MM Group annual income of 11 billion US dollars, for three consecutive years first.

A series of favorable results have made MM's stock price go all the way up, which makes shareholders smile.

After attending the company's annual financial meeting, Mark's assistant reported: "Secretary of Homeland Security Jerry Williams asked to meet. ”

Jerry is fanfare, leading dozens of agents to come, the public name is to talk to Mark about the attack, he is the only one who really enters Mark's office, Mark has no task administrative position, but his status will never be lower than Jerry, so only Jerry can enter the office and sit and talk, and the others are waiting in the reception room and at the door, of course, Mark's office provides them with food and drinks, and also takes some interested people to visit the MM honor room.

Mark shook hands politely with Jerry.

Jerry sighed, "You are much more majestic than me, the cabinet member, the secretary of homeland security." ”

Mark said, "What do you want to drink?"

Jerry said, "Let's get a coffee!"

Mark brewed two cups of coffee and said, "So urgent!"

Jerry said: "I'm on pins and needles right now! You have a good relationship with the president, and I hope you will speak on your behalf and ease the relationship between us." ”

Mark said: "How to ease? Ao Guanhai wants to hug Morgan's thighs more, they are the big proprietors of the Democratic Party, and we are Martin's spokesperson, he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, this is normal, it involves a battle of positions, and no one can save face." ”

Jerry sighed, "There's no way?"

Mark said, "Why should we look at his face?"

Jerry said: "It's easy for you to say, you are not his subordinate, of course you are free, he wants to scold me, there is no need to find a reason at all, he has asked the chief of staff to hint at me to resign, if I don't resign, the result will be even more ugly, this time you were attacked by a killer, they counted me on the account, they were about to attack me on this matter." ”

Mark said: "Wow! These politicians really don't recognize people when they lift their pants, they know that our relationship is still like this, and they will pay the price." ”

Jerry said, "What do you think about the current situation?"

Mark created MM, overcame obstacles, and broke through the world in the entertainment media, which is recognized as having an accurate vision, and is good at grasping and taking advantage of opportunities.

Mark said: "It's too embarrassing for them to do this, but Jerry, have you ever thought that as a powerful person, you should break out of your own world, and you shouldn't work for others, it is based on this kind of thinking that there will be MM, even if it starts only in the underground garage, I have declined Warner's high-paying invitation." ”

Jerry said, "What do you mean?"

Mark said: "One is a Texas cowboy, the other is an African-American, or an illegitimate child, such a person can be president, and who else can't? If I was born in this country, I will definitely go to the general election." ”

This sentence was like opening a window in a dark room, especially Jerry, a person in the system, who had supreme authority and temptation, he was very surprised and excited: "Can I?"

Mark said: "Of course you can, isn't the constitution of the United States known? As long as you were born in the United States and have ten yuan of registration fees, you can participate in the general election, this Aoguanhai spent more than 600 million, which is ten times that of the zipper ton and six times that of the Texas cowboys, to put it bluntly, this is a rich man's game, Robert (Iger) participated in the last election throughout the whole process, knows how to operate, what we have is money and resources, we can come up with a billion yuan, why worry about the big thing." ”

With Jerry's old treacherous giant slip and deep city, he couldn't help but move.

This is to enter the White House and be the president of the United States!

This is the president of the armed forces of the United States of America, the first star in the political arena of the United States of America, a world-class leader, with an annual salary of 280,000 yuan, not to mention this, it is not enough to have a lover.

Jerry's face flushed and he gasped, "Is this possible?"

Mark said: "Are you born in the United States?"

Jerry said, "Of course!"

Mark said, "Do you have ten dollars?"

Jerry said, "It's just a superficial request?"

Mark said, "Of course, you also have the determination and courage to lead the world and protect our freedom, Mr. Jerry Williams, do you have the determination and courage to do so?"

Jerry said: "Of course, if the country and the people need me, I can sacrifice my life. ”

Mark said: "When you were born and died for the country, Ao Guanhai was studying, when you tore apart with the enemy and defended our freedom, he taught at Harvard, when you paid for the country, fought for the country on the secret front, he was just a small member of the community, your resume is better than his, your reputation now is far better than he was before he ran for president, why did he sit in that position? This is because of our money, now we have more money in our hands, and we have MM and Time Warner, the right time and place are available, why worry about not being able to do it?"

Jerry was so proud of Mark's words, he still had some doubts, and said: "With the political ecology of our country, it is impossible to give birth to this secret service president like Russia." ”

Mark said: "Didn't there be no black president before, isn't there one now? Hillary wants to break the precedent of not having a female president, and I won three awards at the same time at the age of 26, and this record is to be broken, the key is that you have the heart to break the record." ”

Jerry's ambition was provoked by Mark, it was like a surging river, endless, and like the flooding of the Yellow River, out of control, Mark was like this, and the ambitious Jerry could not be honest, he said: "As long as you are willing to support me, I will let it go." ”

Mark said: "Business is business, friendship is friendship, I want to know, what benefits will we get? In fact, Ao Guanhai is not a crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, he paid enough price, and our investment has been rewarded as expected." ”

Jerry said, "What do you want?"

"We want to deregulate the press and markets, and the government has to step up its support for our overseas markets," Mark said. ”

This does not seem to have any specific requirements, just in general terms, but the requirements are very high, which can be understood as allowing them to merge and expand wantonly, and they must also stand up for their wrongdoing.

There is no free lunch in this world, if there is, Jerry does not dare to eat it, Mark made a clear request, but he was relieved, and said: "No problem, I can fully support your cause, with the relationship between us, this is a natural alliance, as long as I am in power, you can have a party in the White House." ”

He's Donald's father, and Mark is sure they're going to have a party at the White House.