The bosses of major theaters are very satisfied with the box office situation of "Titanic", and Frank, the general manager of Dragon Tiger Film Company, is also smiling.

After several negotiations, the box office of "Titanic" will be divided into several major theaters in the United States, 43% will be shared by the cinemas under the theater chain, and Wang Zijun will receive 38% personally. In this way, the box office was divided, and in addition to this, more than 5% was used to pay taxes and other expenses, and Dragon Tiger Pictures could only get less than 12% of the share.

And the box office result of 35 million in the first week, according to the general situation, the box office in the United States can reach 400 million US dollars, which is not bad, unless there is a miracle.

12% of the $400 million is more than 40 million, and Dragon and Tiger Film Company has invested 20 million and can earn 20 million. Even if it can only be sold for 300 million US dollars, Dragon Tiger can make 10 million.

The only thing to worry about is Wang Zijun himself, he personally invested more than 100 million, and the movie must be sold at least 500 million to recoup.

Bruce Lee is a little embarrassed now, embarrassed to call Wang Zijun. After all, he was not righteous and refused to invest more money to make movies, so Wang Zijun had to pay for it himself.

In the midst of praise, the "Los Angeles Times", which has always said good things about Wang Zijun, came out to pour cold water at this time: "The weekly box office champion of "Titanic" can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket compared with its investment. Perhaps, this super-era blockbuster will be another "Cleopatra". ”

"Cleopatra" was the most expensive box office poison in history, hitting the streets so much that 20th Century Fox nearly collapsed. In the eyes of some knowledgeable people, "Titanic" is likely to follow in the footsteps of "Cleopatra".

As soon as the "Los Angeles Times" said this, a bunch of newspapers immediately followed, jokingly calling "Titanic" "the highest-grossing street movie this Christmas".

On the one hand, they are happy to see that the Dragon and Tiger Film Company, which has developed rapidly in recent years, has lost all its money, and on the other hand, "Titanic" is indeed hot, and under the continuous increase in the number of screenings, not only have many small companies' films been suspended in advance, but even their blockbusters have been affected.

Just when the outside world was talking about it, the box office statistics for the second week of "Titanic" came out, which was a jaw-dropping figure - $60 million.

Faced with this situation, the Los Angeles Times began to cautiously change its tone: "'Titanic' may become the highest-grossing movie in history." ”

In the third week, the box office statistics of "Titanic" reached a new high, reaching $72 million in a single week.

There was an uproar across the United States, with film companies, directors, actors, theater operators, media, and citizens ...... Countless people's eyes are on this film.

At $72 million in a single week, many filmmakers thought they had something wrong with their ears when they first heard that number. There is only one thought left in my head - how is this possible, could it be that all the audiences in the United States have run to see "Titanic"?

The Los Angeles Times changed its tune again, this time with great certainty: "Zachary." The king is making history, he is the king of the world! ”

"I am the king of the world!"

This is the line of the actor Jack in the film, but now it is cleverly placed on Wang Zijun's body by American newspapers. The title of "King of the World" may be the most powerful of Wang Zijun's many titles.

In the fourth week, although the number of moviegoers of "Titanic" decreased slightly, it still maintained a single-week box office of $65 million. Then came $60 million, $50 million, $40 million in a week...... In February, when people thought that the "Titanic" craze was about to pass, its weekly box office stabilized at the $15 million threshold. Until March, "Titanic" still had more than $15 million a week at the box office.

The Washington Post said: "Titanic has created a miracle, it has been nearly 100 days since its release, but no movie theater manager is willing to paint it." It looks like it's more of a new film than Once Upon a Time in America. ”

The last sentence is naturally a joke, "Once Upon a Time in America" is a new film released in the spring, which has received high reviews from critics, but the box office is a mess. happened to encounter "Titanic" continued to collect box office frenzy, and some people attributed the reason for the poor box office of "Once Upon a Time in America" to the influence of "Titanic".

The box office miracle of "Titanic" quickly spread from the United States to the world, and many people know that there is a Chinese director who made a $200 million blockbuster, and then the film stayed shamelessly on the box office list.

Take a look at the achievements of "Titanic": No. 7 at the North American box office in December 1983, North American box office champion in January 1984, North American box office champion in February 1984, North American box office champion in March 1984, and North American box office champion in April 1984...... At the same time as the movie was released, the actors and heroines in the film were also completely popular.

Johnny. Depp and Monica. Bellucci, two unknown young actors, has become an A-level actor with a salary of more than $1 million.

is also popular, as well as Charlene, the singer of the theme song "Yesterday Reappeared" of "Titanic". Duncan.

The original singer of "Yesterday Reappears" is Celine. Dion, but although the singer has released a record at this time, she can only speak French, not even English, so Wang Zijun naturally can't invite her.

Speaking of the current one, she sings Charlene. Duncan, too, is a very legendary figure.

Charlene. Duncan started releasing records in 1977, but every record released to the market received a mediocre response, and finally the record company decided that she had no potential and kicked her out of the company.

Until five years later, at this time Charlene. Duncan had already gone to England to work as a clerk, and a certain radio DJ got nervous and took out Charlene's old song from a few years ago and played it repeatedly, and the result was uncontrollable.

The original record company that learned of the situation immediately reproduced this old song from a few years ago, and when Wang Zijun was filming "Titanic", the song achieved the third place in the national charts and the first place in the United Kingdom.

The name of this song is "Ive_never_been_to_me", and it has been covered by Chinese singers such as SHE several times later. (It is worth mentioning that when Huang Yingying sang the cover, this song had not yet become popular in the West) Strangely, Charlene. Duncan became popular with this song all her life, and no matter how the record company packaged her, the record just couldn't sell well.

Wang Zijun found Charlene. When Duncan, she had been found by the record company and recorded two records in succession, but they all hit the street, and the successive losses have made the record company ready to terminate the contract with her again.

Choose Charlene. Duncan came to sing "Yesterday Reappeared", Wang Zi had a reason. That is the affection and vicissitudes shown by Charlene in "Ive_never_been_to_me", which is very suitable for interpreting "Yesterday Reappears".

Wang Zijun's only concern at that time was the pitch problem, fortunately, Charlene. Duncan's vocal range is very wide, and he is fully capable of singing "Yesterday Reappears" well.

Wang Zijun naturally won't help people become popular singers in vain, anyway, the Motown record company was ready to terminate the contract with Xia Lin, so Wang Zijun did a lot of tricks, signed Xia Lin to his record company first, and then let her sing this song.

In Wang Zijun's opinion, Charlene. Duncan is a very helpful singer, and the reason why the record has been given a cold reception is entirely a problem with the record company. Publicity production is one thing, and the biggest problem is that Motown Records won't choose songs for singers.

Since February 1984, the soundtrack of "Titanic" has been on sale, and "Yesterday Reappears" has also been made into a single, taking advantage of the momentum of "Titanic" to sweep the box office, rushing to the top of the singles chart in one fell swoop, and topping the chart for eleven consecutive weeks.

Charlene. Duncan is popular again, but she is no longer an artist on Motown Records, but belongs to Wang Zijun's "Free Will" record label.

When the "Titanic" was crazy about attracting money, Wang Zijun did not show up again, but took the whole family to travel to Europe together. The matter of the beauty contest has already been negotiated, and Wang Zijun will pay to organize the "Miss Asia" beauty pageant, and Jiashi will be responsible for assisting Wang Zijun in organizing the beauty pageant at the same time, and will obtain the permanent right to host the "Asian Sister" Hong Kong constituency and the right to host the first "Asian Sister" finals.

The news from Asia was a little late, and it wasn't until the Chinese New Year was approaching that the Chinese in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia stirred up a storm in the United States again.

And the nickname "King of the World" given to Wang Zijun by the Los Angeles Times is also talked about by many Chinese.

Jiashi has been reporting on the chairman and his movies for several days, and took the opportunity to break a lot of inside information, which attracted a lot of audiences.

At this time, an even more exciting news came that the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce decided to award Wang Zijun a star in recognition of his great contribution to the American film industry.

Originally, many Chinese complained because Wang Zijun failed to leave his name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but now this belated affirmation has finally made them psychologically balanced.

In other words, if Wang Zijun accepts this award, he will become another Chinese who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after Bruce Lee.

Newspapers such as "Ming Pao," "Gongshang Bao," "Xingdao Bao," and even the pro-mainland "Ta Kung Pao" all said that Wang Zi was the pride of the Chinese.

Taiwan's side is even more stingy with praise, and the media once again used the same tone that Wang Zijun used before the peach scandal broke out, and praised Wang Zijun to outer space.

The Taiwan authorities or non-governmental organizations have given Wang Zijun awards, and organizations such as the Artists Federation, the Taiwan Producers Association, and the Chinese Artists Association have reserved medals for Wang Zijun in advance, and even the Organizing Committee of the Golden Horse Awards is also preparing to give Wang Zijun an outstanding contribution award at the 1984 Golden Horse Awards.

The Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan and the Taipei City Bureau of Culture both issued commendation orders to Wang Zijun, and the most laughable thing is that the Ministry of National Defense actually came to join in the fun and awarded Wang Zijun a medal.

When Wang Zijun returned from traveling in Europe with his wife and children, he was greeted by countless invitations to lectures and activities, as well as various invitations to participate in the award ceremony.

(To be continued)