Chapter 406: Approaching 700 million

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In this era, if a film with a large investment and big production wants to get more than $200 million at the North American box office, as long as the box office hits in the first weekend, it is basically not too difficult to do, but the North American box office breaks through the $300 million mark, and it is not enough to just explode in the first weekend, but also draw a relatively healthy and stable trend in the next two to three weeks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

In the eighties and nineties of the last world, for Hollywood films, the box office of 100 million US dollars was basically a watershed, but since "Titanic", large investment and big production have become the norm for mainstream commercial films in Hollywood.

Whether it is Murphy, Warner Bros. and DC Comics, they all have high expectations for the box office performance of "Man of Steel".

Just like the box office explosion of the first weekend, the box office of "Man of Steel" did not disappoint them the following weekend, although the attendance rate continued to decline due to the large consumption of fan popularity, the box office decline in the second weekend was still controlled within 60%, compared with the first weekend of $143.2 million, a drop of only 56%, and the three-day box office was $63 million.

So far, "Man of Steel" has been released in North America for ten days, and with an almost crazy momentum, it has swept away $287.4 million from 4,250 theaters!

There is almost no suspense, and the North American box office of this film has surpassed that of "Spider-Man 3", which was released two weeks earlier, and temporarily stands at the top of the total box office list in North America in 2007!

In the first four days of the following week, Man of Steel slowed down its revenue collection, but it also received $24.5 million in four working days.

On the third weekend of "Man of Steel", North America ushered in the Memorial Day schedule, and Walt Disney's hugely invested masterpiece "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World" was officially released.

The franchise has a huge fan base and has had quite a shock to the films that have already been released, and "Man of Steel" is no exception, falling by as much as 60 percent this weekend to finally fetch $25.2 million.

Combined with the $24.5 million earned in the previous four working days, "Man of Steel" has accumulated $337.1 million at the North American box office.

There is no doubt that "Man of Steel" will be Murphy's most commercially successful film.

After more than ten busy days, Murphy also ended the North American promotion of the film and returned to Los Angeles.

Originally, he and Gal Gadot wanted to call a party at home and invite a group of friends such as James Franco, Robert Downey Jr., Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Carla Firth to get together, but the other members of the Stanton party, because Seth Rogen found a deficiency in post-production, to reshoot some of the footage for "The Hangover", all went to Las Vegas to be busy, and Murphy only invited Carla Firth alone.

In addition, Gal Gadot also invited her little henchman, Margot Robbie, to come over.

After lunch together, Murphy invited a few people to the back garden to enjoy afternoon tea and chat.

"I watched the first two episodes of the second season that had already aired."

Pouring a full cup of black tea for the three women, Murphy poured himself another cup of coffee and said to Margot Robbie, "You're doing very well, you're a big improvement from the first season." ā€

"Thank you." As she grew older, Margot Robbie's temperament of belonging to an Australian cowgirl was hard to see, she first replied politely, and then sighed, "Sansa Stark is still a fool, when will this character become smarter." ā€

Hearing this, Murphy and Kara Fez, who was sitting across from him, couldn't help but laugh.

Gal Gadot shook his head and reminded, "Maggie, in such a complex environment as King's Landing, can Sansa Stark survive without pretending to be a fool?" ā€

Margot Robbie immediately replied, "Of course not. ā€

"So," Gal Gadot laughed too, "she's not stupid at all." ā€

Margot Robbie thought for a moment, and finally nodded slightly, agreeing with Gal Gadot's statement.

Taking a sip of coffee, Murphy turned to ask Kara Firth, "What about the ratings for these two episodes?" ā€

"It's not bad, the premiere has more than 5 million viewers." Carla Firth was clearly pleased with the ratings, "There was a small amount of criticism, but Paul Wilson did a great job, better than I expected. ā€

"It's not a problem with his ability." Since Murphy chose Paul Wilson, of course he recognizes him, "mainly because of the lack of experience. ā€

Carla Firth nodded, "Experience is all accumulated, and I believe he will do better in the third season." ā€

Murphy has plenty of confidence in this.

After a year of filming and production, the second season of "Game of Thrones" was broadcast again on Fox Cable Network two weeks ago, and Murphy was not very involved in the project due to his busy promotion work on "Man of Steel", but the second season did quite well and accumulated more and more fans.

This fantasy TV series is bound to become a long-term profitable tool for Stanton Studios.

As for Paul Wilson, who is probably in charge of a project for the first time, he is quite happy in the second season, and has decided to continue directing the third and fourth seasons later, and Murphy does not have to worry about the director of this series for the time being.

"I heard Bill say," Carla Firth said as she looked at the pool next to the garden and suddenly changed the subject, "are you ready to change accommodation?" ā€

"The lease contract for the house here expires at the end of the year." Murphy pointed to his backyard, "I'm not going to continue to renew my lease. ā€

Carla Firth asked with concern, "Have you found the right home?" ā€

"I've got a farm in Beverly Hills." Murphy refilled the tea for a few people, "The owner of that manor was interested in selling last year, but it has been delayed, and it has been delayed until now, according to the information provided by Grace, it may enter the auction process in the second half of the year, and I am ready to participate in the bidding." ā€

He shrugged his shoulders, "It's a good thing it's been delayed until this year, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to come up with so much money." ā€

"Oh?" Carla Firth became interested and asked, "What is the estimated price of the real estate agent?" ā€

"The price should not be less than $100 million. ā€

Murphy nodded, if it was an ordinary property, it would undoubtedly be more appropriate to buy it in two years, but the number of giant estates in Beverly Hills is limited, and they are all sought-after, there is never a shortage of buyers, if it weren't for the homeowner's delay until now because of family reasons, he wouldn't even have a chance to enter the bidding.

A $100 million property is undoubtedly a bit extravagant, but Murphy turned his head to look at Gal Gadot, such a estate naturally has other uses.

"You've got to work hard to earn money." Carla Firth quipped him.

Murphy laughs and says, "I've been working hard. ā€

In an effort to earn money, Murphy spent a few days in Los Angeles before flying across the Atlantic to the Kingdom of Great Britain for the European premiere of Man of Steel.

Perhaps it was because "Superman Returns" hit too hard, or maybe there was enough confidence in Murphy, "Man of Steel" was not released at the same time on a large scale in the global market, and it was not until the box office and word-of-mouth in North America exploded that Warner Bros. pushed the film to major overseas markets.

Due to the deep, serious, dark and heavy nature of the film, "Man of Steel" unsurprisingly won unanimous praise from the press and professionals in Europe.

The mainstream media in Europe have praised the "new Superman" for taking off again.

According to The Times: "It's hard not to bow down to Murphy Stanton's huge, grandiose film full of detail and serious subject matter that not only preceded but advanced the genre." ā€

According to the French newspaper Le Figaro, Murphy Stanton has done a highly commendable job of rewriting the entire story of Superman. ā€

The famous German newspaper "Bild" commented: "The theme and story of the film have been perfectly represented by Murphy Stanton, and the actors are equally excellent, especially Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, which is very dazzling." ā€

Spain's Marca newspaper was equally full of praise for Gal Gadot: "Gal Gadot is a very good choice, the interpretation of Wonder Woman is convincing. ā€

Judging from all the reviews, "Man of Steel" is a film full of personal charm and unique style.

The film's box office success in Europe was as good as the media reviews.

Man of Steel recorded $18.9 million in its opening weekend in the Kingdom of Great Britain, while in other European markets, France earned $14.75 million, Germany reported $16.74 million and Spain $11.75 million......

At the same time, the film has also appeared in theaters in many box office markets outside of Europe, with first-week receipts in most regions being extremely impressive, with more than $12 million in Australia, $7.8 million in Brazil, $13.71 million in Mexico and more than $8 million in Russia......

This weekend, Man of Steel was simultaneously released in theaters in 65 overseas countries and regions, grossing more than $221 million at the box office.

Combined with the more than $27 million collected in North American theaters in the new week, the global box office of "Man of Steel" is close to $600 million!

At this time, both Wall Street and Warner Bros. have raised the global box office expectations of the film to one billion dollars.

These people are bright-eyed, "Man of Steel" has not yet landed in many markets such as Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong, and there is still considerable market potential overseas, although North America has passed the hottest stage, the number of theaters and the film scheduling rate are declining under the rush of other big-budget films, but the decline every day of the week is extremely stable, and it can still take away a considerable amount of box office revenue in the future.

Over the course of the next week, Murphy led the crew to major cities in Europe, and after a new weekend, as more overseas markets joined the ranks of screening "Man of Steel", the global box office not only successfully exceeded the $600 million mark, but also slowly approached $700 million.

After finishing the publicity work in Europe, Murphy did not return to North America, but according to the terms of the contract, he and part of the crew flew towards the film market, which was recognized by Hollywood as having unlimited potential. (To be continued.) )