"Yes, Brad, that's exactly what I care about, the ...... of this movie at the box office overseas" Jeff. Robinov was circling back and forth in his office, his palms dripping with sticky sweat, Jeff turned his back and rubbed his pants against his pants, and took another sip of ice water, but it still didn't ease his spinning sensation, he felt like he was sitting in a go-kart that was spinning around, and the next second he would vomit all the entrails. "Either way, the first day really doesn't mean anything, and there's a blizzard in the east...... Without this snow, we would have been able to see the potential of this film clearly, and now it's hard to say......"

"Yes, Cameron's movie, the first day can never say anything, I am still optimistic about its long-term line, the audience's enthusiastic response is almost the most in the past two years, this level of word-of-mouth is easy to create a box office miracle......" Brad on the other end of the phone. Gray's attitude was more stable than Jeff's, which was somewhat reassuring to Jeff, but he wasn't sure if it was a trick of Brad's trick - in a great panic, his head had lost its previous aura, and even if his intuition found something wrong, it was difficult to quickly calculate Brad's possible tendencies in a short period of time. Of course, there is no doubt that Brad's cost is not as high as Jeff's, damn it, no one in the Big Six bears so much psychological pressure like Jeff, after all, their movies are all popular series, even if they hit the street, they can't get anywhere, and it's only in the filming stage now, everything is salvageable, and big dreams don't dominate. - "Codename Shero" has been filmed, Warner still has no say in this movie, and President Bix has made it clear that he intends to give this pot to Jeff, if he still wants to stay at Warner, instead of being swept away from the floor in disgrace, then, then......

Jeff couldn't figure out what to say after that, and the only thing he knew for sure was that if he didn't have a good idea, he would only be able to do it at Warner in May at best...... After the release of "Codename Shero", if this movie explodes, then he still has a chance, and if this movie hits the street, he may have to decline for a long time before he can find his next home.

"Okay, keep in touch," the call was made, mainly just to get in touch with Brad, and it was just a surprise to get comfort, Jeff steadied himself, secretly hoping that his weakness would not be too obvious, "A week, two weeks?" Feel free to call me if you need it. ”

"I see." Brad chuckled knowingly on the other end of the line, "Stay in touch." ”

After hanging up the phone, Jeff went back and forth in the office a few times, still feeling very chaotic and unable to calm down, he simply took off his shoes and socks, crossed his legs on the office chair, and faced the empty office like a Zen man: the most noteworthy in Hollywood are the six companies, and he has already called the CEOs of the other four. Linton, Adam of the Globe. Ferguson, Paramount's Brad. Gray, even Fox's Jim. Gianlopoulos he called over, under the pretext of expressing condolences for the box office and talked about big dreams with Jim, except for the fact that he had just taken office, he should not have been in a position yet, and he had not yet secured his position, and the president of Disney Films, Richie. Rose didn't fight, and of course he didn't contact Robert, who had a very close relationship with Jennifer and Big Dream, and could even witness her wedding. In addition to Iger, Jeff believes that he has actually taken the lead in pulling this net up: in fact, no matter what the final box office of "Avatar" is, unless it really hits the 3 billion that Jennifer is talking about, this net will definitely work sooner or later, and it can also become Jeff's last trick to keep his position in Warner - at least the last effort.

Judging from the feedback from the presidents, whether it is Michael, Adam, Brad or even Jim, they are all quite interested in Jeff's hints, and even Jeff suspects that it is likely that several of them have been in private contact, planning to use the current cooperation contracts of Big Dream to make a fuss, and use litigation strategies to drag Big Dream down: this is also the only way to deal with a highly private private private company, if this is the case, then for Warner, "Codename Shero" no matter what it looks like, Or Warner simply turned the billion-dollar investment into legal fees, and also took advantage of the massive proceeds of "Millionaire", but the deal was very cost-effective, after all, the few money-making series in the hands of Big Dream now have made it more and more eye-catching - the most regrettable point of this is Dick. Cook left last September, otherwise, the six parties will easily form a tacit understanding, and Dick can let the participating big companies also get some benefits in various ways, unlike now, without Disney, squeezing the big dream will not have too direct benefits for Warner, but only fattening Disney itself. Of course, if all goes well, it's not like there's no other way to get the equity of those gold mine series, for example, to connect with Jennifer in turn, and if Big Dream really can't go on, maybe she will have some other ideas, or maybe you can induce her to have some other ideas......

After a period of sorting out, the current situation seems to be a lot clearer, Jeff regurgitated the phone calls just now: Michael is the coldest one, after all, Sony can't get any benefits from the fall of Big Dream, and the rest can at least swallow the share of the cooperative movie, Adam is more enthusiastic, Jim has a very ambiguous attitude, and it seems that he still has confidence in the overseas box office, and the most stable is of course Brad, with the past between him and Big Dream, Warner intends to take the lead in squeezing Big Dream, Brad must open champagne. Well, if you calculate it this way, you only need to wait for about a week, and when the second weekend is completely over, the global box office momentum of "Avatar" should be completely out, and everyone's attitude will be clear at that time - if the world can still collect 1 billion, then Jeff thinks that his position is still relatively stable for the time being, but it will be clouded by Jennifer's nonsense, if it really goes down and fails, then there is nothing to say, and he will definitely try his best to dismantle the big dream, Using the blood of this rising star to wash away the black cauldron on his back, considering that this matter was carried out with Bix's approval after all, as long as he could give an excuse, Bix would say a few words for himself, so that his possibility of staying at Warner was correspondingly much greater......

Just as Jeff was completely immersed in his thoughts, the intercom suddenly rang - although he was so startled that he almost fell out of his chair, Jeff was not unhappy in the slightest, on the contrary, he grabbed the phone as if he were a tiger pounced.

"Are the results out?"

"Yes, sir," on the other end of the phone, the chief secretary's voice paused obviously, as if he was also shocked by his urgency, but he quickly regained his composure and calmly reported, "boxofficemojo just released overseas box office statistics, "Avatar" has become the first movie in history to exceed 100 million overseas box office on the first day, with a cumulative box office of 110 million...... This brought the total global box office to 140 million, which should also be the highest global first day in history......"

may have guessed the internal reason why the president was so urgent, and his voice seemed jubilant: 2 billion to 3 billion, this must be unthinkable, but on the first day, this was almost a miracle performance, and it also increased the possibility of the box office of "Avatar" exceeding 1 billion, and this is of course good news for Jeff, as his secretary, he naturally knows a lot of things.

"What did you say?" Jeff was so anxious that he almost slipped out of his chair again, and it took him a moment to untie his tangled legs, "110 million - are you sure this is really just one day's data?" Are there any countries that are released in advance? ”

"The 81 countries that are currently being released were all released on a unified scale yesterday." The secretary replied affirmatively, "As far as Fox's release plan is concerned, only two box office powerhouses, China and Japan, will be postponed until Christmas, and Box's analysis article said that this may really be a film with a majority of overseas box office, and such a high first day is a testament to the market's interest in Avatar, as well as Jennifer. Jefferson and James. Cameron's appeal, they are quite optimistic about the trend of overseas box office. ”

"Okay, I got it." While listening to the call, Jeff had already opened the web page, and he hastily ended the call, and at the same time, he had already opened the news web page and looked at it carefully.

After almost eating the article word by word, and confirming that he had not missed the effective information in the news at all, Jeff opened the paid area of the exhibitorrelation and checked the details of the overseas box office that had been counted and stored - the overseas first day exceeded 100 million, what is this concept? Even he can't give a clear position, this sentence is like 'the sky is red' and 'the moon is square', which belongs to a problem that a person with common sense never measures it, so he also needs more data details to support his thinking.

What does $110 million mean on the first day overseas? 81 countries were released simultaneously, which means that each country contributed about $1.3 million to the box office - after the average, in fact, the data is not so terrifying, Jeff skimmed through the report, and made several calculations, he found that "Avatar" such excellent overseas data, mainly thanks to Fox's outstanding coordination ability, they really achieved the same day in the world: almost 100% of the release countries were released on the same day, which was almost unprecedented, And Jeff also knows how difficult it is and how expensive it is to communicate - almost every country in the world censors and grades movies before they are released, and there are not a few countries with conservative cultures and local preservation strategies, and it is a feat to ensure that a film from 81 regions can complete so many procedures at the same time and be released on the same day, and Fox who can do this and dare to do this is indeed not to be underestimated.

Of course, this does not mean that "Avatar" itself is a mediocre movie, for Warner, "Batman: The Night Knight" is of course the leading movie in recent years, but even if the box office of all countries in the world is added together, it may be difficult to exceed 100 million yuan - 100 million a day in the world, and it stands to reason that there will be no decline in the first weekend, that is, 300 million in three days, and then there will be a three-week box office concentration period, even if the next Monday and the whole week together are equal to the first weekend, and then fall by 50% every week after that Judging from the most conservative estimates, this movie has also steadily exceeded 1 billion in the world, not to mention that the reputation of "Avatar" is so good, and the next weekend is likely to fall by only 20% or 30% compared with the first weekend, if this is the case......

Jennifer said 2 billion, that's still an exaggeration, but 1.5 billion should still be promising...... Jeff stared solemnly at the web page, and before he knew it, beads of sweat had slipped down to his sideburns: 1.5 billion, which is the critical value of "Avatar" box office, and it is also far better than the 300 million record of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", which is now the second highest box office in global history, which also means that Cameron will set another record, that is, one person monopolizes the first and second places on this list - and Jennifer will also become the second and third place female leads, and take three movies in the top five...... Whether it's her or Cameron, of course, she'll set a whole bunch of other records.

What does this mean, to be honest, Jeff really doesn't know, it's the same as 'breaking 100 million on the first day overseas', before that, there had never been such a big-name director in the film industry, such a big-name actress - of course, and investors, and not to mention what role Jennifer played in the movie, just say that this overseas box office, her investment vision is completely unquestionable, on the London premiere, her prediction is simply accurate! She said that overseas will account for the majority of this film, and on the first day, it will really be three times or nearly four times that of the local one-

And, she said that the box office of this film will even be 2 billion, 3 billion-

"Yes, this number sounds incredible, very counterintuitive, so it sounds like crazy talk, but the truth is, if you can see this biggerpicture, you will find that such an assertion is not unfounded, and the technical reserve has reached this point, and there may be lucky people at any time - and at the same time, very powerful people, become the chosen ones, to achieve the pace of pushing the times forward."

pressed the pause button, so that Jennifer, who was talking eloquently at the press conference, froze the action, Jeff stared at the screen, his mind had already entered a boundless blank, and for the first time in so many years of entering the industry, he felt at a loss, 2 billion? 3 billion?

…… Forget it, these are still a bit too much, he shook his head: Jennifer may be a genius, but she is still a little too young, her eyes have been looking at the future, maybe ignoring the ups and downs under her feet, maybe in the ideal model, "Avatar" can get this data, but the reality is that the beginning of the first three hundred million, and the end to 1.5 billion is already a very ideal curve, unless "Avatar" can set a miracle - God knows, set a few weekends of 0 declines, or even reverse declines and other miracles, Otherwise, 2 billion is too far away after all, let alone 3 billion, even if you can't dream of such a high.

"Weekend 0 drop-" Jeff couldn't help but laugh at the word tentatively, he shook his head again, shook off this ridiculous idea, and reopened the homepage of boxoffice, clicked into the news to revisit the report again, and couldn't help but say to himself: "140 million on the first day, 140 million ...... on the first day"

Chewing on the word repeatedly, Jeff's expression became more and more relaxed, the original eye-catching forehead wrinkles gradually dissipated, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but go straight up, and finally, he leaned back, comfortably picked up the water glass, and sipped the sweet Evian mineral water, while comfortably and unhurriedly thinking about the strategy at hand - needless to say, after such an impressive first-day performance, the originally vaguely formed net will naturally collapse temporarily, at least until the release of "Codename Shero", Warner will never find trouble for Big Dream, and the rest needless to say, the only Sony that is not involved has less cooperation, and it is impossible to fight alone, and in this new situation, his career crisis has also been solved, regardless of the box office of "Codename Shero", the success of "Avatar" has given Jeff a bargaining chip, in fact, maybe he should now consider how to grasp the short-term strategic favorable period before the release of "Codename Shero", and work the CEO of Warner Entertainment......

Involved in the intricate struggle within Warner, Jeff had to be cautious, he pressed his chin, thought about it for a long time, and suddenly came back to his senses, patted his thigh in annoyance, took out his mobile phone and quickly found a number, and pressed the dial button.

"Hello—Jennifer," said Jeff with a smile as soon as the phone was answered, his tone kind and familiar, as if the two had such a good relationship, "I just saw the news and called you quickly - well done, girl, I have to say, you really slapped those doubters, including me, a loud slap in the face......"

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"140 million on the first day?"

"140 million on the first day!"

"Well done! J.J, you know you're (of course) definitely not crazy! Oh my God, my God—I'm speechless—"

"If this news had come out a day earlier, how many unnecessary quarrels would have been avoided? Of course, it would also make us lose a lot of drama experience, wouldn't it? So, maybe this statistic should come out later, smile*smile"

"Even if there is 140 million on the first day, it can't be said that 3 billion in the world is not nonsense, blind fans can calculate for themselves, if it reaches 3 billion, what kind of box office curve will this film theoretically achieve next. So, a little bit of logic, Jennifer. Jefferson is still a crazy woman who has lost control, and you can't deny that. ”

"The first day overseas hit a record of 110 million, and the president of Fox spoke out, optimistic about the profit prospects of "Avatar", 'The box office of this film should be concentrated in overseas regions'"

"Oh my God, Jim. Can Gianlopoulos be some manly? It's disgusting, why didn't J.J come out and support her when he was under the heaviest pressure of public opinion? Now when the box office comes out, he starts to make an afterthought? Did he think that he would be able to steal the credit for himself? Sorry, but we'll always remember who had such a unique analysis. ”

"Take stock of Jennifer. Jefferson's genius investment, let you know what a great girl J.J is"

When passers-by are invariably exclaiming, '140 million? Fans cheered wildly, '140 million! At that time, all kinds of news and responses from all parties sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and on the weekend of December 19th, the stable performance of "Avatar" in North America, on Saturday the 19th, closed at 29.1 million, a slight drop of hundreds of thousands, and fell slightly to 28.7 million on Sunday, and closed at 87.9 million in the first week. In the first weekend, with 305 million overseas and 87.9 million in China, 380 million was rolled, creating a series of records again, and becoming the focus of media reports from all over the world. Jefferson was right, "Avatar" may eventually reach 3 billion at the box office, as a way to sensationalize and attract users' clicks. And on many gossip forums, many do-gooders have also given their own professional comments, and these data controls are no less than those professionals who do the analysis work - although they don't know the rules of the movie industry, but thanks to the current flood of data sources, a graduate student in the mathematics department can easily make a model to demonstrate how much box office "Avatar" needs to get every day if it wants to reach 3 billion.

"After looking through the box office reports of the rest of this year's blockbusters, I realized that Avatar was actually – it should, though not necessarily look at the local box office – should be a fan movie......

-- Don't be in a hurry to say no, but before you object, listen to my opinion: First, I'm going to exclude the first week of the country from my analysis, because there is one incalculable variable this week, which is the weather on the East Coast, which obviously affects the box office for the whole weekend, and we don't have a similar comparator to estimate the ideal box office for the week after the snowstorm is removed. But judging from overseas data, the box office in the first three days actually showed a slight decline, which is a relatively rare trend for non-fan-oriented movies, generally speaking, the box office high of the week always occurs on Saturday, and Sunday will be slightly higher than Friday, and overseas statistics, Saturday's closing price of 105 million and Sunday's closing of 98 million are both slight declines (yes, millions are also slight declines in terms of global volume), suggesting that Friday's high came from the midnight premiere of Jennifer and James Cameron fans. And both of them do have global movies as support, the former's "A Week with Monroe" has achieved a wide range of success around the world, and we both remember "Titanic". So, although it is the first episode of the series, it can indeed be considered a fan movie.

If we can accept this concept, we have a reference when predicting the box office curve - as the best fan movie of the year (although I personally have no idea why), "Twilight: New Moon" has a legendary first day, and the box office of 77 million makes it enter the 100 million club without suspense in the first week, but it has slipped all the way since then, which shows that the first week of fan movies must be very strong, but from the beginning of the next week, the performance will not be so satisfactory, "Avatar" There may not be such a decline in the second week in North America, because after the end of the snowstorm, the pent-up demand for movies on the East Coast will rebound, and even the decline in the third week should be better - the second week happens to be the Christmas weekend, and there will be many fans on the East Coast who can only cancel their viewing plans, but these declines are all to make up for the first week of the downturn, as far as the world is concerned, the trend should be biased towards fan movies, and from the next week, the overseas box office should not surprise people, and this proves that Jennifer. The 2 billion mentioned by Jefferson is still an unattainable goal for "Avatar", but even so, it should still be relatively easy to cross 1 billion, congratulations to her for setting a personal record again, and taking another step on the road to the highest-grossing actress in North America. Watson got rid of it and became a real champion......"

In the discussion forum of IMDB, it is inevitable that such a prediction post will appear, and the following replies are also divided into several factions - although the poster's tone is very objective, fans still think that he is Jennifer's Hater, and the real Hater reprimanded him for telling Jennifer at the end. Jefferson's sycophant, and many fans are dissatisfied with him posting this article to IMDB, "This is the territory of the movie, talk about some feelings after watching the movie, okay?" ”

"At least it's more meaningful than the 'cool' in the film review section, right?" It's not that there is no one who supports the landlord.

Yes, for a box office blockbuster, the comment area of "Avatar" may be the most monotonous, not as high-quality as "Batman: The Night Knight", nor like "Transformers", which is full of criticism of the plot, and even scolding, the attention to the plot in the comment area of "Avatar" is rare, almost all the comments are related to visual effects, and the only few long-form film reviews that mention the plot are ignored, and a large number of posts complain that they are watching the 2D version, There are also many fans who accuse the theater of 3D equipment for being too old, or how high the requirements for seats in 3D are - in the past, when watching the 2D version, the difference in viewing effect between different positions was not so large, but in the 3D version, if you sit too corner, then the feeling of almost coming out of the screen will be greatly weakened, which makes location a necessary rare resource.

"It's so cool, this movie makes all the previous movies that were called 3D 2.5D!"

"The film changed the way I thought about movie theaters, no, I can't say it changed, I still feel like driving to the theater on a Sunday, wandering around the underground parking lot in despair, hoping to find a proper parking spot, queuing up for tickets, and then sweating through the crowd waiting for admission, enduring all sorts of deodorants, body odors, and grunts to see a movie is not worth it, I didn't even go to the cinema for Transformers, but after watching Avatar, I realized that if that's where movies are going in the future, Then I have to change myself - unless I want to miss out on more great movies, and I can only hear from other people how amazing the special effects of a certain film are. ”

"It's so cool, Jennifer is amazingly beautiful, but more importantly it's the planet Pandora, and Hallelujah Mountain, I think Fox should build a Pandora theme park, as long as I can actually make a floating mountain, I will definitely go!"

"Well, I haven't seen the movie yet - damn the New Yorker, but I'm excited to hear your discussion, and the big question now is, if I don't see it on Christmas Day, how difficult do you think it will be to get a 3D ticket to a good theater for the rest of the holiday?"

"No matter how high it is, it's worth seeing, brother, I suggest you buy an early ticket, there are usually not many people who can get up early in winter."

Judging from IMDB's film review tone, although the story of "Avatar" is not discussed by many people, unlike the discussion area of "Titanic", which is full of exchanges about how he cried at the end of the film, the reputation of this movie is still very good, and like "Titanic", with its spectacular picture, the potential audience has an urgent need to watch the movie, and judging from IMDB's feedback, "Avatar" has even gone further than "Titanic" in this regard.

Paul. Degara Bidean – a senior media analyst at media valuation and research firm Rentrakcorp who closed the IMDB page and tapped thoughtfully – seemed to have caught Jeff's problem and unconsciously muttered the word '2 billion' -- after the first week, few people doubted that Avatar would not break through 500 million or 1 billion, and even many analysts began to discuss the possible ways for Avatar to make money. Predict what Fox's profit in this movie will be, but, as stated in the previous analysis post that is still quite substantial, 2 billion? The current performance of "Avatar" is still far from this goal, and Fox must go through several rounds of copyright operation if it wants to recoup its original cost, but in any case, this is still a stimulus to Fox's stock price, before that, affected by the box office downturn of "Nine" and the unsatisfactory pre-sale of "Avatar" at midnight, Fox's stock price has fallen for more than a month, and before the overseas box office of "Avatar" appeared - God forbid, if it wasn't Saturday, Paul is confident that Fox's stock will fall by at least 5%.

opened a bunch of calculation software, calculated nervously for a while, pulled out the comparison results and studied them, Paul opened the document, muttered for a while, and briskly typed out such a line of words: "Although I really hope to see "Avatar" create a miracle, no matter how you calculate it, on the basis of the box office trend in the first week, the possibility of "Avatar" breaking through 2 billion is close to zero, and it is more likely to fall between 1 billion and 1.5 billion, but it may become the second total box office after "Titanic", However, the future of the film's DVD sales is uncertain, as audiences are clearly more interested in 3D visual effects, and it is still unclear whether Fox and Big Dream will be able to profit from the film......

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"Yes, I know, Bob, I admit that I was probably impulsive at the time...... Yes, I admit that this is unnecessarily controversial, and maybe it does have some impact on the box office...... Yes, that's a bit too showy...... Yes, yes......"

Just when the world's film market was stirred up by "Avatar", and the market was fiercely debated around Jennifer's '2 billion' theory, Jennifer once again embarked on the road to the airport. Egger's phone call of concern was followed by another, another, a third congratulatory call from a heavyweight: her phone had not been idle for the past few days, and Jenny even had to make phone calls while charging, and she could only pray secretly that she would not become a victim of the phone bombing.

"I understand, Meryl, yes, yes, I won't say that again next time, my God, you don't know how much my words have annoyed me......"

Compared to the call with Robert just now, and Meryl. On Streep's phone call, Jenny's coquettishness was a little more subtle and sincere, and she and Meryl talked for a few more minutes before ending the call because Meryl was going to prepare Christmas presents.

After waiting for the phone screen for a few seconds and noticing that it didn't light up again, Jenny stretched out in relief, threw the phone aside, and complained, "Oh my God, it's only been the first week, and the performance of these people already makes me feel like I've saved the world." ”

"It's still a bit of a short distance from the $2 billion you've made, but the first week has already illustrated the potential of Avatar," Cesare said, sitting beside her, steady, "and there's nothing wrong with that: if you hadn't said that, you'd have won a little more and the crown on your head would have been more colorful." ”

"Yes, so the people who use this to count me down are worth believing, aren't they?" Jenny nodded approvingly, "Instead, those who are full of sycophancy need to be wary - did you get a call from Brad about this?" ”

"Nope." Cesare raised an eyebrow and shook his head again, "Is there anything worth paying attention to me?" ”

Cesare had just returned from a business event near California, and the two had barely been able to see each other for the past few days, and Jenny was not surprised that Brad contacted her directly, she nodded, "We'll talk about it on the plane in a moment, it's time for us to talk about it - about the attitudes of the six in this matter...... That's a big question, isn't it? ”

"Of course." Cesare nodded, and he looked out the window at the approaching private airport, and at the midsize planes that could be seen from such a distance—the Transoceanic Private Jet painted with the News Corp. logo was President Murdoch's personal car. "We have plenty of time -- it's a long flight from Los Angeles to China."

The author has something to say: Note: 1 Regarding the local trend, it is true that the first weekend was three consecutive declines, and I will talk nonsense overseas, because this feedback is really vague...... I can't find the specific information, but it must have risen, and the total amount of the first weekend seems to be only 2.3e

2 Before the WeChat small theater seems to have caused some readers to misunderstand, once again, the small theater has nothing to do with the plot, every time [] is the name of the magazine, the magazine that sent the report is the National Inquiry Daily, this newspaper is famous for nonsense, the credibility is close to 0, and it is a good hand at editing news-

Well......