Chapter 435: Publicize a New Strategy
""Savage Story: The Rise of the Ape Race" won four consecutive championships, and "Wanted" was defeated." "Savage: The Rise of the Ape Race" continues to lead the way and will break the big ship record." "The record is broken, and "Savage: The Rise of the Ape Race" has created a myth again." Countless media outlets reported on last week's exciting box office battle as soon as they learned about it.
This weekend, "Wild Story: Rise of the Apes" topped the list with $50.49 million, followed by "Wanted" with $49.83 million, and then "Confused Detective" with $39.76 million.
But in terms of box office, in fact, there are no losers in this box office war, all three films have achieved ideal results that exceed expectations, of course, there is only one box office champion, and "Wild Story: Rise of the Ape Race" is in its fourth week of release, and it has naturally become the most dazzling storage zài.
And a series of gorgeous numbers also made "Wild Stories: The Rise of the Apes" write a new legend, with a fourth-weekend income of $50.49 million, far exceeding the $28.72 million of "Titanic" that year, and hitting a record high. At the same time, after the North American box office broke $400 million in 15 days, refreshing the 43 days set by "Shrek 2" in 2004, "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" once again rewrote the record of breaking $500 million the fastest, greatly shortening the 98 days of "Titanic" in the last century to 22 days. and the 24-day box office of 545.6 million US dollars, also easily surpassed "Star Wars", in front of which only "Titanic", which topped the film history list for 10 years with a box office of 600 million US dollars.
$600 million seemed like an unbeatable record in previous years, but as the saying goes, "Records are meant to be broken." Although "Wild Stories: Rise of the Apes" has not yet surpassed the North American box office of "Titanic". But with an astonishing rate of gold absorption. According to the current box office situation, it is expected that the North American box office record of "Titanic" of $600,788,188 is expected to be surpassed by "Wild Story: Rise of the Apes" in the next two weeks, and at that time, the record of breaking the fastest $600 million will also be rewritten by "Wild Stories: Rise of the Apes".
When this was discovered, it immediately caused a global shock. Lin Yuquan became the world's single-film North American box office and the world's highest-grossing Chinese director with "Hurricane Rescue" last year, who would have thought that after less than a year, Lin Yuquan would become the box office champion director in North American film history, and what is even more terrifying is that Lin Yuquan is now less than 25 years old, and a group of numbers jù is the most telling thing, if you don't take into account inflation, when "Gone with the Wind" in 1939 became the North American film history champion with $198 million, Victor Fleming was 50 years old. In 1973, "The Exorcist" became the champion of North American film history with 232.9 million. William. Fredking was 38 years old, in 1975, "Jaws" became the North American film history champion with $260 million, Steven Spielberg was 29 years old, in 1977, "Star Wars" reached the North American film history championship with $460.9 million, George Lucas was 33 years old, and in 1997, when "Titanic" became the North American film history champion with $660 million, James . Cameron is 43 years old, and the original Steven. Spielberg did this at the age of 29, which was already considered difficult to surpass, but now, the record of the youngest director of the North American film history champion has been rewritten by Lin Yuquan again, and the age is also fixed at the age of 24.
And even considering inflation, "Wild Wilds: Rise of the Apes" is also the highest-ranked film after the new century, slightly higher than "Shrek" in 2004 with $441.2 million, and is the only new century film to enter the top 30 adjusted for inflation.
At the same time, thanks to the film's terrifying gold absorption speed, Lin Yuquan's ranking on the North American director's box office list has also shown a straight rise, before the release of "Wild Wild: The Rise of the Ape", his four films have achieved excellent box office results in North America, "Huo Yuanjia" 119 million US dollars, "Red Cliff" 181 million US dollars, "Painted Skin" 208 million US dollars, "Hurricane Rescue" 327 million US dollars, the cumulative box office of 835 million US dollars, only ranked 24th, but with the addition of "Wild Wild: The Rise of the Apes" At present, the cumulative box office of $545.6 million and $1.388 billion has surpassed Gore Verbinski's cumulative $1.308 billion, ranking sixth, second only to Chris Columbus's $1.568 billion, and Lang. Howard's $1.625 billion, George. Lucas's $1.701 billion, Robert. Zemeckis $1.805 billion, and Steven Spielberg's horrific $3.761 billion.
No one doubted that it didn't take long for Lin Yuquan to overtake Robert. Zemeckis, George. Lucas Four, as for Steven. Spielberg, who knows, there is still a long time ahead, you must know that Lin Yuquan is not yet 25 years old, as the New York Journal reported in the report: "Perhaps, from now on, Spielberg should be nervous." ”
This series of shocking North American numbers has undoubtedly made Lin Yuquan gain the attention and praise of countless media and the public, and continue to spread his influence in North America.
At the same time, the popularity of "Wild Wild: The Rise of the Apes" in the mainland and other overseas countries and regions is also high, especially in the Asian region where he just did the promotion, the fans and audiences burst out with great enthusiasm, and the mainland only fell by 32.83% in a single week, and received 114.8 million like a storm, and since its release, it has exceeded 100 million for four consecutive weeks, and the cumulative total box office in the mainland is 709 million. Including other countries and regions, outside of North America, it grossed a total of $98.77 million in a single week.
So far, the total global box office of "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" has soared to 1.306 billion US dollars, and breaking 1.5 billion is just around the corner.
"It's the fourth week!" Bright. Meyer looked at the box office number in front of him with admiration in his heart, although "Wanted" finally failed and failed to end the consecutive championship of "Wild Story: Rise of the Apes", but he did not feel disappointed or frustrated, and the box office results of "Wanted" were very ideal. At best, there are some small regrets. Even as a competitor. He also sincerely admires the series of brilliant achievements created by "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Race", which is about to become the champion of North American film history, which is extremely remarkable, with a global box office of more than 1 billion, which is extremely remarkable, and the four consecutive championships in the North American summer season are also remarkable.
Although "Titanic" has previously set an unprecedented history, it may also be the last 15 consecutive championships. But at this time, when the film market was in an era of trickling water, it would not be like now, the proportion of the premiere box office in the total box office is increasing, and the premiere box office of a movie is usually 1/3 and 1/4 of the total box office, and the more super blockbusters, the more so. For example, last year's "Spider-Man 3" debuted at the box office of $151.1 million, and finally grossed $336.5 million in North America.
As we all know, the competition in the summer file is the most fierce in the whole year, with blockbusters and eye-catching films everywhere. In this period, it is not easy to win two consecutive championships. Before "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape", "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Souls", which won the most consecutive titles in the summer of 06, received $62.18 million and $35.04 million successively after receiving $132 million in the first weekend, achieving three consecutive hegemony.
But now the record has been rewritten again, and "Savage Story: The Rise of the Ape Race" has won four consecutive championships in the summer file where the strong gathered, not to mention the last, but it is unprecedented.
There is no shortage of talented young directors in Hollywood. Spielberg, George. Lucas, James. Cameron and others have all come over like this, but they are so talented that they are unique to the point of Lin Yuquan, not before, and even less now. Tofo Nolan is the most promising young director in recent years except for Lin Yuquan, but no matter how you look at it, there is a huge gap between him and Lin Yuquan, and the status and influence of the two are completely different.
The global box office is about to break $1.5 billion, why doesn't such a director belong to Universal Pictures? Bright. Meyer sighed in his heart, it has been difficult for Universal Pictures to win a place in the TOP10 over the years because of the lack of a super-grossing director, and there are too many uncertain factors only by relying on comedy movies.
Seeing the topic in the report about whether "Savage Story: Rise of the Apes" can defeat "Titanic", Lang. Meyer couldn't help but shake his head, he was not optimistic that "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" could create a new global box office record, although the rapid box office momentum of "Wild Wilds: Rise of the Apes" so far exceeded that of the former "Titanic", from the analysis of objective conditions, the box office growth of "Wild Wilds: Rise of the Apes" still has a lot of room for growth, but the box office of more than 500 million US dollars is not so easy to catch up with in the future, unless "Wild Wilds: Rise of the Apes" can maintain a strong enough attraction and follow a long-term trend, Otherwise, breaking $1.5 billion will not be a problem, but $1.6 billion will be difficult.
It's already 1.3 billion, Lin Yuquan can't hide his joy, but he doesn't have any relaxation in his heart, because of the box office war last week, it attracted people's attention, which stimulated fans and audiences to watch the movie, but it is difficult to use the gimmick of the box office war this week, after all, the audience's passion is difficult to maintain for a long time.
And this week's "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Race" is also facing fierce competition, and the country is okay, there are three new films released on a large scale in North America this week, with an investment of 85 million US dollars, and the director of "Pan's Labyrinth" Gilmour Murphy. Bender. Toro's superhero sequel film "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army", which will be released in 3,204 theaters, with an investment of $60 million, will be released in 2,812 theaters, and "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D", which has been put on the movie or TV screen many times, with an investment of $60 million. Murphy starred in "Dave's Spaceship", which will be released in 3,011 theaters, and three new films of different types are coming together, which is bound to prevent "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" from winning five consecutive championships.
Coupled with the ongoing release of "Robot Qì Man Wali", "Wanted", "Confused Detective", "Kung Fu Panda", and "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4", for "Wild Story: Rise of the Ape Clan", the current shape is extremely grim.
And next week's schedule, Christopher will be ushered in. "Batman Prequel 2: The Dark Knight" directed by Nolan, Meryl. With such a strong opponent as Streep's "Mamma Mia", it is not easy to collect more than $500 million at the box office.
Fortunately, from this week, thanks to the strong support provided by Universal Pictures, "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" will land in more than 30 small and medium-sized box office markets overseas, although the box office in these regions will not be too much, but for "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" that is interested in catching up with the record of "Titanic", no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat.
But this alone was not enough, Lin Yuquan's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, thinking about what else could be done to help the box office.
The mobile phone rang suddenly, waking up Lin Yuquan who was in deep thought, and when he saw the caller ID, he immediately showed a smile on his face: "Hi, Wei Zai, thank you for your wedding, of course I will come, this is a rare opportunity for exposure and publicity, how could I not come, just for the tour of Southeast Asia, I understand, I will fly directly from South America to Bangkok to meet you when the time comes"
Hanging up the phone, Lin Yuquan couldn't help but smile and shake his head, Liang Chaowei and Liu Jialing's wedding, his original intention was to attend an ordinary friend's wedding, but in today's shape, this has become a good opportunity for movie promotion.
After thinking about it, Lin Yuquan has a clear idea of how to help the box office.
Since the release of "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes", in just four weeks, the various versions of the novel of "Wild Wild: The Rise of the Apes" have sold nearly 10 million copies around the world, equivalent to one-third of the sales in the previous ten months, and now the sales of "Wild Wilds: Rise of the Apes" have reached 40 million copies, catching up with the best-selling novels such as "Harry Potter" and "The Da Vinci Code". Haggis estimates that with the film's hot release, there is still a lot of room for sales to grow in the coming months.
Coupled with the imminent release of Savage: Clash of the Clans and Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Paul. Haggis and the entire Bear Press were in a state of extreme busyness.
In Lin Yuquan's view, it is completely possible to use the listing of "Wild Wilds: Hundred Clans" to attract the audience to watch the movie, and he has also thought about the plan, as of the launch of "Wild Wilds: Hundred Races", the new book signing will be held in the ten countries and regions with the highest box office in "Wild Wilds: The Rise of the Apes", and the signing location will be the city with the highest box office in the country.
Although I don't know how much of a role it can play, judging from the rapid increase in sales of the novel, it will definitely help the box office a lot, and as long as it has an effect, we should try our best to fight for it.
In addition, the game of "Wild Age" has been developed day and night with the efforts of the Dimen game development team, and is preparing to start internal testing, which is just right to be used to promote the game and build momentum for the film, killing two birds with one stone. (To be continued......)
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