Lin Yuquan, who was mainly focused on the filming of the film and the global open beta of "Wild Story", did not worry about the box office of the second week of the release of "Twilight", he was full of confidence in the box office of the film this week, and sure enough, at the end of filming in Chengdu, when the crew moved to the Dawning Film and Television Base, the North American weekend box office rankings from November 28th to November 30th were settled, and the champion belonged to "Twilight", which is the ninth weekly box office champion title won by Summit Entertainment this year, for any film company, This is quite a feat.

This week's "Twilight" championship can be described as unstoppable, following last week's crazy box office of $81.25 million, this week's "Twilight" received another $40.75 million, a drop of only 49.85%, not amazing, but Summit Entertainment is very satisfied with this, and so far, "Twilight" took two weeks to cut melons and vegetables like a cut of $147 million North American box office, everyone knows that its North American box office is no longer expected to break 200 million, but the local box office is finally set to exceed 200 million.

What shocks countless people even more is that according to the current box office situation, in the year-end North American annual box office list, Summit Entertainment will have three movies in the top ten, which is also not possible, but ironclad.

It's crazy to think about three films in the top 10 of the year for an independent film company, after all, no independent film company has done this before, and even the best performing independent film companies, New Line and DreamWorks, have only two films in the top 10 of the year at most.

DreamWorks, when it was an independent film company, did this in 2000 with the films "Gladiator" and "Danger".

There are three new lines. Once in 2001. With The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Rush Hour 2. Once in 2002, with "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers" and Ace Spy 3, and once in 2003, with "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" and "Christmas Elf", two movies have been among the top ten of the year for three consecutive years, and the new line has definitely created a miracle.

In addition, after being acquired by Paramount, DreamWorks did it again last year with "Shrek 3" and "Transformers". In addition, according to the current situation, DreamWorks may realize it again this year, among which "Kung Fu Panda" has been confirmed to be among the top ten, and "Madagascar 2" should be no problem.

However, this is something that neither two amazing independent film companies have been able to do, but Summit Entertainment has done it this year, and I have to say, it's really amazing.

Besides, "Twilight" can easily win the championship this week, in fact, it is largely due to the poor box office performance of the new films released, and the highest box office is produced by New Line and distributed by Warner Bros. Reese. Witherspoon starred in the PG-13 comedy "Four Christmas," which grossed $32.57 million from 3,347 theaters over three days over the weekend. The cumulative box office in the five days of release is 47.25 million US dollars, the results are good, but they are not excellent, and what is worse is that there are a flood of bad reviews, with a freshness of 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, a total media score of 41, and a Yahoo! score of C.

In fact, "Four Christmas" is also a box office winner in general, and the worst performance in the new film is "Australia". The film starring Kidman, originally starring Buzz. Directed by Ruhrmann, Nicole . Kidman & Hugh. The love epic starring Jackman is one of the aces of 20th Century Fox at the end of this year, and it is also an epic masterpiece that fans are looking forward to, but neither the film's lengthy length nor story content is obviously unsatisfactory, and in the end, "Australia" only managed to collect $14.28 million at the box office. At the same time, Rotten Tomatoes' 53% freshness, a media overall score of 52, and Yahoo!'s C+ rating were completely out of line with the expected Australian version of Gone with the Wind.

Among the new films released, I have to mention that "The Biography of Milk", which entered the box office of $1.41 million, I have to mention that it is not because of such a bad result, its single museum box office is as high as $52,000, it is undoubtedly the champion of all the films released this week, and the most important thing is that this gay biopic about Harvey Milk has been praised by critics almost to the sky, with a freshness of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and a total media score of 87, Yahoo! A-, which seems to be another "Brokeback Mountain", is unanimously considered to be the seeded player to hit the Oscars this year.

In addition to the North American box office, "Twilight", which was released overseas this week, finally collected $68.26 million at the overseas box office, winning the overseas box office champion and the global box office champion this week.

Since then, "Twilight" has already grossed $215 million worldwide, and the film will be released in more countries next week.

Judging by current box office trends, "Twilight" has a good chance of breaking $400 million at the global box office, but it is unlikely to be among the top 10 global box office of the year.

400 million? Lin Yuquan showed a smile on his face, this should indeed not be a problem, his eyes fell on the media to list the top ten films and box office data in the global box office so far in 08, and couldn't help but shake his head, "Twilight" is really not easy to rank among the top ten at the global box office, and the current tenth place is "Robot Wall-E", a film that has received exaggerated praise in the summer, its global box office has reached 478 million US dollars, and it is still in theaters, and it is expected to exceed 500 million US dollars before the year, "Twilight" It's hard to catch up with it.

"The box office of "Twilight" is really amazing, I can finally watch it tonight, I am looking forward to it!" Liu Yifei grinned.

"Yes, I can finally watch it, I should have watched it at the domestic premiere last Thursday, but this guy has to wait until today." Wang Luodan complained.

"Isn't it because there were a lot of people watching it a few days ago, and it will be impossible for many viewers to see it when it comes out of the hall alone? Today is more appropriate, and it does not affect other audiences to watch the movie. Lin Yuquan smiled disapprecitatively.

"Heh, Director Lin is right. It's good to wait until the peak viewing period is over and then watch it. Xu Zheng smiled.

"Alright. Keep shooting. Finish work early and eat, then go to see "Twilight". Lin Yuquan clapped his hands and said

"No wonder the box office is so high, although it is a little different from the novel, but it is very good."

After watching the movie out of the theater at night and getting into Lin Yuquan's car, Liu Yifei said happily.

"Not bad, yes, Yifei. What's the name of the guy who plays Howard, it's really handsome. Wang Luodan said with a smile.

"Robert. Pattinson, is it handsome? I don't think so, but Christine who plays Bella. Stewart is beautiful. Liu Yifei smiled slightly.

"Of course, there must be no other man in your heart who is more handsome than Yuquan." Wang Luodan quipped.

Liu Yifei blushed: "What, it's not as handsome as Brother Yuquan, okay, if you don't believe it, you can ask others." ”

"Don't ask, there are so many fans of Yuquan, of course there are many people who say he is handsome." Wang Luodan smiled and blinked.

"Okay, you Dandan, am I so unsightly in your eyes?" Lin Yuquan couldn't help but say with a smile. Later, he joked: "Let me tell you a secret, I have Robert's phone." If you really like him so much, I can call him, and I can help you draw the red line in the miserable situation where you still can't find anyone to want. ”

"Yes, Sister Dandan, you are not too young, why don't you let Brother Yuquan introduce you?" Liu Yifei said with a smile, looking at Wang Luodan with a thick and narrow look in his eyes, I want you to tease me just now.

"Ahem, who can't find anyone to ask for it, this girl doesn't want to look for it for the time being, otherwise I don't know how many people are chasing me?" After Wang Luodan coughed, he raised his head and said.

"Really? I don't believe it anyway. Lin Yuquan shook his head.

"I don't believe it either." Liu Yifei smiled sweetly.

Wang Luodan gritted his teeth and glared at the two, and waved his head: "If you don't believe it, forget it, everything will be proven in the future." ”

"I want to say the same thing." Lin Yuquan chuckled, didn't wait for Wang Luodan to answer, said "fasten your seat belt", and then stepped on the accelerator

"Brother Yuquan, how much do you think the box office of "Old Boy" and "Painted Wall" will be?"

Although they met every day and had just separated, after returning home, Lin Yuquan and the girl were still not tired of talking on the phone, and Liu Yifei asked abruptly during the call.

"Yifei, how high is the box office you expecting?" Lin Yuquan's mind was spinning rapidly while asking rhetorically, and now the girl had a deep resentment against his often vague answers, and his answer later naturally had to satisfy the girl.

Today is December 1st, and "Old Boy" and "Painted Wall" will be released on Thursday, December 4 and Friday, December 5, respectively, of which "Old Boy" will be released on a large scale simultaneously across the Taiwan Strait, and "Painted Wall" will be released on a small scale in 125 theaters in North America.

Compared with the previous films of Shuguang Films, the marketing and distribution of "Old Boy" and "Painted Wall" are obviously different this time, "Old Boy" did not let Xiao Yang, Yifei, Wang Taili, Xu Zheng and other film creators run around to promote, and they are on variety shows, and they are interviewed by newspapers and magazines, and they hold test screenings or something, but deliberately create a sense of mystery, of course, mystery does not mean that there is no publicity, the promotion cost of "Old Boy" 18 million is mainly used for ground publicity, and it has become a movie poster flying to large and medium-sized cities across the country, The online publicity is focused on the Dawning Network, and the homepage of the Dawning Network has been focusing on the trailer of "Old Boy" every day since the beginning of November. In addition to the funny clips of Jackson's dance, there are also Lin Yuquan, Ning Hao, Xu Jinglei, Zhou Xun, Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, and Shuguang's big-name artists.

As for the tear-jerking part of the movie, it was not leaked at all, in order to bring the biggest surprise to the first audience after its release, and then produce an unexpected and amazing word-of-mouth effect.

In Lin Yuquan's view, with the main creative lineup composed of Yifei, Xu Zheng, and Xiao Yang, as well as the current good publicity offensive, it has been able to attract many fans and audiences to the theater to watch the movie, but the key to whether "Old Boy" can get an excellent box office is not the good main creative lineup, nor the promotion, but the excellent quality of the film itself and the promotion of good word of mouth to the box office.

Therefore, the promotion of "Old Boy" deliberately chose a way to create a sense of mystery.

The situation of "Painted Wall" is different, this is the first film produced by Summit Entertainment released overseas, which is of extraordinary significance to Summit Entertainment itself and to Dawning Films, and is related to the future business operations of the two companies.

In order to build momentum for the film, starting from last week, Chen Jiashang took Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, and Liu Ye to various parts of the United States to promote, Lin Yuquan and Liu Yifei and Wang Luodan, who did not go to publicity because of filming, also recorded a VCR on the set and played it in the promotion, and because "Painted Wall" was a movie he had thought about making at the beginning, he also personally wrote in the "Los Angeles Times" to introduce the origin and behind-the-scenes of "Painted Wall".

In addition, in order to get close to the viewing habits of American audiences, Summit Films has worked hard in translation and editing, and made full preparations to produce a special North American version of "Painted Wall".

"Well, in the case of "Painted Wall", the North American premiere box office exceeded 1 million, and the final box office exceeded 10 million, while "Old Boy" broke 20 million at the mainland premiere box office, and the final box office exceeded 100 million, with a total box office of more than 120 million." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"Is that low?" Lin Yuquan smiled: "I don't dare to say how much box office it can achieve in North America, but with the enduring attraction of kung fu films in North America, as well as the influence of Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, you and Dandan and others in North America, I believe that the box office will definitely not be worse than "The City is Full of Golden Armor". As for "Old Boy", heh, I am confident that it will reach more than 150 million at the box office in the mainland. ”

"150 million in the mainland, can it? So far this year, there are not many movies that have grossed more than 100 million. Liu Yifei said in disbelief.

"Of course, be confident in yourself, 'Old Boy' is a very good movie." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Well, I know it's a good movie." Liu Yifei smiled sweetly, she had watched "Old Boy" in advance with Lin Yuquan before: "By the way, Brother Yuquan, I think it is better for me and Sister Dandan to go back to Kyoto tomorrow or take the first class, Shifei You will use it when you return to Kyoto in a few days, and taking the first class is not in line with your identity." ”

"No, what's wrong with me, Warren Buffett is much richer than me, and he owns the world's largest private jet company, but he never travels by private jet, and I occasionally sit back and wait. And didn't you say it before? I went back to Kyoto to attend the annual meeting of entrepreneur leaders and the commendation conference and sit in first class, Yifei you are different, after you attended the premiere of "Old Boy", you have to fly to the United States with Dandan overnight, you need to use the flight time on the plane to rest, what if you don't have a good rest, I don't want my baby to attend the premiere of "Painted Wall" in North America with dark circles under her eyes, the photos taken like that are definitely not good. Lin Yuquan said with a straight face.

"What, Warren Buffett is stingy by nature." Liu Yifei is coquettish, and her heart is extraordinarily sweet.

"Okay, rest early, it's not good for the skin for girls to go to bed late, and I'm going to do something." After chatting with Yifei for a few more words, Lin Yuquan hung up the phone and continued to plan tomorrow's movie shooting. (To be continued......)

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