Although Duke had some conflicts with Ivanka, and when Ivanka left in the car late at night, he was also photographed by the paparazzi who were surrounded in front of the Duke's estate, but by the next day, the focus of the media and the public in the United States was still revolving around the Oscars.

"The biggest surprise at this year's Oscars is that there are no accidents!"

On the headline of the entertainment section of the Washington Post, it was the evaluation of last night's Oscars.

"The biggest surprise at the 76th Academy Awards was that there were so few accidents. The film "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" swept the Oscars on Sunday night, winning 12 statuettes, including Best Director and Best Picture. ”

"Duke? Rosenberg's "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" had previously grossed nearly $1.6 billion worldwide, and the film won all of its 12 nominations, surpassing the 1997 "Titanic" and 1959 "Ben-Hur" awards. Rosenberg Night! ”

Not only the Washington Post, but the entertainment editions of the three major newspapers in the United States are all focused on the Oscars.

"Yesterday evening, the 76th Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. There were no upsets in the results of this year's awards, and all the major awards were won by the favorites who had previously speculated from the outside world. The most surprising thing is that "Lord of the Rings 3: The Invincible King" actually won all the 12 units nominated, breaking the record for the highest number of Oscar awards for the 11 little golden statuettes of "Titanic" and "Ben Hur", and creating a miracle of 100 shots! ”

"When the Best Director Award winner, Duke the Explosive Maniac? Rosenberg from Tom? When Cruise took over the 11th golden man, the world held its breath, and although the young director missed the record for the youngest best director, no one could deny his greatness. Hollywood has since entered the Duke? The era of Rosenberg! ”

- Los Angeles Times

""Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" swept the Oscars, which is expected. For director Duke? For Rosenberg, the night was undoubtedly an 'incredible night of ecstasy'. Is this Duke? A great personal victory for Rosenberg, but also for commercial cinema! “

-- The New York Times

Almost all mainstream media are using legend and greatness to describe Duke and "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King" at the Oscars.

Not just North American and Western media, but the movie channel of a national television station on the other side of the ocean. also paid attention to this award ceremony, and even had a delayed broadcast.

When the awards ceremony came to the end, the show commented.

"Steven? Spielberg announced the winner of Best Picture, and "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" won! The Kodak Theater is boiling, and the famous director Duke, who is loved by our audience? Rosenberg achieved a great victory, and the recognition of the Oscar trophy also made him one of the best film directors on the planet! ”

In this way, "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" broke the award record of "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic" with 12 awards; With 12 out of 12 nominations, he set a new Oscar record for hit percentage; With the addition of 13 nominations for One of the Rings: Crusade of the Ring, 3 Golden Statues, and 6 nominations and 2 Golden Men for The Lord of the Rings 2: Two Towers, the Lord of the Rings series has received a total of 31 nominations. With 17 Oscars, it has set a new record for series nominations and awards, making the magical record of 28 nominations and 9 gold medals in the "Godfather" trilogy completely obsolete! ”

The famous "Watching the Movie" magazine here has a special report on Duke and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

On the afternoon of February 29, Western time, this year's Oscars opened without suspense. As the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Duke? Rosenberg was the most face-saving man on the planet on this day. ”

"The world's most expensive director has won the Golden Man three times in one night - Best Director, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and has become a veritable winner!"

"As the winner of this year's Oscars. "Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" belongs to Duke? Rosenberg's use of visual effects to create the kind of 'landscape film' because the technical awards are awarded to several staff members at the same time. On this night, "The Lord of the Rings 3" won more than 20 little golden figures at once. ”

"I don't know what a specific economic image of the trilogy has grossed more than four billion dollars worldwide. But I know that this is a great magic trilogy, which has been released in Chinese mainland. In total, it has won more than 25000RMB national box office! ”

"I still can't forget that my movie-watching experience, left to Duke? Memories of Rosenberg's Lord of the Rings trilogy. The experience of being stunned from start to finish by what you see on a widescreen is unprecedented—perhaps, that's the beauty of Hollywood. That's the beauty of American blockbusters. ”

"Undoubtedly, Duke? Rosenberg is becoming a master of cinema, a true master, and the means of expression that his mirror language can provide are always the most genius and the most exciting. ”

"This Chinese translation is called Duke? Rosenberg's director, although he is an American, is perhaps the American director we are most familiar with. But you know what? Including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, his directorial career has grossed more than $7.5 billion. Cameron, George? Lucas and Steven? Spielberg became the number one person in the world box office! ”

"What's even more amazing is that it only took him 12 years and 10 films to do this!"

"If before this year, Duke? Rosenberg's biggest regret is undoubtedly the lack of recognition for heavyweight awards, but at this year's Oscars, the king finally returned, Duke? Rosenberg reigns on the throne! ”

Fortunately, in June of this year, the newly crowned Oscar-winning director will bring his new film "Hurricane Rescue" to Shang Beach to participate in the Shanghai International Film Festival. The Rosenberg-style action movie will be released simultaneously in China and the United States, and because of the time difference, Chinese audiences will see this masterpiece before American audiences! ”

"We're expecting Duke? Director Rosenberg and his new work are here! ”

In any case, the influence of the Oscars in North America and even the world should not be underestimated, and the unprecedented twelve statuettes, in addition to great glory, can also be directly transformed into economic benefits.

It seems particularly vulgar to talk about money in front of the Oscars, but look at the major Hollywood companies, especially the brothers Miramax and Weinstein, why are they competing for the Oscars, really just for art and glory?

I believe that any normal person can easily make a judgment.

The Oscar effect is fed back to "The Return of the King", and the most direct thing is the data.

The film has not been completely removed from North American theaters until now, and the distributor Warner Bros. has made great efforts, and the film has less than 300 theaters left, and on the second day of the Oscars, the North American theaters of "The Return of the King" have expanded again, reaching as many as 1,500!

The most important thing is that a considerable number of fans, influenced by the twelve golden figures, have entered the theater one after another to watch the film again, making the single-day box office of less than $10,000 exceed $500,000 in one fell swoop, and after 12 days of screening, the North American box office figure that has been stuck at more than $1.59 billion for a long time finally crossed the $600 million mark!

Although this was short-lived, "The Return of the King" eventually became the second film to grossing more than $600 million in North America and $1.6 billion worldwide.

By mid-March, "The Return of the King" had dropped its trailer in North America, the world's last screening region, and the theatrical journey of creating a series of glorious Lord of the Rings trilogies had come to an end, and the most successful film series of all time was born.

The Fellowship of the Ring is $473.15 million in North America and $1,132.14 million worldwide.

"The Two Towers" is $521.32 million in North America and $1,312.88 million worldwide.

"Return of the King" is $604.55 million in North America and $1,610.15 million worldwide.

The trilogy received a total of $4,055.17 million!

That's just a portion of the film's revenue, and although many merchandise products are still on sale and some have not yet been released, as of mid-March 2004, the Lord of the Rings trilogy has generated more than $3 billion in merchandise sales!

In late March, the DVD of "Return of the King" officially went on sale worldwide, still divided into $19.9 for regular and $39.9 for luxury, with first-week sales of $165.77 million in North America and $312.88 million in global first-week sales!

Far from the end of the DVD, Duke and Warner Bros. plan to continue their journey of making money after two to three years with a trilogy that includes 120 minutes of footage and a total length of nearly 12 hours.

Even in the new video-on-demand feature of the sharing website, the Lord of the Rings trilogy can also be paid on demand, but with the current network conditions, the effect can only be said to be very average.

Duke and Ivanka's relationship hasn't deteriorated, but it's not much better, but both are relatively calm people who rarely bring personal conflicts into their work.

As time passed, the popularity of Oscar gradually dissipated, and those few little golden figures were casually thrown by Duke in the display case of the Duke's studio, for him, glory only belongs to the past, not to the future, and he still has a long, long way to go in the future, and he never thought of stopping himself.

DC, Marvel, Transformers, etc., plans are already on his desk.

An old era is over, and a new era is coming! (To be continued......)

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