"Gravity" also spent the third weekend in the North American market, and the box office trend is still strong, only down 35% from the second weekend, with a harvest of $37.29 million, plus the harvest of the previous four working days, the North American box office has broken through the $250 million mark, reaching $258.97 million. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Overseas, the film's release regions have increased to 108, and the overseas box office is also growing rapidly, with the global box office steadily crossing the $500 million mark, reaching $527.88 million!

More importantly, after a long period of screening, the film's reputation is still strong, which is extremely conducive to the film's subsequent Olympics.

Fast forward to late January, and when Sunday arrived, Duke threw away all his work and headed to Pasadena, a suburb of Los Angeles, to target the famous Rose Bowl Stadium.

One of the most famous stadiums in the nation, now with a capacity of more than 90,000 people, was built in the twenties of the last century, and the Rose Bowl Stadium is famous for hosting the annual college football Bowl Cup, also known as the Rose Cup.

However, for the time being, it will be the home of Duke's Los Angeles Raiders for the time being.

After the Raiders relocated from Oakland to Los Angeles, they had to lease the famous stadium as a temporary home stadium because they did not have their own stadium for the time being, but Duke has already asked people to find a good site and design it, and the construction of the new Raiders stadium has officially begun in the summer.

After a maximum of two seasons, his Los Angeles Raiders can relocate to their home games.

Leonardo who came to watch the game with Duke? DiCaprio and George? Clooney, however, saw a lot of his peers in the industry as they walked through the long corridors of the stadium and were led by the team's dedicated reception staff into the VIP seats.

Like Mark? Wahlberg, Matt? Damon and Ben? Affleck and Jessica? Chastain and so on.

Although it is not a Super Bowl, it is an American League final, and the winner between Duke's Los Angeles Raiders and visiting Pittsburgh Steelers will advance directly to next month's Super Bowl.

"Hi, Duke."

"Hi. Duke ......"

Sitting in the team's special box for the owner, people who knew each other nearby came to say hello, and Duke responded one by one, not only those he had seen earlier. Among the people who came one after another, I also saw many familiar faces.

For example, Orlando, who he worked with? Bloom, like some of the newly rising Canadian singer Justin? Bieber.

I don't know why, Duke saw Justin? Bieber and Orlando? Bloom didn't seem quite right, but the two were seated far apart. They exchanged a look of visibly hostility at Duke's place and returned to where they were.

"Attendance is okay."

Eyes circled the stadium, Leonardo? DiCaprio said to Duque, "It's so much better than I thought." ”

"What do you imagine?" Duke leaned back in his seat and said, "Do you think the whole stadium should be empty?" ”

"Of course not." Leonardo shook his head, "I thought half the attendance would be good. ”

George? Clooney went to Ben? On Afflac's side, only Duke and Leonardo were left here, and the two spoke more easily and casually, and jokes and teases would pop out of Leonardo's mouth from time to time.

"I see!" He gestured to the two stands on the left-hand side and across the street with huge Raiders emblems. Suddenly realized, he said, "You covered these two large stands, so it seems that the attendance is high." ”

Duke shrugged, but didn't say anything.

Although not directly involved in the club's operations, he also knows that the Raiders have not yet fully become the Raiders of Los Angeles. Josephson's ICM and the team themselves have done a lot of promotional work, and it will take time to achieve this.

Coupled with the capacity of nearly 100,000 in the Rose Bowl, the direct consequence of this is that the attendance rate of the team's game is not too high, because the NFL official has a hard and fast rule on attendance, every game day. The team simply covered the two large stands on the top level of the Rose Bowl in order to make it look like there weren't a lot of empty seats.

It's also the most common practice of all professional sports leagues in the United States.

Last year's Los Angeles Raiders had far less attendance than they do now, and professional sports have always relied on their performances, and this season the Raiders not only made the playoffs. And reaching the American League finals, which is only two steps away from the Super Bowl, has greatly boosted the market, and the team's matchday attendance has improved dramatically since the playoffs.

Los Angeles is the second most populous area in the United States and a huge market. Whether the Los Angeles Raiders can snatch a piece of the cake from many professional sports teams will depend on whether they can play a good game.

If the team can win a Super Bowl in the last two years, the marketing work will undoubtedly be much smoother.

"Hey, Duke."

The voice of greeting sounded next to him again, George? Clooney with Ben? Affleck walked over, Duke stood up, and said to Ben? Affleck shook his hand, "Hello, Ben. ”

The upper circle of Hollywood is so big, and the two sides are not very familiar with each other, but they have always met before.

"Now the Las Vegas market is betting on your Raiders."

It's different from the external bullish coaxing, Ben? Affleck was still humble enough in front of Duke to compliment without a trace, "The Raiders are the favorites right now, Tom?" Brady and Mashawn? Lynch's combination is unstoppable, and getting into the Super Bowl is certainly not a problem. ”

"Thank you."

With a polite remark, Duke motioned to the chair in the box, "Sit casually, Ben." ”

Just like Ben? After more than a season of running-in, the Los Angeles Raiders are on the right path, but to get into the Super Bowl, it takes not only the strength of the team and the right tactics, but also enough good luck.

A few people sat together and talked about going to the Raiders, and while the game hadn't started yet, Ben? Affleck abruptly turned the conversation to the movies.

Obviously, this is the present? The purpose of Affleck's coming.

The Hollywood star, who has become narrower and narrower in his acting career and has rejuvenated his second career by transforming into a director, said, "Duke, have you heard of Hollywood's Argo Project? ”

The name was quite familiar, but Duke couldn't remember it for a while, so he had to shake his head, "I think I've heard it somewhere, but I can't remember it clearly." ”

After saying that, Duke looked at Ben? Affleck, waiting for his explanation.

"Yes, when the Islamic Revolution in Iran reached its peak in 1979, the militants attacked the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 52 hostages, but 6 Americans escaped, and the CIA cooperated with Hollywood to rescue them, and developed a film shooting plan called "Argo", hoping to bring them back to the United States through the way the film crew went to Iran to take location ......"

Hearing about the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Duke understood Ben? What did Affleck say, but he didn't interject, but listened patiently? Affleck finished.

"I want to make a film about it."

After he said these words, he glanced at Duke, saw that he didn't say anything, and said, "I have obtained the relevant adaptation rights, and I am also looking for someone to write the script, but I have not yet found a suitable investor." ”

Duke thought for a moment and asked, "Ben, who are you going to find to direct this project?" ”

"This ......" Ben? Affleck scratched the back of his head, "I want to direct this film myself." ”

Although he has already directed a movie, he is still an out-and-out newcomer in the directing industry. Affleck is well aware of this.

Considering the former movie, the investment should not be high, it seems that the box office is not bad, in fact, such a film has a certain market in North America, especially after decades of smear campaigns by the mainstream media in North America, some countries are synonymous with terrorism in the hearts of the North American public.

This film can be said to make excellent use of this, with a sufficient market audience.

Because, Duke only thought about it for a moment, and then said, "Well, Ben, you come up with a detailed plan as soon as possible, and if you can, one of my film foundations will invest in your film, and if it is released in the future, it can be handed over to Warner Bros." ”

Root? Affleck didn't seem to expect things to go so smoothly, a long face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "I promise, I will deliver the plan to you as soon as possible." ”

He was very discerning, and after finishing speaking, he took the initiative to stand up, "Duke, I won't bother you, I'll see you another day." ”

"See you another day." Duke nodded lightly at him.

Interested in investing in capital? Affleck's film, not only because it's a project with a low return on investment, but to a certain extent, Duke is also for George? How much face does Clooney have, after all, it was he who introduced Ben? Affleck came over.

Anyway, George? After the release of "Gravity", Clooney made a lot of efforts for the film's public relations work and launched his own network.

The Dukes then turned their attention to the upcoming game, perhaps spurred on by the Los Angeles Raiders' run to the American League finals, which set a new high since the Raiders relocated from Oakland to Los Angeles, with more than 60,000 people buying tickets to the stadium.

For the Los Angeles Raiders, this is a welcome achievement, and it also means that the team is gradually integrating into the land of Los Angeles.

The Raiders have a long way to go if they want to be a real part of Los Angeles, but Duke has plenty of patience. (To be continued.) )

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