"Independence Day" experienced a boom in July, and the box office declined in August, while the cover character of Time Magazine and the coordinated publicity of Warner and Fox and other media, with Duke as the focus to reunite the film's popularity, brought a short-term resurgence to the box office of "Independence Day".

For two consecutive working days, the single-day box office of "Independence Day" has rebounded by nearly 15% compared with yesterday, and the most direct result of the box office rebound is that the theater chain has increased the number of theaters screened by the film to 1897 before the weekend, which also lays the foundation for the contrarian growth of the box office in the three days of the weekend.

Even if it's just a short-lived increase in theaters, Duke will be happy with Warner and Fox.

At the same time, Sony Columbia Pictures' calls reached the main theater companies, because "Independence Day" occupied the number of theaters that "The Shawshank Redemption" had shrunk again.

The scale of the latter's North American screenings has shrunk to 212, with a single-day box office of just over $100,000, and the North American box office is struggling to move towards $15 million, and Sony Columbia Pictures has also encountered great trouble with overseas distribution, including mainstream film markets such as the United Kingdom and Australia, which refused to release the film in August, when the market was relatively hot.

After more than four weeks of screenings, although the most competitive summer season has ended, there are still films such as "Burning Pursuit" in August, which have landed in the North American market one after another, and the competition is still quite fierce.

For this movie that has hit the streets, Duke has long been left behind, and for three days this weekend, the only thing he focused on was "Independence Day".

In three days over the weekend, 1,897 theaters, "Independence Day" reported $17.81 million, and the North American box office totaled $289.28 million, which is about to break 300 million!

And along with the film's rising box office, there are countless congratulations, as well as even more crazy critics' criticism and abuse.

Of course, congratulations or something, Duke will accept it, as for the film critics? Who cares about them!

Duke and their confrontation basically achieved the desired effect, and he didn't take the initiative to read movie reviews to find a sadistic fetish, and automatically blocked those barking sounds.

The winner has his own reserve and pride, who will deal with a group of mad dogs.

In late August, a little more than 8 weeks after "Independence Day" landed in North American theaters, Duke ushered in a milestone moment in his directorial career, and the North American box office of "Independence Day" officially exceeded $300 million! The global box office exceeded 600 million US dollars!

Although "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump", which are still in the $200 million stage, will also cross this threshold, Duke is the third director in film history to do so!

"There is no doubt that Dukr Rosenberg has stood at the top of Hollywood's commercial directorship, and since the birth of the film, no director has ever made such an achievement at his age and achieved such a terrifying box office result......

The fifth film in film history with a North American box office of more than 300 million, and the third director with a single North American box office of more than 300 million, is enough to attract the attention of many people.

"Duke Rosenberg, the super-director of Hollywood's rise ......"

"The future of Hollywood is in the hands of Duke Rosenberg."

"Maybe George Lucas wouldn't have imagined that the young director he brought a few years ago would stand on the same level as him so quickly......"

Seeing the comments in the media, even if he is as calm as Duke, he feels a little fluttering, but fortunately he can still stay calm, understanding that the media is praising him now, just to attract attention, and if the next film fails, he will be greeted with far more criticism and ridicule than praise.

However, the media hype has continued, after all, looking at the entire world film industry, there were only 2 people who could do this before.

Before Duke, only 4 Hollywood films and 2 directors entered the $300 million club in North America - George Lucas with his "Star Wars 1" and "Star Wars 3", Steven Spielberg with "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and "Jurassic Park"!

Now, the names Duke and Independence Day have been added to the ranks!

And "Independence Day" broke out of the competition and soared again, although it has been described as shit luck by countless film critics, but Hollywood's major film companies and many people are destined to not be calm in the short term.

In a luxurious office on the top floor of the Walt Disney headquarters building at Disney Studios in Burbank, Michael Eisner, the chairman of the Mickey Mouse Empire, is sitting behind his desk and looking at Cook Dick, who is in charge of the live-action film production department.

"Disney can't just rely on cartoons." Eisner's expression was stern, "We have to do more in live-action films, and Touchstone Pictures hasn't done well in recent years." ”

"We don't have experience in this area yet." Cook Dick was a little nervous, he had been in charge of the live-action business for a few years, but he didn't make a good result, "Michael, we need more resources. ”

It's true that Disney is the oldest company in Hollywood, but compared to the animation business, it can only be said to be a newcomer in terms of live-action films, especially Touchstone Pictures, which was established only a few years ago, in order to break the limitations of Disney only producing G and PG films, and invested a lot of resources, but the effect is not obvious.

"Cook, the company has bigger plans in the future." Michael Eisner was expressionless, "I need the live-action film department to rise quickly, you don't have any more time!" ”

"Michael, we all know that."

In the face of this almost ultimatum, Cook Dick was also a little anxious, "Disney has certain platform resources, but we don't have long-term cooperation with popular movie stars and directors, especially commercial film directors!" ”

Just like Spielberg was to Universal Pictures, a great director can revitalize a studio.

"Next week...... Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox are going to hold a celebration of Independence Day, and you represent Disney, and you can win the favor of Duke Rosenberg as much as you can, as long as he doesn't ask too much. ”

Hearing Michael Eisner's words, Cook Dick nodded solemnly, "I understand!" ”

In fact, there is no need for Michael Eisner to explain, Cook Dick also intends to do this, and earlier, he even collected a lot of detailed information about Duke Rosenberg to find a suitable breakthrough.

He is not the only one who wants to do this, and the executives of Hollywood's first-tier and even second-tier film companies plan to participate in the celebration of Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, even Sony Columbia, whose film "The Shawshank Redemption" was washed away by "Independence Day".

With "Independence Day" breaking through the $300 million mark, the North American box office and theater numbers have shrunk sharply, and the competition between them has ended.

In the Beverly Hills mansion, Tom Cruise stands in front of the window, his hands on his chest, his face gloomy and dripping - another movie he wanted to be in but didn't appear in was a big hit, and it was a super hit!

If he can play a few of these key roles, he must be the most expensive male star in Hollywood by now, look at that Will Smith, how bad is his acting skills? What else can you do but make exaggerated expressions? Now it is so popular that it is sought after by countless people!

And Bill Pullman's president is also known as one of the best presidential characters in film history......

These could have belonged to him, but now he can only watch others benefit, maybe the original decision was wrong?

Yes, Duke Rosenberg turned him down, but not completely, and one of his requests to be able to star was to reduce his pay to less than five million dollars.

He refused without thinking about it at the time, after all, losing his own value is often taboo in Hollywood.

And look at the present? Is it worth it or not to reject this salary?

Looking at the sunlight outside, Tom Cruise's eyes showed a rare bit of thought, maybe Jinsley's words were right, there was just normal business competition between them, and there was no personal grudge, just like he was currying favor with Spielberg, and it was really necessary to have a good relationship with a director like Dukro Senberg?

He is not stupid, if a director succeeds in Hollywood twice in a row and has a certain element of luck, then this time in so many criticisms, including what he and others secretly did, and in such fierce competition in the summer file, the other party is still successful, or a huge success, which can always explain a lot of problems.

It seems that Dukr Rosenberg's progress is unstoppable.

Moreover, he heard from Kingsley that Duke Rosenberg also has a script, and according to the pace of one film he has been making in the past year, this film will soon be on the agenda, and there should be a suitable role for him, right?

Suddenly, Tom Cruise regretted that he didn't let Pat Kingsley inquire about the general theme and character type of the other party's script......

"Hey, Pat!"

He picked up the cordless phone and dialed the agent's number, "I'm going to join Warner and Fox's Celebratory duì." ”

Hanging up, Tom Cruise walked over to Nicole Kidman, who was pale, "Mary, we're going to pick out a dress in the afternoon and accompany me to a pie." ”

Nicole Kidman nodded lightly, but didn't say anything, she was not optimistic about Tom Cruise's overtures, her arrogant husband, she couldn't help but realize it, and now with the huge success of "Independence Day", who can't see the value of Dukr Rosenberg, and the other party will care about his overtures? R1152