Chapter 937: The King of North America

In the last weekend of 2014, five films with massive openings joined the North American Christmas box office battle, but these films were only candles compared to the momentum of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", and these new films did not slow "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to break more records. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Although it has been released for a week, the film broke the Christmas box office record of $24.6 million set by "Sherlock Holmes" when it premiered in 2009 with $59.34 million on Friday, and collected another $68.92 million and $58.17 million in the North American theater market on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, and the North American second-weekend box office accumulated as much as $186.43 million, easily breaking the highest weekend box office record. 's $111.77 million second-weekend box office record directly improved two notches.

Even apart from the films that Duke has directed such as "The Dark Knight" and "The Avengers", there is no more non-Duke in the world? The North American box office of the Rosenberg-produced film in the first weekend was comparable to that of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" the next weekend.

"Duke? In front of Rosenberg, only himself is left! ā€

Many media outlets in North America and Europe can't wait to make such headlines.

Ten days after its release, the cumulative North American box office of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" climbed to $729.41 million, surpassing the final North American box office result of $725.86 million of "The Avengers" and standing second in the total box office list in North America!

"Avatar", which is at the top of the North American box office list, has a box office performance of $749.76 million, and it is inevitable that "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will surpass it, and the biggest remaining suspense is undoubtedly whether it can also surpass the global box office.

Over the course of seven days this week, including three days over the weekend, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" appeared in more countries and regions, and although it has not yet been released in China, the world's second-largest film market, it took another $385.2 million from overseas markets, pushing the film's global box office to $1,669.21 million.

Undoubtedly, this is also the fastest time that the global box office has exceeded $1.5 billion since the film was born and evolved into a cultural commodity.

In the new week, due to the upcoming New Year holiday, the box office trend of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is still optimistic by the industry, and the film does not live up to expectations, even the box office on weekday Monday is only down 25% from last Sunday, earning $43.63 million.

This figure also ensures that the film's North American box office reaches $773.03 million, thus completing the surpassing of the North American box office of "Avatar" of $749.76 million, ranking first in the total North American box office list.

"A new king of North America is born, will the king of the world change hands?"

It was a front-page headline in many North American media outlets on Tuesday, and the craze sparked by "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has long since gone beyond the scope of cinema and has become a socio-cultural phenomenon.

The Hollywood Reporter, which pays more attention to Hollywood dynamics than other media outlets, pointed out that "Duke? Rosenberg will be the first director to surpass $1 billion in North America for a single film in the next two to three months! ā€

No one argues with this view.

Duke himself knows very well that the North American box office of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will not be a problem, and the most important thing now is the global box office, and only by making efforts in overseas markets can the global box office of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" be pushed past the $2 billion mark as soon as possible.

The population of North America is limited, the United States and Canada combined, the total population is only more than 350 million, counting the foreign population and the stowaways who will buy tickets for the movie, the market of 400 million people at most, the box office of one billion dollars has almost reached the ceiling, after all, it is impossible for everyone in North America to like Duke and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", and no film can do this.

Therefore, Duke led the crew to simply leave North America, starting from Europe, and traveled through every important market, trying every way to win attention and attention, stimulate the audience's interest, and prompt them to buy tickets and go to the theater to watch.

In the mainstream media of every country, you can see information related to Star Wars: The Force Awakens everywhere.

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its director, Duke? Rosenberg is making an impact on the record, and the film has become a box office champion in all the countries where it was distributed, gradually forming a unique phenomenon, parents take their children to see it, and younger generations bring their elders to see it, which is a cross-age experience sharing. It broke the barriers of language, culture and religion, and set off a movie-watching boom all over the world, and this trend continues unabated......"

"Just sit on the subway and you can hear the people around you talking about the movie, talking about BB-8, Millennium Falcon and Jedi, talking about Duke? Rosenberg's various possibilities for the setting of the heroine Rey's life ......"

During the intersecting period between 2014 and 2015, Duke, Catherine? Kennedy and Charles? Rowan and the crew spent completely in flight publicity, starting from London, the first city of the European propaganda itinerary, and they passed through Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Milan, Madrid and other major European cities.

The influence of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has gone beyond the scope of movies and has become a cultural or social phenomenon.

Although the directors in Europe, who are full of envy and jealousy, do their best to constantly criticize "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" for its lack of artistry, except for advanced computer technology, it is a bloody plot for the sake of sensationalism, but it cannot stop the progress of the film in the slightest.

Their views don't affect mainstream audiences at all, what movies do most people like? This is the kind of question that can be answered without asking.

Even the mainstream media in Europe, seeing the longer and longer ticket buying queues, and facing the increasingly frightening box office figures, even if they are reluctant, they can only give praise.

Especially Fleet Street, as long as these people can win attention, they don't care about infinitely exalting or belittling a person.

"Duke? Rosenberg, Hollywood's No. 1 director! The leader of world pop culture! ā€

In order to cater to the audience's word-of-mouth and attract the attention of enough people, Fleet Street did not hesitate to give Duke a high evaluation, with a black and bold front-page headline and a photo of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" being promoted in London, which is particularly eye-catching.

"Even though 2015 has only just started for a few days, we can confirm that there is no one like Duke. Rosenberg is even more influential, and the place where he is is literally the focal point and center of the world! Any of his words and actions can easily attract the public's attention and make headlines on the front pages of major media. ā€

"Everyone knows how good he is, but who would have thought that after the sensational "Batman Trilogy" and "The Avengers", he would join forces with the "Star Wars" series to bring such a big surprise to the world!"

"Despite not having British citizenship, Duke? Rosenberg has made a huge contribution to the spread of culture across the globe, and the royal family should consider awarding him the honor he deserves! ā€

While the whole article is full of British self-righteousness, no effort is spared in touting Duke.

Of course, in the eyes of Duke fans, these are the most basic facts.

When the crew arrives at the airport, there are always thousands or even tens of thousands of fans who spontaneously come to greet them, the whole city will be paralyzed when the meeting is held, and when they leave, there will be thousands of loyal fans crying and begging the crew to stay longer.

Among them, Duke is the most popular object, and countless Duke blows are coming at him!

Since the birth of the film industry, no director has built a commercial appeal far more powerful than that of Hollywood superstars like Duke.

In addition, hundreds of reporters, led by the North American media and Fleet Street, directly followed the actions of the crew, even if Duke and others left the center of the entertainment industry and went to the Far East, they still did not give up, vowing to dig out the privacy of everyone in the crew!

Even, after arriving at the hotel in Hong Kong, a female paparazzi from The Sun bought a waitress and almost slipped into Daisy? Ridley's room......

Things like this have arisen in an endless stream throughout the publicity process, and Lucasfilm has hired a professional enough security team to protect the safety and privacy of the "The Force Awakens" crew throughout the process.

"Hollywood's most influential super director in the Far East!"

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has been in theaters in Hong Kong for some time, and the arrival of the crew has made this newly troubled city into a frenzy, and the media is rushing to report it.

"This is Duke? Rosenberg is coming to Hong Kong for the second time, and those excellent works have given us a thorough introduction to this young superdirector, whose influence has spread to every corner of the world......"

Maybe the report is a bit exaggerated, but in several Hollywood culture dumping places in the Far East, through one mainstream production after another, Duke? The name Rosenberg is engraved in the hearts of many people!

The crew caused a sensation in the Far East no less than in North America, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo and Manila, and other cities, completely conquered by "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

Among them, when the crew left Tokyo and was about to go to Sydney, there were a few female fans who learned the news, in order to keep Daniel? Wu actually committed suicide by cutting his veins in public, which really makes people laugh and cry.

More than ten days later, after a long journey and exhausted physical and mental crew, they finally arrived at the last stop of this promotional journey, and it is also the only mainstream market where "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has not yet been released - China.

Although the traditional Chinese New Year stalls and New Year's Day holidays in China have just passed, according to general logic, the market should enter a relatively cold period, but Duke led the entire crew to bring it, which still caused a huge sensation.