In the first three days of the first weekend, "The Da Vinci Code" opened a brilliant result of 77.07 million US dollars in North America, occupying the first place in the North American box office chart with an absolute advantage, while "Iron Man", which entered the fourth week of screening, continued to maintain a stable and healthy downward trend, grabbing 17.82 million US dollars this weekend, ranking second in the North American box office list. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, there is a huge difference between the two films in terms of audience reputation, the praise rate of the theatrical audience of "The Da Vinci Code" is only 77%, and the audience score is B, while even if "Iron Man" is released for four weeks, the praise rate of the theatrical audience is still as high as 87%, and the audience score is firmly maintained at A+.

Different audience word-of-mouth often represents a huge difference in the follow-up market trend.

Although "Iron Man" has passed the hottest screening stage, the trend has been stable, and the North American box office has accumulated $323.2 million so far.

After "The Da Vinci Code" consumed the enthusiasm of fans of the original novel, the weekday box office plummeted on Monday, earning just over $5 million in a single day, which is definitely not good news for Sony Columbia Pictures.

However, it is not difficult for the film to recover its cost through the box office, and Sony Columbia Pictures, which has been sinking for a long time, has finally found a new profit point after the "Spider-Man" series.

Of course, Sony Columbia Pictures will not give up on this rare project easily, and they immediately turned their attention to "Angels and Demons", which is known as the prequel to "The Da Vinci Code", and intends to continue to invite Tom? Hanks starred in this series.

Subsequently, a news came out of Hollywood, Tom? Hanks' team offered Sony Columbia Pictures a hefty payment, and Big Tom demanded 40 percent of the film's share of all revenues.

This can be described as a sky-high contract, in the history of Hollywood, counting all the directors, actors and producers, there has never been such an astronomical contract, if Sony Entertainment really has Tom? Hanks' signing will undoubtedly open a new page in Hollywood.

But it's clear to everyone that it's just Tom? Hanks and Eno? Martin was shouting in the sky. But even so, the price shouted was shocking.

No matter how Sony Columbia Pictures deals with Tom? Hanks and CAA's Eno? Martin's negotiations can't change the performance of the North American box office after the first weekend of "The Da Vinci Code", which has begun to be relatively weak.

When the film was released for a full week. The North American box office has only crossed the $100 million mark, which is a completely celebratory achievement for an ordinary film, but for "The Da Vinci Code", the best-selling novel in the United States, and what Sony Entertainment expected. It still seems a little bland.

The first week of release is very important for "The Da Vinci Code", "Iron Man" has passed the hottest stage, and there are no big-budget films released in the same period, these seven days are the time when it can run rampant in the market, and next week will usher in an important schedule in North America - Memorial Day.

The finale of an already successful superhero series will be released during this time period.

The X-Men series produced and released by Twentieth Century Fox ushered in the end of the trilogy.

Of course, for someone like Duke, who is relatively close to Twentieth Century Fox and News Corp., the end is just the end of a phase.

Twentieth Century Fox saw the shortcomings of X-Men and not only prepared to make a separate Wolverine movie, but also planned to relaunch the series. Replacing Ian with a younger squad? McClain and other veteran actors.

At the same time, under the influence of Marvel's big plan, they are also preparing to split the important characters of "X-Men" separately and then combine them to fight.

This is definitely not good news for Marvel Comics, which means that for a very long time, they will not want to take back the film rights of the "X-Men" series.

Duke is also well aware of this, although he is the largest shareholder of Marvel Comics, he also knows that not all good things in this world should belong to him as a matter of course.

The superheroes who Marvel Comics sold the rights to in the first place, except for characters like the Hulk who are not very popular on the big screen. Others, such as Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four, want to recover the copyright of the movie, and it is basically impossible if the other party does not take the initiative to breach the contract.

Especially the X-Men. This is twentieth century Fox is nothing short of a cash cow.

Foreshadowing the first two installments, X-Men 3: Last Stand earned $102.75 million in North America in its opening weekend, and if you count Monday's Memorial Day holiday, the film earned a total of $122.86 million during the holidays.

The big hit of "X-Men 3: Last Stand" has also squeezed the living space of other films, especially "The Da Vinci Code". Sony's Columbia Pictures blockbuster fell 58 percent at the box office the following weekend, earning just $32.37 million.

There is no doubt that "X-Men 3: Last Stand" and "The Da Vinci Code" occupy the top two spots in the North American box office charts, while the third place belongs to "Iron Man".

According to outside estimates, the box office of "Iron Man" will inevitably fall to the $10 million mark in three days when it comes to the fifth weekend, but the film's good audience reputation played a role, and finally continued to move forward steadily with $10.51 million.

At the end of the hot May schedule, "Iron Man" is the biggest winner so far, with a total of $347.55 million at the North American box office and more than $500 million at the global box office, which is definitely a phenomenal film.

"Iron Man" has just passed, and at the beginning of June, another film co-produced by Warner Bros. and Duke Studios was officially released. Schneider's "The Three Hundred Spartans" had a huge premiere in Los Angeles.

Duke's former assistant, who has been tested by two sequels to "The Matrix", will undoubtedly become one of Hollywood's first-line directors if "The Three Hundred Spartans" can be a big success.

The film was shot in front of a green screen in the studio without the use of a single exterior shot, and only took 60 days to shoot, but the intricate post-production of special effects made the film completely completed at the beginning of this year.

And these 300 Red Pants Heads are definitely a shocking audio-visual journey.

On the day of the premiere, a huge poster of 'Leoleda at Thermopylae Pass' hung on the front of Chandler Hall. Butler played Leonida, the king of Sparta, and his muscular appearance alone can attract the attention of many people.

"Zach is a great director and will be a great director."

In the interview area, Duke faced the camera lens of reporters and praised the director of the film without reservation, "The last two parts of "The Matrix" have proven this, and I believe that "The Three Hundred Spartans" will lead to a new style of epic films. ”

Today's protagonist is someone else, and Duke only said a few words before walking to the waiting area in front of the theater.

"Hey, Zach."

Finding his old friend, the two hugged lightly, and Duke said, "I've seen the finished film, man, you've done it too unexpectedly." ”

"Can I take that as a compliment?" Zack? Schneider deliberately said, "It's not easy to surprise you." ”

However, the style of the film is really unusual, and the kind of thick colors like oil paintings can easily form a huge visual impact, especially Zach? Schneider's use of high-speed slow motion can be said to be perfect.

Since Duke is still in the position of producer, after standing with the crew and taking a group photo, did he talk to Zack? Schneider walked into Chandler Hall.

The two chatted quietly about the recent situation as they walked.

"So Warner Bros. and the DC Comics guys approached you?" Duke asked quietly.

Zack? Schneider nodded, "They want me to be the director of the new Superman." ”

"What do you mean?" Duke knew that this kind of thing had to be done without the slightest effort.

"I'm still very interested in Superman."

Speaking of which, Zach? Schneider suddenly changed his words, "But I'm more interested in another DC comic." ”

Without waiting for Duke to ask, he took the initiative to say, "I want to direct 'Watchmen' first, I don't know if DC Comics and Warner Bros. are willing to put one of their signatures in my hands." ”

"Watchmen" is not as famous in the DC system as loud as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, the righteous triumvirate, but its influence on society is huge, Warner Bros. and DC Comics have thought about putting this comic on the big screen several times, especially in the early to mid-nineties when Duke just cooperated with Warner Bros., the adaptation was almost officially established.

At that time, there was news from Warner, Robin? Williams will star as Rorschach, Jamie? Plum? Curtis as a ghost, Gary? Busse as a comedian, as well as Richard? Kiel and Kevin? Costner participated, but the script was rewritten several times, and eventually Warner Bros. put the film's plans on hold.

It is said that Michael? Bei also had an interest in the film, but was vetoed by Warner Bros. because of his personal style.

The content of this comic is also too complex, and it is actually beyond the scope of comics and manga adaptations.

Duke knows very well that as long as "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" is successful, Zack? It shouldn't be difficult for Schneider to get the adaptation rights of "Watchmen".

Every director has his own ideals, Zach? Schneider is no exception, and Duke certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to replace Zach? Schneider made the choice.

Duke just said, "Zach, I'm personally very supportive of you, you just need to understand the purpose and style of our film." ”

"I understand." Zack? Schneider said solemnly, "This must be a commercial film. (To be continued.) )

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