"World of Warcraft has broken 600 million in three weeks."

As soon as the box office statistics came out, almost all entertainment newspapers were boiling, and entertainment newspapers in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, South Korea, Japan, China, Singapore and other countries reported on this grand occasion.

"This summer, we're witnessing miracles together."

"Since last year, jointly invested by the Gold Group and Universal Films, Peter Brown. Directed by Jackson and produced by Cameron, "World of Warcraft" has always attracted the attention of "World of Warcraft" game fans and movie fans around the world. ”

"When the first stills from World of Warcraft were released, we were shocked; We cheered for World of Warcraft when it released its first promo, and we wiped our sweat when World of Warcraft decided to release it on June 1st. ”

"But now, we can only be happy, because "World of Warcraft" has collected 600 million box office in three weeks, breaking a series of records, which is our victory for China."

Everyone knows that "World of Warcraft" is a Sino-US co-production, and the main investor is Huaxia, so "World of Warcraft" can be released directly in Huaxia without going through the hands of China Film.

Of course, this has a certain relationship with the fact that the gold medal group itself has the qualifications to be introduced.

Without the qualifications to be introduced, China Film will be very unhappy.

"The advent of a new era of cinema."

The Economic Observer: "As we all know, except for Hollywood films that go global in the world, films from other countries can only be circulated in their own country or one state, and if they want to be released globally, they must be promoted to the world through Hollywood channels." ”

"And Hollywood sits on the global market and enjoys the profits brought by the global market. has always been the most powerful giant in the film industry chain. ”

"Now, Huaxia's capital is transferred to the giants, which will be the start of Sino-US co-production. Or rather, a symptom of the convergence of Hollywood and the global film industry. ”

"Think about it, in the past, Hollywood movies were financed by film companies, from bank financing, and from Wall Street."

"In the future, Hollywood's investors will come from film companies around the world, bankers and funds from all over the world."

"It's a feast for capital. Whoever can gain an advantage in the feast of capital will gain a place in the global film market. ”

As soon as the Economic Observer's newspaper came out, a large number of film company CEOs were immediately blown up.

"A long time ago. We are trying, "Hero" was developed in cooperation with Miramax, and the achievements of "Hero" have also attracted the attention of Chinese filmmakers. ”

Zhang Yimou of the new picture stood up and said.

Zhang Yimou is the national teacher of Chinese films and has won numerous awards. Commercial blockbusters are still exploding. and the news of directing the Olympic Games suddenly raised his identity to countless levels.

It can be said that he is the representative of the Chinese film industry and a banner of the Chinese film industry.

And this flag is also particularly valued by the film and television department, and it enjoys I don't know how many benefits.

Like "Hero" and "Ambush on All Sides", they have enjoyed great discounts in the film scheduling, exceeding 30% of the film scheduling, or even further. to 50 percent of the film schedule.

Every time Zhang Yimou's works are scheduled, someone attacks Zhang Yimou's film schedule, and many works of the same period even attack Zhang Yimou in groups.

This is because Zhang Yimou's film schedule has damaged their interests.

But. It is also an indisputable fact that Zhang Yimou's "Hero" started the wave of domestic blockbusters.

"Huayi is in contact with Lionsgate, and in the future, it will gradually promote domestic films to the international market." Huayi's big and small king said when chatting with reporters at a certain time.

"Orange Sky Entertainment has reached a cooperation agreement with a well-known Japanese entertainment group, and will invest in movies with a well-known Japanese group in the future."

Wang Jinghua of Orange Sky Entertainment broke the news to reporters.

"Wanda won't make movies, but Wanda may invest in some Hollywood films, and Wanda and Warner have a very happy cooperation, and they may take a stake in Warner in the future." Wanda's Zhang Guohua said to reporters.

Wanda will not make a movie, this is what Wanda Cinema Line promised at the beginning of its establishment, just like the film and television production company, although this promise did not get the corresponding support, Zhang Guohua still said to the media at this time.

In an instant, the Huaxia stock market and film company-related companies all rose slightly, and many shareholders believed that the future film company had a great future.

Because the global box office of $600 million and the surrounding fans dazzled their eyes, they believe that 600 million is not the end, but the starting point.

In the fourth week, "World of Warcraft" was still strong, and North America attracted $80 million in a single week, a small decline, mainly because "Batman Prequel 1: The Mystery of the Movie", which was supposed to be against "World of Warcraft", was postponed, so that many fans who were watching chose to go to theaters to watch, which greatly boosted the box office of "World of Warcraft".

In the world, although the box office of "World of Warcraft" has declined in different ways, and even in the United Kingdom, France, South Korea and other countries gave up the throne of the weekly champion, it still attracted 60 million gold, pushing the box office of "World of Warcraft" to 740 million US dollars.

However, in the fifth week, "World War" came strongly, and the result of breaking 100 million in a single week instantly suppressed "World of Warcraft", except for China and Japan, "World of Warcraft" in other countries gave up the championship.

But the momentum of "World of Warcraft" is still unabated, and the global gold absorption of 80 million has embarrassed many film production companies, and the media predicts that the box office of "World of Warcraft" will break one billion is an ironclad thing, but the specific position it can go to depends on how strong "War of the Worlds" is.

Whether to press "World of Warcraft" to the end or give "World of Warcraft" a chance to breathe, as for whether "World of Warcraft" will bottom out, no media will make predictions.

Quite simply, "War of the Worlds", as Spielberg's masterpiece, has also received rave reviews, while "World of Warcraft" has run out of momentum, and no matter how it is, it is impossible to suppress "War of the Worlds" in turn, the only problem is that it is under the attack of "War of the Worlds". How much box office can it win.

In the sixth week, World of Warcraft cedered the weekly champion position in Japan and China for the first time, while other countries slipped out of the top three. Affected by "War of the Worlds", "World of Warcraft" only attracted $32 million in North America, and the global box office could exceed 50 million, and the box office fell sharply.

At this time, the media no longer pays attention to World of Warcraft, they are all about the news of "War of the Worlds", for the media. The audience of "World of Warcraft", which has been fried for so long, is not tired, they are all tired, and they need to change to a fresh taste, and "War of the Worlds" is Spielberg's masterpiece. The box office and word-of-mouth have both harvested, and naturally shift their attention to "War of the Worlds".

With the hot release of "War of the Worlds", "World of Warcraft" began to fall silent, seventh week. "World of Warcraft" attracted 40 million worldwide. South Korea, parts of the United Kingdom and France, and North America cut the number of theaters.

In the eighth week, "World of Warcraft" attracted 23 million yuan, North America once again cut the number of theaters released, Japan drastically reduced the number of theaters, the United Kingdom, France, and some theaters in China.

"The world war affected us too much." Finkelstein, president of Universal Films, personally called Li Lin. "If you want to break a billion, it's basically impossible."

"How far are we?" Li Lin asked in a deep voice.

Although the box office is announced by the International Film Association. But the number of hands is still in the hands of Universal Films.

"$67 million." Finkelstein's voice was a little bitter, "According to the current momentum, it is basically impossible to break one billion." ”

Other countries have sent requests for painting one after another, but only China, Japan, and North America are still strong.

North America is the base camp of Universal Movies, and the theaters want to paint, but they don't let it, so they hold on, and Huaxia was originally ten days late before the national joint release, and the momentum is still hot, and the two theaters of Gold Medal Cinemas and Wanda Cinemas have no source because of the postponement of the release of "Batman Begins 1: The Mystery of the Movie", so they have to play "World of Warcraft".

"Let's get the word out!" Li Lin groaned and said: "The 1 billion box office is a hurdle, and after that, it is a big publicity point, which will be of great help to our sequel." ”

"Think about it, is the sequel to "World of Warcraft" coming loud or the sequel to "World of Warcraft", a 1 billion box office work, coming loud?"

"Propaganda!"

Finkelstein groaned that publicity required money, especially when "War of the Worlds" was a hot hit, and he remembered that "Batman Begins 1: The Mystery of the Shadows", a movie that had been pushed soon, was about to be released, after all, if it was postponed, it would be a complete loss of summer vacation.

Competing with Time Warner for publicity is really not a wise choice.

But the allure of the billion-dollar box office title is so strong that it can be said that there is a world of difference between a billion-dollar box office movie and a $990 million box office movie.

This hurdle, crossed, is enough to go down in history, but if you can't cross it, it is just an excellent movie at best.

"Okay, mainly in North America and China, I will put pressure on theaters to postpone the release of "World of Warcraft" again."

American films are released for an irregular period of time, whether they are released for a month, a few days, or up to 17 weeks, depending on the film's performance and whether the distributor is strong.

The film table is good, the money is strong, there is no need for the distributor to say, the theater will automatically postpone the release, if the film is not good, but the distributor is strong, the theater chain has to pinch its nose and admit it.

The next day, a large number of posts appeared on the Internet in China and the United States.

"There's still $60 million left, brothers, ask for an assist."

"Fans of World of Warcraft and Warcraft, World of Warcraft is about to set a record, ask for assists."

"Beyond The Lord of the Rings is just around the corner, let's witness the birth of a new fantasy classic together."

On the Internet, the water army went crazy, and the news of "World of Warcraft" was everywhere, and the topic of "World of Warcraft" appeared on Yahoo and Red Waves.

"When World of Warcraft is about to break a billion, will you go for assists?"

Two choices, one yes and one no.

And yes far outvoted NO. (To be continued......)