Chapter Seventy-Five: Past Lives
With the arrival of December, although a large number of traditional Christians took to the streets to express their protests, "Brokeback Mountain", which was criticized and criticized by the media, was released on the North American continent under pressure.
There were only 682 screens on the first day, and the box office finally won 5.47 million US dollars, which can only be said to be okay, after all, it is a small-budget production, and each screen can contribute about 8,000 US dollars when the theater arrangement is not high, which is also an ideal number.
Hulu's data shows that about 800,000 users watched the movie online at midnight, and 90,000 new paid members were added on the first day, which is a good performance.
Chen Bo spent a lot of money on public relations not without success, and all the media gave praise the next day.
"The love between the two protagonists begins and ends in the rugged cliffs and cliffs of the West, and after climbing the long slopes and turning a corner, they share herds of bison, sheep, bears, and shepherd dogs, as well as the sunrise that makes people stop crying, stretching from the open sky to the distant horizon." βThe New York Times.
"The film makes people deeply feel the delicate, mysterious, and unknowingly love that happens in the depths of human hearts, and like all previous excellent love movies, "Broken Arm Mountain" just makes it happen to two men." - Los Angeles Times
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Reviews such as these are overwhelming, with Amazon's IMDB giving it a rating of 8.5 at the highest and then falling back to 8. Rotten Tomatoes has always maintained a freshness rating of 85%. This is really not the data that Chen Bo changed from the background, but a fair and objective evaluation given by all film critics.
Under such a premise, in order to make money, the theater chain naturally has to increase the number of film schedules, and it has reached 69 million US dollars by the end of the first week of release. According to the box office sharing method in the United States, the production company can get a 70% share in the first week, then Legendary Entertainment will recoup $48.3 million. Excluding the $14 million spent on production and distribution, as well as an additional $7 million in public relations expenses, it made a profit of $27.3 million in the first week.
Of course, the rights to the film that Sams spent $3 million to buy had to be removed, but again, the royalties from the sale to Hulu are not calculated.
Although it will drop to 60% in the second week, and 50% in the fourth week, there are still 9 overseas countries that have not been released, at least Chen Bo's first movie released since he joined Legendary Entertainment has not suffered Waterloo, and it will make a lot of money!
There are two flowers, one on each branch.
When "Brokeback Mountain" secretly counted money bags, a Chinese team also came to Hollywood, which was really not a stranger, but Lu Xiaoyun of Galaxy Entertainment. What is she doing here? Of course, for the release of "Wu Ji" in North America, although she knows that Chen Bo has opened up a new battlefield, how can she beg him with her arrogance?
The Miramax company, which had been negotiated for a long time, was responsible for the announcement, but Harvey was ousted by Disney, and the distribution contract was terminated immediately. Fortunately, Harvey set up another Weinstein Studios, and Lu Xiaoyun still wanted to hit the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, so she hurriedly flew over with someone.
Of course, these can't hide Chen Bo's eyeliner, of course, it's quite embarrassing for insiders to know, even if you bear girl come to me, can I still play tricks on you? Galaxy Entertainment is also an industry created by me, and sooner or later it will be corrupted by you.
Knowing Harvey's personality well, he just handed over a sentence in the end, it doesn't matter if you cooperate or not, but don't stretch out your salty pig hand, otherwise you will be chopped off without discussion.
There are hundreds of associations in the cities around Los Angeles, just find one and throw some money to do it, you can't help it.
After the hard work of post-production, Chen Bo's self-written and self-directed film was finally completed, and then the final cut was sent to the Sundance Film Festival's review committee, waiting for the notice of selection.
Don't look at the big productions of Legendary Entertainment in the future, but there are really not many films scheduled for next year.
"The Devil Wears Prada" with 20th Century Fox and "The Departed" with Warner are the two more important, although "Letter from Iwo Jima" is the work of the great director Eastwood, Chen Bo is not optimistic.
At the beginning, it was just because the project had already been approved and not cut, and DreamWorks was only produced, the distribution was still Paramount, and the investment was Warner, even if it was a loss, it couldn't lose much.
DreamWorks Animation will also only have one original work of "Outside the Fence" next year.
Compared with Sony's camp, there are "The Da Vinci Code" and "007 vs. Casino Royale", which are all guarantees of high box office. Disney has "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and "Cars", Twentieth Century Fox has "Ice Age 2" and "X-Men 3", and Paramount has "Mission Impossible 3" starring Tom.
It seems that he can only wrestle with Warner's "Superman Returns", which is really TMD.
Needless to say, "Time Magazine" followed the trend without an appointment, and it was not the first time that it had followed the trend without an appointment. AOL tries to stand in line with Google, nor does it bird you orange search. DC Comics has been the boss for many years, with the two heroes of Superman and Batman to fight invincible opponents all over the world, Marvel is so poor that it sells the copyright, what climate can it become.
The other four major music record companies still have the status of Warner, this TMD is a bad fate in the previous life, and it can be so entangled in this life.
But these will be solved next year, Christmas is approaching, kindergartens and primary schools are on holiday, Chen Bo has turned on the daddy mode again, Angelina's role has been completed, and she has to go to Paris to shoot a Shiseido advertisement, the Japanese don't make money in vain, and the child is still short of milk powder money.
And Chen Bo also wants to take the other children to the UK to have a different Christmas.
Before leaving, I also dialed an Argentine phone number: "Diego, take your wife and children to Manchester, I am optimistic about you!" β
The situation for Manchester City FC is not too good, Stewart has packed his bags and left himself before he even lands, although there are world-class strikers to add, but there is no need to prepare the slag at the back, and the game is almost halfway through the schedule, only 11th in the Premier League.
It's intolerable for a defender-turned-manager to be unable to solidify the backline.
But it's not hard to understand when you think about the roughness of the English players. After all, it is known as the "national football" of Europe, and I really doubt what means they used to get the World Cup in 66. But apart from that one trophy, it seems that England's room of honour is just empty.
Winters in the UK are cold and humid, far less sunny and humid than in Los Angeles, where the average temperature is 20 degrees Celsius, at least.
The bear children were wrapped in rice dumplings and jumped down the ramp of the plane, while Chen Bo was still holding a black pearl with big eyes in his arms.
"Boss, you are like a wildebeest migrating from Africa, you drag your family with you wherever you go!" Julio quipped on the tarmac, holding a tall Chinese girl in his hands.
"This is? Tina? Chen Bo was surprised, "Didn't you call?" β
"It's Shirakura!" The girl pursed her lips with red lips and white teeth, slightly dissatisfied.
"Hey, we're in love!" Julio said shyly.
"Okay, I don't have to worry about you." Chen Bo said with relief, but when she looked at Bai Ying, her face turned cold and frosty, and she didn't know if the two of them had a conflict again.
After greeting a few children and politely greeting their uncles and aunts, they boarded the car and went to the arranged accommodation.
Naturally, Julio has bought a European-style manor house on the outskirts of Manchester, which can accommodate even more people. After settling them in, they were handed over to the nanny to take care of, and Chen Bo went directly to the Carrington training base.
"Boss, what's the origin of the new coach?"
"A keyword for you, Argentine!"
"Could it be the madman Bielsa? If he comes, the team's offense will definitely be interesting. β
"No, guess again. His name is Diego! β
"Diego Maradona ?!!" Julio exclaimed that PelΓ© had not yet been born when he played, and it was more through the media that he knew about his skills. But they have all seen the golden left foot of Argentine football king Maradona like a magical magic.
"It's all wrong, it's Diego Simeone!"
"I rely on !!"
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When Simeone, who combed his small flat hair and looked unscrupulous, appeared at the training base, the thoughts of the players present were also the same, and they said fiercely, "I rely on it!! β
Why? The Argentines and the British were already at odds with each other, and in 82 there was a high-profile war in the Malvinas Islands in the South Atlantic, and it was a good mix of land, sea and air.
At that time, Argentina, with a weak economy and inflation of 600%, seized the disputed Falklands by force in order to alleviate internal contradictions. Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady of the British Prime Minister at the time, was furious and sent an aircraft carrier task force to the sea area to directly seize the island.
It is not only the most classic naval battle after World War II, but also contributes to many cases of modern warfare.
Argentina's main cruiser was sunk by a nuclear submarine, and Britain's $200 million destroyer was bombed to the bottom of the sea by a $300,000 Exocet missile. As for the duel of aircraft carriers, it is obvious that Britain is superior, and the Argentine one is still an invincible class with the British Royal Navy in the 40s, which was bought by the Netherlands and sold to Argentina after 20 years, which is quite interesting to think about.
Since then, Argentina has been in a slump, and it has entered the developed countries with one foot, and has fallen back into the developing countries of its own hands.
The rise of patriotism in Britain also eased the instability of the Labour Party in power, and the two countries have since been feuded.
However, in the diplomatic war, it is obvious that Britain is more experienced, first obtaining authorized support from the United Nations before sending troops, and at the same time using its economic position to cut off Argentina's food, and then relying on the intelligence provided by its ally the United States, which has defected to the United States, blockading Argentine waters and then beating them up.
But if Britain loses...... The empire will be completely disgraced if the sun never sets, and those two aircraft carriers will already be the last possessions.
A few interesting points are that Spain, as the suzerain, is powerless to help, and Argentina mistakenly believes in the United States and has no friends.
Moreover, after the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher made an official visit to China to discuss the issue of the return of Hong Kong Island. But fortunately, the chief engineer was not intimidated, and the fight between the two nuclear powers was no joke, and the British economy did not allow another ocean-going campaign.