After Halloween, the box office of "Saw 3" fell again, on Wednesday, November 1, it only received $3.28 million, and on Thursday 2, it received $2.88 million.

Then, the second weekend arrived.

On Friday, the box office rose again, earning $6.89 million in a single day, continuing to rise on Saturday to gain $7.95 million, and only $4.98 million on Sunday.

"Saw 3" earned a total of $19.82 million at the box office in its second weekend, including the box office of the first two days, reaching $25.98 million, once again beating the box office of "Shorty Man" at $1,261 and winning the second weekly box office champion.

The cumulative box office has increased from $53.27 million to $79.25 million, and is about to exceed $80 million.

However, "Saw 3" is about to usher in a strong competitor, and theater companies have begun to reduce the number of screens and the schedule rate on a small scale.

On Friday, November 10, the film starring Warner Bros. Jim Carrey, "Detective Plane Head 2" held a grand premiere.

Harvested $37.8 million in the first three days of the weekend, easily crushing "Chainsaw 3".

The only good news is that "Saw 3" not only exceeded $80 million at the North American box office, but also went for $90 million.

As the movie-watching tide passes, next, we can only rely on time to accumulate slowly.

However, a group of media almost unanimously believe that it is only a matter of time before the box office of "Saw 3" breaks 100 million in North America.

"Detective Plane Nose 2" also ushered in a competitor, the arrival of the second weekend of November 17, one of the 007 series produced by United States, "GoldenEye" began to be released on a large scale, and the first weekend received $26.2 million at the box office.

"Detective Nose 2" earned $19.51 million in its second weekend, down from $26.2 million for "GoldenEye", followed by "The President of the United States" produced by Columbia, and "Saw 3" slipped to fourth place.

At the same time, in mid-November, a large number of low-cost art films were released one after another, and films and film companies similar to "Leaving Las Vegas" that were aspiring to the Oscars began to carry out research and publicity.

Almost every day, film companies and crews hold various public relations dinners and film critics' banquets.

For this reason, Monica Bellucci specially rushed back from Lincolnshire, southern Nevada, and the crew of "Independence Day" was filming at the air base 130 kilometers from Las Vegas.

There are many filming locations for "Independence Day", and it is estimated that the crew needs to run to many places.

"This is the batch of Oriental porcelain you are talking about?" said Monica Bellucci, holding a very fine blue and white porcelain plate in her hand.

"That's right. Ryan looked at the batch of blue and white porcelain that had just been sent, showed a satisfied look, and said: "For many Oscar judges, these exquisite porcelains can be regarded as a kind of collection. ”

The blue and white porcelain fired in a town on the other side of the Pacific Ocean is full of mysterious oriental culture, and each piece looks exquisite, making people have a desire to possess it.

However, the price of this batch of porcelain is very cheap, and it only costs tens of thousands of dollars in total.

"They're so beautiful, I can't take some back. ”

Monica Bellucci touched the porcelain in her hand, it was very thin, with a unique smoothness, and the pattern on it, which can be said to be exquisite.

So she couldn't help but want to take some back and put them in the apartment as decorations.

"They belong to you. Ryan said with a smile.

He ordered these porcelains to be given to some members of the Oscar jury in the name of Monica Bellucci.

As for the large number of members of the Academy, each person receives a fine piece of porcelain.

"Ryan!" Sofia Coppola said unceremoniously, "Don't forget, there's my share." ”

After speaking, her tone changed and she continued: "Although I don't know where you ordered it from, but you'd better order some more, I guess those old men in the academy will definitely like it." ”

"What other film critics will not refuse a beautiful gift either. ”

"The most important thing is that they are very cheap and do not violate the bottom line of the Oscar jury. ”

The older they get, the more they like porcelain full of mysterious oriental culture, and they will never refuse such a beautiful gift.

"OK, no problem. Ryan agreed directly.

Faced with the opportunity to earn foreign exchange, the other party should not refuse.

In fact, the price of this batch of porcelain is very cheap, in the case of the blue and white porcelain plate in Monica Bellucci's hand, it is less than 30 dollars.

Even the most expensive pastel vase inside is only $70.

Sofia Coppola got a satisfactory answer, picked up a palm-sized porcelain bowl, put it on her hand and admired the details, apparently the porcelain bowl was already hers.

"Great handmade art. ”

"Ryan, can you give me the contact information, I want to customize a few sets of cutlery and replace the original set of cutlery at home. ”

"Give me the style you like, and it's my Christmas present to you. The corners of Ryan's mouth twitched, it is estimated that only people in Europe and the United States will use such tableware, in exchange for the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the price of a piece of porcelain is almost catching up with the current average worker's monthly salary, and he is reluctant to use it as tableware.

Many celebrities, wealthy people, and upper-class people in Europe and the United States seem to like to buy sets of exquisite tableware, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to more than 100,000 dollars, and the price is often very expensive.

That's why Ryan chose to order a batch of porcelain from across the Pacific Ocean.

"Alright, Sophia, get down to business. ”

"Tomorrow for the premiere of Toy Story, I hope you can join us, including Helen. "Ryan has already gotten an invitation from Blue Sky Studios.

After saying that, Ryan glanced at Monica Bellucci, who was choosing porcelain, and couldn't help but roll his eyes, women are really dragons and like shiny things, and said, "Honey, you can also participate together." ”

"The premise is that you're probably going to walk the red carpet alone. ”

The distribution company for Toy Story is Disney, given that Michael Ovitz has assumed the position of president of Disney.

Ryan didn't want to walk the red carpet and avoid all sorts of tricky questions from the media.

"It's okay, I can enter early with you. Monica Bellucci didn't even lift her head, and continued to pick out the blue and white porcelain.

The current Monica Bellucci is not the same as she was a year ago, with the role of "Independence Day", and it is dispensable whether to participate in a red carpet catwalk.

What's more, she is very aware of Ryan's relationship with Michael Ovitz.

"You'd better look forward to Pixar's Toy Story being a box office hit tomorrow, otherwise the news that Blue Sky Studios is about to make a 3D animated feature film will surely attract a lot of criticism. ”

Sofia Coppola said with a very cautious expression: "You can stop Chris Witch for the time being, wait for the specific data of "Toy Story" to come out, and then make a decision, it won't take a few days anyway." ”

"You know, that's an investment of at least $30 million. ”

She made a point of emphasizing that the production budget alone would require at least $30 million, not counting the cost of computers, drafting equipment, software, and so on.

Even if the North American box office share of "Saw 2" has arrived, the global box office share is also being received one after another, and now there is a box office hit of "Saw 3", which is still a very huge number.

If the box office is not satisfactory in the future, even if Ryan does not fall into bankruptcy, he will lose a lot of cash.

"I believe in the abilities of Chris Witch and Blue Sky Studios, and I also believe that Pixar and Toy Story will not fail. Ryan didn't say a word, he believed more in the memories brought by his past life, Pixar and "Toy Story", there was no possibility of failure at all.

"Hopefully tomorrow you won't regret it. Sofia Coppola was too lazy to continue to persuade.

Monica Bellucci listened for a long time, as if the Blue Sky Studios invested by Ryan had started to make a 3D animated feature film with an investment of at least $30 million.

From her point of view, she very much agrees with Sophia that Ryan's approach is too risky.

However, Monica Bellucci didn't say anything to persuade her, and with her relationship with Ryan, it was not appropriate to talk about this.

For the premiere of "Toy Story" tomorrow, she was suddenly full of curiosity, what is the magic of 3D animated feature films, which can make Ryan full of confidence, and even spend a huge amount of money to invest in Blue Sky Studios.

In fact, many people are unclear about what 3D animation looks like and how it differs from Disney's hand-drawn animation.

Monica Bellucci is no exception.