Chatty Hollywood

After all, although the box office of a movie is the most important indicator of a movie's success, the factors that affect it are far more than just the quality of the movie.

Publicity, inflation, ticket prices…

There are many off-market factors that will affect the box office of a movie. And the box office of a movie does not absolutely indicate its ability to make money——

Leaving aside things like peripheral development, we have to consider changes in the purchasing power of currency or inflation.

Therefore, in the world that Charlotte now lives in, although the highest-grossing movie in film history so far is still "Titanic", after calculating the purchasing power of money, it actually earns the most value through theatrical screenings. Yes, it’s an old movie——

"Gone with the Wind."

——The movie starring Vivien Leigh, originally called "Gone with the Wind", has a great influence on American folk.

At least, when the name Scarlett is mentioned, many people currently think of Scarlett O’Hara—that is, the name of the heroine in “Gone with the Wind” (the old Chinese version translated as Scarlett Hao)—rather than blond flesh. Play Scarlett Johansson.

Of course, it will be hard to say when the Marvel Universe begins to come to this world...

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However, even so, the box office of Charlotte's version of "Inception" can be regarded as the highest in film history.

Such a movie has a huge influence that is unmatched by ordinary commercial movies——

Just like "The Matrix 2: Reloaded", if not compared with "Inception", the box office performance of this movie is already quite good.

However, in the face of the global box office of "Inception", which has exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars, it seems ordinary.

"It is estimated that this year's "common" commercial blockbusters will not only include "The Matrix 2"——"

The famous film critic Kenneth Turan once again reincarnated as Charlotte Blowing in the newspaper and also served as a great prophet.

“The Matrix Revolutions, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and the Harry Potter series—it is foreseeable that these blockbusters that will be released at the end of this year will have the opportunity to win the annual box office championship. However, due to the extraordinary performance of "Inception", they had no choice but to succumb to others..."

And this prophecy soon came true——

Because of filming with "The Matrix 2\

,"The post-production of "The Matrix 3" was completed very quickly. As a distributor, Warner also rarely delayed. The end of the trilogy was released in October 2003.

As a result, not to mention surpassing "Inception", even the box office of "The Matrix Reloaded" did not surpass it.

——Although to be fair, this is still a masterpiece, but because of the increasingly obvious philosophical-or inhumane-tendencies of the Wachowski brothers, it has become increasingly difficult for the audience to understand.

In this case, the box office is slightly lower than that of the second film, which is actually a very normal ending.

In comparison, the performance of "Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" is better——

First of all, although it is a fantasy film, this film is adapted from Tolkien's masterpiece after all, and the format is different from the beginning;

Secondly, as director Peter Jackson has a very deep understanding of Tolkien's works, and when adapting them, he almost exerted 300% of his abilities;

Finally, this is also a work of Spectre Studio——

At present, due to Charlotte's advance layout and magic, and after being tempered by many consecutive commercial special effects blockbusters, the special effects level of Spectre Studio is already among the top in Hollywood.

——Even Industrial Light and Magic, which has always been a leader in the professional world, had no choice but to be defeated when faced with Charlotte's special effects that incorporated spell cheating.

This allows all movies produced by Spectre Studios to have the highest level of special effects in Hollywood.

The "Lord of the Rings" series filmed by Peter Jackson also benefited from this benefit.

In addition, Charlotte helped him optimize the rhythm of the movie. It can be said that the "Lord of the Rings" series in this world is more beautiful than the one in Charlotte's original world.

Of course, this kind of good-looking is not enough to make it counterattack "Inception". However, as an adaptation of a famous work, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" is the finale of the series, which makes it unique at the Oscars. Has advantages.

"You have a great advantage at next year's Oscars!"

At the celebration of the one-week release of "The Return of the King" in North America, Charlotte gave this analysis to Peter Jackson, which actually made the latter feel a little excited.

——After all, it’s an Oscar!

"But, your "Inception" is also this year's phenomenal work, right?"

Peter Jackson was a little worried again.

——No way, although "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "Inception" are both works of Spectre Studio, the latter is Charlotte's "biological son" and almost equals "Titanic" "No."'s global box office record, if Charlotte makes Specter studio support the latter more at the Oscars, there is nothing Peter Jackson can do.

In response, Charlotte shook her head,

""Inception" can indeed be said to be this year's movie of the year, but the commercial element of this movie is relatively high after all - those old guys at the Academy of Film Science and Art will not easily act like this if they have other choices. It’s a commercial film that’s compromised.”

"And The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the "other choice"?"

Peter Jackson somewhat understood the hidden meaning of Charlotte's words.

Charlotte nodded,

“‘Inception’ dominates the summer season and takes the box office, ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ dominates the Christmas season and is aiming for Oscars, and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’ has been moved to May next year. The arrangement can maximize the respective advantages of several works."

"I see!"

Peter Jackson completely understood——

Indeed, with the box office almost tying that of "Titanic" and basically falling behind globally, "Inception" will not be able to squeeze out more profits even if it wins an Oscar.

The "Lord of the Rings" series is different. The influence of the Oscars can still help it make more money.

——The reason why Sherlock supports the "Lord of the Rings" series is more from the perspective of commercial interests.

"If this is the case, then I will go all out for the Oscars!"

Peter Jackson expressed his determination and confidence to Charlotte.

——Who made the other party his boss?

And in 2003, when a lot of things happened, it ended unknowingly during the release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"...