Rebirth In Hollywood

The broadcast of the talk show has played a certain degree of propaganda. Regardless of whether the capital is official or private, the pursuit of interests is a natural commonality. China Film Group has also been building momentum for the film. Although the box office declined in the next two weeks, it was basically the same. stabilized at about 20 million yuan.

However, "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" has come to an end in Chinese theaters, and it is not up to the market to decide whether the film can continue to be released.

As an imported film from Hollywood, it is almost impossible to obtain the "secret key" of a certain bureau's extension. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" four weeks after its release, it was completely removed from Chinese theaters.

Even if it was only released for less than a month, the film still received a box office of 120 million yuan in China. Although it is not even 20 million in US dollars, it is still in the current number of screens and the audience of the film. Under the constraints of other conditions, this result is very good.

If it can get an extension, it will not be a problem for the film to break through 200 million.

Although he can only get 20% of the share, Ryan is still very satisfied with this trip to China. This is just the beginning. The Chinese market has not yet reached its peak, and he and Disney have already made some decisions. Advantage.

Moreover, the popular release of movies such as "Hero" and "The Lord of the Rings" has also made the capital here pay attention to the theater market. According to news from Disney's Far East Branch, there are many Chinese groups that are preparing to enter the theater industry recently. .

When "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was released, many prime-time tickets were hard to come by in some big cities. With enough screens, there would be a market for movies.

Compared with the Chinese market, which has just entered the stage of rapid development, North America is still the most heavily relied upon ticket warehouse for Hollywood.

After the hot first two weeks, the film inevitably entered a rapid cooling phase, and the box office in the third week plummeted to 45.2 million US dollars.

By the fourth week, the number of theaters had dropped to more than 2,700 as other films were released. The box office in a single week also fell below $10,000, and the box office figure for the new week stayed at $24.79 million.

In less than a month, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" has accumulated a total of 270 million US dollars at the North American box office, showing the momentum of the annual box office champion.

At the same time, the film has gradually entered the end of the screening period in the overseas regions where it was released simultaneously, and the box office growth has slowed down, but the film has made more than 700 million yuan from the world in one month. The US dollar box office almost caught up with last year's world box office champion "Spider-Man" with more than 800 million US dollars.

Some new overseas regions.

For example, Russia and the Arab world have joined the screening ranks. These are new box office growth points, and according to the predictions of several professional institutions, "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" has a global box office of more than one billion US dollars. .

The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy series led the trend of the world's movie magic epic, and many people have become the beneficiaries of it.

For example, the custodian of Tolkien's works and his descendants have received considerable royalties and shares from them; for example, Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom, with this series, have become Hollywood's first-line niche. It can be said to be both fame and fortune; like Andy Serkis, although he hardly shows his true colors in the film, he has created the greatest motion capture character Gollum, and can be regarded as the leader of the industry...

And the two people who benefited the most. Must be Ryan and Peter Jackson.

Needless to say, Ryan, although the character in The Lord of the Rings was only the icing on the cake for him, received a huge monetary reward.

New Zealand's big fat Peter Jackson, after the release of the third part. He has become one of the most high-profile directors in Hollywood in the new century, not to mention the trilogy's total of 10 million US dollars and 5% of the box office share, just in the mouth of the media. He's almost on the verge of becoming a super director alongside James Cameron and Steven Spielberg.

Now Peter? Jackson can be said to be very popular, and even many professional media believe that he will be one of the most powerful contenders for next year's Oscar for best director.

Of course, Ryan knows where Peter Jackson's flaws lie. Although "The Silmarillion" is still in his hands, he doesn't plan to release it immediately. Let the big fat continue to harm Universal Pictures without suffering a major failure. , how could his gradually expanding heart converge?

He'd heard that this crazy Lord of the Rings and King Kong fan was contacting Universal to bring some of Universal's most famous characters back to the screen.

Hmm... Maybe I can recommend a heroine to him. The two sides cooperated very happily on "The Lord of the Rings", so the big fat man will definitely think about it.

"Hey, hey, hey, my dear brother Ryan!"

Taylor's voice came from the side, "Are you here to help, or to make trouble, do you want to break Nat's favorite vase?"

Ryan, who was holding an abstract vase, quickly recovered from his thoughts, turned his head and blinked at Taylor, and walked into the living room of the villa.

This is Natalie's villa in North Hollywood, covering an area of ​​nearly two acres. After graduating from Harvard, she handled some personal affairs in New York and officially moved to Los Angeles. ? Johnson became a neighbor.

"Nate, where is this?"

Walking to Natalie, who was the conductor in the center of the living room, Ryan tapped the large vase he was holding with his chin.

"Put it at the door." Natalie pointed to the opposite side of the other, and after Ryan put it down, she called to Scarlett who came downstairs, "Scarlett, help clean up the lilies that Taylor brought, Our work today is done."

"Okay, I'll go now."

The blonde girl ran out of the villa, and not long after, Taylor and Taylor walked in with a large bouquet of flowers, which they put into the vase that Ryan put.

"Oh, it's finally finished."

Tyler walked to the sofa and slumped on the high backrest, "Nate's new home is beautiful."

She turned her head and looked at Scarlett sitting on the single sofa, "It's much better than your taste."

"Alison!" Scarlett bared her teeth, threw away the sweat towel, and continued, "If you don't talk, no one will treat you like an egg!"

"Have you seen such a beautiful egg?" The little girl almost jumped up and rushed to Scarlett's side, giggling and making a mess, "Speaking of which, you are more like an egg, and it's round, touching It feels great in the hand!"

Saying that, she put her hand on Scarlett's chest and squeezed twice, "Wow, Scarlett, you've grown bigger again!"

"Do you think every girl is like you?" Scarlett fired back unceremoniously, "It's fourteen years old soon, and it's still an airport!"

"Hey! You little fat girl..." This almost hit the girl's pain point, and Tyler almost jumped up again.

Natalie looked this way, Ryan gave her a wink, the Long Island girl walked over and pulled the two girls who were hugging each other away, "Okay, Scarlett, Alison, what do you want to do? "

"Nothing..." Tyler stuck out his tongue, tilted his nose at Scarlett, walked to Ryan's side, and sat on the couch.

The two girls were used to making troubles since they were young, and Ryan didn't care, and sorted out her scattered blonde hair, "Darling, you are a big girl now, but you are still so naughty."

"She's always been a little brat," Scarlett said, straightening her T-shirt, "Especially in front of you, Ryan."

"Not really." Tyler hugged Ryan's arm and turned his head to the other side.

She has obviously entered a period of rapid growth. She has grown taller during this period of time. She is completely taller than Scarlett and Natalie, but in front of those close to her, she still looks like a little rascal...

After leaving the rich area where Natalie and Scarlett lived, Ryan and his party came to an Italian restaurant near Laurier Valley Avenue.

There were not many people in the restaurant. Ryan found a quiet seat by the window. After the girls ordered food, they sat together and chatted and ate.

"Cheers to Nat for moving to LA!"

Although the cups were full of juice, after Ryan proposed, everyone's cups still touched.

"Cheers to Scarlett for winning the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival!" Natalie suggested again after everyone was full of juice.

"Yes, for Scarlett, cheers!" Taylor quickly echoed.

"thanks!"

After clinking glasses, Scarlett Johansson turned to this side deliberately, "Thank you, Ryan."

"You're welcome." Ryan smiled, "We are friends and we should help each other. Besides, this kind of opportunity is rare."

This year's Cannes jury chair is Jodie Foster, and PR is a little easier, but Sofia Coppola lost the Palme d'Or.

A considerable part of the total $8 million investment in "Lost in Translation" came from Ryan, even if it was for later earnings, he would find a way to gild the film.

"What's your next shooting plan?"

While eating a fairly authentic Italian meal, Natalie asked Ryan.

"If you want to adapt a movie, it may take longer." Ryan put down the tableware, picked up a tissue and wiped his mouth, "The movie based on the declassified Iranian hostage incident is now negotiating with the CIA in order to get it as soon as possible. To authorization. What about you, Nat? You're graduating now, what are your plans?"

"Take the film you're interested in." Natalie looked at the two girls who were mumbling opposite, and turned her energy back to Ryan, "and then continued to learn the knowledge of directing, only to embark on this road, It’s really not easy to understand.”

She smiled at Ryan, "If you want to make achievements, how can you not work hard? Scarlett and I are planning to shoot an experimental film."

"Secret?" Ryan asked.

"Well, keep it secret!" Scarlett on the opposite side answered first. (To be continued..) ()