Rebirth In Hollywood

On Friday, it was 48.15 million US dollars; on Saturday, it fell slightly, but it was also 45.55 million US dollars; on Sunday, the decline expanded again, but the result of 36.58 million US dollars was also impressive enough.

In the first three days, the North American box office of "Toy Story 3" reached 130.28 million US dollars!

As an animated feature film with a relatively long preservation period in theaters, such a first-week box office almost indicates that "Toy Story 3" will inevitably be a super hit.

In terms of overseas box office, "Toy Story 3" performed well in the UK, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia and even Latin America. To a certain extent cold reception.

Especially in the Chinese market where "Avatar" earned more than 1.598 billion RMB, "Toy Story 3" received a mediocre response. In the first three days, it only got less than 50 million RMB at the box office.

Of course, this is not just the reason for "Toy Story 3". Completely juvenile movies for children 10 and under.

However, even in the Far East, the overseas box office of "Toy Story 3" reached nearly 200 million U.S. dollars in the first week, and the global box office totaled as high as 328.99 million U.S. dollars!

That's enough of a feat for Walt Disney and Pixar Studios to throw a celebratory party.

When the box office of "The Avengers", which is a fast-moving consumer product in theaters, turned flat, "Toy Story 3" once again stimulated Walt Disney's journey to make money at the box office.

Although in the first four working days of the second week, the single-day box office of the film inevitably fell below 20 million US dollars, but before the arrival of the second weekend, the North American box office of "Toy Story 3" easily exceeded 200 million US dollars, It reached more than 229.45 million US dollars, and in the three days of the second weekend, it gained another 67.55 million US dollars from North America!

Only ten days. The cumulative North American box office of "Toy Story 3" has reached more than 297 million US dollars, and the North American box office breakthrough of 300 million US dollars is just around the corner.

And the global box office of the film has reached the height of 624.71 million US dollars!

At this time, no one doubts that the North American box office of "Toy Story 3" can exceed 400 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office can exceed 1 billion U.S. dollars!

The ending song of the "Toy Story" series will inevitably create the myth of animated feature films.

However,

The box office is only a relatively small part of the income of this film. It is the peripheral products of "Toy Story" that really make Disney explode.

Between the massive publicity of Toy Story 3 and its current box office hit, merchandise sales related to the film have reached $680 million!

Many Wall Street institutions and Walt Disney's own calculation department predict that in 2010, Disney will obtain about 2.5 billion US dollars in revenue from the sales of peripheral products of "Toy Story 3"!

"Ratatouille" and "Wall-E" are still relying on the peripheral income in the later period to accumulate profits. Compared with these two works that are not commercially successful, "Toy Story 3" has completely exploded their ten streets. If there is no accident, at least ten years or even longer, "Ratatouille" and "Wall-E" will not have a sequel, and there will never be a sequel.

And "Toy Story 4" will definitely enter the future planning of Disney executives.

In fact, if you want to identify whether such commercial works are really a huge success, you can know if they have sequels. Commercial Hollywood producers and distributors will not let go of every opportunity to make money.

"Is the 'Toy Story' series really over?"

Walk beside Ryan. Natalie asked while looking at the surrounding scenery, "Is there no fourth part?"

Australia in winter is not bleak, and Queensland is full of trees. It doesn't look like there is any smell of winter. Walking on the path among the woods, Ryan and Natalie are looking around. This is already the fifteenth location they have checked.

"There will be."

Ryan is very satisfied with this pristine woods. "This place is good, it can be used as a location for the Kingdom of Lordaeron."

Then, he answered Natalie's question just now. "In fact, "Toy Story 4" is already on Disney's future plan, but it will take a few more years, after all, the trilogy has just ended."

"I will ask the assistant to contact the owner here later." Natalie stopped and looked into the distance through the sparse woods, "Let's go back."

"Okay." Ryan nodded, turned and walked out of the woods. Natalie took his arm and asked, "Ryan, since I accepted your script, as a director, I think I should I have a little say in the selection of actors."

"What advice do you have?" Ryan asked, turning his head.

"You understand."

The smart girl didn't speak directly, but kept her mouth shut.

"Okay, okay." Ryan sighed, "Since everyone is against it, then I'll give up. The job of selecting actors is still left to you and Julius."

The two did not continue their discussion on this issue. After returning to the hotel to pack their luggage, they started flying around the world. China, Russia, Norway, Greenland, Canada, Oregon and Montana have all left Ryan and Montana behind. Natalie's footsteps, they almost took a quick trip around the world to find the right location.

When they returned to North America, Ryan and Natalie had reached a consensus on many locations for the film’s location shooting, and the studio scenes would also be chosen in the studio of Warner Movie World on the Gold Coast. In the early contact, the Australian government had already agreed A 14% tax rebate will be provided for this huge fantasy epic masterpiece, and even if the film can be shot and produced in Australia, the Australian authorities are prepared to spend millions of Australian dollars to pay for part of the film's expenses.

As the main person in charge of the film, Ryan, Natalie and Julius Stewart also met.

"The outdoor scenes of the film will be shot on-site as much as possible."

Sitting in the reception room, while sipping coffee, Ryan said to the other production team headed by Julius, "The special effects production will be completely handed over to Industrial Light \u0026 Magic, and their special effects production team is already under preparation. "

"Ryan and I have traveled to many places." Natalie took the initiative to take the words, "Most of the shooting and production of the film will be carried out in Australia, and the Australian authorities will also provide necessary support for the crew."

Then, he talked about some other matters in the preparation of the crew. Julius Stewart has rich experience, and Natalie as the director is no longer a rookie. Ryan does not need to do these things by himself.

As for the selection of actors, Ryan was completely handed over to Natalie and Julius Stewart.

Of course, as the head of the Kidman studio, one of the film's investors, Nicole did not participate in the preparatory meeting, and she did not have to worry that Ryan or Disney would cheat investors like other big Hollywood companies. .

This magical epic masterpiece temporarily code-named "Warcraft" has officially entered the preparatory stage.

Afterwards, Ryan flew to South Africa. As a guest, he accompanied Charlize Theron to watch the South African World Cup final in Johannesburg's Soccer City, and witnessed the birth of the Spanish dynasty.

"What a dirty game."

Looking at the desperate Oranje, Charlize Howe taunted mercilessly, "This is the least Dutch team, they play too dirty."

"De Jong can go to Hollywood action movies."

Amid the bubbling voices, Ryan and Charlize almost whispered in each other's ears, "During the first half, I really doubted that Harvey Alonso would die."

"This Dutch team doesn't deserve the championship either." Charlize moved closer and muttered, "Roughness and violence are simply synonymous with them."

"Winners don't get blamed," Ryan said.

This is indeed the case. If the Dutch win the World Cup, the outside world will only think that their tactics are appropriate, and they successfully suppressed Spain with fouls and so-called tough confrontations, rather than the inevitable accusations that will come in the future.

After Casillas lifted the Hercules Cup, Ryan and Charlize left the Johannesburg Sports City first, and the two had to prepare for a dinner jointly organized by the South African government and FIFA later.

Back at the hotel, when changing the dress, Charlize suddenly asked Ryan, "I heard that the crew has started preparations?"

"There was a preparatory meeting just before I came here." Ryan faced the mirror and straightened his bow tie. Charlize came over to take over the job, "What about my heroine?"

"Honey..." Ryan couldn't help feeling a little headache, "You know the difficulty of this matter, I just tried it, didn't you just take it as a joke at the beginning?"

"But I'm serious now." Charlize's eyes were shining with innocence.

"I've given Julis the responsibility for the casting."

Ever since he was awakened by Nicole and Taylor, Ryan has been trying his best to prevent the future studio from turning into a battlefield, so he simply changed the subject, "Honey, for more than a year, you have to take care of the World Cup in addition to being busy with CT affairs. The publicity activities should also be put on a long holiday."

"Then after this dinner party,"

After taking the dress jacket, Charlize helped Ryan put it on, "Let's go on vacation together."

The dinner was held in the state banquet hall of the South African government. In addition to many high-ranking officials from South Africa and many officials from FIFA, Ryan also met Mandela. The former president of South Africa is very old and seems to be leaving this world at any time. Although the other party is a legend, in Ryan's eyes, he is just a strange politician.

After the dinner, Ryan and Charlize flew straight to Lanai, where they spent a week of vacation. (to be continued...)

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