Chapter 260： Box office for 3 days in the first weekend
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In the past few years, firstly, "The Lion King" became a global hit, and then Pixar Animation Studio's "Toy Story" became a global hit, and the North American feature-length animated film market gradually began to heat up.
Under such circumstances, "Ice Age", which was released on Friday, once again kicked off the hot screening.
The most immediate response, the next Saturday night, was that tickets were hard to come by at multiple downtown movie theaters in Los Angeles.
"The last "Ice Age", three tickets, two belong to my daughter!"
A somewhat chubby black middle-aged housewife took out her wallet while talking, "By the way, it seems that underage viewers can receive a gift?"
"Sorry, ma'am." The conductor showed a helpless look, "For the latest "Ice Age" tickets, there are still two tickets left at 10:30 in screening hall 10, one more in screening hall 9, and one left in screening hall 7. Next three."
"Thirty past ten!" The black middle-aged housewife couldn't help being a little surprised, "How is it possible?"
"It's only past eight o'clock, how could there be no tickets!"
The conductor could only patiently explain, "Many people call in advance to reserve tickets. If you want tickets for the show before ten o'clock, you can only wait patiently for a while. If someone leaves early, there will be seats available. .”
The black middle-aged housewife opened her mouth, inexplicably surprised, it's just an animated feature film, how could there be no tickets?
She couldn't figure it out!
"Nicky, can you hurry up, you idiot!"
Not far away, a crisp sound suddenly sounded.
Paris-Hilton complained to her sister Nikki-Hilton, "It's all you. You dragged me out for a drink the night before yesterday, and I missed the premiere of "Ice Age" yesterday."
Nikki-Hilton immediately retorted, "You did it yourself."
Hearing her sister's rebuttal, Paris Hilton snorted to express her dissatisfaction, then ignored Nikki Hilton, turned to the conductor and said, "Is Screening Hall 3 ready?"
The conductor was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Miss Hilton, Hall 3 is ready."
Paris Hilton nodded in satisfaction, "I want one of all the gifts, no, two."
"Nicky, you owe me one more time."
After finishing speaking, Paris-Hilton walked quickly to Hall 3.
Nikki-Hilton looked unhappy, why do I owe you again?
It wasn't until the figures of the two disappeared that the black middle-aged housewife gradually came back to her senses, and subconsciously asked, "Book the room!"
The conductor shrugged and replied, "That's right, and it's the Hilton family."
"Okay then, three tickets for half past ten." The black middle-aged housewife took out the money and handed it to the conductor.
"It just so happens that there are three consecutive numbers left in the No. 7 screening hall." The conductor skillfully took out three movie tickets and handed them over, and asked what type of gift he wanted to choose.
Tickets before ten o'clock in many big cities are almost sold out.
Falling into a shortage of tickets, and a serious shortage of tickets, or in short supply.
As a 3D animated feature film, "Ice Age" has an inherent advantage, with a large number of audiences of all ages and families.
Often when an underage audience walks into a movie theater, it means that a family comes to watch the movie, and at least they need to buy two to three movie tickets.
The other major moviegoing crowd, young couples, also walked into the movie theater in pairs, and there were even many people who watched it repeatedly.
""Ice Age"?"
"I'm sick of seeing it."
On Internet forums, many male netizens vomit bitterness.
"Today, I was forced to watch "Ice Age" all day by my girlfriend, and she just wanted to collect a set of couple keychains."
"Please, can you stop watching the movie repeatedly, I haven't even bought a ticket today."
"Yeah, I didn't buy it either, unless it's after ten o'clock."
"Most of them are a family who came to buy tickets. I called several theaters, and all the tickets were sold out, except for the 10:30 show."
Inside the headquarters of Emperor Cinemas, CEO Mike Campbell looked at the statistics just now, thought for a while, and quickly made a decision, "Starting tomorrow, we will reduce the screening scale of "The Horse Whisperer", and the vacant screenings will be reduced. Hall, added to "Ice Age."
"Don't consider Disney's opinion. In the future, we can properly increase the cooperation level of Orion Films."
Johns nodded, and said solemnly: "Orion Films expects to release two more films this year, one of which is "American Pie 2" and the other is a horror film."
"It is said that Orion Pictures wants to create a second horror franchise."
"In addition, Orion Films has many films in preparation for shooting, such as Ryan Gosling's new work, and the "Lord of the Rings" crew in New Zealand."
"John!" Mike Campbell interrupted him, "If the film produced by Orion Films can be as popular as "Ice Age", Emperor Cinemas will definitely not be stingy with resources, and even block the influence from Hollywood giants. .”
"But the premise of all this must be a really big-selling movie, not something that is in production."
As long as there are enough interests, Emperor Cinemas will not care who the producer of the film is. Whether it is Orion Films or the seven major Hollywood film companies, they will give a lot of resources to support.
To put it bluntly, theater companies also need to sell movies to bring profits.
The seven major Hollywood film companies can influence theater companies, but they cannot really influence theater companies.
On Saturday, the box office of "Ice Age" was very stable, with a single-day box office of 22.56 million US dollars.
A box office of 22.56 million US dollars was earned in a single day!
A number enough to make anyone dumbfounded.
In just two days, the cumulative North American box office of the film has reached 40.14 million US dollars, surpassing "Toy Story"'s first weekend box office of 29.14 million US dollars, and "The Lion King"'s first weekend box office of 40.88 million US dollars, which is only a few hundred thousand dollars away. .
"Ice Age" has only been released for two days. It can be expected that after Sunday, the three-day box office of the first weekend will definitely surpass "The Lion King".
On Sunday, the box office trend of "Ice Age" inevitably experienced a slight decline, with a single-day box office of 17.88 million US dollars.
The three-day box office in the first weekend reached 58.02 million U.S. dollars, which is more than 10 million U.S. dollars more than the original version.
Won from "Clash of Heaven and Earth", the film's first weekly box office champion, and broke many North American box office records one after another.
The three-day box office of "The Horse Whisperer" in the first weekend was only US$10.85 million, which is more than US$2 million less than the original version. It is almost impossible to recover the investment cost by relying on the North American box office.
Disney, the producer of the film, has decided to cancel the next publicity plan and focus on overseas markets.
This time, Scarlett Johansson did not make trouble, as if nothing had happened, and followed the crew to Europe to promote.
Only Helen had a headache. There was a huge squirrel doll in the yard, which was seven or eight meters high and could be seen from a distance.
Almost every day, reporters or nearby residents came to take pictures and watch.
"Clash of Heaven and Earth" earned $20.65 million at the three-day box office the following weekend, which was $3 million less than the original version.
In this regard, DreamWorks was very depressed. A commercial sci-fi disaster film was overwhelmed by a 3D animation feature film.
But in the future, there may be a long-term cooperation with Orion Films.
On Monday morning, Blue Sky Studios officially announced that it is preparing to produce the sequel "Ice Age 2", this time it will all be produced digitally.
Once again, adding to the heat of Ice Age.
Under the envy of countless Hollywood film companies, Orion Films not only has another series of films, but also a series of 3D animation feature films, and its revenue capacity far exceeds that of live-action series.
In one fell swoop, Blue Sky Studios became the fourth animation studio in Hollywood, comparable to Disney, Pixar Animation Studios, and DreamWorks Animation Studios.
Some media have even listed Pixar Animation Studios, Blue Sky Studios, and DreamWorks Animation Studios as the three major animation studios in Hollywood.
Disney, on the other hand, was deliberately forgotten by the media.
However, Ryan is clear in his mind that the future development of Blue Sky Studios is far inferior to that of Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation Studios.
Next, DreamWorks Animation Studio is the future focus of Orion Pictures.
As for Pixar Animation Studios!
Ryan has no plans yet.
In the previous life, it was not until around 2006 that the contract between Pixar Animation Studios and Disney expired, and it was clearly stated that they refused to renew the contract, forcing Disney to spend a high price of seven or eight billion US dollars to buy Pixar Animation Studios~www.novelhall.com ~ I have read the script of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and it is very well written. "
Ryan put down the script in his hand, and said very directly: "Orion Pictures will not intervene in the filming of this film, but will invest in the name of Golden Harvest."
"Avoid as many problems as possible."
In fact, in a strict sense, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not the pinnacle of traditional Chinese movies in the true sense.
This film is used from beginning to end to please Western audiences and overseas Chinese groups, rather than a traditional Chinese film in the true sense.
But I have to say that Ang Lee and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" have indeed brought Chinese films to a peak.
"I have a suggestion. This film can try to hit the Oscars in the future, so as to gain more popularity." Ang Lee was a little uneasy, and expressed his thoughts.
"Yes." Ryan agreed, "Not only the Oscars, but also other important European and American awards, we can properly carry out public relations at that time."
"This film will not be released directly in North America, but first from Europe to North America."
"I see." Ang Lee is not a Hollywood rookie, and he knows very well what will happen to a Chinese-language film if it is released in North America.
Compared with North America, Europe has more respect for oriental culture. As long as this film can become famous in Europe in the future, and it will be released in North America at the same time, it can definitely achieve better results.
In fact, Ryan has talked with Ang Lee several times. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will definitely not be an oriental martial arts film in the traditional sense.
In the eyes of European and American audiences, it is more like an oriental science fiction movie or a love movie.
For many European and American audiences, movies that can fly over the wall can be classified as science fiction movies.
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In the past few years, firstly, "The Lion King" became a global hit, and then Pixar Animation Studio's "Toy Story" became a global hit, and the North American feature-length animated film market gradually began to heat up.
Under such circumstances, "Ice Age", which was released on Friday, once again kicked off the hot screening.
The most immediate response, the next Saturday night, was that tickets were hard to come by at multiple downtown movie theaters in Los Angeles.
"The last "Ice Age", three tickets, two belong to my daughter!"
A somewhat chubby black middle-aged housewife took out her wallet while talking, "By the way, it seems that underage viewers can receive a gift?"
"Sorry, ma'am." The conductor showed a helpless look, "For the latest "Ice Age" tickets, there are still two tickets left at 10:30 in screening hall 10, one more in screening hall 9, and one left in screening hall 7. Next three."
"Thirty past ten!" The black middle-aged housewife couldn't help being a little surprised, "How is it possible?"
"It's only past eight o'clock, how could there be no tickets!"
The conductor could only patiently explain, "Many people call in advance to reserve tickets. If you want tickets for the show before ten o'clock, you can only wait patiently for a while. If someone leaves early, there will be seats available. .”
The black middle-aged housewife opened her mouth, inexplicably surprised, it's just an animated feature film, how could there be no tickets?
She couldn't figure it out!
"Nicky, can you hurry up, you idiot!"
Not far away, a crisp sound suddenly sounded.
Paris-Hilton complained to her sister Nikki-Hilton, "It's all you. You dragged me out for a drink the night before yesterday, and I missed the premiere of "Ice Age" yesterday."
Nikki-Hilton immediately retorted, "You did it yourself."
Hearing her sister's rebuttal, Paris Hilton snorted to express her dissatisfaction, then ignored Nikki Hilton, turned to the conductor and said, "Is Screening Hall 3 ready?"
The conductor was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Miss Hilton, Hall 3 is ready."
Paris Hilton nodded in satisfaction, "I want one of all the gifts, no, two."
"Nicky, you owe me one more time."
After finishing speaking, Paris-Hilton walked quickly to Hall 3.
Nikki-Hilton looked unhappy, why do I owe you again?
It wasn't until the figures of the two disappeared that the black middle-aged housewife gradually came back to her senses, and subconsciously asked, "Book the room!"
The conductor shrugged and replied, "That's right, and it's the Hilton family."
"Okay then, three tickets for half past ten." The black middle-aged housewife took out the money and handed it to the conductor.
"It just so happens that there are three consecutive numbers left in the No. 7 screening hall." The conductor skillfully took out three movie tickets and handed them over, and asked what type of gift he wanted to choose.
Tickets before ten o'clock in many big cities are almost sold out.
Falling into a shortage of tickets, and a serious shortage of tickets, or in short supply.
As a 3D animated feature film, "Ice Age" has an inherent advantage, with a large number of audiences of all ages and families.
Often when an underage audience walks into a movie theater, it means that a family comes to watch the movie, and at least they need to buy two to three movie tickets.
The other major moviegoing crowd, young couples, also walked into the movie theater in pairs, and there were even many people who watched it repeatedly.
""Ice Age"?"
"I'm sick of seeing it."
On Internet forums, many male netizens vomit bitterness.
"Today, I was forced to watch "Ice Age" all day by my girlfriend, and she just wanted to collect a set of couple keychains."
"Please, can you stop watching the movie repeatedly, I haven't even bought a ticket today."
"Yeah, I didn't buy it either, unless it's after ten o'clock."
"Most of them are a family who came to buy tickets. I called several theaters, and all the tickets were sold out, except for the 10:30 show."
Inside the headquarters of Emperor Cinemas, CEO Mike Campbell looked at the statistics just now, thought for a while, and quickly made a decision, "Starting tomorrow, we will reduce the screening scale of "The Horse Whisperer", and the vacant screenings will be reduced. Hall, added to "Ice Age."
"Don't consider Disney's opinion. In the future, we can properly increase the cooperation level of Orion Films."
Johns nodded, and said solemnly: "Orion Films expects to release two more films this year, one of which is "American Pie 2" and the other is a horror film."
"It is said that Orion Pictures wants to create a second horror franchise."
"In addition, Orion Films has many films in preparation for shooting, such as Ryan Gosling's new work, and the "Lord of the Rings" crew in New Zealand."
"John!" Mike Campbell interrupted him, "If the film produced by Orion Films can be as popular as "Ice Age", Emperor Cinemas will definitely not be stingy with resources, and even block the influence from Hollywood giants. .”
"But the premise of all this must be a really big-selling movie, not something that is in production."
As long as there are enough interests, Emperor Cinemas will not care who the producer of the film is. Whether it is Orion Films or the seven major Hollywood film companies, they will give a lot of resources to support.
To put it bluntly, theater companies also need to sell movies to bring profits.
The seven major Hollywood film companies can influence theater companies, but they cannot really influence theater companies.
On Saturday, the box office of "Ice Age" was very stable, with a single-day box office of 22.56 million US dollars.
A box office of 22.56 million US dollars was earned in a single day!
A number enough to make anyone dumbfounded.
In just two days, the cumulative North American box office of the film has reached 40.14 million US dollars, surpassing "Toy Story"'s first weekend box office of 29.14 million US dollars, and "The Lion King"'s first weekend box office of 40.88 million US dollars, which is only a few hundred thousand dollars away. .
"Ice Age" has only been released for two days. It can be expected that after Sunday, the three-day box office of the first weekend will definitely surpass "The Lion King".
On Sunday, the box office trend of "Ice Age" inevitably experienced a slight decline, with a single-day box office of 17.88 million US dollars.
The three-day box office in the first weekend reached 58.02 million U.S. dollars, which is more than 10 million U.S. dollars more than the original version.
Won from "Clash of Heaven and Earth", the film's first weekly box office champion, and broke many North American box office records one after another.
The three-day box office of "The Horse Whisperer" in the first weekend was only US$10.85 million, which is more than US$2 million less than the original version. It is almost impossible to recover the investment cost by relying on the North American box office.
Disney, the producer of the film, has decided to cancel the next publicity plan and focus on overseas markets.
This time, Scarlett Johansson did not make trouble, as if nothing had happened, and followed the crew to Europe to promote.
Only Helen had a headache. There was a huge squirrel doll in the yard, which was seven or eight meters high and could be seen from a distance.
Almost every day, reporters or nearby residents came to take pictures and watch.
"Clash of Heaven and Earth" earned $20.65 million at the three-day box office the following weekend, which was $3 million less than the original version.
In this regard, DreamWorks was very depressed. A commercial sci-fi disaster film was overwhelmed by a 3D animation feature film.
But in the future, there may be a long-term cooperation with Orion Films.
On Monday morning, Blue Sky Studios officially announced that it is preparing to produce the sequel "Ice Age 2", this time it will all be produced digitally.
Once again, adding to the heat of Ice Age.
Under the envy of countless Hollywood film companies, Orion Films not only has another series of films, but also a series of 3D animation feature films, and its revenue capacity far exceeds that of live-action series.
In one fell swoop, Blue Sky Studios became the fourth animation studio in Hollywood, comparable to Disney, Pixar Animation Studios, and DreamWorks Animation Studios.
Some media have even listed Pixar Animation Studios, Blue Sky Studios, and DreamWorks Animation Studios as the three major animation studios in Hollywood.
Disney, on the other hand, was deliberately forgotten by the media.
However, Ryan is clear in his mind that the future development of Blue Sky Studios is far inferior to that of Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation Studios.
Next, DreamWorks Animation Studio is the future focus of Orion Pictures.
As for Pixar Animation Studios!
Ryan has no plans yet.
In the previous life, it was not until around 2006 that the contract between Pixar Animation Studios and Disney expired, and it was clearly stated that they refused to renew the contract, forcing Disney to spend a high price of seven or eight billion US dollars to buy Pixar Animation Studios~www.novelhall.com ~ I have read the script of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and it is very well written. "
Ryan put down the script in his hand, and said very directly: "Orion Pictures will not intervene in the filming of this film, but will invest in the name of Golden Harvest."
"Avoid as many problems as possible."
In fact, in a strict sense, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not the pinnacle of traditional Chinese movies in the true sense.
This film is used from beginning to end to please Western audiences and overseas Chinese groups, rather than a traditional Chinese film in the true sense.
But I have to say that Ang Lee and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" have indeed brought Chinese films to a peak.
"I have a suggestion. This film can try to hit the Oscars in the future, so as to gain more popularity." Ang Lee was a little uneasy, and expressed his thoughts.
"Yes." Ryan agreed, "Not only the Oscars, but also other important European and American awards, we can properly carry out public relations at that time."
"This film will not be released directly in North America, but first from Europe to North America."
"I see." Ang Lee is not a Hollywood rookie, and he knows very well what will happen to a Chinese-language film if it is released in North America.
Compared with North America, Europe has more respect for oriental culture. As long as this film can become famous in Europe in the future, and it will be released in North America at the same time, it can definitely achieve better results.
In fact, Ryan has talked with Ang Lee several times. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will definitely not be an oriental martial arts film in the traditional sense.
In the eyes of European and American audiences, it is more like an oriental science fiction movie or a love movie.
For many European and American audiences, movies that can fly over the wall can be classified as science fiction movies.
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