Chapter 445： Big event

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The box office trend of "Rush Hour 3" is similar to Ryan's prediction. After three days of the first weekend, it began to decline sharply.

According to the internal estimates of Orion Films, the North American box office of "Rush Hour 3" is definitely not as good as "Rush Hour 2", and at most it is similar to the first "Rush Hour 1".

However, the production cost of "Rush Hour 3" is much higher than that of "Rush Hour 1". From the perspective of the last two films, it is not very successful.

Of course, from a commercial point of view, "Rush Hour 3" can be regarded as a successful film.

A movie in the same situation as "Rush Hour 3" is "Tomb Raider 2".

The North American box office of the first weekend of this film only earned 32.56 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office trend is not very good.

Fortunately, the overseas box office of "Tomb Raider 2" is good, and the sales of peripheral products are also good.

Orion Films' two sequel films in succession did not have the expected big sales, which inevitably aroused some media's cynicism.

Still, it's clear to Hollywood insiders that Orion hasn't failed, and the two films aren't box office bombs in the traditional sense.

Orion Pictures can still make a good profit.

Besides, the box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers" is amazing.

By the end of August, the North American box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" had reached 360 million US dollars, the overseas box office exceeded 580 million US dollars, and the global box office reached 940 million US dollars.

Even if the box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers" is declining rapidly, the global box office is still expected to exceed the $1 billion mark in the future.

There is also "Shrek", Orion Pictures owns half of the investment in this film,

In addition, during the Christmas period at the end of the year, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" co-produced by Orion Pictures and Warner Bros. and "Spider-Man" directed by Ryan himself will be released.

Ryan didn't pay much attention to the satire in the North American media.

Although the time is getting closer to September 11th, he still has no plans to stop the filming of the crew, but has accelerated the filming progress.

"Alfred!"

In the studio, Ryan said loudly to Alfred Molina, who was covered with motion capture cameras: "Your expression was wrong just now, you were not arrogant enough."

"Remember, you're playing the evil Doctor Octopus."

The scene just shot is a scene of Spider-Man fighting Doctor Octopus, and it is also one of the most important shots in the film.

So Ryan's requirements are extraordinarily strict.

"Sorry, director, I will definitely pay attention to my expression." Alfred Molina said very apologetically.

Ryan nodded, and ignored Alfred Molina, but turned his head to look at Natalie Portman, frowned and said, "Get someone to come over and tidy her clothes."

"Also, Toby, you're going to need to shoot it yourself later."

"If there is a problem, you can speak up in advance."

Toby Maguire nodded as usual, "I have no problem."

Although the dangerous actions are all done by stuntmen, Ryan hopes that Toby Maguire can try to shoot it again.

When editing in this way, not only can you have more material, but you can also reduce the chances of passing through.

Seeing that it was almost done, Ryan said, "Get ready and continue shooting."

He had just finished speaking when Sofia Coppola almost rushed in, as if something urgent had happened.

"Ryan is bad!"

Seeing the panic-stricken Sofia Coppola, Ryan's eyes flashed a strange color, and then he asked, "Sofia, slow down, what's the matter!"

Sofia Coppola panicked and pulled Ryan to run outside, "Hurry back to the hotel, there was a terrorist attack in New York just now."

Hearing the words "terrorist attack", many crew members showed nervous expressions on their faces.

"Are you sure it's New York!"

Natalie Portman didn't care about tidying up her clothes, so she ran over quickly and asked anxiously, "Sophia, can you make it clearer."

Her parents both live in New York.

Sofia Coppola took a deep breath, "Just now a large airliner crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York."

"What!" Natalie Portman asked incredulously, "How is this possible?"

"That's the World Trade Center building!"

The World Trade Center building is not only one of the landmark buildings in New York, but the most important thing is that there are more than 800 companies in the building.

It is also one of the financial and trade centers in the United States, with about 30,000 people coming to work and visit every day.

Once a large-scale terrorist attack occurs on the World Trade Center in New York, it will affect the financial markets in the United States and even the world.

"Stacy, tell everyone to pack up and go back to the hotel." Ryan asked the crew to stop shooting and quickly ran out of the studio.

Back in the hotel room, I turned on the TV for the first time, just in time to see on the TV screen, a large passenger plane flew over New York, and then crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center building.

Then, the TV screen changed, and another large passenger plane crashed headlong into the south tower of the World Trade Center building, and immediately there were raging fires and thick smoke everywhere.

In the TV screen, everyone from the host to ordinary people on the street was in a panic.

"How is this possible!" Natalie Portman looked at the picture on the TV, and the whole person became distraught.

"Sophia is right." Ryan tried to remain calm, "This should be a brutal terrorist attack."

"Natalie, calm down."

"The first thing you need to do is, go and call your parents right away."

Hearing what Ryan said, Natalie Portman hurried to her room.

A group of crew members began to make phone calls to confirm the safety of relatives and friends in New York.

Ryan also dialed a few numbers, Scarlett Johansson was filming on set, not in New York at all, Gosling Mia was in an African refugee camp with Charlize Theron, Helen was at home in Los Angeles, Jon Fei Al Taymer has just arrived downstairs at Orion Films...

After making a round of phone calls, among the people Ryan knew, there were not many people in New York at all, and no one was free to go to the World Trade Center building.

"My parents were traveling in Europe, and Cage went to Hawaii for vacation." Sofia Coppola felt relieved when she learned that her parents were fine.

"Something went wrong." Avi-Allard hurried over, "Not only the World Trade Center in New York, but also a large passenger plane crashed into the Pentagon."

The faces of the people present all changed.

This is no longer an ordinary terrorist attack, and will even trigger a social change and war in the United States.

To be precise, terrorists have declared war on the US government.

"The Pentagon is now the same as the World Trade Center in New York. There are fires and thick smoke everywhere." Avi-Allard's voice became trembling.

"Don't do anything for the time being." Ryan took a deep breath and said, "Inform Jon and those who have cooperated with Orion Films not to make any statements for the time being."

"Until the situation is clear, it is not appropriate for us to make any public remarks."

Until the White House has a voice, it's best not to say anything.

Next, it is best to follow the voice of the US government.

Regardless of whether there is something hidden behind the 9/11 incident, it has nothing to do with Ryan, and he even wished that the whole New York would be turned into ruins so that he could wave a cash check to buy the bottom.

What's more, the disaster brought about by the 9/11 terrorist attack is for Orion Pictures. For Marvel Studios, it is definitely a good thing, and it is worth cheering and celebrating.

Of course Ryan wouldn't show it, he didn't want to ask for trouble.

Don't you see, the director who directed Fahrenheit 9/11 in his previous life was suppressed and had to leave Hollywood.

"In addition, Sophia ordered several private jets immediately in my name." Ryan had already thought about it, and immediately spent money to buy several business jets. It doesn't matter if the price is expensive, the most important thing is safety.

For a long time, he would stay away from ordinary airliners, and the executives of companies such as Orion Pictures, Marvel Pictures, Marvel Comics, and Netflix also needed business jets.

"I'm afraid it will take some time." Sofia Coppola frowned.

A private jet is not a car. Even if an order is placed immediately with an aircraft manufacturing company, it will take a long time to wait.

"You can buy a few second-hand business jets for temporary use." Ryan sighed softly, "This terrorist attack not only severely damaged the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but also the US financial market."

Not to mention aircraft companies and insurance companies, just the more than 800 companies on the World Trade Center building will cause large-scale bankruptcy.

It will also take a long time for New York's tourism industry to gradually recover from the predicament.

Sofia Coppola immediately understood that not every company can use sufficient funds like Orion Films. Under this terrorist attack, there will be a large number of companies in the United States and the mass production of wealth.

At this time, buying a second-hand business jet will not encounter any difficulties.

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