25 Chapter 25
The previous "Titanic", because it was released on Christmas stalls, as long as it leads the Christmas stalls, it will be the box office off-season and can always lead the box office.
In fact, it is the same, "Titanic" has been the top box office in North America for 15 consecutive weeks!
Such a mythical record, of course, is impossible in summer.
Even Tang En was mentally prepared to give up his position to "Jurassic Park 2" after being at the top of the box office for two weeks.
The box office in advance on Thursday, "Jurassic Park 2" was $ 9.5 million, $ 19 million on Friday, $ 23 million on Saturday, $ 18.6 million on Sunday, and more than $ 70 million in the first week!
This first-week box office data, only in "Jurassic Park 1" and "Titanic", ranked third in film history, can be considered a good ranking.
But Steve Spielberg couldn't laugh at all.
Because the box office of "Titanic" was even more popular that week, it exceeded US $ 85 million, a decrease of less than 15%!
Such a box office trend against the sky, while shocking the entire Hollywood, but also makes Spielberg laugh and groan.
Even the box office in the first week couldn't compare with "Titanic". It can be imagined that after this, "Jurassic Park 2" will no longer have the opportunity to suppress "Titanic".
In fact, it is true.
In the fourth week of the release of "Titanic", the box office still exceeded US $ 60 million, and the total box office in North America reached US $ 330 million!
The box office of "Jurassic Park 2" fell more than 50%. When the box office of the week was only in the early 30 million US dollars, according to market estimates, the film's North American box office is also in the early 200 million.
Disastrous!
Before the release of the two movies, "Titanic" was a joke for the entire Hollywood and even the United States, and "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" was a high-profile blockbuster!
But what happened?
"Titanic" is like a giant, all the way along, crushing everything, even the dinosaurs that have always been amazing and awe-inspiring fans, but also give way humblely.
Shame!
Steve Spielberg has become the godfather of Hollywood commercial films since he became famous for shooting "Great White Shark".
This also makes Jewish-born Spielberg's status in Hollywood even more inflated, and even ambitious to go out independently and open a DreamWorks movie that wants to compete with the six major film companies!
But I did not expect that this summer, a child under the age of twenty stepped on top of his head and became famous in one fell swoop!
With Steve Spielberg's status and prestige, naturally, he cannot fall from willingness to deliberately embarrassing young directors, but it is true that his heart is upset.
It was as if big-name directors such as Francis Coppola, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick were upset at him!
The time entered June, and many commercial blockbusters were released. The Titanic was hit by the films of "Con Air", "Man in Black", "Speed 2", "Batman and Robin" and other movies. It finally gave up the top spot in the box office, and the box office fell sharply by more than 55% to 30 million US dollars.
In particular, "Men in Black" starring Will Smith is another big surprise this summer. The box office in the first week exceeded 65 million US dollars, and its cool and gorgeous scene made a big sensation.
As a result, it naturally squeezed the living space of Jurassic Park 2.
By the end of June, the North American box office of "Jurassic Park 2" was only $ 180 million, and "Titanic" broke through 400 million, reaching $ 450 million!
The records of Jurassic Park 1 were shattered in front of the Titanic.
The official stage of the summer season is from July to September, so the tide of "Titanic" has been rising all over the world, and many local movies have not yet been released. As of now, overseas box office is only $ 340 million.
But even so, the global box office of "Titanic" has reached 800 million US dollars, and everything is moving towards the figure that Donn Walker expected!
On July 1, Cameron, Down, Leonardo and others flew to the UK on a private jet of Cameron to participate in the UK premiere.
Starting today, Titanic will be officially opened to the world!
It can be expected that in the next two or three months, the box office of the movie will have a crazy growth.
In the UK, you saw Kate Winslet, who was a little bit pale.
"How are you?"
As her two best friends in the crew, Down and Leonardo embraced with concern.
Kate rolled her hair and smiled reluctantly. "I'm fine."
Tang En frowned. "Is that guy difficult for you?"
Kate returned to China a month ago to deal with the dissolution of the marriage contract. From her face, the situation seems to be not too good.
Kate's face was extremely disappointed, shaking her head, "It's okay, I can handle it."
Leonardo said unhappy: "Kate, don't you take us as friends?"
Kate felt the concern of the two, and sighed. Road: "The matter has been resolved, I paid a seal fee."
"Seal fee?"
Down and Leonardo's complexion changed, but did not expect that things were going so badly, her fiance ... Is the product too bad?
"Forget it, the problems that can be solved with money are not problems." Tang En patted Kate's arm. "As long as the trouble is solved, I still have some cash in my hand, if you need help ..."
Kate finally smiled happily. "Thank you, Tang En, I don't need it for the time being, but ... I think I need to take a play right away."
Tang En nodded. Regardless of the future, Leon and I have always stood behind you. "
Leonardo also immediately stated.
Kate was a little touched, and hugged the two of them simply. "Thank you. It's my luck to have two of your good friends."
...
Town's assistant George Paxton also came to London. Down has a very important Give him the task.
"George, you immediately go to major bookstores and look for fantasy novels and magical literary novels of the youth type. Remember that they are novels, not fairy tales." Of course,
Tang En could not directly expose the title of the book.
George is mediocre, but his mind is good, "Tang, do you want to create a fantasy movie for teenagers?"
Tang En asked him about the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings" and found that it had been purchased by Newline Films , Is uniting with Peter Jackson, intending to bring this epic classic to the big screen.
George naturally thought of Down's idea.
Down did not deny, "I do,"
George frowned. "Don, you know ... I'm not good at negotiating. I think it's better for your agent to come forward."
"William?"
Tang En froze, his face a little scornful.
Disappointed with his agent William Mihawk, he was fired.
With the hot box office of "Titanic", more and more director invitations to Tang En, William Mihawk seems to have never seen the world's earthen buns, a movie investment of eighteen million, also He can please Tang En with his happy ass.
Tang En knows that although he is the director of the "Titanic", his qualifications and age are too bad, no film company would take such a big risk and give him a commercial film with a investment of over 100 million yuan. In contrast, Steve Spielberg, Mel Gibson, Ridley Scott, commercial directors with many successful works, are more secure.
But William Mihawk, as Down's agent, must not be hungry.
Therefore, Tang En completely lost trust in this incompetent agent, and it was impossible to give him such an important task.
"It's okay, I have something in mind, you can do it."
A small loss in the negotiations cannot change Tang En's determination.
Moreover, he knows the general trend of the future.
It is the advantage that the rebirth should bring with the temporary lack of benefits to pursue longer-term benefits guarantee.
