chapter 069

After classes on Christmas Eve, the five-day Christmas break began.

The box office of "The Sixth Sense" has grown by leaps and bounds this Christmas holiday.

Wonderful movie plots, excellent actors' interpretations, and no opponents in the same period, in this case, there are long queues in cinemas in many places to buy tickets.

Some theater bosses even compared the film to the masterpiece "Saving Private Ryan", which was just released in July.

After the first three days, the film's North American box office froze at nearly $29.7 million.

This is a very high number, you must know that the box office of "Saving Private Ryan" in the first three days is only 30.5 million US dollars, and the investment amount of the two is not an order of magnitude.

One $40 million, one $70 million.

What's even more amazing is that throughout the Christmas holiday, the film's box office decline was almost negligible, and after a total of six days, the box office reached 54.4 million US dollars, and the box office trend was even better than "Saving Private Ryan".

For a time, the praise for Martin was overwhelming.

In Hollywood, treating child stars and adult actors are two very different attitudes, and as long as a child accomplishes something that only an adult can do, then the voice of praise will be overwhelming.

If he performs a little better, then the title of "genius" will definitely be stuck on his head.

Martin's performance is not just a little bit better21.

If Martin is just an ordinary child whose mind is not yet mature, these praise and praise often become poison that corrupts their minds, and if they encounter the kind of selfish parents who only know how to use their children to make money, then the future of these children can only be described as sad.

But Martin will not, as a succubus who has lived for thousands of years, he is much more mature than those adults, much more.

The "child's appearance" is just his "skin bag".

With the screening of the movie, Martin's acting skills have been more and more recognized, and the box office of "The Sixth Sense", which has been called "the most scary warm movie" by the media, is also rising.

Its weekly decline is so low that it's even reminiscent of Titanic.

Is it another big ship?

Harvey Weinstein was beating his chest in his office, "40%, that's 40% share, I will lose hundreds of millions in the future, I'm stupid, really!" "

On the contrary, his brother Bob is more receptive to this, "Harvey, you have to make it clear that the script of the movie was written by Martin, the soundtrack was written by Martin, and his superb performance is one of the reasons why the box office is so good, we can't leave him." "

"Martin is no ordinary child, and his parents are not fools who can only see the immediate benefits, and they are not those who can deal with it by common means."

"And, you forgot what you said, Martin is a gold mine, and we have to maintain our relationship with him."

Harvey stopped talking and walked over to his desk.

"What are you going to do?" Bob asked curiously.

"Call Martin, of course, praise him, praise him, slap him on the, I want to be his loyal partner!"

Harvey said as if the irascible guy just now wasn't him.

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At the end of the day, at the door of a relatively secluded movie theater, two old guys wearing masks walked into the movie theater.

Not far behind the two, there were also three strong men in suits.

Entering the screening hall, the two old men chose to sit in the last row, and the three big men in suits also sat down around the two, not far away.

One of the old men removed his mask, revealing his gray beard, and complained to the other old man who was still wearing it:

"Steven, what are you doing? If you have to drag me to watch a horror movie sneakily, what is so special about this movie? "

If there are people familiar with the film industry here, I am afraid to exclaim.

Because this old guy who took off his mask is the famous Hollywood director, billionaire – George Lucas.

Speaking of this George Lucas, let's introduce it well, not the author Junshui, but this person's experience is too special.

George Lucas was born in a small California town called Modesto, and was a typical small-town youth.

His father runs a stationery store, and his biggest wish is that Lucas's mother's frail body recovers as soon as possible, and his son Lucas can inherit his own store in the future.

But when George Lucas grew up, he was madly obsessed with racing.

One evening in 1962, three days before he graduated from high school, George Lucas sped his Fiat down the road.

Suddenly, a Chevrolet Antelope passed next to him, and the driver was his classmate, and when overtaking, this classmate glanced at Lucas proudly.

How could the young Lucas be willing to catch up with a kick of the accelerator. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）

However, tragedy struck when Fiat lost control halfway through and crashed into a tree on the side of the road.

George Lucas was rushed to a local hospital.

After 48 hours in a coma, he finally regained consciousness.

After waking up, George Lucas's temperament changed drastically, as if he had changed his personality, completely giving up his hobby of racing and becoming obsessed with photography.

In order to survive the long recovery period, he begged his father to buy him a 35mm camera, and he quickly got started and began his photography career.

After fully recovering, George Lucas, who used to have average academic grades, suddenly broke out and was admitted to the University of Southern California Film School, the university where Martin's mother now taught.

After graduation, George Lucas seemed to open the hanging.

The first self-written and directed theatrical film "American Style Painting" only used a cost of 1.25 million US dollars and received a box office of 115 million US dollars, and the amazing return on investment made both the film company and Lucas make a lot of money.

In order to thank the musicians and sound engineers who had helped him free of charge, Lucas gave them a large profit from "American Style Painting", which caused a disagreement between Lucas and producer Coppola.

In the end, the two parted ways and embarked on completely different paths as masters.

Lucas, who had money, founded Lucasfilm.

Then came the Star Wars program.

Without a suitable special effects company, he set up his own visual effects company, known as Industrial Light & Magic, which will produce and participate in more than 300 films by 2023.

After painstaking filming, on May 25, 1977, "Star Wars" was released.

This is a special effects blockbuster that has been ahead of its time for at least two decades.

For the first two weeks of the screening, there were long queues in front of the Huaxia Grand Theater throughout Los Angeles, and every child in the school was discussing this never-before-seen super sci-fi blockbuster.

People watch it over and over again.

George Lucas was once again a great success.

The success of the "Star Wars" series brought George Lucas great fame and a lot of income, but he did not stop 163 times, and another big IP appeared – "Indiana Jones".

However, because he wanted to continue to direct "Star Wars 2", George Lucas handed over the directing rights of "Indiana Jones" to his friend Spielberg.

Subsequently, both series were a great success.

But after filming the "Star Wars trilogy", George Lucas seemed to have exhausted his aura, and 1999's "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace" was still a hit at the box office with the help of fans, but the reputation was not as good as the original trilogy.

Later "Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones" and "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith" also encountered the same problem.

Finally, in 2012, George Lucas accepted Disney's $4 billion offer to sell his Lucasfilm to each other, and the two big IP series he created also had new owners.

Throughout George Lucas's life, that car accident was a turning point – after the car accident, he suddenly became interested in making movies; The release of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" in 1999 was another turning point, and since this movie, he seems to have run out of talent.

What did you come up with?

If George Lucas's life is an online novel, then the 1962 car accident should have had a future human soul enter his body, and this soul probably died before 1999, so after 1999, he lost his prophetic ability and gradually went downhill.

George Lucas is a special crosser!