Chapter 636 "The Lord of the Rings I" Is Released

December 19.

The film "The Lord of the Rings 1" produced and distributed by New Line Pictures was officially released in the United States today. On the day of its opening, it received more than 3,300 movie theaters and more than 7,000 screens. The largest movie ever released.

This point, even Warner Bros. Pictures' film "Hiding the Sky", which is currently being released, cannot be compared.

Warner Bros. Pictures.

At this moment, Barry Mayer, the CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures, was very angry: "This Shay is really ignorant of praise and has no regard for the overall situation. I told him more than two months ago that "The Lord of the Rings 1" The movie can't be released until January. But he's better, get rid of our Warners and do the distribution himself, I'm going to see what box office results "The Lord of the Rings 1" can get?!"

The film "The Lord of the Rings 1" produced by New Line Pictures will be released on December 19;

Warner Bros. Pictures' movie "Hiding the Sky" will be released on December 7;

The interval between the two releases is only 12 days. Even if it is not released at the same time, it will still divert some audiences.

How can Warner Bros. be willing to put up with this?

Don’t forget, Warner Bros. Pictures is the major shareholder of New Line Pictures, and it is the largest shareholder with the largest shareholding, which is even higher than that of Xie Yi, the founder and chairman of New Line Pictures.

In Barry Mayer's view: "New Line Cinema is only a subsidiary of Warner, so it is not allowed to be out of control."

But... Shay's heart was breaking away from Warners.

Now the two movies are fighting in the arena, which makes many people outside the world laugh.

......

New Line Cinema.

"Shit!"

"What is he Barry Mayer?!"

"He's just a CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures. To put it bluntly, he's a part-time worker. If Steve Ross (Chairman of Time Warner) comes forward in person, I'll keep it for face. As for him, Barry Mayer, he doesn't care. to me!"

Shay's temper is also very hot.

Don't look at his humble attitude when he gets along with Zucker, but he is definitely a madman in his bones.

I usually don't look straight at people.

"Boss, you are so right!"

Vice President Jonathan echoed: "Warner sometimes doesn't pay attention to fairness and justice at all. Obviously, our New Line Cinema's movie "The Lord of the Rings 1" is the first to be released on December 19, but how did Warner do it?"

"Warner's movie market is picking up, and "Hiding the Sky" will be released on December 7."

"Immediately, as a major shareholder, I forcibly asked us to withdraw "The Lord of the Rings 1" and make way for "Hiding the Sky", I want to ask...why?!"

Warner Bros. Pictures has an opinion, but New Line Cinema is full of complaints.

Subsidiaries have no human rights?

Must listen to Warner's mercy?

This time, Xie Yi, the boss of New Line Pictures, chose not to. He chose the hard bar!

......

Colleagues in Hollywood watched the excitement and expressed a lot of opinions.

Spielberg from DreamWorks: "You ask me what I think? Hehe, whether it is Warner or New Line Pictures, in my opinion, it is nothing more than a fight between demons and demons, and neither is a good person!"

Lionsgate boss Gusta: "The dispute between New Line and Warner Bros., to put it bluntly, is the conflict between the parent company and its subsidiary, just like the relationship between a stepmother and a stepson, something good, something that Warner thought about right away. It must be his own son, how would he think of New Line Cinema as his stepson?"

Hit the nail on the head!

For Warner, the movie "Hiding the Sky and Crossing the Sea" produced by itself is definitely a son, and must be prioritized;

New Line Pictures' film "The Lord of the Rings 1", for Warner, is naturally a stepson. For the sake of his own son, he must sacrifice this stepson.

To this end, Barry Mayer and Shay also fought a war of words during the promotion of the film.

Also on this day, Zucker returned to Los Angeles.

"Kevin, I heard that Warner Bros. and New Line Pictures have had a lot of trouble recently?"

After getting off the plane, Zucker asked.

Kevin Feige said in surprise: "Boss, do you know that too?"

"certainly!"

Zucker nodded: "I am very optimistic about the box office results of "The Lord of the Rings", so I have always paid attention. And don't forget, I am the major shareholder of Weta Digital Studio. Once the box office of the movie explodes, then Weta Digital will definitely It's a daily buck."

Kevin Feige raised his eyebrows slightly.

He himself is also optimistic about the box office prospects of "The Lord of the Rings", but he is even more optimistic about the box office potential of "Hiding the Sky".

Today is December 19, and Warner's movie "Hiding the Sky" has been released for 12 days.

After the movie "Crossing the Sky", its box office in the first weekend and three days exceeded 38 million US dollars. For the Christmas schedule in previous years, this result can only be a general result, but the current Christmas schedule after the 9/11 incident, "Crystalizing the Sky". The box office performance was excellent.

So far, the film has grossed $10,300 at the North American box office;

This data alone is enough to rank in the top 20 of the North American annual box office rankings in 2001.

Various analysis companies even pointed out: "The North American box office performance of "Hiding the Sky" is expected to exceed 200 million US dollars before the end of December, and the total North American box office is expected to fall between 280 million and 300 million US dollars."

The reputation is even better.

"Time" Entertainment published an article saying: "The top-level cast production, and the cast also has Oscar standards, the total number of nominations the actors have received, adding up to 15."

With the influence of "Times", the box office of "Crossing the Sky" has risen steadily.

"Uh?"

Zhu Ke smiled and said: "Listen to what you mean, which means that the outside world now thinks that "The Lord of the Rings" is not the opponent of "Hiding the Sky"."

Kevin Feige nodded.

He said: "Boss, I attended the premiere of The Lord of the Rings. I don't deny that The Lord of the Rings is a very good movie, even the best magical epic movie in Hollywood since the 21st century, but , which was distributed by New Line Cinema itself."

"On the other hand, "Crossing the Sky" has achieved good box office results. It can be said that it has seized the lead..."

"In this case, I don't think New Line Pictures has a chance to win."

The voice fell.

Zucker nodded frequently.

Kevin Feige's words make a lot of sense and echo what most people think.

After all, New Line Pictures, the publisher of "The Lord of the Rings", is far worse than Warner, the publisher of "Hiding the Sky".

But... this is The Lord of the Rings!

In the future, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will definitely be a presence in film history!

In comparison, what is "Hiding the Sky"?

Zhu Ke narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Kevin, I think you're going to miscalculate this time."

Kevin Feige: "..."

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