Chapter 1928: 1928 Surprised

On December 19th, "Titanic", "007: Tomorrow Never Dies" and "As Good as It Gets" premiered together in Los Angeles. The perfect gift for Christmas.

Regrettably, since Hugo is busy filming "The Truman Show", until the 19th day, there was still no Hugo at the Los Angeles Airport, so he is bound to be absent from the premiere of "As Good as It Gets". It is undoubtedly a great pity that I could not be there to support Leonardo's "Titanic".

In fact, the scale of the premiere of "As Good as It Gets" is naturally not comparable to that of the two competitors, and Sony Columbia Pictures only chose 1,800 theaters for release, and the number of films scheduled was obviously squeezed by the two powerful rivals pressure. It can be seen that in this box office competition, Sony Columbia Pictures has put its mentality very well and did not fight blindly. The war at the premiere was still between "Titanic" and "007: Tomorrow Never Dies".

But to everyone's surprise, "007: Tomorrow's Empire" not only snatched China. The National Theater is a treasure of geomantic omen, so that the "Titanic" can only be replaced by Disney's EL. The Capital Theater; and "007: Tomorrow's Empire" was shown in 2,800 theaters, but the number of "Titanic" was only 2,600.

MGM Pictures almost did everything possible, mobilized all the contacts in their hands, and took the lead in the premiere publicity battle, which is really surprising-after all, the "Titanic" cost 200 million US dollars. Meng and Twentieth Century Fox will inevitably need to increase publicity in order to recover costs, and it is undoubtedly a stupid decision to save costs on publicity costs at this time. But the fact is that MGM Pictures has an absolute advantage in the skirmish.

When Leonardo arrived on the red carpet, one of the most asked questions was, "Do you regret that Hugo missed the premiere today?" At the premiere of "With Juliet", I personally went to the Berlin Film Festival to support my friends, but today's "Titanic" was absent, so it is no wonder that the reporters were so curious.

Leonardo laughed, "Unfortunately, Charlize did not appear in this work, it seems that my weight is not enough." A joke made all the reporters laugh, and the rain on the far east coast Guo was directly hit by an arrow in the knee, and somehow sneezed several times in a row.

Although the scale of the premiere of "Titanic" is far less than that of "007: Tomorrow Never Dies", Shirley Lansing and Kevin Burns gave the movie a huge surprise. Just as the entire crew of "Titanic" was chatting happily with the reporters, the big screen behind them lit up, and the blurred to clear images made all the reporters cheered collectively.

As soon as Leonardo turned his head, he saw Hugo's familiar figure, which made him stunned, and then he clapped his hands and laughed loudly. He looked at Kate Winslet beside him, "You know this matter Is it?" But Kate was also stunned, although she was about to join the crew of "The Truman Show", but due to the promotion of "Titanic", she hadn't been to the crew to report, so naturally she didn't know much about these things.

"Hey, everyone, I'm Hugo Lancaster." Hugo sat in front of the camera with a big smile on his face, "I believe Leo must have said a lot of bad things about me just now—Kate, Don't believe him." With just one sentence, Hugo successfully made the audience clap and laugh, and Leonardo blushed even more, looking at Hugo on the screen in disbelief. "I really hope to go back to Los Angeles, because I know there will be a good show there tonight, but unfortunately I have a job right now, so I can only regret to miss it. Don't worry, I will be the first from the newspaper tomorrow." Time to read the pomp."

"Uh...Kevin and Shirley would like me to say some blessings to the film, but I don't think you need to, because Mr. Cameron has done a great job, so I'm ready to accept the shock Ready." Hugo's words were full of ridicule and comfort, and even James Cameron couldn't help being amused, "Then...Miss Winslet, the work here is very urgent, and you have already left a lot behind. progress, so you better not laugh too hard right now."

Kate, who was named, also laughed, her ladylike image could not be maintained at all, "Also, uncrowned kings, I hope you can keep it a secret and don't let Jack Nicholson know about this video. Please remember to destroy it after watching it. , my life is in your hands." Hugo's easy words made the scene burst into laughter, and James sitting on the stage shook his head with a smile, but he didn't know whether he was thanking Hugo for sending the video , or luckily he didn't cooperate with Hugo, "Finally, Leo, you know I'm always there for you. So, I think you owe me a dinner. That's it."

With that said, the video ends. Everyone at the scene was stunned, and no one realized that the end came so suddenly, but Leonardo stood up abruptly, "Hey, you are the one who is absent, and you should owe me a meal!" After Leonardo finished yelling, he realized that he was yelling at the big screen. Hugo couldn't finish listening, and immediately lowered his head in embarrassment and touched his nose, which made the audience laugh again.

Although the biggest name of "Titanic" is the director, the momentum of the premiere cannot be compared with that of "007: Tomorrow's Empire", but because of Hugo's video, "Titanic" once again became the headlines favorable candidates. Everyone knows that Hugo is bound to support the works of his friend Leonardo. What's more, don't forget that Kate is about to join "The Truman Show", which is also a big plus.

Relatively speaking, "007: Tomorrow's Empire" has a huge momentum, but it still lacks a little spark and topic; as for the premiere scene of "As Good as It Gets", it shows a small and warm situation.

Since the theater itself is not big, the more than 80 reporters present also made the whole scene full of water, not to mention more than 200 movie fans outside the red carpet looking forward to it. Just from the visual effect, "perfect "On the contrary, it is the most lively.

"Jack, as the screenwriter, Hugo didn't arrive at the scene today, don't you feel regretful?" The reporter also threw the same question to Jack Nicholson.

In fact, Hugo specifically called Jack, as well as other main members of the crew, expressing regret that he could not attend the premiere. After promising many unequal treaties, Jack "forgave" Hugo. But facing the reporter at this time, Jack said with a serious face, "If I remember correctly, I am the leading actor, not Hugo, right?" This rhetorical question stunned the reporter .

Jack didn't care about the completely stupefied reporter in front of him, and said viciously, "You better pay attention when you ask questions, you know? Also, Hugo had better not appear in the premiere of 'Titanic' Live, or I'll break his neck."

This made the young intern reporters in front of me almost cry - compared to the other two movies, "As Good as It Gets" has mostly young newcomers here, only the "Los Angeles Times" and a few other media Send the old fritters over. When Nicholas McClen saw the smile in Jack's eyes, he knew he was joking, especially when he saw the pale expressions of the trainee reporters, he couldn't help but laugh.

Only then did Jack smile, but it frightened the intern reporter even more, making Jack dumbfounded, "You should pay more attention to the script written by Hugo, I believe this will be a better topic." He said earnestly After finishing, Jack turned and left Shi Shiran.

"Titanic" is a commercial popcorn movie that needs to be hyped, as is "Tomorrow Never Dies"; but "As Good as It Gets" is not. That's why Hugo made a video for "Titanic" and "As Good as It Gets" didn't.

The prelude to the premiere was the first to start, "007: Tomorrow's Empire" was huge, and it was sure to win, but "Titanic" benefited from Hugo's appearance, coupled with the super high investment of 200 million U.S. dollars -- people They are all looking forward to the box office results. Whether it is witnessing a box office miracle or witnessing the collapse of a huge investment, it is bound to be exciting. This allowed the "Titanic" to barely catch up with its opponents without falling too far behind.

After the premiere weekend, everyone was stunned by the result: because all three works met Waterloo!

"Titanic," with a cost of $200 million, only managed $28 million at the weekend box office, even worse than this summer's biggest box office disaster, "Batman and Robin," although Won the weekend box office champion in the third week of December, but it is not something to celebrate at all, because such an achievement means that Paramount and 20th Century Fox have jointly brewed another disaster, high-rise buildings The disintegration of is about to be staged grandly in front of your eyes.

Although "007: Tomorrow's Empire" achieved a box office of 25 million at the weekend, compared with the investment of 100 million, it is still a drop in the bucket, and under the full promotion of MGM, it actually lost to "Titan" The Nick,” a second-place finish, was even more staggering than “Titanic”’s poor debut, which was littered with wrecked jaws.

"As Good as It Gets" took in $13 million in three days over the weekend, ranking third on the weekend's box office charts. Relatively speaking, such a result is not bad, especially in view of the investment of 50 million US dollars and the squeeze of two powerful competitors, it is even more commendable. However, the box office performance of this high-profile and highly anticipated work still failed to meet expectations.

The three works jointly failed miserably, this... is this really good?