303-200 Million, the Blackmailed Batman

"This week, "Batman Begins" once again topped the list, winning the third summer box office title since its release!

After winning the weekly box office championship twice in a row and grossing more than 150 million US dollars in a short period of time, Wayne Greenberg's film performed unusually strong this time, which is far different from "The Return of the Clown" status at the time.

This "Batman Begins" seems to take people back to the summer movie two years ago. It is no less than the market-crushing trend of "Joker" back then. The box office trend is extremely stable, with every drop. Stay in good health.

In the first four working days of the weekend, the film reported box office receipts of US$6.62 million, US$5.4 million, US$5.5 million and US$4.47 million respectively. After four working days, with its strong reputation, it earned US$21.99 million at the box office!

When another weekend comes, there is no major production released this week. "Batman Begins" completely monopolizes this rare weekend. The box office saw a strong increase on Friday, easily taking in 8.26 million US dollars.

As the flow of people increased on Saturday, many young people chose to watch the film repeatedly. The box office once again saw a rare increase, with US$10.66 million earned on that day. Although there was a decline on Sunday, with US$8.65 million received, this box office trend is definitely considered worthy. It is extremely strong.

The third weekend grossed 27.57 million U.S. dollars. "Batman Begins" has successfully exceeded the 200 million U.S. dollars mark within two and a half weeks of its North American release. As of press time, the total box office has reached 201.99 million U.S. dollars!

According to the current market conditions, the large-scale screening cycle of this film will continue for a long time. According to the latest prediction released by third-party forecasting company Ed Mintz, the final box office of "Batman Begins" will be, Definitely not less than $300 million.

Ranking second in this week's box office rankings is "Die Hard 3" produced and released by 20th Century Fox. Bruce Wesley's box office appeal has not diminished. The film has also been in theaters for two and a half weeks and has successfully gone from It narrowly escaped the squeeze of "Batman Begins" and occupied a portion of the market share very strongly.

This popcorn movie with a good reputation was not completely defeated in the face of extremely strong competition. Instead, it continuously suppressed the newly released "Braveheart" and unexpectedly earned a total of 70.58 million US dollars. box office.

And in third place is "Braveheart", Mel Gibson's ambitious film, which was spurned by movie fans as soon as it was released. Many fans strongly expressed that they did not like this movie about the history of Scotland's rebellion. Film.

After detailed investigation, many fans discovered that the protagonist of the film, Wallace, was a complete "whistleblower" in history, which aroused public disgust even more. The film has only received US$27 million after being released for a week and a half. Paramount’s investment is destined to require screenings in overseas markets and offline operations to recover..."

This "Premier" provides a detailed analysis of the prospects of each film, and finally gives a North American box office forecast.

Wayne's eyes jumped directly to the end of the article and found that they were familiar with the North American forecast for "Die Hard 3", which was between US$100 million and US$120 million, while "Braveheart" was about US$50 million. .

As for "Batman Begins," they directly used data from a third-party company and stated that the film's final box office will not be less than $300 million.

This number is in line with his expectations. After several years of hard work, the audience has a very high degree of acceptance of this type of film that is not funny.

At least the audience in North America, the world's largest box office, has definitely regarded his films as mainstream commercial films, instead of being accustomed to viewing them as cult films or genre films.

This is a very big improvement, and will also be conducive to the promotion of future superhero movies.

Everything actually takes time, and Wayne himself is very sure that as long as it takes one to two years to settle and brew, and when fans' expectations for superheroes are full, Batman Part 2 will be able to surpass the preparation period. The beginning of your own DC** begins.

In his memory, Marvel and Disney once worked together, starting with Iron Man and shooting one movie after another. After more than 20 movies, people have successfully recognized Marvel movie production. Regardless of whether the filming is good or not, once it is released it will be a box office feast.

He was going to take the successful experience and use it directly. Since he already had the most successful model, he was not going to take any risks with innovation.

The situation is very different now. The superhero movie in this time and space has been tinkered with in advance by him. Although it faces high special effects costs, it has indeed achieved initial success.

The DC movie plan will definitely be implemented, but Marvel's side is not necessarily what it will be like. Whether the other side can form its own universe style, or even whether Iron Man can successfully appear, Wayne is confused.

Now even if they don't reach out randomly, Marvel is probably powerless. The value of superhero copyrights has appeared in advance, but Marvel's copyrights are scattered everywhere. The higher the value, the less likely they are to take it back.

And based on Wayne's bottom line as a person, it is impossible to just sit back and watch the rise of Marvel movies. Unless he is given enough benefits, otherwise he can dig two holes in advance and make this comic company destined to be brilliant difficult.

"Hi honey?!"

Bella Grant stretched out a hand and waved it back and forth in front of Wayne's eyes a few times before he recovered from his trance. "How about it, you won't just look at the praise for you, right? Now you have simply become the darling of the media and film critics!"

"I'm not that superficial."

Wayne rolled his eyes and leaned back on the sofa, just in time to see old Greenberg and Sergey coming back with guns, and the Russian bear holding two gray rabbits in his hands. After a few people briefly greeted each other, Old Greenberg and Sergey hurried into the workshop and continued tinkering with the guns together.

"It's different from what I imagined. Your father is not strict at all." Bella Grant's eyes followed the old Greenberg until he disappeared on the second floor stairs, and then he turned back and looked at Wei in a joking manner. kindness.

"I thought that your usually unsmiling working attitude was learned from your father since childhood. You know, every child will be influenced by his father a lot in his growth, especially boys."

"He is sometimes very strict, especially when I make mistakes, but this happens rarely." When Wayne mentioned his father, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously. From the bottom of his heart, he loved this life. 's parents.

"But I'm very lucky. I've been able to feel his love for me since I was a child. He has always been a good father. I can't achieve my current results without his support for my studies since I was a child."

As long as he mentions the relatives around him, Wayne will take off all masks. He is grateful to his parents from the bottom of his heart.

From being uncomfortable with American education at the beginning to becoming a good friend with his father, whether Ruben taught him how to be a man or kept telling him to be a "goodman", the growth process can be clearly felt. To father's love.

Wayne shook his head and said with a smile: "Well, if you are willing to stay for a few days, you will feel the enthusiasm of old Ruben."

"I only have three days of vacation. I hope I can have a good time here." Bella Grant raised her eyebrows and secretly stretched out her tongue to lick her red lips.

"Jimmy, you came all the way here, is there anything else you need me to solve? If nothing else, we can go prepare for the barbecue together. Mom asked the cowboy to put down a calf. Believe me, the beef on our farm is great. .”

Wayne simply ignored the beautiful editor's teasing and turned his attention to his agent.

"Two things. Too much money has been put into Greenberg Studio's account. Universal Pictures also paid for the buyout fee for "The Blair Witch Project." You need to make arrangements or avoid taxes as soon as possible."

Jimmy seemed to be saying these words to Wayne, but he kept looking at the assistant lady who was flipping through the magazine. It wasn't until Nina nodded lightly that he continued:

"Just a little trouble to tell you, Batman Begins was sued, and it was sued by two different people."

"What? Sue?"

The agent's words aroused his interest. It is common for movie directors to be sued by Hollywood studios. In almost every hit movie, someone can't help but jump out and want a piece of the pie.

It's just that Wayne's previous films were either produced by himself from beginning to end, or the copyrights were clear and clear. I have never encountered such a weird thing.

The key is that the cost of this kind of thing is very low. As long as there is a slight possibility of winning the lawsuit, those people will not let go, add negative news to the film that is being released, and then wait to settle with the film company and collect the settlement money.

"Yes." Jimmy saw that he was not anxious at all, but showed an expression as if he was watching a show. He also showed a complicated expression, because this kind of prosecution was so weird that he couldn't laugh or cry.

"I received a lawyer's letter yesterday, and then together with your lawyer Ryan, I contacted the other party's lawyer. The person suing you is the mayor of Batman City in Turkey. The reason is that Warner Bros. and you have never received They asked for permission from Batman City and said that there is only one Batman in the world, but you used their city name without permission..."

After hearing Jimmy's narration, Bella Grant, Nina and Wayne couldn't help but open their mouths. They couldn't believe that such a weird thing could really happen.

"motherf***fer?!"

"Hey, Wayne! No swearing!" Anna Greenberg, who was busy in the kitchen, heard her son swear loudly and immediately raised her head and scolded him.

"Okay, Mom, oh, I mean I get it." Wayne raised his hands to his mother in a gesture of surrender. Seeing her take her head back, he continued to look at the agent with a surprised look.

"Doesn't it sound bullshit?" Jimmy shrugged, making an expression that I already knew.

"What's even more ridiculous is that the Los Angeles International Court of Justice has decided to accept this lawsuit! Warner Bros. has dispatched its legal department to prepare to fight the lawsuit with the other party. It is impossible for the other party to blackmail even one cent!"

To be honest, Wayne thought of many reasons for the defendant in an instant, but he never expected it to be so weird. Batman appeared as early as 1939, with Bill Finger writing the story and Bob Kane drawing it himself.

The original animator, Bob Kane, is still alive today. He has always had a close relationship with DC Comics. In this kind of lawsuit, doesn’t the other party have any brains? Or are you just jealous and shameless just to extort a little money?