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Throughout January 1998, the media was hyping up two aspects. One of them must be the incredible box office performance of "Titanic", and the other was that two world-class Hollywood directors were about to form a team. , walked onto the highest music hall in North America, the Grammy award-winning stage.

In fact, let alone professional musicians, even the North American public can tell that Wayne Greenberg and George Lucas performed the song "Something Just Like This" at best. They perform well among amateurs, and there is a huge gap between them and professional singers and singers.

But so what? This song still succeeded in touching countless families throughout North America in the hot summer. Because of this song and the short documentary, it entered the theater countless times.

The singing of Wayne and George Lucas was constantly mentioned during this period. At the same time, it also perfectly set off the professionalism of another singer, that is Celine Dion.

After "Titanic" was fully released for two weeks, the film went against the trend of the market, as if it had just begun and showed no intention of stopping.

According to the latest announcement from 20th Century Fox, the film's screening scale has been directly expanded from the 3,000 theaters it opened to nearly 3,400 theater companies. You must know that in this era, this scale has already It can be considered top-notch.

Not only the scale of the screening, but also the theater managers who join the theaters showing "Titanic" have increased their screening rate for this film. For theaters in the center of mainstream commercial districts, the screening rate has exceeded the terrifying 7% Ten, almost every less than ten minutes, a big boat show will start.

And when the film reached its third week of release, people suddenly discovered that "Titanic" had become a social topic. The emergence of movie-watching craze also pushed this film to the top of the list for the third time. Weekly box office champion.

Whether it is "Good Will Hunting" with a strong and stable performance, or the dark horse "Starship Troopers", they are completely crushed by this big ship and cannot be seen. The only choice for people to enter the theater is to watch "Titanic" again and again.

When this film successfully won the box office championship for the fourth week, the box office potential was fully released. In fact, everyone in the Hollywood industry is staring at this unprecedented box office miracle. Even Wayne, who is hiding in Warner's post-production studio, hears all the discussions about "Titanic". 》Box office.

The frighteningly stable box office trend actually involves some luck. Throughout the beginning of 1998, no matter whether it was Thanksgiving or Christmas, except for "Good Will Hunting", there were no competitive films, which was also the reason why "Titanic" formed a movie viewing frenzy.

So when three weeks have passed, the North American box office of this big ship has reached 260 million US dollars without any surprise, but this is just the beginning, and it is far from the end, because the box office trend of "Titanic", Stable is completely unscientific.

As this big ship sets sail overseas, the growth trend of overseas box office is even more incredible than that in North America. In just two weeks, "Titanic" has grossed US$270 million at the overseas box office. Many in the industry Everyone understands that the film already has the prospect of recovering its investment at the box office and even generating profits.

And what will accompany this big ship crushing the world is undoubtedly the explosion of the ending song "My Heart Will Go On". Celine Dion himself probably never thought that after many years of struggling in the music industry, she would become a hit with a movie. The movie's ending song became a global hit, making her one of the top divas in North America.

It is precisely the popularity of Celine Dion and "My Heart Will Go On" that further reflects the amateurism of Wayne and George Lucas. No way, these two songs are mentioned by the media and audiences this award season. At most, it is normal for them to be put together for comparison.

A singer who is compared with Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, compared with two Hollywood directors who are playing tricks, there is a lot of joy in it. Relatively speaking, whether it is the media's hype or the public's I talked about it with relish, but in fact it was all done with good intentions, and no one was stupid enough to really evaluate this song "something just like this" based on the level of singing.

"Shit, "Titanic" has won the box office number one for five consecutive weeks!"

The time came to January 25, 1998. In the living room of Greenberg Manor, a special guest was welcomed today. George Lucas, the father of Star Wars, held a bottle of beer in his hand, leaned on the sofa, and scanned the room from time to time. After glancing at the picture on the TV, the mumbling in his mouth did not stop.

"Twentieth Century Fox is going to make a lot of money this time. Even if the movie wins five consecutive weeks at the top, the soundtrack released at the same time, relying on the song "My Heart Will Go On", is also on the Billboard, completing sales Five consecutive championships. Damn, during this time, I hear people making fun of me every day, saying that my singing voice is like a hoarse duck compared to Celine Dion!”

"Hey, George."

Rolling his eyes helplessly, Wayne raised the bottle with deep emotion and touched it with the father of Star Wars. "Believe me, I'm going through exactly the same thing as you."

The conversation and expressions between the two great directors, who looked like naughty boys, caused a burst of laughter from several people in the living room. At first, it was just because of the Grammy nomination list. Later, as "My Heart Will Go On" became popular, some good media put the two recently popular songs together for comparison and comment.

There is no way, the difference between the two sets of voices is too big. It is because of the big difference that this topic has become popular. Later, even the staff, relatives and friends around them are talking about this topic every day. Ridicule.

George Lucas saw everyone laughing and waved the bottle angrily. "Damn it, we two are going to walk on the Grammy stage and get that shit gramophone!"

"That's right, George." Wayne also enjoyed the rare moment of relaxation. He then high-fived the father of Star Wars next to him, looked at everyone and said, "You are just jealous of our two talents. We will get That damn gramophone.”

The two great directors, who were full of sandy atmosphere, immediately amused everyone. Only little Fendi, who was sitting on the carpet with his little bully dog ​​in his arms, looked at his father curiously with his big eyes blinking, and let out a giggle. laughter.

"Don't say bad words in front of Fendi!" Naomi Watts covered her mouth, suppressed her smile, and glared at the two men.

"This is the first time I have seen the boss in this state." On the other side of the sofa, Sofia Coppola, who was sitting with Nina, looked at the two great directors in surprise, as if they suddenly discovered Same as the New World. "I thought he would just put on an ice face."

The assistant lady shrugged, closed the fashion magazine in her hand, pushed up the glasses on her face habitually, and glanced at the TV. It was discovered that the Denver Broncos were still anxious with the Green Bay Packers, and there was still a while before the halftime commercial show. Obviously, this very conservative game made most people in the living room feel sleepy.

"Sofia, I have been the boss's assistant since 1990."

Nina's eyes flashed with memories, and she chatted in a low voice with the girl she got along well with. "Over the years, I have discovered a pattern. It seems that the more accomplished a director is, the more childlike he will appear at certain special times, ahem, just like the current "Father of DC" and the father of Star Wars, your father. Is this the case too?”

Sofia Coppola rolled her eyes, is this innocence? He just shook his head and beat her to death. He would not admit that his father also had such an idiotic moment.

"Well, as far as I know, the bosses, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, will become like this at some point." Nina whispered with a playful light on her face. : "In my impression, there have been more incredible things..."

Obviously, women's favorite thing to talk about is gossip. The assistant lady's words not only attracted Sofia Coppola, but also made Naomi Watts come over. Even the housekeeper Hela who was standing aside moved silently. Towards their position.

"I remember it was at the end of 1992 or the beginning of 1993, that's about the time." Seeing the three ladies around her with gossipy eyes shining, Nina's face remained unchanged and she continued to reveal the news in a low voice. "It seems to be a reception for some event, forget it, none of this matters.

At that time, the boss's status was not comparable to that of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, but the three of them had already known each other at that time, and the latter two were very optimistic about the boss. That time the three of them drank too much at the reception, and then..."

"Ms. Nina Klein, if you can continue talking, the bonus will be gone!"

The ladies’ beeping attracted Wayne’s attention. Although he and George Lucas had been drinking and paying attention to the game, waiting for the start of the halftime commercial show, the assistant lady only said the beginning. , he understood what it was.

"It's okay, keep going, Nina."

Naomi Watts waved her white fist threateningly at Wayne, then turned to look at the assistant expectantly.

Nina shrugged, ignored her boss's threat, and continued in a low voice: "At that time, Steven Spielberg was filming the first part of "Jurassic Park" because he had to work hard to catch up with the schedule and squeeze out more time. It was time to shoot "Schindler's List," so George Lucas was helping out.

After the three of them drank too much, they ran to the special effects studio of "Jurassic Park" together. At that time, the dinosaur models were placed indoors. The boss wanted to see how the mechanical dinosaur worked, so he stuck his head into the mouth of the dinosaur model.

Just to make a joke, Mr. Spielberg quietly closed the dinosaur's mouth, and the boss's head got stuck in the mouth of the dinosaur model on the spot. Unexpectedly, the mechanical dinosaur really broke down and could not open its mouth. So these three great directors forced the dinosaur's mouth open! "

Several women listened with great interest to the unbelievable second-rate gossip of the Hollywood director, with a look on their faces like "Is this a big shot in the industry?"

Nina spread her hands, her mouth twitched a few times, and continued: "As you know, I always follow the boss, so this is what I saw with my own eyes. Afterwards, these three drunk The great director fled the scene like a child, fearing that the staff would discover that they had broken the mechanical dinosaur model..."

"Shit, the first half of the game is over, ladies, the halftime commercial show will start soon..."

"Wayne! Don't say bad words in front of Fundy!"