Chapter 1555: Opening · Flank Attack
Apparently there are four Chinese models on the Victoria's Secret runway, together with the Chinese song and those flowers, it is the first time that this restrictive fashion show that is regarded as a tv-14 class overseas Log in to Chinese mainland TV stations.
Undoubtedly, the biggest beneficiaries will be the four Chinese girls.
Furthermore, following the trend, the Victoria's Secret brand will also open its own flagship store in China. The first batch of two is expected to be two, as usual, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai.
When a large number of news about the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show continued to be broadcast along with the TV broadcast of the restarted version of "Welcome to the Millennium", on December 8th, another big event happened again in the North American film market, and countless book fans have been paying attention to it for a long time. In recent years, there have been hundreds of related theme websites.
The media paid close attention, online discussions erupted again, and the rest of the Hollywood studios were on the verge of death.
After all, the popularity of the Lord of the Rings series in the West is similar to Chinese Journey to the West, so it can be imagined.
In short, with Daenerys Entertainment investing huge sums of money, as long as the quality of this super blockbuster series is not too bad, it is actually conceivable that the box office will not be too bad. Once the word-of-mouth of the film explodes, the most direct thing is that other films in the same period will inevitably encounter impact.
The final result did not disappoint all those who were looking forward to this film.
The premiere ceremony was held on December 8, and on December 9, the film's word-of-mouth ban was lifted, and it was well received.
Among them, a very emotional comment from a New Yorker film critic expressed the voice of most audiences: "I saw the prequels of Star Wars in the first half of the year, and the Lord of the Rings in the second half of the year. These two epics are worthy of this life."
The other party is obviously a diehard fan of the Star Wars series, so he probably ignored the collapse of the first half of the prequel.
Still, comparing Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring to one of the icons of American culture, the Star Wars franchise, is certainly a pretty high praise.
The film's final comprehensive media score reached 9.6 points, which also reached the classic level that can be ranked in the forefront of film history.
With such feedback from public opinion, even if the 179-minute duration makes everyone feel a little regretful that the film’s daily screenings will be limited, which may affect the box office, Daenerys Entertainment no longer has much concern about the film’s commercial prospects. Not only that, with the rapid popularity of DVDs in the West, Simon also specifically mentioned the future director's cut release plan this time. This is something.
On December 10, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring officially opened on a large scale on 3,359 screens in North America.
This time I didn't spread too much at one time, because of the length of the film, combined with word-of-mouth, I hope to get out of a more stable long-term line, instead of fast in and out like other popcorn movies.
On the same day, in addition to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, there was another Warner-invested production costing US$30 million in North American theaters, which was almost famous. A rock-themed musical from director Cameron Crowe.
Warner has adopted the method of releasing commercial films and provided 1,738 screens in the first week, but at the same time, it also hopes that the film will hit next year's Oscars with word of mouth.
Unfortunately, things backfired.
The film premiered on the same day as The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and then there was basically nothing. Then, the comprehensive media score was only 7.3 points. If it is a commercial film, this score is not bad, but if you want to impact the awards season, you must Far from enough.
In addition, the heroine of the film, Kate Hudson, showed her face in a large number of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring news, and was specially praised by some film critics for her acting skills.
It's obviously the kind of PR operation.
After all, Kate Hudson has a good mother, one of the early sweet sisters in the United States, Goldie Han.
The former Kate Hudson was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for this movie. In order to increase the chances of being nominated, the protagonist signed up for a supporting role, and then, there was not much. The second generation of stars, who were much more powerful than Spaltello, did not have any outstanding works in Hollywood.
In short, it was originally a running companion, but with the unsatisfactory word-of-mouth, it can be regarded as a real running companion.
The attention of the film market has basically fallen on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. After all, everyone is concerned about whether this movie can break through 100 million in the first week. After all, with the popularity of the Lord of the Rings series, there is still hope for breaking 100 million of.
Of course, Daenerys is also very much looking forward to it, but at the same time, we have to face reality.
The reality is that the length of the film is close to three hours, which greatly limits the film schedule. Even if the average ticket price will increase due to market reasons, it is impossible to increase too much.
In such anticipation, the three days of the first weekend from December 10th to December 12th will soon end.
The weekend box office results were announced. The three-day box office of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring was US$63.65 million, which was expected. It is expected that the box office for the full first week will be around US$90 million, which is also expected. As for Breaking through 100 million in the first week, still the same sentence, film schedule limit.
In addition, the one who completely accompanied the run was almost famous, and the box office was not worth mentioning. It only earned 3.63 million U.S. dollars in three days, and it is expected to be about 5 million for a full week. Don't even think about it.
Immediately afterwards, a box office week from December 10 to December 16 will soon end.
Full opening week seven days, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring's opening box office ended at 91
370,000 US dollars, this year-end file, second only to Cyborg 2, even if it is placed in the whole year, it will only add the second place Godzilla, ranking third. Therefore, although it is a little regrettable that the first week did not directly break through 100 million, this result is still very satisfying.
After all, compared to a super blockbuster like Cyborg 2 with a total investment of 240 million US dollars, after the Australian government gave 50 million US dollars in subsidies, the budget of 270 million US dollars for the continuous filming of the trilogy was directly compressed to 220 million US dollars. The cost of each film is only a little over 70 million, and the publicity budget given by Daenerys Entertainment this time is only 40 million, which is equivalent to the total investment in the production and publicity of the first Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is only about 110 million US dollars , less than half of Cyborg 2, and lower than Godzilla.
Then, in fact, it is a very critical next week, the box office trend will be directly related to the overall local box office of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring.
December 17th is Christmas next week. Compared with December 10th, it is a little earlier. This week is a well-deserved start of Christmas, so there are three new films in total.
The first is a key collaboration project between Warner Bros. and Daenerys, Jumanji 2.
After the success of the first game, Game of the Brave 2 still adopts the game mode of fighting monsters together. Having said that, Daenerys has also launched the stand-alone game around this series last year, and it sold very well.
This time, both Warner and Daenerys once again invested a huge budget of 100 million U.S. dollars, and Warner, which was in charge of the release, also spent 35 million U.S. dollars on publicity. If you want to increase the number of announcements to 50 million, everyone is in the circle, and no one knows what the gameplay is. Of course, this side will not agree.
Regardless, the total project cost came to $135 million.
And, in a way, the film follows on from last week's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and it still has its own spin on itself.
The number of film opening screens is 3766.
After that, there was MGM Alien 3, because it was a cooperative project, and there was some participation of Daenerys. Obviously, it was better to fight yourself.
After two consecutive Xenomorphs hit the blockbusters, especially after the surrounding video tape market became more popular, the production of Xenomorph 3 was also very smooth. Not only that, this time the MGM team, of course, is already a team under 20th Century Fox. It was still released under MGM's factory label, and then deliberately won such a golden schedule at the end of the year for Alien 3.
The protagonist of the third part was replaced by a second-generation alien girl, a hot Australian female model personally selected by Simon, Megan Gale, who almost starred in George Miller's version of Wonder Woman in Justice League .
In addition, because the popularity of the first-generation alien girl Natasha Henstridge is too high, although the protagonist has been replaced by Megan Gale, Henstridge will still perform a guest performance this time.
The production cost of the film is still well controlled at 45 million US dollars, the publicity expenditure is 15 million, and the total investment is 60 million. It cannot be compared with other super blockbusters, but it also reaches the high budget level.
Simon has specifically learned before that MGM does not have high expectations for the box office prospects of the film's theatrical release, and still focuses more on the follow-up home entertainment channel release.
However, the number of opening screens this time still reached 2,945.
Finally, there is a fantasy comedy produced by Disney that fits the atmosphere of the Christmas file, Magic Elf, which tells the story of an elf Jackie who accidentally came to human society from the fairy kingdom and the little boy Gabe to take risks together and defeat the coveted Jackie at the same time. The story of the Wicked Witch.
It is not a novel setting, but the key is to fit the festive atmosphere.
However, the production cost of the film is not low, because a lot of CG special effects are used, and the budget reaches 70 million U.S. dollars. French Vivendi, who still hopes to open up the situation in Hollywood, also approved a 30 million U.S. dollar announcement for the Disney team this time. The total investment reached 100 million U.S. dollars, and the number of screens opened was 3,356.
Under the attack of three films, you can imagine the pressure of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.