Chapter 245: Officially broke 100 million
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"Rush Hour" won its first weekly box office championship with a three-day box office of US$36.86 million in the first weekend in North America.
Next, the first working day of the film arrived, and the box office inevitably experienced some declines, but overall it was relatively stable without much fluctuation.
After four working days, it earned a box office of 11.08 million U.S. dollars, and the cumulative box office in North America reached 47.94 million U.S. dollars. If there is no accident, the box office of the film this weekend can almost 100% exceed the 50 million U.S. dollar mark.
Seeing that the second weekend is coming, "Rush Hour" once again ushered in a strong competitor, "Lost in Space" produced by New Line Films.
Compared with "Rush Hour" and "Desperate Assassin", the investment scale of "Lost in Space" can be regarded as a top Hollywood commercial blockbuster.
The production costs of "Rush Hour" and "Desperate Assassin" are at best considered medium-scale commercial films, and the shooting budget is less than half of that of "Lost in Space".
On the same day, there was also a film "The Man in the Iron Mask" produced by MGM, with a budget of up to 35 million US dollars, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the most popular Hollywood stars at the moment
However, what is unexpected is that in the three days of the first weekend, "The Man in the Iron Mask" only won a box office of 15.53 million US dollars, which shows that Leonardo DiCaprio did not bring much heat to the film.
It is not as good as his other film "Titanic", which earned a box office of 16.52 million US dollars in three working days.
For Leonardo - DiCaprio, this film is a failed choice.
"The Dead" grossed just $10.2 million in its second weekend.
As for "Lost in Space", which had a budget of US$80 million and was highly anticipated by New Line Cinema, it only earned US$17.52 million at the box office in the first three days of the weekend.
It was like a basin of ice water poured on the head of New Line Films, and it was cold from the inside out.
Not to mention meeting the expectations of New Line Films before its release, many media are speculating that it will be difficult for this film to recover the filming cost through the box office.
Even New Line Pictures may face a debt crisis.
Moreover, whether it is the audience's word-of-mouth, or the professional reputation of the media and film critics, this film is extremely poor.
The plot structure of the whole film is too complicated, and the audience can't understand it at all. Many people insisted on watching it for 20 minutes, became drowsy, and even left the scene early.
The media mercilessly ridiculed that the biggest failure of film director Stephen Hopkins was to compress the plots of the four films into one film, with more branch plots than the main plot.
In contrast, "Rush Hour" earned $22.56 million at the three-day box office in the second weekend, continuing to be the weekly box office champion.
The cumulative box office in North America officially exceeded 70.5 million US dollars.
The film's final North American box office results will almost certainly exceed the $100 million mark.
At the same time, the performance in the overseas box office market is also not bad.
After the film's second overseas weekend, the overseas box office of "Rush Hour" reached 30.21 million US dollars.
It grossed $100 million worldwide.
Many overseas countries have only just released it, and some countries have not yet released it. The overseas box office will continue to rise in the future.
Generally speaking, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Wanwan, Huaguo, Philippines and other Asian countries and regions are very popular, and they have successively won the weekly box office champions in many countries.
The UK, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, France, Spain and other countries and regions that have just begun to be released are relatively deserted.
In general, Asia is on fire, while Europe and Latin America are getting colder.
Orion Pictures released a commercial film for the first time, and it was basically a success, and taking advantage of the box office hit of "Rush Hour", overseas distribution companies took the opportunity to reach cooperation agreements with filmmakers, distribution companies, and theater companies in many countries.
John-Denise pushed open the office door and walked in, and put a script on Ryan's desk, "A script sent by a Chinese director."
Chinese director!
Ryan put down the document in his hand, picked up the script and flipped through it, and said, "Transfer the script to Jiahe."
"As for the investment budget of 10 million US dollars, it can be promised."
"For the specific shooting plan, it is best to cooperate with the film company on the other side of the Pacific Ocean."
This script was sent by Ang Lee.
The famous "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the previous life can be regarded as a milestone in Chinese films.
The box office in North America was as high as 128 million U.S. dollars, becoming the first foreign language film in the history of American movies to exceed 100 million U.S. dollars at the box office.
John-Denise wrote it down and continued: "One more thing, there are two gentlemen from Marvel Studios outside who want to interview you personally."
Marvel Studios!
Ryan had a strange look on his face, what the **** is Marvel Studios? It’s hard to talk about Marvel Comics, and I still want to plan to shoot a superhero movie!
"Take them to the reception room and wait for a while."
"Two more cups of coffee to send over."
At this time, in the reception room of Orion Pictures, Avi-Allard looked very complicated.
The newly established Marvel Studios is basically a shell company, not to mention not having sufficient funds, not even the copyrights of the superhero characters that Marvel Comics is famous for, and not even a single one.
As soon as he thought of this incident, he wished to give Ronald Perelman a punch, which not only brought Marvel Comics into the abyss, but even sold the copyright of the most precious superhero characters.
"Avi, do you think Ryan Gosling will agree to our request!" Kevin Fitch looked worried.
It is no secret that Orion Pictures has been buying various copyrights everywhere, which shows that it attaches great importance to copyright.
It is almost impossible for Marvel Studios to recover the copyright of a group of superhero characters from Ryan Gosling, and Marvel Studios does not have the funds.
This is not the copyright of one or two superhero characters, but the copyright of more than 2,000 second- and third-tier superhero characters including "Spider-Man", "Fantastic Four", and "X-Men".
This is still not based on the calculation of the copyright of derivative characters.
"Try it." Avi-Allard couldn't say, and he wasn't sure.
Not long after, Ryan walked into the reception room, just in time to see Avi-Allard and Kevin-Fitch who were deep in thought, their expressions seemed a little lost.
Ryan greeted the two very politely.
In any case, Avi-Allard and Kevin-Fitch were both well-known figures in their previous lives. If Orion Pictures wants to shoot superhero films, it is inevitable to deal with them.
"Congratulations to Mr. Ryan, "Rush Hour" produced by Orion Films is a global hit." Avi-Arad's tone showed a trace of respect and a trace of envy.
Orion Films not only has complete production capabilities and North American distribution channels, but now also has overseas distribution channels.
There's hardly any comparison to Marvel Studios right now.
"Thank you." Ryan nodded with a smile, and asked directly: "I don't know, what do the two gentlemen want to talk to me about!"
Avi-Allard and Kevin-Fitch looked at each other, hesitated, and said, "Marvel Pictures plans to take back the copyright of some superhero characters."
Take back the superhero character copyright!
Ryan couldn't help smiling, "I'm very sorry, I have no plans to sell the copyright of superhero characters, and Orion Pictures has already planned to shoot a superhero character movie."
As Ryan's voice fell, the faces of Avi-Allard and Kevin-Fitch turned pale, and what they were most worried about still appeared.
Orion Pictures intends to make a superhero movie.
"excuse me."
After a long silence, Avi-Allard asked dryly, "Which superhero is Orion Pictures planning to focus on?"
"The initial plan is Blade Runner."
There is no need for Ryan to hide anything, "As long as the response to the film's release meets expectations, Orion Pictures will continue to shoot other superhero films and gradually move a group of superheroes to the big screen."
Speaking of this, Ryan suddenly changed his voice, "I heard that the situation of Marvel Comics seems to be not very good."
An angry look flashed across Avi Allard's face. The situation of Marvel Comics is indeed not good, and it's all caused by the person opposite and Ronald Perelman, that bastard.
I'm afraid it won't be long before Marvel Comics will face bankruptcy again.
What angered him most was that Avi-Allard had searched everywhere for funding since the founding of Marvel Studios.
However, he encountered a very embarrassing thing. Marvel Pictures, which does not have the copyright of many superhero characters, was rejected by several Wall Street investment institutions one after another.
For Wall Street investment institutions, Marvel Studios, which does not have the copyright of a group of superheroes, is a joke, not even as good as some newly established Hollywood film companies.
"Mr. Ryan, what do you mean?" Avi-Allard took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
Ryan shrugged, "Marvel Pictures without the copyright of superhero characters~www.wuxiaspot.com~ will hardly realize your ideals, and Orion Pictures will continue to shoot in two to three years. "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" two series of films."
"So I need someone to run the project."
Avi-Allard was not an idiot, and instantly understood the other party's plan. It was not as simple as just wanting to poach people, but he might also want to buy the entire Marvel comics together.
"It's not something I can decide." Avi-Allard became a little silent.
"But you can come and push this thing."
Ryan didn't go on, but talked about another thing, "I'm also a fan of Marvel Comics, even my sister's room is filled with all kinds of Marvel Comics dolls, and the "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" Getting to the big screen is just the beginning."
"Going forward, Orion Pictures will create an era, an era of Marvel superhero characters."
Avi-Allard was shocked, looking at Ryan in disbelief, even if he didn't say it clearly, he knew what the other party was talking about, a plan so huge that it would make people excited just thinking about it.
"It will take time, and there will be a huge amount of money." Avi-Allard said it almost through gritted teeth.
"You have plenty of time to push this, and I happen to have enough funds." Ryan is not in a hurry.
Anyway, Marvel Comics, which has lost the copyright of many superhero characters, can only continue to go downhill.
No studio other than him would buy a comic book company that lost its rights to a character.
Even, Ryan's plan to acquire Marvel Comics is to prevent things like what happened to the "Fantastic Four" in his previous life.
Otherwise, if a similar situation really happens, it is estimated that Ryan can vomit three liters of blood.
