Chapter 258: box office on the first day

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The release of "Ice Age" almost attracted the attention of most of Hollywood and the media.

Although many traditional hand-drawn animators seem to dismiss Blue Sky Studio and 3D animation production technology.

Even some senior management of Disney directly stated publicly that "Mulan", which will be released in June, will far exceed "Ice Age", and that hand-painted animation feature films are the mainstream.

As for 3D animation production technology, it is only a flash in the pan.

It is expected that the release of "Ice Age" will bring losses of tens of millions of dollars to Blue Sky Studios.

However, as soon as the premiere ended, "Ice Age" first ushered in praise from the media.

"In addition to Pixar Animation Studios and "Toy Story", the second 3D animated feature film "Ice Age" brings together prehistoric creatures and brings them to life on the big screen. As Ryan Gosling said, Blue Sky Studios and Chris-Wedge did it."

"Hollywood not only has Pixar Animation Studios, but also a company called Blue Sky Studios."

A report from The Washington Post.

"Although Blue Sky Studios is not as good as Pixar Animation Studios in handling some details, the style expressed in "Ice Age" gives people a completely different feeling from "Toy Story"."

"Entertainment Weekly" directly compares Pixar Animation Studios and "Toy Story" with Blue Sky Studios and "Ice Age".

"If Pixar Animation Studios and "Toy Story" have changed the way traditional animation films are shot, then the release of Blue Sky Studios and "Ice Age" has completely opened the prelude to 3D animated feature films."

"After Pixar Animation Studios and Blue Sky Studios, DreamWorks Animation Studios also plans to produce a 3D animation feature film, so I would like to ask, where is Disney?"

The "New York Daily" made a long story, and at the end, it suddenly changed the topic and ran to Disney.

Of course, not all media are optimistic about the box office trend of "Ice Age".

In any case, the release of "Ice Age" has become one of the hot topics in North America.

In contrast, "The Horse Whisperer", which was released on the same day, only attracted the attention of a few newspapers and media, and there was a hint of coolness.

It is conceivable that the box office results of "The Horse Whisperer" on the first day will definitely not be too high. Even in some movie theaters, there are only a few spectators in the screening halls, while the screening halls of "Ice Age" are almost the same. full.

Many movie theaters located in the city center had sold out all the movie tickets for "Ice Age" that night before it was completely dark, and the movie theaters had to temporarily increase the number of screening halls.

It shows that the sales of "Ice Age" are booming.

Until late at night, the lights in the Blue Sky Studio were still brightly lit, and almost no employee was absent. Chris Wedge even stood in front of the window of the meeting room, looking at the night downstairs, without saying a word.

Carlos Saldanha sat on the sofa with a tense face, looking at the wall clock from time to time, with an anxious expression.

The first-day box office data of "Ice Age" will determine the future fate of Blue Sky Studios.

From exploring 3D animation production technology, creating "Bonnie Rabbit", to starting the production of the studio's first 3D animation feature film "Ice Age", and then to "Ice Age" being released on a large scale on the first day.

Blue Sky Studios has spent several years on this, and there are tens of millions of dollars in investment. If you count the promotional expenses of Orion Films, it is enough to produce a top Hollywood commercial film.

If the box office of the first day of the film is not satisfactory, Blue Sky Studios will suffer a heavy blow, and even stay away from the field of 3D animation feature film production.

In contrast, Nancy Utley and Sophia Coppola looked much calmer.

Orion Films has produced several films, and they will experience similar situations almost every once in a while, and they have long been used to it.

Ryan kept his head down and played with his mobile phone, diverting the impatience caused by waiting.

If "Ice Age" can be successful, then Blue Sky Studios can not only become the top animation production studio in Hollywood in one fell swoop.

Even Orion Pictures will change because of this.

In addition to live-action film production, it is equivalent to owning a top Hollywood animation feature film production studio, thus obtaining the overseas distribution rights of DreamWorks Animation Studio.

The next step is to find an opportunity to merge DreamWorks Animation Studio into Orion Pictures. Even if Pixar Animation Studios will still be acquired by Disney in the future, Orion Pictures can also be the second child of ten thousand years.

Don't underestimate Wannian's second child. In the previous life, Universal Pictures paid as much as 3.8 billion U.S. dollars to buy DreamWorks Animation Studio.

Paramount bought DreamWorks for just $1.6 billion.

Compared with DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation Studio does not have any distribution channels in North America, nor does it have a large-scale film library. Universal Pictures is still willing to spend 3.8 billion US dollars for this, which is enough to illustrate the value of DreamWorks Animation Studio.

Previously, DreamWorks Animation Studio had a large number of global best-selling works, such as the "Shrek" series, "Madagascar" series, "Kung Fu Panda" series, as well as "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Crazy Primitives" and so on.

Blue Sky Studios has only one "Ice Age" series.

It can be said that the success of "Ice Age" is related to the next development plan of Orion Pictures.

Looking at the time, it was already past four o'clock in the morning. Sofia Coppola couldn't help but said, "Why don't you call the company and ask?"

At the end of the midnight show, the cinema will send the box office data of each film of the day back to the theater company, and the theater company will then collect these statistics and send it to the distribution company of each film.

In the end, Orion Films calculated the box office data collected by a group of theater companies together, and finally initially obtained the box office results of the film's first day.

Even if many theater companies start to use computer and Internet statistics, it will still take a certain amount of time to get the first-day box office data of "Ice Age".

"No need." Ryan looked up at Sofia Coppola and shook his head slightly, "Jon will call as soon as the box office statistics are available."

Jon Fertimer did not come together, but stayed at Orion Films and personally counted the box office data sent by a number of theater companies.

Almost at the same time, in Orion Films, Jon Felthammer kept walking around anxiously, "Has the data from Emperor Cinemas come?"

"For Emperor Cinemas, it will take a few minutes. They need to check again." Ian Taili replied without looking back.

Double check!

Jon Fertimer almost forgot, this is the first theater company that needs to check again.

Normally, theater companies rarely check multiple times, unless there is an abnormality in the box office data of a certain film.

Jon Fertimer took a deep breath and suppressed the impatience in his heart. The last time "Rush Hour" was released, he was not in such a hurry.

It seemed like every second was a torment.

After more than ten minutes, Ian Taili suddenly said: "The box office data of Emperor Cinemas has been transmitted."

"Quickly count them together." Jon Fertimer paused and hurried to the computer.

Not long after, the box office of the film's first day according to preliminary statistics was in front of everyone.

Looking at the box office data in front of him, Jon Fertimer rubbed his eyes and said with some difficulty: "Do the statistics again."

Ian-Terry smiled wryly, "I've counted it three times, and it's the same number every time."

Still insisting, Jon Fertimer said, "Then call the theater company and ask them to double check."

"The theater company has checked it many times. Even if we dare not say that it is 100% accurate, there will not be too much error." Ian Taili said silently.

Jon Fertimer suddenly remembered that it seemed that several theater companies had checked it many times just now.

"Okay, everyone can go back and rest."

"If anyone wants to celebrate!"

"Ian, remember, all the expenses will be paid by me."

After finishing speaking, Jon Fertimer hurried towards the office with the box office data he had just calculated.

On the way, Jon Fertimer almost slipped, obviously he was not very calm.

After about a few minutes, in the blue sky studio, Ryan picked up the phone and listened for a while, "Well, I see."

After speaking, Ryan hung up the phone expressionlessly.

Sofia Coppola, who couldn't wait for a long time, immediately asked, "How much?"

"Did it hit $10 million!"

"The Lion King" released by Disney in 1994 had a three-day box office of US$40.88 million in the first weekend, and "Toy Story" released by Pixar Animation Studios in 1995 had a three-day box office of US$29.14 million in the first weekend.

As long as "Ice Age" hits around $10 million on its first day, failure is almost impossible.

It even became the second non-Disney-produced animated feature film in North America with a box office of over 100 million U.S. dollars, and the first non-Disney animated feature film with a box office of over 100 million U.S. dollars in North America.

At the same time, it is also the second 3D animated feature film in North America to officially break the box office of 100 million US dollars.

But these need a premise. The premiere box office of "Ice Age" cannot be too low, at least it must reach about 10 million US dollars.

Ryan smiled and looked at the anxious Sofia Coppola~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and suddenly joked, "Guess?"

you guess?

An angry Sofia Coppola rolled her eyes, wishing she could rush forward and punch him.

However, at least she can be sure that the first-day box office of "Ice Age" will never be lower, otherwise that **** Ryan might not be in the mood to say what you guess.

"How much?" Chris Wedge asked quickly.

Ryan didn't say anything this time, you guessed it, "According to the preliminary box office statistics from Orion Films, it's about $17.5 million."

"Of course there are some slight errors."

The box office on the first day was 17.5 million US dollars!

Chris Wedge showed ecstasy, and the whole person relaxed. With the first-day box office score of 17.5 million US dollars, it can be said that "Ice Age" has been a success.

The three-day box office in the first weekend of the film can reach at least 30 million US dollars, even surpassing the three-day box office record in the first weekend of an animated feature film created by "The Lion King".

Ryan stepped forward to give Chris Wedge a big hug, and said with joy: "Chris, you will create a record, a historical record belonging to Blue Sky Studios."

"Next, you need to break the news to everyone."

"They really did."

Chris Wedge nodded vigorously, greeted Carlos Saldanha, and the two walked out together.

After a while, the entire Blue Sky Studio was full of cheers.

The original "Ice Age" was released in March, which was a low season for the box office, and the box office on the first day was still as high as 13.46 million US dollars.

Right now is the summer season, and it is normal for the box office to increase on the first day.

What's more, Orion Films has prepared a large number of gifts, which can attract a large number of audiences to the cinema to watch movies.