Chapter 376: 3rd weekend

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Without too much trouble, Tobey Maguire signed a three-film contract with the "Spider-Man" crew and officially joined the crew's preparations.

It didn't take long for Tobey Maguire to experience the benefits of joining the Spider-Man crew.

In less than a few days, Orion Films arranged a talk show interview.

In this regard, Tobey Maguire is very cooperative.

According to the pre-publicity plan set by Orion Films.

From the time when the main actors of the film joined the crew, various makeup photos, shooting highlights, anecdotes among the actors, etc. will be regularly released on the website.

The initial publicity strategy of Orion Films is very obvious, mainly focusing on the Internet, not only does not need to spend too much money, but also achieves good publicity effects.

In addition, Tobey Maguire will, as Spider-Man, cooperate with Orion Pictures, Marvel Pictures, and Marvel Comics to promote the role of Spider-Man to comic fans.

Before the filming officially started in July, Ryan was going to ask someone to shoot a promotional video for Tobey Maguire, which only lasted less than three minutes.

At that time, he will appear on many TV stations and online media as Spider-Man.

It can be said that Ryan attaches great importance to "Spider-Man", even more than "X-Men".

In the future, the little spider will also be a member of the Avengers.

This must be an unprecedented superhero film. Ryan knew that the success of "Spider-Man" must have the core characteristics of the film.

For example, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, which is what he wants to express through the film.

In addition, with the outbreak of the September 11 incident, the image of American soldiers plummeted, and the heroes in the minds of countless people collapsed.

However, the release of "Spider-Man" is like a ray of dawn across the dawn. It turns out that we still have superheroes, which just caters to the North American box office market.

A bit similar to the release of "Wolf Warrior 2".

If it was released at another time, maybe "Spider-Man" would still be successful, but it would not achieve a sensational effect.

With great ability comes great responsibility, which directly became one of the most classic lines.

The character image of Spider-Man has penetrated into the hearts of every American.

Just when Ryan was involved in the preparations for the "Spider-Man" crew, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" swept the entire May schedule.

On Tuesday working day, the single-day box office of the film once again exceeded 10 million US dollars, with a single-day box office of 12.05 million US dollars, including the 93.63 million US dollars in the previous few days.

The accumulated box office in North America reached 105 million US dollars.

In just four days after its release, the film's box office in North America exceeded 100 million US dollars, making it the fastest film to break 100 million US dollars at the North American box office.

On Wednesday, it earned another $11.75 million at the box office, and on Thursday it earned $11.26 million at the box office. After four working days, it earned a total of $48.58 million at the box office.

A number that is enough to make people dumbfounded.

The three-day box office of many large-scale commercial films in the first weekend may not necessarily reach 48.58 million US dollars.

So far, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has grossed $142 million in its first week.

Next, the film will usher in the next weekend and overseas release.

Faced with the $142 million box office in the first week of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", DreamWorks and Universal Pictures once again postponed the release time of "Gladiator" and directly changed it to early June.

According to the forecast calculated by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures, the box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" will still reach more than 40 million U.S. dollars in the second weekend.

Even a third weekend, there's a good chance it'll be well over $20 million.

"Gladiator", which was released at the same time, not only had to face the impact of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", but also faced the increasingly picky tastes of the audience and the cynicism in the media.

Your best bet is to avoid The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring's hit season altogether.

DreamWorks and Universal Pictures predicted very accurately, and the box office data for the next weekend of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" once again left people stunned.

It grossed $14.53 million on Friday, $15.46 million on Saturday and $13.25 million on Sunday.

In the three days of the next weekend, the film earned a total of 43.24 million US dollars at the box office.

The accumulated box office in North America reached 185 million US dollars.

With the arrival of the second working day, the pace of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" still hasn't stopped.

For four consecutive days, the North American box office was fixed at more than 9 million US dollars.

With a box office of US$11 million on Monday and US$10.01 million on Tuesday, the film’s accumulated box office in North America exceeded US$200 million, making it the fastest film to exceed US$200 million in box office in North America

It earned $9.56 million at the box office on Wednesday and $9.02 million on Thursday.

The accumulated box office in North America reached 225 million US dollars.

In the overseas box office market, it has also achieved very dazzling results, winning the box office championship in many countries and regions.

All the media in North America are a little numb. No matter how amazing the results of "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" are, it seems to have become a matter of course.

This film has locked in this year's annual box office champion in advance for Orion Films.

Not even any media questioned it.

Until the arrival of the third weekend, the popularity of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" will inevitably decline, and no film can continue to sell well.

Besides, this is the summer season, the most competitive time of the year in the North American box office market, and there may be large-scale commercial films released at any time.

Just in the third weekend of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", on May 19, the North American box office market ushered in a big-budget film, Disney's "Dinosaur" and DreamWorks' "Hala on the Road".

"Dinosaurs" is an animated feature film with a budget of more than $120 million, and "Hara on the Road" is a low-budget comedy film with a budget of only $15 million.

""Dinosaur"!"

"A traditional hand-drawn animated feature film?"

On Santa Monica Beach, under a huge parasol, Ryan drank cool juice through a straw and chatted with Chris Barker and Adriana Lima.

"Chris, are you familiar with this animated feature film?" Ryan asked, looking sideways at Chris Buck.

In his previous life, he had never heard of "Dinosaur", a traditional hand-drawn animated feature film produced by Disney.

To be precise, before Disney acquired Pixar Animation Studios, there were not many animated feature films he had heard of.

Among them, the most famous one should be "The Lion King", which was released a few years ago.

The reason is very simple. Except for "The Lion King", in recent years, Disney has not released a single animated feature film that can be a big box office hit.

In contrast, the 3D animation feature films produced by Blue Sky Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, and DreamWorks Animation Studios are familiar to everyone.

However, after Disney acquired Pixar Animation Studio ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ at that time Disney produced several 3D animated feature films, he was very impressed.

Such as "Frozen", "Big Hero 6", "Moana" and so on.

"This is a very impressive hand-drawn animated feature film." Chris Barker said with some emotion.

"A wonderful hand-drawn animated feature film?" Ryan asked curiously.

Can impress Chris Barker, obviously a good hand-drawn animated feature film.

Chris Barker shook his head and said, "From the perspective of traditional hand-drawn animated feature films, this is a very good film."

"However, the investment in this hand-drawn animated feature film is too high, with an investment budget of more than 120 million US dollars, it is impossible for Disney to recover the investment cost from the box office."

In fact, as Chris Barker said, the box office of the original "Dinosaur" is definitely not very good.

In the first three days of the weekend, it earned $38.85 million at the box office, and the North American box office reached $137 million.

At first glance, this is a very good box office result.

It is a pity that the budget of this hand-drawn animated feature film is too high, and the overseas box office is only tens of millions of US dollars, and the global box office is 195 million US dollars.

Obviously, Disney cannot recover the investment cost and publicity budget through the box office.

Of course, this hand-drawn animated feature film is not a failure. Disney can fully realize profits through peripheral products and copyrights.

Another film released at the same time, DreamWorks' low-cost comedy film "Halla on the Road", earned a box office of 68.54 million US dollars in North America alone.

Compared with the film's $15 million investment, it is considered a great success.

It shows that it was released in the North American box office market, and comedy films are very popular and have a large number of loyal fans.