Chapter 413: near christmas

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With Christmas approaching, Hollywood ushered in a new era, one that belongs to the "Harry-Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" era.

From "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" and "Inception" released in 1999 to "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" in 2000, the global box office of three consecutive films exceeded 800 million US dollars.

Prior to this, there were only two films, "Titanic" and "Independence Day", with a global box office of more than 800 million US dollars.

Among them, "Titanic" is the only film with a global box office of more than 1 billion US dollars.

It can be said that a film with a global box office of 800 million US dollars is one level, a box office below 800 million US dollars is one level, and a film with a box office of more than 800 million US dollars is another level.

However, where Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone goes at the box office, it could be a second "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" or even "Titanic."

With the end of the four-day holiday, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" ushered in the first working day.

At the same time, the film also ushered in a test.

On Monday, the box office of the film fell sharply, with a drop of more than 67%. The single-day box office fell below 10 million US dollars, and it only received 6.64 million US dollars at the box office, which is somewhat regrettable.

Weekday "Harry-Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" doesn't do as well as "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."

However, the film's box office rose astonishingly on Tuesday, rising 15 percent to $7.65 million.

On Wednesday, the film's box office trend rose again, and it was a sharp increase, with an increase of more than 65%. It took only one day to harvest 12.64 million US dollars at the box office.

The media watching was full of surprises, and even many staff members of Orion Films couldn't help being amazed.

Except for Monday, the two consecutive working days saw increases, which is enough to show that the box office trend of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will be very healthy.

The box office of the film fell slightly on Thursday, with a single-day box office of 12.25 million US dollars.

After four consecutive working days, the cumulative box office of the film reached 39.18 million US dollars, with an average difference of only a few hundred thousand US dollars, which can reach 10 million US dollars at the box office.

Starting from the next weekend, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" once again showed the power of the golden iron triangle.

The box office went up 87% on Friday, earning $22.98 million at the box office, $21.08 million on Saturday, and $13.41 million on Sunday.

In the three days of the next weekend, the film received another 57.47 million US dollars in votes, including the 39.18 million US dollars box office in the four working days. Able to cross the $100 million mark.

The accumulated box office in North America reached 207.8 million US dollars.

At the same time, the overseas box office also ushered in big sales, and the cumulative box office in the UK reached 54.27 million US dollars.

Germany broke its first-week box office record with $18.7 million.

Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland also set opening records.

The most surprising thing is that the box office of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" reached 60.9 million US dollars in the first weekend in 31 overseas countries, once again creating a box office record.

It broke box office records in Australia, Greece, Israel, Japan ($12.5 million), New Zealand and Spain.

However, the miracle created by "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is far from over.

According to the predictions of Orion Films and Warner Bros., in the next weekend, overseas box office will earn more than 60 million US dollars.

For a time, the worldwide sales of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" became inevitable.

The only thing that puzzles the media is whether the North American box office of "Harry-Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" can surpass that of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and win this year's North American box office ranking.

Until early December, when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" set off a magical frenzy around the world.

Orion Films has begun preparations for a large-scale concert with the theme of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

This is a warm-up for the release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers" in May next year.

In addition, there is also the public relations promotion of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" being nominated for an Oscar.

As the first film in the trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", it is almost impossible to win any important awards.

More for the third installment, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

In fact, even without the promotion of Orion Films, with the influence created by the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and its contribution to Hollywood, the Future Academy will inevitably award important awards to "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".

With the preparations for the concert, the first trailer of "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers" officially landed on major TV stations in Europe and America.

At the same time, the release date of the film was officially announced. The first weekend in May 2001

At the same time, the trailer of "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra" also began to land on North American TV stations.

As soon as the trailers of the two films came out, Orion Films immediately became a hot topic in the media and on the Internet.

"Wow, G.I. Ops: Rise of Cobra's heroine is Charlize Theron!"

"The Lord of the Rings: The Rider of the Two Towers is finally here."

"I'm looking forward to the release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers", and "Harry-Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is also a masterpiece."

The global sales of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and "Harry-Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", as well as the trailers of "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers".

For movie fans all over the world, Orion Films has become one of the seven major Hollywood film companies, and has become the only new giant in Hollywood since the 1990s.

But other Hollywood studios are sad.

“First weekend in May!”

The film crew of "The Mummy Returns" was full of sadness, and the director of the film, Stephen Sommers, frowned, "I have confirmed with Orion Films that the specific release time of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is May 4."

Ever since Orion Films officially announced the release time of "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers", what he has been worrying about has finally come.

"It's the same as the release time initially set by Universal Pictures." He couldn't imagine that "The Return of the Mummy" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Trooper of the Two Towers" would be released at the same time.

Although "The Mummy Returns" is the sequel film of "The Mummy"~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The global box office of the first "Mummy" reached 415 million US dollars.

But "The Return of the Mummy" needs to face the second part of the trilogy produced by Orion Films, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". "The Mummy" more than doubled its global box office.

What's more, "Gladiator" jointly produced by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures last year met with "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring". The two epic themes were released at the same time, which almost caused DreamWorks to vomit blood.

Even if DreamWorks chose to postpone the release time of "Gladiator", it was still hit by "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".

It has been less than a year since "The Return of the Mummy", also produced by Universal Pictures, will be released at the same time as "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers", and it is another two epic films.

Stephen Sommers wondered if Orion was interested in targeting Universal.

Of course, as the most competitive summer file every year, the collision of the release schedules of two films is an unavoidable thing in itself.

"Stephen, what are you going to do!" Rachel Weisz, the heroine of the film, couldn't help asking.

"I will contact Universal Pictures to change the film's release date." Stephen Sommers said without hesitation: "I don't think Universal Pictures would like to see "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" be released at the same time."

John Logan was silent for a while, and said: "Then there are only two options left before us. The first is to postpone the release time just like "Gladiator."

"In this way, "The Return of the Mummy", which is also an epic film, will face critical eyes from the audience, unless we choose to release it in advance."

"That would lose the summer slot, though."