Chapter 25: crush the lost world

In the past, "Titanic", because it was released in the Christmas season, as long as it leads the Christmas season, it will always be the off-season at the box office, and it can always lead the box office.

In fact, the same is true, "Titanic" has topped the North American weekly box office chart for 15 consecutive weeks!

Such mythological records are of course impossible to place in the summer vacation.

Even Dunn is already mentally prepared to give up his position to "Jurassic Park 2" after being the number one in the weekly box office for two weeks.

Early on Thursday, Jurassic Park 2 grossed $9.5 million, Friday's $19 million, Saturday's $23 million, Sunday's $18.6 million, and a total of over $70 million in its first week!

With such first-week box office data, Jurassic Park 1 and Titanic ranked third in film history, which is considered a good ranking.

But Steven Spielberg couldn't laugh at all.

Because the box office of "Titanic" was even more popular that week, exceeding $85 million, a drop of less than 15%!

Such an unstoppable box office trend shocked the entire Hollywood, but also made Spielberg smile bitterly.

Even the box office in the first week was not as good as that of "Titanic". It is conceivable that after this, "Jurassic Park 2" will no longer have the opportunity to suppress "Titanic".

In fact, it is.

In the fourth week of the release of "Titanic", the box office still exceeded 60 million US dollars, and the total North American box office reached 330 million US dollars!

The box office of "Jurassic Park 2" fell by more than 50%, and the box office of the week was only over 30 million US dollars. According to market estimates, the North American box office of this film is just over 200 million US dollars.

Fiasco!

Before the release of the two films, "Titanic" was the joke of the whole Hollywood and even the whole United States, while "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" was a super blockbuster that attracted much attention!

But what about the result?

"Titanic" is like a giant. Along the way, it crushes everything, and even the dinosaurs that have always amazed and awed movie fans have to humble way.

Shame!

Steven Spielberg has become the godfather of Hollywood commercial films since he became famous by filming "Jaws", and all monsters and monsters must avoid him when they encounter him.

This also made Spielberg's status in Hollywood more and more inflated, and even went out with the ambition to open a DreamWorks studio that wanted to compete with the six major film companies!

Unexpectedly, this summer, a child under the age of 20 stepped on the top of his head and became famous in one fell swoop!

With Steven Spielberg's status and prestige, naturally he can't degenerate into deliberately embarrassing junior directors, but it's true that he's upset.

Just like Francis Coppola, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick and other big-name directors were unhappy with him back then!

Time has entered June, and many commercial blockbusters have been released. Under the attack of films such as "Prison in the Air", "Men in Black", "Life and Death 2", "Batman and Robin", "Titanic" Finally gave up the top spot at the box office, and the weekly box office fell sharply, more than 55%, down to 30 million US dollars.

In particular, "Men in Black" starring Will Smith was another big surprise this summer. The box office exceeded $65 million in its first week, and its cool and gorgeous scenes caused quite a stir.

Such a result naturally squeezed the living space of "Jurassic Park 2" even more.

By the end of June, the North American box office of "Jurassic Park 2" was only 180 million US dollars, while "Titanic" broke through 400 million and reached 450 million US dollars!

The records set by "Jurassic Park 1" are now shattered one by one in front of "Titanic".

The official stage of the summer program is from July to September, so the craze about "Titanic" all over the world is one after another, and the movie has not been released in many places. So far, the overseas box office is only 340 million US dollars.

But even so, the total global box office of "Titanic" has reached 800 million US dollars, and everything is moving towards the figure expected by Dunn Walker!

On July 1, Cameron, Dunn, Leonardo and others took Cameron's private plane to the UK to attend the UK premiere.

Starting today, "Titanic" will officially open to the world!

It can be expected that in the next two or three months, the box office of the movie will have a crazy growth.

In the UK, everyone saw Kate Winslet with a slightly haggard face.

"How are you?"

As her two best friends in the crew, Dunn and Leonardo embraced with concern.

Kate rolled her hair and forced a smile, "I'm fine."

Tang En frowned, "Is that guy embarrassing you?"

Kate returned to China to deal with the dissolution of the engagement a month ago. Judging from her face, it seemed that the situation was not very good.

Kate's pretty face was extremely disappointed, she shook her head, "It's okay, I can handle it."

Leonardo said displeased, "Kate, don't you take us as friends?"

Kate felt the concern of the two and sighed: "The matter has been resolved, I paid a hush fee."

"Sealing fee?"

Dunn and Leonardo's expressions changed. They didn't expect things to develop so badly. Her fiancé's character... is too bad, right?

"Forget it, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem." Dunn patted Kate's arm, "As long as the trouble is solved, I still have some cash in my hand, if you need help..."

Kate finally smiled happily, "Thank you, Dunn, I don't need it for now, but... I think I need to pick up a play right away."

Dunn nodded, "Okay, don't tire yourself too much, remember, no matter what happens in the future, Leon and I will always stand behind you."

Leonardo also made a statement immediately.

Kate was a little moved, and simply hugged the two of them, "Thank you, it's my luck to have you two good friends."

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Dunn's assistant George Paxton also came to London, Dunn has a very important task for him.

"George, you immediately go to the major bookstores and look for fantasy and magical literary novels for teenagers. Remember that they are novels, not fairy tales."

It is naturally impossible for Tang En to expose the title of the book directly, it would be incredible.

George's ability is mediocre, but his brain is good, "Dawn, do you want to create a fantasy movie for teenagers?"

Dunn asked him to inquire about the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings". UU Reading www.uukanshu.com found that it had been purchased by New Line Pictures, and was working with Peter Jackson to bring this epic classic to the big screen.

George naturally thought of Dunn's idea.

Dunn didn't deny it, "It does mean that."

George frowned and said, "Dawn, you know... I'm not good at negotiating. I think it's better for your agent to come forward in this matter."

"William?"

Tang En pouted, his face a little disdainful.

He was so disappointed in his agent, William Mihawk, that he almost fired.

With the hot box office of "Titanic", more and more director invitations were made to Dunn. William Mihawk seemed to have never seen the world. To be able to make him happy and flatter Tang En happily.

Dunn knew that although he was the director of "Titanic", his qualifications and age were too poor. No film company would take such a big risk to give him a commercial blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million yuan. In contrast, commercial directors such as Steven Spielberg, Mel Gibson, and Ridley Scott, who have multiple successful works, are safer.

But William Mihawk, as Dunn's agent, can't always be hungry, right?

Therefore, Dunn has completely lost trust in this incompetent agent, and it is impossible to entrust such an important task to him.

"It doesn't matter, I have a plan in mind, you can do it."

A small loss in the negotiation could not change Dunn's determination.

What's more, he knew the general trend of the future.

Using the temporary lack of interests to pursue longer-term guarantees of interests is the advantage that the reborn should bring.