Chapter 449: The first and second place are mine!
A few days later.
After the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" expanded its theaters, it immediately received a good response from the North American box office market, and the box office surged!
Before the expanded screening, the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in North America for more than 20 days, and only achieved box office results worth more than tens of millions of dollars.
but!
When the film expanded its first day after its screening, even on weekdays instead of weekends, it blatantly won a single-day box office score of $6.7 million, ranking first in the box office chart of North American movies that day.
Previously, the "Drug Network" movie, which won multiple single-day box office championships in a row, received 5.2 million US dollars in the same day, which unfortunately ranked second.
As soon as the news came out, my colleagues in Hollywood were not calm.
"Look, take a good look!"
"Let me just say, before the Oscar nomination list is announced, the outcome of "Drug Network" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is still unknown!"
"God! It's really amazing! I thought Wald Pictures' trip to Olympics was about to end. I never expected that just the first day after the expansion of the number of screenings, it suppressed "Drugs" in one fell swoop. Network". Tsk tusk tusk~ There is a good show to watch!"
"Say no?!"
"In 2000, Wald Pictures really rose!"
"Not much else, "Butterfly Effect", "Spider-Man", "Fatal Turn 3", "Human Removal Project 2", "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"...not counted I don’t know, after the calculation, Wald Pictures made a crazy profit last year!"
Most of the hot box office colleagues of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" come from Hollywood second- and third-tier film companies.
On the other hand, the Big Six in Hollywood, DreamWorks and MGM, were silent.
They rarely have executives discussing in private.
No way, the old face can't hold it!
Shortly after.......
On January 22, 2001, the well-known American media "Hollywood Weekly" released the 2000 annual North American movie box office rankings.
As soon as this report came out, entertainment companies in the United States, as well as movie fans who love and pay attention to movies, bought this issue of "Hollywood Weekly" as soon as possible.
It's all for this list of the annual North American movie box office rankings in 2000.
The results are as follows:
1. "Spider-Man 1", North American box office of 330 million US dollars;
2. "Harry Potter", with a North American box office of 271 million US dollars, is currently still in theaters, and the box office will further increase;
3. "Christmas Geek", North American box office of 247 million US dollars;
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19. "Human Elimination Project 2", North American box office of 107 million US dollars;
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43. "Butterfly Effect", North American box office of 60.75 million US dollars;
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50. "Fatal Corner 3", North American box office of 49.3 million US dollars;
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On the top 50 list of the annual box office rankings in 2000, Wald Pictures was very conspicuous, occupying 5 places in one fell swoop. At the same time, the most interesting thing is the existence of the top two!
"Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter" occupy the top two positions of the list, which directly caused a major earthquake in the integration industry.
"Very unbelievable!"
Harvey Weinstein, President of Miramax Films, when interviewed by reporters, he bluntly said: "Since the reform of Hollywood film companies and theaters in 1988, movies produced by the same film company, They occupy the top two in the annual box office rankings in North America, which is unheard of."
"So far, this is the first time!"
"Undoubtedly, Wald Pictures is the craziest film company in Hollywood in 2000!"
Shocked!
Extremely shocking!
New Line Film Company.
Owner Xie Yi also said: “A number of films made by a film company have all entered the top 50 of the annual box office rankings. No, it’s not uncommon, but there are 5 films in the top 50 all at once, which is amazing! Besides, the first and second places are also owned by Wald Pictures!"
Emperor Gate Entertainment.
Patrick, one of the Big Three, sighed: "You are talking about the first list, look at the second list. In 2000, the North American movie box office rankings 51st to 100th, Wo Erde Films is also amazing enough, occupying multiple places in one fell swoop, and it has released as many as 3 films from other film companies that have entered the list."
"Tsk tut~ awesome!"
DreamWorks Animation Company.
Jeffrey Katzenberg said very seriously: "Don’t forget the "Finding Nemo" animated film. The animated film "Finding Nemo" released in 1999 was launched by Water World Animation, and it has been used worldwide in one fell swoop. A staggering box office of over US$900 million was sold."
"That is, in 2000, Water World Animation did not have a new animation film released, otherwise the top three on the list might be rounded up by the guy Zhuke Wald."
For a while, the entire industry was shocked.
Especially in the six major Hollywood companies, many executives gritted their teeth.
What a shame!
If Wald Pictures only occupies one place in the top 3 rankings, they would have to complain at most, not necessarily how angry. However... Wald Pictures directly occupies the first and second place, which makes them very unacceptable for the superior guys.
"What do you want me to say? What else can I say?"
"shame!"
"Shame!"
"Fortunately, Water World Animation's "Finding Nemo" movie was released in 1999, not in 2000, so the first three are all his?"
The six major Hollywood companies, except for Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, who have made friends with Zhuke, the other four have less scruples~www.wuxiaspot.com~ plus DreamWorks and MGM, Originally, I was quite dissatisfied with Zhu Ke himself and Zhu Ke's film company, and was jealous.
right now?
He stomped his feet with anger, wishing to give Wald Pictures to death!
This list is single, and although Zhuke himself and Wald Pictures have made enemies and a few more jealous guys, it is also good.
No, it is the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie that is directly affected by it.
January 29.
The 73rd Oscar Organizing Committee announced the list of nominations for the Oscars for the films released in 2000.
The film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee, invested and released by Wald Pictures, won 10 nominations in one fell swoop.
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Photography, Best Editing, Best Theme Song, Best Film Score, Best Makeup... ..
It is absolutely amazing enough!
"Even if it can't win so many awards in the end, Wald Pictures' journey to Olympics this year is enough to be awe-inspiring." Warner Bros. Pictures CEO Barry Meyer said.
Nominations for 10 items made Wald Pictures very happy.
At the same time, Zhuke is also very happy at the box office!
Up to now, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movies are available in North America, and have won more than 60 million U.S. dollars in the box office, and broke the highest box office of more than 57 million U.S. dollars in North American foreign language films created by "Life Is Beautiful" in 1998. Record.
Shocked!
One of Zhu Ke's emphasis on dog legs, the Los Angeles Entertainment News wrote an article for the first time: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie is expected to become the first North American foreign language film with a box office of more than 100 million US dollars!"
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