Chapter 455: Marvel Studios

In the following time, although Attack of the Clones received bad reviews from the audience to the media, it still firmly suppressed the Two Towers, which was released for four weeks, with the influence of Star Wars and the relationship between the two films. With the exception of a strong Memorial Day performance on Monday, the box office fell below $10 million in all three business days that followed.

Especially The Two Towers, because the hot movie viewing craze is gradually cooling down, the single-day box office of the film has dropped to less than 5 million US dollars on weekdays.

Entering the first weekend of June, although the weekend box office gap between the two films is huge, Attack of the Clones won the second weekend box office chart with an absolute advantage, but the decline of the two shows very different. the trend of.

The former has an average audience reputation, with a favorable rating of only 71% of cinema audiences, and an A- audience rating of CinemaScore, which directly led to a 51% drop at the box office next weekend, with only $39.2 million.

Although the box office of The Two Towers was less than half of its same weekend, compared to the fourth weekend's $22.6 million, this weekend's $13.56 million was only a 40% drop!

Don't forget, Attack of the Clones is only two weekends away, and The Two Towers is in its fifth weekend.

Previously, there were still many people who hoped that the Star Wars series would end Duke's dominance in the summer season in recent years, but the box office trends of the two films clearly proved that the last North American box office and global box office of both sides. , will not stay on the same level at all.

Even those outside the film industry could see that Attack of the Clones simply couldn't challenge The Two Towers at the box office.

Duke and Ivanka's Australian vacation came to an end, and the two returned to Los Angeles with Tina Fey, who had arrived from New Zealand. However, when they left the Los Angeles International Airport, they were chased and intercepted by reporters and paparazzi because they did not take a private jet.

These crazy guys even shouted for Duke and Ivanka to pose in love so that they could show their love in front of the camera.

Unfortunately, neither Duke nor Ivanka. They have no interest at all. They are completely different from Hollywood-style couples. Although this relationship is destined to be low-key, they have no interest in showing off. Those couples who show their affection in the media and in the public are actually known to most of them. The so-called love can only be used for show.

Duke doesn't need to increase his exposure this way. Even if the director needs to stand in front of the screen most of the time now, he is not interested in actively exposing his private life; Ivanka is a little disgusted with becoming a star, and her mind is more on business.

Although Duke would not deliberately hide from the media when he was going around in the past, he had no obligation to cooperate with them.

Back to Los Angeles. Ivanka began to prepare for the company's relocation to Los Angeles. She eventually chose Burbank as the company's address. Under the coordination of Duke, she leased a small office building in Warner as the company's permanent address.

These things. Duke is mostly unhelpful, and he has his own work to do. The special effects production of The Return of the King is nearly complete, and he needs to cut the first cut samples into the version he needs.

At the same time, Attack of the Clones, which only lasted for two weeks, was a mediocre box-office trend. Ended by the newly released Spider-Man, this Marvel superhero movie produced and distributed by Sony Columbia Pictures, although it was sprayed by countless film critics after its release, really showed the power of superhero movies.

In the first three days of North America's first weekend, Spider-Man broke the North American film history record just created by Duke with 114.84 million US dollars, becoming the second film ever to exceed 100 million US dollars at the North American weekend box office.

However, although the response was huge this time, the public opinion was not as strong as that of The Two Towers. The reason is actually very simple. The second person who broke 100 million in the attention is nowhere near as strong as the first person to eat crabs.

However, the impact of The Two Towers is not particularly large. After all, after more than a month of screening, the film has already dropped in both the filming rate and the number of theaters. It is also a super production. In terms of film quality and publicity With a guarantee, how can a film that has been released for a month compete with a film that has just been released?

The explosion of Spider-Man has benefited not only Sony Columbia Pictures, but also Marvel Comics. Peter Parker and Wolverines have instantly made Marvel's superheroes dazzling, and countless film companies have paid attention to them. They all invested in the Marvel headquarters in New York, but after Marvel received Duke’s investment, there was no shortage of funds in the short term, especially the final cosmic plan thrown by Duke, which made Marvel’s executives ambitious and ready to build a company that belongs to Marvel. Wei brand superhero movies.

Although it's still in the planning stages on paper, Marvel doesn't want to sell its children anymore, and Spider-Man and the X-Men have already made them regret it.

With the help of Spider-Man, in mid-June, Marvel Studios officially announced its establishment. In order to be close to Hollywood, Marvel specially placed the address of this film subsidiary in Burbank, and in Duke's With support, Kevin Feige became the first CEO of Marvel Studios.

There is only one purpose for Marvel to set up a film company.

At the press conference of the establishment of the film company, Kevin Feige said to countless reporters, To make a superhero movie belonging to Marvel, our initial plan is to launch the first superhero movie in 3 to 4 years.

Can you ask about Marvel's specific plans? A reporter immediately asked, What is the first superhero movie?

Of course there are plans.

Just after Kevin Feige finished speaking, another reporter asked, The movie industry is not the comics industry. Is it too risky for Marvel to rush into the movie industry?

We certainly know the risks and have a sound plan for that.

Speaking of which, Kevin Feige timely led the topic to Duke, who was sitting next to him, The whole plan comes from Director Rosenberg, and Director Rosenberg will be the supervisor and implementer of the entire film plan. One. With Director Rosenberg there, Marvel has a lot of confidence in Marvel superhero movies.”

The reporter immediately turned to Duke, but Duke chose the question of an old acquaintance.

Sarah from the Los Angeles Times asked the question that the two sides had communicated for a long time, Can you tell me what the first superhero movie of Marvel Studios is?

For a complete novice at Marvel Studios, the success or failure of the first superhero movie is extremely important, so it's no surprise that Duke said, Tony Stark, Iron Man!

How soon can this movie come out?

We need three to four years to prepare!

Marvel Studios is a new company, and this is a series of plans, hurriedly launched without sufficient preparation? That's an outsider's choice.

Mr. Fitch said just now that Marvel has a series of plans, what are they?

You saw it when Iron Man came out...

After the press conference, there was a regular reception. The reception was held at the Annabelle Hotel, which was not very far away.

Not only is the hotel close to Marvel Studios' headquarters, it's not too far from the Warner Towers, just over a mile, but Warner Bros. CEO Doug Walter, who will take over next month, was also at the reception.

Although Marvel and Warner's DC have a relationship of cooperation and competition, they have more time to compete, and the two sides have been dead enemies for decades.

Duke, I don't know what to say.

In the face of Marvel's largest shareholder and Warner Bros' largest individual shareholder, Doug Walter was a little helpless, DC's Superman and Batman movies are waiting for redemption, but you, the shareholder, have come to terms with Marvel. Together.

Although the words were not serious, Duke still heard dissatisfaction.

This is normal, and whoever is about to take the CEO position will have some opinions.

Doug, there are some things I wanted to talk about in detail after you become CEO...

As soon as he said this, someone came to say hello. Duke had to interrupt what he said to Doug Walter and exchanged a few words with him. When he sent the man away, when he turned around, he saw Doug Walter let The female companion stopped the person who came to greet him, obviously unable to wait.

Originally, about DC, Duke wanted to wait until Doug Walter officially took over as CEO next month before discussing it in depth, but now that the other party has confirmed that he will take over, he started talking again, so let's just have a conversation.

However, this is not the place to talk.

Right next to him, Tina Fey had already called the hotel to ask for a reception room. Duke and Doug Walter stopped staying, left the banquet hall, and walked directly into the reception room.

Duke, do you have an idea for DC's superheroes?

As soon as he sat down, Doug Walter couldn't wait to say, Our superhero movies have been sinking for too long, and people have forgotten the glory they once created.

In the superhero movies before the new millennium, only Superman and Batman have achieved great success, but these two series fell on the fourth part. For the sake of the entire series, Warner Bros. finally had to temporarily seal it.

I've been thinking about superhero movies since Batman and Robin failed.

Hearing Duke's words, Doug Walter's eyes lit up immediately, So you're interested in directing superhero movies?

In his opinion, if anyone can save DC's comic book movies, that person is Duke.

Doug, the current special effects technology is developing very fast, superhero abilities, it's getting easier and easier to show on the big screen, and...

Duke briefly said a few words, and then said, I think that in the future, superhero movies will become the mainstream of the market, and Warner Bros. and DC should have a long-term systematic plan for this! (To be continued~ ^~)

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