Chapter 783: The Argonaut Project

The Oscar PR is still going on. Before the final vote is over, the contenders will never give up easily. Gravity also spent its third weekend in the North American market, and the box office trend is still strong, only down from the second weekend. Thirty-five percent, with a harvest of 37.29 million U.S. dollars, plus the gains of the previous four working days, the North American box office has broken through the 250 million U.S. dollar mark, reaching 258.97 million U.S. dollars.

Overseas, the number of regions where this film was released has increased to 108, and the overseas box office is also growing rapidly. The global box office has steadily passed the 500 million US dollar mark, reaching as high as 527.88 million US dollars!

More importantly, after a long period of screening, the word-of-mouth of the film is still strong, which is extremely conducive to the film's subsequent Olympic success.

Time slowly entered late January. When Sunday came, Duke threw away all the work in his hands and came to Pasadena, a suburb of Los Angeles, with the goal of the famous Rose Bowl.

This is one of the most famous stadiums in the United States, which can now accommodate more than 90,000 people. Built in the 1920s, the Rose Bowl Stadium is famous for holding the college football bowl every year, also known as the Rose Bowl.

However, it is temporarily home to Duke's Los Angeles Raiders as the NFL season progresses.

After the Raiders moved from Oakland to Los Angeles, they could only lease this famous stadium as a temporary home because they did not have their own stadium for the time being. Construction officially started in summer.

After two seasons at most, his Los Angeles Raiders can relocate to their home games.

Those who came to watch the game with Duke were Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney, but when they walked through the long corridor of the stadium and were led by the team's special reception staff, they entered the VIP seats , I also saw many peers in the industry.

Such as Mark? Wahlberg, Matt? Damon and Ben? Affleck and Jessica? Chastain and so on.

Even though it's not the Super Bowl. It was the American League Finals, where the winner between Duke's Los Angeles Raiders and the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers will advance directly to next month's Super Bowl.

Hi, Duke.

Hi Duke...

Sitting in the box specially prepared by the team for the owner, people who knew him nearby came to say hello. Duke also responded one by one, not only the people he saw before, but also many familiar faces among the people who came over one after another.

For example, Orlando Bloom, who has cooperated with him, or a newly rising Canadian singer Justin Bieber.

Do not know why, Duke saw Justin? Bieber and Orlando? Bloom seems not quite right, but the seats are far apart. They only exchanged a look of obvious hostility here at Duke, and then returned to their respective places.

The attendance rate is not bad.

Eyes circling the stadium, Leonardo DiCaprio said to Duke, It's better than I thought it would be.

You imagined it? Duke said, leaning on his seat. Do you think the whole stadium should be empty?

Of course not. Leonardo shook his head, I thought half the attendance would be good.

George Clooney went to Ben Aflack's side, leaving only Duke and Leonard, and the conversation between the two was more relaxed and casual. Jokes and teasing words also jumped out of Leonardo's mouth from time to time.

I see! He pointed to the two stands on the left and the opposite side covered with a huge Raiders team logo, and said suddenly. You have covered up these two large stands, so it seems that the attendance rate is high.

Duke shrugged, but said nothing.

While not directly involved in the running of the club, he also knows the Raiders haven't quite turned into the Raiders of Los Angeles. Even if Nancy Josephson's ICM and the team itself have done a lot of promotion work, it will take time to achieve this goal.

Coupled with the nearly 100,000 capacity of the Rose Bowl, the direct consequence of this is that the attendance rate of the team's games is not too high. Since the NFL officials have rigid regulations on the attendance rate, every game day, the team simply will The two grandstands on the top level of the Rose Bowl are covered to make it look like there aren't many empty seats.

This is the most common practice among all professional sports leagues in the United States.

The attendance rate of the Los Angeles Raiders last year was far lower than it is now. Professional sports have always relied on the performance of the game. This season, the Raiders not only made the playoffs, but also entered the finals of the American League. Two steps away, this has greatly pulled the market, and since the playoffs, the team's game-day attendance has been greatly improved.

Los Angeles is the second most populated area in the United States, and it is also a huge market. Whether the Los Angeles Raiders can grab a piece of delicious cake from many professional sports teams depends on whether they can achieve corresponding good results.

If the team can win a Super Bowl in the last two years, the marketing work will undoubtedly become much smoother.

Hey, Duke.

The voice of greeting was heard again. George Clooney walked over with Ben Affleck. Duke stood up and shook hands with Ben Affleck. Hi, Ben.

The upper circle of Hollywood is so big, the two parties are not very familiar with each other, but they have always met before.

Right now the odds are in favor of your Raiders in Las Vegas.

Unlike the external bullying, Ben Affleck was still humble enough in front of Duke, and flattered, The current Raiders are very popular. The combination of Tom Brady and Marshawn Lynch is unbeatable. People can stop it, making it to the Super Bowl is definitely not a problem.

thanks.

After being polite, Duke gestured to the chair in the box, Sit whatever you want, Ben.

As Ben Affleck said, after more than a season of running-in, the Los Angeles Raiders have been on the right path, but to enter the Super Bowl, you need more than just the strength and fitness of the team. tactics, but also have enough good luck.

Several people sat together and talked about meeting the Raiders. Before the game started, Ben Affleck suddenly changed the topic to movies.

Obviously, that's what Ben Affleck is here for.

The Hollywood star, whose acting career has narrowed and narrowed, and has rejuvenated his career through the transformation of a director, said, Duke, have you heard of Hollywood's Argonaut plan?

The name was quite familiar, but Duke couldn't remember it for a while, so he shook his head, I seem to have heard it somewhere, but I can't remember it.

After speaking, Duke looked at Ben Affleck, waiting for his explanation.

It's like this. When the Islamic Revolution in Iran reached its peak in 1979, militants attacked the US embassy in Tehran and took 52 hostages. However, 6 Americans took the opportunity to escape. In order to rescue them, the CIA, Cooperating with Hollywood, they formulated a filming plan called Argo, and wanted to bring the film crew back to the United States by going to Iran to pick up locations...

Hearing about the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Duke understood what Ben Affleck was talking about, but he didn't interject, but patiently listened to Ben Affleck's words.

I want to make this into a movie.

After he said these words, he glanced at Duke and saw that he didn't say anything, and said, I have obtained the relevant adaptation rights, and I am also looking for someone to write the script, but I haven't found a suitable investor yet.

Duke thought for a while and asked, Ben, who are you going to ask to direct this project?

This... Ben Affleck scratched the back of his head. I want to direct this movie myself.

Although he has already directed a movie, he is still a newcomer in the directing industry, and Ben Affleck is well aware of this.

Considering the previous movie, the investment should not be too high. It seems that the box office is not bad. In fact, such a movie has a certain market in North America, especially after decades of smear campaigns by the mainstream media in North America. In the hearts of the North American public, it is synonymous with terrorism.

This film can be said to have made excellent use of this point and has a sufficient market audience.

Because, Duke just thought about it for a while, and said, Well, Ben, you come up with a detailed plan as soon as possible. If possible, one of my film foundations will invest in your film. If it is released in the future, it can be handed over to Warner Bros. brother.

Ben Affleck didn't seem to expect things to go so smoothly, with a long face overjoyed, he said quickly, I promise, I will send the plan to you as soon as possible.

He winked very much, and stood up voluntarily after speaking, Duke, I won't bother you, see you another day.

See you another day. Duke nodded slightly to him.

The intention to invest in Ben Affleck's film is not only because it is a project with a low return on investment, but to a certain extent, Duke is also giving George Clooney some face. After all, he is the one who introduced Ben Affleck. Affleck is here.

Anyway, after the release of Gravity, George Clooney did a lot of hard work for the film's public relations work and launched his own network.

The Duke trio then turned their energies to the upcoming game, perhaps spurred by the Los Angeles Raiders' run to the AFC Finals, a game that set a new record for ticket purchases since the Raiders relocated from Oakland to Los Angeles. The number of spectators entering the stadium exceeded 60,000.

For the Los Angeles Raiders, this is a gratifying achievement, and it also means that the team is gradually integrating into the land of Los Angeles.

Just want to really become a part of Los Angeles, the Raiders have a long way to go, but Duke has enough patience. (to be continued ~^~)

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