Chapter 847: The Record Maker
Maybe it is really old, the sky by the window is slightly pale, Rupert Murdoch put on his clothes, and walked out of the bedroom. Since the 'tapping door', his sleep quality is extremely poor. The fight over the family property made him even more troubled. Fortunately, as time went on and he was forced to break up News Corp., the pressure from the federal government and Walt Disney finally eased.
And after he agreed to Ryan Jenkins' conditions, the imminent divorce battle disappeared. Although he paid twice as much as the 30 million US dollars in the prenuptial agreement, he finally got rid of the woman who made him lose face.
Walking onto the spacious balcony, Murdoch looked in the direction of Los Angeles. He never thought that the young man, who was only 30 years old, would force him into such a situation. Although his media empire was not completely divided, But for at least 20 years, I am afraid that there will be no chance to compete with Disney again.
Even, this once huge empire will become weaker and weaker in the internal friction of several sons and daughters who have become enemies.
Despite being in such a situation, it's not that Murdoch didn't think about fighting back, but now he has no strength to fight back. What he wants most now is to see Disney suffer bad luck, especially when it comes to big investment projects.
Even if it is as powerful as Walt Disney, if The Avengers fails, it will be a huge loss.
Sitting at the table on the balcony, the butler not only brought coffee, but also the newspapers he must read every day.
Unlike in the past, Murdoch did not look at the political and financial pages first, but directly turned to the entertainment page. Yesterday was the time for The Avengers to fully land in North American theaters, and now the box office on the first day should be released.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, the white porcelain coffee cup in Murdoch's hand fell heavily on the tray made of the same material. The tray immediately fell apart, and brown liquid also splashed out. It landed on the newspaper, and next to the stains, there was an unusually eye-catching number. This number was paired with a little coffee, just like Jim Carrey's exaggerated expression, mocking some people's wishful thinking.
A new single-day box office record in North America, created by The Avengers! $88.95 million!
This is the headline of the entertainment edition, and this is a number that will definitely be remembered in the film history of North America and even the entire world!
After taking a few deep breaths, the expressionless Murdoch calmed down. As one of the owners of the six major Hollywood film companies. He is naturally aware of the horror of this number.
This is not the final box office, not the box office of the first week, just the North American box office of Avengers in one day!
For the sake of your own body,
Murdoch closed the newspaper, but the figure of 88.95 million US dollars, like a curse, was always entangled in his mind, and he could not have a moment of peace...
Saturday, The Avengers was still going strong. With the word-of-mouth spread of the audience, the film is already hard to find.
Although 4,349 theaters in North America have already opened up their screenings, the surging crowds still caused the ticket sales system of Emperor Entertainment Group, the largest theater chain in the United States, to respond slowly and almost crashed due to too many customers buying tickets at the same time; The machine was damaged due to overload due to too many swiping cards by customers, so tickets can only be sold in cash.
If not booked in advance. It is now impossible to buy tickets for The Avengers that day at the theater.
When Sunday comes, The Avengers collected US$81.15 million from North America on the second day of its release, which is also the highest Saturday box office ever in North America!
at this time. The box office statistics of the other 114 countries and regions where the film was released at the same time have also been completed. The global first-day box office of The Avengers reached 255.55 million US dollars!
In a short period of time, The Avengers even set off a movie-watching craze that surpassed Avatar.
With the expansion of the scope of film screenings. There were also voices of disapproval, even cynicism.
There are many kinds of film rhythms. There are visual rhythms and emotional rhythms. For movies, emotional rhythm is a necessary condition, and visual rhythm is an irrelevant condition. Visual rhythm movies without emotional rhythm are really drowsy. , They fought so hot, the audience was like watching a few runny-nosed kids fight over a piece of bubble gum, and they pretended to be interested in waving flags and shouting out of disbelief, which is just too funny.
A superhero movie like this cannot please everyone, especially those who think they are full of artistic vision, and the movie itself is not made for these people.
No one forces you to buy a ticket to watch a superhero movie. If you want to watch a slow-paced movie that promotes the development of the film's story with emotion, you can go to an art theater. Why go to watch a commercial movie and make yourself guilty!
The following reply can be said to be the best response to that kind of moviegoers. After all, even fools know what a Hollywood superhero movie looks like, but they have to use a literary mind and deliberately use ' From an artistic point of view, I can only say that these people have a serious tendency to be masochistic.
On Sunday, the popularity of The Avengers began to decline, and the tense situation of movie tickets in North America was eased to a certain extent. The word-of-mouth of the film's audience is still strong, and word of mouth is more powerful than any means of publicity.
$65.57 million!
Here are the North American box office results for the third day of The Avengers!
When the new week began, the North American first-week box office of The Avengers stayed at the terrifying figure of 235.57 million U.S. dollars. This is also a new North American first-week box office record. The original record held by Star Fire has increased by more than 70 million US dollars!
And such a hot box office blowout didn't just happen in North America.
In 11 countries and regions including Hong Kong, New Zealand, Malaysia, Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Central America, and Bolivia, The Avengers also set a new box office record for its premiere; The Avengers also had the second or third best opening ever.
In three days, the whole world set off a wave of superheroes called Avengers. Under this wave, the global box office of The Avengers easily broke through the 700 million US dollars mark in the first week, with 711.31 million US dollars. This figure is also the first time in the history of world film.
Perhaps because of the sluggish relationship of those former well-known film critics, in contrast to the soaring global box office, the professional and audience reputation of The Avengers is quite good.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the praise rate of The Avengers is as high as 95%, and the data of the market research organization shows that the audience rating of The Avengers is the highest level of A+, which is the first film in 2010. An a+ acclaimed film.
And on the Ryan Disney Family Online website, the fan score of The Avengers is as high as 97 points!
After the working day kicked off, The Avengers, like all movies, began to decline to a certain extent in the normal pattern. On Monday, the box office dropped sharply to 26.5 million US dollars, and the remaining Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were basically maintained. Around this figure, when the film was released in North America for a full week, the cumulative North American box office has reached 349.88 million US dollars!
In terms of global box office, it is close to the $1 billion mark!
A new round of weekend box office statistics in North America kicked off again. The Avengers also has a real competitor. Kung Fu Dream produced by Sony Columbia Pictures avoids Toy Story 3 which has a somewhat overlapping audience. , deliberately put the schedule in May.
After all, in the eyes of most people, there is a clear difference between the audience of Kung Fu Dream and the audience of Avengers.
However, the popularity of The Avengers has far exceeded Sony Columbia Pictures' prediction, and the humor and scale of the film are also very suitable for some minors to watch.
On Friday, The Avengers, which has been released for a week, ushered in a sharp rebound. The North American box office soared to more than 32.5 million U.S. dollars, while Kung Fu Dream on the first day of painting was only more than 15 million U.S. dollars...
Sony Columbia has realized that things are not so good.
In fact, Sony Entertainment's executives discovered this situation last week, but as Kung Fu Dream was approaching the release date, they were unable to make any further adjustments, otherwise the promotional costs of up to 50 million US dollars would be lost. Float.
Such a loss is even more unbearable for them.
Therefore, Kung Fu Dream became a victim of The Avengers crushing the box office chart this weekend.
On Saturday, the North American box office of The Avengers rose strongly, earning $49.5 million in one day. Although it declined on Sunday, it still earned more than $38.5 million.
The North American box office of The Avengers in the second weekend was as high as $120.12 million!
As a competitor in the same period, the cumulative three-day box office of Kung Fu Dream can't even match the box office figures of The Avengers in any one day. The executives of Sony Columbia Pictures are destined to cry and faint in the toilet.
Ten days after its global release, the North American box office of The Avengers has exceeded 470 million US dollars, and the global box office is close to 1.3 billion US dollars!
The big sellers are not only the box office of the film, but also peripheral products such as comics, dolls, toys, and character image licensing, which have also brought huge income to Disney. It is also within ten days, even if nothing else, just the character image For one license, Disney took $285.9 million from all over the world!
In order to further promote the film, Disney also announced that the Marvel Universe project has entered the second phase, including Thor 2, Iron Man 3, Captain America 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Avengers 2 and many other films. The film has entered the official preparation stage! (to be continued...)
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