Chapter 83

The box office of a film is not only determined by film-like factors such as quality and publicity, but other off-site factors can also have a profound impact. The most typical is the source of the film, such as films from Europe and Asia, even if its quality Passed through with publicity, but in 99% of cases, North American audiences still won't buy it.

After reading the competitor's information, Duke discovered that although "Breakout" is the producer of Carlock Pictures-"Terminator 2", now the boss of the second-tier Hollywood label-but the biggest investor comes from Silvinho Berlusconi!

That's right, the owner of AC Milan! He is also the first producer of the film!

Maybe this seems to be an irrelevant factor, but it will always have some impact on the film.

Then there is the most important point, because the publisher Twentieth Century Fox took a considerable part of the revenue of "Terminator 2", which led to the end of the cooperation between Carlock Pictures and it, and there was no Choose the most powerful seven major release labels, but use the second-tier publisher Samsung Pictures!

Although this is also one of the old labels with a history, no matter the ability or the promotion and distribution channel, it can not be compared with the seven major labels. The distribution is by no means the right to issue, the limit and the ability to issue can be obtained in North America. Cinemas with the same production and the same scale, especially in the extremely competitive summer season!

There is one thing that no one can deny. Hollywood is a circle controlled by giants. They can cooperate and compete with each other, but they will never allow new entrants to rush to the same level.

Nowadays, the leader of second-tier companies, Carlock Pictures, is the focus of the restriction. They only won 2,300 theaters for the production cost of US$70 million, which is far inferior to the 2512 of "Breathtaking Island." Family.

The gap in the number of theaters brings a gap in the box office!

The giants have a variety of methods to encircle newly emerging companies. Distribution channels can be said to be one of the simplest, most rude, most direct and effective methods. It is like dealing with DreamWorks in the future. There are not enough distribution channels. No matter how high-quality content Spielberg and Jeff Katzenberg can produce, they cannot save the fate of DreamWorks.

Not to mention the acquisition of a distribution company at random, the large-scale distribution of films in North America and the world is a pipe dream!

Katzenberg and Spielberg have been deeply rooted in Hollywood for more than two decades, and their abilities and capital are strong enough to still be unable to do this. Can those who have joined Hollywood within a few years can do it?

If you face a weak opponent, "Breakdown" is bound to win, but when the opponent is replaced by Warner Bros. and Duke's "Breakthrough Island", its innate weakness in production and distribution has seriously affected The overall trend of the box office over the three days of the weekend.

On Saturday, like most movies, the box office rose significantly in a single day, earning $5.76 million!

However, the weekend box office of "Break into Death Island" also showed the normal pattern of high-audience movies, slowly rising to 7.25 million US dollars, still squeezing "Breakout" and "Interview with the Vampire", located in the single-day box office First!

At this point, the overall box office trend for this weekend has been determined. Even if Carlock Pictures and Samsung Pictures want to do something, time is too late.

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"Pat, the latest data! Tell me!"

This is a new Monday morning. After Tom Cruise arrived at the CAA building, he did not go to see the other condo agents, but went straight into the office of the female agent Jinsli who brought him up.

"Interview with the Vampire" is not bad!"

Pat Kingsley looked at the gold owner sitting opposite, suppressed the unhappiness caused by the interview some time ago, and said, "This weekend I got 17.43 million US dollars and the North American box office totaled 60.68 million US dollars. no problem."

If it was the past, Tom Cruise would definitely laugh. A film with a box office of over 100 million in North America can not only consolidate the current position, but also allow him to continue to climb to the top of Hollywood, but now his mind is fundamental Not on it.

"What about "Break into Death Island"?" He said anxiously, "and won the box office champion again?"

"Yes!" Jinsli found a piece of information, opened it, and read it, "Break into the Deadly Island" for $22.89 million, which beats "Breakout" for $18.51 million and won the second box office Ranking champion, Duke Rosenberg also won his fourth box office champion!"

"$22.89 million!" Tom Cruise calculated silently for a while before squeezing out a sentence, "The total box office totaled $78.89 million, **** it! This week may be over 100 million!"

His face instantly darkened.

"Calm down, Tom!"

Speaking of what Cruise knows, Nicole Kidman is definitely inferior to Pat Kingsley, "Stop doing stupid things and saying stupid things, you discredit Duke Rosenberg and "Brave Chuang "Death Island" will only outweigh the gain!"

Her client is a star, or an idol star, and the other side is just a director, a behind-the-scenes profession that has never relied on reputation. If the two sides splash black water against each other, the most unlucky one is definitely Tom Cruise.

As long as there is an agent's suggestion, Cruise is still a clear-headed person, dispelling the unreliable thoughts that had just occurred in his heart, and leaning back on the back of the chair.

"Tom, this is just normal business competition." Pat Kingsley also tentatively persuaded Cruise, "You and Duke Rosenberg have no personal grudges, and there is no need to continue confrontation!" "The big sales also proves that he is a commercial film director who is in a fast-rising period. Don't tell me you don't see the benefits of having such a director!"

"Life and Death" easily became popular with Keanu Reeves and Uma Thurman. After "Break in Death Island", they could only be regarded as the unknown Ed Harris, Nicholas Cage and Christopher. ·Li is hot...

If the person who played Stanley Gusby was himself, what would happen? Tom Cruise can almost expect that everyone will completely treat him as a box office panacea, and the lower salary can even call out 20 million US dollars plus at least 10% of the revenue share!

After taking a few deep breaths, Tom Cruise said slowly, "I know what to do!"

Regardless of Tom Cruise's actual thoughts, "Courage to Death Island", like all successful summer films, stands out from the fierce competition and continues to hit new box office heights, although with the time of the show The increase and the increase in the box office numbers will never belong to the market and the public. The attack on the film is getting more and more intense. The professional score even once dropped to about 7 points, but it has been maintained at more than 80% of the audience. The a-level praise rate is enough to ensure that the film continues to harvest every dollar from the theater.

When Duke and others walked all the way from Philadelphia, Atlanta, Nashville and other cities, and finally stopped in Miami, ending the entire North American journey, "Break into Death Island" also spent the third weekend in the North American theater. And got a weekend box office of 14.39 million US dollars.

Although unsurprisingly slipped to the second place in the box office list, but with the cumulative total of 11.22 million US dollars in the first four working days, the total box office in North America has reached 144.5 million US dollars!

The film's North American box office successfully broke 100 million!

However, Duke is very clear that this should be the last week of the film's high box office superposition, and it can only rely on the screening time to accumulate in the future, because on the new weekend, even if it is placed in the box office 20 years later, it will be terrifying. He deliberately avoided the movie that he dared not compete head-on with is coming soon!

That's right, Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" is coming, but any film that wants to make a difference in the summer file has avoided the weekend schedule of late May and early June.

Yes, Duke is not afraid of competition, but being afraid does not mean that you have to hit your head on an iron plate!

On the third weekend of its release in North America, "Brave to Death Island" landed in the three English-speaking countries of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. These three places are also one of the five English-speaking friend areas and are generally popular in North America. , The market response will not be bad.

The weekend box office data of US$6.12 million in the United Kingdom, US$3.24 million in Australia, and US$780,000 in New Zealand successfully occupied the local box office champions respectively.

This tens of millions of dollars does not seem to be too much, but now that Eastern Europe has undergone drastic changes and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, most countries and regions in the world have opened their doors to Hollywood, except for romance films and **** comedies with distinctive North American characteristics, like action For super-best-selling movies such as movies and sci-fi movies, the final overseas box office can completely crush the North American box office, and some can reach 1.5 times or even double the box office.

However, in this era, the information exchange is not smooth, and it is impossible to achieve real global simultaneous release. Most overseas regions often take three months to six months or even one year after the downgrade in North America. It is very troublesome to split the payment, and it is normal to not have the account for a long time.

Now Duke's thinking is that the North American box office is as high as possible, and then with one-fifth of the North American market's revenue share, he can repay his mother's $10 million loan, and the remaining 10% of the proceeds can be divided into interest. Wait for the overseas share to be settled slowly.

According to the initial contract, the lawyers hired by Duke and PwC's accountant team participated in the preparation, shooting, publicity and later screening of the film.

Hiring these highly specialized and credit-guaranteed companies is also expensive. In addition to the basic remuneration of one million US dollars, you also enjoy a 5% share of Duke's investment income.

In this highly commercialized society, there is no gain that you can get without paying, especially for Hollywood companies that have a bad reputation for overseeing, and hiring a professional team at a low price, the final loss is likely to exceed the reward!

After entering June, Lee, Cage, Harris and others went to Europe to continue to promote the film. Because of the relative lack of attention from the director, Duke returned to Los Angeles. Many people in the City of Angels were waiting for him.