Chapter 138

In the early morning, there was a knock on the door, and Adaman, who was out for morning exercise, knocked open the door excitedly, and said loudly: "Hey! Smith." Adaman twisted his body, and said, "You know, now the whole Los Angeles is talking about our mummy!"

  Zhang Dongcheng poured a glass of milk and said while drinking: "Adaman, don't you even read newspapers?"

"Of course not!" Adaman made himself a cup of instant coffee, and said while stirring, "But reading the newspaper is as refreshing as going to the street to experience it yourself! Wow! Why didn't I play a coffee in the movie?" What about the character? If I did, I might have a little girl dating me by now! It's such a pity!"

   "Okay, stop playing tricks! Do you know today's box office figures?" Zhang Dongcheng asked and got to the point.

"How do I know this?" Adaman, who took a breath of hot air carefully and sipped his coffee, suddenly widened his eyes and said, "Hey! Dude! You have to go to Carl, the capitalist, for this question, because only he knows the bottom line of the box office. how many!"

   "No need!" Zhang Dongcheng smiled confidently and said, "I think he will contact me soon!"

  Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive! Zhang Dongcheng's voice just fell. The phone rang.

   "Oh! Smith, you don't understand the legendary witchcraft, do you?" Adaman looked at Zhang Dongcheng in surprise and said, "Can you tell me which horse will win the horse betting tomorrow?"

   He gave Adaman an angry look, and Zhang Dongcheng naturally knew that he was joking. After picking up the phone and connecting, Zhang Dongcheng was quickly stunned.

   "Smith, what are you doing now? Are you interested in going shopping with me?" Patricia asked in a seductive tone on the phone.

   "Of course. But you are in the limelight now, aren't you afraid of being photographed by reporters when you go out now?" Zhang Dongcheng did not directly refuse.

   Patricia giggled, and the voice became more attractive: "Now that the movie is finished, you won't stay in the room forever, will you?"

  Zhang Dongcheng touched his nose in embarrassment, mummy shooting is indeed very tiring, even the shooting of two big smoking guns did not bring him such a great psychological pressure.

   Now that the movie is finally released, Zhang Dongcheng doesn't want to go out for a moment, he just wants to relax at home.

  Now that Patricia is calling. Zhang Dongcheng will naturally not disappoint the beauty. Immediately nodded and said: "Okay! Where are you, I'll go find you!"

  At this time, Adaman, who had been paying attention to Zhang Dongcheng, finally realized that he was not talking to Carl. Adaman's eyeballs rolled around, and soon the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a weird smile.

  After agreeing on the location with Patricia, Zhang Dongcheng hung up the phone and saw Adaman staring at him with bright eyes.

  Glancing at Adaman strangely, Zhang Dongcheng said: "What do you want to do?"

   "No! How can you think of me like this? We are best friends!" Adaman showed an exaggerated expression of grievance.

   "Okay, friend! I'm going out now, so don't stand in my way!" Zhang Dongcheng pushed Adaman away and walked towards his bedroom.

"Hey! Smith, you must be careful. You must know that you are the most popular film director now. If there are scandals, be careful that Victoria and Halliwell in England will come to your door! Oh, it will simply change. It will be a disaster!" Adaman gloated.

   "Shut your crow's mouth!" Zhang Dongcheng's roar came from his bedroom.

   Playing crazy with Patricia all morning, while eating at a western restaurant at noon, Zhang Dongcheng received a call from Mr. Carl. At the same time, I also know yesterday's box office figure - 9.66 million US dollars!

yes! On the second day after the opening of the painting, the box office data was 9.66 million US dollars! Although not as amazing as the first day, it is still a number that surprised all film critics. When Carl notified Zhang Dongcheng of the box office figures, he never forgot to joke: "Oh, Smith, the box office figures of "The Mummy" can definitely exceed our imagination, I seem to think it will never stop, haha!"

  Zhang Dongcheng is not so optimistic. In his opinion, the box office of the Mummy movie will soon decline.

Sure enough, on the third day, the box office dropped directly to 7.2 million US dollars; on the fourth day, it rebounded slightly, and the box office reached 7.65 million US dollars; on the fifth day, it was 6.43 million US dollars; on the sixth day, it was 6.03 million US dollars; dollars.

  First week box office: 53.47 million US dollars! More than half a billion!

  After the first week's box office was counted, Zhang Dongcheng finally felt relieved. This movie was shot two years in advance. But the box office in the first week was more than 10 million US dollars more than two years later.

   This is definitely a kind of success, but this kind of success cannot be replicated. After all, the affairs at the Getty Center are simply playing with fire. If Zhang Dongcheng hadn't turned the tide in the end, I'm afraid this movie would have died a long time ago.

  After more than 50 million US dollars in the first week, the second week was released on November 8 because of "Ransom Storm" directed by Ron Howard. As a result, the box office shunted, and the Mummy's box office dropped significantly, falling directly to 41.2 million US dollars.

   In the third week, in the box office fight with "Ransom Storm", although the mummy had the upper hand, the box office was reduced to 32.9 million US dollars.

   After continuing to rake in $29.54 million in the fourth week, the fifth week hit Disney's 17th classic cartoon "101 Dalmatians"; resulting in only $18.08 million in the fifth week.

  After the box office statistics for the fifth week come out, the mummy will basically be drawn in most movie theaters.

  During the five weeks when The Mummy was released, two big-budget movies hit consecutively, and the Mummy even finished "Ransom Storm"! Although the weekly box office gap between the two parties is not obvious, you must know that The Mummy was released a week earlier than "Ransom Storm".

  Finally, when the mummy was painted, the total box office in the United States reached 175.19 million US dollars. It can be ranked among the top ten box office movies in 1996.

  The top ten movie box office records throughout 1996, the highest is "Independence Day" which was released on July 3, 1996. The U.S. box office grossed more than 300 million U.S. dollars, making it the well-deserved box office champion this year.

   Ranked second is "Tornado", which was released on May 10 this year. The box office in the United States is more than 240 million. The same unattainable number became the second place this year.

   The third place is "Mission: Impossible", a long-lasting movie with many consecutive films. The box office in the United States reached more than 180 million US dollars, becoming the third place.

  If there is no mummy, then the fourth place will be "Mr. Sweetheart", which will be released next month. The box office of more than 153 million occupies the fourth place.

   But now the fourth place is going to the mummy's head!

   Although "Ransom Storm" was originally one of the top ten box office in 1996. When I painted, I got more than 136 million US dollars.

  But in front of the mummy, the only thing left is to be obediently suppressed below. Completely blown up by the mummy. There is a box office gap of almost 40 million US dollars between the two parties. Not only did the Mummy movie steal the limelight, but the actors in the movie also gradually appeared in the lists of various directors.

   As the director of the film, Zhang Dongcheng naturally also rose with the tide. Become one of the most lucrative commercial directors in Hollywood.

  The reason for adding one is because there are too many commercial directors in Hollywood who can make money. And there's a behemoth looming over every commercial director's head. That is former truck driver James Cameron.

  This is known as the most money-burning director in Hollywood, except when filming "The Abyss", because of emotional problems, he wrote the script a little suspense, which led to the final box office failure. There are almost no examples of failure.

   But now this guy is supposed to be filming a shipwreck tertiary film. The filming started last year. It almost dragged down Twentieth Century Fox, and investors almost didn't sell their underwear. In the end, it was forced to drag Paramount Pictures into the pit together, and borrowed money from the bank to continue filming smoothly.

  But when it is released next year, this movie will become famous in one fell swoop, dominating the highest box office record and maintaining it for thirteen years. It was eventually broken by Cameron himself.

   After Shipwreck, Cameron would establish his reputation as the most profitable commercial director.

   Right now, all of this has nothing to do with Zhang Dongcheng, at least not yet.

  After getting the total box office figures, Zhang Dongcheng was extremely excited. Even the Mummy, which was released in 1999, only had a box office of more than 150 million in the United States. But today in 1996, the number of mummies produced by himself has exceeded this number by nearly 20 million.

  According to the original agreement, Zhang Dongcheng gave up all follow-up income such as DVDs, and directly took 20% of the box office. He could get more than 35 million US dollars from the box office in the United States alone.

  Of course, part of this money needs to be taxed. Even if he pays about 20% tax to the tax department, his gross profit can reach nearly 30 million.

After the overseas box office is also counted, according to Zhang Dongcheng's guess, even if the overseas box office figure is the same as that of The Mummy in 1999, reaching the level of 258.4 million, he can still get a total of about 80 million. The remuneration is about US dollars.

  And Ender, who learned of the success of the mummy, was almost **** off.

In a villa in Los Angeles, Ander was losing his temper wantonly. He picked up a bottle of red wine beside him, threw it on the ground with a bang, and cursed, "Damn Smith, this yellow-skinned monkey is actually It worked! Gavin, what you said earlier would make this yellow-skinned monkey a complete failure and get out of Hollywood. But now? Look at your plan, it's terrible!"