Hollywood Starts with Animation

"The Sixth Sense" got off to a good start, with more than $36 million at the box office on its first day.

Don't you say that this number is not much?

You know, "Titanic" in 1997, its opening day box office was only more than 28 million US dollars. Of course, the big ship is not the kind of film that explodes at the beginning, so it is not representative.

However, looking at the entire North American film market in 1997, "The Sixth Sense" grossed more than $36 million on its opening day, enough to rank among the top five of the year. Second only to "Jurassic Park 2", which grossed over $72 million on its first day, "Men in Black", which grossed over $51 million on its first day, "Batman and Robin", which grossed over $42 million, and over $37 million. of Air Force One.

Well, there are quite a few. The box office results of "The Sixth Sense" on its premiere day just came in fifth place on the premiere day of the North American annual box office chart in 1997.

Win the box office champion of the day!

On November 14, the film that won the second place was "The Last Day of the Jackal", which was released at the same time as "The Sixth Sense".

The film "The End of the Jackal", also known as "Sniper Professional Killer", was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. As it happens, the film's leading man is also starring Bruce Willis. The film grossed more than $15 million on its first day of release.

To that end, this morning.

Bruce Willis also called Zucker himself to thank him.

"Mr. Wald, I really didn't expect that the first and second movies on the box office chart yesterday were all movies starring me. Do you think it's a coincidence?"

Zucker could clearly hear the excitement in Willis' tone.

"Yes, Mr. Wald, I am indeed very excited."

Willis resisted his excitement and said, "You know. I mentioned to you before that although I am an action actor, I am really tired of being an action actor day after day. I look forward to being able to show the audience to the audience. One other impression, they can say: Hey, look, Bruce Willis can be in other types of movies too."

I have to say that the box office performance of "The Sixth Sense" has far exceeded Willis' expectations.

The reason why he is willing to play the leading role in "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" is to seek transformation and to present a different self to the audience.

As for the box office?

Hehe, that was a total surprise!

Zhu Ke immediately smiled and said, "Willis, I don't dare to take credit. After all, the film can achieve such box office results, and you are also responsible for it."

Afterwards, Zucker and Willis chatted for a while before hanging up.

"Ding~~"

At this time, Angelina Jolie also called.

"Wow, Zucker, you don't know how happy I am now!"

Angelina Jolie was on the phone and said excitedly: "In the morning, when I just went out to exercise, a bunch of reporters gathered around, and they were still chasing interviews. The attitude of giving up."

Can Julie not be excited?

Now she is not the highest paid actress in Hollywood in the future, nor Laura who will resound around the world in the future, but now she is just an ordinary actress.

This is the first time she has experienced the situation that reporters are so sought after!

In fact, even in the history of the original time and space, when Jolie won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 with the movie "The Girl Who Moved the Soul", she was never so sought after by the media.

One can imagine how popular "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" is now.

In terms of theaters, the film was also rated as A+.

This is an extremely rare evaluation among horror/thriller/supernatural films. The theater party contacted Wald Films for the first time and signed a release contract according to the previous contract.

Immediately increased the number of screens released.

......

It didn't take long for Zucker to wash up and start eating.

The bodyguard Zhao Wushuang took several newspapers and presented them to Zhu Ke.

He sighed: "Boss, look at it. This is the "New York State Entertainment News", this is the "East Coast News of the United States", um, and the "California Entertainment News" and so on, all of which talk about our "Supernatural" The Sixth Sense newspaper with good words."

say good things?

hey-hey!

I have to say that as long as it is a person, I like to hear good things. Not many people take the initiative to scold, even the cheeky Zucker is no exception.

The "New York State Entertainment News" issued an article saying: "The film "The Sixth Sense of the Spirit" shows the audience a warm, warm, beautiful film about family and love through the perspective of a little boy."

"Yes, it's a horror thriller!"

"However, whether it's the love between the hero and heroine, or the family relationship between the little boy and his mother, they add a lot of warmth to us in the horror and thriller environment."

...

"New York State Entertainment News" commented on the film with a full 2,000 words, which flattered its optimism about the film.

Seeing this, Zu Ke couldn't help but pouted.

The bodyguard Zhao Wushuang said with a heartfelt heart: "Boss, you can see it too, right? I remember that when you bought the investment share of "Titanic" a few months ago, it belonged to "New York State Entertainment" The newspaper scolded the most ruthless guy who took the lead in making trouble. But now, they are directly praising you and our movie!"

Zucker nodded immediately.

Oh, this is the morality of the media.

Do not!

To be precise, they have no morals at all. As long as there is heat, they will never let it go!

What?

If you say that your attitude is inconsistent before and after, will you be ridiculed?

Think more buddy.

It's ridiculous that you tell the media and newspapers about this.

"Do you know how much effort I paid for the box office success of "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality"?" Zu Ke couldn't help but sigh when he sighed at the lack of discipline in the media.

Why?

In order to maximize the publicity of "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality", Wald Pictures not only spent a lot of publicity expenses, but also let the entire Golden Dawn Entertainment Group fully cooperate.

Advertisements on UPN TV;

The popular singer Eminem, who sold the album, personally sang the theme song of the film;

Icq's pop-up ads;

Wait, there are other advertisements in the subway station, all of which show that Wald Pictures has worked hard to promote the film!

Moreover, in order not to disperse publicity resources, CEO Victor even delayed the release of the movie "Fatal Bend 2", which has a fan base, until next year.

To put it bluntly, the first weekend box office champion in Chapter 139 is still weak in Wald Pictures!

If you look at the Big Six in Hollywood, they're able to release a dozen or so movies a year that they've made in-house and dozens of movies made by other companies.

That's the power of big companies!

Zucker also wanted to do this, but he really couldn't do it, so he could only reluctantly sacrifice "Fatal Bend 2" and move him to next year's release.

Facts have proved that the efforts of Zucker and Wald Pictures have been successful!

The box office achievement of more than 36 million US dollars on its premiere day surpassed the first day of "Human Purge Project" with 27 million US dollars and exceeded the first day of "Juno" with 19.5 million US dollars. The best movie ever!

Without a doubt, this is a huge breakthrough.

It is the most important indicator that Wald Pictures is moving towards a second-tier Hollywood film company!

Look at it, even all the media and newspapers in the United States are singing triumphantly about "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" at this moment.

On Saturday, it took in another $32 million at the box office;

On Sunday, another $25 million at the box office;

In the first three days of the first weekend, the movie "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" accumulated a total of 93 million US dollars at the box office, and successfully won the North American box office champion in the first weekend!

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