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The box office of a film depends not only on film-related factors such as quality and publicity, but other off-site factors will also have a profound impact. The most typical one is the source of the film, such as films from Europe and Asia, even if the quality of the film itself And the publicity has passed, but 99% of the time, North American audiences still won't buy it.

After reading the competitor's information, Duke found out that although "The Heroes of the Mountain" is produced by Carlock Pictures - the producer of "Terminator 2", and now the boss of the second-tier Hollywood label - but the biggest investor comes from Silvino Berlusconi!

That's right, the boss of AC Milan! He was also the first producer of the film!

It may seem like an inconsequential factor, but it always has some impact on the film.

Then there is the most important point, because the distributor Twentieth Century Fox took a considerable part of the proceeds of "Terminator 2", which led to the end of the cooperation between Carlock Pictures and it. Choose the seven most powerful distribution labels at present, but use the second-tier distributor Samsung Pictures!

Although this is also one of the old labels with a history, no matter its ability or publicity and distribution channels, it cannot be compared with the seven major labels, and distribution is by no means a matter of having the distribution rights and distribution capabilities to win the same production films in North America. A theater line of 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 new entrants will never be allowed to rush to the same level.

Now the leader of the second-tier companies, Carlock Pictures, is the focus of the restrictions. They only won 2,300 theaters for the production cost of "The Hero of the Mountain", which cost as high as 70 million US dollars, far less than the 2,512 of "Brave to the Dead Island". Family.

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

There are many ways for giants to encircle and suppress newly emerging companies. The distribution channel can be said to be one of the simplest, crudest, most direct and most effective ways. Just like dealing with DreamWorks in the future, there are not enough distribution channels. No matter how high-quality content Spielberg and Jerefer Katzenberg can produce, they can't save DreamWorks' fortunes.

Let alone acquiring a distribution company, it is a pipe dream to be able to distribute films on a large scale in North America and even around the world!

Katzenberg and Spielberg have been deeply rooted in Hollywood for more than 20 years, and their capabilities and capital are strong enough, but they still can't do it. Can those who joined Hollywood a few years ago do it?

If it is facing a weak opponent, "The Hero of the Mountain" will definitely win, but when the opponent is replaced by Warner Bros. and Duke's "Breaking the Dead Island", its inherent 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, and it got 5.76 million US dollars!

However, the weekend box office of "Brave the Dead Island" also showed the normal pattern of high-audience movies, rising slowly to 7.25 million US dollars, still beating "The Heroes of the Mountain" and "Interview with the Vampire", which was at the single-day box office first!

At this point, this weekend's box office trend has been decided, and even if Carlock Pictures and Samsung Pictures want to do something, it's too late.

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"Pat, the latest data! Tell me!"

It was a new Monday morning, and after Tom Cruise rushed to the CAA building, instead of seeing the other condo agents, he went straight into the office of the female agent, Kimsley, who had brought him up.

"Interview with the Vampire is not bad!"

Pat Kingsley looked at the sponsor 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 accumulated 60.68 million US dollars, and it should be over 100 million in the end. no problem."

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

"What about "Brave to the Dead Island"?" He said anxiously, "Won the box office champion again?"

"Yes!" Jinsili found a document, opened it and looked at it, "'Brave to the Dead Island' was 22.89 million dollars, beating the 18.51 million dollars of 'The Hero of the Mountains', and won the second box office. No. 1, and Duke Rosenberg has his fourth box-office No. 1!"

"$22.89 million!" Tom Crusmer calculated for a while and squeezed out a sentence, "The total box office is $78.89 million, damn it! It may break 100 million this week!"

His face darkened instantly.

"Calm down, Tom!"

When it comes to understanding Cruise, Nicole Kidman is definitely not as good as Pat Kingsley, "Stop doing stupid things and saying stupid things, you smear Duke Rosenberg and "Brave" Dead Island" will only be worth the loss!"

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 depended on fame. If the two sides poured black water on each other, the most unlucky one must be Tom Cruise.

As long as there is a suggestion from the manager, Cruise is still a relatively clear-headed person, dispelling the unreliable thoughts that have just arisen in his heart, and leaning back on the back of the chair.

"Tom, this is just a normal business competition." Pat Kingsley also tried to persuade Cruise, "You and Duke Rosenberg have no personal feud, so there's no need to continue confrontation!" "The big sale also proves that he is a commercial film director who is in a period of rapid growth, don't tell me you can't see the benefits of being with such a director!"

"Speed ​​of Life" easily popularized Keanu Reeves and Uma Thurman. After "Brave Island", Ed Harris, Nicolas Cage and Christopher, who were originally unknown · Li is so hot...

What if it was me who played Stanley Gusby? Tom Cruise can almost predict that everyone will completely treat him as a box office elixir, and the lower part of the salary can even shout 20 million US dollars plus at least 10% of the revenue share!

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

Regardless of Tom Cruise's actual thoughts, Brave Island, like all successful summer releases, emerges from a fiercely competitive stranglehold and continues to hit new box-office heights, even as showtimes dwindle. Growth, box office figures have risen, and film critics who never belong to the market and the general public are attacking the film more and more, and the professional rating even dropped to about 7 points, but it has remained above 80% of the audience. A-level positive ratings are enough to ensure that the film continues to harvest every dollar from the theater.

When Duke and others walked all the way through cities such as Philadelphia, Atlanta and Nashville, and finally stopped in Miami, when the entire North American journey ended, "Brave Island" also spent its third weekend in North American theaters. And got $14.39 million at the weekend box office.

Although unsurprisingly slipped to No. 2 on the box office charts, adding up to $11.22 million in the first four working days brings the North American total to $104.5 million!

The North American box office of the film successfully exceeded 100 million!

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

That's right, Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park is coming in strong, but any film that wants to make a difference in the summer season is avoiding the weekend in late May and early June.

Yes, Duke isn't afraid of competition, but not being afraid doesn't mean banging your head against the iron!

In the third weekend of its release in North America, "Brave to the Dead Island" also landed in three English-speaking countries, 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 reaction will not be bad.

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

This million dollars doesn't seem too much, but now that Eastern Europe has undergone drastic changes and the Soviet Union has disintegrated, most countries and regions in the world have opened their doors to Hollywood, except for romance films and shit comedy films with distinct North American characteristics, such as action Movies and sci-fi movies that are super-selling, the final overseas box office can completely crush the North American box office, and some can reach 1.5 times or even twice.

However, in today's era, the information exchange is not smooth, and it is impossible to achieve a real global simultaneous release. In most overseas regions, it often takes three months to six months or even a year to end the show in North America. It is very troublesome to divide and settle the payment, and it is normal that the account is not paid for a long time.

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

According to the original contract, the lawyers hired by Duke and the accounting team of PricewaterhouseCoopers participated in the preparation, shooting, publicity and post-screening of the film throughout the whole process.

Hiring these highly specialized and reputable companies is also expensive. In addition to the base salary of $1 million, they also enjoy a 5% share of Duke's investment income.

In this highly commercialized society, there is no gain that can be obtained without effort, especially when supervising Hollywood companies that have always had a bad reputation and hiring a professional team at a high price, the final loss is likely to exceed the remuneration paid!

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