I’m in Hollywood

[I accidentally wrote the wrong chapter number, this should be chapter 835, take the time to let the editor change it]

Titanic had already hit $447 million last week, and it is almost certain that it will surpass Star Wars's $460 million North American box office record this week. Eric didn't have much surprise in his heart. Hearing Christina's excited tone, she was obviously also a fan of Titanic.

The sleepiness dissipated, Eric turned sideways, looked at Christina lying beside him with a smile, and said, We'll talk about this later, now...

Saying so, Eric suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed Christina's slender waist and pulled her over, then turned over.

Yeah - hehe, no, Christina struggled with a cooperating smile.

Eric is over 1.8 meters tall, but Christina is only 1.55 meters tall. With Eric's movements, Christina's petite body completely disappeared under him.

Little cat, remember next time, the man who was suddenly awakened was very angry.

Christina narrowed her eyes, her face flushed red, stretched out her arms and let Eric take off his small T-shirt, and begged for mercy softly: Eric, I was wrong, I will never dare again next time. already.

Next time, let's talk about it next time, this time there will be punishment.

However, I have already made breakfast, and it will be cold when you finish your punishment.

When Christina said this, Eric also felt hungry, and looked at the sunlight outside the window. It was getting late, and Casino Royale was about to be completed in the past few days. All the work needed to be watched by him, so Restraining desire, let go of Christina, rolled over and got out of bed, and said, Okay, for the sake of being so good, I'll let you go this time.

Star Wars has just crossed the $460 million mark at the box office after multiple re-releases over the past two decades. Therefore, if you want to talk about the box office record of the first round, before Titanic, you should count Jurassic Park made by Eric a few years ago, which ended up with 450 million at the North American box office.

However, in any case, after 12 weeks of reflection, the North American box office of Titanic reached 469 million US dollars, breaking the previous box office records of all North American films, and also won a record-breaking 12-week North American single. Weekly box office champion.

Although everyone knows that Titanic will break the North American box office record without any suspense this week, after the real data is released, there will be few people who can respond as dull as Eric.

After getting up that day, within half an hour of having breakfast with Christina, five or six calls were made to Eric's phone in a row.

Today's media in North America are basically focusing on this matter. More than half of the newspapers Eric subscribes to have the news that Titanic broke the North American box office record on the front page. The Internet is even more boiling, and the huge fan base of Titanic has posted on the Yahoo community and major film forums to celebrate the film breaking the North American box office record.

Under the arrangement of the company, abc's morning news program Good Morning America ​​took a full 20 minutes to review the entire process of Titanic from its launch to the present. The host even connected live in Japan. Several film creators who promoted the film, the report on Titanic directly increased the ratings of Good Morning America ​​by 30% compared to the past.

Although a few months ago, it was impossible for anyone, including Eric himself, to know whether Titanic would break North American box office records this week.

However, today is March 14th, and there are only 10 days before the 69th Academy Awards ceremony. After the nominations were announced, in order to make the most of the Oscar influence of Titanic, the remaining main overseas tickets for the film The release time of the warehouse country is basically arranged in the next two weeks. By then, the number of overseas release countries of Titanic will increase from less than 30 before to 68 in one fell swoop.

Today, the overseas release countries of Titanic will increase by 17, including Germany, France, and Japan, the three most important overseas ticket warehouses.

In the original time and space, the overseas box office of Titanic in its first round was 1.2 billion US dollars. Eric remembers that the Japanese box office is about 200 million US dollars. According to the box office figures in the United Kingdom, which have reached 91 million US dollars, the cumulative box office of Germany and France, which are comparable to the British market, may also exceed 100 million US dollars. That is to say, The total box office of these three overseas box office countries will reach about 400 million US dollars, accounting for one-third of the overseas box office market share of Titanic.

Therefore, Firefly also attached great importance to the release work of these three countries. Several main creators of Titanic began to rush to Europe and Japan to participate in the premieres of the corresponding countries in the previous week. At this time, Cameron Everyone is still in Japan.

Eric believes that the overseas box office data of Titanic will also explode after the new **** is released. to $400 million.

After a busy morning at Firefly Studios, Eric went to Burbank in the afternoon to attend the release work meeting on the next phase of Titanic.

The total box office in North America in the 12th week reached 469 million US dollars, which also brought a little trouble to Firefly's distribution department, or regret.

Although Titanic's current box office figures remain at $20 million per week, according to our survey data, most of this is the result of repeated viewing by the film's core fans, who are why Will repeatedly enter the cinema, in addition to the attraction of the film itself, but also because of their love for the film, looking forward to it can create more box office miracles.

During the meeting, Robert Thompson, president of Firefly's distribution department, introduced the current situation: Therefore, there are three propaganda points of Titanic that can stimulate the continued rise of the North American box office data, breaking the North American box office record, and the North American total. The box office exceeded 500 million US dollars, and the Oscars, if these three publicity points can appear within three weeks, it is undoubtedly the best state. But the current situation is that Titanic has broken the box office record, and the remaining The next two promotion points, according to the current box office trend, are likely to happen in the same week, or even the same day. Because now the Oscars are exactly one full week plus one weekend, and the awards ceremony is on Monday next week, the 14th day of the day. The box office is just released on the weekend and three days.”

Although Robert Thompson said that, there was not much regret in his tone, and that was probably the case with everyone in the conference room.

Everyone can hear that Titanic broke the North American box office record this week, the box office exceeded 500 million US dollars the next week, and the Oscar statuette record the next week. Such a promotion point that stimulates the box office in a week is undoubtedly the best state.

But Titanic maintained a single-week box office of more than 20 million US dollars, which is already a fan favorite. Although Firefly can easily take out 10 million US dollars and support Titanic to 500 million at the box office next week, but doing so It's as stupid as making a scratch on the flawless 'Pearl' of Titanic. At that time, all kinds of adversaries who are jealous of Fireflies will probably go crazy.

Everyone whispered to each other for a while, and someone said, Robert, have you forgotten to consider the promotion point of the movie breaking $1 billion at the global box office?

Of course I considered it, said Robert Thompson. However, this is not a brand new record. Jurassic Park broke it four years ago. Moreover, this data should be released after the Oscars. By then, North American There should be a good chance that the box office will start to drop significantly, and we can't expect anything more from the North American market.

Someone suddenly said, What about 2 billion in the world?

There was a brief pause in the meeting, and then everyone laughed lightly.

Robert Thompson also shook his head, looked at each other, and spoke to Kenneth Horn, president of New Line Pictures. Before the release of Titanic, because New Line Pictures almost caught up with the headquarters' annual box office performance, Kenneth T. Horn's status in the group has been greatly improved. However, after the box office explosion of Titanic, the data of New Line Pictures was once again thrown away. Kenneth Horn, who was originally fighting for more resources for New Line, still felt in his heart. Quite depressing, but he wouldn't show it on this occasion either.

Within the Firefly Group, Kenneth Horne is on a par with Robert Thompson, and Kenneth Horne's New Line Cinema includes the entire production and distribution system, although most of the production budgets have always been under $30 million However, in the past few years, the performance of the new line has been very good, and with the support of the old ministers of the new line, Kenneth Horn is still quite high-level attention. Robert Thompson, as the president of the group's distribution department, is in charge of the Bowei International Distribution Group, which is responsible for the local and global distribution business. Although he is not involved in production, he controls all major firefly studios such as Firefly Pictures, Disney Pictures, and Pixar Animation. The film distribution work of Robert Thompson is also not to be underestimated.

Although there is no overlap in terms of business management, within the same system, the two have more or less signs of competition.

Kenneth, since you said that, why don't we make a bet. If the global box office of Titanic can exceed 2 billion US dollars, I will invite everyone present to eat. If not, you come.

Of course no problem, I can still afford a meal, said Kenneth Horn without hesitation, looking around.

In this festive atmosphere, no one will be against this kind of thing. Although almost everyone thinks that although Titanic can steadily exceed 1 billion US dollars, or even touch 1.5 billion US dollars, 2 billion US dollars is still Too hung up.

Eric closed a document he had just read in front of him, raised his head, swiped between the two with a smile, and said, Okay, I have written down your two bets, and I will choose when the time comes. Location, you'd better keep last year's year-end bonus.

As the core executives of Firefly Group, Kenneth Horn and Robert Thompson have year-end bonuses in the multi-million dollar level. Hearing what Eric said, Robert Thompson was 'frightened' and said, Eric, you should just rob. There is no hotel in the world that can eat millions of dollars for a meal.

Robbery is illegal, and I'm a law-abiding citizen, Eric joked with a smile.

After everyone laughed for a while, Katzenberg announced the next topic.

After analyzing this period of time, we found that many 'Titanic' fans were very interested in the filming process of the film. Moreover, we happened to have perfectly preserved all the props of the 'Titanic' filming period. Titanic The Nickelodeon ship model is still standing on the set in Rosarito, Mexico, and some core props have also been shipped back to Los Angeles, and are currently in the warehouse in the studio. So, let's discuss the Titanic theme exhibition. feasibility.

After Katzenberg finished speaking, everyone did not speak immediately during the meeting, and everyone was rushing to read the distributed investigation report.

Eric also opened the investigation report in his hand. Westerners are generally very interested in collecting, and some classic movie props can often be auctioned for sky-high prices. This is also the cultural basis for Titanic to hold a prop exhibition.

Although the specific data of the original time and space is not clear, Eric remembers that after the great success of Titanic, Fox held a grand tour of Titanic shooting props around the world. Driven by huge interests, Fox certainly did not.

Moreover, the most regrettable thing in Eric's view in the original time and space is the Titanic model that Cameron copied on the Rosarito studio in a one-to-one ratio. The production cost was directly dismantled and sold for scrap iron, which must be a great regret for many fans.

This time, from the very beginning, Eric instructed the creators of the film to preserve all the props perfectly. The reason he gave at the beginning was of course to provide prop support for the subsequent production of retro films related to Titanic. After all, the production of Titanic props cost tens of millions of dollars.

However, now that Titanic has achieved the same success as the previous life, then the real reason for the original move can be presented openly.

While the Titanic-themed exhibition will certainly not last as long as Disneyland, with rich experience in operating Disney theme parks, Firefly's Titanic-themed exhibition is very likely to be successful.

(To be continued.) u

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