Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 241
"We failed!" Davis sighed.

Chen Hao's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, and then he said with a smile, "You are joking with me!"

Davis played this trick in "Taken"!
"I'm not kidding, the box office of "The Ninth District" in the first weekend did not surpass the box office of "The Lord of the Rings 3" in the second weekend, and the gap is even a bit big!" Davis said.

Chen Hao felt a little complicated when he heard the words. He thought that he could create a miracle and remake "The Lord of the Rings 3", but it was a pity that things backfired.

Facing "The Lord of the Rings 3", which has a huge investment, amazing special effects, and a super word-of-mouth masterpiece with ups and downs in the plot, it is still difficult for Chen Hao to match it, and even the first week can't do the second week of others.

"If you lose, you lose. How much did "The Ninth District" earn at the first weekend?" Chen Hao asked with a sigh.

"$2982 million!" Davis said.

Chen Hao was taken aback when he heard the words. The box office results are pretty good, after all, the investment in "The Ninth District" is only 4000 million.

And in the face of competition from "Lord of the Rings 3" and other new films of the same period, this achievement can't be regarded as a failure!
"Is this box office okay!?" Chen Hao hesitated.

"Hahaha..." Davis laughed loudly when he heard the words, and then said, "How should I put it, maybe I expected you to perform a miracle, so I hoped a little bit, but to be honest, this result is not bad, very good !"

Chen Hao rolled his eyes and said, "That's fine, anyway, I'm sure I won't lose money!"

"I will definitely not lose money, and I should make a lot of money. The next step is to watch the word-of-mouth of the movie. After all, the holiday season is a long-term schedule. If the word-of-mouth is good, the box office should exceed [-] million." Davis said.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words, "Taken" only made 2471 million US dollars in its first weekend, but thanks to word of mouth, it ended up with a North American box office of 1.21 million.

Now the opening weekend of "District 500" is [-] million dollars higher than that of "Taken". As long as it has word of mouth, it should not be difficult to break through [-] million.

What needs to be worried is when the strength of "Lord of the Rings 3" will end, and whether the movies released at the same time also have word-of-mouth masterpieces.

北美周末票房排行榜（2003年12月25日-2003年12月27日）：

No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", released for 10 days, New Line, with a weekend box office of 5120 million US dollars, a cumulative box office of 22226 million US dollars, and 4500 theaters;
The second place, "The Ninth District", was released for 2 days, and the weekend box office was 3 million US dollars, with a cumulative box office of 2982 million US dollars and 2982 theaters;
No. 3, "A Basket of Children", released for 3 days, 2755th Century Fox, with a weekend box office of 2755 million US dollars, a cumulative box office of 3600 million US dollars, and [-] theaters;
No. 4, "Cold Mountain", released for 3 days, Miramax, with a weekend box office of 1450 million US dollars, a cumulative box office of 1450 million US dollars, and 3000 theaters;
No. 5, "Love is a Compromise", released for 17 days, Sony Columbia, with a weekend box office of 1380 million US dollars, a cumulative box office of 4543 million US dollars, and 3400 theaters;
……

"The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" is astonishingly charming. Last weekend, it won the North American box office championship with a box office revenue of 120 million US dollars.

"The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" quickly exceeded the box office mark of 2 million U.S. dollars in just 12 days after its launch in North America, surpassing the record of "The Lord of the Rings [-]: The Two Towers" which surpassed [-] million U.S. dollars in No. [-] days Take it to the next level.

And in the next weekend, it was still able to win 5120 million US dollars, more than 2 million higher than the No.2000 "The Ninth District". With this momentum, I am afraid that "Lord of the Rings 3" may still occupy the top of the list in the third week bit.

"The Ninth District" ranked second on the list with a box office of 2982 million US dollars.

Comedian Steve Martin's new comedy "A Basket of Sons and Daughters" launched in conjunction with this Christmas holiday, premiered last weekend with US$2755 million and ranked third at the North American box office.

"Cold Mountain," co-starring Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, and Renee Zellweger, debuted last weekend with $450 million and ranked No.4 in the North American box office.

Starring Jack Nicholson, "Love is a Compromise," which has been in theaters for three weeks, has maintained a long-term hit, ranking fifth with $1400 million.

……

"The Lord of the Rings 3 continues its strong run, topping the weekend box office in North America with $5120 million!" - The New Yorker

"Huaxia director Chen, the new film "The Ninth District" ranked second on the list with US$2982 million!"--"Los Angeles Times"

"Christmas Comedy 'A Basket of Children' is a blockbuster hit, No. 2755 with $3 million!" - The Washington Post

""Memory Rift"'s so-so debut, Wu's Hollywood career is coming to an end?!" - The New York Times

……

North American media commented on last week's box office rankings, and "Lord of the Rings 3" is still the focus of everyone's attention.

After all, judging from the current box office performance of "Lord of the Rings 3", it may even surpass Disney's "Finding Nemo" and become the North American annual box office champion in 2003!
At the same time, Chen Hao's new sci-fi film "The Ninth District", which is highly anticipated by North American film critics, also performed well. In the face of huge competition, it was able to get a box office of nearly 3000 million US dollars in the first weekend, which is impressive!
Especially when "The Ninth District" was rated R because of violence, many people were worried that Chen Hao's new film would be squeezed out of the top five!
Fortunately, with "Comet" and "Moon", Chen Hao has accumulated a group of sci-fi fans, coupled with the influence of "Taken" exceeding [-] million, Chen Hao has truly become famous in North America.

Now, Chen Hao has proved his talent and ability through three films, making his North American tour continue to rise, and becoming a truly famous director in Hollywood, even though he is from China.

The media naturally looked at Chen Hao with admiration. He was able to succeed in three films in a row. This is something that many well-known Hollywood directors could not do, but this young director from China did it.

There is no doubt that Chen Hao is becoming an upstart in Hollywood, and major Hollywood companies will definitely rush to cooperate with Chen Hao!
Another thing to mention is that the new sci-fi action film "Memory Rift", also directed by Huaxia director Wu Baige, had an average premiere last weekend, ranking 390th on the list with US$6 million.

This result is obviously very dissatisfied for Wu Baige and the film crew, and Wu Baige was even a little anxious after the box office came out!

Because after screwing up two big productions, the powerful Hollywood film company obviously won't give Wu Baige any more chances.

At the same time, North American media and film critics believe that Wu Baige once amazed the violent aesthetics of North America and now he has fallen into aesthetic fatigue, and Wu Baige can't come up with new things, so he can only face elimination.

The first weekend box office of "Memory Rift" made countless Hollywood media begin to bad-mouth Wu Baige's Hollywood career. It seems that Wu Baige's departure from Hollywood has become inevitable!
Not only that, some North American media also rated the performance of three Chinese directors, Chen Hao, Li Press and Wu Baige, this year!
Obviously, Chen Hao got the highest score with 8 points, while Li Yan barely passed with 6 points, and Wu Baige only got 3 points.

This score can also be regarded as the general opinion of the three Chinese directors in the North American media.

Wu Baige is declining, and Li Press, although "The Incredible Hulk" failed, he still has his own chance.

As for Chen Hao, it can be said that he is at the height of his power!

(End of this chapter)