my movie years

Chapter 371 Creating Miracles

"Is it true? There is such a thing?" Zhang Hao, who was far away in China, couldn't help but be happy when he heard Jack Woody's story.

"That's true," the assistant said: "Since then, he has organized several more protests, and has also been caught watching "The Dark Knight Rises" several times."

"Pfft hahaha..." Da Mi Mi was very happy: "I can't believe that this person is actually a true fan, and he actually swiped it so many times."

Zhang Hao was also speechless: "Protest has become an industry in North America. It's amazing to protest against anything as long as there is benefit."

Shaking his head, Zhang Hao said: "Ignore him, let me first tell you how the box office performance was on the first day in North America?"

Assistant Report: "According to data compiled by Warner Pictures, the North American midnight box office was US$1047.2 million, and the first-day box office was US$9783.6 million."

"Where's "Avengers 3"?" Da Mi Mi asked curiously.

"They did well," the assistant looked at the data report and replied, "They cut 1.06 million on the first day..."

"It exceeded [-] million on the first day. It is truly a blockbuster that Marvel has planned for ten years." Zhang Hao nodded, not surprised by this result.

"What," Da Mi Mi pouted and said, "We've seen this movie before, and it's not good at all. How can it be compared with "The Dark Knight Rises"?"

"Dear," Zhang Hao pinched Da Mi Mi's pouting mouth: "You are wearing a filter, and your evaluation is not objective and fair enough.

Frankly speaking, the quality of "Avengers 3" is really good. It is a high-quality commercial production. "

"Hmph!" Da Mi Mi said proudly, "I don't care, it didn't win the domestic market anyway."

This is indeed true. Contrary to the situation in North America, "The Dark Knight Rises" won the Chinese market quite easily with the words Zhang Hao.

"The Dark Knight Rises" grossed 6.67 million at the box office on its first day, equivalent to US$9528.5 million.

"Avengers: Infinity War" only took in a box office of 3 million, equivalent to US$3.87 million.

Looking at it this way, the box office gap between the two films in North America is smaller than the gap in the Chinese market.The key point is that while the two films in other regions compete with each other, they rely on the Chinese market to widen the gap.

The fact is indeed the case. After the first-day box office was released, "The Dark Knight Rises" successfully won the first-day box office championship by relying on the strength of the Chinese market, coupled with the good North American box office, and the box office in other overseas regions.

"Avengers: Infinity War" ended up losing $3 million, and earned $3560.4 million on its first day worldwide.

"The Dark Knight Rises" took in 3.06 million on its first day, setting a new record for global first-day box office box office.

If it were a single market, there would never be such exaggerated data, but who allowed the two films to be released simultaneously in 87 countries around the world this time.

Although there is a time difference, it is still counted as being on the same day.

It seems that the king has made up his mind not to see the king, and the timing of Disney's China trip coincides with the return of "The Dark Knight Rises" to North America.
In the following days, the creators of "The Dark Knight Rises" visited several ticket-rich cities, then set off for Seoul, then to Tokyo for a tour, and then returned to North America.

Zhang Hao will not follow him to North America. He has other things to do in China.

The two films started a fierce battle in the global film market, and various means were used, but they still couldn't decide the outcome.

The most fortunate thing for Zhang Hao is that the Joker shooting that happened in "The Dark Knight Rises" in the original time and space did not happen.

Maybe it was the experience of the Chicago shooting that gave him good luck after the movie.

Anyway, so far, except for the protests organized by Disney's Joker fans, there has been no exaggerated incident like a crazy clown suddenly pulling out a rifle and shooting.

You know, this kind of thing happened in the previous life, and "The Dark Knight Rises" that could have had a higher box office ended up only getting 10.06 billion US dollars.

Although the results are good, Warner Pictures had previously estimated that the film's box office would exceed 12 billion. Who can bear the loss of [-] million here and outside?

So Zhang Hao feels that he is very lucky and has not encountered such a thing.

At Disney headquarters, after receiving a stormy reprimand from the female president of Disney, Kevin Feige looked at the data report and sighed secretly.He should have expected this to happen, as "The Dark Knight Rises" indeed had a huge impact on "Avengers: Infinity War."

Three days after the opening weekend, all the eyes of the film industry were attracted by two summer superhero blockbusters.

In North America, after taking in a box office of US$1.06 million on the first day, it showed a downward trend in the next two days, with US$8225.6 million on the second day, US$6913.4 million on the third day, and a box office of 2.57 million in the first week.

This result is quite good, and even set a new record for the North American box office opening weekend.

However, if you look at "The Dark Knight Rises" next door, Kevin Feige is a bit troubled.

Unlike "Avengers 3", the box office curve of "The Dark Knight Rises" is similar to that of a normal commercial blockbuster. It was good on the first day, the highest on the second day, and declined on the third day.

"The Dark Knight Rises" earned US$9783.5 million, US$1.04 million, and US$5848.9 million in three days respectively, and a total of US$2.59 million in the first weekend.

2.59 million, this result once again broke the record just set by "Avengers 3" and became a new North American opening weekend box office record.

If the gap is too big, forget it. The key gap is not big, just a few million dollars, which will forever nail "Avengers 3" to the pillar of shame in history.

This made Kevin Feige quite uncomfortable. If Zhang Hao was in front of him at this time, he guaranteed that he would crush Zhang Hao with one punch.

This Chinese is so disgusting.

Of course, the North American box office is slightly lower than "The Dark Knight Rises", but this is not the reason why Kevin Feige is scolded.

The biggest reason is the huge gap between Asian markets, especially the Chinese market.

The situation in other markets is similar to that in North America. They all have winners and losers, but the gap is not big, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

The Chinese market has fully allowed Disney to see what it means to be a national-level director.

It is undeniable that there are many anti-Zhang Hao people in China, and some people who hate the Kuomintang and think Zhang Hao is not worthy of Hollywood movies.

But there are more people supporting Zhang Hao. "The Dark Knight Rises" is a Hollywood movie directed by Zhang Hao, and the support is definitely much higher than that of a pure Hollywood movie.

Not to mention, in the Chinese market, Warner vigorously promoted that most of the filming of the film was completed in Qingdao, and two-thirds of the team were Chinese.

What is this? This is a Chinese team, with a production cost of US$1.9 million, to produce a superhero blockbuster, an A-level production.

This means that the Chinese film industry is actually capable of producing films of this scale, and it can be done easily and effortlessly.

With all these factors combined, how could it be possible for movie fans not to support "The Dark Knight Rises"?
As a result, "The Dark Knight Rises" grossed US$2.26 million in its first weekend, beating "Avengers 3"'s US$1.81.

Also relying on the huge gap in the Chinese market, "The Dark Knight Rises" defended the box office championship that week with a global first-weekend box office of 6.74 million.

"Avengers 3" ranked second with a box office of $6.31 million.

"Avengers 3" broke the global opening weekend box office record, but the final record belonged to "The Dark Knight Rises."

This made Kevin Feige feel a sense of frustration, and he couldn't help but think of former Disney president Robert Iger.

Everyone in Hollywood knows that the Chinese filmmaker Robert Iger admires most is Zhang Hao.

Although he often gritted his teeth against this Chinese director, he wished he could find someone to assassinate him.

But secretly, Robert Iger always dreamed of poaching Zhang Hao from Warner Bros. to be in charge of Marvel movies.

At that time, Kevin Feige was still a little dissatisfied. What could a Chinese do?
But now Kevin Feige understands that a Chinese can't do much, but if that Chinese is Zhang Hao, he can do one thing.

That is: create miracles.

(End of this chapter)