Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 214 Breaking the Record

On its tenth day of release, "The Wedding Crashers" tied the results of "The Notebook" and achieved an overseas box office of 2.91 million.

At the same time, the North American box office exceeded the 2.1 million of "The Notebook" at the time, reaching an astonishing 2.4 million.

The total global box office has reached 5.31 million.

Not only did the 3000 million film purchase fee and the [-] million publicity and distribution fee be easily recovered, but it was also able to earn tens of millions of dollars through the box office.

This made Alan Horn extremely happy.

At the same time, Alan Horn also admired Wayne's vision and his decision-making more and more.

Wayne's fame has also grown further, especially as an actor, and he can almost be said to be at the top of Hollywood.

Nowadays, except for Schwarzenegger and Leonardo DiCaprio, no one can compare with him.

Neither Tom Cruise nor Will Smith.

Next, although the box office rise of "Wedding Crashers" slowed down a bit, it still did not stop.

By the time "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released on November 11, the North American box office had already reached 4 million, and the overseas box office had also reached 3.2 million. The total box office once again exceeded 4.08 million US dollars.

In this way, Wayne not only set a record for starring in a movie with a box office of over 24 billion US dollars in a single year, but also set a record for starring in two movies with a box office of over 7 million US dollars in a single year.

Now, even if the release of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" caused the box office of "The Wedding Crashers" to shrink significantly, it still could not shake Wayne's fame and status.

At the same time, because people’s pent-up emotions have been released in advance, and other distribution companies have realized that the impact of the big event has passed, they have arranged for the release of movies that were originally rescheduled.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" also doesn't have the bonus of being the first to take advantage of it in its previous life, and its first-day box office is only about half of what it was in its previous life.

Time came to July 11th in a blink of an eye.

"Wedding Crashers" was finally released with astonishing results of 3.68 million in North America, 4.55 million overseas, and a global total of 8.23 million.

As a result, this movie not only became Wayne's first movie with a box office of more than 8 million US dollars, but also the first comedy movie in global film history with a box office of more than 8 million US dollars.

IMDB's rating also reached 7.5 points, a full 0.5 points higher than the previous life.

Correspondingly, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", which has been in theaters for ten days, only achieved 1.6 million in North America and 3.04 million overseas.

The IMDB score is also 0.1 points lower than the previous life, and is the same as "Wedding Crashers" at 7.5 points.

According to this box office curve, it is obviously impossible for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to win a global box office of 9.7 million US dollars like in its previous life. The final box office is estimated to barely exceed 7 million US dollars.

Wayne didn't feel any pity about this, but felt very satisfied.

After all, in this way, he saved Alan Horn's life in disguise.

If "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is to achieve a global box office of US$9.7 million like in its previous life, not only will Alan Horne, who advocated selling the rights to the "Harry Potter" series to Wayne, be fired, but Universal will also There is a high probability of breach of contract and the copyright will be taken back.

but now.

Although the box office of 7 million is good, it is nothing compared to the 8.23 million box office of "Wedding Crashers".Even if Universal regrets it, it is highly unlikely that it would offend Wayne for this.

On November 11, "League of Assassins" finally completed the filming part after nearly three months and entered post-production.

However, Wayne was not able to rest for long. He only rested for less than a week before joining the crew of "The Bourne Supremacy 2 and 3", which had already completed preparations and had started filming for nearly half a month.

That's right, since there is no shortage of funds and there is nothing to wait for technical upgrades in the special effects, he is naturally planning to shoot the remaining two films at once to save time.

In addition, after the filming of "The Bourne Supremacy" was completed, filming of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" starring him and Charlize Theron began immediately. He estimated that he would have to film until May next year before he could take a good vacation and rest.

In addition, movies such as "The King's Speech", "The Incredible Hulk", "Fantastic Four", "The Tuner", and "17 Again" have all started filming as planned.

Six movies were shot at the same time, and four of them were large-scale productions with an investment of over [-] million. Such production scale and capabilities also attracted the attention of the entire Hollywood.

Nowadays, even though Hemera Pictures has no overseas distribution channels at all, and even the North American distribution channels are just decorations, it is still considered by many to be the eighth giant outside the Big Seven.

However, the process of its rise was so smooth that it was unimaginable, and it was not suppressed by the Big Seven at all. This made DreamWorks, which had been suppressed by the Big Seven for many years, envious.

To give a simple example, "Ocean's Eleven", produced and distributed by Warner, was originally scheduled to be released on December 12. Because Wayne was joining the team to film "The Bourne Supremacy 5 and 2", he directly took the initiative to change the release date. A week ahead of schedule.

Just so Wayne wouldn't refuse to attend their premiere and the premiere party that night.

A huge production with an investment of nearly [-] million, and a giant like Warner behind it, actually adjusted the release time to match a supporting role in the film. Who has seen this before?

When the news came out, I don’t know how many people’s jaws were almost dropped, okay?

Wayne's super popularity has indeed brought a great improvement to the box office of "Ocean's Eleven". The box office of "Ocean's Eleven" on the first day in North America alone took in 2664 million US dollars, almost surpassing "Resident Evil 1" .

You know, the box office of "Resident Evil 1" exceeded 6 million US dollars!

Warner's original box office expectations for "Ocean's Eleven" were only US$4 million.

This way, the last negative impact of the "Harry Potter" series being given away has been eliminated. After all, after Hemera Pictures makes it, Warner has the right of first refusal.

Although it will definitely cost them more to buy than to make it themselves, they may not be able to make more if they can make a profit without losing money.

"Although it's a pity, we can't offend Mr. Wayne because of this!"

In the end, Time Warner, the company behind Warner Bros., clarified the matter, which also made the other six giants who were secretly watching the matter feel very complicated.

As the person involved, Wayne had already anticipated this outcome, so he had been acting very calm and calm.

In addition to filming every day, I go shopping and play poker with Jessica, Hannah, Nicole Kidman and Catherine Zeta Jones.

That's right, except for Nicole Kidman, who will continue to play the CIA officer in the second and third films.

Wayne also deliberately invited Catherine Zeta-Jones to play a supporting role as one of the female liaisons.

Even if Michael Sr. knew what would happen if Catherine went away, there was nothing he could do to stop it. Otherwise, if Catherine directly filed for divorce, he would be even more embarrassed.

　I don’t know if this chapter can be released, I’m a bit nervous
　　
　
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