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Chapter 404 North America Annual 4th
On July 2008, 7, the American version of "The Tuner" premiered in New York.

On the day of the premiere, in addition to Matt Damon, Monica, Kristen, Robert Downey Jr. and other leading actors who came to the scene to support, Matt Damon's good friend Jimmy Kimmel also came to show his support.

He is a well-known American comedian, voice actor, and host.

Its more famous program is "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", which is also known as the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show to many people.

This guy has been on many talk shows with Matt Damon, and they often joke about each other being cuckolded for show effects. Even Jimmy Kimmel's wife has joined in the show.

"Hello, I'm Jimmy Kimmel." Jimmy Kimmel greeted Wang Shu politely.

"Hello, I'm Wang Shu." Wang Shu responded politely.

He knew this person and knew that he had already made a name for himself and would become one of the well-known talk show hosts in the United States.

However, Wang Shu didn’t have a very good impression of this person.

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On October 2013, 10, the late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" aired on ABC, in which host Jimmy Kimmel invited four children of different skin colors to form a "Children's Roundtable" to discuss national affairs while eating candy, in order to satirize "Congressmen who throw tantrums like children."

When Kimmel asked, "We owe China $1.3 trillion, how can we pay it off?"

One child said: “We need to build a big, tall wall to keep the Chinese out.”

Kimmel joked about it by referring to it as the "Great Wall", and then a 6-year-old white child made an even more shocking statement, saying "we're going to go around the other side of the world and kill all the Chinese."

Subsequently, this incident caused quite a stir.

Under pressure, Jimmy Kimmel apologized for his inappropriate remarks on his show on the evening of the 28th.

"I'm sorry, I apologize." Jimmy Kimmel said, "I never intended to offend anyone. On the contrary, my goal was to please the public. Now I have caused dissatisfaction to many people, and the situation is more serious than before. I apologize for this."

This guy clearly discriminates against China.

As time went by, the premiere of "The Tuner" came to a successful conclusion.

Jimmy Kimmel walked up to Matt Damon and whispered, "Matt, does that Wang Shu have a problem with me?"

"Huh?" Matt Damon was puzzled, not knowing why Jimmy Kimmel suddenly said this.

The two are good friends, and he will continue to collaborate with Wang Shu on movies in the future, but his good friend suddenly became a little upset.

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Jimmy Kimmel then said: "I talked to him, but he didn't respond at all, as if he looked down on me."

Jimmy Kimmel sounded quite angry and unhappy when he said this. He came to prominence after he began producing and hosting the ABC late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" with the same name in 2003, and then hosted the American Music Awards from 2003 to 2008.

The American Music Awards (AMA) is one of the most prestigious music award ceremonies in the United States.

Founded by Dick Clark in 1973, it is known as one of the three major award ceremonies in the United States along with the Grammy Awards and the Billboard Music Awards.

Those who can host this kind of award ceremony are all well-known in the American hosting industry.

Jimmy Kimmel has served as the host of the American Music Awards for six consecutive years, which shows that he is a very prestigious host.

Therefore, he boasted that his status was not low, and Chinese directors like Wang Shu who had just arrived in Hollywood should have great respect for him.

Even though Wang Shu won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival, we should still be polite to him.

Because this is Hollywood, America's home turf, and he is a well-known American host.

How could a Chinese director who has just arrived in Hollywood ignore such status?
"No way? As far as I know, Wang Shu is not the kind of person you said." Matt Damon was puzzled, and then asked, "You were the one who was rude first, weren't you?"

As a good friend of Jimmy Kimmel, Matt Damon naturally knows this person very well.

I guess if the situation Jimmy Kimmel described really happened, it would most likely be Jimmy Kimmel who caused trouble first.

Jimmy Kimmel was so angry when he saw that his best friend didn't trust him that he blew his nose and glared, "How is that possible?"

"I knew you were still working with him, so I went over to talk to him, but he acted like he was something important and ignored me."

Jimmy Kimmel became angrier and angrier as he spoke, cursing, "What right does a director who came to Hollywood from a poor and backward place like China have to act like a jerk here?"

"If I hadn't been concerned about his cooperation with you, I would never have tolerated it until now."

Matt Damon scratched his head. Based on his understanding of Wang Shu, this was not something Wang Shu would do, and his good friend did not look like someone who would lie. He guessed that there must be some misunderstanding.

But if I mention these things at this time, my good friend will definitely become even more unhappy.

Therefore, he said nothing more, intending to resolve the misunderstanding after Jimmy Kimmel's anger subsided.

On July 7, the first day box office of the American version of "The Piano Tuner" was released, reaching 12 million US dollars.

This data is neither high nor low, comparable to the first-day box office of "Iron Man", which is a pretty good result.

However, "Iron Man" is a popcorn movie, with the bulk of its box office revenue coming in the month before its release, and the bulk of the month before that coming in the week before that.

"The Piano Tuner" is not one of those movies, and there is a possibility that the trend of rising word-of-mouth and box office will last.

On July 7, "The Piano Tuner" grossed 13 million US dollars.

7月14日，《调音师》800W美元的票房。7月14日这一天《调音师》的票房会大幅度下滑，是必然。

Because on this day, "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan landed in American theaters.

With the success of "Batman 1", the movement for "Batman 2" is unprecedentedly grand.

And it is worthy of its movement and has achieved extremely high results.

1. Largest opening: 4366 theaters (more than "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" at 4362 theaters).

2.最大午夜首映：从3，040家影院收入1848.9万美元（超过《星球大战前传3》2005年从2915家影院收入的1690万美元）。

3. Midnight premiere at the largest IMAX theater: $64.

4.史上最高单日票房收入：6716万美元（超过2007年《蜘蛛侠3》创造的5984万美元）。

5.史上最高首映周末票房收入：1.548亿（超过2007年《蜘蛛侠3》创造的1.51亿美元）。

6. Highest IMAX opening weekend box office: $94 million from 621 theaters.

7.最高周日票房：4359万美元（超过2007年《蜘蛛侠3》创造的3993万美元）。

8. Fastest time to reach $ million: five days.

9. Highest second weekend box office revenue in history: $7516 million (breaking Shrek 2's record of $7217 million).

10. Fastest time to reach $10 million: days.

11.全球IMAX影院总收入最快拿下2000万美元大关。11天（超过《哈利·波特5》的16天）。

12. The fastest time to reach $18 million: days.

13. It became the second highest-grossing film in North American history (on its 30th day of release, it surpassed the first "Star Wars" which grossed $4.66 million).

14. On August 8, the box office sales exceeded 31 million in just 45 days.

In addition, since "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" broke the 5 million box office, it became the second film in North American film history to break the 5 million US dollars in domestic box office.

"The Piano Tuner" was greatly affected by this movie, but it still earned $2.6 million at the box office in the United States.

Wang Shu became famous overnight.

Even though "The Piano Tuner" only grossed $2.6 million in North America, this result is actually very impressive.

Although it is nearly half less than "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan, there is actually a reason for this.

First, "Batman" is a major IP in North America with its own fans, and it already has a very high audience and market potential.

Secondly, it is a sequel directed by Nolan which has already gained acclaim.

Third, the movie is above the passing line for popcorn movies.

Coupled with the huge fanfare surrounding its release, it is only natural that its box office far exceeded that of "The Piano Tuner".

Although "The Piano Tuner" stars Matt Damon and Monica, its director is relatively unknown to American audiences, and everyone will pay more attention to the big IP "Batman 2" directed by Nolan.

Fortunately, "The Tuner" was of high quality and relied on its reputation. Even though it was impacted by "Batman 2", it still earned $2.6 million at the North American box office.

Don't underestimate 2.6 million.

This box office result ranked fourth in the 2008 North American domestic film box office rankings.

In 2008, only seven North American films grossed over $2 million in domestic box office.

They are "Kung Fu Panda" with 2.15 million, "Wall-E" with 2.23 million, "Ultraman" with 2.28 million, "The Tuner" with 2.6 million, "Indiana Jones and the Last Airbender" with 3.17 million, "Iron Man" with 3.18 million, and "Batman VI" with 5.31 million.

The box office of "The Piano Tuner" ranked fourth.

The world-famous "Twilight" starring Kristen only grossed 1.7 million in North America.

Moreover, this is an adaptation of a major IP work that has its own traffic in North America.

The top three movies in the local box office, "Batman" and "Iron Man", are both adapted from well-known North American IPs.

"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" is a series and can be considered a big IP work with its own traffic.

Although the American version of "The Piano Tuner" is adapted from the Chinese version of "The Piano Tuner", it is not a well-known big IP work in North America.

In addition, the film was directed by a Chinese director who had just arrived in Hollywood.

Therefore, the box office performance of 2.6 million US dollars in North America has made Wang Shu famous.

After a little inquiry, many Hollywood producers learned that "The Piano Tuner" was a film written and directed by Wang Shu. Then they got to know Wang Shu in depth and were surprised to find that all the films directed by Wang Shu were written and directed by him.

Then my eyes lit up.

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