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Chapter 307 Overseas First Week Box Office
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" spent four working days in the United States, grossing $1744.2 million at the box office on Monday.

After that, US$1923.6 million, US$1439.4 million, and US$1194.8 million were cut in three working days respectively, with a total of US$6302 million in four working days.

So far, after seven days of release in North America, the cumulative box office has reached US$1.53 million, setting a record for the fastest box office to exceed US$1.5 million.

Because there was no strong competitor the next weekend, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was able to continue to dominate the North American theater market.

In the three days of the following weekend, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" continued to take in a box office of 5993.3 million U.S. dollars, making the film's box office more than 2.13 million U.S. dollars, reaching million U.S. dollars, and completing the second consecutive week at the North American box office.

In this way, it broke 200 million in ten days, making the film set another record for the fastest to break 200 million.

Almost everyone was exclaiming as they watched "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" continue to break various box office records and create new history.

Some media predict that "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" will eventually break the North American box office record of "Titanic".

However, little Gilbert himself holds a negative opinion on this.

He doesn't think so. The box office explosion of "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" is due to a series of reasons including his accumulation of reputation over the past ten years, coupled with the film's excellent publicity and distribution work.

Given that little Gilbert is a tough white man with a strong attitude, their respective fans seemed to acquiesce.

But this is a normal market law. Little Gilbert is not so disappointed, but feels that this result is good.

Not to mention Britain, the "Lord of the Rings" series of novels has had a profound impact on the entire Western world.

Therefore, after the reputation and box office potential accumulated in the current period are exhausted, it will be difficult for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" to surpass "Titanic".

But because some people without vision internally rejected the "Lord of the Rings" series because of some irrelevant things.

As for what to do, I know everything.

Prince Charles also expressed that he would persuade the Queen to grant the young Gilbert a knighthood to reward his contribution to the promotion of British culture.

There is really no way, mainly because in the previous ten days, the film's single-day box office has never been less than 10 million US dollars.

Now Noriko Sakai, Norika Fujiwara, and Shizuka Kudo are looking forward to Little Gilbert bringing the crew to Tokyo for promotion.

This is a very, very big mistake and cannot be forgiven. "

In fact, the biggest factor affecting the box office is that the film is more than three hours long, which results in insufficient film schedules every day, so the box office harvesting speed is a bit slow.

Sky TV interviewed one of the book fans, who was so excited that he shed tears: "From today on, I am not just a fan of the book "Lord of the Rings", I also want to be a movie fan."

The gossip media of the island country have long exposed that every year these three island country actresses go to North America for a vacation.

Another book fan said: "I am very excited and very happy. I saw the world written by Mr. Tolkien fully presented by director Gilbert Jr."

When "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" created a box office miracle in North America, overseas media had already followed up with reports on a large scale.

The Australian box office was US$965.6 million and the New Zealand box office was US$549.5 million.

New Zealand is now very regretful. The New Zealand National publicly criticized the authorities: "It is very likely that such an influential work would be settled in New Zealand.

Therefore, in France, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" continued to make a box office of 1523.6 million US dollars.

After "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" generated more than 787.5 million in box office in the first two weeks, the box office acquisition rate declined in the third week, with only million US dollars in box office on Monday.

At this time, when "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" landed in overseas markets, it immediately detonated the local film market and caused a sensation.

The opposition party took the opportunity to launch an attack on the ruling party and gained a lot of support from the public. For a time, it actually set off a wave of cabinet reshuffles.

After entering the new century, we can find an obvious phenomenon, that is, a commercial blockbuster's box office share in the first two weeks is getting higher and higher, and can even reach more than two-thirds of the film's total box office.

The British "Times" even published a front-page photo of the British royal family entering and leaving the cinema to watch "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".

The protests by British book fans were more fervent than those in North America, but when several people led by the British "Lord of the Rings" Fans Association went to the cinema to watch the movie, they immediately announced that the protest had been disbanded.

Sure enough, little Gilbert's analysis was correct.

In the past, relying on long-term screenings to accumulate box office, in this era of increasingly fast-paced life, it is no longer mainstream.

Although there are many men in the entertainment industry of the island country who are obsessed with three beautiful female stars, no one dares to take action because at least one or two people who have ideas are dragged away to feed the fishes.

This played an immeasurable role in promoting British literary culture. "

A movie can affect a country's internal political ecology, which shows the influence of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".

Before "Harry Potter", the most popular British literary novels were undoubtedly the "Lord of the Rings" series of novels.

"The Lord of the Rings" is a masterpiece of British literature. The film generated a box office of US$2695.6 million in its first weekend in the UK.

For some specific films, the box office can account for more than two-thirds of the total box office in the first week, and then it becomes worse day by day.

When little Gilbert was filming in China last year, these three island country actresses collaborated with them on several projects and commercial performances, and then took the opportunity to go to China and stay for more than a month.

An interview with the Crown Prince Charles was also published: “I am very happy to see this classic literary masterpiece being adapted into a film.

From now on, we all need to be fans of Middle-earth..."

Turning our attention to Asia, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" landed on Hong Kong Island. Local films on Hong Kong Island simply couldn't resist it. It took in a box office of US$151 million in its first week.

But it doesn’t matter. In its third week of theaters in North America, the film is now embarking on a tour of overseas theaters in 25 countries and regions around the world.

For other movies, this is a pretty good result, but for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," this box office data is a bit low.

The film continued to travel through Germany, taking in a box office of US$2230 million, and in Italy, where Gibert was born, it took in a box office of US$1023.6 million.

On the island nation, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" generated a box office of US$2063.5 million. The island nation seems to be very interested in this movie.

A very interesting thing is that Noriko Sakai, Norika Fujiwara and others worked hard to promote the film in the island country, and they did not hide it.

I have helped so much, adults must reward them, right?
The most surprising thing is the Chinese mainland market.

Perhaps because they heard that the movie was filmed in Mainland China, mainland movie fans showed unparalleled enthusiasm for watching the movie, generating a box office of US$425 million in the first week.

Don’t underestimate it, but converted into RMB, the box office is at least 3500 million RMB.

This box office data has made mainland filmmakers dizzy, because many mainland films have previously had a total box office of less than 3500 million RMB, but this is only the first week box office of other Hollywood blockbusters. After lamenting the invincibility of Hollywood blockbusters, smart mainland filmmakers realized one thing, that is, the box office potential of the domestic film market is quite good!
If this continues, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is very likely to earn more than RMB 2 million at the box office in the mainland, setting a box office record for mainland theaters.

If a domestic film can be made well, if it breaks 100 million instead of 200 million, wouldn’t it be a huge profit?
Feng Dapao, who considers himself the number one commercial film maker in the country, continues his specialty of Feng's comedies, while Guo Shi has always had the idea of ​​a costume blockbuster, but has not yet made a final decision.

As for Ning Hao, who had trained on Little Gilbert's crew, he now had the opportunity to direct independently for the first time in his life, shooting a small-budget independent film.

Although he had worked on a big production crew like "Lord of the Rings", Ning Hao quickly sobered up after being separated from that dreamlike working environment for Chinese filmmakers.

He found that mainland filmmakers simply couldn't make a project like "The Lord of the Rings" and there was no way around it.

There is no way. Lack of people, lack of technology, lack of money, coupled with rigid thinking, there is no way.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that Chinese filmmakers haven’t learned anything from “The Lord of the Rings”.

At the very least, the equipment left behind can help mainland films carry out technological innovations.

And those staff members who have worked on the "Lord of the Rings" crew for more than a year, or even more than two years, have become the backbone of the industry and popular figures in major film and television companies.

These people subtly teach what they have learned to other Chinese filmmakers, which can be considered a contribution.

But the impact of "Lord of the Rings" on China does not end there. According to feedback from North America, more Americans have recently applied to travel to China.

"The Lord of the Rings" has driven the development of China's tourism industry, and it will continue to do so for a long time to come, bringing in a steady stream of revenue.

When the crew of "Lord of the Rings" was filming in China, everyone saw the spending power.

This is only 3,000 people. What if the number expands ten times? What if the number of foreign tourists visiting China every year exceeds 300,000?
Even if each tourist comes to China and spends US$100, that is US$30 million in revenue.

What's more, with the consumption level of developed countries, spending one hundred dollars? Who do you look down on?

Back to the box office data, when the film passed its third week in North American theaters, it took in a box office of US$1.57 million in the first weekend of its large-scale overseas opening.

In its third week of release in North America, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has topped the box office for three consecutive weeks, with the North American box office reaching 2.66 million U.S. dollars. Including overseas box office, the film's global box office has reached 4.23 million.

By this time, the "Los Angeles Times" gave a bold prediction, predicting that the film's North American box office would eventually reach about 5 million US dollars and the global level of 11 billion US dollars.

This means that Gilbert Jr.'s first film with a global box office of over 1 billion is about to appear.

This news has excited fans of Little Gilbert, who has always been the king of summer movies in their hearts.

However, this king does not have a single movie with a global box office exceeding one billion US dollars, which seems a bit embarrassing, and cannot be compared with James Cameron, George Lucas, Spielberg and others.

But now, there is no such worry.

Warner Pictures has made plans for overseas promotion, and Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman and others went to Europe to promote.

Little Gilbert took Anne Hathaway, Billy Boyd and others to Asia and Central and South America for promotion.

However, before the creators split up, they participated in the recording of the New York real estate tycoon's talk show, "Walking with Millionaires."

Donald strongly invited little Gilbert to appear on the show. Considering the ratings of the show, little Gilbert agreed.

At the entrance of the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, Russell led more than a hundred people and continued to protest.

Ever since "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was released, the number of protestors has been decreasing, and Russell knows it too.

The ardent "Lord of the Rings" fans have now been conquered by the film. Those who can insist on protesting are just doing it for the sake of face and breath.

Even he himself has actually quietly watched the movie four times. He has to say that what Hutchinson and Noel said is right.

The audience coming and going in the theater seemed to be accustomed to the protesting crowd, and no one bothered to stop and take a look at them.

And this group of protestors looked listless while holding signs, as if they had no strength at all.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Russell declared that the protest was over.

The deputy came over and asked him, "Russell, what time should we meet tomorrow?"

Who knew Russell shook his head and said: "No, we will not protest."

"Ah?" The deputy was surprised. Russell is a staunch protester. Is he going to give up the protest?
I saw Russell saying: "The popularity of the "Lord of the Rings" movie is declining, and our protests are not paying attention. Let the protests end here!"

The deputy was disappointed on the surface, but there was a burst of joy on the inside.

He also feels that the protests have actually lost their necessity so far.

Because "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was a huge success both at the box office and word of mouth, they did not achieve their goal of blocking the film.

The protest ended abruptly, and Russell put on a disguise to prevent anyone from recognizing him and bought tickets to the latest movie.

"Today, no one can stop me from watching the movie again!" Russell said in his heart.

But in the movie theater, Russell ran into Hutchinson.

"It's you?" Hutchinson was surprised: "Aren't you protesting? Why are you coming to watch a movie?"

Russell was caught and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

However, he controlled his emotions and quickly said with a matter-of-fact expression: "Protesting is my responsibility as a book lover, but it doesn't mean that I can't watch those excellent movies."

Hutchinson was a little amused: "So, you admit that this movie is a good movie?"

"We have to be realistic. The movie is indeed a good movie, but Gilbert Jr.'s behavior of adapting "The Lord of the Rings" is still unforgivable." Russell spoke very forcefully.

Hutchinson did not expose Russell, but happily said to Russell: "This is my fourth time watching the movie, what about you?"

"Uh," Russell looked a little embarrassed at this time: "I did it five times."

"Oh my god, man, you're more fanatical than me." Hutchinson expressed surprise.

Russell shrugged and said that he didn't want to either, but the movie was really good and successfully conquered him.

No one in this world can resist the charm of the "Lord of the Rings" movie.

(End of this chapter)