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Hollywood is a big dye vat, it leaks a lot of air, there are many people, and they love to gossip. It is difficult to have any secrets at all.

Therefore, the fact that Summit Entertainment was contacted by Lionsgate and Firefly one after another quickly became a topic of discussion among the staff of various manufacturers in their spare time.

What's even more curious is, what is it about Summit Entertainment that attracts those two?

But if you put some thought into the investigation, the assets of Summit Entertainment are really tasteless to manufacturers such as Disney and Fox.

For a while, everyone just held the attitude of watching the play, watching how the two families who used to work closely together fought.

However, to the disappointment of "audiences" with different minds, both Lionsgate and Firefly maintained considerable restraint when they found out that there were competitors, which also made Peak Entertainment's investors feel that such a means of raising prices was a bit tricky. Can't get it out.

It was even said that Lehmann didn't seem to care, and withdrew his energy to focus on the finishing work of "The Tuner".

The second weekend of March.

Between the vegetable fields beside a trail, the arrangement of the last scene is ready.

It was in the morning and the weather was fine.

A boom-raised camera faithfully records a farmer shooting a blind hare with a shotgun.

Gunshots sounded, and a car came from the other side of the road...

This is actually the opening scene of the film, but it was left at the end. The reason is to bury a clue of the final reversal, just like Nolan's secret design in "Memento", a surprise reversal, another reason It is also because the crew took more than a month to cultivate the temporarily cultivated vegetable field in front of them.

Yes, this place was originally a wasteland, but considering the limitations of the scene, the crew could only cultivate a vegetable field to meet the needs.

A lot of movies have done this.

And when this set of shots is completed, the 7-week shooting work will be over.

"Wow."

The scene was quiet for a few seconds, and Ryan took the lead in applauding, "It's done, call it a day, see you at the party tonight."

Lyman, who was sitting behind the monitor, also laughed, "7 o'clock in the evening, it's all on time."

Not far away, Heath Ledger watched the lively scene, and then slowly got out of the character's emotions: it's done.

......

After being free, the crew members who had been holding back for a long time showed their interest, and alcohol became the theme of the night.

For those who don't drink, the atmosphere is not bad, at least there is food to accompany.

With a glass of champagne, Denings quickly found Lyman, who was chatting with Heath Ledger, at the reminder of her agent, "Director, thank you for letting me audition this time..."

The girl toasted a glass of wine and hugged him. "Does it feel anything compared to acting in a movie?" Lyman asked with a smile.

"That is, how do I put it, the big screen is more challenging than the small screen. I think so myself, it's very enjoyable to act."

"Haha, there is a chance to continue working together."

"Okay." The girl said happily.

Watching her go to make friends with other crew members, Lyman felt that Denings was still very suitable for the actor's path. He was handsome, not extreme, willing to work hard, and his acting talent was not bad.

It's just that this night, the completion of "The Tuner" is not a point of concern in the circle, because in the film market, "Alice in Wonderland", which claims to have a more realistic three-dimensional sense, has already got a very good box office start, which has encouraged the production Studios to tap the market for 3D shooting——

The film won $41 million at the box office on its premiere on Friday, ranking 11th in the box office on its premiere day in history and seventh in the box office on Friday (after "Twilight: New Moon", "Twilight Saga: New Moon") "Batman: The Dark Knight", "Spider-Man 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean: Death Man", "X-Men: Last Stand", "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End") - "Avatar" is Released Wednesday.

Then "Alice" continued to earn 44.33 million on Saturday and 30.98 million on Sunday. The number of North American screenings in the first weekend directly won 116 million, becoming the second G-level and PG-level movie premiere box office in all dynasties ( Second only to "Shrek 3"), and surpassed "Car Racing" to rank first in the box office of the spring opening works of the film history, and surpassed "Spartan 300 Warriors" to occupy the first box office of the March opening works in the film history. First.

In addition, this film is the ninth fastest North American box office in film history to break 100 million;

Of course, the North American market is so hot, and the world will not be too bad. The total accumulated US$210 million in three days easily becomes the top box office winner in this year's movies - "Avatar" is last year's movie.

Not to mention, in order to gain popularity, Disney eagerly chose to show it in March, and it also rarely got a high average of about 31,200 US dollars for a single venue, which almost overturned the previous single-venue average record. The second holder of the "Dark Knight" .

For a time, the golden combination of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp has become the heart of the audience again, and it has also promoted the first blockbuster of the two partners' previous best-selling film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Weekly 2 times more global results.

In addition, this is Depp's second-highest and Hathaway's highest-grossing film premiere, and of course it rewrites the record for the highest premiere of a work directed by Burton.

Apparently, Disney has done a very successful marketing campaign this time.

First, the benchmark "Avatar~www.readwn.com~ was questioned and the audience was attracted, and then Depp won the People's Choice Lifetime Achievement Award to the sky-high price exhibition in the Super Bowl, and the hype was maintained all the way. very high exposure. Not to mention that after the market exploded in the first week, it also maintained a slight decline in the following week - less than 40%.

This means that this film has a certain long-term operating potential. From this point of view, the significance of "Alice" being a big hit needs to be paid more attention to in the circle - the examples of "Avatar" and "Alice" clearly tell everyone, 3D is well done, and the audience is willing to spend money, because the imax theater of the film is basically full.

Of course, there are winners, and there are losers.

within the period.

Overture Pictures, which once relied on "Law Abiding Citizen" to change the company's fate, this week proudly took out "Brooklyn Police", which spent $5 million to win the distribution rights, intending to maximize male and realistic audiences. As a result, the 13.5 million US dollars in the first week was much lower than the 20 million opening level expected by Overture.

Although "Brooklyn Police" also had expensive advertisements in the Super Bowl, it completely showed the appearance of a pissed-off daughter-in-law in front of a powerful enemy - the premiere figures differed by 100 million US dollars, but the more investment in publicity, the greater the return. The difficulty of the 3D work also made the industry have to sigh: There is still no one that can benefit from confronting 3D works head-on.

Lehmann returned to the company, and seeing that the word of mouth was obviously inferior to the market evaluation of "Avatar", Liam also said with a smile: The first follower can always drink soup...

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